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And here we shall agree to disagree, as I don't find the inclusion of Brave to be an issue.

I might have been more OK with Frozen had the writers had more leeway to expand on the characters and really make them more 3-dimensional and complex.

And that right there is the point of my reaction to the "Disney" vs. "Non-Disney" argument. Many of the fairy tales that are known have been touched by Disney in some way or another, so you can't avoid the comparison with Disney's version. BUT, the real point is whether the characters are given their own life, their own complexities, their own depth. Most of the main cast has been given that to a good degree so that the characters stand on their own merit. Merida, i feel, was given at least a little of that. Frozen was not.