I don’t usually do edits, and I wouldn’t usually post them. But! Here is one.

I wanted to know what Rapunzel would have looked like if her hair was still brown, but not so short, and I hadn’t found any real edits of that.

I didn’t want her hair to stay super long either. Let’s assume Eugene cut it at the level of her shoulder blades.

After working on this edit, I was very satisfied! I really think she looks great like this. And she indeed looks a lot like her mother!

The short, spiky, brown hair just doesn’t work for me… I feel like it changes her whole character too drastically. There isn’t that “soft” look to her anymore. Character design/consistency sure is important!

In this edited image, there is still that round, flowing shape to her hair that we had grown so familiar with when she was blonde. I can still recognize her, even though her hair is brown.

I’m still puzzled as to why Disney made that drastic decision. Maybe because she was characterized by her hair the whole movie: she was the girl with long, magical blonde hair. So perhaps they wanted to take all of that away, and only show her, as a person. Not with this long hair that defined her. It might have also been for a cinematic wow-factor. And yet, Eugene could have cut her tips and it would have had the same effect on her hair. The length at which he cuts it doesn’t matter. So, it didn’t have to be so short.

Also, historically-speaking, she couldn’t dare have short hair. This is taking place in the 1780′s, and there is no way her short hair would have been acceptable, especially as a princess. Actually, she would have probably gotten hair extensions. Yep, they were a thing even back then.

I know being historically coherent isn’t Disney’s priority. This movie is all over the place with different historical periods! And being a History geek, this bugs me x)

So here it is! I really enjoy seeing her with this hair. This is of course a personal preference. I don’t want to start a debate with people who prefer her with short hair.

I wanted to see her under a new aspect, and share it ^^