I'd head-canon her as justifiably traumatised, myself!
(Homosexuality doesn't -- normally -- kill anyone who comes near you, and Elsa's fear is based on very real experience; she doesn't want to hurt other people every time she forgets herself or gets upset. So you could equally well position it as a coming of age story in which she reaches adulthood when she gains conscious control over her powers rather than being at the mercy of every passing emotion, like a toddler :p)
It's entirely understandable that Elsa is afraid of intimacy with anyone, whether on a romantic level or not. Once she has control of her powers and can use them for good, then I think that particular barrier will probably fade away -- we've already seen her allowing herself to get closer to Anna, which is a 'safe' pre-existing relationship.
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Date: 2019-06-20 10:08 pm (UTC)(Homosexuality doesn't -- normally -- kill anyone who comes near you, and Elsa's fear is based on very real experience; she doesn't want to hurt other people every time she forgets herself or gets upset. So you could equally well position it as a coming of age story in which she reaches adulthood when she gains conscious control over her powers rather than being at the mercy of every passing emotion, like a toddler :p)
It's entirely understandable that Elsa is afraid of intimacy with anyone, whether on a romantic level or not. Once she has control of her powers and can use them for good, then I think that particular barrier will probably fade away -- we've already seen her allowing herself to get closer to Anna, which is a 'safe' pre-existing relationship.