#frozen rant

I see rather often Anna's love being praised above all others. It should be praised. But not above. There's this notion that the best love, that the strongest one is always loud, always explosive, like the kind of spectacle that looks nothing like what an introvert or neurodivergent person usually does.

The extrovert love, easy to understand, easy to read, that follows the cultural romantic notions is the only love held high. And this is something I hoped people would've seen past, mainly after the stories we got.

Elsa can't be or do what Anna does socially. Not even with her sister. Because Elsa's love language is built in broken cold pieces that do not always stay together but exist nonetheless.

Yes, her love is uncomfortable, it looks distant and so very quiet. Because of this, it looks like little love. Something of no worth. Too different, lacking in bright colors, lacking in the neurotypical language, so it must be set aside as the lesser love.

Ironically enough, Elsa agrees. Her love is the lesser one. Because it's broken, it's pointy, it's difficult to detangle, and takes a little bit more effort to see. She too was raised in a world of loud love. In a world where her natural ways are frowned upon. Her pain and her traumas met the place where she held love and it too affected it beyond recognition.

The first time I watched Frozen I wondered: why haven't Elsa's sacrifice counted as an act of true love? I read some people explaining that it was because it was tainted by fear, but to me, such an explanation never felt right. It put the blame on that child again, it put aside her love as the lesser one, the "not sufficient". I like to believe that the act of true love in the first movie should've been from Anna all along, not from someone else. Anna saved herself, all the while saving her sister. She chose her sister, ALSO making a sacrifice. Both did their best to protect each other, both were scared that the other would hurt at some point, both kinds of love are important.

Elsa does deserve Anna.

Couldn't finish it. I'm still salty. Can't help it.

There's nothing special about it.

The writers/producers broke the mold with F1, and with F2 they put it back together.

Look, peeps ...

After seeing the latest Instagrams from the cast of Frozen the Musical, especially Patti Murin, but not limited to her, can I say something crazy?

When Frozen the movie came out and Disney discovered they had lightning in a bottle, they began to milk the cash cow with both hands and got sneered at for it.  And they are a soul less corporation.

But soul less corporations are made up of people, and the people make a huge difference.

I’m not going to pretend that Corporate Disney is made up of angels dedicated to doing good in the world.

But as a fandom, can we look on in awe at the people associated with the property we are fans of and realize how lucky we are?

Start with the original creative team: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, the Anderson-Lopez team (BOBBY is an Anderson-Lopez, dammit! LOL).  Then the cast, sweeties all!  Idina, Kristin, Jonathan...

Now look at that same original creative team going on to the musical.

And the new cast.  My god, the new cast.  Caissie Levy is the perfect Elsa.  Go read the piece about her NYC apartment in the New York Times. 

Patti Murin is ... awe inspiring.  She is the bravest of the brave, the perfect Princess Anna, willing to bare her soul to the world and share her vulnerabilities and keep moving forward.

Jelani Alladin.  You KNOW he’s got to have taken heat from the haters who insist on ‘historical accuracy’ in a fantasy property.  But he’s out there smiling on the rope line at the stage door, knowing he’s a role model.

And Aisha Jackson...her, too.  An understudy.  Getting a phone call late in the day that says, “Get dressed, you’re on tonight.”  And sharing that joy with a girl who wants a princess to look like her.

Can we just appreciate how wonderful these people are? And how for some unknown reason, the fairy tale about a misunderstood girl with magic and a loving sister has managed to attract people to it that are such amazing, magnificent, talented, flawed and courageous human beings?

I have no doubt that Frozen 2 will continue this astonishing feat.  

Me being me, I question everything. Especialy Frozen.

But I don’t have the answers to one Big Problem.

How on Earth would Elsa Survive up there???

No food.

She’s clearly human, and can clearly eat.

So how was she going to survive on a damn mountain, in eternal winter, with no food?

The cold might not bother you, But starvation will!