![]() Rapunzel would have been way more satisfied with the status quo. Imagine if Gothel had allowed Rapunzel just a bit more freedom, letting her go outside, taking her with her on faraway trips and things like that. This is where Mother Gothel's plan all went wrong. Even if we forget about the lanterns in the sky that Rapunzel so longed to see, I'm pretty sure that eventually, Rapunzel would have wanted to step outside so much she would have escaped for that reason alone. It's no wonder that Rapunzel yearned to visit the outside world. Painting and indoor games are fun and all, but they can't compare with a little outside time. Rapunzel clearly got restless with her cooped-up lifestyle, and I don't think anybody can blame her. It makes no sense.Ī huge problem that plagued Mother Gothel in her plan to keep Rapunzel locked up forever is that she restricted her too much. There's no reason for any of Rapunzel's hair that's still attached to her scalp to turn brown and lose its magic. However, the stem that you pulled the leaf from doesn't wither away as well! And since Rapunzel got her healing powers from that flower, I assumed that the magic that flowed within her would function in much the same way. If you pluck a leaf from a tree, eventually, that leaf with wither and dry up. That's not the way a plant should work at all. ![]() What doesn't make sense is that the entire length of hair that was cut, including the strands that are still attached to Rapunzel's head, lose their healing ability. This is why Gothel has to steal Rapunzel away. As soon as it is cut, the lost strands lose their golden glow and can't magically fix anything. Unfortunately for Gothel, the king, the queen, and Rapunzel, Rapunzel's hair can only heal a person if it is still attached to her head. After that, when the queen gave birth to Rapunzel, the power to heal was locked inside this baby girl's hair. ![]() The king had men scouring the countryside for this flower, and when they found it, the king immediately had the flower turned into soup and fed to his wife. That plan went astray when the queen got sick. Mother Gothel sought immortality, so for the longest time, she kept the secret of the magical healing flower to herself. They look ridiculous! Did no one think this was a bad idea? I wonder if Maximus depleted the royal kitchen's supply of frying pans in order to arm the royal guards. I mean, just look at the ending to the movie! All those guards are standing at attention with their arms upraised, holding those pans aloft as if they were the noblest of swords. Second of all, the fact that the guards were just okay with having their swords taken away and replaced with frying pans is laughable. First of all, the fact that Maximus, a horse for crying out loud, made this executive decision for the guards is pretty unbelievable all on its own. But just because the frying pan was so useful, doesn't mean that it should be made into the official weapon of the royal guards.Īt the end of Tangled, we find out that Maximus has made frying pans the main weapon of the royal guards. Flynn himself (also known as Eugene, just in case you were getting confused) uses the frying pan to confront Maximus the horse in a sword-fight when Maximus wishes to take him to prison. Rapunzel used it to take out Flynn Rider with a knock to the head when he entered her tower unannounced. Look, I get that the cooking utensil that is the frying pan was used extensively during the movie. The only guard worth a gosh-darned is Maximus, and he's a horse. And as first-time parents, I would have assumed that Rapunzel's mother and father would have been extraordinarily protective of their first-born child. But as clearly demonstrated by Mother Gothel's villainy, not everyone in the kingdom is a good person. How is that allowed in a royal household? Maybe her parents did not expect anyone to steal away with their daughter. As a matter of fact, even though the crown was poorly guarded, it had more guards than Rapunzel did. Mother Gothel, by no means a spry woman, was able to scale the wall to Rapunzel's room and climb in through the window. Just look at how well Rapunzel was guarded, i.e. Honestly, I'm not surprised that Rider was able to get away with the goods. He was lowered down from the ceiling while all the guards were looking at the front door. There were a good amount of guards protecting the crown from theft, but not a single one of them was looking towards the crown when it got stolen. We get our first good look at what the guards are like at the castle when Flynn Rider steals the crown right out from under them.
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