History Headscratchers / BrotherBear

** [[FridgeHorror They get used to it]]? Alternatively, they're aware that [[PredationIsNatural predation is part of natural word]]. But still, that's kinda dark.

** In the video game on PC there are totems of other animals and it is explained what they mean: deer totem is the symbol of togetherness for friends young and old (as well for being smart, witty and always alert); the chipmunk totem is always curious and full of wonder, even though sometimes being cautious about new things; the mammoth totem is very strong, powerful, steady and likes to do things the same way every time and is never in hurry, as well being happiest in a group, and didn't liking being alone; the moose totem is always truthful and honest, as well being a true friend with great sense of humor; the otter totem likes to keep moving all the time and loves its family and is caring and considerate of the others; while the beaver totem is hard working and likes to keep things neat and tidy.

** Sitka contacted her in sleep.

* How the heck did the bear [[spoiler: Koda's mom]] manage to survive that ''long'' fall from a glacier and into the water below and not Sitka? She is much heavier! After all, the heavier they are, the harder they fall.

* Why didn't Sitka intervene sooner when Denahi tried to kill Kenai? Or why didn't he at least wait until Denahi found Kenai before turning him into a bear? Denahi would've then knew that Kenai was being punished by the spirits and not started his quest for vengeance.

Where is Koda's father or Kenai's parents? They never appeared among the spirits. Koda never even mentioned his dad.

** You seem to be missing the main point here, so let me lay it out in the most cohesive way I can here, forgive me if I mess anything up: From Koda's Mother's point of view, as best I can guess anyway, humans are some sort of animal/monster that act and exist in a way that are mostly beyond her, and our reasons for attacking them when they aren't directly threatening us (such as one stealing food, or simply being a source of concern from being coincidentally too close to us, or just killing it for its fur, etc.) and why we would do something like not eat fish we'd caught and just leave it would likely not occur to her, or, if she did think about it, nature is a more "finders keepers" thing, you eat what you find/catch, and usually animals will just leave each other alone, and find other food. Not always, but fighting for every scrap of food you lose would be a bad idea. What was wrong with what Kenai did was that, instead of just owning up to his mistakes with the basket of fish and leaving it alone (unlike the bears, a tribe of humans can much more easily find food, whereas bears in the wilderness have to take what they can get, even if they might be able to catch more. Koda and his mom need to eat as much as they can to keep up there strength, whereas we humans keep stores of food for the most part, and can work together to get more), he ''chose'' to chase down and provoke a dangerous animal, without any plan or backup, which led to his brothers having to save him, and Sitka dying in the process, and then blamed the bear on something that was an accident at best, and the outcome of a set of circumstances that ''he'' was as much to blame for, as he escalated things that he didn't need to. He then learns nothing from that, and actively wants to and does kill the bear because he blamed it for his brother's death, without any concern for the fact that he can just LET IT GO, or that she might say...have had a cub ([[FantasticRacism bears are just monsters after all, so who cares]])? To put it in a different perspective, imagine you have a solid amount of money, and you get a new addition to it, but you don't properly keep it safe, and no one can tell that there would be any consequences for stealing it. Someone steals it to feed themselves and their family. Is it right of you to chase them down, get into a fight with them, and if you lose a family member due to that fight (without the thief being responsible mind you) and you refuse to admit your mistakes and part in the situation, and instead think "they're just a thieving monster" and hunt them down again and kill them? The problem was not just Kenai's FantasticRacism towards bears, it was that he didn't care about killing one because he considered his own pride and anger more valid than anything else. Kenai had to learn that not only was he wrong about bears, he had to learn that what he did had ''consequences'' for others, and that you need to move on from your grief, not hurt others because of it, nor persecute others for something they can't see as wrong. Essentially, bears are likely oblivious to human concerns, and like most animals, are no threat if we just stay apart. Kenai wouldn't let it go, and kept making more problems, but [[NeverMyFault wouldn't accept that]] and instead outright murdered another being because of it, when he had no real reason beyond his own grief and rage. He killed out of want, rather than a need for food or fur or what else, and because of everything I just laid out, and the Great Spirits needed Kenai to learn the true depth of what he did, that just as he saw the bears as monsters, they saw him as one...but the bears only do what they do because they ''need'' to and don't see or often have any other options, whereas he had other choices, and could've just left well enough alone. I would wager Koda learning better was just a bonus...though the idea that the Great Spirits at least were pleased with Kenai helping the cub he orphaned wouldn't be hard for me to see...

** Maybe spirits speak a different language than living things. Or maybe they simply can't speak at all. When Koda reunited briefly with [[spoiler: his mother]], we didn't hear her say anything, either.