I was reading a twitter thread about Frozen, and while I was very pleasantly surprised to see quite a lot of people taking Anna's side, there were of course others calling her stupid and whatnot for trusting Hans so easily, as well as some acting like she wasn't sympathetic enough to Elsa's disorder.

well first of all, Anna had no way of KNOWING Elsa had anything wrong with her since she refused to tell her one iota of information. second, I think by film #2 it's obvious Anna has some sort of anxiety disorder as well. I have no idea how people can sympathize with Elsa's but not Anna's; perhaps because she hides it better behind a smile and an optimistic attitude? It reminds me of how many children, particularly daughters, will go out of their way to hide their own pain and their own needs to focus on others and downplay their own "bad" feelings, until it just explodes out of them.

I have also never ever understood how people can watch a fantasy film with fairytale characters and then go Surprised Pikachu Face when they... behave like fairytale characters lol. nobody questions that Moana can talk to the ocean. Or that Rapunzel has hair the length of a tall tower. Or that Ariel is a mermaid. Or that Aladdin and Jasmine enjoy flying carpets. It's such a weird thing to get so bent out of shape for.

I think it comes down to just regular old shaming women for wanting love and showing vulnerability, tbh. Elsa is seen as the stronger, better sister for never thinking of romance but nobody would dream of mocking Flynn, Phillip, the Beast or anyone for falling in love or desiring romantic companionship. It's sweet and dreamy for men to want it (which is perfectly valid) but weak and patriarchal for women to, I guess. It's exactly like how people shame Snow White as anti feminist for being a lonely abuse victim who just wants to experience love.

this is just a rant that's been building up since 2013. 🤣 I love Anna, she's my comfort character, and the hate seems so unnecessarily spiteful, lacking empathy, and a bit sexist if I'm gonna be frank.

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Just wishing everyone a god day.