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Thanks! You are not the first person to tell me that. But I'm hoping that the story itself will be strong enough to keep readers interested, even if it doesn't feature their favorite 'ship.

Eventually? You bet! Although it might end up in fouresomes…. given how many might be involved into those scenes (Keiichi, a goddess or two, plus their angels… kind of adds up a lot of characters). Now that won’t happen right away on the next chapter, since I’ve got something a bit special for two of the angels (I’d rather not to spoil what it is though), however, it’ll definitely spark Keiichi’s interest in angels (and not just in a sexual fashion, he’ll try to learn more about them). Also, since this is an AU version of the story, both the situation with Urd’s angel as well as Lind’s twins is sort of unresolved as of yet. So, those situations will have to be eventually addressed too. In the long run (maybe the chapter after the next one), you can definitely expect the angels to actively join in the fun.

Yes, that’s definitely going to happen and I do have plans for all the main goddesses’ angels (since we only saw them in the series). The only reason why I held back with the angels is that a lot was already happening and didn’t want to throw in too many characters in a single chapter. However, you can expect two angels make an appearance on the next chapter and from that point on, they’ll also interact with Keiichi a lot more.

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Thank you very much! I must admit that it took me way longer than initially anticipated to finish this chapter, especially as I had to a few modifications here and there several times (which only made the delay even longer). In ll honesty, I really enjoyed writing that scene in the bar, since it was a nice opportunity for Tyr to discuss a few things with his daughter. I did want to give the mothers a chance to have Keiichi and the whole situation with the clones was just too good of an opportunity to pass. However, Skuld might be a possibility, although it won’t happen right away. Oh, Skuld’s on vacations, as mentioned in the previous chapter when Belldandy called her. It’s just that she wanted to have a talk with her friend before she dropped by, and that’s why she’s here now. As for Hild… well… that’s going to be addressed in the next chapter. Once again, thank you very much for the feedback! I’m glad you’re enjoying this story for this long.

Thanks! I love to write comedy, and I always feel that a fanfic ought to contain about as much humor as the source material does. So you'll need to avoid her from noon until about midnight. Best, George.

Author’s notes —The initial inspiration for this story came from two sources. The first, obviously, was the movie Frozen itself, which I watched out of curiosity in January 2015 when my cable company had a weekend of free access to the premium channels. I found the movie charming, visually impressive, and most importantly, unpredictable; I loved the way that it subverted some of the standard Disney-movie tropes to surprise you. The second source of inspiration, oddly, was a comment made by somebody on Tumblr about the lack of people of color in the movie. The comment reeked of political correctness, but it got me thinking about the various parts of the world that could be represented in this story—hence the various places of origin of the seven foreign princes. —The name Rajiv means “lotus flower.” It also contains the word “raj,” meaning “king.” —“Hjalmar” is an Old Norse name meaning “helmeted warrior.” Regarding the various kingdoms mentioned in the story: —“Sundara” and “Hermosa” mean “beautiful” in Hindi and Spanish, respectively. Sundara is based very loosely on Kerala, India’s southernmost state. — “Dianisia” means “blessed islands” in Greek. — “Mianyoka” means “a hundred snakes” in Swahili. — “Lainn” is a name I pulled out of the air because it sounded Gaelic, but it turns out that in Scottish Gaelic it means “of the sword.” — “Nordland” was simply meant to sound like some Scandinavian word for “north land.” Nordland is a fantasy stand-in for Sweden in the way that Arendelle is for Norway. —“Rekya” means nothing, to my knowledge; I just chose it because it sounded kind of Slavic. I also realized that I had originally spelled it “Rekja” in chapter 2; I went back and changed it to “Rekya,” which is the more phonetically logical spelling. The following notes are about specific chapters of the story. Warning: Spoilers! Chapter 3: The Love Goddess —On tvtropes.org, Hildy (introduced in this chapter) is cited as an example of the “All Women Are Lustful” trope. Chapter 4: The Snowman and the Falcon —This chapter’s title is a play on the title of the 1985 spy movie The Falcon and the Snowman. Chapter 7: The Trader —In this chapter, Kristoff mentions to Ajay that, on the fateful day of Elsa’s coronation, people kept bursting into song for no obvious reason; when Kristoff asks whether this ever happens where Ajay is from, the Sundaran sailor replies, “My boy, you have no idea.” This is meant as a reference to the popularity of movie musicals in India. —Shortly after Frozen was released in theaters, some homophobic nutjobs accused Disney of promoting “the gay agenda” in the movie because of the scene in which Oaken waves at several people—including an adult man—in the sauna, shouting, “Yoo hoo! Hi family!” (Never mind that Oaken never claims them as HIS family, or that there appears to be an adult woman in the sauna next to the man.) I rather liked the idea of Oaken having a husband and a bunch of adopted kids, so that’s how I wrote him. Thanks, nutjobs! Chapter 11: The Accountants —It is a complete coincidence that the chapter titled “The Accountants” is chapter 11 (the law that American corporations often use to file for bankruptcy). —On tvtropes.org, Anna’s bumping into the coffer that is supposedly filled with gold coins and almost knocking it over—thereby deducing that it can’t actually be full of gold—is mentioned as a subversion of the “Hollywood Density” trope, in which gold and other dense substances are often portrayed as being much lighter than they are in real life. —The horse-riding accident that Elsa and Anna's mother, Queen Iduna, describes in her letter to the Duke comes from my own experience. While on a ranch owned by an amateur rodeo rider, I was riding one of his retired rodeo horses in the ring, and when I nudged the horse to accelerate from a walk to a trot, it broke straight into a gallop instead and went charging toward the fence on the other side of the ring. I pulled back on the reins, the horse stopped abruptly, and I kept going and landed on the ground. Thankfully, the dirt in the ring was nice and soft (by design, I’m sure). —The quote “Good judgement comes from experience, and experience mostly comes from bad judgement” has been variously attributed to Rita Mae Brown, Will Rogers, Bob Packwood, and the Sufi Mullah Nasruddin, among others. Chapter 12: The Goatherd —Tomas’ name is a nod to Tom Canty, the impoverished boy who switches places with a lookalike prince in Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. Chapter 13: The Reindeer —Admiral Ostergard’s name was inspired by the name of Admiral Westergard, a character that appeared in an early draft of the script for Frozen. Westergard was written as Anna’s love interest but later morphed into the charming but sinister Prince Hans when the decision was made to make Elsa a sympathetic character instead of the villain. Frozen scriptwriter Jennifer Lee has said that (unofficially) Westergard remained Prince Hans’ last name, so I didn’t want to use that name for the admiral in this story. Instead, I exchanged “West” for “Ost”—the Norwegian word for “East.” —White irises are not poisonous. I completely made that up. Chapter 14: The Trolls —Anna’s growing powers of observation are a nod to the TV series Veronica Mars, whose mystery-solving title character was played by Kristen Bell, the voice of Anna. Chapter 15: The Duke —Greek fire was developed in the 7th century AD and was used as a weapon of war by the Byzantine Empire for three centuries. Thereafter, the formula was lost (although Leonardo da Vinci claimed to know it). Chapter 16: The Saboteur —The various fire-related puns Olaf makes to Tomas in this chapter were taken from a comment posted on Hentai Foundry by ThatGuyWithTheFace in response to the ending of chapter 9 (in which Rajiv bursts into flames). Because the comment was so spoilerrific, I asked him to take the comment down, which he kindly did. But I am happy to provide his full list of puns here: Guess someone's a little hot under the collar. Boy that Rajiv sure is a hot head. Does this mean that Rajiv has a hot temper? Things are heating up. Nothing like a heated argument. No wonder Rajiv has no interest in Elsa, he's flaming. Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Sweet only two more elementals and then they can summon Captain Planet. Chapter 18: The Traitors —Royal sommelier Jean-Pierre mentions two wines in the castle’s wine cellar that he is determined to protect from being guzzled by the Dianisian invaders: the ‘38 Menzelle and the ‘51 Chateau d’Ehstiffe. “Menzelle” is an homage to Idina Menzel, the voice of Elsa in Frozen. “d’Ehstiffe” is a phonetic nod to my friend and beta reader Eh Steve. Chapter 20: The Ice-Man —Throughout the story, I made an effort to make Baron Herringholtz alternately sympathetic and suspicious. In the end, though, the needle-nosed Herringholtz is confirmed to be a good guy, because I wanted to subvert the “Attractive people are good, ugly people are evil” trope in the same way that Frozen itself does. —Baron Herringholtz wears a red jacket throughout the story because he is, ultimately, a red herring. Epilogue —This is the first story of mine to conclude with the words “THE END.” Because Disney.

[spoilers below] Remember that Elsa is recovering from being poisoned--she's not quite back to her full strength yet. Nonetheless, things are about to get interesting. I told a friend recently that I think of Anna as the Batman to Elsa's Superman. Elsa has her powers, but Anna has to rely on--and develop--what wits and talents she has. Glad you are continuing to enjoy this story. We're in the home stretch now, so there's plenty of excitement to come!

The answers to your three questions, in order, are you'll see, you'll see, and you'll see. I'm glad you're enjoying the story, and thanks for taking the time to comment. I've had to take a short break from this story to work on a few others, but I'll be back at it soon.

Thank you! Don't worry about my continuing the story--this thing is going to make me keep writing it until either it's finished or I am.

WARNING: Major spoilers for chapters 10-12 below. Select text to read. Must...not...spoil...next...chapter... There's been a lot of angst between those two since the story began, and I thought it was time they "let it go" in a big way. Of course, now they've got new things to worry about. You're welcome. Because I tend not to write things in order, a lot of chapter 12 was written while I was working on earlier chapters. This is part of why the pace of my posting has been so uneven: Each time I posta chapter, the next chapter may be close to or far from being finished.

I always love hearing that. Thank you. More unraveling to come!

Thanks! The movie really only has 3 central characters (sorry, Olaf and Sven), so it seemed like there was a lot of room to add new characters to the mix. And yes, little Prince Hypatios is one of my favorites to write, because his age sets him apart from the other princes in a lot of ways. Don't you worry, there's plenty more to come. The plot has only begun to thicken!

Thank you! This is the first time I've written a fanfic about a movie rather than a TV show; the fact that it's a single story and not a series provides a lot more latitude for developing the characters beyond what we see in the source material. But, of course, I try to develop them in ways that are logical and believable. I've got a couple more in the works: "Tri-Date Area," in which Candace, Jeremy, and Stacy decide to give having a three-way relationship a try (wackiness and hot, sweaty group sex ensue), and "Queen for a Day," in which Isabella, zapped by a random green ray from the sky, is suddenly treated like royalty by everyone--including a certain pointy-faced boy from whom she's craving some lovin'.

That's why being a Disney queen is better than being a Disney princess. Until the kid hit puberty, anyway; I don't think age of consent was really a thing back then. But yes, the potential political advantages of such a marriage are Herringholtz's chief reason for inviting Prince Hypatios to this event.