Here's how 'Frozen 3' can fix the mistakes of Anna and Elsa's parents in debut film
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA : Agnarr and Iduna, Anna and Elsa's parents, committed the mistake of keeping their children apart in the first 'Frozen' movie. This oversight needs to be corrected in 'Frozen 3'. The consequences of this choice, which was made to safeguard Anna from Elsa's abilities, followed the sisters into adulthood and gave rise to the conflict in their debut film. The aim of 'Frozen 2' was to convince viewers that the king and queen of Arendelle weren't bad and that Elsa's gift sprang from their love. Yet, it didn't do much to atone for their previous transgressions—something 'Frozen 3' might have to change.
The movie follows a synopsis that reads, "When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition."
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The sisters' upbringing came off as abusive but does that make the parents bad people?
After the incident in the ballroom in 'Frozen', Agnarr and Iduna began to dread Elsa's abilities, which made her start to fear them herself. The king advised his daughter to hold back her feelings. The worst lesson a parent can give their child is to "conceal, don't feel, don't let it show," and Elsa's upbringing had a significant impact on who she was as an adult. Elsa's absence from Anna's life also left the younger sister feeling guilty about what she had done. She became lonely as a result, which made her the ideal victim for Prince Hans.
Abuse was committed by isolating Anna and Elsa and by treating the older sisters' abilities harshly. Agnarr and Iduna made an effort to deny their daughters the care they required, but they weren't intentionally doing it. The king and queen were good people, but they were scared of Anna being injured and worried that the kingdom Elsa was supposed to rule would reject her. The fundamental premise of the 'Frozen' films was that the parents' fear was ultimately more deadly than Elsa's abilities, but they didn't live long enough to realize this.
'Frozen 3' can help the parents redeem themselves
In the first 'Frozen' movie, Agnarr and Iduna weren't well-liked, and 'Frozen 2' attempted to make up for this. The storyline revealed that Iduna had once been a member of the Northuldra and that she had been given a magical gift in the shape of her first daughter in exchange for sparing her opponent, an Arendellian. The devastating outcome of their decision to reject this gift is only made worse by their knowledge of it. Although it is obvious that Elsa loved her parents dearly, particularly her mother, the plot of 'Frozen 2' did little to make up for these bad, abusive choices.
Hopefully, 'Frozen 3' will remedy this. Even if Agnarr and Iduna are no longer with us, Elsa still has the chance to find some closure through her icy powers, which allow her to see the past. These might be eventually redeemed if the next Disney sequel acknowledges the harm that Anna and Elsa's parents caused and shows Elsa dealing with these problems and finding it in herself to extend grace to them. Although they can't undo their mistakes, Anna and Elsa's acknowledgment in 'Frozen 3' that their parents did the best they could may be sufficient to put the matter to rest.