Frozen: Sacrifice and Forgiveness by Kira Ani McGrath A Frozen fanfiction that is post- Frozen Fever and non-canon with Frozen II. F:SaF is the first part of the Frozen: Step into the Dawn series. F:SaF is an amalgamation of Frozen: Flesh and Stone and Frozen: Fire and Fury.
So I kneecapped myself with the next F:SaF chapter (Ch 25) when I decided this was the place to write all of Hans' movie scenes from his perspective (sans the scene that was in Ch 19). Unfortunately, my perfectionist nature requires that I accurately weave in the actual movie rather than winging it, so it's going to take a while (and I'm already at 2.5 years since Ch 24 was posted). Although maybe I'll move all of that to Ch 26 (it would take a while there too, but it would get Ch 25 out faster). I am still undecided.
On the positive side, with what writing I've been able to do, I've made some interesting minor connections on things that I didn't think about before. It will be fun to see if other people pick up on them or agree with the ones I've made more obvious.
After mulling it over some more, I have decided it indeed makes more sense to move the aforementioned Hans-POV movie scenes to Ch 26.
Hahaha the Ch 25 draft went from 60 pages to 35 pages when I moved the (not even fully finished) chunk to Ch 26 (which went from 11 pages to 36). Yeah that just adds to the correctness of the decision.
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So I kneecapped myself with the next F:SaF chapter (Ch 25) when I decided this was the place to write all of Hans' movie scenes from his perspective (sans the scene that was in Ch 19). Unfortunately, my perfectionist nature requires that I accurately weave in the actual movie rather than winging it, so it's going to take a while (and I'm already at 2.5 years since Ch 24 was posted). Although maybe I'll move all of that to Ch 26 (it would take a while there too, but it would get Ch 25 out faster). I am still undecided.
On the positive side, with what writing I've been able to do, I've made some interesting minor connections on things that I didn't think about before. It will be fun to see if other people pick up on them or agree with the ones I've made more obvious.
It's canon that Hans is ambidextrous, or at least far better than the average person at using his non-dominant hand.
As I was going through his first scene in Frozen, I noticed that Hans almost exclusively uses his left hand, even though he is right-handed (as far as we know). My observation got me curious about every scene he appears in, so here's all my notes under the cut.
This also made me think of the glove theory (TL;DR: one glove off only reveals half one's true self, and, more specifically, under the left glove is fear and trauma, under the right glove is confidence and power) which has actually morphed into a side-of-the-body motif for Hans in my fics. So it's interesting to go through his hand gestures with that in mind. Makes for some fun morsels to chew on.
The first scene Anna and Hans meet:
He offers his left hand to help her stand up
He bends his left arm when half-bowing (his right arm stays straight)
He goes down on his right knee with his right hand in the boat while his left arm is draped over his raised left knee
He catches Anna with his left hand/arm and braces with his right
His left arm stays up when Anna lands on top of him, then hovers over her back
His left hand takes Anna's as he helps her stand again (his right briefly helps by supporting her left elbow)
Anna passes him on his left side (and he turns to stay facing her as she does)
He lifts his left hand in goodbye
He raises the boat off of him with his left hand
In the chapel, Hans again waves to Anna with his left hand, although he looks quite uncomfortably pinned between a larger man on his right and the man sleeping on his left shoulder, so it's possible he just couldn't move his right arm.
When Hans catches Anna in the ballroom ("Glad I caught you"), it's with his right hand (the left is holding a champagne glass, which he places on a passing waiter's tray).
Montage bits:
When Anna bumps Hans' nose with her left hand, he lifts his right hand to it to check for blood
Hans playfully bumps Anna with his right shoulder (which she returns with more force). Right after that, he asks about her white hair and points to it with his left hand.
Setup and singing of Love is an Open Door:
He eats the krumcake with his left hand, his right beneath it to catch any crumbs
When Hans tells Anna he would never shut her out, he takes her left hand in his right hand
"I've been searching my whole life" He gestures to himself with his right hand. "to find my own place" Right hand still on his chest, he gestures to Arendelle with his left.
Brushes Anna's cheek with his right hand
Leads with his right side to tip the chair and join Anna on the table (left foot on the edge of the seat, right foot on the top of the back, right arm extended, Anna yanks him forward)
Anna is on Hans' left side during sock sliding, so it's his left hand he uses to stabilize her [he's also ahead of her, but when the scene cuts to them hiding from the guard, Anna is ahead of him, and he swings behind the door with his right hand]. Anna then grabs him by the right hand to lead him away.
Stargazing, Anna is on Hans' left side. She grabs his left arm when she says, "Sandwiches!"
"Jinx!" is with the right hands, "Jinx again!" with the left
Hans uses his right hand to take Anna's left before they begin dancing atop the lighthouse
On top of the waterfall, Hans' left hand is holding Anna's right, and he uses this hand to spin her
Hans takes Anna's left hand in both of his when he proposes
When searching the ballroom for Elsa:
Anna is leading Hans by his right hand. This is the hand/arm she holds when they find Elsa.
When they ask for Elsa's blessing, they each put the opposite hand on the other's arm.
Hans keeps his left hand over Anna's left hand while it's on his right arm.
They drop to holding hands (Anna's left, Hans' right), then Hans takes Anna's right hand with his left after she grabs his shoulder as she talks.
Anna lifts both hands away simultaneously in excitement, but drops them back into Hans' hands.
She drops Hans' left hand when Elsa throws water on her fire, but keeps hold of Hans' right and then moves both hands to his elbow.
Hans lifts his left hand in gesture when he tries to talk to Elsa. When she shuts him down, he moves his left hand to hold Anna's right hand (both her hands are still on his arm, her right hand on top and her left hand behind).
Anna then leaves Hans to go after Elsa, resulting in her accidentally removing Elsa's left glove.
When Hans gets closer to Elsa's ice spikes, he's slightly leading with his right side in a cautious approach. [Interesting aside, he's initially looking at Elsa, but as he creeps closer, he looks to Anna, and keeps his eyes there until the camera cuts to the closeup of his face where he raises his eyes from the floor/spikes to Elsa's face. Also, after Elsa flees, everyone stares after her, but Hans' focus quickly shifts to Anna.]
When Hans catches up to Anna at the edge of the fjord, he puts his right hand on Anna's right shoulder and his left somewhere on her upper back/behind her left shoulder. As he watches the fjord freeze, his right hand lifts and withdraws, leaving his left hand on Anna's left shoulder.
While Hans and Anna are making their way through the castle courtyard:
Hans reaches after Anna with his left hand when he asks her if she knew.
When Hans supports that Anna's completely ordinary, he puts his left hand on her left shoulder, and lifts his right as he adds "In the best way."
When the Duke gets confrontational, Hans gestures with his right hand as he's contradicting him.
When Hans tells Anna it's too dangerous, he has his left hand on her right shoulder.
When she pulls away, he reaches for her with his right hand, but ends up taking her right hand in his left.
When Anna says she needs him to take care of Arendelle, her right hand is still in his left, and he lifts it and places his right hand over top hers.
Anna pulls away from him, his hands still linger after her, his right slightly longer than his left.
He takes the reins of Anna's horse in his left hand, dropping them when she rides off.
Hans in the winter coat, passing out cloaks:
He walks into the square from the left side of the scene, the passage to the castle gates
Holds a stack of three folded cloaks in his right hand while gesturing with his left
Takes the woman's right hand in his left; when she takes a cloak, he returns his hand to support the stack
Puts his right hand on a guard's shoulder as he hands off the two cloaks in his left hand
When the Duke raves at him and he decides to fire back, he points with his right hand
He turns his right side to look behind him at Anna's horse returning
He has both hands up trying to calm the horse
He grabs the reins with his left hand, then reaches for the snout with his right. As he gets the horse to calm down, he strokes the muzzle with his right.
After the cutaway, his hand has dropped out of the frame, and on the full-body shot, he has transferred the reins to his right hand
He raises his left hand as he calls for volunteers
At Elsa's ice palace:
He dismounts Sitron over the left side, keeping the reins in his left as he does
He switches the reins to his right hand as he turns to face the search party with, "Do you understand?"
He leads Sitron forward with the reins in his right hand
Hans drops the reins when Marshmallow awakens, backing away with his left arm more forward and his right more behind
He draws his sword with his right hand from the scabbard that hangs on his left side
After ducking a swing from Marshmallow, he leaps back and grips the hilt with both hands
The next time he's back in-scene, it's right-hand only on the sword and he holds out his left arm out. It's difficult to tell if it's just for balance as he adjusts his feet or if he's trying to prevent the Arendelle guard from getting too close to Marshmallow.
He leaps and rolls to the left to avoid Marshmallow's swing
[Scene cuts to the Weselton guards and Elsa before back to Hans]
He rolls to the left to avoid a stomp, losing his sword, which he grabs with his left hand
He uses both hands to slice Marshmallow's leg
As Marshmallow goes off-balance, Hans motions the guards forward with his left hand as he yells, "Come on!"
Hans grabs onto the staircase with his left hand, holding his sword in his right. He tosses the sword up onto the stairs, grabs the edge right next to where his left hand is gripping, then his left hand grabs the railing lattice, followed by his right grabbing the now-extended guard's hand. The guards reach down to help him up, and he raises his left to grip the railing as they pull him up by his right arm.
[Scene cuts back to Elsa and the Weselton guards]
Hans leads the group into the room, his sword in his scabbard while the rest of the party has their swords drawn
He throws out both arms to stop the group
He pleads with Elsa, his left hand extended forward toward her and his right to the side
When he redirects the crossbow, his left hand is on the guard's wrist and his right on the bow
Hans and Elsa in the dungeon:
Hans enters, leading with his left side and holding the lantern aloft with his left hand before setting it on the bench
He closes the door with his right hand
His right hand rubs his left upper arm from the cold before his left arm folds into his right, his left hand tucked beneath his right elbow
He untucks his left hand to rub his right arm, then tucks it back under the right elbow
In the library:
Gestures with his left hand and looks over his left shoulder as he says he's going to look for Anna
Gestures with his right fist when he says "If anything happens to her-"
Hans reaches for Anna with both arms, his right slightly more forward than his left
Pulls Anna to him, his right hand on her lower back and his left hand grasping her right shoulder
His left hand slips from her shoulder as she wraps her hands around his neck, then returns there as she lowers her arms again
His left hand continues to hold her shoulder as supports her weight she crumples in pain
He uses his left arm to go under her knees and carry her to the couch
His right hand strokes her cheek and tilts her chin up
His right hand pushes off his right knee as he stands upright
He closes the curtain with his right hand
He removes his right glove with his left hand, and gives a small gesture with the now-bare hand
Licks his right index finger and extinguishes the candle's flame between his index finger and thumb, his left hand holding his right glove
Makes a small gesture with his right hand, the left appears to mirror it but can't fully due to holding the glove
Gestures again with the right hand, the left is hidden behind his torso due to the camera angle
Switches his glove to the right hand as he says "But you"
Raises both hands in a sort of shrug as he says "You were so desperate"
Picks up the pitcher of water with his left hand, turns slightly to the left and looks over his left shoulder as he says "-just like that."
Walks to the fireplace, then turns slightly to the right and looks over his right shoulder and gestures with his right hand
Pours the water with his left hand as he says he would have had to stage an accident for Elsa
Finishes pouring the water with his left hand, gestures with his right as he says "-and you were dumb enough-"
Places the pitcher on the table and immediately puts his right glove back into his left hand
Shrugs slightly with both shoulders then puts both hands behind his back as he says "-kill Elsa-"
Goes down on his left knee with his left hand (holding the right glove) on his left thigh, his right knee raised and supporting his right elbow [the opposite of his kneel in the rowboat]
Lifts Anna's chin with his right hand
Braces his right hand on his right thigh as he stands
Puts his right glove back on
Opens the right-side door with his right hand
Holds the edge of the open door with his right hand before using that hand to pull the door closed behind him
In the council chamber:
Pushes the right-side door open with his right hand
Braces himself on the handle of the door with his right hand
The Duke puts his right hand on Hans' left shoulder as Hans gestures with his right hand to the dignitary offering Hans his own seat
Hans braces himself with his right hand on the arm of the chair as he sits down. His left elbow comes to rest on the other arm of the chair.
His right arm slips forward as he says Anna died in his arms
When the camera angle shifts, his left hand grips the raised part of the left chair arm. His right arm is more forward, the elbow resting presumably on the raised part of the right chair arm.
In the dungeon:
Hans reaches for the Arendelle guard's shoulder with his right hand and pulls him aside
He pushes aside another guard with his left arm
He steps through the gap and over the fallen debris leading with his left leg
On the frozen fjord:
Hans is leading with his left side, his left hand raised above his head and his right near his waist
He uses his left hand to amplify his call to Elsa
Both hands hover near his waist, his left side still more forward than his right
Talking to Elsa, his left hand is higher than his right and near his heart
As Elsa collapses on the fjord, his right arm looks slightly more forward than his left
[Cuts to Anna and Kristoff, cuts back to Hans and Elsa]
Hans has his sword in his right hand, his left hand balled in a fist
He adjusts his grip on the sword with just his right hand, his left hand still in a fist
[Cuts to Anna and Kristoff, cuts back to Hans and Elsa]
Hans has his sword raised in his right hand, his left hand is raised mid-chest and now open but with his fingers curled
Left hand re-closes into a fist as Hans begins the downswing
When flying back, his left side is more back than his right, and as he lands his right arm is up in the air
He lands on his left side, judging from the way his right arm appears to drape over his torso and the direction of the soles of his boots
After the thaw:
He grips the rail with his right hand (his left is hidden), his right knee raised and his left shin parallel to the deck
His left hand and forearm comes into view as he continues trying to stand up. His left leg appears to falter, which would make sense since he seemed to land on his left side out on the ice.
His left hand and forearm braces against the rail as his right hand rubs his chin (his left knee is still lower than his right)
[Cuts to the group, then back to Hans]
Still bracing with his left arm and holding his chin with his right as he sees Anna, his right hand falls away from his face
He stands, pushing off the rail with his left hand and bracing his right hand on his right knee
He makes a small gesture with his right hand as he walks the two steps to her, leading with his left leg. Both arms remain at his sides.
When Anna punches Hans, his left hand flies up first and higher than his right, then goes downward/overboard first. His left leg goes up higher than his right.
As he falls into the water, both arms are up and back, but his left leg is down toward the water and right leg is back like his arms
The ship brig:
When Hans enters the frame, his left side is angled toward the floor. It's his left side that hits the floor. His left hand is in a fist as his left arm is pinned, his right hand is open as his right arm flails.
He momentarily braces his right hand against the floor
He uses both hands to push the bucket off his head, then pushes himself up off the floor with both hands/arms
He sits up, his right leg raised, and lifts his right hand to his head. His left leg is bent at the knee but parallel to the floor, his left palm against the floor.
Frozen Fever cameo:
Hans has his right hand on the back of the shovel handle, and his left hand in the middle of the handle
He looks back over his right shoulder
His left hand releases the shovel handle a fraction of a second before his right hand does
Once the snowball hits, we can see both his legs, but only his left hand, not his right. Even when half the snowball breaks off and falls to the ground, we still can only see his left hand.
Bonus: That Hans animation test/promo where he's doing swordplay with his left hand even though his scabbard is also on his left side (it goes on the opposite side of the hand you would draw the sword with, which is typically going to be the one you're better at using for swordplay).
Parting thought: If you want to add an extra twist to this, you could also headcanon that Hans is actually left-handed, but has trained to use his right hand, probably since childhood. (He could have been forced to do so because of family/royal/cultural reasons, an injury, an illness, etc., or he could have taken it upon himself because everyone else in his family was right-handed and he wanted to measure up as best he could, or a combination of both because he was mercilessly teased for it.) And, if you'd like to take that a step further, the result is him being dominantly right-handed when doing anything that requires either a certain mask (confidence, or at least not letting his true feelings show) or his royal education (socializing, leadership, sword fighting, etc.)... which is most of the time, but slipping up and using his left hand when he's more genuine or worried/stressed (whether he actually shows it in his face/voice or not), and/or when he's sure he's alone.
I don't think I've taken the hand/side-of-the-body motif as far as I could have had this been something I'd noticed much early and plotted accordingly.
Although, since Hans was burned on his left side and left arm when he was 12, I could make it that he's naturally left-handed, but learned to use his right because it was less painful while he was recovering from his burns.
That could be interesting given an upcoming scene that relies on Damian knowing which hand is his dominant one. đ¤
In 2021, I did a little Hans and Natalia doodle on Christmas (it's on my @kam00dles side blog), and I felt like doing that again this year.
This pic was inspired by the fact that in Frozen: Past the Present Time (the yet-unwritten second fic of my Frozen: Step into the Dawn trilogy), Hans and Natalia announce their first pregnancy to their family on Christmas. This drawing would not be that exact scene, since that scene happens outside in the cold, but this can be the aftermath later that evening or the next day, when they're discussing it further with the fam.
"Finally regulating himself, he studied the damage. It didnât appear particularly devastating and would likely heal in less than a week."
A fabulous commission by the wonderful @secretsivekept featuring Hans in a scene from Chapter 24 of Frozen: Sacrifice and Forgiveness!
Longer excerpt below the cut.
Returning to the table, he sat in the chair and propped the mirror up against the front of the wash bowl. He glanced at his reflection as he moistened his hands. Pale from illness and a lack of sun, his freckles and scar stood out more than usual. His appearance was even more gaunt than heâd envisioned, and the dark half-circles beneath his eyes would make one think heâd just spent three days wide-awake rather than languishing in a sickly stupor.
I look utterly exhausted.
He lathered his face, then perched the razor at the base of the foam under his jaw and swiped up. Carefully, bottom-to-top, meticulously, right-to-left.
The methodical habit did little to soothe his suffering. Everything was making him queasy: the sight of the books that poked out from behind the mirror no matter his angle; the smell of the clothes which somehow clung to his nostrils even though the garments were stored in tightly-cinched sacks; the recollections that repeated without permission, taunting him with a way of life long gone.
He paused part-way through the procedure as a section of skin began to tingle. Did I irritate it? However, he had only finished half of the affected area. He briefly considered the soap as the source, but dismissed that notion â it was the same soap heâd used for months, and the rest of his face was all right. He shrugged off the annoyance and resumed his routine.
âI know your heart.â
His arm involuntarily jerked and pressed far too harshly in the midst of his pass. He bit down a curse word as he dropped the razor. Snatching up his small towel, he applied pressure to the wound, wordlessly berating himself for his carelessness.
For some moments, there was only a suffocating stillness occasionally interrupted by a rustling page. Finally regulating himself, he studied the damage. It didnât appear particularly devastating and would likely heal in less than a week. He dabbed the cut, the stinging subsiding. Even if it left a scar, it would blend into his old one anyway.
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The Roveros and Hans in a silly summary of Chapter 3 from Frozen: Sacrifice and Forgiveness for this ask game. Thanks for sending in numbers, @thenervetoservetheturn! Sorry this took so long! I will do the other chapters as soon as I can.
Leone and Hans in a silly summary of Chapter 1 from Frozen: Sacrifice and Forgiveness for this ask game. Thanks for sending in a number, @christian-anon!
I had the pleasure of creating these reference images (and get into some light clothing design) of this lovely couple for my first Tumblr commission! Mirella and Vincenzo are a lively, hard-working middle class couple from a place called Sicilia.Â
Theyâre secondary characters who appear in one of @kira-ani-mcgrathâs fan works based on the first Frozen movie by Disney. Itâs called Frozen: Sacrifice and Forgiveness, and it follows Hans after he gets shipped off back to the Southern Isles and grapples with the concept of redemption with the help of a foreign family.
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No one was on deck, but the main cabin door was open. Hans approached the entryway. âHello?â
âLars, is that you?â Mirellaâs head popped into view, and her lips broke into a grin when her theory was confirmed. âCome in, come in!â
Hans heeded the invitation, only to be assaulted by a measuring tape.
âAhâ!â
âHm, alright,â Mirella muttered to herself, unconcerned with Hansâ protest. She shifted the tape from his chest to his waist, and clicked her tongue disapprovingly.
âExcuse meââ
âYes, dear?â Mirella responded without looking up, taking note of his thigh and ankle circumferences.
The knee-jerk reaction would have been to ask what she was doing, but she was clearly measuring him for tailoring purposes. Hans pressed his lips together as Mirella tapped his ankles.
âStand straight, please.â
Hansâ royal reflexes complied without hesitation, and the woman quickly obtained his leg length before moving on to his arm.
Hans finally sputtered his complaint. âDonât you thinkââ
After a few different measurements, Mirella had gone back to his chest, apparently having forgotten to get the length the first time around.
ââyou could haveââ
She flipped the tape behind his head and adjusted it around his neck.
ââasked me first?â
Satisfied with her number, she finally met Hansâ eyes. His cheeks were starting to burn in a mix of bewilderment, discomfort, and embarrassment.
âSorry, sometimes I get so caught up in what Iâm doing that I forget everything else!â the matriarch twittered as she draped the tape over her shoulders.
A fabulous commission from @deannamb of this moment in Chapter 6 of Frozen: Sacrifice and Forgiveness!
