There’s a fine line between stanning—the act of obsessing over a particular celebrity or property—and fetishization—the act of sexualizing that thing. The advent of social media—especially Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr—has exposed more and more people to this approach to fandom, which often pretzels itself within so many deep references and inside jokes that it’s all but gobbledygook to the casual viewer. Know this, however—if something on one of these fan accounts is even remotely violent, sexual, or just eerily bizarre, one should probably proceed with caution.
Disney’s Frozen, in particular, has been subject to countless blogs, YouTube videos, and fan accounts that have taken some creepy liberties with the characters. Just ask rapper B.o.B., who spoke out against the proliferation of bizarrely violent “pregnant Elsa” YouTube videos. You’ll also find a pregnant Elsa in the world of bootleg Disney video games, but, please, just, like, don’t do that.
Typically, these curious pockets of fandom are relegated to the outer reaches of the internet. Some, however, traffic in such subtly strange imagery that the line has grown increasingly blurry. Take Constable-Frozen, the subject of a fascinating new article in New York, a Tumblr blog that specializes in Photoshopped images presented sans explanation of Frozen and numerous other animated properties.
Here’s one example, in which a tiny Elsa is banished to live (happily, apparently?) in a Pringles can before being fed a giant Pringle: