FROZEN // FROZEN 2: Love how Anna & Elsa are perfectly expressing the same energy of Kristoff & Hans in F1
It's a little obsession of mine, but looking at Anna and Elsa pivotal moments from F2, it seriously feels as their journeys were built on the dynamics and themes of F1, to show their growth and development: they are doing what they weren’t able to do themselves in the first movie, something that, instead, Kristoff & Hans were experiencing themselves in F1.
I know it seems as I'm reading too much into it, but here's my explain:
- Anna is leading the Earth Giants to destroy the dam because it's the right thing to do to makes repeant for King Runeard's sins, to free the Enchanted Forest and ensure Arendelle's future, even if she knows that her life won't be the same anymore, after she lost Elsa and Olaf, her relationship with Kristoff seemed broken and Arendelle will be destroyed.
Similarly, Kristoff in F1 was riding on the fjord with Sven and facing the snow storm in order to save Anna from it, even if he was still believing that she got saved by Hans's "true love kiss", and so needing to return to his everyday life with this pain inside his heart
- Elsa is preparing herself to face the Dark Sea to reach Ahtohallan and this Fifth Spirit, to honor her parents sacrifice and finally have the answers she was searching for, convinced that her duty and destiny is to be some sort of hero meant to save everyone, proving her determination by defeating the Nokk. Well, in F1, while searching for Anna and appear as some sort of hero, Hans prepares himself and his search-party to face whatever danger they might meet getting closer to the Ice Palace, coincidentally arriving when Elsa's powers are reflecting her deeply emotinally thurmoil, giving to the place a dark vibe, and this situation gets "even better" for him when Marshmallow reveals himself
The way the scenes are built is nearly identical between the two movies, but the best way to put it down is that Frozen 2 turns the expectations in a story with a much greater scale compared to the first movie.
Most importantly:
F1 story works through Anna & Elsa being separated, in order to bring their relationship back at the center.
F2 story works through Anna & Elsa being together, in order to evolve their relationship and find their roles in the world.
Cyril Proudbottom (The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad)
2/10 His vacant eyes and grotesque proportions disturb me
The Headless Horseman’s Horse (The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad)
7/10 Stunning. Very dramatic. Powerful look.
Major (Cinderella)
4/10 Cyril Proudbottom’s more distinguished cousin.
Samson (Sleeping Beauty)
3/10 There’s something not right about his face. I don’t trust him.
Captain (One Hundred and One Dalmatians- movie)
5/10 A solid design. Friend shaped.
Captain (I don’t know- some 101 Dalmatians tv show it looks like)
-30/10 Kill it now before it destroys us all.
Frou-Frou (Aristocats)
7/10 A perfect genteel lady. Loses points for inconsistency in the animation.
Philippe (Beauty and the Beast)
8/10 I’d trust this horse with my life
Achilles (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
6/10 Respectable. Handsome.
Snowball (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
10/10 The DRAMA. The expression somewhere between “evil” and “hasn’t slept in 4 days”. The HAIR. Perfection. Exactly the type of horse I’ll ride when I turn evil.
Pegasus (Hercules)
6/10 A fun design, lot’s of personality. But kinda gives off Frat Boy energy.
Baby Pegasus (Hercules)
11/10 I’d die for him.
Khan (Mulan)
10/10 Look at those absurd proportions-- the tiny legs and the huge barrel chest- amazing.
Bullseye (Toy Story 2-4)
4/10 Is he cute? yes. But as someone who has owned many toy horses in her life, this is not a toy horse I would be pleased with.
This Bullseye Toy I found looking for a movie picture of Bullseye
-100/10 This thing IS cursed and we will probably all die for having seen it. But I’m taking you all down with me.
Buck (Home on the Range)
2/10 No matter what picture, no matter what expression, you look at this horse and just KNOW he would be so unpleasant to talk to.
Blessedly, there is no horse in Chicken Little.
Destiny (Enchanted)
5/10 This is a Barbie horse and I swear I owned it.
Maximus (Tangled)
7/10 A good design but too much dogness.
Angus (Brave)
15/10 Everything that’s good in a horse.
Sitron (Frozen)
11/10 He deserves so much better than Hans. Look at his kind eyes. This is a horse that will treat you right. This horse is the anti-Hans.
Nokk (Frozen 2)
20/10 WATER HORSE WATER HORSE WATER HORSE WATER HORSE!
This Horse I Assume Bruno Stole (Encanto)
9/10 He’s only there very briefly and I can’t even find a decent picture but he’s a very nice horse.
This year, instead of inktober I will do the Helsaween.
Originally this drawing wasn't made for this challenge, but I don't have any ideas for The Woods prompt, and I already had this sketch so i finished it a little earlier then I planned.
Their outfits are a little different than what they have in the movies I wanted them to wear something casual, cute dating outfit.
Why Hans is not simply a "Villain", and why his absence in Frozen 2 is justified:
Frozen is not a franchise about Villains going around, creating a "Good Vs Evil" situation, as it's not a franchise where the Love Interest is the main sentimental force: it's about two Sisters growing and maturing in response to terrible trauma and years of isolation.
Hans moves perfectly and is so impactful when he reveals himself in F1 because he's the "first important person" Anna meets outside the castle, but it's also the person whose behavior and actions are in "contrast" with Elsa's troubled and dangerous one during the whole story:
If we wanted to simplify Anna's journey in a schematic way, we could put it down like this: Elsa is her Point A, Hans is her Point B and Kristoff is her Point C.
Kristoff is put in the middle of a situation where Anna moves from Elsa to Hans, and from Hans to Elsa.
Her unusual need for romance is driven from the lack of a relationship with her sister, but it's also mediated by the fact that she was "raised in a castle", used to a certain view of who the "perfect man" his and this creates her own "narrative constrast" with Kristoff, something that's only hers, impacting thing even more when she realizes "too late" that Kristoff loves her:
Then, why leaving Hans out of Frozen 2 works? Because of two important reasons:
Frozen 2 is focused on Elsa's POV, a search for answers about her powers and her true destiny, diving in their parents and family history, and that creates the subvertion about romance and villainy in this context;
The events of Frozen are the base for the characters insecurities, even if they all think everything seems perfectly fine because of Anna's belief in "Happy Endings";
Hans would've capitalized far too easily the situation. I would remind how Frozen 2, focusing on Elsa and her powers's origin, showing her taming the Spirits, forced the directors to limit the Kristanna content and relegate Kristoff to a secondary role, while, in one of the previous versions, his arc saw him already engaged to Anna from the start (Get This Right), but also hiding his unsatisfaction regarding his life in Arendelle (all things we saw Anna enjoyed and craved in F1), causing a temporaly break up when he was forced by the Nokk to reveal his own truth, with Anna clearly reliving Hans lies and cruelties;
In regards to this last point, there is another a important detail: if we recall HOW things happened in the fist movie, the only caracter that actually saw and lived Hans full cruelty and selfishness was Anna herself, while Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff & Sven only based their experiences on what she told them of him, or purely believing his lies and then facing the consequences of his actions:
That's probably both the most unresolved aspect from the first movie, but also the reason why Hans could've been such an heavy burden for the narrative, without having the other main characters "prepared" like they are now with this new status quo: how giving him space and getting to know who he truely is, without becoming easily overwhelming for the characters is they were in the same context we saw them at the end of the 1st Frozen?
Queen Elsa
Prince Hans
They are both true knights
Two professionals in taming wild horses
Chivalry for kings
That's why I think they suit each other. They both love horses and know how to control them
Just imagine if we saw them in Frozen 3
Elsa with Nok
Hans with Sitron
Imagine the reaction between Nok and Sitron
Imagine if the horse, Nok, was jealous of his lady Elsa and hated Hans to be around her
We see Sitron's reaction as he tries to support his master, Hans
There will be a funny fight between Nok and Sitron