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seldomscilence16 · 2 years

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Whumptober day 20: It's Been a Long Day

Fandom: Barbie Cinematic Universe

Prompts;

Going into shock

Fetal position

Prisoner trade

Writing BCU is so funny to me. Like angsty Barbie fanfic is such a small niche, and here I am, BCU, the angst edition. Gawsh hope I don't let y'all down with this one, at least It'll be fun.

Anneliese hadn't thought this would happen again, Trapped with no obvious escape. It just doesn't seem like something that happens twice in a small Kingdom life. Though she's connected to Dulcinea now, so it's not too strange, how they managed to do it at a party with multiple kingdoms and guards is a mystery though.

Whoever it was, managed to grab seven other guests from the party as well, a bold move, which meant they obviously wanted something. And with several high profile captives, it was likely they'd get it too.

"Is everyone okay?" She asks the room, a small dungeon cell, old and abandoned.

"I can't believe they got the drop on me…" The Musketeer from France, representative of King Louie.

She gets other mumbles of 'fine' from the other girls, with how everyone is slowly rising she can only assume it's true. King Fredrick's long lost daughter, recently married to Prince Stefan Wilhelm, has a cut on her forehead. Princess Anika is favoring her left arm. Princess Rosella- another long lost daughter ironically- is holding her head. And three daughters from King Randolph's kingdom, the younger of the three looking pretty shaken up, the older two sporting a few bruises.

"Anyone have any enemies we should know about?" The Musketeer- Corinne?- asks, a resigned tone to her voice.

"I don't think any of us don't." Annika replies, hissing as she clutches her arm to her chest.

"Mines trapped in a tower, so I dont think it was her…" Rapunzel adds hesitantly, touching her forehead and wincing.

"Well, last I saw mine they were dancing forever into the sunrise." Delia says, her arm around Fallon's shoulder.

"Who said Princesses don't have adventures?" Corinne mumbles, eyebrows raising a bit in bewilderment.

"We shouldnt rule anyone out, if anything it could have been a team, it explains how they were able to get so many of us." Anneliese says, eyes scanning the room for ways out.

"Wait, but what could they want that nabbing all of us would do them any good?" Rosella asks, "I mean, mine tried to kill us all, kidnapping doesn't seem like her idea of revenge…"

"Whoever says you guys just have tea times and parties is a liar." Corinne looks at them all worriedly, "we should get out of here before they decide to off us."

"Maybe don't eat or drink anything." Rosella adds solemnly.

"Obviously who isn't gonna help then, so let's work on the; 'how to get out', any ideas? I'm good at tricking Giants, but that's probably not gonna help here."

Anneliese has made it to the lock of the cell, examining the hallway for a key or something to use as one. She didn't remember how they got here, the ballroom had gone dark and then Erikas hand had slipped from hers and well, here she was. Goodness, those three were gonna be so worried…

"Fallon! It's going to be okay, just breathe!" Said Princess has curled into a ball by the wall, her sisters kneeled by her.

"Don't worry Fallon, from the sounds of it, this is a tough group of Princesses. And I had a sword fight on the roof, so I'd like to think I'm not too bad myself." Corinne sooths,

"It sounds like we've all had quite a past, but we'll make it through this." Rosella adds, voice quiet like one talking to a wounded animal.

"Why cant my life be like my books? A dashing love interest, a peaceful life, happy family." She mutters, rocking, eyes shut tight and knuckles white where they squeeze around her knees.

"Your storys not finished yet, but we have to get out of here first, I don't recommend picking up love interests in the dungeon…" Anneliese says, injecting as much confidence into her voice as she can muster. "unless their wrongfully imprisoned seamstresses…" She adds under her breath, mostly to herself.

"You're not alone, we'll get through this together." Rapunzel says, her own confidence raising.

"Yeah, we have people looking for us, and we'll meet them halfway." Annika offers the girl a kind smile.

She looks up at everyone, eyes teary, before she nods,

"Alright."

…

"Almost got it… almost…"

"Someones coming!"

The two whispering girls are quick to move away from the lock, Corinne hiding her makeshift tool as Anneliese stands in the center of the cell. As a Queen, she should take charge, save the captives as best she can.

Shes not expecting to see Nick and Nack.

"You two were arrested, how did you escape?" She tries to hide how shaken she is by the knews, hands clasped together to hide how they shake.

"Well your majesty, we didnt need a ghost, just an Aunt with a plan." Nack says smugly.

"Yeah." Nick agrees with a dumb smile.

"And she came up with a plan."

Anneliese doesnt like where this is going, doesnt know who this Aunt is, or why she needed so many hostages.

"Then it sounds like this is between me and her, release everyone else and I'll talk to her."

"Okay!" Nick steps forward, but Nack smacks him over the head.

"You idiot." He says simply

"Sorry."

"She has other plans for you, and a few friends who arent so happy with the rest of you princesses. We're just here to make sure sure youre not dead. Yet."

They both laugh as they walk away, and Anneliese is beginning to see why they worked for Preminger.

"We better get out of here quick. I dont like the sound of any of that."

"If theyre out of jail, I wouldnt doubt others are too. We need to be careful." Corinne says grimly.

"Lets try the lock again, one step at a time."

…

"Im really not comfortable holding this." Fallon whispers, speaking of the small knife they'd found. They each hold a weapon of some kind, old weapons, but they'll have to do.

"Only use it if you have to." Corinne warns, the only one with real experience in weapons fighting.

"I miss my paintbrush." Rapunzel mutters, though no one knows why that matters now, nor do they have the time to ask.

"The exchange happens at dawn, don't fail this time."

The voice is familiar, and Anneliese hates it.

"Are you sure we can trust them?" Another asks, and Ro tenses up.

"You trusted rats dear."

"And they came through!"

"Keep going, quietly." Anne breathes, watching the door of the room they conspire in as the others cross the larger hallway.

Their in the ruins of an old castle, only a few places left standing- the dungeon and that room mostly in tact- so their hiding places were few. But it also made their exit easier, since many of the walls were already down. Anne stops Annika and Rapunzel from crossing as the door opens. She waves the others on, at the very least, if they escaped, rescue was more of an option. At least theyd be safe.

"Granger here is more than capable of wrangling those two anyway. Theres nothing to worry about." Madame Carp is wearing simplier clothes, though still bright, at the very least theyre functional. Arianas red hair is in a bun, wearing simular clothing to Carp in red. Pants, with a bumped knee length skirt, and blouses with puffy sleeves under corsets. They got smarter running clothes at least, while the girls had rid themselves of some of their layers and shortened the skirts a bit, the party outfits were nowhere near as functional as Corinnes pull away skirt.

Behind the two women, a tall severe looking man with a snarl pulling at his lips, tutts.

"Now now Granger, shes not questioning you, just their stupidity." Carp placates, patting his arm.

"Quite right. We just need this to go off without a hitch."

"I'm going to distract them, you go after the others." Anneliese murmers to her compainions.

"No way, we cant leave you!" Annika hisses back, eyes wide.

"I'll be fine, I've survived a kidnapping before. You girls need to go for safety, and help."

"This is a terrible plan." Rapunzel states, "you could get hurt.'

"Its just Granger now. I'll let him chase me to the dungeons, and trap him, then be right behind you guys." Anneliese assures, if anything theyd use her in the exchange tomorrow, they wouldnt kill her.

"If you die, I'll never forgive you." Annika warns.

"You'll see me again. In better circumstances, so our frienships can grow." She assures, peeping around the corner, "now run."

She waits for them to disappear, but Granger turns, having heard something, so its her turn. She turns, her skirt fanning out past the corner, and prepares to run. She hears his running steps, and takes off, Granger hot on her tail. The growl he releases sends shivers down her spine and fear gripping her heart. 'You'll see them again. Youllseethemagaintheyrewaitingforyou

you'llseethemagainjustkeepgoing.

His hand grips her upper arm in a bruising grip, flipping her around as he stops her momentum. His other hand reaches for her throat and she fight him, stomping on his foot with her heel and ripping her arm from his loosend grip. She starts to run again but he grasps at her hair, she flips around again, something squelches nauseatingly, and she stares with wide eyes as Granger looks down. In his gut, the hilt of the short sword she'd claimed, is buried. Her hand trembles where it grips the thing, watching as Granger falls back, the blade sliding out and making her stomach churn at the red that gushes forth. He stumbles into a crumbling wall, sliding down it and smearing blood, tears well in her eyes as she stares into his own.

Her palms feel clammy as she drops the blade, full body tremors making her unsteady, as sweat starts to seep into her gown, her breath stutters and each step is off balance and the hallway spins. Red, why is there so much red? Why…

"Hey, hey look at me, Anne look at me, we gotta go. Breathe with me, we gotta go." The voice is echoey, but familiar, she lets the pull on her hands lead her down the hallway. Red, there's red on her hands, and her dress, dots of it bleeding into the fabric, etching into the dry dirty lines of her skin. Why is it red? It's not Dominick's red, it's not rose red, it's… rusty red.

"It's gonna be okay, you're safe now, we all are, we're going home." Corinne… when did she get here? "Take her, we need to get out of here, talk to her, try to get her back to us."

"It's alright Anne, we're all safe."

"The exchange…" her own voice sounds foreign, uttered past her lips in slurred together gaspy sounds. Why can't she breathe?

"There won't be one, we're going home."

Home… home sounded nice, Erika will be so upset about the dress… but maybe they can all cuddle anyway… she's so cold…

"Don't worry Anne, you kept us safe. We'll do the same."

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rachelbethhines · 3 years

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Tangled Salt Marathon - Rapunzel’s Return Part 1

We’ve finally made to season three and the entire reason why I made this review series. This season features some of the worst writing I have ever witnessed in a television program. And this season kicks off with the third worst episode of the whole series. Rapunzel’s Return is the iceberg that sinks this show and manages to assassinate everyone’s character.

Everyone’s.

Summary: Inside the House of Yesterday's Tomorrow (as seen off screen in "Rapunzeltopia"), Cassandra is greeted by the Enchanted Girl, a spirit who reveals that Cassandra is the biological daughter of the late Mother Gothel, who abandoned her on the night she kidnapped infant Rapunzel. Enraged that Rapunzel has been (unknowingly) overshadowing her for the entirety of her life, and that she will always be unfairly overlooked, Cassandra snatches the Moonstone Opal, absorbs it, and declared Rapunzel's destiny as her own. She manages to escape from the group and cuts all ties with them, with Rapunzel unable to wrap her head around the entire situation. The group returns to Corona and find that it has been taken over by Varian, who has aligned himself with Andrew and the Separatists of Saporia to erase the King and Queen's memories and enslave Corona's citizens.

Plot Hole Number One: Why Would Cassandra Just Blindly Follow A Ghost While Trapped Inside a Haunted House?

Outside of that one snarky remark, Cassandra never stops to question the literal ghost who is bossing her around. The ghost she met in a creepy haunted house. A haunted house that she was already suspicious of before ever going in and that has tried to kill her and her friends many times now.

Cassandra, the most distrusting and cautious of of individuals in the show thus far, just suddenly decides to leave her brain behind from this point forward for no given reason whatsoever.

If you have to dumb down your main character and have them behave OOC in order to get your plot rolling along, then you haven’t a good plot.

Plot Hole Number Two: Cassandra Sees for Herself How Awful Gothel Was to Her Here, So Why Would She Obsess Over the Woman?

Forgetting for a moment that Cass very well knows that Gothel treated her best friend like shit and tried to murder her other friend, Eugene, as evidenced by Quest for Varian; Cassandra can see for herself right here that Gothel is a crap person who never treated her right.

I mean there’s denial, and then there’s flat out stupidity. Cass being hurt by the this reveal is one thing. Cass believing that Gothel really loved her and blaming everyone else for her death is totally another and not based in any kind of sensible logic.

Plot Hole Number Three: Why Would Gothel Even Have a Child to Begin With?

Look, I’ll accept that the flower can deage Gothel enough for her to get laid and bare a kid, but that only brings up the question of why she would keep said kid?

She kept Rapunzel cause she needed her powers in order to stay alive, but Cass? What reason would she want to have Cassandra around? A baby can’t do chores for you and it's a hell of a lot of work to raise one. Plus the show repeatedly tells us over and over again that Gothel doesn’t really love her or even likes having her daugther around so... yeah, what is the point of this? Why didn’t she just drop Cass off at an orphanage to begin with?

You can’t make this type of reveal and have it go against the what we fundamentally know about the characters without explaining why they would partake in such actions.

This is Manipulative Writing

But of course the real reason why this flashback and “twist” exists is just to manipulate the audience into feeling sorry for Cass. It’s not here to actually enhance the story, further the characters, nor answer any mysteries in any real way. That’s why it’s such a poor plot point.

It’s setting up the viewers to have a bias so that they’ll more readily forgive Cassandra for her irreprehensible actions later. In short, it’s the same bullshit that the writers pulled for Frederic back in season one. Only it makes even less narrative sense here because this ‘tragic backstory’ is so divorced from later events in the story.

It’s also flat out lazy because all it’s doing it slapping Rapunzel’s backstory onto Cass instead of letting Cassandra be her own character with her own battles and character development to have.

And before you say, “well that’s the point”, then let me tell you it’s a stupid point. One that makes zero sense for the character and is insulting to the audience’s intelligence.

Plot Hole Number Four: Why Didn’t Gothel Just Stay Hidden Till the Soldiers Left?

Hell, why did Gothel even come back here? We already established that she doesn’t really care about Cass and it’s a plot point that’ll only be further reiterated as the season goes on, so why? Why would Gothel behave like this? How does this help her in her goal? Gothel’s suppose to be smart remember?

Plot Hole Number Five: How Does Any of This Logically Help Zhan Tiri?

So Zhan Tiri is the blue ghost girl and while the series tries to keep it a secret reveal for later, it’s pretty obvious from the get go, so I’ll just be calling the character by her name.

Anyways, Zhan Tiri’s plan is to show Cassandra her past, in order to make Cass angry enough to steal the moonstone and fight Rapunzel, so that the two powers fighting each other will then release her from her interdimensional prison.

Now ignoring how literally none of that was set up nor previously established, and ignoring that Zhan Tiri’s disciples were trying previously to stop the sundrop and her friends from getting to the moonstone, thereby undermining their master’s plan; just how exactly is any of this suppose to work?

Why would showing Cassandra how her mother was a shitty person somehow make Cass angry at Rapunzel, angry enough to try and kill her even, and somehow keep her angry for months on end, in order to fulfill this clearly illogical action that holds no personal benefit to herself?

I don’t mind Cassandra becoming a villain; I just want it to make sense.

This does not make sense.

Not only does it require incredible leaps of logic and Cassandra acting out of character to work, it also depends far to much upon conquincidence and things playing out just in exactly the right way to benefit Zhan Tiri and her poorly laid out plan.

Would it not have made more sense for this “evil master manipulating worlock” to just, you know, lie?

Like shouldn’t she be trying to make Gothel look good? Shouldn’t she be trying to make it all seem like Frederic’s fault (which it mostly is anyways)? If you want Cass to attack Corona and turn against Rapunzel, then why not lie about their involvement or tell some half truth?

Or better yet why not make Gothel and actual complex figure for real?

Ugh... I got to move on from this point, but believe me, we will be back to this dumbfuckery in later episodes.

Plot Hole Number Six: You Can’t Just Ignore that Cap Exists and Is the One Who Raised Cassandra for Most of Her Life

Like I’m sure finding out that you mom was a piece of crap who abandon you hurts, but that doesn’t automatically erase the fact that Cass’s dad was there for her, raised her, and loved her for the majority of her life. I’m not saying that Cap is perfect, but he at least tried to do right by her (and is consequently the best parent in the show) and Cassandra is old enough to recognize that fact. Pretending otherwise is a disservice to everyone. It’s a disservice to the Captain, to Cassandra, to Rapunzel, to Gothel, and to the viewers watching along with this BS.

Trauma Doesn’t Make You Suddenly Stupid

Look, I’m not downplaying Cass’s trauma here. She is allowed to feel upset and yes trauma is painful and effects us all in different ways. Also yes, past trauma can carry on through into adulthood and still harm you.

However that’s not an excuse for hurting others. Cass’s trauma isn’t any less traumatic than any of the other characters’, but neither is it somehow more important than any of theirs. She doesn’t get a free past to step on people just because she was sad once.

Cassandra is, once again, old enough to know this and more importantly smart enough to realize that what happened in the past, if even true, has nothing to do with what she is currently dealing with right now.

Like why is she believing any of this? Why is she still listening to the suspicious ghost that she met in a magical house that’s tricked her and her friends numerous times before? Why would finding out her mom was shit make her turn that anger against her best friend? What does any of this have to do with her current struggles with trying to build up her career or staying friends with Raps?

Remembering past trauma does not make your brain shut off. Even having a mental breakdown or panic attack still does not render you completely senseless and anything done under extreme pressure like that is temporary. You don’t wind up acting bananas constantly for over a year.

As a woman who suffers from complex-PTSD and is an abuse survivor myself, Cassandra’s story is deeply offensive to me. Not the least of which because it actively dumps her down.

This Is the Point Where Cassandra’s Character Gets Assassinated

Like I said in the opening, everyone’s character gets assassinated in this story. Cassandra just happens to be the first to die and it’s right here with this line.

Not only is this line incredibly cringy and poorly worded, and I have to just feel sorry for the VA here cause there’s no way to make this much stupid sound good, but it’s also completely divorced from what’s going on.

Cassandra is suppose to be explaining to her friends why she’s stealing the moonstone and her answer is “I’m this dead bitch’s daughter”? Like oookaaay, and that has what to do with it exactly?

Did Gothel have any connection to the moonstone? Does stealing the moonstone somehow bring her back or fulfil her revenge? What does grabbing the moonstone actually gain Cass and what does that have to do with her dead abusive mom?

The reason why Cass doesn’t work as a villain because she has no goal nor reason for doing what she does. She just lurches from plot point to plot point with no idea of what she is doing nor why she is doing it.

But watch as the show keeps digging in its heels and keeps insisting that Cassandra’s connection to Gothel is totally a sympathetic motive even as it makes less and less sense every damn time it's brought up.

What Does Destiny Even Fucking Mean Any More???

What Destiny?!

There is no damn destiny. There is no prophecy to fulfil, no world to save, no consequence for just having everyone sitting on their asses for two whole seasons. And even if there was a destiny to even steal; why would Cass even want it? What does actually she gain from any of this? And how does any of it connect back to Gothel?

This Should Have Been the Point of Resolution Not the Inciting Incident for Their Break Up

Look no idea is without merit. You can make the stupidest sounding idea engaging if you present it right.

This was not presented right.

If Cassandra being Gothel’s daughter was to hold any meaning to the story, then it needed to be what brought her and Raps back together again, not what broke them apart.

Rapunzel says it right here. Logically this should be common ground for the two of them. There’s no real reason for Cass to direct her anger at Rapunzel over this.

But this show doesn’t care about logic, reason, or treating it’s audience with intelligence. It’s just flashy bullshit “drama” that pretends to be deep but is really a shallow puddle once you stop to think about it for two seconds.

Let’s Talk About “Sisters”

Cass’s face just says it all doesn’t it?

The creator, Chris, wanted to make a story about two “sisters”, because he has two daughters and he thought that would be inspiring and speak to little girls everywhere.

It’s a nice sentiment. Shame he’s so utterly incompetent at it.

There was no build up to them being sisters. Instead all we got was a bunch of meaningless parallels and a very toxic friendship. Even with the Gothel reveal the connection to them being siblings is tenuous at best because there’s no biological relation and more importantly, they weren’t raised together.

Chris is basically trying to rip off the likes of Frozen or Guardians of the Galaxy here with Raps and Cass’s relationship but it doesn’t work when the two siblings in question didn’t actually grow up together. There’s no reason for Cassandra to project her anger at their abusive parent on to Raps because that parent wasn’t the one to actually raise her. And on top of that, said abuser is dead, and both her and Raps have separate guardians in their lives, so the jealousy angle doesn’t work either.

And to make it all the more confusing, Chris failed to inform his crew of this brilliant plot twist, so we now have two seasons of gay baiting put in by the storyboard artists hitting that Cass is in love with her “sister”, And because the hardcore Cazzpunzel stans are the only fanbase that hasn’t given Chris the boot, there’s still even more gay baiting to come.

Why are We Victim Blaming a Baby?

Seriously, Cass? You are twenty four and have a brain. Why are you blaming someone for being kidnapped as a baby? What kind of sense does this make?

Worse, there’s plenty of real shit Cass could get angry at Rapunzel over and this is what you go with show?

If anything Rapunzel should be the one who is pissed here. Cass got to escape and lead a normal life with a loving father all because she got kidnapped as baby. And now said bitch is trying to gaslight her while stealing the very thing she’s been risking her life to grab for a year now.

No You Haven’t Cass

Once again, you got to live a normal life with a loving Dad. You had plenty of chances to build relationships and further your career for 18 years while Rapunzel was trapped in a dang tower, and Rapunzel returning from said tower didn’t cut you off from anything. In fact Rapunzel being rescued from the tower actually presented more opportunities for you and you spent all of season one climbing up the ranks.

There’s Nothing In the Show to Back Up This Statement

Nothing is at stake. There’s no threat here other than Cassandra herself. Cassandra is dranger to the world here not the moonstone. If you wanted it to be the other way around then you should have kept the rocks active during season two.

So Why Didn’t We Go With the Original Set Up From Season Two?

As said before, there are real reasons that were set up during season two that could have motivated Cass.

Rapunzel is irresponsible and can’t be trusted to save the world

Rapunzel is a shit friend and Cass is better off going her own way and leaving everyone high and dry.

Cass’s hand was injured by Raps and the moonstone might be able to heal it

Cass sees the injustice in the class system and wants to fight back against the royals in order to help everyone, not just herself.

Cass might believe she’s stopping Zhan Tiri and not realize she’s being manipulated by her instead

Or is playing along with Zhan Tiri under the idea that she can stall for time figure out how to stop her.

Cass wants to play her and use the power of the rocks to save people only for it to go wrong later.

Possession (which was the original idea in the concept stage)

Like I said, there were plenty of ways to make this work. In fact some are so dang obvious that you’ll hear Cass fans try to claim that a few of those are what her real motivation was despite the the show clearly going against them later. The “fighting against the class system” is a real popular one despite the fact that Cass herself attacks a bunch of poor people repeatedly and doesn’t seem concerned about anyone but herself.

But I digress.

The real reason why we have this bullshit is cause Chris doesn’t want to hold his favs accountable. Rapunzel’s flaws can’t be called out in any meaningful way and Cass gets a convenient scapegoat in Zhan Tiri.

In short both Cassandra and Rapunzel have their agency stolen away from them by the narrative, while still trying to pretend that they’re “strong independent women”. Even though those two things aren’t compatible at all.

What Exactly Have You Been Denied Cass?

Remember Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

Lance, Eugene, and Lady Caine were all denied physiological and safety needs while growing up in an orphanage and then later on the streets as a thieves.

Rapunzel was denied psychological needs while being raised by her abuser.

Varian was denied everything on that dang list.

Cassandra tho?

Trauma or no trauma, Cass was still raised in a safe and loving environment for the majority of her life. She, at best, has been denied “self-fulfillment” needs and even then that’s a stretch cause throughout season one we see her time and time again gaining what it was she wanted.

Cassandra isn’t anything special. She’s not suffered any more than anybody else in the show and in fact has lived a pretty cushy life when all is said and done, especially when compared to other characters in the show.

The worst that she has to complain about is working a crappy job for a little while and having a shit mom that she can barely remember. Boo Fucking Hoo.

Note How Easy It Is For Cass to Control the Rocks Here

The show can’t even keep Cassandra’s powers consistent. Like everything else about the character, Cass’s powers come and go as is convenient for the narrative with little explanation as to why.

This Song Doesn’t Work Because It was Cut In Half Due to Time

I’ve talked about the problems with this song before in my songs from TTS ranking list. It’s choppy and consistent. Yet it only feels that way because it was cut down. It’s missing a full other verse, second chorus, and a bridge.

Which is inexcusable because there’s so much dang filler in this show!

We could have had time for the full song if they had just cut one of the non-essential episodes and made all of this a full episode on it’s own. Just save the Corona and Varian stuff for later if need be.

The management of this show is just atrocious.

Why Wasn’t This the Cliffhanger for Season Two?

Speaking of making all of the Cassandra stuff it’s own episode... Everything we just seen should have been in season two.

It’s more connected to what happened last season, it flows better, it would have had more time to breathe, and it would have given us more time in the Dark Kingdom. Given as that this is what season two was building up too, it would have been more satisfying there.

And if the writers still wanted a cliffhanger to end the season in order to draw crowds then this right here was it.

So We We Spent A Whole Season Getting Here and We’re Just Going to Leave Now?

The Dark Kingdom is Wasted!!!!

And because the Dark Kingdom is a bust, the entirety of season two now feels even more pointless.

Chris said he cut the Dark Kingdom stuff because it didn’t interest him.

Chris is a fucking fool.

Ignoring that different people will gravitate towards different things and you need to keep that in mind when writing for mass audiences; you don’t spend valuable time setting things up just to drop them later.

If you didn’t like that particular plot thread then you needed to just not bring it up to begin with. Once you’ve put it in there you need to commit to it.

Behold the Only Thing Useful Shorty Does This Whole Season

There is less Shorty overall this season which is ultimately a good thing, but it does highlight what a stupid decision it was to bring him along to begin with.

I mean did we really drag him around for a whole season just for this? Couldn’t some other Pub Thung or townsperson have found them? One that could talk.

Adria Gets Put on a Bus

Adria doesn’t get assassinated like some of the other characters, but she does get unceremoniously shoved off without any real closure. The character will return later in the season, but brainwashed and without any lines. Which is doubly insulting to the VA who voices her.

And Here Is Where Lance Gets Assassinated

Lance is drastically dumbed down in season three. Even more so than in past seasons. You could call it flanderization specifically, more so than assassination, but the effect is the same. Lance’s character is effectively dead from this point onwards.

Also this should have ended the Lance & Adria ship in the show for good. She flat out rejects him here, but nope.

Eugene is the Only Person Acting Like a Real Human Being This Episode Thus Far

Edmund spent his whole life protecting the moonstone. He lost everything to it. He was convinced that letting Rapunzel take it would be best only for her to lose it right afterwards. And what does he do? Immediately become the “comedicly bad dad” in show oversaturated with both comedic foils and poor father figures.

Meanwhile Eugene is the only one properly responding to what is going on. Don't expect that to last.

I Thought You Left Cass?

Remember that foreshadowing with Quirin way back in the pilot?

This is just that, but dumber.

There’s no reason for Cass to hang around out of sight only to stare menacingly at Rapunzel and company as they leave. It’s just a lazy hook to get viewers to believe that there might be more going on with Cass then what we’ve been told. There’s not.

So This Map Proves That the Dark Kingdom Is North East of Corona

Continuity and worldbuilding in this show is utterly garbage, so I’ll latch on to any little scrape of info that we get.

According to the map shown here, the balloon is heading Southwest back to Corona. That means the Dark Kingdom is Northeast.

So if Corona is somewhere in Northern mainland Europe that means the Dark Kingdom is either in a Nordic country (Norway,Sweden,Finland, ect) or Russia.

Meta Jokes About Being a Bad Writer Doesn’t Excuse Bad Writing

Get use to this. Season three is full of meansprited meta jokes that try to defend against the quite frankly valid criticism that the show has received. Or more specifically the criticism Chris had received.

Most of season three was written during the hiatus of season two back when Chris was seeing backlash from the fans due to his PR fiasco and that’s not even taking into account the crew walkout after season one.

Not only is that too late to be writing your final season, but it’s also reflective of how Chris can’t handle critique with grace nor listen to other ideas as jokes like this are in poor taste.

Everyone Acts Shocked Here but Honestly this Fits King Frederic’s MMO

This is the same guy who prosecuted poor people for eighteen years with his crack down on crime, and thrented the life an orphaned teen. Is anybody really surprised by this?

I Thought Your Real Name was Hubert?

I guess he just prefers the name Andrew. I don’t know. But what do know is that “the devil is in the details” is a thing my animation teacher in college use to say repeatedly, and no one working on this show seems capable of remembering or keeping up with details.

Why Are There Only Five Saporains?

Saporia was set up as an entire race of people who’d been displaced from their homeland for generations. They’ve been living as nomads for centuries according to season two. Why are there only five of them in this episode?

How did they overthrow a kingdom with only five people? How do they maintain hold of it with only five? How do they expect to further their bloodline and culture with only only five of them?

Why did we waste money on a bunch of one off villians that we sent packing in season two and not built more Saporian models instead?

Like you could have had the core five here, as like leaders, and then imply that there are more of them with background citizens and guards ect.

NO!!!

WE DO NOT IMPLY THAT A 15 YEAR OLD BOY WAS LOCKED IN A JAIL CELL WITH A GROWN MAN FOR NEARLY A YEAR!!!!!

I.... What?!

Who the fuck thought this was a good idea to put in a children’s show?

Did no one behind the scenes stop to think, “Hun, maybe we shouldn’t suggest that a teenager was trapped inside a small enclosed space with no way out twenty for hours a day with an adult who attempted to murder his girlfriend when lying to her stopped working. Perhaps someone might get the wrong impression.”?

Like I hate censors as much as the next person, but editors work in the business for a reason, and that reason is to pull the artists aside sometimes and go “Hey, that shit don't fly with normal folk.”

What’s worse is I don’t think the writers were even trying to be shocking and edgy here. I just think they were careless. They needed a quick exposition dumb to explain how Varian and Andrew know each other, and didn’t think through the implications of that line nor considered how Varian’s age changes the context of his situation.

Which is beyond inexcusable because it’s so damn lazy!

You wouldn’t need rushed exposition had you actually took the time to set up this plot point back in season two. Heck, you wouldn’t have needed to even set this plot point up had you not cut Varian’s original story out at the last minute. Finally, you should care enough about your characters to at least take their age into consideration when writing their development.

There’s also the fact that it makes most of the ‘heroes’ look like assholes.

We’ve seen these dungeons several times throughout the show. We know of their poor conditions. There’s little light, the food is slop, there’s no way to stay clean or use the restroom, prisons are never let out for exercise, ect. Like these are medieval style dungeons that are considered inhumane my modern audiences.

Just because the show tries to play off the horribleness of it for laughs doesn’t mean the audience is going to find it funny that they traumatized a fifthteen year old with it.... again!

Moreover Frederic had promised last time we saw him that he would give Varian help. He idea of ‘helping” Varian is supposedly to throw him into a nasty jail cell with a violent criminal? WTF? And there’s no indication that he tried anything to save Quirin either.

Not to mention that none of the mains act surprised by this revelation, nor comment about how awful Varian’s treatment is. As usual for them.

It’s just sicking and most of the atempts to explain away this line by the fans have been super pathetic.

“Frederic was giving him therapy while in jail” - there’s nothing to indicate therapy exists in this world and even if this were true it would be undermined by stupidly throwing him in a cell with Andrew.

“It’s not literal, Varian was in a separate cell” - once again there’s nothing to back this up and even if that were the case it’s not that much better because it’s still a dungeon cell with zero privacy and Varian would still be close enough to Andrew to talk to him thus invading his personal space to some degree or other.

“Well he tried to help but Varian wasn’t cooperative” - still not an excuse and there’s nothing on screen to back up this headcanon.

“It’s someone else’s fault.” - Who’s? Frederic is in charge of everything. The buck stops with him. If a guard did this without his knowledge then that means Frederic neglected his duties and his promise anyways.

“Well maybe it’s true, but Varian did a bad thing and teens who do really bad things get sent to prison in the real world too” - Not an argument. Teens aren’t typically jailed with adults and the conditions for modern jails are at least somewhat better than those in Corona. Plus kids being sent to jail in any form is major topic of controversy in today's time. I’ve already covered why trying teens as adults is a vile abuse of power in the real world; I shouldn’t have to mention that the current government throwing children in cages is a bad thing as well!

“Well that’s just part of the time period” - Doesn’t make it right, and sadly it’s not something in the distant past either. It’s currently happening right now in the US. It was happening when this episode and season was being written. The writers unthinkingly threw in a very real thing that affects hundreds of thousands of children and didn’t bother to follow up on it or comment about how wrong it is.

There’s just no excuse for the way Frederic and Rapunzel treat Varian in this show. There’s just not, and some of y’all really need to stop trying to do so cause it means you’re inadvertently condoning real life abuses of power.

You can like a character and except that they’ve done wrong. That’s a thing that you can do, you know.

Let’s Talk about Character Design

For the most part the art direction in the show is top notch. It really is the best looking animated show on tv today, and the character design is usually of this same quality. But they really dropped the ball with Varian’s design here.

The structural bones of it isn’t bad. Taken on it’s own it would be fine, but good character design is supposed to give context and enhance the story and this doesn’t do that.

We’ve haven’t seen Varian in a year, but instead of visually showcasing the passage of time by having him physically age we just get season one’s design but in bargain bin hot topic clothes and a drawn on barcode.

Even the color palette is wrong.

Varian’s is suppose to feature blues and earthy browns to go with his eyes and hair but instead we get bright reds, neon chimballs, and sharp contrasts with blacks and whites that just clashes with his base colors.

And what does any of this tell the audience? How does it add to the story? What can we glean from his new design about what transpired in the last year?

Nothing.

At best it just reinforces that villian Varian is a try hard edge lord, but we already knew that. We would have known it even without the villain arc cause he’s a teenager. Not that he looks it. The boy is supposed to be either 16 or soon to be 16 and he still looks fucking 12.

What’s more they spent money on this. They made not one, but two new models with two new outfits, but they couldn’t be arsed just to make him a little taller? And no, he’s not actually any taller in season three. He was always Rapunzel’s height regardless of animation errors and squash and stretch techniques.

It’s a waste. Just like nearly everything in season three.

This Is Such a Cop-out

Speaking of things being a waste. Wiping Frederic’s and Arianna’s memories is taking the cowards way out. It’s them escaping any sort of meaningful consequence for their past actions and robs them of the chance to grow and develop as characters. All cause Chris didn’t want to deal with people pointing out the bullshit his self insert caused.

Well guess what, I’m still pointing out Frederic’s BS, only now I’m extra angry cause I was robbed of a genuine character arc, so fuck you!

Was Varian Actually Needed for This Plot?

No really. What does Varian even do here? The wand of oblivium is Saporian magic and they could and apparently did wipe the king’s and queen’s memories without Varian’s mindwipe concoction. That alone apparently gives them the power to run the kingdom.

All Varian does is give them some alchemy based weapons and a bomb he accidentally invents. Both are things that the Saporians could have made themselves given how they know apothecary according to Rapunzel Day One.

I’m currently in the middle of writing an AU fanfiction where Varian winds up in another world before the events of this episode, and let me tell you it is incredibly easy to write him out of the majority of season three without changing the plot much.

Given how Varian is meant to be a main character this season, that’s not a good thing.

So How Come None Of the “Heroes” Give a Shit?

Like I said above, none of the protagonists show the least bit of concern for what Varian is going through. Even though ignoring his needs is precisely what lead to this mess in the first place. It not only makes them look heartless, but it also makes them look plain stupid as well.

Why is it so hard to just even pretend to care about the fact he’s been orphaned? Half of them are orphans themselves for fucks sake!

Varian’s Not the One in Charge Here Rapunzel

I know Varian is the bigger threat and has more of a personal connection to Raps, but it’s pretty clear that Andrew is the mastermind behind this coup. What good does shouting at Varian do? What makes Rapunzel think that any of the Saporians would listen to him even if he did change his mind? What makes her think ordering Varian around after she helped ruin his life would get him to change his mind. Like, my gosh is Rapunzel dumb!

Why Are We Victim Blaming a Child Soldier?

That’s what he is at this point. He’s a weapons specialist for a rival kingdom fighting for control of the government. A government that has abused its own people leading to such an uprising.

A teenager may not be as blameless as a baby but it's still beyond callous and cruel to blame kids and young teens who join extremist groups in war torn lands out of desperation.

Is This Suppose to Be the Inciting Incident for Varian’s Redemption, Cause If So, That Makes No Sense

This look of regret is the only indication that Varian is questioning where he stands before his redemption in part two. Except there he points out that he’s been thinking about it for while now, even before Raps showed up. Only there’s nothing to suggest why Varian would suddenly change his view point and motives. So the audience is still in the dark about his thought process even with this “hint” and I use that word loosely.

Conclusion

So that’s the end of part one. I hope to have part two up before the week is out.

#tangled #anti-rapunzel #anti-cassandra #anti-tangled #varian #tangled the series #rapunzles tangled adventure

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thecurseoflife · 4 years

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TTS - ACTORS AU

Okay so I didn’t see any actors au of TTS and that is NOT okay because I love actors AU, so I made my own !

And I regret it because this took me FOUR DAYS to make, which is unbelievable since I work really fast usually. I have a lot of ideas for this AU but I don’t know if I’ll be able to make them since it’s taking HELLA LONG.

So I decided to just give you guys my ideas and if someone want to draw them it’s like, YES PLEASE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM <3 !

First for Cassandra’s and Varian’s haircuts, I actually just took the one of the concept art (so don’t kill me please) For the colors of all the characters I took the color palet of their actual ouftits in the show and I slammed it into modern clothes, and surprisingly it works very well !

Okay now the ideas X) :

-Jeremy and Eden pretend they hate eachothers but actually they have a younger annoying brother and older pissed off sister. But if one of them is hurt they worry for eachothers and it’s just sweet.

-Eden have the gay vibe

-Jeremy is a BIG fan of Adira’s character and of the actress Kelly Hu. He asked Chris Sonnenburg (Chris) when Varian would get a scene with her and Chris said : never. Jeremy smile just faded and he looked so down everyone on the set thought he was going to straight up cry. (Jeremy explain he actually did cry but later in the toilet, he was just very disappointed). So instead he came whenever he could to see Kelly play and talk to her afterward.

-Questions : What part of your character do you like the most ? Eden : Cassandra is very independant, and I stan an independant sword lady. Mandy : Rapunzel is so determined and brave, I find her really inspiring. Zach : I just really love how Eugene is attached to Rapunzel and how he’ll do anything to her, but ESPECIALLY the trust he puts in her. He has so much faith it’s... boyfriend material. Jeremy : SASSY VARIAN ! When he went “She’s right, dad” MMMH I loved playing that part.

-Questions : What was the hardest part to play ? Mandy : When the guards just take Varian away, while he was begging for help, it was just so... mortifying, we had to re-do the shot several times because I would break into tears. Eden : I don’t really have something that comes into my mind, Cassandra is pretty easy to play because I relate to her a lot, but if I had to pick one I think it would be in the last episode when she pours her heart out on Rapunzel, it was hard to just brutally change the mood and make her break. Zach : Eugene is really one of those character that is always smiling and putting a facade even when they’re sad or not feeling well, and I have a love-hate thing toward the moment he sung all alone in the castle, because it was so beautiful and emotional, but at the same time, it was like I wasn’t really playing Eugene anymore, it was a really special moment I think. Jeremy : I think it was all those moments when I had to be mean to Mandy in season 1 because she is just so sweet and nice, and I knew we were playing but I still didn’t really enjoy those moments. Although I do love villain Varian. If I had to pick one it would be the moment when he took the flower in front of her and just straight up said “I used you”. It always sent chills in my spine.

-Questions : What’s the part you enjoyed the most to act ? Mandy : I loved performing “Wind in my hair”, everything was so good, and I love the song so much. The... the desire of Rapunzel behind it was so uplifting and hopeful, I adored it. Eden : I really liked the moment Cassandra betrayed Rapunzel, I think it really has that impact, and right after she burst into “Crossing the line”. It’s one of my favourite moment. Zach : Like I said I have a love-hate relation of “Everything I ever thought I knew”, so it’s also one of my favourite acting moment. Jeremy : Obviously all of the Sassy Varian scenes, but also the moment he came back from the castle to find his father incased in amber. It’s the moment his whole arc of villainy began and I had to make the viewer feel his despair and anger, and I think I did a great job, it was really fun to do.

-Questions : Jeremy, you’re the youngest on set most of the time, isn’t that a bit hard to live ? Jeremy : When I first arrived on set, I was really excited because I love the character of Varian so much and I was so happy I passed the audition, and then I realised : wow I am the only kid here. I was very shy at first because adults I don’t know are terrifying. Of course my parents were there because back then I was underrage, so I was just stuck with them but there are moments they just can’t come with you, and I was on set, dressed as Varian, surrounded by all those unknown grown-ups. And I could see that the other actors were glancing at me but not confident enough to try to talk to me. So I was there, sitting on a chair by myself, fidgetting with burning stares on me. My first thought was “this is going to be an awful experience”. Then Mandy arrived. She said two words to Eden and Zach and went straight to me with a big smile. She shook my hand and introduced herself, talked a bit with me then dragged me to the group of grown-ups and very quickly I was integrated. Of course I was thrilled when Vivian and Ruby arrived, but I was also comfortable around the other actors. Thank you Mandy, thank you so much for that. Mandy, off camera : ;w; Aww, you’re welcome Jeremy, it’s a pleasure to be friend with you.

-Questions : If you had to choose one character to stan for who would it be ? Zach : Rapunzel, of course. Why do you ask all the actors are going to say the same thing. Eden : Rapunzel. Mandy : Rapunzel Jeremy : I stan one (1) fearless princess : Rapunzel

-Jeremy had just black hair and the first time the hairdressers put him the blue strip because Varian had one, he looked at himself and went : Wow I want that in my everyday hair.

-Mandy is really nice and sweet, a bit of an energy pile, friends with everyone. Really loud sometime when she’s excited. A really happy person.

-Zach doesn’t have to get his hair done much because he’s the one that just have the perfect hair for the character. He often tease the other actors about that. He’s very extra, personnality close to Eugene’s.

-Eden doesn’t know how to sit properly on a chair. She have a short temper, and despise shoes : whe nshe doesn’t have to wear them, she doesn’t.

-Since Eden, Mandy and Zach have a lot of scenes together and they met eachothers before everyone else, they have bffs vibes all the time and there’s often pictures of the three of them hanging out on their social medias.

-Jeremy is really friend with Ruby (Catalina) and Vivian (Kiera) and they’ve been scolded several time because they mess around on set.

-Ruby and Vivian are actual best friends in real life and they auditionned together.

-Sometime Jeremy makes memes references and Zach is the only one that gets it

-For the night scenes outside they had to sleep in tents, and one time they did a full sleepover. They were not fresh the next morning for the scenes.

-Jeremy calls Eden “Cassie” to piss her off and sometime the other actors actually call her like the characters. (CassANdra, Cass...). It works very well. One time Chris called her Cassandra by error and everyone exploded in laughter.

-That’s it for now but i may post more.

DISCLAIMER : This is in NO way based on the real voice actors, I just took their names and l slapped them into Actors AU. This is all in my head, NOTHING really happened as far as I’m aware

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roseworth · 3 years

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mind trap one shot :^)

heyo here's a little bit of mind trap angst just because im bored idk

honestly theres almost no context to this, basically i just wanted him to be controlled by the mind trap lol. the reason he can be controlled is that as a member of the royal bloodline of the dark kingdom hes automatically sworn to the moonstone (tbh i didnt put a lot of thought into it but neither did the writers when they wrote the mind trap so its fine lol)

(ps im gonna be real with you guys i dont really know the difference between a drabble, a ficlet, and a oneshot. i was gonna call this a ficlet but i was scared of being wrong so i figured oneshot is the safest option)

word count: 1873

characters: eugene & rapunzel

description: Eugene gets taken over by the Mind Trap. Rapunzel needs to find a way to get him back before it’s too late.

note: this takes place sometime during plus est en vous. theyre in the throne room alone. idk just dont think about it too hard

Everything seemed to stop for a moment. Rapunzel felt like her body was frozen in place as Eugene turned around, his eyes glowing electric blue.

“Eugene?” she whispered hesitantly as he stepped closer. Something in her brain was telling her to back away, but it was like her feet were frozen to the ground. He took another step closer and drew his sword.

She released her hair from her braid and held it up just in time to block his sword from hitting her. He glared at her wordlessly and went to swing again, which she once again blocked.

“Eugene, I- I don’t know what to- you- how…” she stuttered helplessly as she started to stumble backwards. His gaze didn’t change at all.

“Tell you what,” he said finally, crossing his arms. “If you give up now, I’ll give you a quick and painless death.”

She felt her eyes fill with tears as she shook her head. “I won’t give up, you know that.”

He smirked. “I know, but it was worth a shot.”

This made her feel even worse. She couldn’t even tell herself that he didn’t know her or didn’t recognize her. Now she knew that he still remembered her even as he was attacking her.

Maybe that means there’s a chance to get through to him, she thought, but quickly shoved it away. She didn’t want to bother getting her hopes up like that while he was still trying to hurt her.

She didn’t really know anything about the Mind Trap or how to free someone from it. Heck, she didn’t even know why Eugene was being controlled by it, but she didn’t exactly have the opportunity to figure that out right now.

She dodged another attack from him and backed away to put distance in between the two of them, trying to think of some semblance of a plan. She couldn’t keep blocking and dodging him forever, but there was no way she could let herself even try to hurt him. The Mind Trap was still all the way in Cassandra’s tower, and she wasn’t sure if she would even be able to get out of the castle, let alone all the way to the tower.

“Aw, Sunshine, I’m almost disappointed,” he sneered. The nickname that she normally loved now felt like a punch in the gut as he said it. “I’ve seen you do better than this. I mean, come on, you’ve hit me with your frying pan more times normally than you are now.” She didn’t respond as she brought up her hair to block yet another one of his hits.

Even if she did fight back, there was no way she could win. She assumed they might be evenly matched ordinarily, but ordinarily he wasn’t fighting to kill.

Thinking about that made her feel almost nauseous. The person she loved more than anything else was now trying to kill her (or at least being used as a vessel to kill her).

“One of us is going to have to stop eventually,” he remarked. His voice had the cadence of a joke, but his expression said otherwise.

“And I’ve never been one to give up,” Rapunzel retorted.

“I know. I think under normal circumstances I would like that about you. Right now, though, it’s already getting to be a pain.”

It felt like her heart had been torn out of her chest the more he said things like that. It felt like he was already killing her knowing that something in him recognized her right now and still chose to attack. Not chose, she reminded herself. He has no control over this.

Looking into his glowing blue eyes, she thought about the way they usually were. His warm brown eyes and his soft expressions seemed like a distant memory compared to what was staring back at her now.

Just moments ago she had kissed him, and somewhere in the back of her mind wondered if that had been the last time she ever would. “No,” she whispered aloud. That wouldn’t be the last, she could fix this.

She just needed a plan. The Mind Trap reacted to the Moonstone, and she had the power of the Sundrop, there had to be something she could do. Worth a shot.

Her eyes fell shut as she channeled the Sundrop’s power. There was a burst of light around her as her hair lit up, causing a wave of energy.

She opened her eyes to see Eugene had been knocked to the floor. She wanted to run to him, but opted to keep her distance. She watched as he sat up and rubbed his head, his eyes closed.

And she felt her heart sink as he opened them and they were still just as blue as before.

“Nice to see you’re finally on the attack, Blondie,” he mocked. “Too bad it wasn’t enough.”

He lifted himself back onto his feet and scowled. She wished this would all stop. She wished everything could just go back to normal. She wanted so badly to hold out hope, but she was out of ideas.

“I’m not going to fight you,” she insisted, trying to ignore the way tears were starting to spill out of her eyes. She met his intense stare with one of her own as he moved towards her.

“I can’t say I’m surprised, Sunshine,” he grinned coolly. Again, the usually affectionate nickname made her stomach churn as her tears continued to stream down her face. He stood inches away from her, neither of them moving. It was taking everything to keep herself from running towards him, looking for comfort that she wouldn’t find.

As he tightened his grip on his sword once more, she reached for her hair only to find out that he was pressing his foot on it, keeping it in place. He smirked at her. “You lost your defense,” he taunted callously. She tried to tug her hair away, but he was keeping a firm hold on it.

“Eugene…” she said quietly. Everything felt numb as she imagined him as the man he really was instead of the one who was about to kill her. The man who was always there for her no matter what happened. The man who had saved her in more ways than anyone could understand. That man wasn’t the person standing over her right now, lifting his sword above his head to strike.

“Eugene,” she said again, louder this time. “I don’t know if the real you can hear me, but I just need you to know that I know this isn’t you. And I love you so much.”

She thought for a moment that she saw him falter, but gave up her wishful thinking as the sword came closer to her. She squeezed her eyes shut as the love of her life was about to end it.

Nothing happened.

For a split second, she wondered why she was never hit.

Then she heard him cry out in pain.

Her eyes shot open to see that he was crumpled on the ground, his own sword stabbed through his leg. He pulled the sword out and threw it across the room.

“Eugene!” she yelled, dropping to her knees next to him. She looked at his face and was beyond relieved to be met with brown eyes looking back at her affectionately. “Eugene, you’re… you’re back,” she sighed happily, getting lost in his eyes and forgetting for a moment about his leg that was still bleeding out.

He tried to smile back at her, but it ended up as more of a grimace in pain, bringing both of them back into reality. “I just- I couldn’t let myself hurt you,” he said, holding back tears. “I’m so sorry.”

She wiped away her own tears and nodded. “I know, I know. It’s okay,” she reassured him, turning her attention back to his leg. He took his jacket off and wrapped it around the wound to try to stop the bleeding. She helped secure it in place and applied pressure on the wound, and he let out a groan as he instinctively tried to move away. She gave him an apologetic look, but continued pressing her hand down on his leg.

“Hey, look at me, it’s gonna be okay,” she soothed, putting her other hand on his cheek. She tried as hard as she could to distract him from the pain. He grabbed her hand and smiled gently.

“I’m so sorry, Sunshine, I couldn’t-”

“It’s okay, I understand. It was the Mind Trap, I know,” she whispered, though she felt a rush of relief in her chest after hearing him say “Sunshine” in a loving way again.

“I don’t know what happened, I just… I suddenly didn’t have control of my body. It was like I was feeling myself move and hearing myself talk and I couldn’t do anything about it. I kept trying to fight it, but…” he trailed off, his eyes starting to fill.

“Don’t worry about it, just focus on me, it’s gonna be okay,” she said as his entire body shuddered from another wave of pain.

“Rapunzel, you have to go,” he urged suddenly. “I don’t know how long I’ll be able to hold the Mind Trap off for.”

She looked deeply into his eyes, doing her best to stay strong and help him. It was taking all her effort not to break down right then, and she finally gave in. Before she could even think to try to stop herself, she was sobbing into Eugene’s shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. “I won’t leave you,” she choked out. He squeezed her tighter towards him, his leg now numb to the pain.

“I can’t watch myself hurt you, Sunshine,” he said brokenly as he started to cry too. “It’ll be okay soon, I promise.”

Rapunzel lifted herself up and wiped her tears away. “It’ll be okay,” she repeated through tears. “I’m going to destroy the Mind Trap, then I’ll come right back here.”

He gave her a weak smile, then brought her closer to him again to kiss her. She closed her eyes as she kissed him, hoping that she would be able to keep her word and destroy it. Not just for Eugene, but for everyone. For the members of the Brotherhood that had lost control over their own thoughts. For the others that had loved ones being taken over.

She moved away slightly as she felt Eugene shift in her grasp. She opened her eyes, and her heart shattered as she was once again met with his glowing electric blue eyes. She stood up and backed away from him.

He made an effort to stand up and go after her, but his wounded leg wasn’t doing him any good. Not to mention, even if he could get up, his weapon was still on the other side of the room. He yelled at Rapunzel as she started to run away, but she did her best to tune out what she was saying. She only had one goal in mind now.

“I’ll be back,” she promised quietly, rubbing her eyes as she ran out of the castle. “It’s gonna be okay.”

#rapunzel as everything is falling apart: its gonna be fine :) im fine :)#this was gonna be like half the size it is but i got carried away #also i was gonna post this for fitzfriday but i was busy all day yesterday and couldnt edit it #and i didnt feel like waiting another week bc im impatient #so this is for fitzsaturday 😌#alright bye love u all #tangled #fanfic #my writing #new dream

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yayeetsonny · 4 years

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Theatre Kid Problems~Chrislex x Baby Reader

DISCLAIMER: I am in no way shape or form a doctor pls don’t get mad at me lol. Okay, carry on.

Y/N PRO:

if you had asked me what my plans were at 9:00 o’clock at night on a Friday I would have told you that I would be at my “moms’” house, watching a movie. Not, in the hospital with my leg broken in 3 places, a broken arm, a cracked rib and stitches in my forehead, and having surgery done for a small brain bleed. Now you may be thinking, “how the hell did you manage to do all that?” Well... it all started when I was at rehearsal for the spring musical “Into the Woods” after school. We were painting sets and I was sent up on a high ladder to paint a “tube” like structure that was meant to be Rapunzel’s “tower” everything was fine until some knucklehead decided to kick a soccer ball INSIDE and it just so happened to come straight for me. But wait let me back up a few minutes to give you some background...

I was just minding my own business painting when things got a little chaotic.

“Hey Y/N!” My best friend shouted from across the room.

“Yeah?!” I yelled back expecting a reply but when there was none I just went about my business. The room got really loud all of the sudden but I paid no attention to it as that’s how it tends to be with theatre kids. We get rowdy and then settle down a few minutes later.

I vaguely remember someone telling some of the really rowdy boys to “Put the soccer ball away. It’s too risky kicking it around in here.”

Only to hear “Nah it’s all good, we’ll be careful.” In return. Oh how wrong they were. It only took another 2 minutes for shit to totally hit the fan. My best friend would later tell me that I was just “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Turns out that if she hadn’t got distracted by a picture of a “super hot girl” I would not be in my current predicament. She was planning on having me help her get some stuff from her car taking me away from the place where the incident occurred. Anyways as I was painting I heard a sudden “woosh” sound and then it happened.

Someone yelled “Y/N watch out!” But it was too late, the ball came at me full force and hit me in the side of the head causing me to lose my balance and consciousness along with it and fall some really large number of feet to the stage below with a deafening thud. I was out for I don’t know how long but when I came to I was surrounded by a hoard of people who looked absolutely terrified.

“Christen and Alex are gonna kill us!”

“US?! They’re gonna kill you two! I told you to put the ball away!”

“Jesus Christ you assholes look what you did.”

“It was an accident!”

“Honest mistake!”

“Yeah, yeah who cares? Whose going to call her “moms’”?”

Everyone knew that Christen and Alex were extremely protective of me and were practically my mothers since I had no other family to care for me and I was their responsibility when on the road for games and camps and such. You see, I live in a group home in town, and I know you may be wondering why didn’t they just adopt me? I asked them not to. I didn’t want to burden them with having to take care of me full time.

“Well where is our director?”

“I don’t know she’s always disappearing.”

“I guess I’ll do it.” My best friend said. She then reached into my hoodie pocket and grabbed my phone unlocking it and scrolling through my contacts trying to find one of their numbers.

“Hang in there Y/N we’ve got you okay?”

“Should we like call 911?”

“You haven’t yet?!”

“Okayyyy so that’s a yes, on it!”

“What the hell happened?” I asked taking everyone by surprise.

“Dude you fell so hard.”

“You’re hurt pretty bad how do you not feel any of it?”

“What’re you talking about?” I looked down at my leg and realized I really shouldn’t have done that. I began to feel everything and well what happened next wasn’t pretty.... I began to cry loudly and the sight of my injuries caused me to turn and puke all over the stage. People scattered everywhere trying to get away from the disgusting puddle I had just created and in doing so only upset me further. I was aware of where I was but still discombobulated and confused as to how I ended up in so much pain.

“We’ve had an accident at Westview high school we need an ambulance right away.”

“Hi Christen?”

“Y/N?”

No it’s YBF/N, Y/N... she uh she’s hurt pretty bad. I’m sorry.”

“Oh my god. What happened?! What are her injuries?”

“She was hit in the head with a soccer ball and fell quite a few feet off a ladder. Well I uh actually have no idea, but it’s not good. We’ve called 911 and they’re on their way.”

“Oh my god okay I have to call Alex. You stay with her you understand me? Don’t leave her even for a second. Are you hurt? Are you okay?”

Yes ma’am. I promise I won’t leave her. No I’m not hurt. I’m okay I promise. Y/N is right here, would you like to talk to her?”

“Yes please.”

My best friend then put the phone by my ear so I could hear Chris talking.

“Hi baby, I’m right here. It’s okay, you’re gonna be okay. They’ve called for help and we’ll find out where you’re going and we’re gonna get on a flight and be there as soon as we can okay? I’ll call Alex and tell her to come home right now. I love you.”

“Chris?”

“Yes my love?”

“It hurts so much. I really just want to sleepppp.” I said getting drowsier as time went on.

“I know but it’s okay I promise. You have to stay awake okay? I know you’re sleepy but you can’t close your eyes, you have to promise you’ll stay awake. I’ve got to call Alex but I’ll see you soon okay?”

“Okay...promiseee. mommy? I love you.” I had never called her or Alex anything other than their names, and I didn’t even realize my slip up, but everyone around me did.

“I love you too.” And then the phone was taken back. She sounded like she was going to cry but was doing her best to hold it together.

“YBF/N listen to me, you have to try your very best to keep her awake. We don’t want her to sleep. Take care of her please.”

“I will. I promise. And Chris?”

“Yeah?”

“Congrats.” Y/BF said in response to me calling Chris my mom.

“Dude, they’re her moms? since when?.”

“No but they basically are, she loves them as if they were and they love her as if she were their kid.”

The ambulance got there and they were able to get me loaded into the vehicle quickly, before I knew it I woke up in a hospital bed surrounded by machines and I had all these wires attached to me.

“What the heck happened?” I said to myself, having no recollection of the previous events.

“Oh my god, you’re awake.” I heard a voice say quietly, I looked to my left to see my best friend sitting there looking distraught but relived to see me awake.

“Why am I here?” I asked hesitantly

“You fell off a ladder and got pretty banged up, you hit your head so hard you actually had a mini brain bleed that they had to fix, but you’re okay now.”

“Holy shit.”

“Yeah it was crazy. You scared all of us pretty bad.”

“Do Chris and Alex know?”

“Yeah, they’re on their way. They should be here any minute actually.”

Just as she said that they both came running into the room, looking disheveled and upset.

“Y/N. We’re here, We’re here baby. How’re you feeling?.” Alex said. Both her and Chris then came to sit right by the bed on opposite sides. Chris taking one of my hands in hers and Alex the other.

“I’m okay, I’ve been better.” I said Jokingly.

“You scared us. What were you doing on a ladder? You know how we feel about you climbing up on things.” Chris said sternly.

“I know I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay, we’re just glad you’re okay.” Alex said running her hand through my hair.

“I’m glad you’re okay dude. I’m gonna head home but I’ll be back tomorrow.” my best friend said.

After she left the doctor came in to speak to Chris and Alex. (I signed some paper saying he could tell them what happened)

“As you know Y/N sastained some pretty serious injuries and will need to go through the full recovery process to heal properly. She did have a small brain bleed that we need to to repair but she shows no signs of cognitive deficits and should recover no problem. Her leg will need to be in a cast for at least 8 weeks, non-weight bearing, her rib should heal within 4-5 weeks, her arm will be in a cast for 6 weeks and the stitches in her forehead will be able to come out in about a week. Ane should be able to be discharged by Monday. Any questions?”

“No sir, thank you so much for helping her.” Christen thanked the doctor.

“Just doing my job. It was a pleasure to meet you all. Take care.” He shook their hands and left.

“You are gonna let us baby you, and take care of you until you’re better okay?.”

“What about the group home? Don’t I have to stay there? And what about school?” I asked anxiously

“We’ll figure everything out don’t worry.” Alex said kissing my forehead.

“I’m gonna call the girls to let them know you’re okay.” Chris then got up and left to make that call.

“look I know you said you didn’t want us to adopt you, but will you please think it over? Chris and I would love to be your parents and you wouldn’t have to go back to that crappy group home ever again.”

“Alex-”

“I know what you’re gonna say, but you are never and have never been a burden to us. Got it? Just think about it.”

“Okay I will.”

Christen came back after talking to the girls and said they all wished me well and hoped to see me soon. I was starting to drift off but was doing my best to stay awake.

“Go to sleep Y/N. We’ll be here when you wake up. We promise.” Chris said, rubbing my eyebrow gently as she knew that was the fastest way to get me to sleep.

“Yeah we’ll be right here. We love you.” Alex said softly continuing to run her hands through my hair.

I love you guys too.” I said as I finally drifted off, knowing I was safe with them and that they’d always be there for me.

THE END

(Again I am in no way shape or form a doctor, just roll with it.) This is unedited

*UPDATE: The book titled “New Beginnings” is up now, Go check out the Prologue. will be updated regularly! :)))

-N

#uswnt #uswnt imagines #chrislex imagines #chrislex #chrislex x baby reader #christen press #alex morgan #christen press imagine #alex morgan imagine #alex morgan imagines #christen press imagines #baby reader #x reader #y/n #hurt reader #uswnt moms

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Okay I’ve been on one heck of an analysis high so let’s get into it!

Team Awesome Analysis

Part 1: Season 1 Relationship

In season 1, Varian and Eugene’s relationship isn’t much. In “What the Hair,” obviously the two just met, but Varian spends the episode idolizing Eugene for being “Flynn Rider” and trying to impress him, and Eugene tries to get Rapunzel’s secret out of Varian, and later tries to get him to turn off his dangerous hot water machines.

When they first meet, Eugene is flattered that Varian says “Flynn Rider is his hero,” but then immediately feels very awkward around him because Varian doesn’t listen when Eugene explains that he only adopted the name from the book, and the stories aren’t actually about him. It also doesn’t help matters that Varian keeps calling him “Flynn,” even though Eugene has told him multiple times that it isn’t his name anymore.

Right off the bat, you get the vibe that Eugene doesn’t trust this kid and is frankly frustrated with him. Varian is unintentionally putting everyone in danger through his hot water machines, and he won’t listen to Eugene when he tells him that it isn’t safe. To make matters worse, Eugene has also seen a glimpse of the destruction that Varian’s machines and experiments can cause because of the lazer sword, the explosives, and the tremors caused by the hot water machines. Seeing his girlfriend actually inside of one of Varian’s contraptions is probably adding to his anxiety, and he wants to get everyone as far away from this dangerous kid as possible. Eugene still cares about Varian however, but it’s only in a “he’s a kid who needs protection” kind of way.

When Varian shows up for the expo in “Great Expotations,” Eugene definitely isn’t too happy to see him (“...since your last invention almost killed us! So glad you’re here. With what looks like another invention.”). The explosion at Varian’s lab could have killed both Rapunzel and Eugene, if it wasn’t for Raps’ hair, and it was probably very traumatizing for Eugene as well. When Varian’s invention for the expo goes off the rails, (even though it isn’t his fault) Eugene is probably on even higher alert in regards to Varian.

Jumping all the way to “The Quest For Varian,” when Rapunzel talks about her dream, Eugene is very quick to say “stay here where you’re safe.” And when Rapunzel gets a note from Varian asking for her help, Eugene is very suspicious. (“It’s always something with that guy.”) He has no right to be suspicious, even though he may have heard the rumors from Nigel, because he heard from Rapunzel that Varian only wanted her help during the storm. Eugene also has no idea about Varian’s turn to villainy. Even when Eugene sees Varian’s father trapped in the amber, he’s still very critical.

In “The Alchemist Returns” when Eugene finds out that Varian is with Rapunzel, he’s just quick to think that “Rapunzel could be in trouble,” and he doesn’t seem surprised at Varian’s turn either since he already didn’t trust him.

Another thing to note is that whenever Eugene talks about or mentions Varian, it’s usually to criticize him even when he’s on the right side.

Part 2: Season 3 Relationship

In season 3, when we see Varian come back as a full fledged villain, Eugene is obviously defensive when Rapunzel says that they have to work with him. (“After everything hairstripe here has done you are going to trust him?”).

But after that, something changes. Eugene seems to be way more trusting of Varian after his redemption, when in reality it seems more natural for him to be even more suspicious because of what happened before.

In “Be Very Afraid,” for example, Eugene doesn’t warn Rapunzel about how dangerous it would be if she went into the tunnels with Varian, but instead he seems completely chill with them going and isn’t suspicious of him at all.

In “Cassandra’s Revenge,” Eugene seems pretty comfortable around Varian, even enough to even touch his alchemy that Eugene probably would have stayed far away from back in season 1. Varian actually has to tell Eugene to be careful (oh the irony). Later on, when Varian is trapped in the rock cage, Eugene basically risks his life to help Varian by walking over to the cage that’s suspended in mid air. Varian also looks to Eugene as a source of comfort when the cage gets pulled in, and Eugene obliges, being very protective over him now.

In “Race to the Spire,” Eugene and Varian are acting more like friends, pranking each other and laughing with each other.

In “Flynnposter,” when Eugene is talking over him, Varian doesn’t hesitate to sass him, because he considers him as a friend instead of his “idol” who he needs to impress.

In “Once A Handmaiden” Eugene trusts Varian enough to ask/let him make a dangerous weapon because he knows Varian will be careful with it. They’re shown to be acting more like best friends, and they even have a handshake! Even when Varian is using the bazooka somewhat haphazardly, Eugene doesn’t get frustrated with him, he smiles and thinks it’s funny. He even teams up with Varian during the fight against Cassandra which shows that he trusts him enough to protect Corona.

In “Plus est en Vous,” we really get to see how far Eugene and Varian’s relationship has come when Eugene jokes about Varian’s villainy and Varian laughs along with him. This topic is very sensitive to Varian, but he’s chill enough with Eugene to joke with him about it which shows massive growth. When Eugene is concerned about Varian’s father being in the brotherhood, he warns Varian about him possibly being under the mind control. Though Varian is angry at first, he respects Eugene enough to listen to what he said and takes “precautions.” Eugene is so proud of Varian and we can see that he really values their friendship when he tries to cheer him up after Quirin gets knocked out.

Instead of criticizing him, Eugene compliments and encourages Varian throughout season 3, and really seems to connect with him now. These two really became an inseparable “team awesome.”

Part 3: What changed?

So how did Varian and Eugene become so close? Well the simplest solution would be to say that “Rapunzel trusts Varian now and Eugene trusts Rapunzel,” but technically Rapunzel trusted Varian in season 1, and we all know Eugene certainly did not. Another reason could be that Varian is older and more responsible, but I think the biggest reason that Eugene is suddenly so trusting of Varian is because he can relate to what Varian has been through.

As a kid, Eugene was already in a life of crime and thievery and it lasted all the way up into his adult life. He probably got thrown in jail multiple times too. When he met Rapunzel, he was still a theif until she gave him a second chance. Rapunzel didn’t necessarily change him, but it was Eugene’s time with her that made him truly “see the light” (pun intended.) When Eugene brings Rapunzel back to the kingdom, he doesn’t get accepted right away. Cassandra still doesn’t trust him (in season 1) and he’s still regarded as a theif in many areas, but he’s able to show them all, in time, that he’s a changed man and that he will do anything to protect his friends, Rapunzel, and all of Corona.

In Varian’s situation, he’s done a lot more than just petty thievery, but Rapunzel is willing to give him a second chance as well. Again, she didn’t change him, but she made Varian see what was the right thing to do even if it was hard. Eugene had every right to reject Varian and blame him for all of the horrible things he had done, like everyone else in Corona. But when he sees that the kid really does want to change and that Rapunzel wants to help Varian just like she helped Eugene, he gives him the benefit of the doubt.

Eugene knows first hand what Varian is going through, over the course of season 3, and how hard it is to come back from a life of crime. The least that he can do is give Varian one more friend that he can trust on his path to redemption, and encourage and help Varian to step back into the light. Because of all of this encouragement and trust from Rapunzel and Eugene, Varian is able to rise up and do amazing things to help Corona.

Eugene and Varian have a lot more in common now, both being redeemed, and they can also relate to being decended from members of the Brotherhood of the Dark Kingdom. (I bet they had a nice long talk about that 😂😂)

So in short: Varian and Eugene’s relationship has come so, so far and I’m so glad that they both trust each other now and that they became such amazing and close friends. “Alright Team Awesome!!”

Woah that was a lot!!! I’m so mad at myself for deleting it before, but the beauty of rewriting it was being able to make a more thorough analysis and find more things that I missed before! I really hope y’all enjoyed it!!

#team awesome #varian analysis #eugene analysis #tts analysis #tangled the series #eugene tts #eugene fitzherbert #varian tts #varian #bazooka boy #lissa analyzes varian....again #lissa says stuff

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seeing-the-light · 3 years

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For the character thing, Eugene ofc 😌💕

Sexuality Headcanon: To me, he’s probably bi or pan, with a preference for women.

Gender Headcanon: I see him as someone who identifies as male but isn’t afraid to be gender nonconforming- I fully believe in dress-wearing Eugene supremacy and think he deserves the chance to try on heels and paint his nails and whatever other fun shenanigans he’s gotten up to through the course of his crazy life :)

A ship I have with said character: like I said for Rapunzel, I ship those two adorable dorks together with all my heart

A BROTP I have with said character: Lance and Eugene! Love how much they’re both there for each other and clearly care even if their relationship is full of banter at times (I also continue to stan Team Awesome, just figured I’d highlight another one I love here)

A NOTP I have with said character: Honestly what I hate most with him is the suggestion that he still pines for Stalyan and wishes Rapunzel was more like her, or trying to spin her criticism of him as legitimate when he was a teenager being coerced into a marriage with someone who treated him in ways that definitely looked abusive onscreen, so probably them.

A random headcanon: I’m kinda obsessed with the idea that post-season, after the castle/city has been fixed and things have settled a bit, Eugene goes to the Dark Kingdom to check on his dad’s efforts and help out a bit, and they get the chance to bond more and maybe that’s the first time Edmund begins to open up more about Eugene’s mom and it’s very soft.

(Bonus from a conversation my friend and I had today- for some reason Eugene and Rapunzel’s kid takes a shining to Dabney, and has it as their personal bear comforter instead of a usual baby blanket, and Eugene humors the kid but will absolutely never admit how many times it’s badly startled him when he sneaks in for a late goodnight kiss.)

General Opinion over said character: Um, I love him and he deserves the world. That’s it. That’s my opinion.

...jk, so, Eugene’s one of my favorite characters, period. As much as people talk about the hot man meeting and I agree that he’s very aesthetically pleasing, that’s honestly one of the lowest reasons in the list. I think one of the first things that stood out to me was actually his personality. Like when he first complained about the poster, I genuinely thought he was distressed about the fact that he was on one, so the joke actually got me. And like... the entire way he interacts with Rapunzel in the beginning, from “it’s in that pot isn’t it” to pointing out her conflicting emotions to “stay calm, it can probably sense fear” to his utter confusion about why these thugs who were about to kill him had now broken into musical number to “let’s just assume everyone here wants to kill me” and being ridiculously proud of his stunt with the frying pan to trying not to freak out about hair to finally feeling comfortable enough to open up a little about his backstory.... like wow. I’m absolutely going off rn but these are all iconic things that have lived in my brain rent free since 2010. And we slowly get to see his mask get pulled back and shatter, slowly get to see him respond well to receiving compassion for the first time in his life. The movie culminates in him being so self -sacrificing, and then it could’ve ended with him getting the castle and his dream and being loved for the person he really is.

But it doesn’t? In fact, we see fairly early on in the series that now that he’s here, he’s trying to spread that to others- whether that’s in being there for the kids he claims he’s not good with, or searching for ways he can contribute something to castle life because he doesn’t want to just be a freeloader- he doesn’t just stop there. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t think the series did his character and feelings justice in many ways, but the times that it did? Peak content. He doesn’t just sit on these lessons he’s learned - he applies them to other people- like Lance, when he tries to steer him down the wrong path, or his father. But he’s also not afraid to speak his mind or stand his ground when there’s good reason for him to not budge. He values life, a lot- even In people who’ve tried to kill him, like when he pulls Edmund back from the edge in Destinys Collide, or going back for the Stabbingtons. (Which is probably because he knows what dying is like in a way no one else can.) At the same time, he’s always so ready to close his eyes and accept it when he’s in those sorts of positions- almost like he knows he’s on borrowed time and just expects that to run out some day. He still seems so surprised when he’s shown love and affection, he’s so deeply committed to Rapunzel that he doesn’t let a misunderstanding like what happened in BEA put any sort of distance between them- if anything, it pulls him closer as he commits to being patient. He STILL has some of the most iconic moments in the series - I could gesture to most anything he does in the finale to support that. But like he does in BVA, he’s also more than ready to recognize his friends’ strengths and push them into the limelight.

This is getting super long so I should probably force myself to stop or else it’ll never end but yeah. Yeah, my opinion is that I love him, and he’s good, and deserves all the love and support and affection he gets, and I appreciate how patient and understanding he is of his friends even when sometimes they don’t even give him the time of day, and I’m grateful they gave him an existential crisis as ripe as the one he explored in DC because he had more than enough reason to have one, and how much he grows into his place and relationships . He deserves many hugs. 💜

Thanks for the ask! Feel free to send more my way!

#eugene fitzherbert #tangled #this one took me the longest to answer #because I love him #and kept overthinking and rewriting my answer to the last question #ask #kingreywrites

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Flooded and Frozen

All of Corona watched in horror as the gigantic wave got closer and closer. Soon it would swallow them whole, leaving nothing behind.

The wind picked up, rushing ahead of the wave as if to only remind everyone of their doom.

Hugo and Varian stood next to each other, hands held tight.

Rapunzel was trying to come up with ways to stop the flood but there were none. The situation seemed hopeless.

Hugo looked at Milly who was tying her hair up, a determined look on her face.

"Milly, what are you doing?"

She looked at him apologetically. "I'm sorry you had to find out this way."

And with that she started sprinting towards the beach as if to meet the wave halfway. It got closer, nearly crashing down on the city when Milly thrust her arms out and a stream of white magic burst from her hands. It washed over the black wave of unforgiving water, turning it to solid ice. A shock wave of cold air blasted through Corona, although it only lasted a second.

The sound of the ice crackling across and throughout the wave echoed through the streets. All that was left of the terrifying eagre was a very tall sheet of ice. The frozen water stretched very far out across the fjord. Everyone was safe.

Snow gently drifted down from the sky, the people of Corona laughing in relief.

Hugo raced down to the beach, his heart pounding. What had just happened? Was that Milly?

He spotted his sister a few meters away, collapsed on her knees in front of the frozen tsunami.

"Milly!" He ran to her, dropping to his knees. He turned her face towards him, eyes scared and desperate. "Are you okay? What happened?"

She smiled weakly, worn from her recent burst of magic. "I'm fine."

"What happened? How did you do that?"

She lifted her hand and a small swirl of snowflakes appeared. They dissipated just as quickly and she dropped her hand into her lap again. "Surprise."

Hugo couldn't decide on being impressed, angry, or relieved. He decided on relieved.

"You're... you're okay and that's all that matters." He hugged her for the first time since they were twelve and she stiffened. She hadn't been expecting that but after a minute she relaxed and returned it.

"You're not mad?"

"Oh, I'm mad. Mad that you didn't tell me atleast."

She pursed her lips and looked away. "You knew once."

He stared at her quizzically. "What... what do you mean by that? I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have forgotten something like this."

Milly shook her head. "When we were kids, I hurt you with my powers. I thought you were going to die. When Mo-... when Donella got you help, she also took away your memories of my powers and told me never to tell you. I agreed because I didn't want to hurt you again."

Hugo bit back anger at his adopted mother. That sounded exactly like something she would do.

"And that's why you shut me out."

She nodded. "I was terrified of myself."

"And here I thought that you hated me or something."

Milly laughed a little and shook her head. "I could never. Telling myself to be angry at you was a way for me to not get close again. Worst mistake of my life."

"I sure hope it would be, Half-pint. Can't handle two prissy princesses hating me."

"Rapunzel doesn't hate you."

"I was talking about Nuru."

She laughed a little more at that. "You're welcome by the way."

"For what?"

"Are you kidding me?" She hit him on the shoulder. "I just saved your life!"

Hugo laughed and swatted her hand away. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Calm down Rice Grain."

They heard the sound of alot of feet running towards them. They turned and saw almost all of Corona coming down the beach, staring in awe at the wave of ice.

"Who did this?" Monty asked.

Hugo helped Milly up.

"It was me." She said quietly.

They stared at her.

"How? How did you do this?"

She sighed but waved her hand. Snow and ice swirled across the beach collecting in a pile of soft, white powder a few feet away.

Yong grinned and immediately jumped on it.

Hugo smiled at the boy.

The crowd of Coronans gasped. Nigel pushed Rapunzel behind him.

"Sorcery. Your highness, I told you that girl was dangerous. Look she just proved me right!"

"Calm down Nigel." Rapunzel ordered. "She didn't do anything to harm us."

Milly looked appalled. "A-are you serious! I just saved your life and you have the gall to accuse me of sorcery!"

"Look at what you did! You froze that wave using magic! That's sorcery!"

"I did it to save Corona!" She yelled.

Everyone backed away at how her eyes glowed dangerously. The wind picked up once more and snow started to swirl roughly around the group with a vengeance.

Even Hugo who had been standing close was now backing away a little. Varian had been approaching them but he motioned for his boyfriend to stay back.

"Mills, calm down." He said gently. "You don't want to do anything you'll regret."

"Regret?" She growled out. "Are you afraid of me now? Are you scared I'll hurt you?"

"No. I'm not scared you'll hurt me."

She looked at the way he was standing protectively in front of Varian.

"You're afraid I'll hurt everyone else..."

"No, Milly. I didn't say that."

"You don't have to say it, Hugo. Look at them!" She pointed to the Coronans who were still standing there, looking nervous and afraid. "They're scared of me."

Hugo reached for her but she pulled roughly away from him. The action caused a beam of magic to shoot from her hand, creating a line of ice spikes.

Nigel pointed at her in accusation. "Monster! She nearly killed me!"

Millicent backed away from the crowd, her hands shaking. She looked at her brother, tears forming in her eyes before turning and running into the snow.

"Milly!" Hugo started running too before Varian grabbed his hand.

"No, don't!" Varian begged, tightening his hold on Hugo's hand. "Don't."

Hugo looked back to where his sister had run and knew he was too late to follow her.

It started to snow more which was concerning because it was the middle of July.

Hugo glared angrily at Nigel who shrunk under his stare. As the blond stalked towards him Nigel scrambled away from, hiding behind two guards.

"Do you have magic too? Are you a monster too?"

"What? No. No I don't have magic and my sister is not a monster."

Varian nodded. "She was just scared and angry because you started another rumor."

Nigel shrunk further under Varian's glare. "She tried to kill us."

"Oh shut your mouth, Nigel." Varian snapped and turned to Rapunzel who looked surprised he'd just yelled at her advisor. "Raps, none of this was her fault."

"Varian-"

"Do for her what you should've done for me. Help her."

Rapunzel nodded, trying to not let his words cut too deep. She knew he was right. He often was.

"Okay. We'll go look for her. We won't let this get bad, I promise."

Oh, how very, very wrong Rapunzel will be.

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Rapunzel needs to learn not to make promises she can't keep.

And yes, I did take some lines from Frozen because that movie and the musical was such a big inspiration for this story.

#varian and the seven kingdoms #rapunzel #alchemy boyfriends #varigo #tangled oc #my ocs #milly #millicent #varian #hugo #nigel is still an a-hole #tangled #seven kingdoms au #varian/hugo #hugo/varian #donella is actually the worst #sibling drama au

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sonicgetsrawed · 4 years

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Pandemic

I was in my feels about everything happening, so I made them into a tangled one shot with the zombie au twist that every fandom gets! I do plan on continuing with the one shot requests just at a slower pace. I kinda burnt myself out trying to get them out, so I’m probably only going to do one a day from now on. There are slight mentions and use of guns, if that bugs anyone. Anyways, enjoy!!

It started slowly at first. She was the daughter of the mayor, so she was privy to information that others weren’t. People were getting sick. Immediately her father started working on a safe place for them. The public weren’t made aware of how bad it was going to be. She wanted to tell her friends, she really did, but she was forbidden. Then came the panic. Shops closing, necessities disappearing from the shelves. She asked her father to spare some of their own. People were suffering, she wanted to help. He forbid her, saying the worst was still to come. The isolation was next. As soon as their bunker was ready, her father moved them down into it, taking her phone, taking away any communication she could have with the world. How would she know when this was over? He would be informed her father said. She didn’t believe him, but she didn’t argue. Who could argue with the government?

She spent her days doing mindless activities, until about a month in. Someone had found a way into their bunker. She wasn’t allowed to see, but she heard everything. From what she gathered it was a boy, a child, begging for help. Something happened to his father, he was scared. She wanted to help, her mother kept her away, her father forced him out. She didn’t speak to either of her parents for a week. Why had they done that? Weren’t they supposed to be helping each other?

Then her mother coughed. It was allergies she said. It didn’t mean anything she assured. Not two days later, her father separated them. She wasn’t allowed to see her, she wasn’t allowed to speak with her, it was like her mother had died. She knew she hadn’t though. Her father was on the phone everyday. What do you mean there’s no cure? What do you mean it’s getting worse? What do you mean it’s far from over?

She wanted to help, she wanted to see her mother. When her father was on the phone, she snuck out of her room and to her mother’s. What she saw wasn’t her mother, it couldn’t be. Her voice trembled when she called out. The creature turning to face her, eyes sunken, skin cracking, and the absolutely terrifying hiss that sent foam flying from her mouth. She screamed, scrambling back, and rushing to shut the door. If it hadn’t been for her father was would have been killed. Her eyes wide with fear, shaking hands, and tears blurring her vision, she didn’t realize her father had been bitten.

The changes were slow. First the cough, it always started with a cough. Then his eyes started to look hollow, he was just tired, he was going to find a way to save mother. Next his skin cracked, no matter how much lotion he used the cracks were always there. Then one day she woke up to an empty bunker. There was note on the kitchen counter, explaining that he had locked himself in the room with her mother, that they weren’t going to make it, but she might. He explained how there was a van full of supplies and a gun by the note. One shot to the head, that’s all it took to end these things. With shaky hands she loaded the gun and placed two merciful shots in her parent’s heads. She took a moment to contain herself before getting behind the wheel and going out into the world for what seemed to be the first time in her life.

Windows were shattered, cars abandoned in the streets, bodies were everywhere, some moving, some not. None of the creatures seemed to be aware of her existence as she drove quietly down the street, carefully avoiding any bodies or debris.

She slammed on her brakes as a man jumped in front of her car. His brown eyes wide, but other than that he looked normal. “Open the door!” He yelled, eyes darting to the side, where a heard of the creatures were making their way towards them. She complied, swinging the passenger side door open, and waiting for him to buckle up. She couldn’t keep her eyes off the creatures, watching with her heart in her throat, as they got closer and closer. “What are you waiting for? Go!”

She slammed on the gas, tires squealing, attracting the attention of the other creatures around. She was less careful of the things around her, trying her best to get as far away, as fast as possible. Her eyes darting desperately around for the best way to go. In the distance she saw two figures, one looked to be waving there arms for help, the other was limping behind. “We have to help them.” She decided, swerving the car in their direction.

“Are you crazy?! That could be a trap! Look at all the stuff you have in here, Blondie, I’m surprised you haven’t already been mugged.” The man said, gesturing wildly to her supplies in the back.

“We’re helping.” She said simply, eyes narrowing in a way that left no room for argument.

He held up his hands in defeat. “Fine, whatever you say.” He hopped into the back of the van, gun at the ready in one hand, using the other to balance as he made his way to the door. “Pull up and I’ll open the door and help them in. Whatever happens, do not stop. Got it?”

She nodded, slowing to as slow as she could get without stopping. He swung to doors open, holding his hand out for the small group, hoisting them inside the car, and slamming the door back shut. “Any bites?” He asked, keeping his gun trained on the newcomers.

“No. You?” A woman responded, the only bite being in her words.

“No.” He responded, slight hesitation in his voice, probably realizing he hand never asked her.

“I’m Rapunzel!” She chirped, startling everyone as she slammed on the gas again, the creatures getting further and further away. A smile tugged at her lips, happy to no longer be so alone.

“Uh, Eugene.” The man introduced, shooting her a strange look.

“Cassandra.” The woman said, not looking up from where she was working on making a makeshift splint for the boy’s ankle.

“I’m Varian!” The boy said, matching her enthusiasm where the others didn’t. He winced as Cassandra moved his foot though.

“So where to?” Rapunzel asked, Eugene and Cassandra shooting each other a look.

“Anywhere, but here.”

#tangled the series #Rapunzel #eugene fitzherbert #cassandra #varian #King Frederic #queen arianna #zombie au #guns

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jcmorrigan · 4 years

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Still on my Crypt TV kick, and I have to gush for a moment, because Crypt Fables was actually my ultimate favorite series despite being disconnected from the Monster Universe, so I have to just spell out for a minute why it’s so great and needs more attention alongside the Look-See and company

-Mermaid is the ur-example of a tragic monster

-I will hike through those woods myself to carry Mermaid back to safety and the ocean. I am not strong enough to lift her but I am determined

-The ending of The Little Mermaid actually REALLY calls back to the original fairy tale, and it took me a few minutes to even put it together, but it puts Mermaid in the position of choosing between a doomed romance and damnation to her existence, which is how the original ended

-Mermaid’s design. (Though there is no work of fiction that cannot be made better with fish people in my opinion)

-Rapunzel/Luke is relationship goals

-Seriously watching them kiss gave me so many feelings

-When do I get a murder zombie boyfriend that will accompany me in my house arrest and kill the people who wronged me

-(Note: I do not actually wish death upon everyone; it’s all hypothetical if I say I do)

-The way Mira says her own name

-That part where Mira shushes Sandra

-Sandra technically didn’t even do anything wrong. She was vain, but not in a way that would actually do harm to anyone. And I think that actually makes the story better. I have a doctrine that “horror isn’t scary when it happens to bad people” (which, yeah, means Mermaid didn’t really “scare” me because I was just like “you go girl”), so the idea that Sandra could slip up so little and still be “punished” for it really makes the audience rethink how safe they are from their own mirrors - there’s no way to say “Well, I’m not like HER”

-The Pied Piper of Hamelin was already a horror story in and of itself and I’m glad someone just took advantage of that

-Kinderfänger’s design, which has the exact opposite energy from Mermaid’s

-JORDAN IS BABEY. PROTECT HER.

-MAX IS ALSO BABEY.

-The ending of Kinderfänger. Just...yeah.

-The ending of Geppetto and all the implications that come with it

-The way Geppetto makes you think you’re watching one kind of horror story and then it turns out to be a completely different type of horror story

-DR. CHESHIRE MOTHERFUCKING BROACH

-I want to marry him

-Best villain

-Really, he has all the trappings of the suave, deceptive manipulator with a dash of supernatural power that really has long-reaching implications if you think about it (what would happen if he took on someone who felt bullied by their classmates or threatened by a politician, huh?)

-I know this is all headcanon and conjecture but I have so many thoughts about how his true villainy isn’t his “insanity” but rather that his stay in the asylum hurt him so badly that what he’s doing now is vengeance upon the system and making others suffer what he suffered while he lives like a king

-He’s also a lovely blend of the “monster” and “villain” archetypes

-And there’s no way they could one-up Mermaid or Kinderfänger but the design of “evil anthro cat demon” is the exact aesthetic they needed to complete the triad

-Let’s face it: we all want to do something like what his patient did deep down (HYPOTHETICALLY)

-DNI if your response is “stop glorifying serial killers.” I’m a big girl and I know the cat therapy man is fictional and I just feel a good horror story requires a good monster

-Though really, the rest of the series offers a lot of wiggle room for headcanons and analysis as well. The last shot of Mermaid thinking about what she did. When you know she has regrets in more ways than one. And we’re left to fill in the details of her heartbreak.

-I thought Knave was the weakest of the series, as 1. they’d already knocked the Alice imagery out of the park with Cheshire and 2. I wasn’t altogether comfortable with how they played the whole “gay best friend” thing, but I did see comments in that vid from people who thought he was cool and empowering, and I’m sitting here like “I like the mentally ill one because he kinda reminds me of my time spent in a mental ward and I can imagine how that would make some people snap into full villainy!”, so really, it’s all subjective and some people really did like the Knave so I’m not gonna cry Problematic - this exact series also gave us a heroine in the form of a deaf girl who said “fuck you” to a sound-based monster

-Just in general the idea of twisted fairy tales is something that horror has been doing for decades and not always been the greatest at, but the Crypt TV series really felt like fresh new takes on all of these ideas and utilizing the symbolism from each tale to create a whole new bite-sized horror story, and it’s really cool looking over each narrative and picking out the little details from each source story (like when you realize the Pied Piper rhyme ended with one child unable to follow the Piper because they were disabled and then you see Jordan, or the idea that Rapunzel being under house arrest is her version of being locked in a tower away from the world)

Okay, the Crypt Fables gush hour is over; please resume your daily activities

#crypt tv #crypt fables #cheshire broach #please.......i need chesh's tag to be filled with more content.........

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thecurseoflife · 4 years

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CHAPTER 8 - After the breakout

Varian would hate to admit it, but he missed Camalia, the filthy manipulator. To be clear, he didn't missed the liar nor the traitor, he missed his friend, the one he knew. Well thought he knew.

After storming off the prison, the alchemist had time to think. His reasoning didn't make sense. He thought about it over and over again. She couldn't hope to get him to break her curse. It was obviously magic stuff and he does science. Plus, if that's what she wanted, why wait so long to use him ? And whenever they were hanging out, he knew she was genuinely happy to just be here him, she genuinely enjoyed the moment. He thought about it and came to the conclusion that she was truly his friend, no lies about that. But none of that excused what she had done. And he couldn't bring himself to even remotely think about forgiving her. He was hurt, deeper than he thought he would be, wounded in his heart.

Ruddiger tried to be there as much as he could for his friend. But Varian was really upset. Within days, he hadn't smiled once. Sometimes, Ruddiger thought about how long it would have taken him to smile again without Camalia.

Unlike what the music mage thought, Varian was neither happy, safe nor far away from her. Actually, he was still around Corona. Even if he knew Rapunzel and her friends were far away, following the black rocks, he did not went after them. He was just so confused. On so many levels. So the first thing he did, mechanically, without even thinking about it, was go home. He was mad, angry and hurt. After he left the prison, he ran and ran to nowhere. And when he finally stopped, it was at the front door of his home. He stood there for a while. Through a window, the soft glim of the amber could be seen. His heart was beating out of his chest. With a trembling hand, he opened the door to his dad, desperatly reaching out to give him that last piece of paper he had time to wrote. His dad was there, but he was so lifeless and still.

Varian took a few unsure steps in before collapsing on the ground, sobbing and crying his heart out. He felt so alone. Out of pure despair, the alchemist started talking.

-I did horrible things, Dad. I-I didn't know what to do, you were gone and... I just wanted to save you and to... I wanted to make you proud ! I-I never wanted any of this ! I am so sorry, Dad... I'm sorry...

He tried to wipe his tears without any success. Now that he had started to pour his heart out, he couldn't stop.

-A-And I am terrified that even if I did free you from the amber, you weren't even alive anymore. I want to believe it. I love you, Dad. Please, I... please, Dad... I can't do this... I am not the son you wanted, and I know I have made countless mistakes but I-I swear that I'll change, I'll be a better version of myself, just... Just please, please, come back Dad. Please... I-I tried everything... Please...

Maybe his father heard him. Maybe the amber will melt anytime now, and his dad would be set free and everything will be fine again. Maybe... Maybe it just needs a few more minutes. Varian kept staring at the crystal, hoping that his dad would hug him anytime now. But nothing happened.

Ruddiger nudged his friend's hand and Varian turned a desesperate look to him. His cheeks were like two rivers, unable to stop, and tears were dripping of his chin, over and over again. His legs were numb, and his hands trembling. The wind coming from the open door was gently stroking his dark hair and teal strip. His chest was rising in rythm with his uncontrolable sobs. He looked broken, more, if that's possible, than before. Ruddiger jumped on his lap and curled up, giving him warmth and support, and that hug he needed so much.

The next morning, after sleeping on the ground near his father, Varian left his home again, leaving Ruddiger there, to watch over his dad. He needed to think. To think about everything, to see things in a new angle, and to find a cure for his dad. He had to keep going. He couldn't just give up. That's what Quirin would do.

-Okay Varian, you can do this. You can get through this, and bring your dad back. It's fine. It's okay. No problem, I've got this.

He looked at the road up ahead and all that he had to explore when he didn't even know what he was looking for. But he knew the answer was in Corona. He was pratically sure the answer was in Corona. The answer may be in Corona ?

-Yeah, no problem.

He took a deep breath.

-I've got this.

For a week, Varian searched for even the slightest lead to free his dad, but he didn't find anything. He looked everywhere, but of course, Quirin's case was unique. And like all unique cases, there was no books to tell you what to do. He was avoiding everyone the best he could, his knowledge of forests really helping him to survive. But did he miss his ridiculous jail mate. Oh boy, did he. From time to time, a memory of their time spent together was popping into his mind and he was angrily chasing it away. He really missed her.

For the fifth time that day, Varian closed one of the book he borrowed and moved on to the next. It was been a week, and he still had no idea what to do. And like everytime he was taking another book to read, he sighed :

-No problem, I've got this.

Like some sort of spell to keep him motivated. It didn't work well, but it was all he had. The alchemist tired eyes fell on the title of the book and he froze. "The History of Music Mages" The cover was rusty and covered in dust, like it hadn't been looked at in centuries. With all the delicacy in the world, Varian carefully opened it and started to eagerly read it. "Music Mages get their name from their way of using magic, wi-" He flipped a couple pages. "-he crystal tree, very important in their culture and heavily protected, and also the mel-" The alchemist grunted in irritation as he turned more pages. His eyes finally catched something interesting.

"The music mages were chased by the seven kingdoms in ancient times due ro their terrifying and powerful magic. Rumors said that one music mage once took over an entire kingdom all alone. No one knows if that's true. They first appeared in XXXX, after the construction of what used to be the town of Corona, before becoming an actual kingdom. People said they came out of nowhere, and needed help to even the simplest things. Repelled by their strange way to talk and act, all kingdoms decided to reject them, forcing them to become nomads. When they started attacking villages with their magic to get revenge, the seven kingdoms got scared and started chasing and killing them. Today none remains."

Of course she lied about that too. Her magic wasn't "not so powerful". It was so strong that all the seven kingdoms feared her tribe. Although this time he could see why she didn't tell the whole truth. The fear of being hunted down again might have caused the mages to hide their magic away in order to survive. Varian had to admit that back when they were studying musical magic, he instantly saw it was much more than what she thought. But like many other things he decided to trust her like the idiot he was. Come to think of it, she might be the answer. Maybe her mysterious magic could save his dad. But in order to ask her, he had to come back to prison, and the least we could say is that he wasn't so thrilled about that... But if it could save his dad... If it could make everything okay...

That's why Varian didn't struggle too much when the royal guards ambushed him.

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WHAT IS THIS ?

#the curse of life #tangled #tangled the series #tts #rapunzel's tangled adventure #rapunzel #varian #varian the alchemist #ruddiger #ruddiger the raccoon #old corona #royal guards #music mages #camalia #fanfiction #fanwork

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gaamagirl565 · 4 years

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Matters of the heart S2 ep 9

Matters of the heart Season 2 Episode 9

Going under {OPENING CREDITS} {Open to raps turning over in bed and she realizes Eugene isn’t next to her; she gets up and looks around} Rapunzel: Eugene? Eugene: Out here, Sunshine… {She looks and sees him out on the balcony; she puts on her robe and walks out to him and hugs him from behind} Rapunzel: The sun is only barely Rising, how long have you been out here? Eugene: maybe 20 minutes... I don't know. Rapunzel: a penny for your thoughts? { Eugene shows her a scrap of paper} Rapunzel: what is that? Eugene: I didn't want to wake you... another message from The Cult. Rapunzel: do they ever give up? Eugene: they’re never going to stop... not until they get what they want. and with every passing day, the state of our kingdom grows more dangerous. Rapunzel: we can't attack... we don't know where they are. according to Varian, they keep moving their hideout. as much as I hate to compliment them it's a smart tactic no one can ever pin them down. Eugene: that and we don't know their numbers... we could outnumber them or they could outnumber us... it's just a giant game of what-ifs. Rapunzel: And whatever we choose next... could decide the fate of Corona. Eugene: if we continue to ignore them they'll just keep attacking. starting to feel like our only choice to protect our people is to agree. Rapunzel: Varians’ not going to be too happy about that... I have an idea! Eugene: I'm willing to go with anything right now. Rapunzel: what if you send them a response and say you're willing to meet and talk about a peaceful resolution. Eugene: the only peaceful resolution they want is us giving up the shard. Rapunzel: I wasn't done... I was going to say go meet with them and discuss a time for an official Exchange. however, you tell me where the meeting place will be and we'll Ambush them with Corona's finest. everyone will be safe and the moonstone shard will be safe! Eugene:...actually that doesn't sound like too much of a bad idea they wouldn't really see it coming. The only obstacle would be getting Varian and Isaiah involved. Rapunzel: See? I still got it! Eugene: it never left you, Sunshine. {he smooches her; cut to Varian working on a new invention and Isaiah coming down the stairs} Isaiah: Mor-... what am I looking at? Zapada: Copilul mea, I've been here since the beginning of this morning and I don't even know what I'm looking at. Varian: BEHOLD! I give you the cooler! Isaiah:... the what? Varian: well with Summer here I thought it'd be a good idea to make an invention to allow Cooling air to be transferred throughout one's house. Zapada: how does one work such a thing? Varian: I'm glad you asked! Ice goes through the top here and I pour my alchemical solution of my own design into this little hole here. the solution keeps the ice nice and crisp while the fan here blows the cool air across the room. Isaiah: that's... actually not a bad idea dad. Varian: Wanna help me fire it up? Zapada: you mean Ice it up? Varian:...I love you. Isaiah: Okay enough with that, please. I haven't even had my breakfast yet and I already feel nauseous. Varian: Alright relax... when I pour the solution in, just pull the lever over there. Isaiah: got it! {Varian goes to pour the solution and Isaiah grabs the handle of the lever; as he prepares to push it forward he stops} Varian: Buddy? {Isaiah twitches and looks up with pink and green eyes} Varian: oh no… {Isaiah smirks evilly and kicks him to the floor} Varian: OOF!...gh..Zapada! RUN! Get the syringe! {Zapada goes as fast as she can into the other room; Isaiah kicks Varian while he’s down} Varian: Augh!...Isaiah..c’mon buddy I know your in there fight it! Isaiah: shut up… {Isaiah steps on him; Draki slithers onto Varian’s back and hisses with his hood up} Isaiah: stupid snake… {Isaiah kicks him to the side; Zapada runs up behind Isaiah with a syringe} Varian: Sorry buddy… {Varian grabs Isaiah’s arm and flips him over pinning him to the ground} Isaiah: AH! *growls* {Varian grabs the syringe and pulls the cap off with his teeth before injecting Isaiah} Isaiah: GAH! {Varian keeps him pinned and after a few minutes Isaiah’s eyes return to normal and he blinks a few times} Isaiah: W-What happened? Varian: you went feral again… Isaiah:... sorry. Zapada: don't apologize... you're clearly not yourself when that happens. Isaiah: did I hurt any of you!? Varian: not too bad no... your old man's been through much worse than a possessed 13 year old. {Isaiah looks over to his side and bolts up} Isaiah: DRAKI! {He runs over but stops when Draki hisses at him} Isaiah: Draki? Draki: *slithers away* Isaiah: Draki wait! I didn’t mean it! I-... Varian: Give him some time buddy... you really did a number on him. Zapada: I'm actually surprised he did not bite you! Isaiah: Draki has never bitten me before... I wouldn't expect him to start now. I'm sorry... I didn't mean to hurt any of you. {Varian pulls him into a hug} Varian: It’s okay now buddy… Isaiah: no it's not! it's never going to be okay! not as long as I have this! I'm just going to keep hurting people. This stupid power grows stronger but I can slowly feel myself dying and I don't know wh- Varian: WHAT!? Isaiah: I...I just-... I need to be alone… {Isaiah runs out the door} Varian: Isaiah!...oh… Zapada: like you said before... give him time. Varian….dying? {Cut to an alleyway with Eugene walking in with a hooded cloak draped around him we see two eyes in the darkness of the ally} Vergus: Your Majesty's so nice of you to meet us here… Eugene: what's skip the pleasantries and get to business shall we? {Larkspur steps out of the darkness with two others} Larkspur: now now your majesty... is that any way to treat your guests. and in my opinion, you could have chosen a better meeting place than a dirty alleyway. Eugene: and most of the people that you've been trying to convince aren't exactly jumping at the idea of meeting you you're lucky I'm even considering it. Larkspur: I always find it hilarious that people are not willing to listen until you give them the right reasons. for some people it's money, others its power, and then there's those where you just have to push the right buttons. Eugene: get on with it already… Larkspur: fine then... we are willing to set up an exchange. we are willing to meet on neutral territory owned by no Kingdom. you see some of our members have some past issues with Corona and I'd hate to put my loyal followers through distress. Eugene: how very considerate of you... I know a neutral territory not too far from here. the North Shore Cliffs overlooking the bay. No Kingdom really holds any ownership over it. Larkspur: how very Grand. Eugene: I need to make sure you'll keep your word though. Larkspur: why your majesty you wound me. Do you truly think I'm willing to kill all of you and just take the Moonstone Shard for myself? Eugene: yes… Larkspur: you're right that would be the easy way. and it would be quite fun. however, it's risky there's always the chance I could lose. this is the most Surefire way that I'd be getting what I want. So I'll tell you what we're going to do. we'll meet on the territory at about noon next Wednesday. sound good? We’ll suck the magic out of the alchemist’s little brat, you give us the Moonstone Shard and we'll be on our way. Eugene: alright... the North Shore Cliffs at noon next Wednesday. Larkspur: it’s a date then… {she blows a kiss at him} Eugene: ew… Larkspur: Come on boys...let's go home. I have arrangements to make. Both: Yes mistress. {They all turn to leave} Eugene: ick..Dare I say it but she's worse than Stalyan. {Cut back to Varian’s house; Isaiah slowly opens the door to the front parlor room; he looks over to a candle on the mantle, above it is a portrait of Quirin; he walks over to it} Isaiah: ...I wish you were here. you’d know what to do. Varian: yeah he would… Isaiah: Ah! Varian: Sorry I didn't mean to scare you. Isaiah:... sorry for freaking you out earlier. Varian: you didn't freak me out if anything I was worried for you. tell you what I think I have a way to fix all this. Isaiah: hmm? Varian: I have an old invention of mine...It was kind of destroyed before but I found the old parts and put it back together. it's able to analyze anything down to a molecular structure. Have to warn you it's not going to be comfortable at all but it could give us some answers on this power that you were given. You willing to give it a try? {Isaiah takes a deep breath} Isaiah: will you be there? Varian: I'll be working the machine I swear I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Isaiah: Okay... let's do this but first I need to go get something! {He runs up the stairs and some crash is heard before he runs back down holding a stuffed animal} Varian: your stuffed bunny? Isaiah: his name is bun thank you very much! and I'm not doing this without him. Varian: okay okay. you can hold bun while the tests are being done... hey that kind of rhymed… Isaiah: I'm doomed… {Fade to the dungeon at the cults HQ; Noremoth lays still on his side} Cassandra: noremoth?..you alive over there? Noremoth: ..ngh… {The door to the dungeon opens loudly startling them both; Larkspur walks up to Noremoth’s cell} Larkspur: Are My Little Darlings getting along? Cassandra: piss off… Larkspur: tsk tsk...how very naughty. Noremoth: What..what do you want? Larkspur: we finally got the king to agree to a meeting. Noremoth: and I should care why? last time I checked you locked me up in a cell. Larkspur: you wanted to end this peacefully will now we have the chance to and I need this to go off without a hitch. I'm willing to forgive you for your past indiscretions… Noremoth: what's the catch? you never do things for free... Larkspur: you will not be getting your position of second-in-command back. you have to earn our trust back and then maybe I'll throw you a bone until then you'll be at the very bottom of the totem pole around here. our troop can get a little overzealous I need to make sure if they don't get ahead of themselves during the meeting and they respect you. Cassandra: Heh. what are you saying they won't listen to you? Are you saying they don't respect you? {Larkspur whips around and grabs Cassandra’s throat pulling her against the cell bars} Cassandra: Augh! Larkspur: THEY FEAR ME! that's better than respect! Noremoth: I'll do what you say just let her go! {She drops Cassandra; Cassandra gasps and coughs} Larkspur: but it's because they fear me but I need Noremoth... I need someone to keep the troops calm. someone who has a level head. and even though I'd like to admit I'm perfect I tend to have a quick temper. I'm not looking to lose any more people. so do we have a deal? Noremoth: fine… Cassandra: Wait! Larkspur: what is it, Vessel? Cassandra: Noremoth is practically wasting away. he needs to gain his strength back! start bringing him regular meals and fresh clean water. you want this to go off without a hitch, you better have a healthy person commanding your troops Larkspur: ... I will take that into consideration. until then welcome back, Norie… {She walks away} Noremoth: Cassandra? Cassandra: yeah? Noremoth: Th-thanks. {Cut to the lab; Isaiah is in the machine being shaken around before it stops} Isaiah: owww… Varian: If I'm going to keep using this machine me I should work on the tests a little. Isaiah: no, you think? Varian: you only have two more to go don't worry. Isaiah: you said don't worry for the last 55 tests. and let me tell you, Dad, My worry is only growing! {Varian folds down his goggles} Isaiah: why are you folding down your- {Lightning zaps through the machine} Isaiah: AHH! {Varian bites his lip as he watches; the lightning stops and Isaiah slumps forward} Varian:...oh no..Isaiah!? Are you okay!? {Pink crackles of magic form around him as he twitches} Varian: Isaiah!? {Suddenly Isaiah arches his back in a horrific scream as pink electricity zaps around the lab; Isaiah’s eyes are glowing green and pink} Varian: NO! {Varian runs over to the emergency shut off and presses the button as the last test singles it has finished; Isaiah collapses against the Machine as smoke and steam rise from him; Varian runs over and undoes the straps on the machine; he brings Isaiah to the floor and holds him} Varian: Isaiah!? Are you okay? C’mon wake up, breathe buddy! {Isaiah coughs and hacks} Varian: oh thank goodness...i’m so sorry buddy...never again okay? Never. Isaiah: d-dad? Varian: yeah? Isaiah: what about... the results? Varian: the res...right! {He helps Isaiah up and grabs the paper from the machine as Varian reads it he is pacing} Varian: okay...so according to the results what the cult told us is true. It was transferred via blood. it's very strong... it seems to be growing in strength just as you said. its wavelength is off the charts. I don't think I've experienced this raw power since… {Show a quick flash of Cassandra and Rapunzel fighting in Cassandra’s tower; Varian shakes his head and continues reading} Varian: ... what your physical results... you are getting weaker...it looks like… Isaiah: it looks like what!? Varian: as your getting weaker the magic gets stronger... it's like it's feeding off of you. every time you have an outburst it feeds more off of you... the cult must have been giving Cassandra treatment so she’d be able to maintain it. Isaiah: so what does that mean for me? Varian:... Isaiah: dad come on I need to know this! Varian: if you continue at the rate you're going. you'll get weaker day by day... until eventually, you can't fight it anymore. Isaiah: it's... it's going to kill me? Varian: NO!..no. {he rushes over and forces Isaiah to look at him} Varian: I'm not going to let it do that to you... you're going to be fine okay? we'll find a way around this we always do! I'm not going to let anything happen to you... that’s a promise okay? {Isaiah throws himself into his father’s arms and Varian hugs back tightly; he looks up with tear-filled eyes} {END CREDITS}

#tangled #TTS #RTA #tangled the series #rapunzel’s tangled adventure #fanfic #Varian #Isaiah #tts oc #rta oc #Eugene Fitzherbert #Rapunzel #Noremoth #matters of the heart #MotH

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the-star-knight · 4 years

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Tales of A Star

Summary: A retelling of the show through Star’s eyes

Rated: T+

Chapter 1 - Aftermath of Before Ever After (Origins)

Word Count: 2,150

Author’s Note: I’ve tried to put Star’s start in a post series timing but it didn’t feel right, so instead i just jabbed her in the original show. Nothing major changes, think of it as more layers in the story. Also it’s through Star’s perspective so I try not to repeat anything that is unnecessary.

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I often think about how it is to live a normal life. You know, without having death breathing down your neck all the time or having the responsibility of being “the chosen one”.

Having a normal life sounds nice. Not having that stress about thinking about what crazy thing that will get you almost killed today. I envy people who don't ever have to think that.

Anyways, I awoke really early that morning. The sun barely rose above the horizon. I had to make sure I got back in time before my parents got up.

I went down toward the royal stables. There was a pretty young black mare. She has a white marking on her forehead.

"Hey there, Luna," I patted her head. I call her Luna because of her white marking. It sort of resembles the shape of the moon. Okay, more like a wobbly moon.

I pulled out an apple from my bag and gave it to her. She quickly ate it and neighed in happiness. I pulled out another apple from my bag and ate it myself. I didn't have time to prepare anything for myself since I planned to go beyond Corona borders.

I saddled Luna up. "Are you ready?"

She neighed and kicked her hooves in the air in delight.

"I'll take that as a yes," I said. I got on her back and we rode off.

Horseback riding is one of my favorite things in the world. The wind in your hair and the early morning air smelled crisp. We rode through the town square and the bridge, and we passed a village. The buildings slowly disappeared and more and more trees came into view.

Eventually, we approached the Corona Wall. I looked for a way to cross over.

I saw an archway in the wall that we could cross. Unfortunately, it was guarded.

"Hold it!" One of the guards said as we approached. "What is your business?"

"Um…" I tried looking for an excuse.

"Quickly!" Another guard soldier came in panting. "We require backup! A fugitive has been spotted!"

“What? I thought they were all captured yesterday,” the soldier grumbled.

"Look like not all of them! Come on, move it!"

"You, um...stay here!" The guard said. "We will be right back!"

And with that they ran off.

I stood there for a couple of moments to see if they'd come back, but they didn't. Well, that was too convenient.

We continue to pass Corona borders and the wilderness spreads far and wide. It felt like the trees and hills stretched forever.

Eventually we stopped near a bridge. However, the bridge wasn't fit for crossing. It was simply gone. You can see the remains of where the bridge used to be. There was no way getting to the other side

"Weird, I could've sworn the last time we were around here the bridge was still intact,” I said. “Come on, let’s find another way to cross.”

We rode downstream until we hit an easier way to cross. We crossed along a shallow river.

Now, I don't know why but I could feel something was pulling me towards a direction. You can call me crazy all you want but it felt like someone or something was calling me.

As we approached a cliff, I realized that more of these black rocks were appearing. I've seen them sprout every once in a while but only a couple, but these rocks were everywhere. They were tall and sharp. I looked at my reflection at one of them. My braided hair was a mess, with hair strands sticking out all over the place. This is what I get for being in a rush this morning.

These rocks were taller than me, even though I'm not that tall too begin with, but we won't get to that.

Then, I saw something I would have never imagined to see in person: the place where the Sundrop flower was found.

There was a stone lying at the edge of the cliff. It had engravings on it and a small picture of the Sundrop flower.

I couldn't believe it. There it is! The flower that saved the queen and the princess!

Although I was filled with amazement, something else caught my eye.

Something shined on the ground. A gemstone. It looked like a diamond but it was more shiny than any diamond I've ever seen and it seemed to be almost…glowing? I picked it up and put it away in my pocket.

Luna and I decided to rest here and admire the view. I sat and leaned back. Out there was the vast beautiful, blue sea. I closed my eyes and smelled the salt in the air. I heard the waves crash against the cliffs.

I smiled.

It was nice and peaceful. Unlike back at the castle where everything has been hectic especially for the princesses coronation yesterday. My mom is one of the queen’s handmaidens, so she heard all about the crazy thing that happened. Also, you know the news here travels fast with the handmaidens.

Lately things have been weirder than ever. My mom told all of my family what happened yesterday at the castle over dinner. Luckily, my mom wasn’t there when Lady Caine tried to take prisoners. My dad was pretty shaken up by what would've happened if Lady Caine did get her way. Seeing my dad get worried is a face that is hard to look at.

"Oh my gosh! We have to get back!!" I quickly got myself up and got on Luna. "Sorry, girl. I know we didn't stay too long, but we have to get back before my dad finds out."

We rode back as quickly as fast we could.

When we reached the stables, I already found my dad there. But before I could hide, he already saw me.

"Star!" My dad didn't sound exactly thrilled.

"Um...hola, papá!" I said nervously.

"Star, what did we talk about your morning rides with Luna?"

"Um...to not be late for my morning chores?" I try to put on a fake innocent smile.

My dad gave me a look and simply sighed. “You do know that I don’t mind you riding off but you have to at least be on time for your morning chores. It worries me when you are not back on time.”

“Dad, I’m fifteen! I can handle this,” I said. “Plus, the amount of royal guards have practically doubled overnight because of yesterday's incident at that castle.”

"I know," he sighed. "But, it’s still concerning."

I sighed, he was right. It wasn't right for me to get upset over my dad getting worried. "Sorry, dad."

After yesterday, I can only imagine how other Coronans might feel. Corona has been safe for the most part but after yesterday, I'm not so sure how safe Corona is anymore.

"Come on, ojitos, these stables aren't going to clean themselves," my dad said.

Ugh, I always disliked how my dad called me by my eyes. It's shortened for ojitos míos. Yes, I am his only child that has taken after his brown eyes, although having an entire nickname by my eyes is pretty weird since it's basically calling me eyes. Like who would call anyone eyes?

I simply sighed and grabbed a pitchfork and began to unload the hay into the stables.

My dad is the royal stable keeper. Everyone who works in the stables has to listen to him. There are a couple of people that work here, but they are quite a bit older than me. Aside from being the youngest at 15, I’m also pretty much the only girl working here. This makes it a lot harder for me to make friends and my anxiety doesn’t do me any favors either. I’ve always kind of felt out of place, you know?

All throughout the day I couldn’t stop thinking about what I saw and found that morning. The Sundrop flower and that weird gemstone. The gemstone was so unnaturally bright. Maybe I could make a nice piece of jewelry. Oh yes! That's a good idea.

Then I couldn’t stop envisioning how the necklace would look like. It's like an image that was already engraved in my head.

Later that day, I went home and drew the image of the jewelry I had stuck in my head. I pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil. I try to derail from that image to see if I could find a better design I liked. However, whatever ideas I had I seem to go back to that image. It kind of resembles some sort of symbol.

I began to think about what jewelry I should make the gem out of.

Maybe earrings? Nah, there's only one gem. Hm...maybe a bracelet? I like it but not sure if that's what I want. What about…oh! A necklace!

When I was finally done with drawing what the necklace would look like, I went to the one person who could help me out.

"Hey, Xavier!" I greeted him as I entered his workshop. Xavier is Corona's blacksmith. He also knows a bunch of cool magic stuff.

"Ah, hello Star. How may I help you?" Xavier said.

"Um, hi Xavier! I was wondering if you could help me," I pulled out my paper with the necklace design on it, "with making this necklace,"

It was pretty embarrassing showing him my design. I’ve seen Rapunzel’s amazing intricate designs for dresses and pretty much anything you can imagine. My design was pretty simple, nothing too elaborate.

I handed the paper to Xavier.

“Oh, this is very nice, Star,” Xavier said. “Over here.”

Xavier walked over to a table and Star followed.

“Here,” I pulled out the weird gem from my bag and handed the gem to Xavier.

“Ah, what an interesting gem,” Xavier observed the gem. “Never seen anything like it.”

Neither have I, I thought.

“Silver metal would be an excellent choice.”

I let Xavier do all the metal work, since I didn't know a single thing about metalworking.

Xavier put the gem on the charm. "Ah, there we go. It is all yours, Star."

He handed the necklace to me.

“Thanks, Xavier. Look great!”

“Anytime.”

I put the necklace on and I headed back home.

At the dinner table my mother was still talking about the crazy thing that happened during the princess’s coronation. Apparently she wasn't done talking about it yesterday.

“So, Ethel told me how Lady Caine took prisoners, including the king,” my mom told us as she laid the plates on the table. “Lo puedes creer, Santiago?”

My dad sat down, “Well, it’s definitely hard to believe, Julianna.”

“And then, princess Rapunzel takes off her wig only to see that her long hair is back."

"De verdad?"

"Yes, it's like her hair practically grew overnight!"

"Oh, i wanna see Rapunzel’s long hair!" one of my sisters jumped up in excitement.

"I hear that her hair is like seventy feet long!" My other sister said. "I wonder how long it takes her to brush it."

"Too long probably," I added. I took a bite of my dinner. I wondered how Rapunzel handled the whole magic hair thing coming back.

"Rapunzel then," my mom continued, "starts fighting Lady Caine and the rest of the criminals. Eugene and Cassandra stepped in to help. Fortunately, everything turned out okay. The criminals were captured and the people that were taken were set free."

Later, I crawled into bed and my mother came in. She kissed my sisters on their forehead. My mom approached me and kissed me on the forehead as well.

I took off my new and put on the nightstand next to my bed.

"Oh, what is that?" she pointed to my necklace.

"A necklace. I found a gem and I wanted to make a necklace. With the help of Xavier, we made this."

"It looks very pretty."

My mom got up and walked towards the door.

"Buenas noches, mis amores." she closed the door slowly behind her.

I dreamt.

I stood in an empty void. There were memories floating in front of me. They were close enough to tell that they weren't mine, but they were far enough where I couldn't quite grasp it. Vague shapes and blurred out faces, I couldn't really make out any of them. Whatever these memories were, they seemed important.

I awoke in confusion.

That hasn't happened to me before, or to anyone, as a matter of fact. I couldn’t help but to feel that those memories were only pieces of something bigger. Something way bigger.

#tangled #tangled the series #tangled fanfiction #the star knight #the star knight au #my writing #star #my ocs #tales of a star

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arrowversefairytales · 4 years

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I honestly cannot remember if there might be an ask that I sent that's still in your inbox, and if there is, I'm very sorry about sending another ask in before you got the chance to respond to the other one, but your reply to my comment on the fic got me wondering: has Alex ever met Lucy? And if so, how did their first meeting go?

If there was another ask, it didn’t come through, so you’re good! Oooh, Alex meeting Lucy. I cannot tell y’all how much I love first-meeting ficlets. (I think I’ve already said on here the role that Alex plays, but I haven’t done it for Lucy. So, for those who haven’t read the original fic, Lucy plays Rapunzel, but she actually never appears in Castles and Curses, she’s just mentioned. Which of course makes it a lot of fun to get to play with her here!)

The king, Alex decided, was a terrible influence. Being a frog, she couldn't go far from the fountain that had been placed in her room, so she depended mainly on those who came to visit her to keep her updated on what was happening around the palace. And on the day Queen Lois came to visit with the news that one James Olsen had ridden out on a quest to rescue her younger sister from the witch who had kidnapped her years ago, Alex hardly knew what to say first.

"What is James thinking?" she exploded. "He may have taken over as captain of the guard, but he's nowhere near J'onn's level! J'onn wouldn't be stupid enough to go fight a witch by himself! Why doesn't anyone in this kingdom realize the value of taking some blasted back-up on their magical adventures?"

If she had been human, she would have been pacing the floor and gesturing wildly. As it was, she settled for the tone she used more often than any other- a tone positively dripping with sarcasm. "He's following in his best friend's footsteps, that's for sure. Kal almost gets himself killed fighting a dragon, so James has to go do the same thing with a witch. Of course. I see no way that could ever go wrong."

"Kal fought that dragon to rescue me," the queen observed mildly.

"Which wasn't a mistake, Lois, not by any means. But still, you understand what I'm saying. It'd be nice if we had some knights with the common sense to bring some help along when they're going up against something as dangerous as a witch."

But, as valid as Alex's argument was, James' solo mission proved successful. Within a week the queen was knocking on Alex's door again, joyfully announcing that she'd brought her sister along.

Alex hopped up onto the rim of the fountain as the door opened, watching curiously as the queen stepped into the room, followed by a dark-haired woman a few years younger. Lucy's hand flew to her mouth at the sight of Alex.

"Oh, my goodness. You really are a frog."

"Did you think everyone was joking?" Alex laughed. After a moment, Lucy laughed too.

"Well, no. Honestly, I don't know what I expected. I guess magic can do anything."

"When it's in the hands of a wizard like Maxwell Lord? The sky's the limit and then some." Alex studied Lucy a little more closely, noting the differences between the two sisters. Where Lois was quiet and more formal, Lucy was bright and brazen and relaxed. Her green eyes sparkled with mischief, and there was a light dusting of freckles across her nose.

"I have to say, I didn't know if I'd ever get the chance to meet you," Alex said. "As good a knight as he is, I wasn't expecting James to actually win in a one-on-one fight against a witch."

"Oh, he's very capable," Lucy agreed. "Although it wasn't exactly one-on-one. I had a lot of time to myself in the tower, and I didn't waste it. I taught myself the basics of how to use a dagger. James did his fair share of the hard work, of course, but I helped. Significantly."

Well, that settled it. Alex definitely liked this girl. Somehow she just couldn't see Lois ever wielding a dagger against a witch. And then she caught onto something in Lucy's words that puzzled her. "Tower?" she repeated. "What tower?"

Lucy laughed again. "Oh, right. I forgot you probably haven't heard the whole story yet. I don't want to bore you-"

"You won't," Alex reassured her. "Believe me, I've got all the time in the world and I'm bored out of my mind for most of it. This is one story I'd love to hear."

"If you're sure," Lucy said, crossing the room quickly and taking possession of a chair, scooting it close to the fountain so that Alex wouldn't miss a word. "See, it all started with my hair..."

My mind immediately went to “instant bonding over a discussion about a fight” for these two, so that’s what I did. This one was also a lot of fun, I’m getting some really awesome requests today! Thanks for the ask, and hope you enjoy!

#alex danvers #lucy lane #supergirl #fairy tale au #fanfic #ficlet

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jokahlu · 5 years

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Kingdom Hearts 3 Ted Talk, Kairi’s Edition (More like rant) (Will contain spoilers)

*Warnings*

While reading the following post you should expect:

*Spoilers are ahead.

*Duality of emotions clashing between love and frustration.

*A certain mouse’s head will be expected in a platter, and he will be the source of the darkness coming out of me.

*Love for a character that deserved way more than what she got.

*Deep disappointment for a forgotten friendship that was non-existent.

*A sailing ship warmed my heart.

*And an ending that shattered it.

…So it’s basically me ranting at how SE treats Kairi.

Also, it’s a pretty long read. I tried to make it short. Oh well.

Enjoy.

*Read at your own discretion*

I’m so wrecked after this game. But don’t get me wrong, I loved it!

The graphics were superb, their expressions on point, the writing and humor, the landscapes and worlds. It was all so precious. Being able to play as the spiked hair little bundle of joy again after so long was truly like coming home.

But as much as I loved it, there are so many things that rubbed me the wrong way. So many things I hoped for, that seemed reasonable and not out of the realm of possibilities, but never happened.

I will not mention all of them here because I could write an entire essay about it. Reason why I’ll try not to get overly excited. Underline try.

This time I will mostly talk about Kairi.

Let’s do this quick, shall we?

First of all, I need that mouse’s head on a platter.

I wish Aqua would’ve given Mickey a good beating in this game. Don’t get me wrong, I usually like Mickey and his character in the KH franchise is pretty cool. But I hated his disregard to Kairi in this game. It just made me want to scream. Yes, he’s not the only one who doesn’t give a damn about the redhead (more on that lovely subject later), but I felt like he valued other’s life above hers in a blatantly obvious way. There are two scenes where I noticed this and it made me want to crawl up the walls.

The first scene was when Kairi is about to be struck down by Terranort, after him discarding two experienced fighters with a little more than a flick of his wrist, mind you. So, of course she’s scared and paralyzed, like any normal keyblade wielder (with only basic training and no real experience) would be. As Sora is desperately running to shield her with nothing but his body, Mickey uselessly screams “Sora no!”, as Donald and Goofy use their brains (and weapons) and come to the rescue.

What gives Mickey? Is she that unimportant in your mind, that Sora shouldn’t even try to help her? Did you honestly expect Sora to just let her die? Because if Terranort struck her, she was toast.

But I guess the answer is yes, because the other scene that made me want to strangle him was when Sora wants to go and save her and Mickey is trying to convince him not to go. I bet if it was Minnie on the line he would be jumping into lava if it meant to save her. But Kairi? Nah.

I swear I would’ve wanted Minnie to be next to Kairi and both be destroyed by Master Xehanort, just to see if Mickey’s reaction would be any different and if he would also risk it all at the end to save her instead of being like “oh don’t go Sora, you may never come back. Just leave Kairi to die, we can lose her but not you” attitude. Geez.

Love for a character that deserved better.

Oh, I could go one and on, on this one. It’s divided in many categories because the whole rant can be resumed in: she deserved better.

I’ll point out the obvious: I’ve always loved Kairi.

Yeah, she’s underdeveloped, not well written and can’t seem to shake the damsel in distress coat off, but I’ve always liked her. I’ve always felt Sora and Riku’s love for her real and heartwarming, and that’s made me like her so much. She’s also super brave, witty and has a great personality (don’t fight me on this)

I do get why some people might not like her, but I do.

Kingdom Hearts games have always treated her like a plot device and nothing more, and kh3 was the worst of the bunch in my opinion.

No one seems to care about her except for Sora.

When everyone reunites after Kairi dies, the only one who says something to him to reassure and confort Sora, apart from Donald and Goofy, is Xion. The rest are like oh ok she died, what’s next? I was expecting for Axel to be pissed, sad, anything, or anyone commenting something about it, but they just disregarded it like nothing happened.

Even if I understand that Terra, Aqua, Ven, Roxas, even Xion, didn’t know her that well and I didn’t expect it to affect them, at least they should acknowledge their fallen comrade. But ok, they didn’t know her that well. But Axel and Riku virtually not giving a damn? It really made things worse for my already wrecked heart. Those two are her closest friends, aside from Sora..

Even when the final battle is over everyone is like “wohoo we won! it’s all over!” (I’m glaring at you mouse) and even Riku agrees, Sora is the only one who is sad and heartbroken for her dying. Speaking of Riku basically disregarding her death..

Deep disappointment for a forgotten friendship that was basically non-existent.

Saying that I was disappointed in Kairi and Rikus interactions is a mayor understatement. This broke my heart because my highest hope for kh3 was to see Riku and Kairi being friends. Like, real friends.

In kh1 he was all over protecting her, in kh2 he silently looked after her and kept her safe as much as he could, but kh3? Man, in this game they felt like borderline strangers to me. Even faced by her being murdered in front of his face, he just stood there kind of surprised and pissed. Nothing more.

Seriously?

I mean Master Xehanort had just cold-bloodedly killed her right then and there, and he didn’t react as if his childhood friend had just turned into dust.

And even worse, when the final battle ended he didn’t even offer to go with Sora to save her. What the hell?

If it was Sora who had died, there is no doubt in my mind that he would’ve been fighting his way to save him, consequences be dammed. (And it’s what probably happens when Kairi comes home alone, smh) And that reaction would be right because they’re best friends and that how any of the other characters would react if one of their trio was killed and they had the chance to save them.

So why did it seem like he didn’t care at all? It hurts a lot.

Where is the Riku who’s last worlds for Sora were asking him to keep Kairi safe? The one who helped her escape Axel or shielded her from Saix?

Riku felt off to me in Kingdom Hearts 3, not only because of this, but I’ll leave that for my Riku rant.

Kairi’s performance in the final battle

Not everyone has to kick ass to be valid, and she tried her best to train and help, even when it was not something she was used to.

I mean, come on! Her first real experiences in battle were in the final battle. Who the hell thought it was a good idea? She had only trained with Axel. So, of course she would freeze when she sees trained/experienced keyblade wielders being thrown all over the place. Even Sora didn’t take out his weapon, trying to save her in the rush of the moment. And even if she did take out her keyblade when Terranort attacked her, she would’ve been smashed against the wall like Axel.

I’ll admit that before kh3 was released, I wished she did become OP and beat some organization XIII butt, but as I advanced in the game I realized how ridiculous that is. If you put kh1 Riku and Sora in that scenario, even at the end of the game with all the experience they had gathered, I bet they wouldn’t have fared very differently.

What I truly want is for her to go on her own adventure and grow powerful at her own pace, so in the next big battle she’ll be fairly prepared. It would be better if that adventure was with Sora and Riku, exploring new worlds together just the three of them, like they dreamed about in kh1.

But I’ll say it again: Not everyone in the game must kick ass to be valid.

A sailing ship warmed my heart. Even if it was poorly written (Unsurprisingly. It involves Kairi so I expected as much)

The Sokai in the game honestly lifted my battered heart.

Sora grows to learn so much more of love in this game: how powerful true love can be, how if you truly believe, love can make miracles happen and that one day is enough if there is true love.. He even admits that he still doesn't know much about it, but as the story goes on we can see that he knows more than he believes.

I loved the paopu scene. I could totally imagine Kairi and Riku planning it beforehand, so that Kairi and Sora would be alone to do so. Key word being “imagine” because at this point, their friendship is only in my imagination.. but that will be saved for Riku’s rant..

I believe that it’s so in character that Kairi initiates the paopu scene, because Sora would never do so. But I loved it, and the way they looked at each other was so.. oh man this game.

The paopu moment did seem to make Sora bolder, touching her more than before and being blunter about how she makes him feel. And it’s so heartwarming and wholesome that the moment when Sora realizes Kairi’s light had been guiding him in the darkness, he remembers the two acts of true love he had witnessed before in the game: Rapunzel’s tear bringing Flynn back to life and Elsa and Ana’s scene as well. I believe that’s the moment when he realizes that she’s his True Love..

That moment when he finds her in the darkness, and he makes her shy when he tells her that he felt strong with her, smiling knowingly when she turns away embarrassed. Or holding her hand for longer than necessary when they go back with the others.

It’s amazing that after meeting so many new people, many gorgeous girls and guys, Sora’s heart hasn’t let go of the friend he fell for as kids. He loved her for her personality and heart, which is why their bond is so strong, even if they see each other less than before.. which is a massive understatement if I must say so myself.

That heart wrenching scream when she was taken into the heartless tornado or his grief-stricken face as he screamed at Master Xehanort “Why”, are proof of just how deep his feelings for her are. How important and invaluable she is in his life.

Adding to this, his utter sacrifice to go save her as soon as possible, not enjoying his victory against Master Xehanort, and not making her wait one more second (his words, not mine) is a statement of his feelings for her, simple and clear (thought I would say clean did ya?)

I mean, come on! His first thought after killing that murderous bald sack of darkness was about her.

And at the end I love how they were holding hands and sitting so close to each other on the paopu tree (They’re definitely a couple now) before he vanished and shattered my heart in a million different pieces.

Speaking of which..

An ending that shattered my heart.

I feel like her dying was very unnecessary. I think that it was only for Sora to embark on a mission alone. Master Xehanort says that he lacks motivation, so he kills her (she’s being used as a plot device again dammit) but Sora clearly was going to fight him either way, motivation or not.

So, killing Kairi was only for Sora to go alone at the end, leave the story inconclusive and the game, and players, in dire need of a sequel.

Before the secret ending had been added, I was super sad that the only person who truly cared for her had seemingly died, or vanished, but now we know he’s someplace else, looking for a way back to her. I would love for her to save him, but given how SE treats her, I think I’ll temper my expectations for her in the next installments of the games.

This game left me with a super bittersweet feeling, but it was definitely worth it! I won’t let SE and the character’s indifference towards Kairi affect my overall enjoyment of the game.

But let’s hope she gets to shake that damsel in distress title Nomura loves to give her.. I guess I can’t keep my expectations low for her, can I?

Oh well, Sora still need to give her her lucky charm back, which she gave back in Blank Points, so he needs to come back to her to return it.

Please SE let Kairi help save Sora this time, without being a burden. Thank you.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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