#elsa discourse

[acesartemis]

..... How did my post about a dear Abby column entry about asexuality turn into a minor fight over Elsa being lesbian or aspec.......

IF YOU VIEW ELSA AS LESBIAN, YOU DO YOU.

IF YOU VIEW ELSA AS ASPEC, YOU DO YOU.

IF VIEW ELSA AS BOTH, YOU DO YOU.

DON'T VILIFY SOMEONE FOR ANOTHER VIEW BECAUSE IT IS NOT CANON EITHER WAY.

[wind-the-music-box]

Holy crow man, that’s a great take on Elsa, I really appreciate that I’m not the only one who felt that she was on the immature side!

Well, of COURSE she’s immature. What else could you expect? By choosing to isolate herself, she deprived herself of a “normal” childhood, thereby eliminating the opportunities for social and emotional growth necessary for her development as a human being. Magic or not, she’s still a person, and isolation does things to the mind.

Really suspicious how she gets full control of herself after “Let it Go” and from then on is portrayed as a fully mature adult with no consequences for her abuse of Anna, or the abuse she caused herself by staying holed up- … Wait….

Oh my GOD, “Let it Go” was a TEMPER TANTRUM, she threw a fit and then got everything she wanted (freedom, self-control, a loving relationship with her sister) and we’re letting her be a ROLE MODEL oh my G-

[wind-the-music-box]

So why don't you like Elsa?

Hoo boy… Y’all don’t GET a “Read More”, you have to suffer through this whole thing.

Let’s start with the superficial stuff.

She’s wearing too much makeup. I don’t like that, because it makes my eyes itch from remembering the ONLY time I wore makeup. How people are comfortable with the stuff is beyond me, but most of her face is just… Makeup. I don’t know what she’d look like without it, but I know I wouldn’t recognize her.

I don’t like her dress, either. I don’t CARE if the cold doesn’t bother her, looking at the dress makes MY shoulders freeze. Plus, dressing in such a showy way feels disrespectful to your body, in my opinion. You shouldn’t have to show skin to attract attention- Not the GOOD kind of attention. You get that through personality.

And now for the heavy stuff.

I have a little sister, and I love her more than anything. How could Elsa ignore Anna for so long and expect it to be okay?!

“She was afraid of hurting her!”

Yeah, okay.

Elsa is a selfish coward.

She could have gone and built a snowman the normal way when it snowed naturally.

I’mma get deep here- Elsa’s powers are incredibly similar to having a mental illness.

Her parents loved and supported her. Her dad gave her the gloves and said they would HELP. That’s like me taking medicine to help me focus.

But it only HELPS. Elsa treated it like it was supposed to CURE her. So when it didn’t, instead of being responsible and thinking maybe SHE could put in more effort, she just… Hid herself. Like people thinking a pill will cure their ADHD. It doesn’t- You need to do work, too.

Instead of understanding what made her different and learning to control it- Like an ADHD kid learning how to control their impulsivity- and make it work for her, Elsa CHOSE to lock herself up and ignore her sister, living in her own fear. If Elsa hadn’t been so damn scared of herself, she wouldn’t have to worry about her power randomly showing, or hurting anyone- Because she WOULD have the control she needed.

I’ve known I was ADHD since I was seven. Now, I’m 19. This whole time, I’ve learned what it means, how it works, and what I can do about it. I see patterns. I multitask. If I’d spent those dozen years believing I was a freak, do you think I would be who I am today?

Not to mention the fact that giving Anna the silent treatment for all those years is emotional and psychological abuse that Disney just glosses over. Where was that “true love” all THOSE years?!

She LIED to everyone- Her parents are guilty of this, too- Lying to an entire kingdom. I’ve lived enough lies to be sick of them.

She’s selfish, cowardly, and treated her sister like garbage for YEARS. She even turned away her parent’s sincere efforts to show live, telling them to stay away from her. Elsa let herself be ruled by fear, and that is something I can’t STAND, especially after living in an abusive household where fear was the ruling force.

Tl;Dr

She’s a queen, so why doesn’t she act like it?