waltdisneyconfessions:

“It bothers me that Flynn was the one who cut off Rapunzel’s hair. She had lived all her life based on the decisions that Mother Gothel made for her. Cutting her hair should have been Rapunzel’s defining moment as a character and signified her liberation from Gothel. I feel a bit cheated that even the decision to abandon her old life was also made for without her consent.”

someone wanted my opinion on this- personally I think it’s a good point (see review and “has this been asked before” for more on Tangled if people are interested).

I mostly disliked it because even though the movie is supposed to be about Rapunzel, the final act of the climax of the film- the most important moment really of the film because it changes the entire course of the future- is done by Flynn. Which I mean, is okay, but makes the movie fall in line with most Disney movies where the heroine does a decent job of holding her own until the final moment where the man does the job.

I honestly never really thought about the consent thing, but it is a good point. Even though it is probably obvious that Rapunzel would agree with the outcome and that Flynn obviously had little choice other than to do what he did, it’s important to remember that this plot was entirely created by Disney so such a situation never had to occur as it did- so the reasoning of, “Well he had no other choice!" Is somewhat false because he could have had one- or she could have been the final hero- if the plot had been structured slightly differently in production.