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, are adventurous and not afraid to fight, have blue colored eyes, before he became Jack Frost, and 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, but like Hiccunzel the pairing is less popular than Jackunzel and Mericcup. On AO3, the pairing is the third most popular ship for Merida.

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.

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.