#Polar Prince

[thepastisalreadywritten]

American financier Jay Bloom offered 'last minute' discounted price to sit in doomed Titan submersible with his son - but he turned it down over safety concerns

An American tycoon has revealed a text exchange with submersible chief executive Stockton Rush, who tried to convince he and his young son to pay for a reduced six-figure seat to see the Titanic by telling him: "It was safer than crossing the street."

By David Wu

June 24, 2023

An American tycoon has revealed how submersible chief executive Stockton Rush tried to convince he and his son to buy two tickets on the doomed Titan vessel.

Financier Jay Bloom shared the text exchange with Mr Rush months before the CEO died with four other passengers when the craft suffered a "catastrophic implosion."

He tried to offer his friend a "last minute price" of $AUD225,000, with the original cost of the seat valued about $365,000 in April for an expedition the following month.

The first messages started as far back as February, when the chief executive wondered if there was an interest to see the famous shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.

Mr Bloom said his son Sean had been "put a little scare in him" after one of his friends researched the dangers of travelling in deep waters.

"I'm happy to have a video call with him. Curious what the uninformed would say the danger is and whether it's real or imagined," Mr Rush responded.

The financier said his son was worried about "perceived threats to the vessel," such as a sperm whale or a giant squid attack compromising Titan's hull.

"Yeah, very stupid. The pressure is over 100 million pounds. No sperm whale or squid is ever going to be able to mess with the sub," Mr Rush replied.

"While there's obviously risk, it's way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving. There hasn't been even an injury in 35 years in a non-military subs."

Three days later, Mr Rush would again try to reassure Mr Bloom and his son by sending a link to how deep sperm whales can go underwater.

Mr Bloom said he was not concerned about being eaten by a whale and decided to set up a Skype call, so his questions could be answered properly.

There would be limited text communication before Mr Rush sent a message on April 24, offering discounted tickets to see the Titanic wreck.

"Have a space on mission 1 (may 11-19) and 2 (may 20-28). Last minute price is $150k pp," the chief executive advised.

Mr Bloom said he would have to check his schedule to see if he could fit it in, as Mr Rush asked three days later: "Any luck?"

That trip would be later postponed to June 18 due to weather conditions.

Mr Bloom shared the messages to his Facebook page.

The financier even met face-to-face on March 1 with Mr Rush, who took him through the Titanic Exhibit at Luxor in Las Vegas before having lunch at a food court.

"He was absolutely convinced it was safer than crossing the street," Mr Bloom said on the post about his interactions with the creator of Titan.

Mr Rush also gave him a limited edition of a book of photos signed by him and French mariner Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, who was also aboard the submersible.

Mr Bloom advised he could not join them on the once-in-a-lifetime trip until 2024.

Their tickets were later sold to prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, the latter who was "terrified" to go.

The fifth person was adventurer and British billionaire Hamish Harding.

The five men entered Titan and started their 3,800m journey down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday morning.

However, less than two hours into the trip, mothership Polar Prince lost contact with the roughly six-metre long vessel, which sparked a large-scale international search.

The United States Coast Guard on Thursday (local time) confirmed pieces of debris found near the Titanic wreck belonged to the missing submersible.

"An ROV subsequently found additional debris, in consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber (of Titan)," Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger told reporters.

Undersea expert Paul Hanken said five major different pieces of debris had led experts to conclude they were the remains of the OceanGate Expeditions craft.

"The initial thing we found was a nose cone, which was outside of the (Titan) pressure hull. We then found a large debris field and within that large debris field we found the front and back of the pressure hull," he said to reporters.

"Shortly thereafter, we found a second, smaller debris field and within that debris field we found the other end of the pressure hull.

"(It) ultimately contained the totality of that pressure vehicle. That was our first indication that there was a catastrophic event."

It was revealed the US Navy had detected an "anomaly consistent with implosion or explosion" where Titan was reported missing hours after the sub departed.

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada announced on Friday (local time) it has launched an investigation, as Polar Prince was a Canadian-flagged ship.

A team of investigators will travel to St Johns in Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador where they will "gather information and conduct interviews."

It will also coordinate its operation with other agencies.

TSB will provide updates throughout the investigation.

[magicharp]

cerise and daring but its East of the Sun and West of the Moon

[joyboying]

cackling so hard everytime i think abt law freaking out and did everything in his power to deny luffy's feeling for him i mean law you touched luffy's heart both literally and figuratively when you saved him in marineford and then proposed an alliance with him two years later in punk hazard what do u expect??? ofc luffy loves you too oh my godd

[vox-anglosphere]

As Arctic sea ice melts away, so does the polar bear's food supply.

[hanniballover67]

Prince Charmont forewent the agencies his assistant sent him & instead put out unofficial feelers for mercenary bodyguards.

It took all of his effort to remember he was Royalty on official duties & not in the Bear bar is minor-Royal cousin Cal took him to!

[insideapollo]

Happy New Year everyone! 🥳🎉🎆💕

Here’s round 2 of my HEU character challenge requested by the lovely folks on Twitter! 🥰

[ericmicael]

One of my plans that I don't know if will come to fruition is to transform the participation of the Frozen crowd in “Disney Magic Kingdoms” into an anthological fanfic, expanding the missions and transforming them as if it were canonical. There are many interesting missions in the mobile game, and especially many of them that are concluded abruptly: one of them is when Hans met the brothers Honeymaren and Ryder for the first time. After the first meeting where the Northuldras don't even recognize him because the prince is in disguise, they simply don't meet again.

And yes, at the end of all of Hans' appearances he returns to the Southern Islands to repeat his punishment in "Frozen Fever".

And also that would be a good excuse for me to make another version of:

I always like to expand on this passage from "Polar Nights."

[concasutronu]

Oh the mummy is dead.

[lambwyboy]

me and my boyfriend’s fursonas stim board :3 <333

art belongs to me :3

🐻‍❄️💖🐑 | 💖🤍💖 | 🐑💖🐻‍❄️

[duchessofvastergotland]

24th May 2022 // Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel join Prince Carl Philip on the yellow carpet at the Polar Music Prize.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

(CNN) — What was supposed to be a 10-hour journey to the Titanic shipwreck ended in tragedy, with all five passengers on the missing submersible killed in a catastrophic implosion.

Their deaths were confirmed Thursday, concluding a week-long search for survivors that was closely watched around the world.

The US Navy detected a sound that would match an implosion on Sunday, the day it went missing, and search teams have since found fragments of the Titan submersible, confirming those on board have perished.

But many questions still remain as authorities continue searching for debris, including when the implosion happened and what exactly went wrong with the sub.

Here’s what we know so far.

What is a catastrophic implosion?

An underwater implosion refers to the sudden inward collapse of the vessel, which would have been under immense pressure at the depths it was diving toward.

It’s unclear where or how deep the Titan was when the implosion occurred, but the Titanic wreck sits nearly 13,000 feet (almost 4,000 meters) below sea level.

The submersible was about 1 hour and 45 minutes into the roughly 2 hour descent when it lost contact.

At the depth the Titanic rests, there is around 5,600 pounds per square inch of pressure – several hundred times the pressure we experience on the surface, according to Rick Murcar, the international training director at the National Association of Cave Divers.

A catastrophic implosion is “incredibly quick,” taking place within just a fraction of a millisecond, said Aileen Maria Marty, a former Naval officer and professor at Florida International University.

“The entire thing would have collapsed before the individuals inside would even realize that there was a problem,” she told CNN. “Ultimately, among the many ways in which we can pass, that’s painless.”

Experts say it is unlikely any bodies will be recovered.

The US Coast Guard said Thursday it will continue the search in an effort to recover what it can but warned it was “an incredibly unforgiving environment down there on the sea floor.”

What’s next for the search effort?

Besides searching for the passengers, authorities will also continue to search the sea floor in hopes of discovering more information about what led to the implosion.

It will take time to put together a specific timeline of events, the US Coast Guard said Thursday, calling the underwater environment “incredibly complex.”

So far, they have located the Titan’s nose cone and one end of its pressure hulls in a large debris field, and the other end of the pressure hull in a second, smaller debris field.

“What they would do now is go back to that site and, like cookie crumbs, try to find a trail as to where that would lead,” said Tom Maddox, CEO of Underwater Forensic Investigators, who took part in a Titanic expedition in 2005.

He added that the debris pieces could still be “slightly buoyant” and be carried further away by ocean currents.

“So the big project right now is going to be trying to collect those parts,” he said.

“They’ll mark them, they’ll indicate where they were, and they’ll lay out a map of where those parts were found.”

What is the timeline of the disaster?

The expedition set out from Newfoundland, Canada, on June 16, with the Polar Prince support ship carrying participants to the site of the Titanic wreck.

Then on Sunday, June 18, the five passengers began the dive in the submersible, launched from the support ship, which remained on the surface.

They began the dive around 9 a.m., with their last communication to the surface at 11:47 a.m, according to Miawpukek Maritime Horizon Services, which co-owns the Polar Prince.

They were expected to resurface at 6:10 p.m. but were not seen; authorities were notified at 6:35 p.m. and the rescue operations launched, according to Maritime Horizon.

There seemed to be a brief window of hope after reports emerged that search teams on Tuesday heard banging every 30 minutes, though they were unable to locate the source of the noise.

But the submersible had only been equipped with 96 hours of oxygen, setting Thursday as a key target to locate and retrieve the submersible.

By Thursday afternoon, authorities confirmed the submersible had imploded, saying there does not seem to be a connection between the banging noises and where the debris was found.

A senior US Navy official told CNN the noises were likely some form of natural life or sounds given off by other ships and vessels that were part of the search effort.

It’s still not clear when exactly the vessel may have imploded.

The Navy detected a sound that was “consistent” with an implosion on Sunday, but it was determined to be “not definitive,” so the search for survivors or remains of the vessel continued.

The US Coast Guard said on Thursday it had set up sonar buoys in the water for at least the last 72 hours – meaning from at least Monday onward – but they did not record any sign of an implosion.

Who was on board?

The five men on board included the CEO of the tour operator, a British businessman, a renowned French diver, and a Pakisatani billionaire and his son.

OceanGate Expeditions, the Titan’s operator, said Thursday it believed CEO Stockton Rush and the other passengers to be “lost,” adding that the company’s employees were “exhausted and grieving deeply over this loss.”

Rush, 61, founded OceanGate in 2009 with a stated mission of “increasing access to the deep ocean through innovation.”

In a series of interviews, Rush said he believes deeply that the sea, rather than the sky, offers humanity the best shot at survival when the Earth’s surface becomes uninhabitable.

As CEO, Rush, who graduated from Princeton in 1984 with a degree in aerospace engineering, oversaw the company’s “financial and engineering strategies” and provides a “vision for development” of crewed submersibles, according to his bio.

But in his eagerness to explore, Rush often appeared skeptical, if not dismissive, of regulations that might slow innovation.

British businessman and adventurer Hamish Harding was also on board.

Based in the United Arab Emirates, he was the chairman of Action Aviation, an aircraft brokerage – but was better known for his various expeditions.

He was part of a flight crew that broke the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe via both poles;

He was one of the first people to dive to the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean, widely believed to be the deepest point in the world’s oceans;

He went to space on the Blue Origin flight; and

He was part of two record-breaking trips to the South Pole.

French diver Paul-Henri “PH” Nargeolet had decades of experience exploring the Titanic.

He served as the director of underwater research at RMS Titanic Inc., the company that has exclusive rights to salvage artifacts from the ship.

According to his biography on the company’s website, Nargeolet completed 35 dives to the Titanic wreck and supervised the recovery of 5,000 artifacts.

He also spent 22 years in the French Navy.

In a statement, his family called him one of the greatest deep-sea explorers in history, adding:

“But what we will remember him most for is his big heart, his incredible sense of humor and how much he loved his family.”

Lastly, Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman Dawood, were from a prominent Pakistani business family.

Dawood Hercules Corp., their business, is among the largest corporations in the country, with a portfolio spanning energy, petrochemicals, fertilizers, information technology, and food and agriculture.

In a statement online, the family patriarch Hussain Dawood and his wife, Kulsum Dawood, said:

“Please continue to keep the departed souls and our family in your prayers during this difficult period of mourning.”

[onepiecexd]

One Piece - Capítulo 1081

[a-pigeons-soliloquy]

LOSING MY MIND

the vicar of dibley final episode is on, as it always is at christmas, and I thought this guy looked vaguely familiar

at first I thought it was just that he looks very vaguely like hugh dancy, but then I looked him up

and

IT'S FRANCIS DOLARHYDE

H O W

[damnprecious]

me: wants to consume new content also me: can't consume new content

[ericmicael]

DISNEY MAGIC KINGDOMS: Hans and his two comebacks.

“Disney Magic Kingdoms” is a mobile game.

Although Hans is the main antagonist of “Frozen 1″ he only officially returned in the franchise in “Frozen Fever” where it was shown what punishment his father, the King of the Southern Isles, gave him for his actions in Arendelle:

Be a stable keeper. “How am I going to punish my least favorite son for ruining my business chances with Arendelle after he tried to kill the queen and princess? Put him to work in the stable”, Hans is really a playboy lol

And besides, I believe that the only mentions of the prince's future after F1 are like the phrase from “Polar Nights” where it reinforces that he continues in his destiny of “Frozen Fever”. Duke Weselton even though he ordered two of his henchmen to kill Queen Elsa he was just expelled from Arendelle who cut ties with Weselton, in fact the same punishment as Hans, but unlike the prince who is still drowning in shit for 7 years the Duke has returned over and over again for the franchise including Arendelle, and I believe that relations between the two kingdoms, Arendelle and Weselton, have already been fixed.

I'm not here to defend Prince Hans because I consider him to be a really despicable figure and that it wouldn't add anything to returning, being at most a repeat of his F1 actions (as are the passages on him in this game) or he would have to suffer a turn of events 180º in his personality, but I believe that it would be easier for Disney to create another idiot just like him (Thord and Runeard, for example) if his participation is not just cheap fanservice. Anyway, I just wanted to explain the situation.

But he returns in “Frozen Heart” and “Conceal, Don't Feel” which are two versions of F1 that I believe is Disney trying to better explain the nickname Jennifer Lee gave Hans: “dumb sociopath”, and in in my opinion they succeeded. These two books reinforce Hans' main characteristic: he only cares about himself and when people stop being useful he discards them as if they were nothing (in short: if you used the fact that he saved Elsa in the Ice Palace as an argument that he's not a bad person these two books threw that argument into the same shit that Hans is buried).

Now after the introduction, let's get to the focus of the post.

 HANS RETURNS AFTER FROZEN 1 AND FROZEN FEVER

Elsa and Anna are in another realm when a strange snowstorm starts there. Elsa knows that this was not an act of her powers, but she is not sure if the event is magical or not, it is not the time for a snowstorm, and fearing that her sister will get involved and hurt herself, she decides to take care of the situation by herself.

Anna, seeing that Elsa has disappeared, starts looking for her sister in the middle of the snowstorm, believing that she may be in danger, but who she finds first is Hans. Hans accuses Elsa of being the cause of the situation because she was not there trying to help, but since no one in the kingdom knows the man's reputation, everyone would believe the prince's words.

Anna, fearing that people will believe Hans' words and accuse Elsa as the cause of the storm, decides to calm the population, she ends up meeting Kristoff and together they consult the Trolls who claim that although Elsa is not the cause of the event, she can end it.

Hans, taking advantage of the situation, goes to the kingdom's castle to try to dominate the place while pretending to care about the population while blaming the Snow Queen for the chaos. When Anna and Kristoff find Elsa, the three decide to put an end to the prince's lie.

Elsa, Anna and Kristoff return to the castle, and Elsa uses her magic to prove that she is a good person, managing to convince the population not to believe Hans' lies. But Hans still directly accuses Elsa which makes her realize that he might be hiding something.

Elsa and Anna return to Elsa's Ice Palace and discover Marshmallow asleep and he is somehow the cause of the storm. But in the Ice Palace they also find the Southern Isles' court physicist, he had been sent as a nanny to Hans, but the prince blackmailed him and used his knowledge in Mashmallow to cause the snowstorm, and so Hans would help the people convincing people that he is a hero to have the kingdom under his feet.

When Hans is confronted with the truth, he returns to the Ice Palace trying to escape with Marshmallow to continue his plan, but Elsa after a certain problem manages to wake up the snow giant who beats the prince.

SECONDARY MISSIONS

1 - Welcome a Thirteenth Son

HANS: Please... allow me to introduce myself. I am Prince Hans, of the Southern Isles. If there's ANY way I can be of service to help you in a time of need, please call on me. I'll do everything in my power. What? You don't believe me? Fine. But you try being thirteenth in line to a throne and see what you'd do.

2 – Keeping Up Appearances

HANS:  Let's see... marriage is out... magic's been unreliable... and that's the last time I try to steal a snow monster... Don't judge me. It's not like I have a lot of options. I'll never get any power at home with twelve older brothers. I suppose I'll just have to rely on my charm. After all, I was raised to be quite charming.  And I AM still a prince. I'm sure there are at least some people here who haven't heard what that's entailed, lately.

Hans tries to win over the people.

HANS:  Turns out there aren't that many people out there who don't know me...  ...and too many people who think they do.  You wouldn't know how to get tomato stains out of a white jacket, would you?  Next time, I should look for an audience carrying less produce.

3 – The Corridors of Power

HANS:  You know, I actually WAS here on official business. Well, technically, anyway.  My brothers thought it would be HILARIOUS to ship me off to every kingdom on the map to learn about proper diplomacy...  ...which means that I have diplomatic credentials to get me through the castle gate.  After a few meetings with officials... perhaps a bribe or two... Who knows? You COULD be looking at this Kingdom's future king...

Hans tries to infiltrate Arendelle's Rink.

HANS:  Well, THAT was a complete waste of time!  Oh, I was offered a position at the castle, just not the one I was hoping for.  I will be politely declining the job of "Sanitation Assistant to the Stablehand -- Junior Grade." This kingdom's anti-corruption laws are REALLY thorough.  Though, they DID say I could work my way up to "Associate Grade" after fifteen years' service. Pass.

4 – What Is She Hiding?

HANS:  I have spent my entire life trying to get anywhere NEAR a throne room -- and "Queen Elsa" just CREATED one.  An ice palace! Out of thin air! And she STILL managed to gain the people's trust, even after freezing the whole kingdom.  I wonder if she has a secret hidden away somewhere in that palace. A magical way of winning the people to her side.... I will be right back. I have an errand to run.

Hans goes to investigate the Ice Palace.

HANS:  Empty... I should've known. Well, except for this note someone left on the throne...  "Elsa isn't a good ruler because of magic -- it's because she's caring, smart, and finally accepts herself for who she is."` "P.S. You're a lying, predictable, weasel-faced toad, and I bet you don't even LIKE sandwiches."  I'm pretty sure I know who THIS is from.  I DO like sandwiches, you know. I'm not a monster.

SOME THOUGHTS AND EXPLANATIONS

Disney Magic Kingdoms works like this: the game has the central kingdom which is like a Hub where the player can place representatives of other Disney places that acted as if it were the real place. When Hans invaded the kingdom and tried to manipulate the citizens to elect him king, he was in this central kingdom (which is not Arendelle), but he managed to interact with the representations of Frozen and kidnap Mashmallow.

Hans tries to conquer another kingdom using the same methods he tried with Arendelle. To me that's what would make the most sense with the character arc. All he wanted was to gain prestige to rub it in his brothers and father's face that he's not the failure they always imagined him to be, so after failing in Arendelle it would make a lot more sense for him to try the plan elsewhere than just revenge on Arendelle. But in this case, he tried to use Marshmallow's power to create chaos since Eternal Winter worked so well to put the population of Arendelle in the position he wanted: desperate crying out for a savior.

 HANS RETURNS AFTER FROZEN 2

1 - Snow and Sisters

ANNA:  Okay! First Winter Festival since my coronation day... First one since Elsa moved to the Enchanted Forest... Whoo! I can DO this!  All I have to do is show Arendelle how good I am at festival-hosting, AND make Elsa proud, AND have a good time doing it... I hope I can! A good time, and a QUEENLY time. I am going to host this festival in a queenly way. Queenly? Is that a word? Queenishly...? ... All right, FOCUS, Anna. Look it up later -- host the festival now!

Anna is going to prepare the Winter Festival.

ANNA: I thought about it, and getting a krumkake with cloudberry cream from that stall was an EXTREMELY queenly thing to do. I do wish Elsa was here to share this with me, though. We always used to love eating krumkake at this time of year. But... she's still on her way. So, until she gets here, I'm gonna test out whether ice skating is as queenly as dessert is! Maybe I'd better double-check the dessert-tasting part afterward, though. Just to be safe!

2 - Missed Connections

KRISTOFF: Has anyone seen Anna...? We said we'd meet up between my lute performances to ride the gravity mine cart, but I can't find her... Right... I should explain. Oaken's tinkered with the mine cart track to make it a "festival amusement of his own invention..." HE says it's more fun than riding a sled down a mountain, and I said "that's impossible," and... now I have to prove it. And... Uh... ALSO have a good time on the ride with my fiancée. (... Who can confirm how right I am about this.)   Send 

Kristoff goes looking for Anna in "Ice Skate at the Rink"

KRISTOFF: No sign of her. At least I got to finish my lute performance while I was looking. It's kinda nice to play while I walk--

ANNA: Kristoff! Sorry-I-missed-you-still-trying-to-figure-out-this-ice-skating-thing----Specifically-how-to-stop-okay-talk-later-love-you-byeeeeeee...

KRISTOFF: ... Huh. How did she end up OUTSIDE the ice rink...? Guess I'll catch up with her later. After she's... uh... slowed down.

3 - Visiting Guests

ELSA: Getting here took a little longer than usual, but it was worth it. Usually, I ride the Water Nokk down the fjord, but I wanted to travel with the Northuldra visitors. This will be their first time at Arendelle's Winter Festival, and I wanted to give them an idea of what to expect. Of course, Honeymaren and Ryder ran off to see the sights the moment we got here, so I'm not sure I actually needed to.   Send 

Elsa goes to explore the festival.

ELSA: The festival is just like I remembered it! Arendelle will always be special to me, and it always feels nice to come back. I haven't seen Anna yet, but I couldn't resist making some snow patterns for the children. They were so excited! Families come from all over for the festival -- Zaria, Chatho, the Southern Isles, and now the Enchanted Forest, too. But don't worry: We make sure a CERTAIN person from the Southern Isles is NEVER invited. Though other citizens of the Southern Isles are always welcome.

4 - Guess Who...?

HANS: Three... years... Three years in the stables... ingratiating myself with the palace staff... bribing the Chamberlain to forge me new papers... Firming up my alibi... sneaking onto the ship to Arendelle... blending in with the festival delegation... Finally. After three years... Hans of the Southern Isles has returned! ... Disguised as a peppernut cookie salesman. (He was the easiest person to lock in a compartment in the hold before we docked...)   Send 

Hans puts his plan into action.

HANS: Hm. Finding an out-of-the-way location to plant those barrels of explosives might be harder than I thought... ...Mostly because I keep getting mobbed by dessert-crazy festivalgoers. This was NOT the best identity to steal, in retrospect. Although, credit where it's due -- he IS a decent baker. I've been snacking on these things all afternoon... Unfortunately, it will take more than peppernut cookies to get behind the scenes unnoticed.

5 - Recipe for Success

RYDER: ... And this large man in a sweater has a portable sauna AND some kind of downhill-sled-cart thing! Plus Mattias found his dad's sourdough flatbread recipe and is doing a tasting later. How are you NOT excited about all this?

HONEYMAREN: I am, Ryder. Don't worry. It's just that Elsa asked me to help with the dessert stall, and...

RYDER: ... And you don't wanna let her down. Gotcha. Hey, why don't I help? If we work together, we'll sell twice as much.

Honeymaren and Ryder sell desserts.

HONEYMAREN: I think that's actually the last of them, somehow! ... Phew. How did you do?

RYDER: Great! I actually started serving the mountain-sorrel pudding and the cloudberry jam together. It was really popular!

HONEYMAREN: Seriously? That's like... tart on tart, Ryder. I'm surprised anyone enjoyed it!

RYDER: Yeah, all except one guy. He was so busy asking me if this place had any "out-of-the-way storehouses," he didn't even eat it! I mean... he WAS selling some really good cookies, but still, he was really pushy.

What Ryder really meant in this mission: "I understand sister, you are a lesbian and you are in love with the Snow Queen Elsa, I will help you please her".

6 - Trains vs. Sleds

OLAF: SVEN! Sven, Sven, Sven! Oh, I have no WORDS for what I just experienced! Other than that it was Oaken's mine-cart-gravity-ride-thing, and also, maybe the most fun I've had in my entire LIFE! It was AMAZING, Sven. First I ROLLED, and then I COASTED, and-- Ooh, I like how that sounds! It really rolls off the tongue. I should tell Oaken about that -- right after I tell him how right he was about it being more exciting than Kristoff's sled--

SVEN: SNORF.

Send Sven and Olaf disagree.

SVEN: Snurf snuf...

OLAF: Ha ha ha! Okay, Sven -- we've got a deal. I'll agree that Kristoff's sled is TIED for most exciting  with Oaken's coasty-roll'em... (Or... something like that. I feel like we should workshop the name a little more? I'll come back to it.) Anyway -- and in exchange -- YOU'LL tell me three new stories tonight at bedtime! Okay?

SVEN: Snorf!

OLAF: Well, it's a pleasure doing business with you too! ... And there's leftover mountain-sorrel over there if you're hungry. I hear it's better than carrots!

7 - Fire Friend

BRUNI: Skrrrk...

ELSA: Oh! Hello again. Are you all right? I thought you were helping Yelana keep the stew pot heated...

BRUNI: Skrik... Squeak!

ELSA: A little overwhelmed, huh? Well, there are a lot of people here. Sometimes it can be a little much for me too. It's all right if you want to go back to the Enchanted Forest now.  

Bruni returns to the Enchanted Forest.

BRUNI: Squeak, squeak! (Purr)

8 - He Can Explain!

HANS: Fine. If the Northuldra delegation has no useful information, there are plenty of other visitors here that might. Maybe some of Weselton's staff...? The Duke knows my face, but as long as I'm careful about who I approach, I should-- ANNA: ...aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA--(doof!) HANS: OW! Hey -- watch who you slam into on those skates-- ... Ohhh, no... I was GOING to say, there's a PERFECTLY REASONABLE explanation for why I'm here right now, and if you'd just (DOOF--)

ANNA: Nope! Not listening. I'd MUCH rather sock you in the face again. Like that! Guards? Please escort the ONLY person on my "Never-Invited-to-the-Festival List" off the premises.

HANS: (Koff--) Wait...! See, you're not--

ANNA: Oh -- sorry! I meant "escort him out of ARENDELLE." Which I'm the queen of. You can make a day trip out of it, if you'd like.

HANS: Uh--

ANNA: Gerda can pack you some sandwiches for the road! Make sure you give absolutely NONE of them to Hans.

HANS: Hey! That's not-- (*sigh*...) Fine. I'm not hungry, anyway.

9 - Sweet Endings

ANNA: There you are, Elsa! I'm sorry it took me so long to find you -- I just... uh... ran into an old acquaintance. But hey -- I saved you a krumkake with cloudberry cream, just like we used to love! I thought we could share it. ELSA: Well, I saved you the last mountain-sorrel pudding! It has cloudberries too. Rather like a... ANNA: ... Tart on tart? ELSA: Yes! How did you know? ANNA: I heard Ryder's sales pitch! And I'm ALL IN. Let's sit by the rink and share both. We've got a lot to catch up on...  

Elsa and Anna share dessert while Kristoff continues to explore the festival.

RYDER: Hey, Kristoff -- I tracked down Anna for you! She and Elsa are over by the ice rink, and...  Whaaaat are you doing?

KRISTOFF: Giving them space to be sisters. This is the first Winter Festival since Elsa moved.  They should have some time together.

RYDER: No... I meant, "Why are you carving a tiny model sled track out of an ice block?"

KRISTOFF: (*sigh*...) Well, I finally went on Oaken's gravity mine cart while I was waiting for Anna, and it was... completely amazing. I figured I could pitch him on a frozen sled version if I get the design right! ...  And if I ride the original a few more times.

RYDER: Well, let me know the next time you do -- I'll back you up from the passenger seat! Reindeer pals, right?

KRISTOFF: Heh... Yeah! Reindeer pals!

SOME THOUGHTS AND EXPLANATIONS

I found out that Hans was in this game precisely because of a mission where Hans tried to kidnap Bruni, but when I was doing the investigation to create this post, I didn't find this mission or any other individual mission with him after the events of the second film. I didn't go looking in the same place that I found the mission to kidnap Bruni (it would be a lot of work and I don't believe it will bear much fruit), but it's there as a curiosity that may have been an optical illusion.

Was Hans's plan to explode barrels and cause genocide in Arendelle? Hans in "Frozen Heart" said that he only considers killing someone as a last resort so I have my doubts. Could this really have been his plan? Yes, but I think it's more likely that he just wants to create chaos or damage to Arendelle (I praised another arc precisely for running away from the cliché of revenge without purpose and this arc is precisely that cliché).

The post-F2 “Winter Festival” already happened in the comics, but in this case only the main team participated (Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven) with just generic winter activities... yeah. In “Disney Magic Kingdoms” it was indeed a meeting of everyone from F2 (and if the character did not appear, he was mentioned). Something like this has already happened with “Polar Nights”, there is a comic that also tells the first polar night festivity in Arendelle after F2... what happens in the comic are just generic activities, nothing relevant.

Which should be considered canon? The 4 events are considered as the first after F2 so you can only choose one of each: "Winter Festival" from the comics and "Polar Nights" from the book seem to be more canonical.

Which happens first? In both cases it seems to be the “Winter Festival”, so that line from "Polar Nights" saying that the Northuldras are on migration cannot be considered to justify the absence of the tribe in the "Winter Festival" comic which makes me wish for canonicity of the version of "Disney Magic Kingdoms".