More on A Frozen Heart: Hans the introvert

I don’t know if it’s intentional or not, but the novelization is really making Hans out to be an introvert. Behold:

Pretty much the first thing the book tells us about Hans is that he craves quiet/goes out of his way to spend time alone



He spends a lot of time inside his own head, and has since he was a child

He’s really uncomfortable at family dinners and leaves them as soon as he can

Has trouble getting to the point when talking to people (which drives the King crazy) and has to rehearse what he’s going to say ahead of time. At one point he LITERALLY wrote out everything he was going to say, complete with talking points, and then ended up just handing it to Dear Old Dad and letting him read it for himself

Fantasizes about being an only child (although I think that could be a function of having a really crappy family)

Spends a lot of time thinking about what people are going to say to/about him and then reacts accordingly (sometimes I have arguments in my head with people and then when I see that person IRL I’m angry with them and it takes a while to figure out why LOLOL)

Particularly with Anna, he seems to be acting out a script in his head, like “a person in this situation should say or do X” (though yes I know he was faking being in love with Anna, I still think it’s a valid observation)

Consciously thinks about mirroring the other person’s demeanor when he’s interacting with someone

Obviously all of this doesn’t excuse what he did/tried to do in Arendelle but I’m bringing it up BECAUSE look where he is during Frozen Fever.