Elsanna

English

Etymology

Blend of Elsa +‎ Anna.

Proper noun

Elsanna (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) The incestuous ship of the fictional sisters Elsa and Anna from the Frozen franchise.
   • 2019, Sara K. Howe, Susan E. Cook, “Introduction: Entering the Fringe”, in Sara K. Howe, Susan E. Cook, editors, Representing Kink: Fringe Sexuality and Textuality in Literature, Digital Narrative, and Popular Culture, page 11:

     Ultimately, Elsanna femslash considers the repressive power of sexual taboo insofar as it can reject that power, electing instead, as Elsa's character sings in the film's coming-out scene par excellence, to "let it go."

   • 2019, Lara Karaian, “Relative Lust: Accidental Incest’s Affective and Legal Resonances”, in Law, Culture and the Humanities, volume 15, number 3, pages 8–9:

     Fans of the show Supernatural have created digitally manipulated images of its two male leads, the Wincester brothers, in bed together (aka “Wincest”), and fan-fiction stemming from the popular children’s film Frozen (2013) casts the two sisters, Elsa and Anna, as lovers (aka “Elsanna”).

   • 2021, Victor Larsen, "'It Makes Me, A Minor, Uncomfortable': Media and Morality In Anti-Shippers' Policing of Online Fandom", thesis submitted to Ghent University, page 43:

     While other male/male fan pairings were referred to more often than elsanna, it was the first and only female/female pairing that I came across during my search.