her characteristics, brenda, was sort of a resistance to conventional beauty. appears in the same kind of dress her character sort of detested. exactly. merida wouldn t be caught dead looking like that. and that s what is angering everyone. is that they have totally lost sight of the character in this new design. let me read the statement that disney released them said merida exemplifies what it means to being a disney princess through being brave, passionate and confident and is the same merida from the movie which inspired moms and daughters around the world. i m not sure you agree with that statement, do you? not at all. if they left her looking the way she looked, i would be great. but i understand with the toys they have to they don t want to put in a lot more money creating the body for the doll, so she has a barbie like