#this is heavily influenced by the way crypid by spookyscaryskeletons characterises them lol

[apollo-cackling]

tbh I already like frozen 2 as it is (if mostly bc I love elsa lol) but it's frustrating how close it is to being objectively better than average this is definitely from me thinking about I Seek the Truth too much

like the "I need to know who you were / to know who I am meant to be" in I Seek the Truth with the "You are the one you've been waiting for / all of my life" it would've been so good if the movie zeroed in on that made the person elsa's chasing specifically trails her mother left her instead of just some generic Voice make the movie specifically about overcoming parental neglect and the need to base your life around your parents

and then strengthen the generational trauma bit by showing runeard's effects on agnarr (bc really aside from the magic bit he really seems the "spare the rod and spoil the chlid" type) and the war's and how her isolation from her own culture in an environment that hates who she is if she lets it show's effects on iduna and suddenly the story's directly about how generational trauma affects people and elsa and anna freeing themselves of those shackles instead of some Disney Generic believe in yourself

into the unknown's a powerhouse song but thematically I seek the truth is so much better and agh

#the colonialism bit would still be a bit weak I think but yk. #I should write that fanfic #I haven't watched aaaaany of the recent disney movies at all so if generational trauma is a trend among them I didn't know that lol #this is heavily influenced by the way crypid by spookyscaryskeletons characterises them lol #I'm not saying the story's *not* already about generational trauma I just wish it zeroed in on it lol #it's not that deep / no but the ground is soft and I'm ready to dig etc etc #or maybe in this case the ground isn't soft but I have enough nostalgia that I'm willing to dig #my rambles #frozen