[ SECRET POST #2736 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2736 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Err, how was Frozen an allegory for mental illness? Seems like a stretch.

[morieris]

Elsa's shutting herself away and hiding her powers.

+ Word of God.

[(Anonymous)]

Citation needed, that Elsa shutting herself away because of her powers had anything to do with mental illness, word of god.

That doesn't make any sense. And I can understand a lot of metaphors for Elsa's power. Being gay makes the most sense to me (conceal don't feel, born that way, people will think you're a monster, etc), or really being "different" in any way.

but mental illness? Elsa wasn't metaphorically anxious and depressed, she was anxious and depressed. Because she was hiding something that made her different. That's not a metaphor, that's what it feels to hide a part of yourself. The anxious/depressed thing was a reaction to the power, not the power itself. And it would be silly that her climactic moments are embracing her "mental illness" while ceasing to be anxious/depressed at all.

[(Anonymous)]

Not to me. A lot of of Elsa's actions and reactions seemed very relatable to what I go through when I'm depressed and anxious.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Elsa was depressed and anxious, yes. Because of the power that she was hiding, though, not because the power itself was depression/anxiety. What I disagree with is that her ice power is a metaphor for mental illness. Any "illness" she has isn't innate, it's a reaction to the power that she's hiding, the thing that makes her different. I can see her ice power being a metaphor for a lot of things, but a mental illness reading doesn't make sense to me.