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by naringas 1917 days ago
What about the role of the parents? (the king and queen?)

IMO they handle Elsa's powers in the worst way possible. The trolls sublty hint at what not to do: "fear is the worse you can do"; then they do exactly that. She's taught to deny and hide everything by her parents. So when they tragically die, she just keeps on the same self-repression path until it gets real bad.
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Marazan 1917 days ago
Yes, The Trolls give some advice that the King and Queen completely mis-interpret.

They think "Control her powers" means "Lock powers away"

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cooperadymas 1917 days ago
It's clear that they don't know how to handle her powers and are doing the best they can, albeit yes, it was probably the worst way to handle it. They were scared that someone would get hurt by her powers (check) and that, if discovered, she would be deemed a monster (check).

Furthermore, the troll king's advice was that Anna could not know about her powers or the damage from being struck in the head would return. So their only choice was to isolate the two sisters from one another.

There was nothing intentionally villainous with the parents.

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smileysteve 1917 days ago
This how it should have ended from 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dach1nPbsY8
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