Ok so I didn’t exactly know how to title this and give the tone that I’m gonna write this with, but whatever. I wanted to give my opinion on this subject in the future, but given the recent events with GLAAD and the trend of the topic, I feel this is the time to speak. Now I know people is gonna be offended by this, personally I am not homophobic, I could care less what kind of genitals you are into but let’s be honest people find anything to be offended nowadays, I hope however that the point is understood as a matter that has nothing to do with denying a sexuality.



There’s a lot I want to say here so this is actually rather long. If it seems I’m pissed off it’s because hell yeah I’m pissed off about all this absurdity. So why do I think this is a horrible idea? and why do I say that this would effectively ruin Elsa?. Well let’s start with a clear fact, telling an artist to do something on their artwork because you want it is always a big no. Frozen is an artwork, as a movie, as a fiction story, no matter how commercial it is and that’s why we loved it on the first place. Fiction is one of the art forms that suffers the most from letting the will of the author slip away, we can’t ask that for Frozen.



Frozen needs to keep it’s artistic integrity. No, I’m not saying that it would lose artistic integrity due “having gay people on it”, no, it would lose it’s artistic integrity by turning into a form of activism tool in order to pander a group that apparently doesn’t even care for it’s art root. The nature of the movie is in the storytelling, the craft of a world and characters that we love, not in the intention of portraying “a first something” to appease a group of people.



This way Frozen shouldn’t turn into a tool to serve an agenda, no matter how good the intentions of said agenda are. Frozen will be best by being “Frozen”, by being a medium to deliver a social project. And yes, right now Frozen, Elsa , LiG has become a symbol of liberation that has been used by the LGBT community as well as many others, and that’s great, it’s great Frozen helps people but that’s the nature of the story it doesn’t meant it was written and evolved specifically for that , it doesn’t mean the story was planned with the purpose of activism which is what is being asked now.



I do not believe on this whole representation deal. I respect that some do believe and want that but I consider it bullshit. My entire life I do not recall knowing any character physically, etc… “like me” , for many reasons that I will not disclose, despite my love for fiction in all forms. That however did not stop me from relating to so many awesome characters that perhaps at first sight are nothing like me. I’ve related to blacks, whites, asians, latinos, a plethora of sexualities, females, robots even animals. That’s because we shouldn’t care about the fact that “they look like me” or “they like the same gender as I do”, no, a character is not great because of that stuff, and it’s silly to pretend that sharing such superficial trait should make it important to us. A character is great and we relate because of the characters motivations, actions, personality , values etc… I mean isn’t that why we’re fighting against discrimination on the first place? to see the entire world by those traits? then why is it that we’re fighting for more characters to be written superficially like us instead of demanding characters to be WELL written, period?.



I’d like to take the example of Chadwick Boseman. When asked how he felt playing a black superhero that black kids could look up to, he responded that it was great and all but he hoped that kids from all ethnicities could see themselves and learn from the character. That’s what we should aspire to.



Let’s be realistic here, the intention of Frozen creators was never to make Elsa “secretly gay” “under the nose of Disney”, do you really think the writers for this WDAS movie had that in mind at the hour of creating the character? before the premier Jen Lee even tweeted how good Elsa and Ralph would look together and an animator made a wedding for them. Frozen was also not meant to have a sequel at the beginning since WDAS doesn’t do sequels and Frozen was considered a Tangled-like success at best, leaving no room for a planned future development on that direction. So yes, Elsa appearing attracted to women on the sequel would indeed be “making her” or “turning her” into a lesbian. We all know, we all can guess and see that the intention behind of such action would not be purely artistic.



Elsa has an arc already that’s about self discovery and acceptance, it has touched all kinds of people beyond the LGBT side. Why would they limit her reach now?, why would they do basically repetition of such arc just to focus on the LGBT issues, Elsa’s arc already touches such problems so why is Frozen asked to be more specific?. Has everything that Elsa taught us and touched us with not enough?, was she never really this amazing character that represented self discovery and acceptance? were we lying and just seeing her singleness as a sign of being gay and as the best of her?. Yes the writers have said they want to touch today’s issues on Frozen 2, but they’ve already touched the issue of feeling and being different, are we really just asking them to be more specific because such lessons are only important when it’s about LGBT causes?.



Let’s also talk about the current story. The focus and the reason why so many fell in love with this movie is the familiar bond on it. The movie was meant to portray familiar love rather than center around romance like oh so many stories before it, and Frozen nailed it. Now let’s not kid ourselves, as soon as Elsa tuns into a lesbian the focus changes, it’s no longer “the franchise that’s all about familiar love and what goes beyond just romance” to “the franchise that finally got gay people into disney/the disney franchise that talks about homosexuality”. And I ask why should this happen?, why something that is already beloved and that has touched so many people should turn into something else in favor of activism? how is that fair? both for the story and the fans of it.



This would happen no matter how much the story focuses on Anna and Elsa precisely because of the whole context the movie develops in, that is Disney, and precisely because of the reasons why the “Elsa should be a lesbian” thing is being asked on the first place. It’s not only about the perception of the public on the movie, such dive into sexuality issues or simply a revelation like that on a lead character out of nowhere would adsorb the story around it. If the story makes it a really small case or mention is then something that helps nothing the cause that’s being asked for on the first place, which is to get representation since it would be just a hidden fact thrown there that I do not believe would satisfy anyone other than those who want her to be lesbian at all costs, yet it wouldn’t really be what people asking for representation deserve.



Oh and of course, let’s talk about perceptions now. If Elsa becomes a lesbian, a lot of things in Frozen change. First it’s this weird incestuous vibe that the franchise would drop on Elsa’s views over Anna, even if we establish incest as a good acceptable thing, it already changes the purely sisterly dynamic we loved on the first place. And the perception of Elsa not getting a mate for a long time would just be thrown as a natural thing of her lesbianism and the rarity of finding another lesbian female rather than a decision to remain alone the character is presented with.



This bring me to the next thing. Why is it that someone that remains alone is seen as having some sexual deviation?. That’s exactly what Frozen 2 would be saying “Elsa was alone all this long time due her lesbianism”. That’s a horrible stereotype, a person/character shouldn’t be judged to suddenly be the next big gay reveal due a desire to remain alone, that’s 50′s thinking. Does every character that remains alone needs to be suddenly gay?. Yes it is a much much bigger assumption than heterosexuality because of simple numbers, percentages and chances, but also because by asking such thing we’re asking for this stereotype to be true. People who simply don’t want to have a partner exist and not all heterosexual people needs a partner.



One thing that really annoys me however is the hypocrisy. How many are saying “Elsa shouldn’t get a partner, but if she does it should be a woman”. Oh my, excuse but since when gay love became “better”?. Isn’t all love supposed to be the same?. How is it a romantic story supposed to be an improvement just because it’s a lesbian one?. I thought we didn’t want Elsa to get a partner because she’s an excellent character on her own, because she can prove that happy ending can come beyond just getting a romantic partner, that there’s much more in life, because she’s independent and interesting enough on her own and because we care about her sisterly relationship as to not shift the focus of the story with too much romance going on. I guess I was wrong, I guess in the end people just wanted a sexual blur to pretend she’s a lesbian at any cost.



Oh and if one disagrees one is labeled as homophobic. That’s absurd, you don’t get to campaign for one thing and then victimize yourself if you don’ get what you want. This whole petition is childish, asking for the “shiniest” character to fill your bag of social righteousness. At the end of the day the intention is about letting art free and not forcing political views on it. Yes, stories are products of the times, and yes stories can be important for people but that doesn’t mean we should force or demand stories to convey an idea. That’s selfish and stupid.

How is it possible that people want to turn Elsa and all she represents, all this marvelous character that we love and appreciate, and Frozen itself, this story we fell in love with into tools. Tools that intend to serve a form of activism for some message. How is it that many want to turn Elsa into the poster child for an specific issue?. Elsa is so much, she has touched so many lives and what not and yet some want to turn her into a “token gay character”? seriously? Elsa deserves more than that.



She’s the Queen of Arendelle, she’s the beloved sister of Anna, she’s the character that showed liberation, freedom and more, and yet all they can see on her is “a potential lesbian symbol”. She’s so great as a character and yet all people want for her legacy is “to be the first lesbian disney princess”? she’s not even on the DP line, and once we live in a better world her legacy stops having importance. Instead of being “Elsa” she’s just “The first Disney Lesbian”, that’s bullshit. Why on earth should Elsa be sell out like that?.



Elsa doesn’t need to be a random value to fill a quota, Elsa shouldn’t just be thrown into a sexuality “just to make things right with society”. Leave her alone.



And if you tell me that is not a big deal or wouldn’t change Elsa then why is it being asked on the first place? let’s be honest here it is a big deal it is a big mark that’s why the whole campaign exists on the first place. As I said before the focus of her character would change to deal with a trait that was alien to her on the first place. It would also make for a horrible “first lesbian princess”, a character like that should have her own story crafted not come and make an already popular character like that in order to shift and change the way a story works, it would lead to either bad storytelling or a reduction of the desired portrayal.



As Frozen fans we should be adamant against this because making the writers do something just for some form of social conscience would be forced. It would be artificial. it would not be the best version of the story we deserve and the characters deserve. It would turn the wheel from driving through a great storyline to driving trough a social service.



And don’t say “they could do it well” that’s a non argument of course everything can be done well, they could make a sequel about Elsa being a mantis Queen from another planet that was just hiding in the middle of the humans and “make it well” into a great story wouldn’t mean it’s not a dumb idea, a forced thing, something done with second intentions or a shift on the focus of the franchise.



I do believe we are ought to get a Disney LGBT character, but I don’t believe “it’s time” or “if they don’t they are being homophobic”. I believe one day a writer will say “hey you know what fell this character’s SO will be the same sex, yeah gay seems like it works for him/her” and that will be awesome. Not because “we finally have a gay character” but because we will get a GOOD story, that WANTS to be that way and people will find new ways to relate to it. That is not what’s happening with Frozen right now.



This thing has been asked since the dawn of Frozen, and now it’s a big campaign. We know if Elsa is a lesbian wouldn’t be an unbiased natural progression. It would clearly be a response from the writer, such responses are never good. It would be plastic and that’s sad.



I’d like to quote The writer of Dragonball Evolution on his resent apology to the fandom:



“I went into the project chasing after a big payday, not as a fan of the franchise but as a businessman taking on an assignment. I have learned that when you go into a creative endeavor without passion you come out with sub-optimal results, and sometimes flat out garbage. “



As it says there, we can’t expect writers to do something right or something amazing on demands, they should do what they they always envisioned and not try to shoehorn some social justice on their writings or some intention to pander an specific group for a paycheck.



I mean would you really be satisfied if let’s say a friend or boyfriend/girlfriend did things to please you and not because they want it or want you? just because you threw a tantrum and demanded it?. Do we really want such artificial feeling on Elsa?



However, Throw everything Frozen is?, ruining Elsa by forcing something by making it something for the sake of doing it is not what we should ask. As Frozen fans we should just ask for the best, and yes wishful thinking is okay, we can all wish x thing happened or X thing was like that, but at the end of the day trying to force out views on the writers, or projecting some sort of social fight is not what will give the characters the story they deserve nor what we deserve at the end of the day it’s really sad people put such political intentions over the thing they supposedly love.



Hopefully in the end Frozen won’t be a victim of such behavior, and won’t turn into something that exists just for the sake of pleasing a bunch. Elsa and Frozen deserve more. I know that what I say is not gonna reach much people, and it might just enrage some. I mean I have less than 200 followers here and half might be bots or something, and specially given the length of this, but I had to give my opinion and my thoughts on this.

