Talk:Hans/@comment-25041621-20140609091909/@comment-25041621-20140615121153

Essentially, my problem with Hans is not that he is too good for his fate and doesn't deserve what he gets. The reason he should pair up with Elsa is not that he is really a good man who made a few mistakes.

IT IS OBVIOUS that Hans has committed a few serious crimes and was scheming another few. THe reason why I am so desperate for Hans to become redeemed is that he is not a REAL villain. Maleficent, for example, is another Disney villain whose story is told. They explain (in the new movie) why she turned evil, what made her do what she did. BUt it's not the same. Maleficent is still evil, and though I can understand her, I cannot pardon her.

Hans, however, seems to turn evil smack in the middle of the story. Love is an Open Door is a real love song, with no trace of villainy. I know everyone is very busy finding hints, like his pointing to Arandelle or his synchronizing Anna's movements with nothing of his own, but until the middle of the movie he is the good guy, no question about it.

Then, apparently, the filmmakers realized they had no villain, so they said "Oh, Hans has a sarcastic smile, let's make him the villain", and lo! he suddenly turns into a full-fledged villain with a blasting revelation of evil like no Disney villain before ever dared to utter. He is not at all convincing as a villain, which is proven by the countless commentators here who think he should pair up with Elsa. In the same vein, Elsa seems like the villain that lost her villainy somewhere in the middle of the story, which makes her a perfect match.

Hans is not a real villain. Not because his actions aren't evil, but because his character is not. It's true, we shouldn't keep  blaming his 12 brothers. It wasn't his brothers who made him evil, it was the Disney filmmakers who woke up too late to revise his character.