Bex talks Tangled!

So, we all know what Rapunzel's art looks like.

But the longer I think about it, the more I think that the closing credits are supposed to be specifically Eugene's art style. Let's start with the map:

It's sparse, not too detailed, and includes things like a picture of Maximus labeled with "avoid this' and an arrow in the ground labeled "got shot here." If it was a pre-existing map, he'd have more pictures of trees to contend with, not a piece of parchment that's clearly being filled in as it goes.

Also, the art during the credits are all things that he was present for or knows well, even if he wasn't involved.

There's even a few things that didn't make it into the movie!

So given this, I say that if Claire Keane is the official artistic hand of Rapunzel, Shiyoon Kim is the official artistic hand of Eugene Fitzherbert. (And that the series blatantly got wrong/is not canon-compliant with how well he draws.)

Underrated leftist aspect of Tangled is how it portrays a bunch of violent criminals as human beings with non-violent hopes and aspirations that simply need to be nurtured in order to lift them out of a life of crime

Why is it that in Tangled during “I’ve got a Dream” and Flynn Rider is singing his bit, the ruffians are only fully content once he says he wants to be surrounded by enormous piles of money.

First off, if you’re on an island that you own, tanned and rested and alone, why does he need money? Unless we’re to assume this is for traveling back to the mainland to get food and possible materials for repairs? Otherwise I would assume in his ideal paradise he needs contact with absolutely no one, but maybe that’s just the internal bias of wishing there was a world where we could live alone forever and be fine

Second off. How do I say that feels like capitalist propaganda without getting flamed.

Are you watching the movie or just listening to the song? Because in the actual film, they're more like waiting for him to finish his thought before they cheer.

(Should be queued up to his verse, for reference.)

Also, he literally did just steal one of Valdimir's ceramic unicorns right out of his hand. They're grumpy with him.

Not to say that you don't have a good point about the Disney Corporation putting capitalist propaganda into a cheerful song about dreams.

With the pause and the way it’s sung it feels like he finished his thought imo, it kinda feels like they threaten him into adding more though I guess you also could say they just wanted him to do it to then do the toss thing, but given their expressions it feels threatening, shrug. I was thinking of both but also the ceramic unicorn thing is a good point, rude of him

Yeah, he's not really the one who won them over, it was Rapunzel. Even after the song, when they're helping them escape, it's clearly her who they're enamored with. "Your dream stinks, I was talking to her." They're just not vibing with him. And they never claim to be nice people, just multidimensional people.

Even at the end of the movie, Maximus convinced them to help Eugene for Rapunzel's sake, not his own (though they seem to like him better because he wants to race to her rescue).

Why is it that in Tangled during “I’ve got a Dream” and Flynn Rider is singing his bit, the ruffians are only fully content once he says he wants to be surrounded by enormous piles of money.

First off, if you’re on an island that you own, tanned and rested and alone, why does he need money? Unless we’re to assume this is for traveling back to the mainland to get food and possible materials for repairs? Otherwise I would assume in his ideal paradise he needs contact with absolutely no one, but maybe that’s just the internal bias of wishing there was a world where we could live alone forever and be fine

Second off. How do I say that feels like capitalist propaganda without getting flamed.

Are you watching the movie or just listening to the song? Because in the actual film, they're more like waiting for him to finish his thought before they cheer.

(Should be queued up to his verse, for reference.)

Also, he literally did just steal one of Valdimir's ceramic unicorns right out of his hand. They're grumpy with him.

Not to say that you don't have a good point about the Disney Corporation putting capitalist propaganda into a cheerful song about dreams.

At the restaurant 1923 on the Disney Destiny they also had Tangled window displays. I don’t know how much of the concept art was public before but there are some pieces I’ve never seen before.

Concept Art for Tangled by Scott Watanabe