Some people think that Elsa’s magic makes her difficult to relate to because she “doesn’t have a personality outside of her magic.”
Well yeah
Because Elsa and her magic are not separate. They are one being. Her magic is so ingrained into her character that everything she does is tied up in it. Frozen is revolutionary not only for our fearless heroine Anna and the main relationship being sisters, but also because they took the “magical girl” trope and gave it depth. They gave it lore. They gave it weight and emotion and meaning. Elsa is her magic, and her magic is her.
Elsa is also selfless, creative, strong, reserved, spiritual, intelligent, and regal. She can have all this outside of her magic. They created her as a character independent of her magic… and then wove her character into her magic.
My best friend and I worked out we've been friends for 15 years. We were looking back at old pictures and found these gems. 14 year old Kim and Leah sure loved hairspray and spider-lashes. We clearly underestimated just how important eyebrows would grow to be. 😂😂
Me: this is what I mean by Pierce the Veil has epic but weird lines. Like this "A dizzy dreamer and her bleeding little blue boy". What does this mean??
My sister: isn't it obvious? It's about the smurfs.
I know some people think “Let it go” is actually secretly toxic because Elsa was singing about freedom by isolating herself from people completely, but I choose to see it as Part 1 of her letting people in by letting herself in. She got to explore her magic full-scale for the first time ever during that number. She got to see just how beautiful she truly is. Yes, it was a victory through an unhealthy coping mechanism - but I don’t think that negates the victory of accepting her magic.
She had to see how beautiful her magic is to truly let her magic and other people in towards the end. If she had never seen it, I think the love realization would have been much harder to accept.