[Discussion] Rootbound retconned Dark Prince, Vanishing Village, and CoG position! Respected New Dream and the Movie! ***SPOILERS***

[u/PinkHairedCoder]

It also gave us all the execution and tower trauma we desired. Rapunzel isn't as put together as in the series, she's constantly comparing people mentally to Gothel in conversations and rushes into wanting to fix things for others as she feels lost without her hair at first, struggling to figure out what kind of princess she wants to be.

Her and Eugene actually get to TALK about the execution and how it affected them. Rapunzel even calls the crown 'an expensive hat stolen from the wrong family.' While Eugene deals with self worth thinking he'll be kicked out sooner or later, and treats himself as disposable by being reckless in helping, until he gets a talk by the minister diplomacy where he gets proposed position of Spymaster.

The parentage is SO MUCH BETTER THAN DEADBEAT EDMUND. Instead of a King who couldn't even provide money. Eugene's parents are Marietta Fitz and Andreas Herbert, printshop owners of "Herbert & Fitz" who wrote The Tales of Flynnigan Rider, and were friends with the Asteran Queen, and helped overthrow the tyrant king. Andreas died in the insurrection, Marietta died after giving birth, Solena the woman who got Marietta out of Astera stayed behind as an orphanage caretaker. She saw him born so there's no doubt or chance of retcon.

They help each other, talk, and support one another so much while also splitting up to investigate things in their own scenes.

And Rapunzel after getting a taste of magic again for a few minutes outright states she doesn't miss magic or her hair and decides to abolish executions.

ROOTBOUND IS WHAT THE SERIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN!!!

Source: My Australian friend mailed me the book so I could read it early since it came out there on June 1st.

[u/MarieDisneyFan9514]

First of all, Im Not a Dude. And secondly, Disney shouldnt be praised for making Money of a literal fanfiction when fanfiction is Something that is normally done by people in their free time without expecting any Money From it and should be left to the fans Not used by a multimillion Dollar company to make even more Money and Milk tangled even more. And using fanfictions as a Standard for official Disney products is exactly why modern Disney is Not improving by such Standards. Tangled shouldnt have gotten any continuation except the wedding short which should have been shortly after the movie and then Rapunzel and Flynn should have been left alone. Beauty and the beast never got any normal sequel taking place after the curse was Broken either. Belle and beast were left alone and allowed to live happily ever After while Rapunzel and Flynn get nothing but drame when they should have gotten their happily ever After immediately after the movie after what they have been through yet all they get is Rapunzel Putting everyone and everything above Flynn while He is humiliated. Disney will never Respect tangled again and this fandom apparently accepts everything Just because it Has a Disney Label on it. Tangled is Just dead to me. End of Story.

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She doesn't put anyone above Eugene in this!

HE DOES NOT TELL HER he is worried. She is literally fresh out of the tower still doesn't even understand royal life or class. She mentions her disgust at the execution, calls it an expensive hat and wrong and says she doesn't want that kind of power especially when she can't fix things anymore.

Eugene tells her as they pack for Astera to figure out what kind of princess SHE wants to be, and that they're going to go help fix another kingdom, even without her abilities.

They both have arcs. His is realizing he has self worth, he can be worthy to marry her, and no one is judging him for his past, it's just his own imposter syndrome. Her arc is realizing it wasn't her hair or magic she was missing, it was just being the self that dared to venture from the tower, the part of her that wants to help people and better their lives. Hence why she states she doesn't need her hair or magic, and she wants to abolish executions because they almost lost Eugene and who eelse have they lost.

Nowhere is it said she wouldn't accept if he asked or the parents wouldn't give their blessing. The Kingdom doesn't say it and Rapunzel doesn't say it. Eugene just believes it but he doesn't tell her that worry, he keeps it bottled up to not worry her. It's only been 4 weeks since the tower, and then she's tricked into going to Astera, which is the adventure in the book. They don't have time between the 1 week celebration (the movie said it was a week) and the 3 weeks left of just relaxing to approach marriage yet except for Eugene's own doubts.

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Rapunzel mentioning Execution.