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It seems like Rapunzel, Casandra and Eugene are Varian's only friends. It becomes evident that Varian has done this kind of thing before, earning him his reputation and giving people a reason to keep their distance. He has good intent, but is reckless and overlooks safety and reason if it means the possibility of impressing people, especially his father, Quirin (secretive dad number 2). Not only does he perform dangerous experiments on Rapunzel's hair, he almost destroys his entire village with one of his inventions. This is kind of disputed later on when we see he's just a kid inventor with a love for alchemy, but it's not entirely inaccurate. What's interesting about Varian is how he's introduced.Ĭasandra tells Rapunzel that what little is known about him isn't good and that he's considered to be dangerous. He initially discovers her hair no longer has healing powers, but he becomes a more prominent character later on. Varian is a young alchemist who decides to help Rapunzel find out more about her hair.
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I'm kind of going into theory territory here, but I can't help but feel there's almost a Yin and Yang situation going on, or at least there may be a bigger connection between Rapunzel and another of the show's characters. There's lots of lore and world building in the show with a deeper connection between the sundrop, the rocks, and Rapunzel. And secretive dads are a reoccurring thing in this show, believe me. So, basically there's a conspiracy going on here. When Rapunzel tells him about her hair, he says he wants it to be the last they speak about mystical rocks or magic of any kind to anyone. He's finally reunited with his missing child and doesn't want to lose her a second time, and what's more is it's implied that he feels personally responsible for Rapunzel having been stolen away in the first place. This works from King Frederic's perspective too. She doesn't want her freedom taken away from her, we even see her return to the tower and how difficult she finds it just to step inside. From not understanding certain interactions to having nightmares about being locked away again, literally or figuratively. The show doesn't shy away from the fact that Rapunzel is still getting over being locked in a tower for eighteen years of her life. Though the idea of a princess getting accustomed to her role and the presence of an overprotective father seem pretty standard, with Rapunzel this kind of set up makes perfect sense. Another example of this is with Rapunzel herself. At the end of the film, Eugene says that Rapunzel agreed to marry him after years of asking, which allowed the writers to explore that space of time, all while bringing back the signature hair. One thing I like about this show is that it feels like a natural progression. (Can't blame her for wanting to touch them.) More spiky rocks begin to grow from the ground, seeming to follow her. She touches one, sending out a shock wave as her hair begins to return, now indestructible. They find some mysterious unbreakable rocks growing in its place that begin to glow as Rapunzel approaches. So why does she have long hair again? Basically, Casandra, Rapunzel's lady in waiting, sneaks Rapunzel out of the castle to where the sundrop flower used to be.
#Tangled flowers series#
The series (starting with Tangled before ever after) picks up 6 months after the end of the film and takes place "between the kisses", so after the movie, but before Rapunzel and Eugene get married. Considering there's only one season so far, there's only so much I can put into perspective and speculate on, so I'll mostly be gushing about characters and plot points, so that means spoilers. You won't have been this invested in rocks since Steven Universe.
#Tangled flowers movie#
I'll admit I expected it to be more of a casual spin off than an engaging continuation, but considering the cast and crew from the movie returned to create this, I should have realised there was a bigger story here. I hadn't seen the series until quite recently, but this show is good. I wanted to write about the Tangled series (now called Rapunzel's tangled adventure) at some point, and c onsidering season two comes out later this month, why not now?