Happy Mother’s Day you guys!!!

I’m claiming that Stoick, Valka, Elinor, and Fergus are in a polycule now because hyuck you….

in truth my parents are separated and with the four of them combined reminding me of both my parents I’m allowed to have the fantasy of them being together in love okay

Mama Bears! 🐻 By Juanmao

We’ve dealt with mommy issues

Now it’s time to start dealing with daddy issues!

thinking about Brave again (specifically how the movie begins and ends with Merida and Elinor playing together, as well as how when Merida has a flashback about the time she still has a good relationship with her mother, she goes all the way back to when she’s still a wee kid who gets to play with her wooden horse while being watched over by Elinor) and realizing that... holy shit, maybe Merida’s love language has been the act of play this entire time?

Act of play, like... something close to quality time, where there is an element of togetherness, but also not quite like it because it strictly revolves around the act of playing and all kinds of activities she views as fun OR letting her loved ones have their fun. 

I think we can see this in practice through her interactions with her father and her brothers. With Fergus, she is allowed to do all sorts of things she finds exciting like archery, sword-fighting (which we can see in the Cutting Class short), falconry, and general goofing around. In all of these instances, she is shown to enjoy herself and her father’s company—which in turn bleeds into a sense of favoritism from Merida’s side; it’s clear throughout the movie that she gets along better with Fergus than with Elinor. In the triplets’ case, it’s the other way around: she’s the one who keeps them entertained by telling stories (which can be seen during the dinner scene) and lets them have their fun by not getting in the way of their pranks (despite it being hinted that they sometimes listen to her, making Merida the one with the ability to stop them if she only say the word—which in turn implies that she probably find some of those pranks funny as well). When Merida is particularly close with a family member, she is shown to either 1) do activities she perceives as fun with them, or 2) let them have fun in their own way.

Compare this to how Elinor treats Merida: how she ignores Merida’s tales of her latest excursion (the dinner scene), how she does not join Merida and Fergus during their outings (i.e: the falconry scene), and how she restricts Merida’s general freedom to relax and just have fun by always hounding on her about Princess etiquettes and manners. If we take into account this headcanon that Merida views the act of play as a love language, then Elinor is basically depriving Merida of the only way to connect with her mother emotionally. 

(This is not to say that Elinor is an entirely bad parent. It’s clear that she does invest her time, care, and efforts into her daughter; an act that is motivated by both maternal love and political duties as a queen who has to educate her offspring into rulers. Not to mention the movie never shows her to be stingy with affectionate endearments toward Merida either. It just happens that Merida initially didn’t understand all of that as an act of love from her mother, and instead translates it as only Elinor being a controlling parent. This mother and daughter pair is just not speaking the same language.)  

This is also probably why the river scene—where Merida and her mother caught fish together and played around for the first time in (probably) years—is what prompted Merida to make this expression:

It’s only after they genuinely had fun together that Merida has a fleeting thought to herself: that maybe this strained relationship she has with her mom is still salvageable after all. And what happened before this, again? What helped her come to this conclusion? Merida and her loved one, playing together!

I love the 2016-2017 Disney Princesses comics because they are very cute, quite funny and pretty, add a few cute good lore elements, and have characters bond

Notably it has Merida and her ex suitors having become friends after the movie's events which is adorable. None wanted marriage and she didn't want to put aside her tomboyish personalities they were allowed to have, so they all bonded over those as the clans made peace. That's adorable

I also love the balance of consistency (Wee Dingwall is not stupid. He just has a resting high face especially when he is not happy to be there or doing that. And these strips understood that) and evolution (none used to understand Young MacGuffin now they do and just "translate" for us readers, they all used to be shocked and embarrassed Merida was superior to them now they gladly accept it and try to better themselves and show off to her not an unfriendly way, Wee Dingwall speaks more and even though Young MacIntosh is still proud and boasts a lot and still tries to impress the archery expert as if he would teach her anything, it no longer, he no longer seems to fit as many tantrums as before, mock or look down on others, seeing teens his age and a girl who not only is not a trophy for once in his life but a genuine friend as well as someone who had him and the others open their eyes about this arranged marriage thing, he became slightly more humble and seems to still be working on it and heading towards the right way. As for Merida herself, who used to roast and mock them with her dad, now she is more at peace now that they no longer pose a threat to her future and so became helpful, supporting and even when she makes fun it is more light hearted than anything and she aknowledges when they do good (such as no matter how shitty his desmonstration had been Young MacIntosh DID do a bullseye) and is no longer annoyed but amused or concerned about their antic

But my favorite strip is this one for everything is implies and the lore details and potential it gives, especially for how much the movie is about parent-child relationships

The fact they all agreed to camp together and their parents agreed implying the clans are closer than ever and them, future clan leaders, will be closer than ever for having hunted together, fought together and camped around a fire in the middle of nowhere together in their youth

The confirmation Merida isn't/wasn't (it seems to take place after the movie but I guess even if the bond was mended and Elinor now accepts her daughter's tastes and opinions she still must expect her to keep practicing stuff essential for a Lady's future, or a compromise Merida accepts to do now they understand each other even if she doesn't like it) the only one to have to follow strict royal lessons but they all did which puts even more into perspective their roles in the movie and why they approved her choice

The implication that either the Lords are like Elinor at home being more up to the rules, serious and strict than Fergus and just being feral once together as men OR it has to do with gender and the mothers have to be like that to their daughters and so do the fathers to their sons

And the most boring tasks the dads give them have to do with their (dads' and/or sons') traits : Lord MacIntosh is very proud of his lineage and genes (he prides themselves in having the most beautiful hair) so he demands for his proud son to be proud for something useful for once such as about his own family heritage, Lord MacGuffin tries (enhance tries, that's not really how you help but he tries) to have his son more confident and more eloquent as a future leader who will have to be heard and understood by his people in his court or in battle, and then you have Lord Dingwall who just has his son do chores for him, which works with how bossy he is and how it must be his definition of making someone responsible, as well as how the Dingwalls seem to be more practical than show since whereas they are mocked for jist having a rock as sigil, it is a much better weapon than a caldron or a lyre and goes straight to the point without needless symbolism therefore chores must be more important for him in life for a leader than anything else

I am obviously overanalyzing some points, but these go perfectly with my HCs

Brave - Concept Art (source)

Damn, most of them had to be 3D

Appreciate your mother, folks :D

on their merry way to stir up some trouble

The story Brave isn't just about a young Scottish princess standing up to fate, turning her mum into a bear and fighting a demon bear.  Its about how a mother and daughter come together, while forming a much stranger bound.  So if you are having troubles with your mum, just remember Merida's story and you'll be together again.

"Milf mommy dom vibes, her strap game is probably fire"

Give us more movies with family issues!

We wanna relate to the characters with our trauma!

queen elinor smut hcs ; 18+

requested by ; anonymous (02/05/23)

fandom(s) ; disney animated films / brave

fandom masterlist(s) ; here

character(s) ; queen elinor

outline ; “Alright, may I request smut headcanons for Gothel, Lady Tremaine, Maleficent, and Queen Elinor from Brave (ik she's not actually a villain but I wanted to include her anyway), please? (I am over 18!)”

warning(s) ; sexually explicit content, public sex acts

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very adventurous in the bedroom and she’s willing to try anything at least once if you just say the word

she’s an incredibly versatile switch and is happy to take on whatever role or position you’re willing to go with that day

incredibly sexually sensitive basically everywhere and things like brushing your fingertips along her breasts or stomach, groping her thighs or grabbing her hips can turn her on

has an extremely high sex drive and can happily go for several rounds a day depending on your libido

gets very giggly during sex and will end up chuckling between pants and moans as you pleasure each other

she’s into some light hair pulling and has also, at least once, been up for you using her hair to tie her wrists behind her back (though, granted, that was a more spur-of-the-moment situation where you didn’t have much on hand)

she enjoys the way that sheer lingerie feels but she usually can’t be bothered with it because it’s not really practical and only really lasts a few minutes before it’s off of her again

you’ve been in basically every position imaginable and she’s loved all of them: against the wall, spread-eagle, riding, doggy style, concubine, missionary, and so on

gets very flirty when she’s drunk and the two of you have a reputation for just randomly up and disappearing from random parties and showing up a few hours later

public sex acts are common — namely giving each other hand jobs or the occasional bit of oral behind a door when talking to someone else

she’s very outdoorsy and the two of you have absolutely had sex in the nearby forest, she thinks it’s incredibly romantic and thrilling

pillow talk with her is absolutely hilarious when she’s been bottoming because she gets so fucked-out that she can’t do much other than giggle and spout absolute gibberish that barely makes sense a quarter of the time

she’s up for face sitting both ways and she’s remarkably talented at giving oral because she has an extremely dextrous tongue

she has woken you up with oral before (only when you mentioned wanting to try it out and have her consent beforehand)

theoretically up for a threesome with you but because of your status you can’t risk your reputation so that has to remain a fantasy