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How I Would Write a Tangled or Rapunzel Remake

If Disney decides to remake Tangled, I know what kind of version would finally allow me to say goodbye and feel peace — the kind of version that honors the original fairy tale, the original movie, and everything I loved about it before it was ruined by the series.

I’ve come up with three possible scenarios that would stay true to the message of the original film and the classic fairy tale. Any one of these would restore what Tangled meant to me — a love story about healing, freedom, and choosing each other over control.

Scenario One: Keep the Original Film Intact — But End With the Wedding

This is the simplest fix: Keep everything exactly as it was in the animated movie, but extend the ending to show the wedding — like the live-action Aladdin remake did. It’s clear that Tangled Ever After was meant to take place shortly after the movie. Everyone, including the four little girls who braided Rapunzel’s hair, is the same age. Flynn’s joke about marriage in the movie was just that — a joke. Unfortunately, the series writer took it literally and built an entire plot around delaying their relationship and sending the most horrible message that marriage is apparently a prison, completely missing the emotional tone of the original film.

Let’s be honest: after both characters were willing to die for each other, marriage would be the natural next step. That level of self-sacrifice is deeper commitment than any ceremony. And in the time period this is set in, marriage would have been the only way for them to even be allowed to be together. It wouldn’t just be realistic — it would be emotionally satisfying and true to the story.

Scenario Two: Adapt the Original Fairy Tale — Petrosinella

Instead of remaking Tangled, Disney could return to the roots of the Rapunzel story by adapting Petrosinella, one of the earliest versions of the fairy tale.

In Petrosinella, the heroine isn’t a damsel — she allows the prince into her tower on her own terms, plans her own escape, and uses the witch’s own magic to defeat her. She's strong, clever, and brave — and yet, she still falls in love and wants to marry the prince.

And there’s nothing wrong with that.

She chooses commitment, and that choice doesn’t make her weak or anti-feminist. Feminism is about women having choices — including the choice to love, marry, and trust someone. Disney should respect that Rapunzel chooses love in the fairy tale. She doesn’t need to reject marriage to be strong.

Scenario Three: A Fusion of the Two — My Own Rewrite

This scenario is based on a version of the story I once wrote myself — one that combines the emotional core of the original film, the fairy tale’s themes, and a more grounded, character-driven journey.

Backstory: Keep Rapunzel’s magical hair as a reason Gothel wants to keep her locked away, and either use the Tangled backstory where Gothel takes Rapunzel from her birth parents or the fairy tale version where she makes them give up their child in exchange for the Rapunzel bellflower that heals Rapunzel’s mother. But I would prefer Rapunzel not to be a princess. Making her royalty undermines the emotional power of the Petrosinella story, where love and marriage, not birthright, sets her free. However, I could still live with her being a princess, if the love story and romance are respected like in the original Tangled movie.

Flynn as a Prince: In this version, Flynn is born and raised as a prince like in the fairy tale. He’s trapped by duty and pressured to marry a princess for the sake of his kingdom. His parents give him a deadline to find love or face an arranged marriage — echoing the pressure Rapunzel faces from Gothel.

How They Meet: Flynn escapes the castle and stumbles across Rapunzel’s tower. She sees a way out and tries to blackmail him into taking her to see the world. At first, he refuses and tries to run — but Rapunzel follows him. Eventually, they open up to each other: Flynn confesses the pressure he faces, and Rapunzel reveals her fear, her magic and her dreams. They bond over shared feelings of being trapped by their abusive “parents.”

Falling in Love: They travel together in secret for a few weeks, with Flynn taking her to different villages and sights across the kingdom. Their connection grows, built on shared freedom and mutual vulnerability. Eventually, Flynn realizes he truly loves her and proposes — and she accepts.

The Conflict: Unbeknownst to them, Gothel discovers what’s happening. She secretly allies with Flynn’s controlling parents who want him to marry a noblewoman. They trap Flynn, drug him, and make it seem like he abandoned Rapunzel for the arranged marriage. Gothel swoops in and tells Rapunzel they have to move again — playing the victim and deepening Rapunzel’s despair.

The Revelation: While packing in the tower, Rapunzel finds a baby blanket or a token with a symbol that links her to her real parents — either royals from another land or a kind couple like a tailor and seamstress she met with Flynn during their travels. It all clicks. She realizes Gothel kidnapped her, lied to her about Flynn leaving her, and is still trying to control her. She confronts Gothel — who becomes violent and physically restrains her.

The Climax: Flynn regains consciousness and tells his parents he won’t let them decide his future and that he would rather give up the throne than lose Rapunzel. He races to save Rapunzel and is stabbed by Gothel in the process. Just like in the original movie, Rapunzel offers her freedom for his life, and he cuts her hair to free her — sacrificing himself so she can be free.

The Ending: Her tears bring him back to life. They marry before confronting his family, solidifying their commitment. Rapunzel reunites with her real parents, and Flynn either completely breaks ties with his, keeping the theme of leaving abusive parents for love, or his parents apologize and accept their love, what Gothel wasn’t able to do and therefore prove they are better than her. The film ends with them setting off to explore the world on their honeymoon — a promise fulfilled, and a story completed with love and freedom.

Final Thoughts

Of course, I know Disney won’t do any of these versions. They’ve made it clear that they don’t value romantic storytelling like they used to and hate marriage. But if I had the chance — this is how I’d write a Tangled remake that respects the love, the themes, and the original fairy tale. This is the kind of ending that would allow me to finally say goodbye — because it would honor everything Tangled used to mean before it was changed.

Love should never be treated like a weakness. Marriage is not a prison. And not every story needs a franchise or a timeline stretched beyond its limits.

Some endings should be left whole.

[thegeekytaurus]

Kinda wish that instead of being set in a generic fairytale kingdom, Tangled was set in medieval or renaissance Italy.

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༻✦༺ Petrosinello ༻✦༺

A gay reimagining of "Petrosinella" (a Rapunzel's variant) featuring Emanuele Mariotti as Petrosinello (Rapunzel's counterpart), Alberto Malanchino as the Prince and Pierfrancesco Favino as the Ogre (Mother Gothel, basically).

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"Petrosinella" (Little Parsley) was written in Neapolitan by Giambattista Basile and he included it in his 1634 collection of fairy tales "The Tale of Tales." It is an Aarne–Thompson type 310 "the Maiden in the Tower" tale, as well as the earliest recorded variant of "Rapunzel." The Brothers Grimm's more famous version was published almost two centuries later, in 1812.

You can read an English translation of "Petrosinella" here.

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Here you can find the whole list of my Gay Tales!

[ariel-seagull-wings]

THREE ITALIAN VERSIONS OF RAPUNZEL

1° PETROSINELLA

(First collected by: Giambattista Basile)

A pregnant woman steals parsley from the garden of an ogress (orca) and agrees to give up her child when she is caught. The baby is born and named Petrosinella, after the Italian word for parsley (the modern word is prezzemolo). The ogress watches the girl grow in her mother's care and reminds her often of her mother's promise. Petrosinella, unaware what the promise is, tells her mother of the ogress's comment.  Petrosinella's irritated mother tells the girl to say to the ogress that she can act on the promise.

The ogress takes Petrosinella by her hair and locks her in a tower deep in the woods with only a single window; the ogress relies on Petrosinella's extremely long hair to enter the tower. Within the tower, Petrosinella is taught "magic arts" by the ogress. One day, a prince sees her hair in the wind. Petrosinella noticing his passionate declarations of love blows him a kiss. Eventually, the prince makes his way to the tower and climbs up Petrosinella's hair after he imitates the ogress's voice. The couple continues to see each other every night, but the ogress is informed by a neighbour of the romance.

Petrosinella overhears that her secret has been revealed and plans to escape with the prince to the city. Stealing three magic gullnuts or acorns before climbing out of the tower with a rope ladder, Petrosinella uses the gullnuts as a distraction by throwing them behind her as the ogress chases the couple. The first bean turns into a dog that the ogress feeds a loaf of bread. The second becomes a lion that the ogress feeds a donkey from a nearby field, and she takes the donkey’s skin as a coat. The third bean turns into a wolf that swallows the ogress whole, as she is wearing the donkey skin.

With the ogress defeated and the couple free, Petrosinella and the prince get married with the permission of his father.

2° PRUNELLA

(First collected by: Andrew Lang)

A girl picked plums from a wild plum tree as she went to school, and for this was called "Prunella." The witch saw her one day, and furious, took her captive. She grew more beautiful, which enraged the witch, who sent her to bring back a basket full of water from the well. There, she met Bensiabel, the witch's son, who asked if she would kiss him in return for filling the basket. She refused, but he filled it anyway. The next day the witch gave her a sack of wheat with orders to make bread by the time she returned; again Bensiabel helped her in spite of her refusing to kiss him.

The witch then sent her to her sister, to bring back a casket. Bensiabel gave her things to give to various things along the way; then she had to take the casket and leave at once. When she does this, the witch tries to get the people on the way to stop her, but they refuse because Prunella gave them things when the witch did not.

The witch then demanded that Prunella tell her what cocks crowed. Bensiabel hesitated to tell her once, in hopes of luring her to kiss him, and the witch came to kill her. Bensiabel knocked her down the stairs, killing her, and Prunella's heart was softened and she agreed to marry him.

3° THE CANARY PRINCE

(First collected by: Italo Calvino)

Once Upon a Time, a Wicked Stepmother persuades her husband, the king, to lock the Princess in a lonely castle in the woods. One day, a Prince discovers the tower while hunting, and he spots the Princess. It's Love at First Sight, but communication is limited to facial expressions and gestures. A witch has pity for the pair, and sneaks a magical book into the tower. Whenever the Princess turns the pages in one direction, her Prince transforms into a canary. When she turns the pages the other way, he changes back into himself. In his bird form, he can fly up the tower and they develop a relationship.

The Queen visits her stepdaughter one day and spots the Prince at the base of the tower. Suspicious, she has various sharp pins placed along the windowsill. Her hope is that the Princess will stab herself if she leans in to flirt with the Prince. Instead, the pins strike him while in his bird form, and he falls from the tower. The Princess turns him back into a human, but the injuries last, and he comes to close to bleeding out before his companions discover him.

The Princess uses her bedsheets to escape the tower, then embarks on a quest to find and save her lover. She finds a coven of witches discussing various goings-on, and learns how to heal the Prince. She heads to her Prince's kingdom and saves him, but does not reveal her identity. In return, she requests that the king give her three items — the royal coat of arms, his standard, and the yellow vest he wore when he was found.

To avoid suspicion by the ladies-in-waiting and her stepmother, the Princess returns to her tower. When the Prince returns to the forest for another hunt, he avoids the tower. Still, she changes him into a canary and he flies to her room. He angrily berates her for his injuries, but she explains that the pins were her stepmother's doing, and then shows him the three items to prove that she is the mystery doctor who saved his life. He declares his love for her, and formally declares that he intends to marry her. Among the guests invited to the wedding is the Princess' father, who finally learns about what his wife put his daughter through. He has the Queen arrested, and everyone lives Happily Ever After.

(PS: Thank you @princesssarisa for introducing me to that third version)

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Prezzemolina - Petrosinella  2020 (Roma)

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Rapunzel and Parsley: A Fairytale’s History

I’ve been really excited for this one! This week on Writing in Margins is the first of three blog posts examining the fairytale “Rapunzel.” Round one: the origins of the tale, and how it developed into the story we know from the Brothers Grimm.

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RAPUNZEL HEADCANON II

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The Corn and Radish were more humorous.

Now trying to take the tale more seriously...

Recent we learned together of the oldest writen version of Rapunzel, the italian tale Petrosinella. ‘Petrosinella’ is an archaic word for ‘parsley’.

One of the most famous medieval songs is Scarborough Fair, where the chorus (refrain) is: ‘Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme’.

A melancholic song about hoping to get reunited with a long lost love, is a fitting song for medieval fairy tale setting of the story of Rapunzel and her prince. Also, Rapunzel is named after the german origin vegetable ‘rampion’.

So i went to Google Translate, and translated the names of the herbs ‘Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme’, as well as of the vegetable radish (wich was used as a common replacement of the rampion in translations/retellings of the story in books for children in Elementary School, on countries outside Germany and Italy), to imagine then as the names of the children Rapunzel has with the prince, including the twins from the original german tale.

English - German

Parsley - Petersilie

Sage - Salbei

Rosemary - Rosmarin

Thyme - Thymian

Radish - Rettich