Thread:Butterapple101/@comment-1931440-20151113045213/@comment-1931440-20151113183553

Nadya, Pyotr and Ivan's realationship is meant to break the romantic subplot formula where the princess has a royal suitor and a commoner suitor and she eventually chooses one over the other. Instead, the story ends with the three of them as friends. I rarely see this outcome in movies, let alone in animated movies, and I think friendship over romance is nice.

That being said, I guess there are hints of Pyotr and Ivan having feelings for Nadya, and between the two of them, Ivan would the more likely to let Pyotr and Nadya be together, since the three of them being besties is what really matters to him.