Talk:Hans/@comment-74.99.65.62-20160909184419


 * Aloof Big Brother : Hans reveals to Anna that he was neglected by his family due to being the very last in the line of his kingdom's succession. His brothers are generally implied to have made him feel inferior. Word of God supports his stated backstory that he grew up without love.
 * Evil Counterpart : To Anna. Both are the youngest scion of a royal house and neglected by their own accounts, but where Anna is open and artless Hans is a skilled actor hiding his true motives. Both have issues with being overshadowed by their powerful siblings, but while Anna just wants to be close to Elsa, Hans turns out to be trying to equal and upstage his brothers.
 * Freudian Excuse : According to Word of God, one thing that wasn't a lie was his twelve older brothers' unpleasant treatment of him. The book A Frozen Heart only adds to this, showing his family outright abusing him to the point that he is heavily implied to self-harm, saying that physical pain is easier to deal with than the emotional turmoil they put him through. By the time the movie takes place, he's been abused for so long that he now thinks it's perfectly normal. For a Disney property, that's shockingly dark.
 * I Just Want to Be Special : Heavily implied—in addition to being the youngest of thirteen boys, three of them pretended he was invisible for two years.
 * Massive Numbered Siblings : Hans is the youngest of thirteen princes.
 * Not So Different : Just like how Elsa shut Anna out (although with Elsa, it was more about keeping Anna safe from her powers), Hans has had trouble with his brothers ignoring him (some even pretended he was invisible). He uses this to try to manipulate Anna, leaving the viewer to wonder if his brothers' treatment of him is true or a case of Unreliable Narrator. (Word of God confirmed that yes, his brothers were every bit as nasty to him as he claimed.)
 * Thirteen Is Unlucky : Being the thirteenth in line for his kingdom's throne, he knows he doesn't stand a chance to be king, and this makes him do very desperate and unethical things.
 * Tragic Villain : Sociopathy aside, Word of God considers him this, as a product of growing up without love.
 * Youngest Child Wins : His backstory is that he's a inversion to this rule, being the youngest of thirteen siblings and growing up knowing he'll never receive the crown.
 * Youthful Freckles : He's the youngest sibling, so he is just a young man.