History Fanfic / TheTornPrince

* LikeParentLikeSpouse: When Anna arrives in the Southern Isles, she stays in the same room Hans' mother Ava was treated in when she was dying. When Hans first sees Anna passed out on the, his first thought is how much she looks like his mother.

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:Hans and Anna. Toward the end of the fic, Hans is just about to be tried and likely sentenced to death, not to mention Elsa still hates Hans, and Kristoff still loves Anna, ''and'' Anna is dying. All matters are resolved by the end, with Elsa learning to see Hans' more positive qualities, Kristoff coming to terms with his feelings for Anna, and Anna being revived.]]

* DeathByDespair: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Hans wrongly being sent away to a mental hospital heavily contributes to Anna's death, though she was already sick]].

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:Hans and Anna. Toward the end of the fic, Hans is just about to be tried and likely sentenced to death, not to mention Elsa still hates Hans, and Kristoff still loves Anna, ''and'' Anna is dying.]]

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * BigBrotherBully: All of Hans' brothers are this to some degree, but Sedak particularly stands out.

* AnnoyingPatient: Anna very deliberately invokes this while Hans is nursing her.
* BigBrotherBully: All of Hans' brothers are this to some degree, but Sedak particularly stands out.

* DeathByDespair: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Hans wrongly being sent away to a mental hospital heavily contributes to Anna's death, but she was already sick so it really only made it worse]].

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Happens with poor Kristoff. In the end, he is still in love with Anna, but no longer wants to marry her now that he knows she'll never love him the way he loves her.]]

* EvilChancellor: Lars, the advisor to the king, spent most his reign manipulating him to serve his own agenda. When Hans is in Arendelle, he continues by convincing him that he must dispose of Anna and Elsa for the sake of the kingdom.

* HopelessSuitor: Played for drama. [[spoiler: Kristoff recognizes that Anna, while she does love him in a way, does not return his passionate, romantic love, but still offers to marry her if she does not defend Hans at his trial. However, Anna ends up defending Hans anyway, and Kristoff sadly walks out of the courtroom]].

* LoveObstructingParents: Or siblings, anyway. [[spoiler:When Elsa finally arrives in the Southern Isles, she appalled to discover Anna and Hans have fallen in love and is determined to keep them apart. Having been absent from Anna for several months, she assumes Hans has charmed Anna into thinking he's changed and that she was naive enough to fall for it]].
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Anna's love does this to Hans, teaching to let go of his insatiable need for power and to care about someone more than himself.]]
* NoSparks: [[spoiler: While en route to the Southern Isles, Kristoff tells Elsa how Anna spoke passionately of Hans to him and how he feels like an afterthought. And while Anna truly does love Kristoff in her own way, she can't force herself to love him the way he loves her, no matter how much she wants to. However, Kristoff is willing to settle for Anna's friendly love and marry her if she doesn't defend Hans at his trial, which Anna says isn't fair for Kristoff. She ends up defending Hans anyway, and afterwards Anna notes that the love Kristoff feels for her is still present. When he assumes that [[DeadSparks she once loved him]], she apologetically says that she still loves him, but never did in the passionate way he loves her.]]

* ShownTheirWork: Overlaps with NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer. At Hans' and Lars' trial, the latter's true motivation comes to light. After decades of manipulating the king as his advisor, Lars is suddenly losing that advantage as the Southern Isles transitions from an absolute to ceremonial monarchy, effectively leaving the king (and by extension Lars) with very little real power. Thus Lars saw the benefit of manipulating Hans into taking the throne of Arendelle where he could retain power. The chapter's notes reveal that this was also the case in real life, since in 1848 Denmark (the widely accepted setting of the Southern Isles and time period in ''Frozen'') underwent the same transition of power.

* SoapOperaDisease: Anna's illness, which the doctor's are all unable to figure out.
* StartingANewLife: Hans comes to Arendelle in the first place with this intention. Later, [[spoiler: when he leaves to Isles with the healthy Anna so they can have a new life together in Arendelle.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: Hans and Anna, of course. Toward the end of the fic, Hans is just about to be tried and likely sentenced to death, not to mention Elsa still hates Hans and Kristoff still loves Anna.]]

* TheUnfavorite: Hans is this to his father and all of his brothers. He's disfavored because his mother had relatively low social status, and his father and brothers had been hoping for a girl when he was born.

* TheUnfavorite: Hans is this to his father and all of his brothers.

* UnexpectedCharacter: In the end, [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]] comes to the Southern Isles to help Anna and manages to revive her]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: When Hans is losing against Anna in a game of chess, she darkly jokes that he's as bad at chess as he is at becoming king.

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: Hans and Anna, of course. Toward the end of the fic, Hans is just about to be tried and likely sentenced to death, not to mention Elsa still hates Hana and Kristoff still loves Anna.]]

* StartingANewLife: Hans comes to Arendelle in the first place with this intention. Later, [[spoiler: when he leaves to Isles with the healthy Anna so they can have a new life together.]]

* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Anna's love does this to Hans]].
* NoSparks: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: While en route to the Southern Isles, Kristoff tells Elsa how Anna spoke passionately of Hans to him and how he feels like an afterthought. And while Anna truly does love Kristoff in her own way, she can't force herself to love him the way he loves her, no matter how much she wants to. However, Kristoff is willing to settle for Anna's friendly love and marry her if she doesn't defend Hans at his trial, which Anna says isn't fair for Kristoff. She ends up defending Hans anyway, and afterwards Anna notes that the love Kristoff feels for her is still present. When he assumes that [[DeadSparks she once loved him]], she apologetically says that she still loves him, but never did in the passionate way he loves her.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: Hans and Anna, of course.]]

''The Torn Prince'' is a 2014 ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' fanfic published on fanfiction.net by user Mogitz. It serves as a sequel to ''Frozen''. The description reads "The events that happened during Frozen but from Hans' point of view. After then, after the fiasco in Arendelle, Hans returns home to await his trial. When a very ill Anna comes to testify, will it help him evade his punishment or lead him to the hangmans' noose?" The fanfic ran between July 2014 to December 2014 and is approximately 100,000 words long.

* CompletedFic: The fic is completed from start to finish.

* ShownTheirWork: Overlaps with NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer. At Hans' and Lars' trial, the latter's true motivation comes to light. After years of manipulating the king as his advisor, Lars is suddenly losing that advantage as the Southern Isles transitions from an absolute to ceremonial monarchy, effectively leaving the king (and by extension Lars) with very little real power. Thus Lars saw the benefit of manipulating Hans into becoming king of Arendelle where he could retain power. The chapter's notes reveal that this was also the case in real life, since in 1848 Denmark (the widely accepted setting of the Southern Isles and time period in ''Frozen'') underwent the same transition of power.

* HopelesssSuitor: Played for drama. [[spoiler: Kristoff recognizes that Anna, while she does love him in a way, does not return his passionate, romantic love, but still offers to marry her if she does not defend Hans at his trial. However, Anna ends up defending Hans anyway, and Kristoff sadly walks out of the courtroom]].

* DeathByDespair: [[spoiler:Downplayed. Hans wrongly being sent away to a mental hospital heavily contributes to Anna's death, but she was already sick so it really only made it worse]].

* DisposableFiance: Played for drama. [[spoiler: Kristoff recognizes that Anna, while she does love him in a way, does not return his passionate, romantic love, but still offers to marry her if she does not defend Hans at his trial. However, Anna ends up defending Hans anyway, and Kristoff sadly walks out of the courtroom]].

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Dr. Svedsen tells Hans that this is the case with him.