#tangled salt

[eggmuffinwaffles]

shana tovah 💖

[mad-not-disappointed]

Honestly if you ever watched Tangled the Series than I want you to know that there’s another Catra and Adora like relationship as well with Rapunzel and Cassandra but unlike the Spop, they had the Villainous half LEAVE after their last minute redemption.

i haven't watched tangled the series but i do know most of the story and i've also seen people ship yet another sibling situation with cassandra and rapunzel. from what i heard, cassandra's arc wasn't very good either and even her villain arc didn't make much sense. but yeah, at least they didn't make her rapunzel's girlfriend at the end. bare minimum, but we stan.

[glorytoukraine2022]

My main takeaway from Varian and Cassandra’s villain arcs: Being Rapunzel’s friend is a traumatizing experience.

[nerdasaurus1200]

This scene here is always both so heartbreaking and so infuriating to me. We all know what this is meant to symbolize, but I’m gonna rehash it for those who are new both here and in the fandom. In this scene, both Cassandra and Varian fall. Varian is caught by Lance and Cassandra catches herself, reflecting how they got through their trauma and villain arcs.

Here’s the thing that pisses me off though.

Cassandra. Catches. Herself.

She is COMPLETELY alone after this fight for God knows how long. Rapunzel claims throughout the episode that she still loves and cares about Cass, but when she (somewhat accidentally) yeets her off a VERY high tower to a fall that could very well have killed her. And yet what is the first thing she does after waking up from passing out?

Call out for Eugene and Pascal. Now normally I’d be okay with this. They are her loved ones too, she’s allowed to be worried for their safety.

But she shows literally ZERO REGARD for the safety and wellbeing of the woman she professes to care about and consider a sister and best friend. Cassandra could have been DEAD for all Rapunzel knew. She had no reason to believe that fall did not kill her. And there is no second of footage between the end of that fight scene and Rapunzel getting the bottle message in Race to the Spire where she EVER shows any remorse or concern for Cass potentially being dead because of her.

And it’s not even Rapunzel here. Not Eugene, not Lance, not even Varian express any concern about Cass. They all claim to be her friends, ans yet when she falls to what could’ve been her death they don’t bat an eye. Hell, they don’t even go back and check if she’s okay!

And it’s not even this moment. This happens consistently throughout the show. Almost every near death experience Cassandra is in, nobody seems to care until after the fact.

Secret of the Sundrop. Cassandra was being crushed right there with Arianna. And unlike Arianna, she seems to have passed out and actually COLLAPSES from the pain. But no one, not even one of the extras, rushes over and checks to see if she’s okay. No one even asks her about it later.

Rapunzeltopia. Literally everyone else escapes the House of Yesterday’s Tomorrows before Rapunzel thinks of where Cass is. It wasn’t intentional, but they basically left her for dead. And when they realize she IS okay and alive, Eugene expresses his…”joy” by implying that seeing Cass is worse than seeing a subhuman monster.

Great Tree, Cassandra’s hand is burned and literally no one else checks on her except for Rapunzel. Rapunzel doesn’t even offer medical attention or offer to stop at an apothecary. And before that, she’s so focused on making sure Adira is alive that she actually seems to forget for a second that she literally just mutilated her best friend. They even go to an apothecary cart TWO EPISODES LATER and Rapunzel doesn’t say ANYTHING along the lines of “Hey maybe there’s something here that can help your hand.”!

And then in Cassandra’s Revenge, the ONE time there was a VERY likely possibly that Cassandra was dead as a doornail, they don’t do jack.

Cause I guess celebrating Eugene’s birthday is more important than making sure Cassandra is actually alive.

[kaythefloppa]

Summoned this from the void:

[ivy-d00dles]

Once again, special shout out to @rachelbethhines for their Tangled salt marathons. They're coming to an end and for my it's both amazing as an accomplishment and sad in the long run. Thank you so much for your work and commentary and here's a funny video for you.

[lunarcrimes]

Why is it always the hardcore new dream fans complaining about Cass having scenes that mirror the film, rapunzel day one and the ending where cass is revived, but then turn around and make Moongene posts and rip off scenes between cass and raps? Like hypocrites much?

[juniaships]

Me watching tangled season three vs. planning my own version with Shard!Crescent!Varian