#theyre supposed to be two halves of a whole but when rapunzel and cassandra fight rapunzel is clearly more powerful

[rohirric-hunter]

The surface level magic worldbuilding of TtS is a fic writer’s dream, honestly, because I can write basically anything, chalk it up to magic, and have it be consistent with canon.

As a theorist, however, I absolutely detest it because I’m over here like

trying to find a set of consistent behaviors for the Moonstone.

#tts #like okay #canon gives us a very simple dichotomy #the sundrop heals #the moonstone destroys #except! #the moonstone is also indestructable??? for some reason??? i guess you could chalk it up to not being weak to itself #but now were in theory territory like i just made that up #it makes logical sense but theres no canon precedent for it #anyway the sundrop isnt usually indestructible but it can be when its borrowing its power from the moonstone #which is a thing that it does for some reason #it looks like when its vessel is destroyed or damaged it can either go dormant or transfer itself #but again thats pure conjecture!!!! i dont KNOW that #theyre supposed to be two halves of a whole but when rapunzel and cassandra fight rapunzel is clearly more powerful #is that because the sundrop is more powerful than the moonstone? #is it because the sundrop is borrowing power from the moonstone? #is it because rapunzel has more experience wielding the power? #WHO KNOWS #although personally i would guess the latter because in their next confrontation cassandra came out on top #but eh #why did rapunzel lose access to the healing abilities of the sundrop #was it because her hair was cut??? #was it because she used it to bring back a dead person #potentially something she wasnt supposed to be able to do #unlikely given the finale but hey #and dont even get me STARTED on the red rocks