hafanforever:Safety WorstBack in March, I wrote an analysis that discussed the depths of why Elsa cr

hafanforever:Safety WorstBack in March, I wrote an analysis that discussed the depths of why Elsa creates the ice boat to force Anna and Olaf away while she continues on to Ahtohallan alone. From what I can comprehend, this is the scene from Frozen II that has stirred up the most controversy over Elsa’s actions and motivations. I have also realized that the scene mirrors the moment when Elsa creates Marshmallow in the original Frozen, since she does so as a means to protect Anna, albeit in a forceful manner.While Elsa has received criticism for seeming cold, deceptive, and uncaring towards Anna in these scenes, I think more people need to understand that she really does all that she thinks is best in keeping Anna safe. While things do end up getting worse for Anna afterwards, the truth is that Anna is the one who makes both situations worse for herself, and this is all because she fights back against what Elsa does to protect her.In Frozen, Anna finds Elsa at the latter’s ice palace and tells her about the eternal winter she has brought upon Arendelle. Upon learning this, then realizing she accidentally harms Anna when her powers spiral out of control due to her rising fear and anxiety, Elsa perceives herself to be a danger more than ever, and demands that Anna to stay away from her (Elsa) and leave for her own safety. Anna objects by optimistically stating that she knows that she and Elsa can work out the problem together. But Elsa is not convinced that Anna can help her or has the ability to end the winter. When Anna again tells Elsa that she will not leave without her, Elsa creates Marshmallow in order to force Anna, as well as Kristoff and Olaf, out of her palace.Now while he looks menacing when he is first created, Marshmallow actually starts off as a sad creature and says “Go away.”, which is just what Elsa used to say to Anna as a child, to the gang as he holds them in his hands and throws them down. And if you didn’t notice it before (which is when Anna throws the snowball at him), after he threw them down, he was about to go back inside the palace. Marshmallow was made as a forceful way to get the group to leave, and once that job was already done (or so he thought), he was leaving. So contrary to popular belief, he NEVER had any intentions to chase the group afterwards! But because Marshmallow literally and roughly throws them to the ground, this angers Anna, especially after the sections of Olaf’s body are scattered. She makes a snowball and prepares to throw it at Marshmallow, and though Kristoff briefly seems to succeed in talking her out of it, Anna does it anyway. When the snowball hits Marshmallow, he feels attacked by this gesture, so he becomes angry and chases after the group. Once they come to the cliff, Marshmallow yells “DON’T COME BACK!” in Anna and Kristoff’s faces to make it clear to them that they are not to return.Then in Frozen II, as I described in “Split Decision” and “Princess Protection Program”, Elsa realizes that Ahtohallan is the next place on her journey in order to free the Enchanted Forest and restore Arendelle. But she states that she has to go to it alone because the Dark Sea is too dangerous for both her and Anna to cross. Anna adamantly objects to this decision, not just because Elsa promised the two would do their mission together, but also because she doesn’t want Elsa to take the risk of dying if she’s all alone. However, Elsa refuses to change her mind since Anna would be more at risk trying to cross the sea, and she can’t bear the thought of losing her sister. Her decision is largely made because she and Anna had discovered moments before that their parents died trying to reach Ahtohallan, for which Elsa openly blames herself. So much like when she created Marshmallow to throw Anna out of the ice palace to be safe, Elsa forces Anna to not come with her by creating an ice boat around her (and Olaf) and sending it down an ice path she also makes.While it’s not made entirely clear, it could be presumed that Elsa creates the path to reach the Northuldra encampment since Anna and Olaf will be safe there with the people. As they move fast and farther from Elsa, Anna’s first instinct is to gain control of the boat. She uses Olaf’s stick arm (specifically, his hand) to grab a tree, which swerves them off the path and sends them into the river, much to Anna’s frustration and anger. While on the river, Olaf and Anna wander into the territory of the Earth Giants, who are sleeping, then they end up falling down a waterfall that leads into a cave.Between these two moments, I noticed there is a key difference regarding Elsa putting Anna’s safety first. In the first film, Elsa believes the instability of her powers make her a danger to people and especially Anna after having struck her in the head when they were children. When she realizes that she has harmed Anna again due to her increasing fear, Elsa feels that this confirms how dangerous she is, so she creates Marshmallow to force Anna away and be safe from her (Elsa). In the sequel, though, Elsa does not create the boat to send Anna away because she thinks that her powers pose a risk to her sister. Her reason is because she fears that Anna, since she lacks powers of her own, is so much more likely to perish if they both tried to pass through the Dark Sea, and Elsa refused to have Anna take that risk.Now as I said before, most, if not all, of the criticisms over the outcomes of Elsa forcing Anna away in these two scenes appear to be aimed just at her. But I actually feel there should be less of it towards her and some more towards Anna, at least to be on an equal page. I don’t want to give you all the concept that I’m just shaming Anna for what she does in these scenes and discussing Elsa as if she does no wrong. But the thing is, if you’re going to examine Elsa’s flaws, you have to examine Anna’s flaws, too, or your arguments are invalid, if not unfair. So I’m sorry if any of you disagree, but despite her being forceful, Elsa truly had good intentions and was just trying to protect Anna during these scenes. It was all because of Anna fighting back that things ended up becoming worse for her. Everything would have been just fine for Anna afterwards if she hadn’t provoked Marshmallow, and then just stayed on the path that Elsa had made.I owe a special thanks to my friend @greatqueenanna​ in regards to this analysis title, because when I was conversing with her over this idea, I had trouble coming up with a suitable title. But in the middle of our conversation, I came up with this title in a snap. "Safety Worst" is a reference to the phrase “safety first” AND to reference that Elsa does these things for Anna’s safety, and Anna makes things worse! I don’t think I would have come up with it that fast if she and I hasn’t been chatting with each other over the concept! Thanks for the help, girl! Thanks for another great addition to the Internet’s most comprehensive collection of Frozen/Frozen 2 analyses!The wonderful thing about both of these scenes is that Anna and Elsa are motivated by their love for each other. Elsa’s concerned about Anna and Anna’s concerned about Elsa. Neither of them wants to risk losing the other, as they cannot imagine life without them!!! -- source link

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