

“Brave” doesn’t even belong in the same breath with those pictures. If anything, it feels more like a warmed-over remake of DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon,” substituting a friendly bear for a docile, fire-breathing reptile.

“Brave’s” failures can no doubt be traced directly to the studio’s decision to switch directors midstream, sending Chapman (Pixar’s first female helmer) to the showers in favor of Andrews. Not only does the change smack of sexism, it flies directly in the face of “Brave’s” overstated advocacy for female empowerment. Worse, the weak narrative wastes some of the best Pixar aesthetics ever, as the studio’s computer geeks have created a 3-D feast for the eyes. Relationships: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III/Jack Frost (Guardians of Childhood), Anna/Kristoff (Disney), Gothel (Disney) & Pitch Black (Guardians of Childhood), Elinor/Fergus (Disney), Elsa (Disney) & Astrid Hofferson, Gobber the Belch/Stoick the VastĪdditional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Siblings, Magic, Fluff and Angst, Arranged Marriage, Lesbian Elsa (Disney), Bisexual Astrid Hofferson, Runaway Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Eugene Fitzherbert | Flynn Rider Loves Rapunzel, Crushes, Drama & Romance, Love Triangles, Confusion, Temporary Character Death, Possession, Evil Plans, Royalty, Choices Aster Bunnymund, Toothiana (Guardians of Childhood), Baby Tooth (Rise of the Guardians), Sanderson Mansnoozie Words: 778, Chapters: 1/?, Language: Englishįandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Movies), Brave (2012), Frozen (Disney Movies), Rise of the Guardians (2012), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon)Ĭharacters: Elsa (Disney), Anna (Disney), Kristoff (Disney), Hans (Disney), Cassandra (Disney: Tangled), Rapunzel (Disney), Eugene Fitzherbert | Flynn Rider, Merida (Disney), Hubert (Disney: Brave), Hamish (Disney), Harris (Disney), Elinor (Disney), Fergus (Disney: Brave), Witch (Disney: Brave), Gothel (Disney), Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon), Stoick the Vast, Gobber the Belch, Jack Frost (Guardians of Childhood), Jack's Sister (Rise of the Guardians), Young Macintosh (Disney), Young MacGuffin (Disney), Wee Dingwall (Disney), Astrid Hofferson, Pitch Black (Guardians of Childhood), Nicholas St. Hiccup ran away after Stoick found out he trained Toothless, now he's been staying with King Fergus for three years, Mischievous little sister Merida and troublesome stable boy Jack Frost, but now he has to choose between his father and his friends, as Merida is married off and he realises who he truly loves. The Dragon King, The Stable Boy and the Princesses
