I Know I Talked About This Before When The Series Ended, But I Love The Juxtaposition Of These Two Shots

I know I talked about this before when the series ended, but I love the juxtaposition of these two shots ignoring that they accidentally reversed her image in the mirror in the first one.

First of all, it's very clear how much more budget they had by the end of the series. Look at how much more detailed her mirror is, not to mention the shadows behind it, and even though I'm sure it's actually because of budget, you can see the far wall/mural reflected in the glass in PEEV as opposed to the blank mirror in TBEA.

However, budget or not, I think that really works for symbolism. In TBEA, Rapunzel wasn't sure what the future would hold, and she wasn't sure who she was. She wasn't ready for her life outside the tower to "end" already, or to be roped into a role that she was not yet prepared to fill. In TBEA, the mirror behind her isn't just blank, it reflects nothing at all, not even the far wall. Rapunzel is only able to see herself and her uncertainty.

However, by the end of PEEV, when Rapunzel looks in the mirror, she not only sees a strong, confident, beautiful young lady, she can also see all the adventures she's had in the past few years reflected back at her. She can see the life she's been able to lead and the good she's done. She can see the people and experiences that have mattered the most to her. She can see that she's not at all trapped here, but that this role, this duty, is a part of her life, and a part that she's now ready to take on.

Similarly to budget, but similarly symbolic, in TBEA, the only thing on the vanity was her crown, and it was central on the table: the one thing that seemed to matter to her father and the people of Corona. The thing that was putting so much pressure on her. But in PEEV, the crown's cushion is off to the side. It's no longer the central focus of her life. She's allowed to see herself first, and the crown second, with more personal and immediately useful items taking center stage on the vanity.

These two shots really show how far Rapunzel has come during the course of the series, as a whole.

(Also, this is how you do a callback.)

So we all joke that Sam Reid is lestat irl, and he's an actor that plays lestat but he does it so well that the joke came about in the first place. Okay now in season 3 we are gonna get rockstar lestat. Canonically the books exist (the way they do in our world) and they have a fandom (like this world) and from public perception this rockstar guy is just insanely committed to the cosplay larp. of this fictional book character. So if I said it would be a really cool and fun idea for lestat's "Human" name to be Sam, like when fans are like "we know you're lestat from this book and you're like a vampire and all but real talk what's your name" I imgaine at first he'd be like "Dude i stg it's lestat" (way fancier and french than that but yk what i mean) but fandoms are crazy relentless and would stop at nothing to dox this man, so what if they wore him down until he's like "I changed it legally to lestat" on and on and on etc etc etc until eventually he just goes onto babynames.com and picks the first top 100 boy names that he sees Sam reid the actor that plays lestat in our lil tv show based on the books. And lestat the actor that plays "sam" when pestered by fans what his "real" name is.

i jus think it would be a funny little inconsequential easter egg

the thing that kills me about Claudia is not only do WE know she's doomed by the narrative. SHE KNOWS IT TOO! She can feel that she's inessential to those around her as you're watching her it almost feels like she knows she's destined to be killed, which feeds into her desperation and anger in some instances. then to have Madeleine come along and finally make her feel safe and loved, understood, prioritized. the narrative's target on Claudia's back doesn't go away now that Madeleine is holding her. we feel happy for them, we want madeleine to be the thing Claudia needs to survive. But it was never about her. She has to die. even if for a second you hoped that maybe it'll turn out different this time. Orpheus can't save Eurydice, all he can do is follow her to the underworld. That's just how the story goes. But the love was there.

interview fans suck with our ship names what do you actually mean there are 3000 books in this series, a movie (two ig), a show, comics, human serial killer au (Hannibal nbc) (WHICH HAS FANART IN THE WHITE HOUSE), a broadway musical, a concrete blonde song, and is influential enough to have effected fairuse laws and the name of our most plot important ship is just Loustat... LIKE GET IT TOGETHER PEOPLE !!! Devils minion fans you are the ONLY ones putting in the work. Everyone else get to it I wanna see ideas.

(hannigram fans this is for you too bcs it's the same ship.)

AND ON TOP OF IT ALL he does this for her KNOWING her hair would be the only thing that could've saved him from death. He would rather DIE than not do this one act for her. SAVE HER. I'm ill...

Flynn cutting off Rapunzel's hair is actually an incredible expression of love because he's getting rid of the one thing that directly caused her "mom" to abuse her and thus is truly setting her free from all that horribleness because now she no longer has the very thing itself that was causing it. That also means not even he could use it against her and is proving he loves her beyond it. The now-short length is also truly a part of this literal cutting away of the abuse-tool too, because now even it being long is gone and she no longer even has to think about it if she doesn't want to beyond basic maintenance. The length of her hair was just as much of a tool to hurt her as the magic powers, because her "mom" was using it to have her own freedom but didn't let Rapunzel use her own hair to leave. Getting rid of her hair in all the ways it was used as a tool of abuse and reducing it to something she only needs to care about if she wants to is literally the best gift he could give her.

OwO black cat

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What is the celebration?

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