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a million times this. “I don’t like these xyz fics” then don’t read them. THEY ARE NOT FOR YOU!!!!!!! no one forces you to read anything you don’t want to read. no one forces you to consume art you don’t enjoy. it’s so easy to click that mute or block button. instead of insulting fanfics or fan art for not fitting your personal liking, either choose something that does fit your personal liking, or write the fic you want to read yourself / draw the art you want to consume yourself.

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I’ve been sitting on these thoughts for a while and I just think it’s genuinely fascinating to observe the mental gymnastics that happen in certain corners of this fandom. Truly, it is a masterclass in missing the point. Like...TRULY.

If there is one thing spending time in the Frozen fandom has taught me, it’s that the louder people get about trying to dismantle the core dynamic of the franchise, the more they accidentally highlight exactly why Elsanna is so undeniably powerful.

You all are literally doing the PR work for us and I have to thank you for it.

​It is incredibly interesting and I say this with the utmost politeness, how some folks will bend over backwards to devalue Anna’s love for her sister. We are talking about the literal beating heart of the franchise.

Anna’s unconditional, relentless, freeze-to-death-for-you love is the entire catalyst for the resolution of the first movie. It is the magic that thaws the frozen heart.

Yet, I see essays upon essays trying to minimize it, water it down or brush it aside.

Why?

Because acknowledging the sheer magnitude of their bond threatens whatever completely different narrative you’re trying to push.

And speaking of narratives, we really need to talk about the persistent, almost exhausting need to paint Elsa as a villain. It’s actually quite creative, in a deeply misplaced way.

People will write the most out-of-character, bad-faith scenarios to demonize a woman who spent her entire life locked in a room out of terror that she might hurt the person she loved most.

If you have to rewrite the text and ignore years of canonical trauma and character development to make Elsa the "bad guy," maybe the problem isn't the character.

Maybe the problem is that her existence gets in the way of what you wish the movie focused on.

​Which brings me to my favorite point that is the underlying bitterness that Frozen isn’t a traditional Disney movie. It is so apparent that a lot of this hostility stems from the fact that the movie didn't center a traditional, cookie-cutter romance.

It’s as if some people are genuinely upset that the writers subverted the "true love's kiss" trope to focus on soulmate-level devotion, simply because it meant their preferred ship didn’t get the spotlight.

This is about a widespread fandom habit of trying to tear down the central, foundational relationship of the movie just to prop up alternative ones. If you read this post and instantly feel attacked...

well, that is entirely on you. If the shoe fits, you might want to ask yourself why acknowledging the canonical weight of Elsa and Anna's bond feels like a threat to you.

​On a more positive note, I want to say that I truly appreciate the shippers out there, regardless of who you ship, still value the sisters' bond. If you can ship your pair while still respecting and honoring the fact that Elsa and Anna are each other's entire world, then you’re my friend. Period.

It’s possible to enjoy a ship without needing to dismantle the very foundation of the story to make it work.

So, genuinely, thank you. Every time someone tries to diminish Anna's devotion or villainize Elsa for her trauma or complain that the movie should have just been a standard romance...

it just reminds me of why their dynamic is so groundbreaking in the first place. You can’t write away the core of the story, no matter how hard you try. The more you fight the narrative, the more you give me reasons to appreciate the absolute masterpiece that is their bond.

it works just fine as it is

if it has an app, that means it has to be approved by appstore / google play store, that means there’s a very real and high chance of appstore and play store “banning specific contents from ao3”, leading to censorship. so this goes against ao3’s core principles of being against censorship.

I think we’re so used to every single thing being an app that we don’t realize not everything has to be an app. the “should ao3 has an app or not” discourse wasn’t around before until recently, and there’s a reason for that.