big disgrace

Anonymous asked:

what do you think about Eugene's actual fear in BVA?

I just… I can’t comprehend how they looked at a character who canonically grew up an orphan, who got stabbed and literally chose to bleed to death to save someone else’s life, who admits he has abandonment issues all the way back in BEA, who recently discovered an entire new backstory which sent him in like the 4th identity crisis of his life which was yet to be resolved - and out of all of that, they chose… a cowlick. Like I am very literally baffled. Even Nigel got a fear that they took the time to explain in another episode but Eugene couldn’t be afforded a little empathy?

I think it’s funny that my peacock shitpost got multiple tags saying “you know what i think i would have preferred that” because like… the cowlick is not bad because it’s ridiculous, but because it is literally impossible as a worst fear, and was just a dig like “ahah isn’t it funny that he has an ego”. Eugene doesn’t have a fucking panic attack each time he wakes up in the morning with his hair being a mess, yet that’s what they tried to sell us here, and it’s absolutely frustrating.

As a comparaison, Attila’s fear is little floating demon croissants - it IS ridiculous, but it’s also like… actual nightmare material? It’s not something that can happen in your everyday life, and maybe it’s irrational but at least it is scary.

If Eugene’s biggest fear had been a murderous peacock (or like… any callback to a previous adventure, like idk the awful little creatures from The Way of the Willow), I would have been a little miffed that it wasn’t something more serious, but it would have at least been 1. something funny and not meant to be taken too seriously and 2. not a stupid attack on his character as if he’s only defined by his ego. Again, even NIGEL was given an actual meaningful fear for him - only Eugene was “mocked” for his character flaws, which here is caring too much about his appearance

I’m not even asking for something super angsty because I know Eugene wasn’t the focus of this episode, and I think it does make sense that he’s got his shit together and is the one who helps set up the talents’ show. But there are other ways they could have gone about making his fear inconsequential while still… idk, showing us that they actually cared about his character

Like idk:

- i don’t buy the idea that the reference to the “pre-pan cowlick post-pan perfection” line was actually intended by the crew tbh, but if it was truly a ref to his Flynn Rider’s days then maybe they could have made his reflection show him with the “Flynn nose” from his wanted posters. Your nose changing like this can’t actually happen everyday like a cowlick, it would be a funny callback to the movie (and to the thing about his appearance he actually defends loudly multiple times), people like me could still read too much into it (he doesn’t want to be the same person as in the poster), and it’s even still about his appearance so it really doesn’t change much… it just feels a little more intended as something that could mean more

- alternatively, another inconsequential fear would be him hearing everyone, even Rapunzel, calling him Horace. It’s a joke they make often, his reactions to hearing it are often funny, it actually acknowledges the fact that he discovered his whole life was a lie not too long ago and his whole thing about his identity, but Rapunzel could easily snaps him out of it - and the episode could have been the same

Again it didn’t have to be something big or entirely different but just… it’s upsetting that he’s the only character whose fear is constructed as being “his fault” (for being too conceited). I think that’s why a lot of Eugene fans were disappointed and angry, not because it was a joke but because it was a joke at his expense, when everyone else was at least given some thoughts and compassion

youreputtingrootsinmydreamland

Yeah man... this BOTHERED me, bothered me. I think about it pretty often. I probably shouldn’t, but I do. Like, okay, we all know that Eugene can be a little egotistical. That’s not a secret. He can be vain. He sculpted himself to be that way and to have this Flynn Rider personality when he was trying to, you know, survive after being an orphan. It’s that pesky baggage from Flynn Rider that he carries around. Now, this baggage doesn’t hold him down or make him a bad person, and it doesn’t mean that he still IS that person he used to be before meeting Rapunzel. It’s just a part of him, and that’s okay.

But seriously. Seriously? A cowlick? That’s a pet peeve, okay. That’s not a true, horrible, trauma-induced FEAR. And you’re telling me, that after everything poor Eugene has gone through in his life, his WORST FEAR IS A COWLICK??? Maybe try, oh, I don’t know, ABANDONMENT????????? Seems valid, if you ask me.

Let’s be honest. His relationship with Rapunzel is very secure and very healthy. Probably the healthiest out of any Disney couple we’ve had the pleasure of watching/growing up with. But you’re telling me that, in those six months in the castle, he didn’t wake up in the middle of the night with the anxiety that Rapunzel will leave him, or stop loving him, just like that? (In the same way that she probably had nightmares about his death/him getting stabbed and it being blamed on her completely). I understand that at this point in the show, Eugene could’ve moved on and could have totally worked past his trauma from that horrible day in the tower. But you’re seriously telling me that his greatest fear, deep down, has to do with... his hair? Eugene is a clever, complex man, and to say that his greatest fear isn’t AT LEAST, oh, I don’t know, losing Rapunzel? Or losing the beautiful life which he’s had the chance to make for himself since meeting her? Is just annoying. It doesn’t even have to be about Rapunzel, either, because Eugene is his own individual. I’m just throwing out better examples here. But... a cowlick? For real?

I just... yeah. I shouldn’t ramble, because this is probably a silly thing to be so upset over, but I can’t help it. It bothers me. This man has been my comfort character since I was 10 years old, so to say I’m protective over him is an understatment (just as many wonderful fans of the series are, as well). And while his (well, Zachary’s) comedic timing is ON POINT, I got so tired of Eugene being reduced to comedic relief ALL THE TIME. They missed out on so many opportunities to TRULY showcase his growth as a person. There is a time and a place for the comedy, and this episode was not the time, at least in my opinion. They could have gone down so many interesting avenues with it, and could have shown people what it truly means to deal with some deep-seated trauma.

But they didn’t, because Eugene Fitzherbert is just comedic relief. Right....? 🙄

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