History Fridge / Frozen2013

** Having a member of another royal family attempt to usurp your throne is going to be considered an act of war by most of the key players, and it's going to take a lot of bending over backwards to convince them that it wasn't. At the same time, a country isn't going to take the trial and execution, or even a long prison sentence of a member of said royal family lying down either, even if he had gone rogue. Realistically, France and/or Britain delivering him home with the diplomatic version of "We have guns and we'll find you" was probably the only way to ensure this didn't [[IncrediblyLamePun snowball]] into a European war no one really wanted while they were grappling with the fact that Russia was making her usual noises about wanting a Black Sea port.

* Grand Pabbie erases Anna's memories of magic but leaves her the happiness because he knows she will need that memory to sustain her relationship with Elsa in the future. Thank God he didn't erase them all, because had Anna grown up without even the memory of love and affection, she might have become needy, angry, and bitter... and as a result cruel and selfish... like Hans did over his own neglect.

** After the accident, Elsa would have naturally come to fear her powers, so any manifestation of her skills would have terrified her even when involuntarily inspired by a positive emotion. Add the emotional coaching she received from her (well-meaning but misguided) parents, and you have a young girl who would feel some happy emotion, which would make her afraid because “Oh no, I felt something, what if I create ice and hurt someone?”, and that fear would cause her powers to react negatively, which would make her more afraid, etc. etc. until she can’t control it anymore.

* The [[SkunkStripe strand of platinum blonde in Anna's hair]] after Elsa's magic accident, imagine how Elsa feels every time she has to look at Anna? The physical reminder for Elsa about how she almost killed her only sibling, her baby sister, and her best friend. Her inner guilt and self hate must have increased for every time she saw Anna for the next thirteen years.

* Combines to make a sort of Fridge Tearjerker: At the point that Hans delivers his WhamLine to Anna, she's just parted from Kristoff and Olaf, possibly forever (and she had no idea that Kristoff had fallen in love with her), and her long-difficult relationship with Elsa is at an all-time low, and... that's about all there is for her. Hans' revelation comes at the moment when she's about the most vulnerable and alone she's ever been; there really doesn't seem to be anyone else to turn to, or even any comeback to what he's just said to her -- his cutting remark probably just keeps going into her skin deeper and deeper. Anna had lived most of her life thinking that her sister didn’t want to see her. That she didn’t love her. Especially after her parents died, there was no one left to show her love. But then she met Hans, who seemed to love everything about her. He seemed to be her true love. Maybe someone did love her. But he didn’t. And now here she is. Her only friends gone back to the mountain, her sister far away not even wanting to see her, and her “true love” has just revealed to her that she was a pawn all along. We may not believe what Hans is saying, but she does. And Hans very much probably realizes it. From his point of view, it's probably a particularly vicious invocation of NotSoDifferent, seeing as WordOfGod says he's long known he's chronically unloved.

* Let's say Hans wasn't lying about his brothers treating him badly and that it was so bad it led him to think it was okay to manipulate a young, naive princess and attempt to kill her sister (judging from WordOfGod, it's likely this is true). If so, what are they [[OhCrap going to do once he gets home? [[BlatantLies I guess they'll be really welcoming him with open arms]], and [[DeadlyEuphemism taking care of him in the best way they know possible]].

* Let's say Hans wasn't lying about his brothers treating him badly and that it was so bad it led him to think it was okay to manipulate a young, naive princess and attempt to kill her sister (judging from WordOfGod, it's likely this is true). If so, what are they [[OhCrap going]] [[JerkassWoobie to]] [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil do]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast once]] [[FreudianExcuse he]] [[BigBrotherBully gets]] [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex home]]? [[BlatantLies I guess they'll be really welcoming him with open arms]], and [[DeadlyEuphemism taking care of him in the best way they know possible]].

* Combines to make a sort of Fridge Tearjerker: At the point that Hans delivers his WhamLine to Anna, she's just parted from Kristoff and Olaf, possibly forever (and she had no idea that Kristoff had fallen in love with her and she had no idea that she returned the feelings because she never truly experienced what ''actual'' romantic love is), and her always-difficult relationship with Elsa is at an all-time low, and... that's about all there is for her. Hans' revelation comes at the moment when she's about the most vulnerable and alone she's ever been in her life; there really doesn't seem to be anyone else to turn to, or even any comeback to what he's just said to her -- his cutting remark probably just keeps going into her skin deeper and deeper. Anna had lived her most of her life thinking that her sister didn’t want to see her. That she didn’t love her. Especially after her parents died, there was no one left to take care of her. To love her. But then she met Hans, who seemed to love everything about her. He seemed to be her true love. Maybe someone did love her. But he didn’t. And now here she is. Her only friends gone back to the mountain, her sister far away not even wanting to see her, and her “true love” who has just revealed to her that she was a pawn all along. We may not believe what Hans is saying here, but she does. And Hans very much probably realizes it. From his point of view, it's probably a particularly vicious invocation of NotSoDifferent, seeing as WordOfGod says he's long known he's chronically unloved.
** This might also explain why the main thing that affects Elsa emotionally in the shorts isn’t “I’m afraid of hurting everyone” but rather “I don’t want to mess things up again” (like she thinks in ''Frozen Fever'' with her fever and the snowgies at Anna's birthday, and her "It's my fault we don't have a real tradition" bit in ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure''): because there must have been a moment post-Thaw where Anna reveals what Hans said to her, and what it meant to her, either through actually talking about it or acting in such a way that it prompts Elsa to ask. Either way, the revelation comes up that Anna had a moment when she truly believed Hans’ words because she had never really seen anything that would disprove them, and that Elsa accidentally ended up seemingly confirming Hans’ words, even if the reality was the furthest thing from them. Which is probably the saddest thing about this. Because Elsa did truly love Anna. But because of fear, and thinking it best that Anna stayed away from her, she gave her the opposite message.

** Gets worse with the knowledge that the CutSong "You're You" was only replaced with "Love is an Open Door" because Disney thought it would be too obvious to audiences that Hans was abusive and didn't actually care about Anna, [[http://www.mtv.com/news/2242338/frozen-songs-facts/ "Anyone who would interrupt]] [[InkSuitActor Kristen Bell]] [[http://www.mtv.com/news/2242338/frozen-songs-facts/ singing is a creep"]] - which means that Anna's low self-esteem and [[FriendlessBackground lack of experience]] with healthy relationships (romantic ''or'' platonic) are so bad that [[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/You%27re_You this song, half of which is put-downs followed by Hans asserting that ''he'' loves her anyway]] would've actually been her idea of a loving partner! This is sadly TruthInTelevision and a common [[UsefulNotes/{{Abuse}} abuse tactic]], picking at the victim's insecurities and positioning the abuser as [[OneTrueLove the only one who would love them]]. It even carries over in a more subtle form to the final version of the film, [[http://www.pokeyournose.com/blog/top-ten-reactions-to-the-hans-reveal/ although many viewers do not notice it]], demonstrating its TruthInTelevision nature]]. He responds to her talking about her damaged relationship with her sister by saying that ''he'' would never shut her out, instead of focusing on reassuring her that she was worth loving, and WordOfGod confirms that he immediately notes her low self-esteem during their first meeting when she says it's "just" her and preys upon it.

** So let's recap a bit to the "''Let It Go''" scene, which is after Elsa accidentally freezes Arendelle. During the first verse of the song, she's walking under a snowy weather, but as soon as the first chorus starts (right after she takes off the glove), the snow ''just stops falling immediately'', and until Anna and co gets kicked out of the ice palace, the weather around the palace remains clear; no snowfall, no clouds, nothing. This later can be attributed to how feeling happy allows Elsa to control her power better, but does she realize about this at first?

** WordOfGod confirms Hans grew up without love, and the adaption''A Frozen Heart'' has Hans being tormented by his older brothers and suggests he has clinical depression. However, ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'' shows him with the relatively light (for attempted regicide) punishment of cleaning out the stables, although it's unknown if this comprises the entirety of his sentence.

** And ''then'' add a sister who you love and are terrified of hurting again, who doesn't know (and who you can't tell) why you shut her out. By pushing Anna away until she feels that she has her powers under firm control, Elsa is trying to protect her sister, while at the same time causing herself emotional anguish that, likely, triggers her powers in a negative fashion.

* Think about it for a second. For thirteen years, Elsa forced herself to remain stoic and emotionless, even distancing herself from her only sibling. Anna lost her best friend and had to be shut up in a castle all her life, with no friends around and no interaction with her older sibling. Both had no friends or contact with the outside world, and then their parents died. Imagine the kind of depression the two might have developed.

** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140112131335/http://www.momtrends.com/2013/11/disneys-frozen-interviews/ Anna is]] an InkSuitActor for Creator/KristenBell, who has been outspoken about [[http://time.com/4352130/kristen-bell-frozen-depression-anxiety/ her own battles with depression and anxiety despite her own similarly bubbly personality]], and is so in large part due to [[https://www.christianpost.com/news/kristen-bell-idina-menzel-on-redefining-disney-princesses-in-frozen-film-coming-soon-109201/ Bell's fight for a princess who was imperfect like she was]]. Patti Murin, who [[Theatre/Frozen2018 originates the Broadway role]] and is very Anna-like according to WordOfGod, does the [[https://deadline.com/2018/04/frozen-patti-murin-broadway-anxiety-attack-missed-performance-1202374248/ same]]. Added together, it's quite likely that Anna ''is'' also suffering from anxiety and depression. Added FridgeHorror when you realize that a combination of her GenkiGirl nature and of her [[FriendlessBackground isolation]] as her family closed the castle gates and minimized the number of people allowed in and her parents busy with older sister and heir to the throne Elsa's more obvious (and [[PowerIncontinence dangerous]]) struggles, it's also likely that ''no one'' noticed.
* Try to imagine the events of the film's ending from the point of view of people in kingdoms around the globe, and how Elsa appears to them. A new queen just ascended to the throne of Arendelle -- ''a superhuman, emotionally unstable, unmarried girl with the power to summon blizzards at her whim,'' and her first act as a ruler, after a three day blizzard that she apparently conjured up in a fit of depression, is to banish a foreign dignitary and cut off trade with his kingdom. Her SwissArmySuperpower even covers the [[{{Snowlems}} creation of life]]. Go to war with Elsa and she's liable to [[PersonOfMassDestruction summon a massive blizzard/ice storm to slam your entire country. Try to invade by land and she'll send a blizzard that makes it impossible for your supplies to travel over the roads, and any attempt to invade by sea will end with your ships stuck in an ice sheet.]] And that's not even getting into her potential to create never-ending reserves of undying, sleepless snow soldiers.
** Not to mention no one else really ''knows'' that the EndlessWinter was an accident resulting from PowerIncontinence that's under better control now. [[HeroWithBadPublicity Elsa never actually proved her innocence]], so for all anyone else in the film's world knows, she might have done it on purpose, ended it because she felt about killing her sister, and has no qualms about starting another one for any reason at all.

* Think about it for a second. For thirteen years, Elsa forced herself to remain stoic and emotionless, even distancing herself from her only sibling. Anna lost her best friend, and being cooped up in a castle all her life, no friends around her age and your only sibling being so cold towards you. And then, losing your parents. Both had no friends, contact with the outside world, and lose their beloved folks. Imagine the kind of depression issues the two might have developed.