Vuelie, i just want ask. Why you can call Kristanna is a true love couple even though Kristoff didnt love Anna at the first place and Kristoff didnt want to help Anna at the first place? What do you think of Elsanna and Kristanna actually? Do you think Kristanna just like brother-sister relation or love interest couple? Just don't be angry or annoyed okay? I'm just asking. Don't mean to judge or insult.
You have valid questions, and I’d love to answer them. Thanks for sending them my way. :)
I think Kristanna is the perfect representation of not falling in love at first sight. We saw Anna fall head over heels in love with Hans upon their first meeting - a classic Disney trope that thank God, Elsa had called out - and we see her almost perish because of it.
Kristanna is a contrast to Hans/Anna because it took time for both Kristoff and Anna to like each other as acquaintances and then friends and later on, lovers. They’ve seen each other’s worst (Anna witnessing Kristoff’s grumpiness, rudeness, and reluctance to help - and Kristoff witnessing just how awkward, stubborn, and messy Anna can be) and they were able to still stick together and let that love blossom in the middle of all the challenges they’ve gone through in Frozen I and Frozen II.
Kristanna isn’t a conventional Disney couple because their romance isn’t skin-deep and “perfect”. What they have is genuine and tested love - the kind of love that has been through shit. It’s not shallow, it’s not ostentatious yet empty, and it’s not easily destroyed. It’s not fragile.
I don’t think Kristanna has a platonic relationship at all. Their dynamic was not designed that way, and since Anna was written as a classic Fairytale Character (the opposite of Elsa, a Mythic Character) Anna would eventually end up having romance as a part of her story - it’s not an essential tool to make her more interesting or to help further build her character development; having a romantic relationship is an add-on - something she wants - and not something she needs to be whole.)
I think Elsanna exists mainly because both girls love each other deeply and they continue to be each other’s source of strength. Throughout FI and FII, it has been Elsa that Anna kept chasing after. Her entire journey (which also influenced the trajectory of her arc and character development) was dedicated to finding Elsa and convincing her that she’s loved and she belongs in Arendelle with her. Elsa, on the other hand, lived literally half of her life protecting Anna - and loving and missing and thinking of her in silence. It’s both a tragic and beautiful story. Both girls, the Mythic Character and the Tragic Character will not survive without the other literally and metaphorically.
I personally do not see romance between these two canon blood-related characters, and it was only through pop culture and social media that I was exposed to “Elsanna”. I do understand, however, the dynamic that they have and why some people interpret it as romantic. I don’t necessarily agree with it because I fervently believe in the power of familiar/platonic love, but my thoughts are my own and it’s not my job to force it on people.
:)