I like a more sympathetic story about their parents, this was heartbreaking and good. I mean yes, their way to handle Elsa's powers wasn't right but from their perspective, they didn't know what else to do. No magic teachers in the area. I think they originally thought people would kill Elsa, if they found out. Anyway, I like the queen and king. Hating them is not interesting to me, parents shouldn't be hated.

Loved this. I always thought their way of handling it was ridiculous. Yes, they were trying to do what they thought was best, and really, who can possibly know what to do in that sort of situation? But after who knows how many years of it NOT working, wasn't that a hint?
"Conceal, don't feel..."
Basically, telling a child not to feel anything. Humans are not emotionless robots; if Elsa ever actually managed to pull it off, she'd be completely emotionless - that's one of the prerequisites of diagnosing a sociopath.
And alright, they thought they needed to separate Anna and Elsa, for Anna's own safety. But they could've at least given her an explantion - clearly they didn't, otherwise Anna wouldn't have spent so long asking Elsa to come out and "build a snowman". Why would Anna have kept asking Elsa to come out of her room if she believed there was a good reason for Elsa to stay in there? If they had bothered to come up with some excuse, they could've saved Anna years of the therapy I assume she needed.
Their technique was clearly NOT working - so why didn't they try something different? "Don't worry Elsa, I'm sure the 11,657th day is the charm!". Yeah. Doesn't make sense.

What WOULD have made sense is to look at it logically - Elsa has plenty of times when she loses control. BUT - there were obviously plenty of times as a kid when she had perfect control. So...if you're so sure it's controlled by her emotions, figure out what triggers her loss of control, and what allows her to control it. Or ask her what she felt when she played with Anna - clearly, she was able to melt the snow back then; I doubt someone came into the ballroom after every playtime and cleared it out by hand! So, figure out what she felt when she had control and could make it disappear, and make her feel that again! OR, get her to continually practise with her powers, until she DOES have control. If you don't know how to use it, you'll lose control of it - maybe if she kept practising with it, she would've learned control. OR take Elsa to the known magic users in the kingdom - the Trolls - and ask them for help; they're in good control of their powers, maybe they could have taught her something.

I heard an interesting theory as well - those shackles were clearly designed specially for Elsa. Who made them? I doubt after the coronation someone thought "Well, we're in the middle of freezing to death, but in the mean time, let's build some custom shackles to restrain the Queen if she ever comes back!". Plus, the very nature of the shackles means that the person who did design them thought that covering her hands was an effective way of blocking her magic. Who do we know that knew about her powers, and honestly thought that "the gloves will help"? The theory is going around that the king had the shackles made, encase Elsa got too powerful and too out of control. Wonder how valid that theory is...

I love this. I was always so curious about how their parents felt about separating the girls and whether they felt guilty for doing so. This was realistic and quietly heartbreaking, especially that ending.

This is one of the best depictions of the King and Queen I've read so far. It was short, but very sweet. Definitely going to my list of favorites. :)