#admin: emi

With all due respect, we are not intending to be rude, but the literal meaning of the words you used for your argument readily implies that Anna possessing a polyamorous mentality when it comes to sexuality is wrong. That goes beyond the boundaries of discussing a fic, and starts treading places that can be damaging to real live people.

However politely you say it, that’s a problem, so directness took precedence over politeness.

Now, in terms of the fic, this is hard for both of them. Elsa has tangible proof that Anna has a high sex drive–one that the person she’s maybe-sort of a ‘thing’ with can’t really accommodate fully. Knowing that, she tries to make the concessions she can so that she’s not taking advantage of Anna.

Meanwhile, Anna doesn’t even really get what Elsa wants. That’s part of why she panics when she finds out that Elsa’s asexual. This person she cares about is operating on a spectrum she can’t understand, and she doesn’t want to be taking advantage of that.

Neither one wants to lock the other in a relationship where they’re unhappy.

As far as Anna stepping up, the last chapter of the fic says it better than I care to:

“Knowing she wants to make me this happy, even if it’s in ways that make her uncomfortable? I have to do something about it.”

This chapter, the topic of sex comes up because Anna’s wondering what the boundaries are. It isn’t Elsa giving and giving; she’s thought about the logical progression of Anna’s needs, and she has a game plan for the best way of keeping their thing sane and healthy.

Elsa has a fairly easy route to understanding Anna, frankly. Anna wants sex. Giving her a way to have that makes logical sense (emotionally, it could go sideways, but this in an emotional offering only in that Elsa doesn’t want to deprive Anna).

Elsa, though, is allo to Anna’s aro. Sex is a plainly physical act. There are diagrams explaining how it works. Simple.

Romance doesn’t come with diagrams. Anna has no frame of reference. The ways of meeting Elsa halfway aren’t nearly as obvious as the solution to Anna being interested in sex. I mean, I know we’re stepping away from the ‘keeping score’ commentary, but seriously, Elsa has cheat codes.

And just by being in a relationship Anna doesn’t fully understand, she’s putting herself out there. Stepping out into brand new territory is intimidating, and she’s decided that she’ll give this a shot for Elsa.

Unable to help herself, Anna keeps taking stupid risks to get Elsa’s attention. One fateful afternoon, however, plans go awry and she ends up captured. Standing on the deck of Elsa’s ship, Anna blushes fiercely as Elsa gives her a quick frisk. And, naturally, Elsa fishes the compass out of Anna’s pocket.

“What’s this?” Elsa tilts her head. “A rather dingy excuse for a compass here. She squints at the reading, then up at the sky. “And broken too,” Elsa murmurs.

“It’s not broken,” Anna objects. She would cross her arms, except her hands are tied behind her back.

With a flick, Elsa snaps her own compass open. She holds them side by side so Anna can see them. “Broken,” she says. Sure enough, Elsa’s compass is pointing due north, unwavering. As for Anna’s compass, it’s pointed... right at Anna?

Unable to respond, Anna just blinks. As Elsa begins to talk about what’s going to happen to Anna for the crime of piracy, she’s pacing around Anna in a slow, leisurely circle.

Although Anna turns to keep Elsa in her sight, her gaze is completely transfixed on her compass in Elsa’s hand. Absently holding it open, Elsa doesn’t notice at all how the needle remains fixed on Anna. By the time she finishes her slow circle, there can be no doubt of what that means.

It starts off awkward. The first time it happens, they’re in the grocery store and they’re horrified at the mistake. They spend two minutes repeatedly reassuring themselves, the clerk, and random passerby that they are not a couple but they’re not offended, really.

By the fifth time, it’s a regular occurrence. They realize there’s a pattern to it. Anna points out that they never get mistaken for a couple when their parents are around to make them look familial. Elsa points out that it always happens when they’re holding hands on leaning on each other a bit--activities they’d always done as sisters that other people don’t read as familial.

They get older and don’t even flinch when it happens. It’s habit. They glance at each other and Anna breaks the tension with a laugh, followed by Elsa briefly saying that they’re not a couple.

And then it happens the week after they both had bad dates. Anna laughs, Elsa explains, and they move on their way. It’s not even awkward anymore to fall back into their unspoken habits (held hands and soft smiles) when it occurs to Anna that it wouldn’t be bad at all, having someone like Elsa to date. Simultaneously it occurs to Elsa that it wouldn’t be bad at all, having someone like Anna to date.

Pondering the thought for a moment, it isn’t a great cognitive leap to go from ‘someone like Elsa’ or ‘someone like Anna’ to thinking about Anna or Elsa (and dating) directly.

Oooh, this is pretty promising. Anyone in Truman’s place would be interesting, but Anna is the most likely to react like he did, taking her rebellion to extremes and getting ridiculous and driven about it. Hans would be PERFECT as Meryl, playing the perfect husband who’s all smiles and raking in the cash behind the scenes, all while not caring at all for Anna as a person.

Kristoff as Marlon is a rough one for me, since I can’t see hime holding out from her that long, but the general archetype fits well enough. As for Elsa as Silvia… that sounds like it would make for some wonderful drama/angst :P

2/2 so basically they end up being together to instead of leave the universe with zero-energy, cause it to collapse and bounce back through their love. It's a bit cheesy and weird, but exactly the kind of thing I'd come up with. So I did.

Frankly, that’s exactly the sort of thing you’d come up with, Spooths.

Acronyms tend to count as one word to me, personally, so sure.

I’m 100% here for Dread Pirate Anna/Elsa, for the record. Especially because I like the idea of the Dread Pirate X being a woman, being this terrifying woman and whenever the crew changes over it’s this transition of terrible power and reputation to a younger woman and you basically never get to see that happen with ladies?

the exit now, I can't see you?' elsa panicking cos did Anna leave without her ;-; because she was late and got mixed up / 'uhh elsa you said you were in front of a BK so..' / elsa is relieved because they just passed each other and tells Anna to wait there while Elsa comes back for her and the initial panic becomes a funny story for them to break the ice. At first Anna is a bit intimidated by her beauty and stuff but then Elsa is also sweaty and wheezing because of all the running around. :>

Oh my god these total DORKS XDDDD