I finally got around to reading the Frozen 2 Deluxe Junior Novelization. Overall it’s a pretty accurate retelling of the story, with some inconsistencies but also some parts that could definitely be “what you didn’t see” scenes from the movie. It’s up to you whether you want to consider any of these extra scenes as canon; personally, I’d consider it canon as long as it makes sense and doesn’t contradict what we actually see in the movie, and some of the scenes in the novel fit that criteria. I wanted to share the most interesting and poignant ones…
Firstly, the novel describes Agnarr’s flashback about the Enchanted Forest and the history of Arendelle and the Northuldra in more detail.
The next page has a scene that describes what Kristoff and Elsa were doing a little prior to the start of “Some Things Never Change.” I think it reveals some nice character development; for Kristoff, it shows that he takes part in castle activities, even with dignitaries, and for Elsa, it shows that now that she’s comfortable with her magic and doesn’t force herself to suppress it, she gets urges to just let it out, probably to release pent up nervousness after dealing with formal, uptight situations like with visiting dignitaries. It also gives credibility to the fact that she feels more comfortable in natural, wide open spaces like the forest. Going far down the fjord and releasing all the magic brewing inside is Elsa’s equivalent of taking a smoke break, lol.
The next page shows that Elsa had a dream prior to being woken up by the voice, a dream that caused her magic to actually manifest images in snow.
The following two pages aren’t new scenes but they contain beautiful descriptions of both Anna and Elsa’s thoughts during the events of the first Frozen; as they pass the ice palace on the way to the Enchanted Forest, they each think back on those past events and it captures their feelings at the time and their love for each other very nicely.
The next few pages were the most interesting to me since they describe something that would have been very welcome in the actual movie: backstory on what Yelena, Mattias, and the rest of the Northuldra and Arendelle soldiers did for the decades they were trapped in the forest and how they tried countless times to escape.
The below excerpt reveals that Olaf gave Bruni his name. No surprise there!
The next page describes the shipwreck scene in more detail, including additional voices and memories.
This next page isn’t anything new but Olaf has an extra funny line that I thought was golden (though I can understand why it wouldn’t be in the movie!)
Next page has a more descriptive look at Ahtohallan, including additional memories.
And lastly, another scene that would have benefited from being in the movie shows Kristoff, Pabbie, and the Arendelle citizens observing Elsa’s creations melting away after she freezes to death in Ahtohallan. Even if we didn’t see it, it happened to Olaf so definitely would make sense for it to happen with everything else that exists because of her magic. This scene would also explain how Kristoff knew what happened to Elsa. Obviously Anna must have told him when they were walking back to the stone pillars after the mist lifted, or maybe he overheard her tell Mattias what happened when she reached the dam (speaking of that scene, @aboutfrozen2 brought up a good point of how we never saw Anna tell Mattias that Arendelle was evacuated and yet he never questioned anyone’s safety when he agreed to destroying the dam. Another conversation that definitely must have happened off screen, likely when she was talking to him at the Northuldra camp).
The book also included a few color screenshots from the movie, mostly from the trailers. The below image of young Elsa with Iduna was one I don’t recall seeing in the trailers and TV spots (definitely wasn’t in the movie).
I believe this Junior Novelization was the first post-release storybook for the movie that has the actual ending! We should be seeing more soon, hopefully!
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