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ericmicael · 1 year

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DISNEY MAGIC KINGDOMS: Hans and his two comebacks.

“Disney Magic Kingdoms” is a mobile game.

Although Hans is the main antagonist of “Frozen 1″ he only officially returned in the franchise in “Frozen Fever” where it was shown what punishment his father, the King of the Southern Isles, gave him for his actions in Arendelle:

Be a stable keeper. “How am I going to punish my least favorite son for ruining my business chances with Arendelle after he tried to kill the queen and princess? Put him to work in the stable”, Hans is really a playboy lol

And besides, I believe that the only mentions of the prince's future after F1 are like the phrase from “Polar Nights” where it reinforces that he continues in his destiny of “Frozen Fever”. Duke Weselton even though he ordered two of his henchmen to kill Queen Elsa he was just expelled from Arendelle who cut ties with Weselton, in fact the same punishment as Hans, but unlike the prince who is still drowning in shit for 7 years the Duke has returned over and over again for the franchise including Arendelle, and I believe that relations between the two kingdoms, Arendelle and Weselton, have already been fixed.

I'm not here to defend Prince Hans because I consider him to be a really despicable figure and that it wouldn't add anything to returning, being at most a repeat of his F1 actions (as are the passages on him in this game) or he would have to suffer a turn of events 180º in his personality, but I believe that it would be easier for Disney to create another idiot just like him (Thord and Runeard, for example) if his participation is not just cheap fanservice. Anyway, I just wanted to explain the situation.

But he returns in “Frozen Heart” and “Conceal, Don't Feel” which are two versions of F1 that I believe is Disney trying to better explain the nickname Jennifer Lee gave Hans: “dumb sociopath”, and in in my opinion they succeeded. These two books reinforce Hans' main characteristic: he only cares about himself and when people stop being useful he discards them as if they were nothing (in short: if you used the fact that he saved Elsa in the Ice Palace as an argument that he's not a bad person these two books threw that argument into the same shit that Hans is buried).

Now after the introduction, let's get to the focus of the post.

HANS RETURNS AFTER FROZEN 1 AND FROZEN FEVER

Elsa and Anna are in another realm when a strange snowstorm starts there. Elsa knows that this was not an act of her powers, but she is not sure if the event is magical or not, it is not the time for a snowstorm, and fearing that her sister will get involved and hurt herself, she decides to take care of the situation by herself.

Anna, seeing that Elsa has disappeared, starts looking for her sister in the middle of the snowstorm, believing that she may be in danger, but who she finds first is Hans. Hans accuses Elsa of being the cause of the situation because she was not there trying to help, but since no one in the kingdom knows the man's reputation, everyone would believe the prince's words.

Anna, fearing that people will believe Hans' words and accuse Elsa as the cause of the storm, decides to calm the population, she ends up meeting Kristoff and together they consult the Trolls who claim that although Elsa is not the cause of the event, she can end it.

Hans, taking advantage of the situation, goes to the kingdom's castle to try to dominate the place while pretending to care about the population while blaming the Snow Queen for the chaos. When Anna and Kristoff find Elsa, the three decide to put an end to the prince's lie.

Elsa, Anna and Kristoff return to the castle, and Elsa uses her magic to prove that she is a good person, managing to convince the population not to believe Hans' lies. But Hans still directly accuses Elsa which makes her realize that he might be hiding something.

Elsa and Anna return to Elsa's Ice Palace and discover Marshmallow asleep and he is somehow the cause of the storm. But in the Ice Palace they also find the Southern Isles' court physicist, he had been sent as a nanny to Hans, but the prince blackmailed him and used his knowledge in Mashmallow to cause the snowstorm, and so Hans would help the people convincing people that he is a hero to have the kingdom under his feet.

When Hans is confronted with the truth, he returns to the Ice Palace trying to escape with Marshmallow to continue his plan, but Elsa after a certain problem manages to wake up the snow giant who beats the prince.

SECONDARY MISSIONS

1 - Welcome a Thirteenth Son

HANS: Please... allow me to introduce myself. I am Prince Hans, of the Southern Isles. If there's ANY way I can be of service to help you in a time of need, please call on me. I'll do everything in my power. What? You don't believe me? Fine. But you try being thirteenth in line to a throne and see what you'd do.

2 – Keeping Up Appearances

HANS: Let's see... marriage is out... magic's been unreliable... and that's the last time I try to steal a snow monster... Don't judge me. It's not like I have a lot of options. I'll never get any power at home with twelve older brothers. I suppose I'll just have to rely on my charm. After all, I was raised to be quite charming. And I AM still a prince. I'm sure there are at least some people here who haven't heard what that's entailed, lately.

Hans tries to win over the people.

HANS: Turns out there aren't that many people out there who don't know me... ...and too many people who think they do. You wouldn't know how to get tomato stains out of a white jacket, would you? Next time, I should look for an audience carrying less produce.

3 – The Corridors of Power

HANS: You know, I actually WAS here on official business. Well, technically, anyway. My brothers thought it would be HILARIOUS to ship me off to every kingdom on the map to learn about proper diplomacy... ...which means that I have diplomatic credentials to get me through the castle gate. After a few meetings with officials... perhaps a bribe or two... Who knows? You COULD be looking at this Kingdom's future king...

Hans tries to infiltrate Arendelle's Rink.

HANS: Well, THAT was a complete waste of time! Oh, I was offered a position at the castle, just not the one I was hoping for. I will be politely declining the job of "Sanitation Assistant to the Stablehand -- Junior Grade." This kingdom's anti-corruption laws are REALLY thorough. Though, they DID say I could work my way up to "Associate Grade" after fifteen years' service. Pass.

4 – What Is She Hiding?

HANS: I have spent my entire life trying to get anywhere NEAR a throne room -- and "Queen Elsa" just CREATED one. An ice palace! Out of thin air! And she STILL managed to gain the people's trust, even after freezing the whole kingdom. I wonder if she has a secret hidden away somewhere in that palace. A magical way of winning the people to her side.... I will be right back. I have an errand to run.

Hans goes to investigate the Ice Palace.

HANS: Empty... I should've known. Well, except for this note someone left on the throne... "Elsa isn't a good ruler because of magic -- it's because she's caring, smart, and finally accepts herself for who she is."` "P.S. You're a lying, predictable, weasel-faced toad, and I bet you don't even LIKE sandwiches." I'm pretty sure I know who THIS is from. I DO like sandwiches, you know. I'm not a monster.

SOME THOUGHTS AND EXPLANATIONS

Disney Magic Kingdoms works like this: the game has the central kingdom which is like a Hub where the player can place representatives of other Disney places that acted as if it were the real place. When Hans invaded the kingdom and tried to manipulate the citizens to elect him king, he was in this central kingdom (which is not Arendelle), but he managed to interact with the representations of Frozen and kidnap Mashmallow.

Hans tries to conquer another kingdom using the same methods he tried with Arendelle. To me that's what would make the most sense with the character arc. All he wanted was to gain prestige to rub it in his brothers and father's face that he's not the failure they always imagined him to be, so after failing in Arendelle it would make a lot more sense for him to try the plan elsewhere than just revenge on Arendelle. But in this case, he tried to use Marshmallow's power to create chaos since Eternal Winter worked so well to put the population of Arendelle in the position he wanted: desperate crying out for a savior.

HANS RETURNS AFTER FROZEN 2

1 - Snow and Sisters

ANNA: Okay! First Winter Festival since my coronation day... First one since Elsa moved to the Enchanted Forest... Whoo! I can DO this! All I have to do is show Arendelle how good I am at festival-hosting, AND make Elsa proud, AND have a good time doing it... I hope I can! A good time, and a QUEENLY time. I am going to host this festival in a queenly way. Queenly? Is that a word? Queenishly...? ... All right, FOCUS, Anna. Look it up later -- host the festival now!

Anna is going to prepare the Winter Festival.

ANNA: I thought about it, and getting a krumkake with cloudberry cream from that stall was an EXTREMELY queenly thing to do. I do wish Elsa was here to share this with me, though. We always used to love eating krumkake at this time of year. But... she's still on her way. So, until she gets here, I'm gonna test out whether ice skating is as queenly as dessert is! Maybe I'd better double-check the dessert-tasting part afterward, though. Just to be safe!

2 - Missed Connections

KRISTOFF: Has anyone seen Anna...? We said we'd meet up between my lute performances to ride the gravity mine cart, but I can't find her... Right... I should explain. Oaken's tinkered with the mine cart track to make it a "festival amusement of his own invention..." HE says it's more fun than riding a sled down a mountain, and I said "that's impossible," and... now I have to prove it. And... Uh... ALSO have a good time on the ride with my fiancée. (... Who can confirm how right I am about this.) Send

Kristoff goes looking for Anna in "Ice Skate at the Rink"

KRISTOFF: No sign of her. At least I got to finish my lute performance while I was looking. It's kinda nice to play while I walk--

ANNA: Kristoff! Sorry-I-missed-you-still-trying-to-figure-out-this-ice-skating-thing----Specifically-how-to-stop-okay-talk-later-love-you-byeeeeeee...

KRISTOFF: ... Huh. How did she end up OUTSIDE the ice rink...? Guess I'll catch up with her later. After she's... uh... slowed down.

3 - Visiting Guests

ELSA: Getting here took a little longer than usual, but it was worth it. Usually, I ride the Water Nokk down the fjord, but I wanted to travel with the Northuldra visitors. This will be their first time at Arendelle's Winter Festival, and I wanted to give them an idea of what to expect. Of course, Honeymaren and Ryder ran off to see the sights the moment we got here, so I'm not sure I actually needed to. Send

Elsa goes to explore the festival.

ELSA: The festival is just like I remembered it! Arendelle will always be special to me, and it always feels nice to come back. I haven't seen Anna yet, but I couldn't resist making some snow patterns for the children. They were so excited! Families come from all over for the festival -- Zaria, Chatho, the Southern Isles, and now the Enchanted Forest, too. But don't worry: We make sure a CERTAIN person from the Southern Isles is NEVER invited. Though other citizens of the Southern Isles are always welcome.

4 - Guess Who...?

HANS: Three... years... Three years in the stables... ingratiating myself with the palace staff... bribing the Chamberlain to forge me new papers... Firming up my alibi... sneaking onto the ship to Arendelle... blending in with the festival delegation... Finally. After three years... Hans of the Southern Isles has returned! ... Disguised as a peppernut cookie salesman. (He was the easiest person to lock in a compartment in the hold before we docked...) Send

Hans puts his plan into action.

HANS: Hm. Finding an out-of-the-way location to plant those barrels of explosives might be harder than I thought... ...Mostly because I keep getting mobbed by dessert-crazy festivalgoers. This was NOT the best identity to steal, in retrospect. Although, credit where it's due -- he IS a decent baker. I've been snacking on these things all afternoon... Unfortunately, it will take more than peppernut cookies to get behind the scenes unnoticed.

5 - Recipe for Success

RYDER: ... And this large man in a sweater has a portable sauna AND some kind of downhill-sled-cart thing! Plus Mattias found his dad's sourdough flatbread recipe and is doing a tasting later. How are you NOT excited about all this?

HONEYMAREN: I am, Ryder. Don't worry. It's just that Elsa asked me to help with the dessert stall, and...

RYDER: ... And you don't wanna let her down. Gotcha. Hey, why don't I help? If we work together, we'll sell twice as much.

Honeymaren and Ryder sell desserts.

HONEYMAREN: I think that's actually the last of them, somehow! ... Phew. How did you do?

RYDER: Great! I actually started serving the mountain-sorrel pudding and the cloudberry jam together. It was really popular!

HONEYMAREN: Seriously? That's like... tart on tart, Ryder. I'm surprised anyone enjoyed it!

RYDER: Yeah, all except one guy. He was so busy asking me if this place had any "out-of-the-way storehouses," he didn't even eat it! I mean... he WAS selling some really good cookies, but still, he was really pushy.

What Ryder really meant in this mission: "I understand sister, you are a lesbian and you are in love with the Snow Queen Elsa, I will help you please her".

6 - Trains vs. Sleds

OLAF: SVEN! Sven, Sven, Sven! Oh, I have no WORDS for what I just experienced! Other than that it was Oaken's mine-cart-gravity-ride-thing, and also, maybe the most fun I've had in my entire LIFE! It was AMAZING, Sven. First I ROLLED, and then I COASTED, and-- Ooh, I like how that sounds! It really rolls off the tongue. I should tell Oaken about that -- right after I tell him how right he was about it being more exciting than Kristoff's sled--

SVEN: SNORF.

Send Sven and Olaf disagree.

SVEN: Snurf snuf...

OLAF: Ha ha ha! Okay, Sven -- we've got a deal. I'll agree that Kristoff's sled is TIED for most exciting with Oaken's coasty-roll'em... (Or... something like that. I feel like we should workshop the name a little more? I'll come back to it.) Anyway -- and in exchange -- YOU'LL tell me three new stories tonight at bedtime! Okay?

SVEN: Snorf!

OLAF: Well, it's a pleasure doing business with you too! ... And there's leftover mountain-sorrel over there if you're hungry. I hear it's better than carrots!

7 - Fire Friend

BRUNI: Skrrrk...

ELSA: Oh! Hello again. Are you all right? I thought you were helping Yelana keep the stew pot heated...

BRUNI: Skrik... Squeak!

ELSA: A little overwhelmed, huh? Well, there are a lot of people here. Sometimes it can be a little much for me too. It's all right if you want to go back to the Enchanted Forest now.

Bruni returns to the Enchanted Forest.

BRUNI: Squeak, squeak! (Purr)

8 - He Can Explain!

HANS: Fine. If the Northuldra delegation has no useful information, there are plenty of other visitors here that might. Maybe some of Weselton's staff...? The Duke knows my face, but as long as I'm careful about who I approach, I should-- ANNA: ...aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA--(doof!) HANS: OW! Hey -- watch who you slam into on those skates-- ... Ohhh, no... I was GOING to say, there's a PERFECTLY REASONABLE explanation for why I'm here right now, and if you'd just (DOOF--)

ANNA: Nope! Not listening. I'd MUCH rather sock you in the face again. Like that! Guards? Please escort the ONLY person on my "Never-Invited-to-the-Festival List" off the premises.

HANS: (Koff--) Wait...! See, you're not--

ANNA: Oh -- sorry! I meant "escort him out of ARENDELLE." Which I'm the queen of. You can make a day trip out of it, if you'd like.

HANS: Uh--

ANNA: Gerda can pack you some sandwiches for the road! Make sure you give absolutely NONE of them to Hans.

HANS: Hey! That's not-- (*sigh*...) Fine. I'm not hungry, anyway.

9 - Sweet Endings

ANNA: There you are, Elsa! I'm sorry it took me so long to find you -- I just... uh... ran into an old acquaintance. But hey -- I saved you a krumkake with cloudberry cream, just like we used to love! I thought we could share it. ELSA: Well, I saved you the last mountain-sorrel pudding! It has cloudberries too. Rather like a... ANNA: ... Tart on tart? ELSA: Yes! How did you know? ANNA: I heard Ryder's sales pitch! And I'm ALL IN. Let's sit by the rink and share both. We've got a lot to catch up on...

Elsa and Anna share dessert while Kristoff continues to explore the festival.

RYDER: Hey, Kristoff -- I tracked down Anna for you! She and Elsa are over by the ice rink, and... Whaaaat are you doing?

KRISTOFF: Giving them space to be sisters. This is the first Winter Festival since Elsa moved. They should have some time together.

RYDER: No... I meant, "Why are you carving a tiny model sled track out of an ice block?"

KRISTOFF: (*sigh*...) Well, I finally went on Oaken's gravity mine cart while I was waiting for Anna, and it was... completely amazing. I figured I could pitch him on a frozen sled version if I get the design right! ... And if I ride the original a few more times.

RYDER: Well, let me know the next time you do -- I'll back you up from the passenger seat! Reindeer pals, right?

KRISTOFF: Heh... Yeah! Reindeer pals!

SOME THOUGHTS AND EXPLANATIONS

I found out that Hans was in this game precisely because of a mission where Hans tried to kidnap Bruni, but when I was doing the investigation to create this post, I didn't find this mission or any other individual mission with him after the events of the second film. I didn't go looking in the same place that I found the mission to kidnap Bruni (it would be a lot of work and I don't believe it will bear much fruit), but it's there as a curiosity that may have been an optical illusion.

Was Hans's plan to explode barrels and cause genocide in Arendelle? Hans in "Frozen Heart" said that he only considers killing someone as a last resort so I have my doubts. Could this really have been his plan? Yes, but I think it's more likely that he just wants to create chaos or damage to Arendelle (I praised another arc precisely for running away from the cliché of revenge without purpose and this arc is precisely that cliché).

The post-F2 “Winter Festival” already happened in the comics, but in this case only the main team participated (Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven) with just generic winter activities... yeah. In “Disney Magic Kingdoms” it was indeed a meeting of everyone from F2 (and if the character did not appear, he was mentioned). Something like this has already happened with “Polar Nights”, there is a comic that also tells the first polar night festivity in Arendelle after F2... what happens in the comic are just generic activities, nothing relevant.

Which should be considered canon? The 4 events are considered as the first after F2 so you can only choose one of each: "Winter Festival" from the comics and "Polar Nights" from the book seem to be more canonical.

Which happens first? In both cases it seems to be the “Winter Festival”, so that line from "Polar Nights" saying that the Northuldras are on migration cannot be considered to justify the absence of the tribe in the "Winter Festival" comic which makes me wish for canonicity of the version of "Disney Magic Kingdoms".

#frozen #frozen fever #frozen 2 #disney magic kingdoms #hans westergaard #prince hans #polar nights: cast into darkness #winter festival #conceal don't feel #frozen heart #frozen books #frozen comics

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Random Thought, please humor me.

SURPRISE: YUUSHA GAINS MAGIC (By absorbing the Magic around her & dealing with Overblots)! Even better, she doesn't need a Mage Stone to control it! What would Yuusha's Unique Magic be & how does she use it? How would Jamil react?

"Magic makes people feel too powerful. Too entitled."

"That is not what magic does. That's just your fear. Fear is what can't be trusted."

HELPPP anon your random thought sent me down into a rabbit hole and i was hyperfixated on this for at least a WEEK 😭

THANK YOU FOR THE ASK BTW I REALLY APPRECIATE IT I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THIS 💕💕💕

anyways i also had an agonizing realization that yuusha is somewhat twisted elsa/anna because she has:

braid in front ✅

light-colored hair streak ✅

love interest that used her for his schemes ✅

desire to connect with people bc of years of loneliness (and emotional instability) ✅

unresolved childhood trauma in general ✅

(and probably more idk, these are the ones that stand out to me at the moment)

i haven't thought about frozen for YEARS and somehow it's still haunting me.

i have a lot of mixed feelings about this realization in general but the reason i brought this up is because i ended up basing yuusha's unique magic on frozen (not the ice powers part, but more the emotions aspect since elsa's powers work based on her emotions) while also still having aspects of yuu's own personality on it.

(also I'm sorry in advance i keep on dropping random lore about yuu and jamil's dynamic that only makes sense to myself hndsfhdsj)

I'm your friend. You don't have to hide. SHOW YOURSELF.

"Show Yourself" forces the target to say what's actually on their mind as long as she touches them. Since she's not particularly powerful and skilled with her own unique magic in the beginning, it's limited to skin-to-skin contact, and it only lasts for as long as she's touching her target.

If Yuu trained it more, it doesn't have to be skin-to-skin, just as long as she makes some kind of physical contact with her target; and it could last for as long as she wants even if she is no longer making physical contact. (But the longer she keeps it up, the more blot accumulates.) Yuusha would mostly just use her unique magic to mess with people. It'll only be rare that she chooses to use it for something serious.

To add more onto how Jamil would react to these magic shenanigans: They've both agreed on not using their unique magic on each other. To do so would be a breach of trust. (Of course there would be special exceptions but generally that's their agreement.) And since Jamil is still a scheming prick (affectionate), her "Show Yourself" unique magic would be useful. Plus, Yuu would not be against using her unique magic 99% of the time since she is also aware of the usefulness of her ability. Jamil would insist on helping Yuu out on how to use her magic because there was no way she'd get the hang of it immediately. And he knows she would refuse to ask any other (capable) magician for help.

An alternate idea that I scrapped was "Let It Go" where it's essentially Yuu telling her target to let go of their (usually negative) emotions. But those feelings can't just disappear so Yuu basically absorbs them so now it's her burden to carry instead. I scrapped it because I can't settle on how it works. (But it still had angst potential so I couldn't help but draw a bit about it anyway.)

(extra rambling below about yuusha overblot thoughts if anyone's interested hdlfhjgj)

this is a brief tangent from the original question because i also thought, "hey what if she overblotted, wouldn't that be fun"

i could see the overblot going in either two ways:

yuu accidentally hurts grim (or another friend) with her magic. she’s so distraught thinking that even with magic she can't protect those who are dear to her. and so during the overblot she will not actively try to hurt anyone but instead exhausting her magic reserves in an intentional attempt at self-destruction. (yes i also see the frozen parallels shhhh)

something happens that was simply THE LAST STRAW. now she’s too pissed at everyone that she no longer cares about what happens to her or anyone else, going on a destructive rampage. which can also be considered an intentional attempt at self-destruction.

either way, basically, if she can’t go home she’s just going to take herself out and/or the school instead. the girl is not okay.

(there's actually nothing good she can home to, but she's convinced she'll be happy again if she returns. but she doesn't know that because she can't remember shit about her home. that's a separate lore dump post hgdsjfkld)

also the blot monster behind her would look something like marshmallow (elsa's snow monster from frozen) :)

(i also used to have a similar idea for yuusha. i planned to have her be immune to magic *because* she was absorbing it and she didn't realize. leading to an inevitable overblot) (but i scrapped it because yuusha became my victim for jamil x yuu stuff) (like if i can't have the excuse to have jamil use snake whisper on yuu then what is the point)

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