..bc he is never mentioned ever in either movie. My explanation/characterization derives from “A Frozen Heart”, but likely strays from canon (as I have made him a bug horse).
also it’s secondary to the art, I mostly wanted to post some pictures
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Who is this ‘Lars’?
Lars is the third oldest prince of the southern isles, being at least ~14 years older than Hans (5 year gap between children 3 and 4, 10 babies thereafter). He is bookish and the main scholar of the royal family, handling most documentation himself. He has passion for history (being able to recall the full history of the Isles to the first king) and is a bit..socially inept.
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Why is Lars sympathetic towards Hans?
Growing up, there was a period of 5 years where the queen of the isles was unable to conceive, leaving Lars to face the harassment reserved for the youngest. Not many other brothers had an elongated period where they were the default punching bag, having a new, younger, and less important brother take their place the next year — until the birth of the youngest and final prince of the Southern Isles. Hans would face this torment throughout childhood, festering into darkness.
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How is Lars less present?
Hans is not Lars’ top priority. Lars becomes engrossed in his current work, be it research or ensuring decisions of the oldest prince do not throw the kingdom into shambles. Lars will also partake in long historic rants while registering little of the real world, of which Hans is the usual audience.
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What drove the brothers apart?
Lars is a poindexter who, once married to Helga, had a child (eventually children) of his own to take care of. Helga was herself shipped to the Isles like a product to be taken as wife, resulting in a deep resentment from her towards the Westergaard family. Sympathetic towards Hans’ situation, Helga emphasized the importance of Lars being more involved in his daughter’s life — even if that meant neglecting Hans more.
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How does that all..go?
Bitterly.
Lars, being familiar with their surrounding kingdoms, informs Hans upon the death of Arendelle’s King and Queen that the two had an unwed daughter. If Hans could connive his way through the ranks and ensure he had a seat at the coronation, he could marry and begone of the Isles for good.
After the birth of Lars’ first daughter, Hans continued to slip through the cracks of attention, festering alone with his goal of power and freedom. Hans is less sympathetic to Lars’ situation. Convinced he had one chance to escape, he poured his all into his future role as the Isles’ ambassador to Arendelle.
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So, in Poland recently came translation of the French Disney Novels collection by Hachette, that for now includes BATB, Snow White.... and Frozen :333
And in the case of our favorite Prince of the fandom, we have some information about him that because of the borders of publishing in different countries, many people not know (THIS COLLECTION IS NOT EVEN YET PUBLISHED IN POLAND, I GOT IT FROM THE GUY THAT ORDERED IT FROM THE FIRST HAND FROM THEIR WEBSITES T_T)..... and because I will have this gift for Easter, not yet, the second part of Hans lore there will be at late April/early May, with my seaside May weekend in my country :333
But we have some information about Hans, that gives us sight to him closer, reveal him as a much softer and carefree person than we thought, AND SHOWING HANS IN A SOFTER WAY AND WARMING HIS APPEARANCE IN THE EYES OF HATERS AND DISNEY ITSELF IS THE BEST THING EVER TwT
So :
We have confirmation that Hans loves candies and him and Anna have eaten "millions of them".... :333 I LOVE THEY SHOW THE SWEETEST AND MOST ADORABLE SIDE OF HANS HERE, MY HEART WARMS AT THIS SIGHT AND WORDS TwT
We also have.... THE CONFIRMATION OF HANS BROTHERS'S NAMES, FIRST PRESENTED IN A FROZEN HEART AND ALL IS FOUND, AND ALSO ONCE UPON A TIME.... THIS IS SO GREAT THAT IT BASICALLY CONFIRMS THAT THE FROZEN NOVELS ARE CANON NOT ONLY IN THE MAIN FRANCHISE, BUT ALSO IN FOREIGN ORIGINAL NOVELIZATIONS!!!
And my man Lars is included there.... THANK YOU FRENCH DISNEY!!! TwT
I don't have exact quotes, but there are three quotes that for me very much show Hans's personality.... AND ARE CONSTRUCTED IN THAT WAY THAT IT SUGGESTS THAT HANS, IN FACT, WAS REALLY CURSED BY SOME EVIL MAGIC, BECAUSE THE TEXT DOESN'T STRAIGHTFORWARD REVEAL HANS'S PLANS, RATHER SHOWING HIM AS THE PERSON WHO WANTS MORE FOR ARENDELLE THAN GIVING OUT THE BLANKETS AND CLOAKS.... FANDOM, WHERE ARE YOU WITH THIS THEORY? IT COULD BE TRUE NOW.... T_T
This quote says : "Anna saw that Hans's face was darker and more gloomy, not resembling the sunny person she fell in love with anymore" (suggesting that either Hans was tired because of responsibility and stress that came to him, either that he is a sociopath, or either that he was REALLY cursed, as fans suspected....)
Next quote confirms that Hans is, in fact, a people pleaser to people he likes : (replacing the krumkake eating scenes for some reason) :
"Anna and Hans made a chocolate eating race, and Hans was enjoying it to please Anna" (MY HANSANNA HEART OMG!!! TwT)
And the last quote, confirming Hans as a good leader and softer person than we thought TwT <33333 :
"Hans realized that helping Arendelle should be more than giving out cloaks and blankets...."
OVERALL, I WILL HAVE THIS BOOK FULLY READ PROBABLY ON MY TRIP IN MAY TO THE SEASIDE, BUT STAY TUNED FOR IT, BECAUSE EVERY HANS LORE MENTION IS IMPORTANT!!! ^^ <333
He had already determined before he left for Arendelle that a return to the Southern Isles was going to be rough. Now it was going to be devastating. Years of planning. Years of trying to get into the good graces of his family. And now things were going to be worse.
When Hans had left for Arendelle he had been so bold. Didn’t even instruct the ship’s crew to stay behind long for him. Hans had every intention of staying there under the protection of a new kingdom. Just like Lars had suggested all those years ago. Find a distant enough kingdom, fall in love quickly with a member of their royal family, get engaged, and he’d never have to return. If it had all worked out all his searching would have succeeded. Hans would have found his own place. It would have been so easy. If he had just stuck to the plan.
A plan that didn’t account for Magic in the very least.
Of course. He could always be like Preben and Karl who disappeared randomly one night. Though he certainly wouldn’t have the ability of blending in like the others. Now that he basically had a scarlet letter on his back. It chewed at him as he paced about the small cell of the ship escorting him back to the Isles. He could take the lashings from his father no doubt- both verbal and physical. King Sturm would want to make an example out of him. He had been the family punching bag for years so he knew what to expect.
Except now there was more than likely no chance for redemption, and even less for forgiveness. Maybe if he was lucky he’d be sent off somewhere- the priesthood or military training- somewhere that his family could truly believe that he was invisible. A problem that as long as they didn’t talk about didn’t exist. He now wished he hadn’t.
His pacing finally stopped as he reached a wall, head pressed against the planks and sliding down slowly. The itch of straw greeted his hand as his body sat with a plop.
Hans could have learnt to like Anna. She was charming enough. Awkward, but as his stay in Arendelle went on he could understand why. Very faintly he could remember thinking it could fun to kiss every one of the freckles on her face. They certainly had enough in common between familial trauma. His ending would have been different if he had kissed her.
“Though who's to say it would have worked,” he thought to himself. His lips tightened into a thin line. “She probably had already found love with that guy anyways.” How typical of him. Not even a notable page in someone else’s story but perhaps a paragraph.
His eyes drew closed, stuck in his thoughts with the ambience of the ship’s crew walking freely above him. Based on the regularity he felt it safe to assume something was happening. Perhaps it was finally time. He let out a heavy breath, picking up the sound of heavy steps coming down. Time for self loathing was over. He rose, the princely act returning to him. Hands tucked behind his back. If not for the bars between him and one of the guards, one would easily think him in command.
The bars were unlocked and Hans presented his wrists. He had seen people arrested so frequently he thought it more dignified to not put up a fight. He had already caused enough embarrassment to the family. Head held high Hans allowed himself to be taken with grace, perhaps the only time flinching was as his eyes adapted from darkness to light.
He looked to the dock unsure if he was surprised to see a carriage waiting for him that carried the royal crest. Maybe if he was lucky they’d take it out into the middle of the woods to release him and then hunt for sport.
“Let’s see who they sent to tell me how disappointed they are in me.” He thought to himself, his head ducked slightly upon entry. Mentally he prepared himself for the verbal lashing. Any sense of dignity lost with a final shove and slam of the carriage door from the guards.
“I thought you had a plan,” of course it was Lars. From anyone else Hans could have ignored it, but they had to send the one he actually cared about. The elder brother sat across from Hans, his tone one that Hans had only heard reserved for Lars’ children. Not a tone of burning anger, though it might sound like it, but instead of frustration and disappointment. “How long did you want to get out of here?”
He recalled the night in the library not long after their mother’s birthday some years ago. He and Lars had figured it all out. The roadmap to a future devoid of family pain. The way their eyes lit up in glee.
“It got out of hand. I wasn’t particularly aware of certain factors.”
“Clearly,” Lars pinched the bridge of his nose, sarcasm about him. “It sounds like that queen was something out of mythology.
“I hope I didn’t scorn such,” the events on the snowy mountain returned to him. The fierceness of the Snow Queen’s powers and how he had so quickly gone from a hero to the Weseltonian brothers to the enemies of the Arendellian sisters. Then his thoughts on the snow storm on the frozen fjord. With a small breath he wondered if any of his brothers would have done the same for him.
Hans finally relaxed, the plush of the carriage welcoming him. Something he needed. His arms now crossed and looking out the window. Suddenly much more casual. He soaked in the summer warmth from the window, letting the silence sit. Some days ago he had wondered if he’d be able to experience such a feeling again.
“She turned to ice right in front of me,” Hans broke the silence. “The younger one- Anna I mean. Right as I was about to swing the sword down on her sister and free that kingdom. All I did was try to save a kingdom I thought was mine.”
“And instead you threw a snowball with a rock inside right at yourself and the family. You won’t be remembered as a benevolent savior. You know that right?”
“I know Lars. I’m the villain now. They get some type of happily ever after and I go back to this,” his arms outstretched for emphasis. He was getting agitated finally. Finally some hint of remorse.
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Some idea of post i got after reading that Hans treat bad lars. (On A Frozen Heart lars is hans nicest brothers he and Hans have a good relationship.) I Feel like i have To defend Hans on this point😅 because i can understand how it can seems Hans is not a Nice little brothers to lars because he say he is sometimes annoyed by lars passion for history in the book. He said he like lars passion for history but only if he dont have to listen to it too much.( like the whole family) and he seems also to talk about himself ( but then after he talk about lars kid and helga his wife and how welcome she is gonna be in the family) but I also feel like that if we have to talk about the bad side of their relationship. I find lars is actually the worse brother that hans. Hans yeah talk about himself and dont listen compleltly to lars passion.
But...If we paid attention, no one defend Hans during the birthday of his mom where he gets humiliated and throw bread at him. And all the brothers are there. Thats the birthday of the queen. Hans said his 12 older brothers are there Including lars. Lars dont defend Hans dont stand for his little brothers so if he dont do it there its most likely the attitute he have several times. Lars and the queen bevavior is to let the family abuse hans.
I do find an older brother who dont defend his brothers and let him being abused by his others sibling (maybe he cant nothing) he could say something To defend him. But he stay quiet. I find that worse that hans talking about himself To lars or finding his passion at some point a little too much.
But the two seems to really like each others as lars smile when he saw Hans coming in the library . So He like his compagny. he also mention he should talk to Hans teacher when Hans said he dont know where arendelle is. So he is taking care of hans life. Hans also show interest in talking about lars wife and kid.
I find Lars really interesting, being the teen dad of his younger brother who was lost in a sea of family — a role taken on out of empathy and lingering bitterness rather than capacity or desire. I ended up getting really into this ask but have enough pieces on this spread to warrant making a separate post.
Initially I made his patterning more of a paint’s, but the design adds a little more noise than I’d like.
