Jarida

Jarida is the het ship between Merida and Jack from the Brave and Rise of the Guardians fandoms.

Canon
Merida and Jack never meet due to Jack being a DreamWorks character, while Merida is a Pixar character.

Both Merida and Jack have a strong bond with their younger siblings, respectively. Both are adventurous and not afraid to fight. The two have also been featured to be spoiled when it comes to maintaining or achieving their lifestyles and goals, Jack had wanted to have attention from the children in order to finally be believed in while Merida just wanted to have fun and to live the life she wants. Jack also prefers fun than to work, just as Merida would rather train with her father than to under go her mother's royal lessons. They also appeared to be very boisterous. Both have blue colored eyes, before he became Jack Frost. They commonly carry their iconic weapons with them.

Fanon
The crossover pairing is one of the het ships of the  fandom and a few of its sup-fandoms, where the two are members of the Big 4. The two are sometimes shipped as the two are the only ones out of the Big 4 who are single at the end of their movies. Like Hiccunzel the pairing is less popular than Jackunzel and Mericcup. On AO3, the pairing is the third most popular ship for Merida. Within the crossover fandom, the pairing is popular with those who are content with leaving Eugunzel and Hiccstrid alone.

In fanon, the two are often portrayed as clashing as both are strongly opinionated. The two are compared to fire and ice, being competitive and clashing yet drawn together. Even when not portrayed as a romantic ship, Jack and Merida are often portrayed as close friends with some competition between the two.

As a pairing consisting of two members of the Big 4, Jarida appears in many AU scenarios. One AU is the Titanic AU, where Jack is cast as Jack Dawson and Merida as Rose. The Nightmare Before Christmas AU sometimes involves Jack and Merida as Jack Skellington and Sally, respectively. In a Seasons AU the two are often portrayed as summer and winter, the two opposite seasons. Before season two of the Miraculous Ladybug series was released, some fans had Merida and Jack as the holders of the Fox and Peacock Miraculouses in a ML AU. The two have also been cast in a Aladdin and Peter Pan AU, since many see Jack giving Merida a chance to fly in the air with him so he can help her feel free from her controlling life, in which commonly casts Jack and Merida as Aladdin and Jasmine and Peter Pan and Wendy Darling.

Due to the modern setting in Rise of the Guardians compared to Brave, Merida is sometimes portrayed with the more modern looking clothes that her Netizen version wears in Ralph Breaks the Internet. Alternatively, their interactions happen in DunBroch, as early concept art shows the location with snow. Due to this, some fan fiction writers include Jack frequently visiting DunBroch due to its harsh winters and meeting Merida.

Similar to how a Romeo and Juliet theme is seen in a few Mericcup stories, the nature of the idea has sometimes been used in the popular Hogwarts AU. With how Merida is commonly placed as a someone from a long line of Gryffindors and Jack being seen as a common choice for the Slytherin House. The rivalry between the two houses commonly has Merida and Jack being on unfriendly terms when they first meet within the school, until Hiccup and Rapunzel got the two to become friends before becoming lovers. This has their houses or families being against the relationship, while Rapunzel and Hiccup lend Merida and Jack their support. Most Hogwarts AU stories commonly have both Jack and Merida being on their house's Quidditch teams, along with having Jack playfully tease Merida with magic or just using his wand without casting any spells. There has also been an old Jarida Hogwarts AU story that had Merida turn Jack into a polar bear, mirroring the time she turned her mother into a bear and doing what she can to undo it, while Merida and Jack become closer to each other.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Jack/Merida tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Jack/Merida tag on FanFiction.Net

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WIKIS
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Trivia

 * Both of their films came out in 2012.

Variations

 * The Big Eight refers to the ship between the two and Anna, Elsa, Flynn Rider, Hiccup, Kristoff and Rapunzel
 * The Big Four refers to the ship between the two, Hiccup and Rapunzel
 * The Spectacular Six refers to the ship between the two and Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Mavis Dracula, The Once-ler and Rapunzel
 * The Super Six refers to the ship between the two and Anna, Elsa, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and Rapunzel