
Merida, this is what you’ve been preparing for your whole life. Merida: I suppose a princess just does what she’s told?Įlinor: A princess does not raise her voice. Oh, Fergus! Will you look at your daughter’s plate?Įlinor: The lords are presenting their sons as suitors for your betrothal.Įlinor: This year, each clan will present a suitor to compete in the games for your hand. They ring with truths.' - Elinor (Brave) Click To TweetĮlinor: Hungry aren’t we?Įlinor: You’ll get dreadful collywobbles. Merida: I climbed the Crone’s Tooth, and drank from the Fire Falls.įergus: Fire Falls? They say only the ancient kings were brave enough to drink the fire. Merida: Mum, you’ll never guess what I did today. I’ll finish what I guddled in the first place.Įlinor: Merida, a princess does not place her weapons on the table.Įlinor: A princess should not have weaponry in my opinion.įergus: Leave her be! Princess or not, learning to fight is essential. Merida: Mor’du has never been seen since, and is roaming the wild, awaiting his chance for revenge.įergus: Let him return. Then, chomp! Dad’s leg was clean off! Down that monster’s throat it went. Merida: Whoosh! One swipe, his sword shattered. She’s in charge of every single day of my life.įergus: And then, out of nowhere, the biggest bear you’ve ever seen! His hide littered with the weapons of fallen warriors. My whole life is planned out, preparing for the day I become, well, my mother. I’ve got duties, responsibilities, expectations. They get away with murder! I can never get away with anything! Merida: The story of how my father lost his leg to the demon bear, Mor’du, became legend. It’s the one thing we search for, or fight to change. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one’s destiny intertwines with many others. Merida: Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Or a giant having a jigger in the bluebells.Įlinor: Your father doesn’t believe in magic. Before we see a dancing a dancing Tatty Bogle. Young Merida: I saw a wisp! I saw a wisp!Įlinor: A wisp? You know, some say that Will O’ the Wisps lead you to your fate.įergus: Oh, aye! Or an arrow! Come on, let’s be off. Why not use your very own? Happy Birthday, my wee darlin’! Young Merida: Can I shoot an arrow? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Please, can I?įergus: Not with that. Where is my little Birthday girl, hm? I’m going to gobble her up when I find her!Įlinor: I’m going to eat you!Įlinor: Ach! Fergus, no weapons on the table! You only have to be brave enough to see it.' – Merida (Brave) Click To TweetĮlinor: Where are you? Come out! Come out! Come on out! I’m coming to get you! Where are you, you little rascal? I’m coming to get you! Hmm.
