Brave

I never quite understood why I liked Brave so much as a child. But rewatching this after a fight with my mom, I think little Ava subconsciously knew that she to the rock mother daughter relationship depicted in these movies. As I grow up and I’m not a little girl any longer, I must take more responsibility. And like Merida, I am reluctant to take on that responsibility. I also struggle to uphold my mother’s expectations of me and simultaneously be true to myself. As I’ve grown up I’ve also grown to resent tradition/stigma in my home. I’ve always thought I’ve had to fight for my way to win, because I am stubborn just like my mother as Merida is. But watching this movie I realize that I can’t change my mom, I have to get over my pride and meet in the middle with her. One where I don’t see her as a beast of an overBEARing mother and she doesn’t see me as a naive ill-tempered little girl.