Talk:Hans/@comment-24559114-20140609104941/@comment-1672596-20140620031357

The writers did indicate that they planned on doing a sequel (and even implied that Hans might be redeemed, for what it's worth), so it's not outside the realm of possibility. Also, the only reason we got direct-to-video sequels, aside from the hijynxes of Eisner and Iger, was because a theatrical release of sequels by Disney crashed and burned with The Rescuers Down Under.

As for the stuff about Merida since we got down that rabbit hole, pretty much the only reason why Merida is among the Disney Princess franchise is because Pixar was bought out by Disney (which, TBH, was frankly a stupid mistake on their part. I mean, we didn't get Princess Leia Organa into the franchise even though she is technically Disney-owned now [and believe me, there were plans to add her in], so why is Merida allowed in?). If and when Pixar breaks off from Disney, unless they ended up selling all the rights of ownership and production of Merida/its merchandise to Disney, chances are very high we'll be facing one less Disney Princess since they'll have to let Merida go back to Pixar.

Besides which, Merida doesn't even fit into the Disney Princess franchise anyways. Aside from not even being Disney-created (yes, Disney might own Pixar during the movie's production, but its still not the same thing as Disney actually making Merida), she also was neither based on a fairy tale nor on a historical figure (in the case of Pocahontas and Mulan), and honestly, even though she was born a girl, she behaved more like a guy as her film was blatantly militant feminist propaganda, and she actually made even Belle and Tiana seem more like Phyllis Schlafly in comparison (and let me point out they were feminist propagandists themselves, the latter even being pointed out on Conservapedia).