Rapunzel (Character)

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**Rapunzel** is the third princess introduced. He escaped Gothel's tower and has since been raising his children in the desert.

## Rapunzel

### Relatives

Gothel (Adopted Mother)
 Unnamed ChildrenUnnamed Prince Charming ("Husband")

## Appearance

Rapunzel is a young man with light brown skin, blond hair and pink eyes.

## Personality

Rapunzel is a rather reactive person, not showing much emotion over whatever challenges life throws his way. He is also pretty shallow and spoiled, as he married his Prince Charming largely because he was promised a castle and refuses to have the Happily-Ever-After read to him until his cottage is brought up to royalty standards.

Nevertheless, he is capable of genuinely caring for people, as he's shown to be a devoted father to his baby son and daughter.

## Synopsis

### Before Forever After

Rapunzel was taken from his parents as a baby by the witch Gothel. She kept him in a tower in the forest his entire life, never letting him make contact with the outside world. Despite all this, a Prince Charming managed to find Rapunzel and the two fell in love. They even "married". When Gothel found out, Rapunzel cut his long, golden hair and escaped him into the desert to hide from her.

Sometime after, Rapunzel found a comfortable little cottage set within an oasis. He settled down there and had two children, waiting for his Prince Charming to return.

### Forever After

After an unspecified amount of time, a new Prince Charming by the name of Robin and her fairy assistant Tank find Rapunzel's cottage. Rapunzel shows brief confusion over this, as he expected his own prince to show up, but accepts the situation as it is. Robin tells him that she and Tank have come to give him his Happily-Ever-After, to which Rapunzel responds that he and the former Prince Charming have already taken care of that, referring to his two babies. Robin quickly clarifies that she meant they were there to end the story, but Rapunzel refuses and demands to be taken to the castle that was promised to him. He is then informed by Robin that "marrying" someone like he did doesn't typically grant you a castle, which greatly upsets Rapunzel, who is not satisfied with his small cottage.

Rapunzel then proposes that he'll let Robin and Tank end the story, *if* they make his living space more royalty-like. After some grumbling, Robin agrees to build a few more pieces of furniture and Tank, seeing how much Rapunzel struggles with caring for his babies, throws in a few childcare lessons.

A few hours later, Rapunzel is properly educated on fatherhood and Robin has added some pretty extra things to his cottage. Rapunzel is overjoyed and deems the cottage "practically livable". He adds his own finishing touch to the interior in the form of a plant. Robin asks him if he even has anything warranting the additional storage space, to which Rapunzel, smiling down at his babies, replies that he has all he needs.

Rapunzel declares he's ready to be given the Happily-Ever-After, to which Robin shows great relief. Rapunzel, now happy with his cottage and finally safe from Gothel, is content with his new life, and lives happily ever after.

## Relationships

### Gothel

Gothel is Rapunzel's adoptive mother, but doesn't show much motherly love towards him, as she isolated him from the outside world for the better part of his life. Rapunzel in turn doesn't seem to care much for her, as he was willing to run off with his first love to get away from her and didn't show any sign of missing her when Robin and Tank found him in the desert.

### Unnamed Prince Charming

Robin's predecessor, an unnamed Prince Charming, was Rapunzel's first love and the father of his two children. He was the first person from the outside world to find and enter Rapunzel's tower and Rapunzel and him supposedly fell in love. It's questionable how true Rapunzel's feelings for him were, though. Rapunzel shows little reaction to his unexplained disappearance and even implies he "married" him largely because he promised to whisk Rapunzel away to a castle. Still, Rapunzel had enough love for him to bear and care for his babies, suggesting there was some genuine attraction there.

### Robin and Tank

Rapunzel doesn't spend much time with the two heroes, but is very demanding of them, bordering on inconsiderate. Though a bit put off by his attitude, Robin and Tank both agree to help him. Rapunzel shows himself grateful for their assistance in the end and they part on amicable terms.

## Abilities

### Hair

When Rapunzel's hair was still long, it was incredibly long and strong, enough to serve as a rope for others to climb Rapunzel's tower. As it's cut short in the present, it has lost most of its use.

## Etymology

Rapunzel is an old German name. It means "rampion" or "lamb's lettuce".

## Trivia

* Rapunzel is gay
* His babies were created through magic, not pregnancy.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/HannahAlexArt/status/1422973855350489093
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/HannahAlexArt/status/1422974719658119170