Brave!

I saw Brave! In the theater at the Union, which was not quite packed but very busy! I had forgotten how much I enjoy seeing movies in theaters, when everybody laughs and claps and gasps together. It's a pleasure to feel in tandem.

And! It was so much fun! Tiny!Merida! Grown up Merida, riding! People turning into bears! (The little brothers turning into bear cubs! SO CUTE.) (Also, I thought they struck an excellent middle between making Merida self-centered but still sympathetic.) And Merida's hair!

Seriously, I think she and Rapunzel from Tangled should join together as the Awesome Hair Duo, fighting for justice with bow and frying pan. Yes? Yes? The fact that Rapunzel's hair is no longer magic at the end of the movie is a minor problem, but...maybe it regenerates eventually. Yes! I like this idea!

And I really liked the ending, the last shot, with Merida and her mother going riding.

Fic: A Wedding Gift

"Slaves!" She made a quick, contemptuous gesture. "They stand in doorways and chatter like starlings; but Nissa is the worst of them all!"

Cottia is still fairly young when we first meet her in Eagle of the Ninth, so it's no surprise that she doesn't see her pestering slave Nissa as a person. I thought it would be interesting to write a story where this perception gets challenged.

Title: A Wedding Gift
Fandom: Rosemary Sutcliff, Eagle of the Ninth
Rating: G
Beta: carmarthen
Disclaimer: So not mine. :(
Summary: "My aunt Valaria means to give us Nissa as a wedding present, to go with us and spy on me!" Cottia cried.

Also at AO3, here.

( A Wedding Gift )