It's true; this really can't be blamed on Disney. It does seem inherent to fairy tales that the protagonist is friendless, usually family-less too. It wouldn't trouble me so much, except this idea of peers-can-only-be-rivals-not-friends seems to be perpetuated in other mediums as well.
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Date: 2011-12-18 07:25 pm (UTC)