Frozen Is Cool! Elsa the Snow Queen Rules!

All of Anna and Elsa’s warm hugs in Frozen II (companion to this one from the three preceding films).

Bonus:

For @minervadeannabond, my little soul sister, the Anna to my Elsa. Love you, girl! 😁😄😊❤️

Even though Olga is the oldest and Helga is the youngest of the Pataki daughters, they constantly act the exact opposite in terms of their ages and maturity, especially when it comes to how they handle certain situations presented to them. As a perfect example, one is how they handle the dangers associated with Lasombra and his henchmen in The Jungle Movie.

In the movie, Olga comes off as very childish, melodramatic, pansified (or wussy), ditzy, pathetic, prissy, weak, and even somewhat cowardly following Arnold and the entire class being taken prisoner. When Lasombra reveals who he really is and announces that the entire class are now his prisoners, Olga stands frozen in place, completely terrified. After they are put in the cell and the door is locked, she wails loudly and hysterically like a baby (which probably annoyed the hell out of Lasombra and his men). Olga panics and throws another lame sobbing fit upon seeing the men leaving the camp to go after Arnold, Gerald, and Helga. She resumes her wimpy crying after she says that the beepers are a one-way form of communication “just like me and Che!” And finally, when her parents and Arnold’s grandparents arrive in San Lorenzo and parachute into Lasombra’s camp, just as the guards break out of the cell, the first thing Olga does is run to her father and wail about how Che was mean to her. Enraged, Bob tackles Che to the ground and chases him around the camp, as if he were a lion trying to catch his prey.

On the contrary, Helga comes off as more independent, clever, sharper, bolder, stronger, braver, and even fearless when faced with danger. When Lasombra announces that the group are now his prisoners, Helga talks back to him, calling him “La Bozo” and fearlessly stating who she is and that she will not let him push her around or tell her what to do. Still showing no fear, Helga continues by defiantly telling Lasombra to open the gate so they can leave, and she is the only one of the group who attempts to walk out. Only after two of the henchmen block her way with machetes does she actually stop and look afraid. However, throughout everything she does for the remainder of the film, Helga never lets fear get in her way. When she escapes the camp with Arnold and Gerald, they wander far out into the jungle only using Arnold’s map to guide them. Then they narrowly escape the dangers of the series of booby traps while trying to locate the Green-Eyes’ city. Helga also crosses the rope bridge even as it begins to come apart, and hangs on for dear life over the cliff with Arnold and Gerald when the remains of the bridge are about to completely fall apart. And finally, Helga (along with the boys) helps Eduardo ward off Lasombra by throwing a backpack over the latter’s head, climbing on to his shoulders, and aggressively punching out his lights, all while the man is holding a poisonous dart!

What strikes me most about the two final scenes I described for both the Pataki sister, which are also featured in the gifs above, is how they each handle the situations before them. I personally thought the way Olga told Bob about Che was very childish and immature. She wailed as if she were a young child tattling to her parents about a bully who had hurt her. It shows me that, even though she is 23, a young adult, Olga has little to no ability to be independent, to do things on her own and fight her own battles; rather, she still counts on her DADDY to fight for her! But on the other hand, her MUCH YOUNGER, 11-year-old sister doesn’t hesitate to stand up for herself, to leap into action and fight her own battles against the bad guys, even when the bad guy is a ruthless, merciless river pirate! When the situation calls for it, Helga doesn’t sit around, waiting to be helped or rescued. If she can fight the villains, she will do it, and she’ll even give them a taste of her fists as she does!

All I have to say about these scenes are, only the strong survive! Helga may still be a child, but I hardly think it’s difficult to see that she is the stronger, braver, more reliant, and more resourceful Pataki sister here! And Olga may be much older, but she seriously lacks many of the capabilities her “baby sister” has been proven to do. Guys, Helga is the sister who is doin’ it for herself, and she does it well!

As a finishing note, I wanted to add that Bob and Miriam aggravate me so much with how think they have such a wonderful, perfect daughter in Olga while they simultaneously grossly underestimate Helga by having no ability to see that she is unquestionably the most amazing Pataki daughter! As described by my dear friend @minervadeannabond, Helga is an absolute kick ass girl, while all Olga does is whine like a spoiled brat!

This analysis is for @minervadeannabond, my best friend, little soul sister, and fellow Hey Arnold! fan, who also suggested the title and the term “pansified” to describe Olga! You are the best, little soul sister! Love you, girl! 😄 ❤️

Anna doing things alone in Frozen vs. doing them again with Elsa in Frozen Fever.

Because I once did an analysis in which I describe how Hans is similar to Harry Potter villain Voldemort, I got to thinking about which of the Hogwarts Houses would best fit each of the four main human characters of Frozen. So after careful consideration, I have made my decision and here are my thoughts about where I think each character belongs and why:

I could not have completed this post without the help of my dear friend @foreverfrozensolid, who so kindly made the images of the four characters surrounded by each respective House colors and symbols. Thanks so much, buddy! 😄

I also owe a thanks to @minervadeannabond, fellow Frozen and Harry Potter fan, forever my friend and soul sister, who came up with the title for this analysis. Love you, girl! 😄 ❤️

All of Anna and Elsa’s warm hugs (so far).

This gif set of this scene from “Love Is An Open Door” is a tribute to my dear friend and soul sister @minervadeannabond. She and I share so many common interests, including being huge fans of Frozen, and almost every time when she and I chat, we say a lot of things at the exact same time, and we even literally finish each others’ sentences...or should I say “sandwiches”? 😉

These are all the main reasons why we believe we are soul sisters and true friends. So because of all that, I thought so much of this scene that I just had to make a gif set of it.

I hope you love this, @minervadeannabond.

As a continuation from this post, I wanted to further discuss Olga and her image of perfection. Because Olga only appears in seven episodes of Hey Arnold!, not to mention her relationship with Helga is portrayed as being more from the latter’s point of view, not much is revealed about what Olga is or may be really like behind the cheery disposition she portrays on a daily basis. But after watching these episodes over and over, and even ones that feature just the other three Patakis, I don’t think it’s too difficult to interpret what may really be going on with Olga.

As I previously said, I think when Olga was a child, she was a frequent witness to Bob and Miriam’s unhappy relationship, but since was their only child at the time, she did not want them to split up. So she decided that she had to somehow keep the peace between her parents. Ultimately, Olga did this by becoming a perfect, dutiful daughter, with winning numerous awards, playing the piano, and excelling in every class in school. And it appeared to have worked. As revealed in the show, Bob and Miriam are extremely proud of Olga for her accomplishments. They are always excited about her visits and instantly turn all of their attention to Olga when she first comes home, showering her with nothing but love and praise. And when they do, Bob and Miriam appear to get along with each other and the three of them act like a perfect, happy family.

However, Olga doesn’t seem to realize that what she has started actually creates a problem for herself, and that it is merely a temporary solution for her parents’ relationship. When she is not home, Miriam and Bob seldom interact with each other, much less in a positive light. It seems that Olga has been putting on a show for her parents for years and continues to do so because by now, it is expected of her by Miriam and Bob. While it’s possible that some of her perfect ways are due to natural ability, I think Olga overworks herself to be perfect and do well in everything in which she is involved. She may actually feel anxious, burdened, and pressured by her parents’ constant praise and what they expect from her. She knows that by now, she cannot mess up; she has to keep being perfect in order to ensure that they get along and do not fight like she wants. So Olga maintains a cheerful disposition and masks her real feelings every time she is home and puts on a show for her family.

Simultaneously, the behavior she exhibits in almost every episode doesn’t actually make Olga appear to be genuinely perfect and flawless. She doesn’t seem to understand that what she does doesn’t truly bring out the best in her family, particularly Helga, or even in herself. Although she acknowledges Helga much more than their parents do, there are times that she (Olga) still seems to be as neglectful of Helga as they are. Like her parents, she seemed to completely ignore her sister’s existence on Helga’s first day of preschool. Olga also seems totally ignorant and oblivious to the fact that the attention given to her is taken away from Helga entirely. My dear friend minervadeannabond once mentioned to me that, “Olga, despite her front of philanthropy, seems, in actual fact, shallow, narcissistic, self-absorbed, spoiled, and in blatant denial of the real world,” and I couldn’t agree more!

Now when I say that Olga seems spoiled, she isn’t in regards to how most children are spoiled by their parents. What makes her spoiled is the fact that Bob and Miriam give and have always given her excessive amounts of attention, which is always positive, never negative. They indulge her with so much and treat her like she’s the best kid in the world. Of course, you could also say that Olga spoils Miriam and Bob by putting on her perfect, cheerful disposition all the time. 😉 My point is, because of the type of attention she always gets, that is how Olga likes things to be, which illustrates her self-absorption and narcissism. She is so used to being the center of attention that she wants to remain as such. Despite her claiming otherwise in “Olga Comes Home,” Olga actually seems to enjoy being in the spotlight. She likes to talk about herself and her achievements. She likes to have things her way. She likes things to go smoothly and perfectly as they can. When something doesn’t go well for Olga, even in the smallest way, then she gets upset and makes a big fuss about it. A good example is when she cried hysterically and refused to leave her room for several days after she believed she got a B+. This was all because it wasn’t an A, which is a “perfect” grade.

Olga spends so much time striving to be perfect that she seems to think everything else around her is perfect. This where she acts very unrealistic about her family and the world around her. But again, it connects to her childhood. Since Olga saw her parents’ dysfunctional relationship as a child, she eventually came to a point that she didn’t want to face it anymore. After becoming such a stellar student and daughter, it’s possible she decided that she didn’t want to face anything else that was bad, and decided that ignoring the bad was the best approach rather than trying to work through it to make things better. Even by this point in her life, Olga knows that her parents are still not happy, but she refuses to accept that fact and keeps up her facade in order to make things look as good as they can possibly be. She wants her parents to think that their marriage has succeeded because of her, so she may think that if she stops acting perfect, then Bob and Miriam’s marriage will end. But of course, she would rather them be unhappily married than happily divorced.

In summary, even though Olga does have a genuinely nice, kind front, sometimes it is does not always seem genuine or sincere, especially from Helga’s point of view. She is not truly perfect or flawless as she constantly portrays herself. She has her own set of flaws just as Helga does, which she refuses to acknowledge, and that only makes her human.

All right, I know that after people have noticed this little Easter egg in Frozen since it was released, many have developed the same theory. However, I do not agree with it and will give an explanation as to why.

The theory with which I do not agree has to do with this brief moment in the film:

Yes, by now, I think every major Frozen fan knows about and has seen the quick cameos of Rapunzel (with her short, brown hair) and Eugene (or Flynn, if Tangled fans still want to call him that) when Anna passes by them during “For the First Time in Forever.” From seeing these two Disney Princesses together in the same scene and film, the aforementioned theory that some fans have developed is that Rapunzel is a cousin of Anna and Elsa, and that their mothers are sisters. Therefore, this means that Rapunzel and Eugene must exist in the same universe as Elsa and Anna.

But like I said before, I don’t agree with or believe this theory. Why?

For one reason, these characters actually do not exist in the same time period. According to Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, the directors of Tangled, the said film is set during the 1780s. On the other hand, Frozen is set during the 1840s, which is a fact confirmed in the book The Art of Frozen.

For another reason, this is not the first film in which Disney has shown characters from other Disney works. On many occasions, they have recycled animation from past films into others, including with character appearances. For example, Bambi and his mother make a brief appearance in The Rescuers. In fact, animation from Bambi has been reused more than any other animated film, with Bambi’s mother making cameos in The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, and Beauty and the Beast.

The king and Grand Duke from Cinderella appear during the chaos of Eric and Vanessa’s would-be wedding in The Little Mermaid.

In Aladdin, as Genie looks through the wish recipe book, he comes to a crab recipe and gets pinched by Sebastian.

And in Hercules, the lion skin of Scar from The Lion King is briefly worn by the title character, then Phil uses it to clean his face.

My overall point in naming these examples is that I don’t believe the theory within Frozen because Disney has put many of these Easter eggs and references in their films as surprises and joke purposes that are meant to be just for fun. They are not meant to be taken seriously or literally in believing that their worlds are canonically connected to one another. In other words, we are not supposed or expected to really believe that all of these people or anthropomorphic animals exist in the same universes and during the same time periods.

I also don't accept these crossover theories of characters from different stories and films existing in the same universe, especially if the creators or directors don’t make any confirmation of them being true or if they are not outright stated to be the same characters. The other part of it is, just because we see all of these characters, based on their similarities to the real characters in how they look and what they do, in these movies doesn't mean that we should believe it is actually them. Like just because we see Hercules feature lion skin that looks just like that of Scar doesn't mean that it is the exact same character, particularly since Scar died from being mauled, then was presumably consumed by fire, in his film.

So the same concept applies to the cameos of Rapunzel and Eugene; just because the two people we see in Frozen look like them, it doesn't mean that it IS actually them and that they exist at the same time as Elsa and Anna. Now I do think it’s an interesting theory, but for all reasons stated above, I don’t agree with it.

I want to give a special shout out to my pal minervadennabond for coming up with the title, which is also an inside joke and reference, or a play on words. ;)

Since I made my first analysis about Alice in which I describe her during the scene when she cries after becoming a giant, I really feel I have more to say about her in that scene and “Very Good Advice,” particularly the latter, on why she cries. One of my best buddies minervadeannabond has agreed with me on the fact that Alice is shown to be vulnerable during her adventure in Wonderland.

For starters, consider the fact that Wonderland is a world full of nonsense (which is, ironically, what Alice wished for at the beginning) with insane people and virtually no rules or laws. Not to mention the strangest, weirdest things can and do happen unexpectedly, without warning or preparation, which would make normal people very frightened and bewildered. When Alice comes to it while following the White Rabbit, no one from her world goes with her. She ends up in a very adult situation because she has no real friend or guardian who accompanies her; she is, quite literally, entirely on her own. Yes, okay, she does meet a lot of different characters in Wonderland, but, like I said, many of them are insane with bad manners, so they aren’t always very nice or helpful to her. Alice doesn’t develop any real friends in Wonderland, especially ones who stay by her side while she is on her adventure. Even though they don’t stay by her side, the Cheshire Cat and the doorknob are about the only beings who are both nice to Alice and give her some helpful advice. Other than them, no one else gives her much guidance or explains to her how things in Wonderland work. As such, Alice has to teach herself things and learn from her experiences, like when she understands that food and drinks change her height, which varies depending on the quantity she consumes, and saves the two mushroom pieces in case she needs them later.

Anyway, referring back to the fact that Alice travels alone in this bizarre world, such a thing for her, a young child, makes her very open to temptation and potentially great danger, and that is what makes her so vulnerable. In fact, while in Wonderland, Alice ironically breaks what is perhaps considered the most important rule for children: never talk to or go anywhere with strangers. When it comes to the scene in which she cries for the first time, I have seen some people on YouTube videos being somewhat critical or misunderstanding on why Alice cries so much. The thing is, a lot of it really has to do with the fact that she is a child, which as my friend has pointed out, is a fact about her that a lot of people can forget. After she becomes a giant and gets stuck in the room, Alice has a breakdown because the situation makes it seem to her that she will never get out. In being a child, it is very easy for her to go into a panic and think that the situation is hopeless, so she starts crying hysterically because it is a natural reaction to her feeling that way. Not to mention that, because Wonderland is full of nonsensical situations with nothing truly normal, Alice had no idea whatsoever that her height would drastically change upon consuming the drink and cookie, so her crying is also a result of her feeling scared and confused.

Now if Alice was older or an adult was in her place, they might be able to stay calm and try to think of a solution without going into hysterics. But that’s what illustrates a big difference between children and adults; children tend to be very innocent and naive, not to mention they have less education, knowledge, and experience than many adults do, and with lower levels of maturity. Due to the innocence and inexperience they have compared to adults, children are very prone to getting upset quickly and easily when a situation looks bleak or hopeless to them. We can see that Alice is an educated, polite, proper, and fairly mature young lady, and has been taught to be so like other girls during the time period in which the film takes place, which is the Victorian era in England. But even with all of these good qualities that she possesses, Alice is still a child; thus she also holds a lot of innocence and curiosity to herself, just like many children do. So it really makes a lot of sense to me that her breaking down into tears when she becomes a giant (again, because she feels frightened, worried, and very bewildered after it just happened) would be the predictable reaction for her, and any other child to do, in that situation.

Of course, Alice does manage to change her size (and a few more times after that) and resumes her journey in following the White Rabbit. Now a key factor that that I see about her during the course of the film is that she lets her curiosity get the best of her. When she chases and tries to follow the rabbit, all the time, Alice goes and keeps going forward, without seeming to think about what she would do if and when she completed her goal of learning why he was late. Ironically enough, one of the only times she actually does consider how curiosity can lead to trouble is when she first crawls into the rabbit hole (and tells this to Dinah), then falls down it. During her pursuit of the rabbit, Alice is never shown to stop and take a moment to think if she actually would be able to get home at all. This is because her extreme curiosity has clouded her judgment and made her decide not to stop until she learns the reason. And again, her curious nature stems from the fact that she is a child. Alice acts like many young children do in being very curious and asking a lot of questions; they want to know everything they can. If they see something that interests them, they are going to follow it and not stop until they find out the reasons and get their questions answered. After visiting the March Hare and Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit appears again, but just like all the other times, he runs off before Alice can catch him and talk to him. Although she still hadn’t learn the reason why he was running late, by this point in the film, she no longer cares and decides to give up. She has just become so annoyed and exasperated with all of the nonsense and people in Wonderland, so she decides to stop pursuing the rabbit entirely and go back home.

But because Wonderland isn’t at all like the normal world, Alice has trouble determining which way she came and how to go back in the same direction. On her way, she comes across the Tulgey Wood, a part of the forest she doesn’t remember seeing. When she goes into it, she encounters some very bizarre animals, who divert her even further into the unknown.The further and deeper she goes into the forest, the more Alice gets lost. Finally, she becomes so distressed, fearing that she has no way out, that she is lost forever and will never return home. She then sings “Very Good Advice,” in which she mentions how she doesn’t always follow her own advice and lets her curiosity get the better of her. This scene is another perfect example that shows Alice’s vulnerability because she is now very lost and all alone in this world, again, where nothing is familiar to her, no one gives her much guidance, and no one she knows is in her company. Whenever curious children finally end their pursuits and decide to return home, it’s only then (because they were so focused on their prior goal that their judgment has been blinded) that they realize they are lost. Getting lost is a big part of the danger (as I mentioned earlier) that comes with young children being on their own, because there are chances that they could be lost for a long time before they are found, or worse, be kidnapped or killed by any stranger that does find them. Not just that, but little children very often feel that getting lost, and being by themselves while lost, is very frightening, so much so to the point that they cry. With all of this psychological knowledge in mind, it helps explain the reason why Alice cries for the second time during this scene.

So I think this information should make Disney fans more understanding of Alice’s situation. She’s not at all a snobby, spoiled brat; on the contrary, she’s actually a very polite, honest, kind, and sweet young girl. She acts like a mature, young adult at times, but remember, at the same time, she’s still a child, and that is shown perfectly during the two scenes in which she cries. Instead of brushing Alice off as whiny and childish, she is a very sympathetic person who deserves to have more sympathy (which I feel for her during these scenes, of course) drawn to herself. :)

thanks to minervadeannabond for helping me explain some of this information! gifs belong to my pal disneynumber1fan!

Among the songs that were deleted from Frozen, "Life's Too Short" was one that had a version recorded with the voices of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. The song was written during the time when Elsa was going to be the villain, but was replaced with the reprise of "For the First Time in Forever" once "Let It Go" was written. Although I enjoy listening to the song with Bell and Menzel's voices, even when I watch that version, I can see why it wouldn't have tied in very well with the completed film.

The song starts off with Anna and Elsa appearing to agree to make amends and form a new beginning in their relationship since Elsa's secret is finally out. They sing the exact same lines, in that they finally understand and that life is too short for them to not be a part of each others' lives: Anna longs to know Elsa, who, in turn, wants Anna to see who she really is. Elsa even asks Anna if she would like to stay in her palace instead of insisting that she leave. She is also seen holding hands with Anna and touching her shoulder, which is ironic, considering that in the film, Elsa constantly refuses to touch Anna or be touched herself.

However, a major turning point occurs after Elsa learns about Arendelle. The girls shift 180 degrees from how they were previously acting, and what they say and do makes them seem out of character in comparison to their personalities in the final film. Elsa and Anna have a heated argument about each other, even literally turning their backs on one another at one point. Some of the things they say and do include the following:

As a great contrast from how happy, friendly, and open they were to each other at the beginning, the song ends with Anna and Elsa, who are now mad at each other, saying that the other person doesn't know what life has been like for them. Anna begins to run after Elsa when the latter runs deeper into her palace and creates ice obstacles as she does, hoping to turn Anna away. After Anna finds Elsa behind a door, Elsa waves her hand, shooting ice from it, which strikes Anna in the chest.

Based on what the girls do and say when they start to fight, especially how it contradicts a few of their previous lines and what they are like in the final film, "Life's Too Short" would have been very out of place had it been included in the film. In particular, it sounds like it was meant for the movie when Elsa was supposed to be the villain. While the version with Bell and Menzel's voices does sound amazing, rewriting Elsa's character and not including "Life's Too Short" was the right way to go entirely.

request by minervadeannabond

The Picture Perfect Evil Stepmother

We've all heard of the term "wicked stepmother" and it has been used in several fairy tales. In Disney's version of Cinderella, Lady Tremaine appears to be the ideal archetype and example. A cold, cruel woman with a very sinister glare and devious smirk, Lady Tremaine holds a great deal of envy towards Cinderella simply for her outer beauty as well as her inner beauty (her charm). Unlike the evil queen in Snow White, Lady Tremaine is more jealous of Cinderella due to her being more beautiful than her own daughters, rather than herself, because she knows that Drizella and Anastasia are not beautiful or graceful. However, the fact that Cinderella's good looks and kind, compassionate nature make the three Tremaines look far worse in comparison is what angers Lady Tremaine and what she greatly despises. When she marries Cinderella's father, she masks her true nature from Cinderella until he dies. (On another note, it is possible that she was also jealous of the loving parent-child relationship Cinderella shared with her father, since that made her look like a terrible parent in comparison.) As the years pass, Lady Tremaine spends much of her late husband's fortune spoiling and pampering her daughters to the extreme. At the same time, since they are not flesh and blood, Lady Tremaine does the exact opposite to Cinderella. She treats her stepdaughter very poorly, ultimately forcing her to become a servant by the time Cinderella has grown up. Cinderella is turned into a servant, not only as her stepmother's attempt to hide her beauty, but to make sure that she did not get to have the same fortunate opportunities as Drizella and Anastasia. In other words, Cinderella was not allowed to look or dress fancy or attend fancy parties. However, it is clear that Cinderella's beauty still shines through her servant attire, despite Lady Tremaine's efforts.

Lady Tremaine differs significantly from other Disney villains because not only does she not have any magical powers, she doesn't exert any physical force, so she never physically abuses Cinderella. Even though she strongly believes in maintaining grace, propriety, and self-control, she leaves the physical abuse to Drizella and Anastasia. (A possible reason as to why she never physically harms Cinderella is because, since she has been forced by law to be the parent figure for Cinderella since her husband’s death, she could get in trouble for hitting her stepdaughter.) However, she does abuse Cinderella through indirect, physical ways by forcing the latter to do all of the housework, literally having her do one chore after another, while she and her daughters do no work whatsoever. Even though she is elderly, forcing Cinderella to do everything herself shows that all three Tremaines are very lazy, along with their cat. Lady Tremaine forces Cinderella to serve her, her daughters, and Lucifer, and obey every command they give her without question or argument. This is obvious in the scene in which she punishes Cinderella with extra chores: when Cinderella tries to explain, her stepmother harshly silences Cinderella twice, as if she clearly expects the latter to do chores without ever speaking out. A moment like this also indicates that Lady Tremaine will not tolerate arguing with Cinderella (or even a servant girl in general), much less letting her have a chance to win if the two of them start to have an argument.

Simultaneously, Lady Tremaine is deviously manipulative and deceitful in controlling and psychologically abusing Cinderella by maintaining "benevolence" in her authority of the household. Even if she appears to be keeping her word, she actually manipulates in order to get her own way and not give Cinderella a chance to have her own way. For example, she said Cinderella could attend the ball if she finished her chores and if she could find a suitable dress. By nightfall, although Cinderella initially says she won't go because she doesn't have a dress prepared, she shocks her stepfamily by producing one (which was made by her bird and mouse friends). Drizella and Anastasia protest, but Lady Tremaine says that she made a bargain with Cinderella. While she says that she never goes back on her word, she menacingly approaches Cinderella, who clearly looks very frightened (probably thinking that her stepmother is going to hit her). Then when she slyly notes that Cinderella fixed up her dress using Drizella's beads and Anastasia's sash, and compliments them, her daughters take that as a cue to rip Cinderella's dress to shreds. (This is a primary example of the two inflicting the physical abuse, which their mother never does, on Cinderella.) She then cruelly and flatly bids Cinderella "good night" since she couldn't go to the ball in rags, ultimately maintaining her apparent "fairness."

Almost all of Lady Tremaine's actions are motivated by a hunger for power and status. Even though the film never actually shows her physically handling money, it's not hard to realize that she is very greedy and wants to be/remain wealthy. She is a socialite who wants to remain at the top of the social ladder, which she hopes to do through her desire to marry off her daughters to men who are of high status. This is why she is so determined to ensure that one of her daughters can fit the glass slipper, because whoever fits the slipper will become the prince’s bride. The fact that she has "Lady" in her title suggests that Lady Tremaine was previously married to a lord (before Cinderella's father, who was likely a lord as well) or born into a family of nobility. Because of her high status in society, she looks down on commoners and anyone who belongs to the lower classes. Even though Cinderella was born of wealth, her state as a servant made Lady Tremaine hold further contempt for her, due to her hatred of less-than-fortunate people. Except for perhaps her own self-satisfaction, Lady Tremaine appears to hate the very idea of people having happiness. This is obvious and especially with Cinderella, as evidenced by her frequent treatment towards the latter and being determined to prevent her from having a happy end at all costs. It also ties in to the fact that she does not want Cinderella to ever succeed or do better than herself or her daughters.

Besides greed, Lady Tremaine also represents the deadly sin of sloth due to her laziness and forcing Cinderella to do all of the housework and every little thing for herself, her daughters, and Lucifer. She can also represent envy due to her bitter jealousy over Cinderella's good looks and charm, and even wrath since she hates Cinderella just for that reason. On a minor note, Lady Tremaine's name is mentioned only once during the entire film. It is during the ball, when the herald announces, "The Mademoiselles, Drizella and Anastasia Tremaine, daughters of Lady Tremaine." Besides that, no person with whom she converses addresses her by her full name. All other times, she is referred to as "Stepmother" by Cinderella, "Mother" by her daughters, and "Madam" by the Duke.

Wicked Ways and Malicious Motives

After watching Cinderella again for the first time in many years, I have been observing and studying Lady Tremaine very carefully in how she plays the part of the villain. One characteristic about her that has become obvious to me is that, besides spoiling her daughters and making sure they marry wealthy men, Lady Tremaine's main goal is to make Cinderella as miserable as she possibly can, to ensure that she never is able to succeed, have a good time, or have the same opportunities as her daughters. I said before that she seems to hate the idea of people being happy, but that especially is aimed towards Cinderella.

Despite enduring years of humiliation and mental abuse, Cinderella never lets her anger and sorrow get the best of her. She is very kind, patient, and calm to almost everyone, including her stepfamily, even though they clearly do not deserve such treatment from her. The fact that Cinderella does not (at least not openly) let her stepfamily's cruelty bring her down or turn her into something ugly in terms of constantly showing sadness or anger or looking disgraceful, especially when dressing as a servant, makes me believe that this greatly annoys and infuriates Lady Tremaine. She obviously and clearly expects (and wants) Cinderella to look unattractive and be miserable after everything she has put her through, so she is furious that such treatment has not outwardly rubbed off on Cinderella. This is where I also hold my belief that Lady Tremaine only cares about her own happiness, and that she is most happy when Cinderella is unhappy. (The earliest proof of this is shown in the prologue, when she smirks at little Cinderella as she watches the latter grieve for her late father.) Even though she never physically harms Cinderella, she shows signs of being sadistic due to the fact that she clearly enjoys inflicting emotional harm on Cinderella and takes great amusement in making her miserable. In terms of setting out to make Cinderella as miserable as she possibly can, the fact that Cinderella does housework and chores for three other people, and Lucifer, seems to indicate that Lady Tremaine gives Cinderella more work each day, hoping she will finally reach her breaking point and react with great misery. And when Cinderella comes to the point of being the most miserable she has ever been, Lady Tremaine will surely take pleasure seeing Cinderella in such a state. Additionally, regarding abuse, Lady Tremaine insults Cinderella only once: the morning after the ball, when she calls her a "clumsy little fool" for dropping the breakfast trays. It is just one of a few times when she is genuinely angry with Cinderella, indicating that, despite believing in maintaining self-control, she is not afraid to be a hypocrite and take her anger out on Cinderella.

As part of the fact that she clearly does not want Cinderella to have fun, when she said Cinderella could go to the ball, she said she could "if" she finished her work and found a dress. However, it is very clear to me that she never actually wanted Cinderella to go to the ball in the first place. This is indicated and supported when she and her daughters laugh after she tells them that she told Cinderella "if." As such, for the rest of the day, Lady Tremaine, Drizella, and Anastasia gave Cinderella chore after chore so that she would not have time to make a dress. When the carriage arrives, Lady Tremaine feigns surprise that Cinderella isn't dressed and not going, then pretends to assure her that there would be others balls to attend. Of course, she and her daughters smile wickedly at Cinderella's misfortune, since they have seemingly succeeded in their goal. But then all three of them are shocked soon afterwards, when Cinderella rushes downstairs, having produced a dress after all. Drizella and Anastasia start to complain, but Lady Tremaine remains composed, saying that she and Cinderella made an agreement and that she never goes back on her word. However, because of the kind of person she is, she is clearly lying and being hypocritical when she says this. She menacingly approaches Cinderella (who looks very afraid), then displays her manipulation when she points out the beads and sash that Drizella and Anastasia respectively discarded. In doing so, she is indirectly encouraging them to tear the dress apart, which they do. With Cinderella's dress reduced to rags, Lady Tremaine maintains her "fairness" with Cinderella since she no longer has a suitable dress, but also and more so, her own personal goal to make sure that Cinderella is not able to go, period. When she bids Cinderella "Good night" before leaving, she has a smile of satisfaction on her face, clearly showing how cold, cruel, and insincere she is about it all, and it sounds that way when she says it. Given what she says, and seeing Cinderella's distressed state before she leaves, I think Lady Tremaine realized that Cinderella had finally come to her breaking point. But because she and her daughters had to leave, I can bet that she was only sorry that she couldn't stick around to see Cinderella cry.

Her efforts to ensure that Cinderella wouldn't be able to attend the ball at all shows how Lady Tremaine is always determined to not only make sure Cinderella is miserable, but that she is always at least one step ahead of Cinderella. The next example of this motif is when she realizes that Cinderella was the mysterious girl who danced with the prince at the ball. Now when she realizes this, the camera zooms in on her face and she scrunches her eyes as the light surrounding her darkens. This is a great symbolic way to reflect Lady Tremaine in a typical Disney villain’s "evil moment." Knowing that the slipper would fit, meaning that Cinderella would be able to leave the chateau forever, she follows Cinderella up to the tower. As she walks, not only does the light remain dark, but she is accompanied by a sinister musical note. Then when she comes up to the room, the lighting on her remains dark as Cinderella sees her locking the door through the mirror. By the time Cinderella finally turns around, Lady Tremaine shuts the door, trapping her stepdaughter inside, and her eyes are a frightening yellow color. While Cinderella begs to be let out and starts crying, on the other side, her stepmother smirks with satisfaction, flings the key in her hand, then places it into her pocket and pats it before she heads downstairs. Now given the fact that she never inflicts physical abuse, Lady Tremaine's act of locking Cinderella in her room is just as diabolical and evil as any of the other Disney villains that try to kill their protagonist enemies. Not only could she not stand the fact that Cinderella had managed to attend the ball after all, but that she was the woman who had won the heart of the prince. She would do anything to prevent Cinderella from not only gaining royal status, but from having a better life entirely.

Hoping and determined to have one of her daughters fit the slipper and pass them off as the mystery girl instead, Lady Tremaine remains secure with her knowledge that Cinderella is trapped in her room during the Duke's visit. At one point, she glances up towards the stairs with her trademark devious smirk, then grasps and pats the key in her pocket, confident that it is safe. After both girls have tried and failed to put on the slipper, the Duke is about to leave, and Lady Tremaine, still confident that she has the key, lies to him that there are no other maidens in the house. But completely unbeknownst to her, Jaq and Gus have managed to steal the key and drag it all the way upstairs. Although they are temporarily subdued by Lucifer, they succeed in sliding the key under her door and Cinderella is freed. Just before the Duke walks out of the house, Cinderella calls out to him from the top of the stairs, completely baffling and shocking her stepfamily on how she managed to escape her room. Although Lady Tremaine tries to keep the Duke away by dismissing Cinderella as a maid who could not have attended the ball, the Duke rebuffs her and orders her to step aside so Cinderella can try on the slipper. After this failed attempt, Lady Tremaine makes one final effort to foil Cinderella's chance of happiness when she sticks out her cane, purposely tripping the herald as he runs over to the Duke, so that the slipper falls and breaks. Like when she locked Cinderella in her room, this act is also diabolical because of how she can make it look like an accident when it really isn't, obviously by the smirk she makes before causing the herald to trip. So then as the Duke frets over the broken slipper and how the king will react, Lady Tremaine smirks deviously, thinking she has beaten Cinderella once and for all...but then she gets the shock of her life and has her plans foiled yet again when Cinderella produces the other slipper! While she gasps in horror at the revelation, the Duke becomes joyous that the mysterious maiden's identity is confirmed. He puts the slipper on Cinderella's foot, and it fits perfectly.

So in summary, Lady Tremaine's major goal is to make Cinderella as miserable as possible and to ensure that she never succeeds over herself. She has recurrences of making sure that she always stays one step ahead of Cinderella just when the latter is on the brink of success and happiness. Whenever she thinks she has won, ultimately, in the long run, Lady Tremaine never succeeds in thwarting Cinderella's chances at happiness. Like I said, she thinks she has succeeded when Cinderella announces she won't attend the ball. Then she is shocked when Cinderella produces a dress at the last minute, so she indirectly tells her daughters to destroy it. But Cinderella gets help to go from her Fairy Godmother, even though her stepfamily does not know that she manages to do so. When she realizes the truth, Lady Tremaine locks Cinderella in her room, confident that she is trapped up there. So then she is shocked again when Cinderella manages to escape. When she tries to dismiss Cinderella, the Duke forces her to step aside. In her last ditch effort, she trips the herald, causing the slipper to fall and break. However, Lady Tremaine finds herself outwitted yet again when Cinderella manages to produce the other slipper! The final shot of her on screen is her shocked face with her mouth agape following Cinderella revealing the matching slipper. This last moment is an excellent example of how the protagonist manages to defeat the villain without any sort of physical combat, especially since this is one Disney film, fairy tale or other, in which the villain does not die.

Mean Mother

Until Robert Callaghan in Big Hero 6, Lady Tremaine was the only Disney villain from the animated canon to be a parent, and is still the only one who is a mother. Based on the circumstances within the movie, I have the opinion that, because she is someone who believes that her place in society is important, Lady Tremaine may have only gotten married because it would ensure financial security for her, especially because many women in those days did not have careers. Marriage was also a high expectation of society, which is another probable reason why she married, and having children was another, to the point of it being viewed as a duty. Lady Tremaine treats Cinderella poorly as a typical "wicked stepmother" would, but at the same time, she is clearly not a nurturing, loving mother to her own daughters.

When Cinderella's father died, with the money left to them, Lady Tremaine hoarded it and spent so much of it to spoil and pamper her own daughters. (On the side, another reason why she forces Cinderella to be the servant in the house was not just because she and her daughters needed a housekeeper, while refusing to do the housework themselves, but she doesn't want to have to lose money by hiring and paying an outside servant.) But Lady Tremaine only gave Anastasia and Drizella everything they ever wanted to keep them happy because she didn't really want take responsibility in their developments or show them physical affection. She was cold and distant towards them at times, and even though she scolds them when they fight, since she wants them to maintain grace, self-control, and good manners, it appears that she never really disciplined or punished them when they misbehaved (although probably in her eyes, anything bad they would do, she would not think was bad, especially if they involved Cinderella). Lady Tremaine also scolds the girls and tells them to remember their manners when they fight over the slipper.

However, for similar reasons as stated above, the only reason why she would scold them in such a situation was for her own sake. Due to her place in society, Lady Tremaine greatly (and selfishly) relies on her daughters to help her affect her reputation and image, especially to the public. This is another reason why she wants them to marry men of wealth, so if and when they step out of bounds or fail to please her in any way, it greatly embarrasses her and she will not stand for it. Such an example is when the Duke arrives at the chateau: she tells the girls, "This is your last chance. Don't fail me." Not only does this show that she has virtually no love for them, but it indicates that, despite having spoiled them greatly, in the long run, Lady Tremaine only truly cares about her own needs and desires, not those of her daughters.

Conclusion

Based on everything I have discussed about Lady Tremaine, I would have to say that there is definitely a lot more depth to her role as a villain more than just what you see on the screen. When I watched Cinderella and other Disney movies as a child, I enjoyed many of them, though I didn't really have an actual reason as to why. But now that I'm older, watching the films again has given me a greater appreciation for them. Following the unique stories and type of people the characters are has opened my eyes and make me enjoy them more than I did as a child. And when it comes to watching and studying a villain like Lady Tremaine, not only do I think she is a good villain, but I now have good reasons as to why I hate her so much.

I could not have made this analysis if it hadn't been for my friends letitgoleviosa, kristoff-sexual, and ice-solation, who were able to help me get appropriate gifs of this evil woman. So I'd like to dedicate this to them, along with minervadeannabond. Thanks, guys, and I hope you love this!

Unlike many Disney Princesses, Elsa and Anna are shown in different sets of clothing throughout Frozen, including during the montage of them growing up. However, just about one thing that remains the same for each of their clothes are their colors. Nearly all of Anna's clothes contain green, while almost all of Elsa's clothes are blue.

According to recently revealed information from Jennifer Lee, Anna was born on the summer solstice. This could tie in to the fact that many of her clothes contain green in different shades, though her nightgowns, including the one she wore as a child, are yellow, to refer to the fact that the sun comes out most in the summer. The only outfit she wears that doesn't contain noticeable amounts of green is her winter outfit. This outfit actually contains noticeable shades of blue, such as her skirt, blouse, and mittens. This could be because the sudden change of weather forced Anna to dress in clothes meant only for winter (which is symbolically represented by blue) and the fact that her heart becomes frozen later.

The most prominent colors of Anna's clothes, both in the summer and winter wear, represent the strongest traits of her personality.

As for Elsa, it has been revealed that she was born on the winter solstice, though most people by now have probably thought that her powers indicate that she was born on that day or at some point during the winter. ;) Nearly all of Elsa's clothes have a noticeable amount of blue, except for her coronation gown. The fact that she frequently wears blue symbolizes her winter birth, but also many different traits of her personality.

While Anna's clothes remain brightly colored even into adulthood, Elsa starts off wearing her bright blue nightgown, but then her subsequent clothes noticeably become darker, duller, and more restraining as she gradually becomes an adult (possibly to refer to her isolation from her subjects and especially Anna and the repression of her powers). But after she runs away from Arendelle and sings "Let It Go," she creates her dress, which is lighter in color and looser in fitting. She creates it out of happiness and wears this the rest of the film, and is happy again at the end.

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