Hans’ Abusive Backstory (His Father Let It Happen...)
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Hello and welcome back Disney fans. Disney’s Frozen was released back in 2013 bringing with it a bunch of fun and quirky characters that the world fell in love with. A not-so-beloved character from the first Frozen film is that of Hans Westergaard who plays the manipulative antagonist. But did you know that Hans had a pretty sad backstory that explains exactly why he was so evil and manipulative in the first place? In today’s video, we are going to be diving into who Hans is and the history of where he came from.
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Hans is no ordinary type of villain, he is a young man who grew up in a very toxic environment because of his father and brothers and had to harden his heart in order to survive and gain their recognition and approval by seizing Ardenelle but failed to do so.
If he had a very supportive group of people who can show him that there's another way he can overcome his demons, he wouldn't go through the trouble of seizing another country.
His genuine love for his mother and Lars shows that he actually has redeeming qualities and is not a complete monster as TV Tropes would say.
I don't condone what he did but the first movie did a good job of explaining his background and his start of darkness to the current day where he feels that he cannot change.
I would love to see him go on a redemption and self-reflection journey to the point of helping Elsa and Anna battle a villain a lot worse than him but the alliance is only temporary.
I agree with you so much ❤️
Hans could become a blacksmith like Halbrand.
I always thought that he had a reason to do all that he did, and now that the evidence is in my face, I consider him a chance of redemption.
I agree
@@tay8979 I agree too! 🥰
Maybe for the third film and maybe the new, redeemed Hans can be a better match for Elsa.
@@savannahhague4989 yeah that would be interesting 🤔😏😉
oh yhe sam i'v olas ben intrasted in Hans's backstory
I always felt bad for Hans, but I never really condone what he did in the first movie. I really do hope the creators give him a redemption in the future.
I kinda believe Disney will give him a redemption.....
And I am kinda happy that Thomas Astruc isn't the creator of this movie......
Or else there would be no hopes for redemption arc for Hans 😀😀
That is why Disney failed to make an evil plot twist with Han. It's because he is not actually a villain.
@@jillianefaithcobre8637 maybe that's the whole point. Maybe he wasn't meant to be evil at all.
@@sarahemilywhite yeah I agree 👍👌💯
Disney should make like a spin off show (like tangled) but mostly around Hans, his brothers, his punishment, and redemption. I doubt it’ll ever happen. But if it does I’d be so happy.
My heart breaks for Hans, i have always loved the guy i felt like there was always something more to his character then just hate and anger and greed.
Even before reading Frozen Heart, I knew there had to a reason why Hans was the way he was. Years of my sister (another major Disney fan) stating that villains aren’t born bad along with films like Big Hero 6, Incredibles, Maleficent and even anime series like My Hero Academia has made me realise that “bad guys” are just as much a victim as those they prey on. However, I find myself conflicted because despite knowing why Hans became the man that he is and sympathising with him, I can’t find it in me to forgive him. He manipulated everyone around him and tried to commit murder. That isn’t something to be easily forgiven.
This is true a lot of bad guys are just the victim who become strong and pray on the weak.
@@burningflamesofdivinedragon well quote on quote “strong”, because what they see as strength is more a weakness and shows that they are really just cowards hiding behind a mask and not show their fears and insecurities, and by a-proxy their true selves. Or, well, at least that’s how I see it
For some bad guys yes, but beware their are some that born without emotions, just like you can be born without limbs or organs, you can be born without emotions. Just got to know how to tell or spot the difference.
@@TheFlash-vb9bj Very true.
Ikr.
It's nice to see someone not trying to blame Hans's actions on the trolls for once.
He'd have to be taken out of his current environment before he could ever change for the better.
I tend to think that Elsa had done background checks and the guests to her coronation and learned things about Hans that raised a few red flags in her mind.
Forgiving someone is not the same thing as asking that they be pardoned. I think that Elsa and Anna should forgive Hans, but still be careful about him, and his family.
Yeah I agree 👍👌💯
That would make sense considering the look she gave him when she told Anna "You can't marry someone you just met."
I won't lie I was a little bit sad Hans didn't make a reappearance in frozen 2, I'm very interested to learn more about him and how they writers could play around with him
It definitely makes sense but that doesn't make his actions justified.
Exactly.
I've read the book "A Frozen Heart" that went from Han's pov. & I'm sorry but yes as someone who grew up in an abusive toxic home environment the effects of abuse can run deep & take yrs to break out of. But it is still someone's own responsibility at the end of the day for his/her/their behavior. I understand Hans growing up in a physically & emotionally abusive household but his actions/behavior towards Anna/Elsa do not excuse that. Yes he most likely learned those abusive tendencies from his family but he still made the choices to be that way.
agreed
@@shiro_kitten9298 I can relate
Damn that’s mess up getting humiliated by most of your brothers and even your own father and you could actually understand why he was so cold in frozen
i'm the eldest brother and 2nd eldest of my siblings and i let my younger ones walk over me
Very good and interesting video!
I really appreciate people from Disney Fandom, who know about Hans's backstory, and think he is actually good person, who turned bad and cold because of abuse and toxic family. Many people think that Hans is character without any emotions, and pure evil villain, but my opinion is different - I really feel bad for him, because the way he turned evil wasn't his fault, and in my opinion King Westergaard (Hans's father) is the real villain of the first "Frozen" film, because of hating his own, weak son, and turning him evil.
I really hope that Hans will return in the potential next "Frozen" franchise installment, like movie, book or TV series, and he will show his real, good personality, understand his mistakes from the past, finally confront his evil father and what's the most important - grow up emotionally and finally being redeemed ;)
Yeah that would be wonderful 😊😀☺
👍
Maybe not forgiveness but pity and it also makes this twist villain more compelling.
So that's interesting Hans family has a moral code to some extent. They'll prank to the point of bullying yet there willing to earn there wives through marriage the right way though a marriage. Makes a lot of sense why they punished him then very interesting.
When he said 2013 I’m like it’s no way it’s been that many years eight years I feel old
i know right XD
I feel grey hairs coming…
I really hope we can get a live action film of Hans just like Maleficent and Cruella!
I agree! 😍
Well hans is only recent though like 9 years is recent still
What I don't understand is why we are supposed to hate Hans and wish only bad things on him, but we're supposed to easily forgive Elsa, when they both made decisions to kill Anna. The only difference to me seems to be that Elsa is her sister, and Hans is a guy they just met.
elsa did not decide to kill her
@@cadespencer6320 I'm pretty sure that it was Elsa that created the ice monster to chase her out of the castle and keep chasing and trying to attack her, until it ran them off a cliff. If it was not for the help Anna received, the movie would have had a very different ending,.
This made me see Hans in a new light. I still wish he wasn’t evil.
My hope was that, in spite of everything, Hans was a good guy made bad by Elsa's shooting off ice- following the original Snow Queen story (where a piece of ice/mirror lodged in the boy's eyes/spirit, depending on the version you read),. Till then, he was trying to save Elsa and had led all in Arendale well.
I feel so sorry for Hans of how he was treated unfairly by most of his family members to make him like this.
Hans deserves a redemption in the future because Hans comes back to Arendelle and apologize to Anna and Elsa for trying to kill them. Anna and Elsa forgive him and decided to give him a second chance. Prince Hans will redeem himself and become a better person.
I feel sorry for Hans, but it does not excuse the fact that he deceived Anna and left her to die, plus attempted to kill Elsa as well. I think he deserved what he got.
I feel like the punishment should have been left to Arendelle instead of the very people that turned Hans into a villain though.
@@kommandanthans7305 That makes sense.
I agree @kommandent hans has a heart of ice
I think Disney need to give him his own prequal movie with Santino Fontana voicing him again.
When I was 8 I don't know why he did this to Elsa and Anna and I most 15 and I found out that hans is not a villain !
Knowing his backstory; I do believe that he deserves to be forgiven. Whether or not Anna and Elsa choose to forgive him for what he did the last time he visited Arendelle, is up to them.
That reminds me of the story the 12 brothers the swans with their turn into swans
I like that theory!
Maybe Frozen 3 will be about helping Hans's brothers, who were turned into swans?
And that theory make sense, because Wild Swans is a fairytale written by Hans Christian Andersen, writer who also wrote The Snow Queen, which was inspiration for Frozen 😳
@@wiktoriafrozen3913 I agree 👍💯👏
hans should had returned for the sequel and got a redemption arc
From Love is an open door:
“Say goodbye to the pain of the past”
What is sad with Hans is that this is not really a backstory that’s his whole life it never stopped he is still leaving with them....Arendelle is only like one week in his life that’s so sad 😢. Also another point that I think is important to understand why he became evil is that he didn’t turn this way only because « he was abused » he turn evil because the king literally threaten his children their entiere life. All hans bro are evil because with their father this is either you are nice and you suffer either you are evil like him and you are reward Hans was the only nice ( weak) of the bunch ( Lars being something in the middle) at some point he grew tired...and he fail for his dad threat. Why Hans is evil is not just a story of mistreatment this also about coercion and manipulation.
a bad backstory is no excuse to be evil
Right. He could've chosen to overcome his circumstances. He could've chosen to not be like them.
That is true, but it does offer explanation as to how he got to that point
Ok well I have a challenge for you. I want you to see bullied by 12 other people everyday and neglected by your parents. Let's see how you turn out
@@sadespain2339 I wonder if you could have overcome HIS circumstances if you were in his shoes.
You have literally no experience in life. If you grew up in a toxic environment in a family who doesn't respect you since birth, you'll probably be raised to be one cuz you'll think it's actually how life works (just like how he thought that what brothers do). If they bullied him when he was mature he'll be mature enough to know what they do is wrong but when you raised that young that it's never a choice.
And this is how we got general Hux
pfffffffffffffffffft
And I thought my family sucks.
What did Arendelle ever do to Hans?
This explains why hans was evil
The question is why? Why harm others that did nothing to him? Poor Anna.
That’s probably what Hans thought when his own family was so cruel to him when he had done nothing
Joselyne Vazquez And he also probably thought Anna deserved being treated the way he was instead of his family.
So it's his father's and brother's fault that he's a villian?
Pretty much
Even without backstory like just the 1st movie we already see Hans say some of my siblings pretended I was invisible and stuff soooo wellll....
It’s those damn trolls that made him evil
poor hans, he is worthy of forgiveness.
i think that you kind of see the family at the end of the movie even though it isn't that long or anything
to quote an old song that boy needs therapy. cause it's pretty he's not all there in the head due to trauma mantel conditioning from his family. I'm not saying he's 100% innocent but I'm also not saying he's to far gone for redemption
I am in a play as Hans so this makes me sad
Nice video 👍!!! Many people in real life are evil cause they were abused as kids. Could you do another video with the backstories of the most evil villains like Gothel and Frollo and tell what do you believe about why they are so evil?
Yes that would be amazing 👏😍🙌
How about we just leave Frollo as evil? I really don't want to hear his backstory.
@@sadespain2339I think you have right.
@@sadespain2339 same.
these are the type of villains i feel bad for the most. the kind that aren't evil in the first place, but had to turn evil cause they think it's the only way to survive. Hans is one of them, he thought if he had wanted get through in life he has to do some terrible things to survive. i don't condon what he did, but i still feel bad for him
I kinda feel bad for hans even though what he did was awful
Absolutely nothing could make me sorry for him
No it doesn't. It does not matter how bad his past was or his home life was. It does not excuse his actions. Just because some one else treats you horribly, it does NOT give you a free pass to do the same to others. It especially doesn't excuse attempted MURDER of all things!
Like using anna and tries killing her to and elsa who is blamed for being a witch by the duke + hans wants to kill them to own arendele he wants to kill the sisters to become the king of arendele cuz i mean anna and hans are engage but the marriage isnt continued
Not he didn't want to kill anyone, all he wants was the throne so he can get away from his father and brothers. And so he can prove that he is a good king
And yes, the past effects people. Just like my sister
This makes me think that maybe another franchise owned by Disney but developed by ZagToon Animation has a character similar to Hans, although this character also lies a lot; like the meaning of her first and last name; “One who lies to protect”; Lila Rossi.
Lila is evil, but what if she has a backstory that hasn’t been told yet that reveals why she lies. She hates Marinette/Ladybug for calling her out on her lies. And the more people who are beginning to see through her lies causes Lila to feel even more vulnerable. And this would cause Lila Rossi to feel like the lies she was telling to protect herself or someone else who is close to her and has been abused in some way; maybe Lila upon realizing that everyone is now starting to see through her lies; she decides to be honest and explain that she had to lie in order to protect herself or someone else close to her who was abused. If Lila Rossi has a tragic backstory; then she may be a possible candidate for redemption.
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The Disney backstory on Hans from the start of the film is like a handsome dream prince to Anna . Years later , jealousy becomes him with his actions based on his own heart and you know what that means , Hans became arrogant and conceited based on his own feelings instead of others . Then he became evil . Do you know which Disney character Hans is mostly represent ? I tell you the answer , GASTON !
Honestly i cant watch sleeping beauty anymore bc it shows only malifcents evil side ;-; I love the live action so much
Ppl who want a movie for Hans’s backstory👇👇👇
A tragic/abusive backstory is not a reason to forgive somebody.
It's good that Hans got his just desserts.
Not worthy of redemption because he was was gonna let Anna die and murder Elsa. Didn’t need to do all that.
I actually think Hans likes Elsa 😅(I don’t know why though). Bcuz the last time I watched Frozen I saw that in the scene where they’re trying to capture Elsa and Hans was gonna run in the stairs when the ice monster almost got him but he did not just went back like he was literally risking his own life to go to Elsa. We also see one of the soldier was trying to hit Elsa with the gun or something but he went there and put the soldiers hand up and so it did not hit Elsa. So maybe there is a chance that Hans can redeem himself through Elsa or he has actual feelings for Elsa but he was too cruel to himself. Well I don’t know it’s just my theory 😊
Yeah I do really see that hans likes elsa and I hope that prince hans would come back on elsa 3
Man I have a guilty pleasure for film/origin theories, and because of that, my mind went to a place wich I think have already been theorized about A LOT by now. cause when you said - Two of his older brothers where twins.. Well my mind went to Tangled and the Stabbington Brothers, whom are twins and looks to be a fair bit older than hans. Could the Stabbington Brothers be Rudi and Runo many people have said that it could very well be so, and I think it is very plausible.
In all honesty, I never really cared for frozen. I hated it because of what they did to hans. I JUST DID NOT MAKE SENSE at first. This I cite brings more light, if only disney put this in their movie it would've made much Morse sense. Do I think hans deserves a redemption, the answer is no. But do I think he needs one, the answer is yes. Because in truth, no one deserves a redemption, but they need it because every soul needs a savior. If a 3rd frozen movie comes out, I'm not going to see it if they don't have a redemption for hans in the story.
I’ve always felt bad for him to be completely honest and I really hope that Disney gives him a redemption arc because he deserves it more than a lot of the villains however I also believe that there is another villain that deserves redemption which would be Lady Tremaine because even though she was cruel to Cinderella she was always kind to her own daughters, and that has always made me think that perhaps Cinderella did something to make her stepmother despise her so much.
Young hans:i sorry,i ruined everything
He doesn't love me anymore
My dad,the only think who cares is tron the kingdon and not the family
The only other way to make him happy is being king,i need to find love and married when i grow up
I would be interesting to see a live action villain story like the cruella and maleficient story but with Hans. I don’t think they’ve ever had a male led live action like that before other than aladdin
I know it’s not exactly cannon but still they still use and reference the First Frozen Film Heavily, but anyways the Once Upon A Time Version Hans actually teams up with a few with his Brothers to Get Revenge on Queen Elsa and try to conquer her Kingdom. Until he accidentally releases Aunt Ingrid whom Kill Hans and Brothers I think. But as for his Official Backstory as is it does make me have some sympathy for him, and at the same time it actually gives him more of a character aside from just having him being the Muhahahahaha type of villain.
It is Canon a frozen heart was confirmed to be Canon by Disney
Maybe it might or it won't.
Him:runo
Me:bruno
The twins are actually the ones in Rapunzel. They probably escape and change their last name to Stabbington.
Originally, it's not impossible to see what Hans says and does as either good or evil. He is, from the point of the backstory, doing his best to survive in the harsh environment that his entire toxic family created for him.
Brothers that mistreated him to the point of pretending he didn't exist, his father allowing it all to happen... If Hans couldn't fight for himself, then it was a weakness and he wouldn't save the weak-willed.
Now, FF to the year of Frozen, and we can see that he worked on his charisma, charming his way into Arendelle (and/or) Anna's heart to get her to marry him. The sappy love song doesn't help matters for Anna, but for Hans it helps all too much. It plays into his charismatic charm, forces people to believe his way of thinking is right and there's no other alternative.
Later in the film it shows that Hans was willing to let Anna die (freeze over into a statue) after wedlock in order to seize control of Arendelle (when it wasn't even Anna's to begin with- it was Elsa's responsibility). He was even willing to commit one of the most aggressive sins (murder) in order to get the recognition he always wanted. And he failed.
His brothers basically telling him he now has to muck the stables the rest of his life is a punishment... I personally don't deem it right for the crime of "Attempted Murder," but my mind goes to "kill them instead" as a punishment, to see how they react to basically what they were doing to someone else. Show them how horrible they were behaving, force them to watch and listen to it all over and over again, drilling it into their head that this isn't the way to be. After succumbing to this kind of mental abuse for a few years, let him back out into society as a peasant (stripped of any power and rank), and have him work to gain favor back into the good graces of the royal family/families that deem it worthwhile to give him a second chance.
To be fair, a lot of people grow up with abuse and all sorts of other bad circumstances and yet don’t turn evil and still remain good people.
What would happen if Hans banished himself from the Southern Isles to earth?
I was wondering if his family was in the fight in the second movie of killing of Elsa and Anna's grandfather did he work with him to reign over the kingdom he might return for the third installment in Frozen season by using Anna as bait just asking as a curious cat
Me watching this still disliking Hans. I mean I get it was his brother but he should have stayed strong and kind. Shame on you Hans and Hans’s brothers shame on you. ( Rolls eyes )
I agree you
I feel bad for him
Idc hans was my fave character besides Anna.
I'm so sorry of Hans😢 The owl house got idea form. It's not bad.
Anna and Elsa Should definitely kill Prince Hans Of The Southern Isles since Hans does lots of crimes
He i read that book
no cause i sorta get treated the same my fam dont give a crud and they think they r so much bettter then me and they have it all and i have nothing and i feel like nothing cause of it i wish things worked out for mee too and the worst thing is they didnt work for it i feel like they just got handed eeryting on a gold plate :( no excuses for that behavour otherwise i would have turned out the same but i didnt
I feel bad but notice anna lookd abit like him the hair and its acting but good thorey i think there sister and brother
Yeah hans back story is sad but still doesnt give him the right too try too kill anna and elsa and take over ariendell i heard ruomers he might return in frozen 3 wonder how that will go probly might want revneged whould be cool too see kristoff fight hans
Whoo
What about his mom any information about her?
Where is Real Hans With his Flammenwerfer
I ship helsa. (Hans x elsa)
ME TOO. I don't know why but I do.
I forgive him
Is this truly real?
Yes, "A Frozen Heart" is official book published by Disney ❤
Yes this is a canon story by Disney.
No fucking excuse.
Hans is my hero, he was such an amazing character, best disney prince. get him out of Jail and put Kristoff there instead.
No what he did was wrong and he doesn't deserve to be forgiven and just because he has a tragic backstory does not make him a good person you still evil can you still evil
Remember he can still change
@@annesofiesimonsen5974 okay 👌🙂😌
People can change tho
No, after he Anna to murder dear poor sister. After he's done in the movie, he doesn't deserve it. He has'nt he earned it because Hans has a tragic backstory make him redeemable. Sorry but not.
Stop justifying wrong people.
It is a trend nowadays to support and justify people who have done wrong things.
It may have been understood if he was 'cold' to her or a secret gold digger but he meant to let Anna die, a pure hearted person cannot do this. She was not responsible for whatever happened with him, so it was not a revenge. He could also enjoy wealth alongside his wife, but he was cruel and selfish enough to make everything 'his'. What was not going to be his?
If it happened with you, would you justify then?
No
W
no