The Faces of the Evasive Expert
Control disguised as culture.
"First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature?" The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
He is more useful, more brilliant, and more trustworthy exactly as long as he stays locked up and nothing in him gets to feel. The moment containment ends, so does the control.
Distance disguised as protection.
Conceal it. Don't feel it. Don't let it show." Frozen (2013)
She is taught the whole architecture of this pattern as a child, and spends a kingdom's worth of ice making sure no one, including her, finds out what happens if she doesn't.