#And in the F2 adventure outfit

[thatothersnowman]

This shit gonna make me relapse

#THEY GOT THE GIRLS BACK⁉️ #And in the F2 adventure outfit #giggling and kicking my feet rn man I missed them #frozen #elsa #anna #once upon a studio #waiting patiently for frozen 3 or a D+ show #me thinks this is going to tie into Wish #heard the movie is gonna make all the WDAS movies into one cannon #good fucking luck

[true--north]

I'm curious and a little worried about F3 outfits. What are the artists going to do, what kind of style they will choose?

The F2 suits were more of a source of critique for me: First, they abandoned interesting concepts of gray and silver hooded cloaks(the mist concept) and cloaks of the autumn leaves colour(the forest concept) for the sake of a safe rout with classic pink and blue, just repeating F1 outfits.

Second, the F1 outfits, at least a little, followed the 19th century motives.

The F2 outfits are almost modern, they seem to have no a focal point in style and time, but they are not a fantasy thing too. (By the way, the Spirit dress, oddly enough, is more 19th century than Anna's dresses, because of its open shoulders and a mantle silhouette) I don't really like Anna's post F2 books outfit because the skirt is too short and narrow.

F3 outfits will have to express the fact that the sisters have changed and not play the same motif all the time. Although, perhaps, Elsa can not get a new outfit since the Spirit dress is a new Ice dress, her "work" suit and she usually changed her appearance for an important reason. If only it would be something for adventuring in the Northuldra style?

The costumes of Anna and Kristoff should probably undergo the most changes, reflecting their new status, but I just hope it will not be restricted black.

(I can't believe that at first they wanted to give Kristoff a ridiculous outfit with big bows for the epilogue scene).

Basically, I would want F3 return back to the 19th century and folk roots.

Another problem that the Franchise has with costumes is generic identical extra characters costumes. On the concept arts we saw a variety of colourful characteristic costumes, but in the end all the Arendelle wear one blue-green suit, and all the Northuldrans are in beige suede of the same style and of almost identical line for women and men–and on the concept arts their clothes were looser and wilder, more catchy.

You can do better, Frozen.

#frozen meta

[yumeka36]

Analysis on the absence of Elsa and the Northuldra in post-Frozen 2 stories

If you've been following post-Frozen 2 storybooks and comics as closely as I have over the past year and a half, you've probably noticed that the majority of stories take place in Arendelle and focus on Anna partaking in adventures with Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven. While Elsa has appeared alongside them in a few stories, as well as a couple of her own stories taking place in the forest with Olaf and Bruni, the ratio of "Anna stories" vs "Elsa stories" is pretty one-sided. And, while new characters introduced in Frozen 2 like Mattias, Halima, Bruni, and Nokk, have had some appearances in post-F2 stories, the Northuldra have had zero…not even mentions or cameos. I’ve been pondering on this topic quite a bit and finally got around to writing all my thoughts. This is a long and thorough analysis so sit back, enjoy, and put your thinking cap on...

The lack of Elsa in post-F2 stories is puzzling since both Anna and Elsa are fairly even when it comes to post-F2 content in general; all the post-F2 merch I've seen has both of them in equal amounts, and pictures of Elsa are always all over the magazine covers and paper craft pages that the comics come from. So it's not like she's being excluded from post-F2 merch overall, she's just noticeably absent from most of the comics and storybooks. Again, this is puzzling because post-F2 marketing gives the impression of "Anna's doing her thing in Arendelle" and "Elsa's doing her thing in the forest," so an equal number of stories for each sister, as well as a few where they do things together, seems like the most logical way to go. Yet the ratio of post-F2 stories currently looks something like this:

Stories featuring Anna in Arendelle with other characters (no Elsa) - 56%

Book & Comic: Anna getting a gift for the queen of Chatho

Book & Comic: Anna getting an official portrait as queen

Book: Mattias getting accustomed to Arendelle again

Comic: Anna and Mattias visit Halima

Comic: Anna and Kristoff make a bicycle for Olaf

Comic: The gang helps Olaf find a new nose

Comic: The gang celebrates the spring festival

Comic: Olaf minds the kingdom when Anna is sick

Book: The origin of Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven's epilogue outfits (this one is technically not post-F2, but I'm counting it since it's so close to the end of the movie. Also it’s an upcoming book, so no link yet)

Book: Arendelle celebrates the cloudberry festival

(out of these, Mattias has featured in about 17%)

Stories featuring Elsa with Anna and the rest of Frohana - 27%

Book: Anna awaits Elsa's visit after their initial parting

Book: Explore the North (this isn't a storybook but a collection of isolated scenes during and after F2; since some scenes are post-F2, I'm counting it)

Comic: Elsa visits Arendelle for charades

Comic: Anna and co. visit Elsa in the forest to help Bruni

Comic: Elsa visits Arendelle for the snowman competition

Stories featuring Elsa in the forest with the spirits (and Olaf, no Anna) - 17%

Book: Bruni's Big Adventure

Book: Elsa, Sven, and the spirits help Olaf find a unicorn

Book: Elsa helps restore balance in the forest that resulted from the misguided actions of some travelers

(out of these, Yelena, Honeymaren, Ryder, and/or other Northuldra have featured in 0%)

*Major shoutout to @chileanon​​ and @bigfrozenfan​​ for translating many of these stories that aren’t available in English*

(my percentages are based on the number of post-F2 stories released thus far, to my knowledge, in the form of comics or books. Some stories have both a comic and book version, as well as two different book iterations with only slight differences. In these cases, I'm counting them as one. Since comics are released sporadically and only in a few European countries, my number may be slightly off if there were any not brought to my attention on social media. I'm very active with finding information about post-F2 content, so I feel my numbers are fairly accurate. And again, I'm only counting stories that take place post-F2, or at least within the timeframe of the epilogue, not stories that take place during or before)

(I'd also like to point out that Olaf is the only character who has appeared in every single post-F2 story so far. It makes sense since he's a very marketable character for the kids and simple to write for. Though this probably wasn't the intention, I'm seeing him as a connection symbol between Anna and Elsa as they go about their new roles).

So what is the deal with these ratios? As I said, both Anna and Elsa have been evenly highlighted throughout all of Frozen 2's marketing, and continue to be to this day (and Elsa is arguably the more financially successful of the two and Disney knows it), so why is Anna so much more prevalent when it comes to post-F2 stories? And why are the Northuldra so left out? Obviously they wouldn't feature in a lot of stories since they're not main (and marketable) characters, but if Mattias can appear in a story or two, why can't the Northuldra at least get a mention? If someone hadn't seen Frozen 2 and read these post-movie stories, they would think the only residents of the forest are Elsa, the spirits, and some animals. Is there a reason for this? These are the kinds of questions I will examine and attempt to answer in this post.

But before I get to the meat of this analysis, please take note of the following disclaimers (I apologize for the length of the disclaimers, but they're important things to keep in mind):

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Disclaimers

- All of this is my own speculation based on the facts made public; namely, the content of the post-movie stories themselves. Since I have no insight into the coordination, publishing process, or other planning/logistics behind the creation of these stories, theorizing is all I can do. I don't know to what extent executives at Disney dictate what authors can and can't write in these stories, whether the authors actually have a lot of creative freedom yet choose to write the stories this way, or whether these outcomes vary depending on factors like country and story format. So I'm purely going off the limited knowledge I have and what I feel is most logical.

- Continuing from my previous point, unless you have some insider knowledge about the inner workings of Disney Publishing Worldwide, Disney Press, or whatever branch of Disney creates these post-movie stories, exactly who is responsible for the way they are is unknown. I could be wrong of course, but I doubt that Head of WDAS Jen Lee has the need to personally green light 6-12 page comic stories that get printed in a foreign language magazine read by, like, 1% of Frozen's worldwide audience. Even though Jen Lee and Chris Buck created the story and characters of Frozen, the franchise is owned by Disney firstly, and it's very likely other people at Disney provide approval for things like this in lieu of the filmmakers. It’s doubtful that the Frozen 2 filmmakers had any input into the creation of these post-movie stories, or even know that they exist. While the Frozen 2 filmmaking team is responsible for how Frozen 2 ended, they ended it in a way for post-stories to easily expand on the Frozen-verse like how I previously described; some stories featuring Anna as queen and interacting with the people of Arendelle, some stories featuring Elsa in the forest interacting with the spirits and the Northuldra, and some stories with them doing things together. And technically this is exactly what post-F2 stories have been doing–we have stories featuring Anna as queen, stories with Elsa in the forest, and stories of them doing things together…it's just that the proportion of "Anna stories" vs "Elsa stories" is surprisingly off, plus the complete absence of the Northuldra. And again, whether it was someone's decision that the stories should be this way, or whether it's just a weird coincidence, is unclear. Is there a particular person or persons from Disney's publishing branches pushing for the stories to be the way they are? Or is it the individual authors' decision? Or some combination of both…or some other factor entirely? Yes, higher ups at Disney have to provide approval for every official piece of media that gets released for their IPs, but who is "Disney" in this case? A manager/supervisor at Disney Press? Is it the same person who approves every new story or just some? Is it just one person who approves or is there some long chain of approval? And if so, how far up does it go...all the way up to someone who actually worked on Frozen 2, or does it stop before then? Does it vary by country? Does it vary whether the story is in comic or book format? There are a lot of unknowns in terms of how these stories come about, so please be mindful of that fact before assigning blame to any one person or group of people.

- And lastly, again, I'm only focusing on post-F2 stories–stories that take place after the events of Frozen 2. I know that comics and books have come out after Frozen 2's release that take place during or before the events of the movie, such as a comic about Ryder helping Kristoff with the proposal and a book showing Frohana having a family game night prior to the movie. For this analysis, I'm only focusing on how the characters and franchise are presented post-movie, in brand new ways not yet explored in the actual canon of the movie. I'm more interested in seeing how these stories are shaping the franchise going forward in anticipation of new official canon content whenever it comes.

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So with all this in mind, let's keep analyzing…

Lack of Elsa

First I'm going to examine the main reasons I have for why we don't see Elsa as often in post-F2 stories:

Arendelle stories are easy and familiar: Personally, I think this is the most likely reason, especially for the comics. The comics are made as part of magazines released in a few European countries. They're simply extra selling points for the magazines, which contain other items that appeal to kids, like arts & crafts activities, and Elsa is always all over those even if she's not part of the comic. I would also venture to guess that the authors and artists who create the comics don't have a ton of time, or incentive, to weave together interesting stories. After years of releasing Frozen 1-based comics that almost always involve adventures in Arendelle, I'd imagine it's very easy for current Frozen comic writers to simply follow that formula, since it worked in the past and is easy and familiar. Sure, they could include Elsa in more of those stories, but if you look at it from the perspective of a comic writer with deadlines, if I could get away with writing an acceptable story without including an extra character to draw/write for, I would do that as much as I could. If Elsa is still in, like, 80% of the magazine, I think little kids would still be enticed to buy them even if she's absent from the comic stories. Obviously with Frozen 1, all the characters lived in Arendelle, so it wouldn't make sense to have a lot of stories without Elsa (though there were some). But now that Elsa is living elsewhere, her absence in these stories isn't as questionable, especially when she's still part of the magazine in general. While this logic applies more to the magazine comics than storybooks, I would still argue that the storybooks are also niche and are simply made to bring in a little extra revenue to small markets rather than a serious attempt to expand the canon.

So then the question becomes, why not show more stories of Elsa in the forest with the spirits and/or Northuldra? Those stories could be simple too, like a story about Elsa and the spirits helping Honeymaren find a lost baby reindeer or something like that. The reason for this could again boil down to Arendelle simply being an easier and more familiar setting to work with. If excluding Elsa from the comics has no affect on magazine sales, since she's already present in the rest of the magazine, why not just stick with a formula that works and takes less effort to write? Even if coming up with simple stories for Elsa in the forest isn't too difficult, Arendelle is a more recognizable and "glamorous" setting, especially for the magazine's target audience of little girls. Another key point is that Elsa's exact role in the forest was left much more open to interpretation at the end of the movie than Anna's role as queen. Being the queen of a kingdom is something easily identifiable, and again, easier to write for. Why risk depicting Elsa's activities in the forest in a way that could conflict with Disney's expectations (assuming someone with clout at Disney green lights these stories) when you can just stick with safe adventures in Arendelle?

Disconnect between stories and canon: This is more of a general statement about fandom interpretation of the comics and storybooks as serious depictions of post-movie canon: it's best to keep in mind that these stories are, again, simply made to bring in a little extra revenue for the franchise, as most of Frozen's earning are either from box office sales or toys/dolls and other merch. Most of the books and comics aren't made with a large, worldwide market in mind, so I'd hesitate to think that a lot of effort is put into creating stories that are true depictions of post-canon content that would perfectly align with a potential Frozen 3 or other future official releases. Many of the post-Frozen 1 stories released in books and comics contradict each other in minor ways, as well as the actual canon movies and shorts as well. This is unfortunately what happens when you have a franchise like Frozen that's owed by a company (Disney) and not an individual director, author, etc. Unlike, say, Harry Potter or Naruto, where the work is owned firstly by the original author who has say into practically every new media piece that's created for their franchise, lots of different people at Disney contribute to various pieces of Frozen media and bring their own interpretations into it…interpretations that could end up not aligning with each other or future canon content from the filmmakers. A few different authors write the post-F2 storybooks, and still different authors write the comics, and I doubt they collaborate to make sure everything in their respective mediums match up exactly, nor do they check in with the Frozen 2 filmmakers to make sure every story released is a clear representation of whatever vision the filmmakers have for not-yet-conceived post-F2 content. This might not be the case for a bigger production, like the Frozen novels such as Dangerous Secrets, and shorts like Olaf's Frozen Adventure, but it is for these little kiddy books and comics that a very small portion of the market even knows about. Even if someone at Disney has to approve them, as I mentioned in the disclaimer, we have no idea if it's the same person always approving, different people depending on country/format, or if there's some chain of people who provide approval. This spreading out of the Frozen-verse across different media formats and Disney branches unfortunately spells frustration for fans who are constantly trying to build one, coherent view of the franchise's world through the alignment of the comics, books, shorts, and movies. This is unavoidably the nature of the kind of franchise Frozen is–something that's owned by a multi-faceted behemoth like Disney rather than a single author, so there's going to be a disconnect between its media formats that are conceived by a variety of different minds at the company. In the end, everyone is free to decide what they do and don't consider canon, but don't be surprised when the image the storybook writing team has for Frozen ends up being different than what the filmmakers create years later.

The pandemic: While I don’t think the covid pandemic is the sole reason here, it could be a possible contributor. Manufacturing was compromised across various industries in 2020, and magazine/book publishing could have been one of them. Maybe Disney did have plans to create more post-F2 books in early 2020, but had to change those plans (among many other things) when the pandemic hit. Some possible evidence for this is that, for some of the storybooks at least, the European translations are based on the English versions, which means the English versions came first, and yet the English versions weren’t released until several months later, most not even in hardcover form. This could indicate a slowdown in this branch at Disney in the US, or at least a portion of it. The US did get some hardcover Frozen 2 books in 2020, like Explore the North, Bruni’s Big Adventure, and the Frozen 2 manga, but not as many as Europe, which is strange if these books started off in English first. Again, without any insight into the industry, I can only theorize, but I do believe the pandemic should at least be considered.

Disney restrictions for future canon: This is an optimistic reason, but one that I think is important to mention. A possible reason that Elsa is noticeably absent from post-F2 stories, but not F2 marketing in general, could be because Disney has future plans for exactly what her role as the fifth spirit is and they don't want to risk anything that portrays that role in a contradictory way. They might not know exactly what that role is yet, but they'd rather not risk retconning anything that's shown in official content, like the comics and storybooks. Since Elsa's role was left open to interpretation at the end of the movie, focusing too much on what she's doing everyday could inadvertently reveal things about her role that could be portrayed as expanding the canon, something that these stories aren't allowed to do. So perhaps the authors are told to downplay Elsa's activities in the forest as much as possible, so often they'd rather just exclude her altogether to make things easier. Of course, this is complete speculation, but I'd like to hope it's true if it means Disney has future plans for Frozen!

On that note, the only story released thus far that has a direct depiction of what Elsa does in the forest is Tales of Courage & Kindness, a digital book that was recently released as part of Disney's Ultimate Princess Celebration campaign. I feel like this book is slightly closer to canon than the other books and comics because it was promoted on various official Disney social media outlets (and was released in English, while many of the books and comics aren't). It depicts Elsa's role (one role she has at least) of helping the spirits protect the forest from outside influences that could throw off its balance. Again, this book is still pretty niche and we don't know if there was any collaboration between the filmmakers and the author of this story, so this depiction of Elsa's role could be downplayed in favor of something else in future canon content. But what I found most puzzling about it is that this book, which seemed to be written for slightly older children than most of the post-F2 storybooks, had a perfect opportunity to feature the Northuldra, since it takes place exclusively in the forest. And yet, there wasn't even a mention of them at all. Which leads to the next portion of this analysis…

Lack of Northuldra

Even though Elsa doesn't appear in as many post-movie storybooks and comics as Anna (for possible reasons I just discussed), she still features in some of them. The Northuldra, however, have not appeared in any post-F2 stories, even the few that take place in the forest. This is strange since the epilogue of Frozen 2 very clearly shows Elsa with the Northuldra at their camp, as well as with the spirits. But as far as post-movie stories, the most we've gotten is one line from Elsa in one of the comics (English version from the official UK magazine):

(thanks to Snow on Discord for sharing this with me)

We can assume the "anyone" she's referring to are the Northuldra who live in the forest (unless she's referring to the animals of the forest, lol. Also, why the heck are they calling Bruni an "it"? This is a prime example of what I mentioned before about the disconnect between the various branches at Disney. In the Bruni's Big Adventure book and other official content, Bruni is referred to as "he/him")

As a matter of fact, Olaf, who lives with Anna and the others in Arendelle, is more prevalent in the forest stories than the Northuldra! I feel like he's been added to these stories to give Elsa someone to talk to, since Bruni and the other spirits don't talk. But why not have her talk to Honeymaren, Ryder, or Yelena? I know all the kids love Olaf, but you'd think they could get away with having one story where Elsa interacts with the Northuldra, just like Anna has a couple of stories where most of her interactions were with Mattias. And like Elsa, the Northuldra aren't excluded from post-F2 overall as they're still seen occasionally in other merch. They're just not in any stories that are set post-F2. This exclusion of the Northuldra is very bizarre, so let's see what we can analyze for why it's like this…

The Northuldra aren't marketable characters: This would be a likely reason if it weren't for the fact that Mattias, who is also arguably not a marketable character, has appeared in a few post-F2 stories. In fact, many minor Arendellian characters often appear in the comics and storybooks…Halima has gotten more attention in these stories than the actual movie! So I think it's more than that, which leads to my next point…

The spirits are more marketable: This is probably why stories that feature Elsa in the forest aren't focused on the Northuldra. Again, assuming the stories in the books and comics are created just to bring in a little extra money and not as serious depictions of canon content in collaboration with the filmmakers, it makes a lot of sense to keep the focus on what sells the best. We know that (in terms of merch at least) Bruni and Nokk were the most popular new characters from Frozen 2, so why not have stories with Elsa in the forest focused on them? This doesn't contradict the ending of Frozen 2 after all. However, this doesn't explain why there's literally no mention of the Northuldra. Even if the stories focus on the spirits, they can at least show the Northuldra in the background or mention them here and there. Which then leads to my next point…

Few stories in the forest, so few chances: In conjunction with my previous two points, I think this is the main reason for the lack of Northuldra in post-F2 stories…there just hasn't been enough opportunities. First off, most post-F2 stories take place in Arendelle, so no reason for the Northuldra to be seen there (unless they wanted to depict Arendelle and Northuldra mingling with each other, but that concept is probably beyond the scope of the kiddy books and comics!) And as of now, there have only been four post-F2 stories that take place in the forest…

-Bruni's Big Adventure: this one gets a free pass because it's aimed at very little kids and literally just shows Bruni and Olaf goofing off, with Elsa making brief appearances at the beginning and end. The more descriptive European version does mention about Elsa living in the forest with the spirits and no mention of the Northuldra. But again, this book seems aimed at an even younger audience than the others, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the author needed to keep things very simple and only mention what’s important for the story at hand.

-A Day With Bruni comic: this one could have definitely shown some Northuldra in the background, or even mentioned them in Elsa's dialogue. I guess the idea was for the group to meet Elsa in a secluded area, since the story was about helping Bruni get his fire going again, which could be dangerous at a camp site. I still don't know why they weren't at least acknowledged in Elsa's dialogue, but that could have just been a conservative choice by the comic writer.

-A Unicorn for Olaf: while this book could have shown the Northuldra, since it features Elsa, Olaf, Sven, and the spirits travelling all around the forest, I kind of see why they didn't; the theme was that each spirit Olaf encountered helped him get closer to finding the unicorn–it's a simple and easy narrative for a little kid to follow, no need to complicate it by including extra characters (I know it's hard sometimes, but we have to keep the target audience for these stories in mind...it’s much more narrow than the movies!)

-Elsa's story in Tales of Courage & Kindness: out of all these stories, this was definitely the one where the Northuldra should have at least been acknowledged. The story features the forest getting disturbed/thrown off balance, so you would think Elsa would mention the Northuldra, the people living there, perhaps to ask if they know what's happening or if anything was wrong. Really strange that this wasn't the case…only reason I could think of is, again, insistence on simplifying Elsa's role in the forest as much as possible, which includes downplaying anything going on in the forest besides just her and the spirits. Maybe the book author wanted to include mention of the Northuldra, but then was told to edit that part out for simplicity's sake. In Anna's equivalent story in this book, Mattias is absent, which I found strange too. Maybe the author was instructed to keep things simple and not include extra characters if it's not necessary for the story (again, the target audience for this story is the general audience of little kids, not hardcore adult Frozen fanatics). But still more possible reasons for the Northuldra's exclusion from this story, and perhaps the others, could be as follows…

Disney restrictions on depictions of indigenous people: I'm not sure how valid this reason is, but we do know that the filmmaking team consulted with the Sami people about how the Northuldra were depicted in Frozen 2. So when it comes to depicting them in anything post-F2, perhaps Disney's being super sensitive. Maybe the image they want to avoid is "we got your approval to depict the Northuldra in Frozen 2, but as far as anything after that, we can do whatever we want." It wouldn't pay to consult with the Sami on all these little niche storybooks and comics, so why go through that hassle when it's very easy to just exclude the Northuldra from them? There are some flaws with this idea though, like where does Dangerous Secrets fit into this (it's not post-F2, but it's still content featuring the Northuldra in ways not shown in the movie). Then there's the fact that Disney doesn't have this restriction with their other movies that feature indigenous cultures, like Moana for example. But the argument there could be that Moana is a main character, so they literally couldn't have any post-movie stories if they had this restriction, so maybe different coordinating/negotiations took place in that case compared to Frozen 2.

The Northuldra are nomadic: This is a reasonable argument for why Elsa seems to often be alone with the spirits in the forest. But I feel like the movie tried to convey that the Northuldra live in the forest. They might travel around the forest to forage for food and set up camp at different locations, but they don't stray too far. In the movie's prologue, Agnarr does say that the forest was "home" to the Northuldra, and I don’t recall Dangerous Secrets giving any indication that they leave the forest for extended periods of time. But this is something that could definitely be addressed in future canon, I just don’t think there's enough evidence for it as of now.

Coincidence/author's choice: This applies not just to the absence of the Northuldra, but lack of Elsa in the post-movie stories as well…it could all just be a coincidence. Maybe the authors of these stories have freedom in terms of how they portray Elsa and whether or not they include the Northuldra, yet they simply are choosing not to. Their reasons for doing so could be what I've already discussed–stories in Arendelle are easier and more familiar, so why not stick with that when there's no consequences for it? And likewise, why continually include Elsa, an extra character to draw and write dialogue for, in the Arendelle stories when there's no need to anymore? Maybe tomorrow a new story will be announced that features Elsa in the forest interacting with the Northuldra and what I've said here becomes way less relevant? But I feel like it's not a total coincidence…like, maybe some countries are more restrictive than others, or some Disney branches are more restrictive, like the comics vs the storybooks. It's hard to say, but some of this could be coincidence for sure.

Conclusion

To summarize, there could be several reasons for why Elsa and the Northuldra aren't as prevalent in post-F2 stories, or it could just be a weird coincidence. I'm of the opinion that the authors of these stories keep the focus on adventures in Arendelle out of convenience and familiarity, since the books and comics are made just to bring in a little extra revenue from small markets. Elsa is still all over other Frozen 2 merch like dolls and toys, and that's where the bulk of the franchise's sales come from. The authors could be restricted by Disney in some way with how they depict Elsa's role in the forest, or whether or not they can include the Northuldra, so they often opt to just not have them in the stories, or just stick to the more marketable characters like Olaf and Bruni. Without any inside information about how Disney's publishing branch makes these stories, we can only speculate. But what I do know is that viewing these stories as an accurate image of what all future content for the franchise will be like is very premature. It's only been a year and a half since Frozen 2 (and only seven months since new animated content with Once Upon a Snowman). Even though that seems like a long time for fans, it's an extremely short time in terms of how long Disney takes to create new content for their animated films. Just look at how many years it took to announce new series’ for Princess and the Frog, Zootopia, and Moana? Monsters Inc. just got a new series ten years after its last movie, and Lion King, one of Disney's biggest hits, didn't get a series (The Lion Guard) until nearly twenty years after its sequel movie. Even if Disney seemingly abandons a franchise, they often come back to it in time, especially one as popular as Frozen. Unlike a franchise such as Star Wars that has a whole studio just for it, Frozen has to share resources with other Disney movies, which is why new content for their animated movies is spread out across so many years. And if we do get a Frozen 3 or a series on Disney+ however many years from now, there's a good chance it could portray the current status quo differently from these storybooks and comics, just like how the post-F1 stories feature a different status quo than now. Whether another change like this is good or bad has yet to be decided, but until it happens, I'd like to imagine it's something like this page from the Explore the North book (one of my favorite post-F2 images)

We see Anna and Elsa having fun together while Arendellains, Northuldra, and the spirits are learning to get along again...and honestly, nothing in these post-F2 stories I’ve discussed contradicts this scenario. Even if we don’t see the Northuldra in the stories that take place in the forest, that doesn’t mean they’re not there. Even if there’s fewer stories featuring Anna and Elsa together, that’s no indication of how often they get together in canon. As I discussed, there could be a number of reasons for why the post-F2 stories are as simplified and one-sided as they are...they’re only meant to extend the ending of the movie in minor ways, so that if Frozen 3 or other official canon content is released down the line, nothing will have to be seriously retconned. As I mentioned, a lot of hands at Disney touch these stories without paying mind to the fact that the filmmakers could conceive something different in the future, which is why I don’t take the post-F2 books and comics too seriously. I simply enjoy them for what they do offer and don’t get hung up about what they don’t offer.

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[missjorgenbjorgen]

so I’ve been thinking about how angry I was for Elsa not attending Anna’s coronation, and it turns out I was a bit mislead. The ending of f2 wasn’t really her Anna’s coronation (to my understanding). it was Anna’s epilogue; as well as the opening ceremony for Agnarr and Iduna’s statue. so it wasn’t really a coronation I guess? here in the f2 art book, it’s stated as Anna’s epilogue outfit. I’m guessing the ending was supposed to be her coronation but they changed it. even though Anna’s epilogue was really to show Iduna and Agnarr’s statue, why wasn’t Elsa there? it’s her parents as well. this just confuses me. I’m assuming if it was her coronation, Elsa wouldn’t miss it. because they’re sisters.

BUT. it wasn’t her coronation after all. It was her epilogue to celebrate her role as new queen of Arendelle by presenting Iduna and Agnarr’s statue. why would Elsa miss it? I’m unsure. But for the films sake, Elsa wasn’t there (🙄) to show how Elsa doesn’t live in Arendelle anymore-but in the enchanted forest/Atohollan. I like to imagine she lives in Atohollan rather in the forest surrounded by people she barely knows. or, she still lives in her home aka Arendelle with her sister. (Also when it comes to relatives, she’s not related to anyone from the Northuldra bc in DS, it’s revealed that Iduna comes from another Northuldra tribe. her parents were murdered and the Northuldra tribe we see in the film took her in. i know she doesn’t have to be related to them bc the Northuldra is their mothers people.)

this doesn’t change how upset I am at the fact elsa wasn’t there for an important moment for her sister and her people. but, her lack of presence doesn’t mean Elsa doesn’t love her sister or her old kingdom. I get it that Elsa is more introverted, but I don’t think crowds were an issue for her. At the end of Frozen, Frozen fever, and Olafs frozen adventure-Elsa is MORE than comfortable with the citizens of Arendelle in crowds. It just out of character for Elsa (like many things in f2). I just wish she was with Anna.

#frozen #frozen2 #elsa #anna #frozen thoughts #agnarr and iduna #agduna #bringelsahome

[locktobre]

Which Anna doll is your favorite in terms of face and outfit-wise? (It can be two different dolls if you like the face of one doll but the outfit of another one better)

Okay, so I actually have 3 answers to this.

My favorite face sculpt is the disney store olaf's frozen adventure one. It is the most accurate by far. Yes, she looks like a bug-eyed alien, but that's just how she looks. I love her a lot. She's the "main" sculpt of my collection.

My favorite outfit is probably the broadway doll, the dress is very detailed and it's the closest to a coronation designer doll we'll probably ever get.

My favorite Anna doll, period, is currently the disney store hair play doll, bc she has super long hair and it's really fun to play with. I currently have 5 of her, and I'll probably get more. I don't even know what to do with 5 of her, but I found her for cheap at my local jcpenney and I had to get several. I'll probably get a few more tbh, maybe I'll dress one of her in every outfit Anna has... and maybe that will be enough... but we'll see. I also like the f2 sculpt quite a bit, she looks more mature, it fits thematically very well, altho she looks less like her animated self. But I do like the sculpt a lot.

#mel irl #anonymous #thanks for asking

[nightwingxy]

Just got the Disney Store Anna Classic Doll Accessory Pack (Frozen 2 Travel outfit)

I bought it off Amazon the other day and I got it today! It was $10 w/ Free Shipping, and for the most part It's Great. I'm honestly surprised it took them so long to do something like this, would've loved to see this back in the day with the Frozen 1 Travel outfit.

The first thing I noticed was that despite being a Frozen 2 "Accessory"/Outfit Pack, all of the packaging is Frozen 1 themed, the images, art, and overall aesthetic is Frozen 1. I Can't tell if it was a simple reuse of the 2020 Disney Store Classic Anna Doll Packaging style or Disney trying to get away from Frozen 2 because it wasn't as successful/well loved but whatever.

The Anna modeling this outfit is my 2015 Disney Store Anna (my very first Anna) Who's currently on a 2018 DS Anna body. I restyled her hair to be like F2 Anna's and I think it came out great and I might keep her this way.

Now As for the outfit itself, the best way to describe it is the Budget version of the Disney Store F2 Anna Travel outfit. I went into this thinking it was the same outfit as the other DS F2 Travel Annas, but it's not quite.

Some of the extra detailing and such from the original versions of this outfit, like the yellow part (undershirt?)/Collar area of her shirt being printed on instead of a separate stitched in piece.

The Cut on the bottom of her outfit... is not there, there is no cut. They turned this into a straight up dress. Though it does work in favor of Anna dolls who don't have the painted on leggings like this one.

3rd and most disappointing (to me at least), the red underside of her cloak is gone. What was a folded section on previous versions of this outfit instead is a printed on detail. It looks ok but it just screams Cheap.

Lastly here's my Restyled/Rebodied 2015 Anna in this outfit next to my 3 other Disney Store Frozen 2 Travel outfit Annas.

From L to R: Restyled/Rebodied 2015 Anna, Disney Store Singing Frozen 2 Anna, JC Penney Disney Collection 2 Pack Anna, and the Disney Store Frozen 2 Adventure Set Anna.

Seeing them all next to each other really shows how much more the older 2015 (and by extension 2013) Anna head sculpt looks more like Anna's models from the films than the new/Current Frozen 2 Anna head sculpt.

Overall i'm quite happy with this "Accessory Pack", tho IDK why they called it that when it's just a fashion pack and no actual accessories are included. I'm thinking about maybe getting the Elsa one since I have a thrifted elsa in a barbie dress that could use it, but I'm not sure yet.

#Anna #anna doll #princess anna doll #disney store anna doll #Disney Store Anna Classic Doll Accessory Pack #Frozen 2 Anna #Frozen 2 Anna Travel outfit #Princess Anna #Princess Anna doll #Anna doll fashion pack #disney store frozen 2 #disney store princess anna doll #2015 disney store anna doll #disney store frozen 2 anna doll

[kingkrisofarendelle]

Gave my Kristoff doll a repaint cuz I couldn't leave him with no face and temporarily put him the F2 adventure outfit made for the Hasbro repainted Kristoff until I make him a new one.

#frozen 2 #frozen #Kristoff #kristoff bjorgman #adventure kris #fan art #ooak doll #reindeer boi draws #reindeer boi posts

[hereisisa]

Measuring Popularity of Characters with Sales

Hey, I see you are using the review count to gauge how popular a character/dress/setting are, and that’s alright. Frozen and Disney are always on Amazon’s list of top 100 best-selling products in preschool dolls https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/toys-and-games/251914011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_toys-and-games. You’re going to get a more accurate reading of popularity by examining this list.

I noticed in some of your past posts you have mentioned Queen Anna “tracks well”. Amazon’s best sellers list says otherwise. Anna does appear at least once in the top 100, but never in her queen ensemble. Are you sure you weren’t letting your bias get in the way since your daughter likes Queen Anna?

It is interesting to note that Anna in her traveling outfit from Frozen sells more than Anna in her travelling Frozen II outfit. Somehow Kristoff sells more than most Anna dolls too (this could be because there are a lot fewer Kristoff dolls on the market than Elsa or Anna, so anybody who wants a complete set have limited options). All the Elsa dolls in the top 100 are wearing outfits from Frozen II.

Speaking of Anna’s popularity, did you know it took over a year and a half for the Limited Edition Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Anna to sell out? Typically Limited Edition Dolls sell out in hours.

P.S.: I love to read your bitching about Frozen II. Everything from the art to the designs to the animation to the art direction to the music was great, but Frozen II’s faults lie entirely in its story and directors. Chris Buck doesn’t seem to be too involved in the story either, so all blame belongs on Jennifer Lee. I can fix Frozen II in Frozen III, but we need to get Lee out of Disney.

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Hi There and thanks for your submission. This is very interesting.

First of all....let me reply to your question:

I don’t like Queen Anna. I don’t want her as Queen, I think they made a huge mistake and that she was way better as Princess. She could have been the hero with the sword, now she looks like Iduna. So no, it’s definitely not “my bias” or I would say she doesn’t sell.

I said she sells because this is what a source from Disney told us time ago. Someone who works at sales, I assume. And since they shared valid infos through the last year....I tend to believe it. :) It’s NOT my own analysis of datas. It’s an info we got from a source.

That said....I’ve checked amazon best sellers from time to time in the last months, but I assume Disney sources are focused on what’s sold on Disney shops online and around the world, and those items are NOT on amazon cause they’re Disney exclusives. With this I assume that both infos are correct: in Disney stores Queen Anna (sigh) sold quite well, nobody cared about Kristoff, and Elsa sold twice compared to Anna. And on amazon your reports are correct. Elsa sells cause she’s new and everyone wants it. Curious tho that Anna’s selling more with her F1 clothes. We have to say tho that the not-Disney version of Queen Anna (the one from Hasbro) is quite new, it wasn’t released for Christmas. Only the official Disney one was, but they only sell it in Disney stores or on disney shop online.

You’re right, I remember that the Limited Edition doll was available for many months! And guess what? Even this week the Anna Frozen 2 version from Saks was put on sales again!! It means she wasn’t sold out last Christmas. It was Anna with her beige dress. Elsa instead (with her pink dress) was sold out.

And Thanks! I think Buck had his own drama and used F2 as therapy. I’m deeply sorry for him, but his choices (engagement included) were completely wrong.

#Frozen 2 #Frozen merchandise #Elsa #Anna #submission

[beingpassionateabout]

In all Anna's dresses, which one is your favorite? I like all of Anna's dresses, especially the dresses in F2, but I think my favorite is the one from Frozen Fever. Because it is very Anna, shine, playful, represent the summer. And more importantly it was the dress that Elsa gave to Anna.

Awww that’s so cute :) 

I love all of Anna’s dresses and outfits, especially F2′s one bc i’m a sucker for Anna wearing pants.

But when it comes to dresses, my favorite is Olaf’s Frozen Adventure’s bc not only she looks beautiful, but dashing as well. 

#frozen #frozen 2 #OFA #Anna #bringelsahome #ask

[thesvenqueen]

how do you think kristoff dresses on a normal day, you know no celebrations or adventures? i mean i think he'd get nicer clothes? and would it become even more formal when he becomes king? also he may hate the really formal stuff which isn't right because he looks too good to hate it lmao but i guess he'd like newer and fancier clothes right?

I feel, especially with Anna as Queen, it’s way more casual but still “royal” you know? Like, not super duper fancy because he wants to be comfortable but still nice & regal. Plus, Anna wants to still feel free and flowy in her outfits. No way she’s going to stay stuffy in ridiculous queen attire. Think Elsa’s gown in the beginning of F2. Classy, regal but simple.

[anakinisvaderisanakin]

What is your favorite Elsa outfit and hairstyle?

I'd say:

1. Her F2 finale look, hair down with the white gown.

2. The Frozen Adventure dress, fluffy dark blue with her iconic braid.

3. Her violet gown from her first scene post prologue (and song) of F2.

#elsa #frozen #frozen 2

[yumeka36]

As part of their Ultimate Princess Celebration that I mentioned in a previous post, today Disney released a new storybook called "Tales of Courage & Kindness" featuring an original story, along with original artwork, for each Disney Princess. Normally I wouldn't care too much since Anna and Elsa aren't official Disney Princesses, but much to my surprise, Disney chose to include "bonus" stories for them too!

I won’t share screenshots of the full stories since they’re each several pages long and the whole book is available to read here for free anyway! But here’s a couple of the introductory pages for each of them:

Elsa's story is interesting since it's the first official post-movie story featuring one of her adventures in the forest. The images are quite lovely...they look like artwork you can purchase at the Wonder Gallery in Downtown Disney (hopefully they'll sell it there when I can visit again!)

In the story, Elsa and the spirits sense that something is wrong in the forest. Eventually they find out that the trouble was caused accidently by a couple of travelers who hoarded all the acorns from the trees in the hopes of growing their own enchanted forest. This upset the animals that relied on the acorns for food, like Olaf's new squirrel friend, Agnes. After Elsa explains the importance of respecting the forest resources to them, they realized what they had done was wrong and agree to return the acorns. As a token of making amends, the earth giants offer each of them a rock as a gift, including one for Olaf.

As for Anna’s story, once again, the artwork is gorgeous...like a quaint, pretty painting on a postcard. I especially like the first picture of her in all her queenly majesty with the scepter. I also love how the artist chose to include the elemental crystals behind her. Oh, and they bring back her jacket outfit from the other books!

In the story, Arendelle is celebrating the Cloudberry Festival, but Anna is a bit disappointed by the fact that the villagers have been treating her in a more uptight, overly respectable way now that she’s queen instead of treating her as part of them. After throwing a little party for Olaf’s pet rock (it has to be the same rock he got at the end of Elsa’s story! How could they miss that opportunity to tie the stories together?) Anna expresses her feelings to the villagers and they let her be an active participant in the events she used to enjoy with them, including the following year’s Cloudberry Festival.

As much as I would have loved a story with the sisters together, giving them each a story focusing on their new roles was definitely the right choice for a book like this. This book is all about highlighting the great traits of each princess (or queen), so letting Anna and Elsa shine in their individual roles matches that theme. I also love the fact that Olaf appears in both their stories (obviously the only character in the book to appear in more than one story). It shows how he’s the symbol of their connection even when they’re apart! What I am puzzled about, though, is how there’s once again no mention of the Northuldra at all. I know in the limited post-F2 books and comics we’ve had so far, there’s been few opportunities to focus on them, but you’d think there’d be a little cameo or even a mention in Elsa’s story, like have her say “Maybe the Northuldra know what’s going on in the forest,” or something like that. I have my theories as to why they’re so absent from post-F2 material that I may make a separate post about at some point. But besides that, considering the target audience and the fact that they’re available for free, they’re cute stories worth checking out ;) Now if Disney could give Anna and Elsa a new book series, with some stories highlighting their individual roles as well as some highlighting them doing things together, that would be awesome! (or just give us Frozen 3 and/or a Frozen series...that works too!)

#frozen #disney frozen #frozen2 #frozen 2 #frozen merch

[justauniform-blog]

The Story So Far

Lets just start by saying Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all had an amazing start to 2017?  The New Year sees lots of us looking towards the future, fresh starts, resolutions and lots of positivity, which of course I love. However today I wanted to look back! I think it’s important to take the time to reflect and give yourself a pat on the back for all that you have achieved! I say, if you can’t blow your own trumpet, who will? Seriously though, this isn’t a look at what I have done brag, but a refection on the journey that the past year has been. I’m hoping it will inspire you to follow your dreams and do what makes you happy.

So yes, that is what the past year has brought me, happiness. Wind the clock back a year ago and I had just left my full time job, a job that had quite frankly zapped the life out of me (more on that here). It took me a good couple of years of well considered thought to come to the decision that I needed leave. So by the time 2016 came and my three month notice period was over, I just knew that I had made the right decision. There was going to be no looking back, quite ironic given this blog post, but alas, I had mixed emotions. I was excited, a new venture, I felt free. But in contrast I had a little bit of the good nerves, the unknown, relying just on me, myself and I to make this happen. I just knew it was going to be A OK, I had a good feeling but there was no certainty.

The Decision 

This photo (captured beautifully by the husband) above is literally the moment I decided to leave teaching and become a blogger. Yes we were in paradise, yes we may have had rather a lot of Prosecco, but I just knew it was right. This was what I needed, this was me!

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Now it is no secret that pre justauniform I was no stranger to posing in front of walls. I was known for making my friends take poor quality photos of me on my iPhone 4. I’m looking back now and questioning why I did this? I didn’t even know that blogging was a thing, I always dreamed of working for a fashion magazine, but it was simply that, a dream. I suppose now I think about it, I liked documenting my outfits. Friends, then strangers, then even brands (thanks Monsoon) starting commenting and reposting my pictures. It got me thinking, I liked it.

The real turning point took place on the day of the picture in the pool (above). I know what you’re thinking, go on what happened? Well I watched IRIS, her love of fashion mimicked how I felt, how it made me feel excited. I loved how she didn’t care what the world thought about how she dressed, she dressed her way because well, she loved it. Watching her documentary made me realise what really made me happy, fashion.

The Change

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So yes, my appearance has changed! I’ve had my nose pierced and I’ve had more hair colours than you can count on your fingers. This isn’t just about the look though, this is about me being able to be me. Being able to express who I am. The six years previous saw my colourful personality being chipped away at, as the years went on I could hardly recognise myself. No make up, hair that only saw a salon if I had time (and I never had any of that) and clothes that were worn due to convenience. Forget all of that though, one huge thing was missing, my smile!

This year has given me my energy back, I’m smiling and I’m back to being who I want to be, the bonkers, crazy, slight screw loose, me.

The Journey in Photos

This is the very first photo posted on justauniform.com. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I found a doorway (that’s what I thought bloggers do and I wasn’t wrong), coerced my friend into snapping a few pics on my phone for me, and got to putting them up on my shining new site for the whole world to see.

Lesson number one was learnt here, if the shoes are high, bring spares to change into. Anyway, off I hobbled ……..

This is my very first professional shoot, it was with my photographer and very good friend Samantha Taylor. On this shoot I discovered my love of colourful street art as backdrop. I am still absolutely smitten with this shoot.

Lesson number two, if you are lucky enough to find a great photographer, that not only takes good picture but you gel with, treat them like royalty. You need this to create a successful shoot.

The photos Sam has of me when I’m dying of laughter are under lock of key, I have to pay her in good coffee to not share them with the world.

This is my most recent shoot, if you read my last blog post or follow me on Instagram you’ll know that I am now obsessed with this wall.

This leads me nicely onto lesson number three, create the images that you want. It is your blog after all.

It is so so tempting to get feed envy (yep this is a thing) and try and imitate another. But seriously, DO YOU! What is the point in doing something somebody else is already doing? The bloggershere is becoming more saturated by the minute, if you want to be noticed, you need to create your own ideas.

The Experiences

It’s not until I got thinking about what I’ve been able to do this year, that I actually took a step back and thought, wow, you’ve been one lucky lady. From my very first press event to attending both London Fashion Weeks, each and every event has given me something. Firstly pure joy, I mean how exciting, a brand wanting me to attend their event? But secondly, connections, no matter how small the event, it has been 100% been worth attending.

I remember being so nervous attending my first press event, I had images of the Devil Wears Prada. You’ll be pleased to hear my worries were not needed, everyone I have come across in the blogging world is pure delight. It’s like we’re all in it together, one big happy fashion loving family.

Before we go any further let me take this moment to tell you my favourite part of the past year, FASHION WEEK! To me it is the most wonderful time of the year, I absolutely love it. In the words of Carrie Bradshaw, “It makes me feel alive.”

What have I learnt from attending blogger events? Be the best kind of you, friendly, grateful and bring business cards, lots of them! That reminds me, I need to get ordering some more.

This year sees me attending fashion weeks across the globe, be sure to follow my adventures on my youtube channel. Cheeky plug there, but if I can’t do it here, where can I?

The OH MY GAWD Moments

Does this section need much explaining? I hope not! That is me, yes me, next to Emma Watson on Pretty 52’s feature on rose gold hair. ACTUALLY CRAZY!! My friends were tagging me saying, “Siobhan, it’s you.” After 2 hours it had been shared 21 THOUSAND times. I’m still getting my head around it to be honest.

My favourite shoe brand asked me permission to use this photo on their newsletter and I nearly died. I screamed so loudly that Jay (my husband) thought something terrible had happened. It hadn’t.

The Luckiest Girl in the World

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I can’t get over how many brands I have been privileged to collaborate with. From the small independents to the world wide mega brands, all have been an absolute dream, they’ve taught me something along the way and made me, as a blogger, improve.

My only advice here is only work with brands who like what you are doing, essentially, your brand. I am a colourful blogger. If I start posting minimalist monochrome photos and raving about Scandi style, all because I’m being paid to, then I have completely lost sight of why I went into this in the first place. Yes working this way means that it takes that little bit longer to build your blog, but trust me, it’ll be worth it.

Take Solarium Point, for example. I love that place, they are phenomenal, collaborating with them is an absolute breeze. Do I find it hard to promote them, no, I could do it all day, every day. Why? Because I truly love it there and I believe that you will too. I rave about it way more than I’m asked to because I love it. Have I said that I love it? In all seriousness though, could you imagine if I raved about getting my hair done at a salon, then you got your hair done at said salon and it was awful? What would that do for my rep? I never want to be responsible for hideous hair, point made.

The Future

So what does 2017 look like? There is travel, lots of it. New collaborations with some phenomenal brands are on the horizon. New blogging friendships are blossoming and really who knows? I know everyone says this at the beginning of a New Year but I’ve got a really good feeling about 2017.

Looking forward, here are a few quotes that I live my life by.

Your vibe attracts your tribe.

Be a radiator, not a drain.

You only get what you give.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this rather lengthy post (even by my standards).

Wow, what a year it has been!

See you next Saturday for the usual fun filled fashion blog post.

Big Love,

Siobhan

      What a Difference a Year Makes The Story So Far Lets just start by saying Happy New Year! I hope you've all had an amazing start to 2017?  

#blog #blogger #fashion #lifestyle #new year

[locktobre]

I’m mad the short claims to be 10 min long but it’s really only like 5/6 min long with the rest of the time being credits! I thought it was gonna be like Olaf’s Frozen Adventure length by how much promo/commercials there were of it on YouTube & in my Disney emails lol... I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it though!

I saw on insta this morning that it was only 7 minutes, so I wasn’t surprised (I wasn’t sure how long it was going to be beforehand)

Here’s my thoughts:

I hate LIG so watching that again was bleh but at least it was only a minute

I was wondering if Olaf was going to stick around and watch since he did the hip shake in F2 (implying that he did) but I LOVE him getting hit by the cape and falling down the mountain

I was laughing basically the entire time. I love Olaf, Josh Gad does a great job with him every time

(the times I was not laughing were basically hearing Kristoff’s voice lol)

LOVED Anna hitting Olaf with the door asdkjsdn

It’s been speculated basically since the movie came out that Anna traded her coronation dress for her winter outfit, so it’s nice to see that’s canon now. Wish it had been a scene in the actual movie but whatever, it only took 7 years to fix it.

It’s hilarious that when Olaf says he doesn’t have any money, suddenly Oaken is ready to help him, even tho he was deliberately price gouging during a crisis when he was talking to Kristoff like 10 minutes ago. Literally one of the only times I LIKE Kristoff in the og movie is when he calls Oaken a crook, bc he’s right. I don’t like Oaken at all.

The inclusion of a stereoscope seems odd. I know it’s a way to get Olaf thinking about summer but still. Since it looks like a Holmes stereoscope, that pushes the timeline into the 1860s, not the 1840s like was originally claimed. F2 also did this with the inclusion of the Little Mermaid easter egg, but I guess it’s definitely canon now. This lines up with my previous calculation of Frozen actually happening in 1868 (based on F2).

I actually really like when things are shown from different angles, so it was interesting to see this “happening” in the bg of the original movie. I think they did a pretty good job with not interfering with canon. The hardest to swallow was the wolves meeting up with the sled but that scene was pretty zoomed in sooo I guess it’s fine

All in all, I liked it! Olaf’s one of the things I really like about the franchise so I don’t mind him getting focus. I wish he wasn’t ugly as sin tho.

#mel irl #anonymous #thanks for asking #long post #ouas spoilers #i guess

[nightwingxy]

So I finally Got the Disney Store Frozen 2 Anna Adventure Set! I used some birthday amazon gift cards to get her and I’m so glad to finally have her. She’s a lot of fun and easily my favorite Disney Store F2 Travel Outfit Anna (so Far)

In Terms of Anna Herself. She’s got the painted on leggings of the singing doll (with orange feet and toes which looks weird), fully articulated arms like a standard DS Doll, and the more subdue curls of the Disney Collection F2 Anna, with a bit of hair gel to keep her curls curly. Her Face is also the Same as all the other F2 Annas (and the 2020 Frozen 1 Anna) excluding the Deluxe Set Annas (as those have a slightly different slightly more animation accurate Face). Overall She’ll Probably be my Main Travel Outfit Anna moving forward.

She Comes with a lot of Accessories, like A LOT, at least for a Disney Store Doll. She’s got her satchel which does open, but doesn’t like to stay on her, the Big Ice Canoe which she sits in pretty well, A Tea Cup and Plate that she can’t really hold, her ice sword which looks awesome but is hard for her to hold, a hard to hold compass, and a lantern that’s also hard for her to hold.  

She also Comes with a small bruni figurine which looks nice, and a Properly Scaled Olaf Figure, who’s arms can move up and down and are of a soft plastic. It’s nice to finally have an Olaf that’s actually to scale with Disney Store Dolls even if he basically has no articulation, at least he looks good next to anna, and can stand in the canoe with her.

Lastly Some Comparisons. First Pic L to R is my Disney Store Singing F2 Singing Anna, DS Adventure Set Anna, and the Disney Collection Anna. 2nd Pic is my Disney Store Prologue Anna, DS Adventure Set Anna, and DS Epilogue Queen Anna. Never Realized how short the queen anna doll until I put her next to these 2. Last pic is my Aliexpress Body Anna, DS Adventure Set Anna, and the 2020 DS Frozen 1 Anna.

#Anna #Princess Anna #Anna doll #Princess Anna Doll #Disney Store Frozen 2 Anna Adventure Set #Frozen 2 Anna doll #Frozen 2 doll #queen anna #queen anna doll #Anna with a sword #Anna with an ice sword #Disney Store Frozen 2 Anna doll #Disney Store Anna doll #Disney Store Princess anna doll #Disney Store Doll #Olaf #Bruni #Prologue Anna doll #Prologue Anna

[nightwingxy]

List of Frozen dolls I still wanna get *update*

So recently I’ve been thinking about what frozen dolls that are left that I wanna get, mainly Disney Store dolls, and I decided to compile them into a list, and this is as of today 9-26-2021, in no particular order:

- Disney Store Frozen II  Anna Classic Doll Adventure Play Set (the one with the Ice Canoe and ice sword)

- Disney Store Frozen Anna, Kristoff, and Troll Set (The one in their “Wedding” Attire from the troll song from F1)

- Disney Store Frozen II Deluxe Doll Set (the one with the new different faces for anna and elsa and comes with Nokk)

- Disney Store Frozen Hair Play Anna

- Disney Store Frozen Deluxe Set (The one with Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff and their F1 + F2 Outfits)

- Another 2013 Disney Store Anna (to keep unaltered for comparisons)

- Another 2015 Disney Store Anna (to keep untouched for comparisons)

- A Disney Store Frozen Fever Anna

- A Disney Store Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Anna.

- Disney Store Frozen Anna Coronation Day Playset (the one with the bed)

- Hasbro  Disney Frozen 2 Arendelle Royal Family Fashion Doll Set (the target exclusive Iduna & Agnarr set)

- A Disney Store Coronation Elsa

- Another 2013 Disney Store Anna to give her the full white hair.

- 2021 Disney Store Classic (Queen) Anna Doll

#Frozen Doll Wishlist #Frozen dolls I still wanna get #Disney Store Frozen #frozen dolls #frozen #Anna #Anna doll #Princess anna #Princess Anna Doll #Disney store anna doll #Disney Store anna #Elsa #elsa doll #queen elsa #queen elsa doll #disney store elsa doll #kristoff #kristoff doll #disney store kristoff doll #Hasbro frozen #Update