GiveElsaAGirlfriend
| Fan Campaign | |
|---|---|
| Name: | #GiveElsaAGirlfriend |
| Type of Campaign: | Twitter hashtag |
| Aims: | To draw up support for the idea of giving Elsa a girlfriend in subsequent Frozen content after the first film. |
| Participants: | Twitter users Femslash shippers Elsa fans |
| Date Started: | 1st May 2016 |
| Fandom: | Frozen |
| Campaign Website: | |
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#GiveElsaAGirlfriend (sometimes seen as #giveelsaagirlfriend) is a twitter hashtag used to show support for Elsa getting a girlfriend after the first Frozen film.
Less commonly, the phrase was also used on other social media sites, such as Tumblr.
Origin
Queercoding of Elsa
Many queer fans saw Elsa's arc in the first film as analogous to the experiences of queer people coming out of the closet, with the song Let it Go especially resonating with said community. Further fuelled by her lack of shown interest in men, headcanons about her being queer - particularly the lesbian and aroace identities - became widespread.
Initial Tweet
The first recorded use of the hashtag is a tweet by lexi4prez on 1st May 2016.[1] From there, the retweets and original tweets from other users had the tag trending.
Spread
The hashtag became well known not only within fandom, but reached outside it into the mainstream. Many articles were written about it from mainstream media sources.
The campaign reached members of the cast and crew. In September 2016, Elsa's voice actress Idina Menzel was asked by Miley Cyrus on the Ellen DeGeneres Show whether Elsa should get a girlfriend, and both actresses showed positivity towards the idea.[2]
Impact
Frozen 2
Trailer
Upon the release of the teaser trailer for Frozen 2 in February 2019, fans immediately began to speculate on whether a girl seen briefly in the trailer would be Elsa's girlfriend. As more information came out about the film, and finally once the film was released, shipping of the two significantly waned as it was revealed the girl was actually Elsa's mother.
Elsamaren
People shipped Elsa and Honeymaren from the second Honeymaren showed up in the trailers and there’s nothing in the movie to dissuade someone from that.[3]
After Frozen 2
Potential Frozen 3
References
- ^ Frozen fans urge Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend in sequel (May 2016) - The Guardian
- ^ Idina Menzel and Miley Cyrus Dish on Disney (September 2016)
- ^ So, Did Disney Give Elsa A Girlfriend in Frozen II? (November 2019) by Jessica Mason - The Mary Sue