Rydoff

Rydoff is the slash ship between Kristoff Bjorgman and Ryder Nattura from the Frozen fandom.

Canon
Kristoff journeys to the Enchanted Forest with Anna, Elsa, Sven and Olaf, where they meet a group of Northuldra people, including their leader Yelena and young siblings Honeymaren and Ryder Nattura, as well as a group of Arendelle soldiers. The newcomers witness rising tensions between the two groups. Soon, the fire spirit Bruni arrives and starts a forest fire, and in the confusion, Kristoff and Ryder both act to save the reindeer.

After Elsa promises to free the forest, Ryder tells Kristoff he has never been out of the forest before, and the two introduce themselves. It turns out that Kristoff and Ryder both have a common interest in and deep rapport with the reindeer. During the ensuing conversation, Kristoff tells Ryder about his unsuccessful attempts to propose to Anna, partly due to her being preoccupied and partly due to miscommunications. Ryder offers to help Kristoff set up a grandiose proposal in the Northuldra tradition, involving "a lot of reindeer", and the two of them depart from the others to begin preparations. Anna, in turn, is confused as to why Kristoff left with Ryder, Sven and all the other reindeer without telling her where he was going. Olaf responds, "Who knows the ways of men."

The next morning, after the proposal has been set up, Kristoff stands on a rock, with all the reindeer arranged in a circle around him. He asks if he is supposed to feel this ridiculous, and Ryder responds in the affirmative. When Kristoff asks if everyone is ready, Ryder "speaks for" the reindeer in goofy voices in response, just as Kristoff does with Sven. Kristoff is delighted to discover that, just like him, Ryder also has an affinity with the reindeer to the extent that he can also hear and voice their thoughts.

Soon the two of them see an approaching figure and assume that it's Anna. Ryder releases a cloud of blue butterflies in the air, and Kristoff recites a romantic and flowery proposal of marriage to "Princess Anna of Arendelle, my feisty, fearless ginger-sweet love". Unfortunately, the person is not Anna but Yelena. Bemused, she declines his mistaken proposal in a deadpan fashion. She informs them that Anna and Elsa have left, and that the Northuldra are departing for the Lycan Meadows, saying Kristoff is welcome to join them. Ryder awkwardly apologizes to Kristoff for the mix-up, and he says it's OK. Preparing to go and pack his belongings for the journey, Ryder asks Kristoff is he's coming; Kristoff says he will catch him up. Ryder then departs, after checking that Kristoff knows his way.

Fanon
The slash ship Rydoff is the result of fans perceiving chemistry between Kristoff and Ryder. Upon their introduction, the two of them hit it off instantly and become friends, and discover that they have a lot in common. Their shared affinity for the reindeer even extends to both of them being reindeer whisperers who "speak for" the reindeer in funny voices. Their scenes together take place at a time when Kristoff is afraid that he and Anna have drifted apart and are having communication problems, as he subsequently expresses in his song "Lost in the Woods". While discussing Kristoff's troubles proposing to Anna, Ryder confides that he "knows nothing about women", a line that adds further fuel to this ship. It also helps that Kristoff's voice actor, Jonathan Groff, is openly gay.

This appears to be the second most written-about male slash pairing for the Frozen universe on AO3 (after Hansoff).

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 * Rydoffanna refers to the poly ship between Kristoff, Ryder and Anna