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CU Tangled AU ideas, part 2

A continuation of the discusion of the CU Tangled AU (a friendship based AU with Harold as Rapunzel and George as Flynn/Eugene) with @princeasimdiya12 (so if it sounds like I’m talking to someone in particular, that is who I’m talking to). I made a new post so we wouldn’t have to keep reblogging the first one, which is super long at this point. I’d check the last/recent version of that post to understand what is going on/what we are talking about.

Also, I ended up doing some drawings for this AU, but I won’t be scanning or inking/coloring just yet.

The removal of the rainbows from the symbol would be an interesting choice.

The parents would have still been together after the abduction, but separated some time after Heidi was born. The queen loves Heidi, but she’s very paranoid of losing another child so Heidi either stayed behind palace walls or had to have an escort at all times when outside. Poor girl doesn’t have a lot of playmates or friends because of this.

Though I had this cute idea that CU eventually wanted to meet the queen at some point but ended up meeting Heidi instead. By this point she’s heard of him and admires everything she’s heard about regarding him, so she would never get him sent to prison or send him to Krupp who seems to REALLY hate CU more more than everything he does that gets on his nerves (like helping out the citizens and being so popular with the children of the kingdom). The two get along really well to the point it’s like Heidi got the dad she always wanted. She then asks CU if he could help find her brother so that her mom could be happy again, and CU promises he will–though after she has to clarify that Harold is probably NOT an infant after so many years passed by when CU assumes he’s supposed to be looking for a baby.

Also, Heidi probably jokingly told her mom that she wouldn’t mind having someone like CU as her stepdad. And Krupp overhears this or eventually finds out and has an EPIC reaction of horror and embarrassment. (And no, he doesn’t want to try to marry the queen for power–that would be a stupid cliche in my opinion.)

Anyway, CU tries to keep an eye out for Harold, but he always seems to completely miss the tower. However, Harold did catch a glimpse of CU on a stroke of luck through the window and heard him yell out his catch phrase. It happened so fast that Harold couldn’t do anything about it or even see his face, but he was excited about it and showed Edith a drawing of what he could make out. It gave them both hope that perhaps they could finally escape and be free once more. Perhaps one day they’ll see that strange man in just a cape and undergarments and he’d set them free.

I’m also adding the above because I want the boys to be connected before they finally meet in the present day. Especially since CU is a living representation of their friendship. Also when Harold finally meets CU, he’s at first shocked and thinks it’s one of the funniest/best things he’s ever seen, but then he realizes that he’s heard that ‘TRA-LA-LAA!’ before and gets excited that he finally met the strange man in so little clothing who can fly.

But it would be ironic because Krupp chasing George into a hiding spot that’s actually a secret passageway to the tower would partly be due to George trying multiple times to snap his fingers to bring CU out and Krupp frantically stops each one (especially if he does the ‘cover your ears and try to talk loudly’ route). So CU being around is what leads to George finding Harold/CU starting to fulfill his promise to Heidi.

I bet Edith knows what a dolphin looks like and the animal becomes Harold’s favorite creature to summon. Anyway, The Grimm’s fairytales weren’t a thing just yet in the timeframe of Tangled (which I think was supposed to be 1780 if the research was correct), so I think Edith would be familiar with the Charles Perrault stories as well as both versions of Beauty and the Beast (I think it would be insanely ironic if that was a story she liked. The idea of someone who seems like a beast but would be a prince deep down somewhere inside–even in a figurative sense–is very sweet and perfectly reflects the romance she has in the film/will soon have in this AU. I don’t know if she would like a fairytale like Cinderella after living out a similar story and being screwed over instead of gaining her freedom). So she recounts the fairytales to Harold and they amuse themselves by coming up with their own versions over time.

Also it turns out George and Harold love the same kind of stories–the ones with heroes to go as far as to break the rules to do the right thing. Stories like Robin Hood, yes, but also ones where the hero is silly and delusional, like Don Quixote (someone on tumblr ACTUALLY proposed a Don Quixote CU AU, but I don’t know where it went). The memories of his parents telling stories to him, as well as being able to tell his own stories to them, are among George’s most cherished memories.

I imagine that when George comes into the tower, he’s knocked out because they have no clue what is going on, but after the excitement, they hide him away. And there would be that moment like in the film where Ribble makes it point blank she’s NEVER going to let them leave the tower which is soul crushing for Harold but angers Edith–it’s one thing for the woman to put her down with so many insults as a way to keep her inside, but it’s another to insult the boy and deny him any freedom.

Cue the bargaining scene. And I love the set up and your idea of how things could be resolved so that the crown can be returned.

Considering how in the film Gothel snuck in and out o the castle like magic, the magical folk would have been among the first who were suspected, but she’s not too lost in her grief to ask for help. Lisa and Billy’s families were probably among the first to leave, but they were told about Krupp as a warning so it all clicks for them when they find out who is chasing George down. And yeah, I could see Krupp being gleeful at the idea of capturing two young spellcasters and making it a big deal while scaring them half to death. He also thinks they aren’t a threat because he doesn’t think children are as powerful as adults–boy was he proven wrong!

It takes him awhile to figure out what happened to him but unlike his book/film counterpart, he finds out and is it NOT a good moment for him. It’s to the point that capturing George becomes his personal goal (with goal number two being trying to find a way to undo the spell while keeping it a secret).

I guess recounting the story would have to be like a Gilligan cut, just to make things easier.

Krupp would recognize Edith as the person who was with the boys and while she pities him, she also would remind him that she should be the one whose angry because she was separated from the boys–one of whom she is very close with and swore to keep an eye out for. But I can see Krupp trying to keep his anger down and, after Edith shows some kindness towards him, he slowly starts to relax and drop his guard around her. Though he’s still trying to cover himself up when they go find the boys and when Edith tells him that CU was very sweet and not only acted like a gentleman towards her, but also saved her in the chaos of the destruction of the dam/quarry, it annoys him (not realizing he’s actually being jealous of his counterpart).

And when Krupp does find the boys, they pull the repeating switching personalities scenario to mess with him and also because it’s so funny.

Yeah, George would need to be in disguise–he’d probably wear a mask or something. He’d show Harold around town and even though Harold had his first time playing/hanging out with kids at the Snugly Duckling, it’s the first time he’s played together with someone his own age who shares similar likes and dislikes. And because Harold has so much fun, it makes everything new to George again and he can quit worrying about getting caught, never finding his family, or mean adults–he can be like a kid again. They would still do the boat and go out when there are all the lanterns, but it’s a moment of being friends–NO ROMANCE! None whatsoever! It’s a moment where they finally reach the best friend status without realizing it. (When George sacrifices his life to save Harold and Harold is willing to trade his freedom to save George, that is when they know for sure how strong that friendship is).

Ooooooh, rainbow lanterns. I love it. :)

Also, when I said that Krupp begins to let his guard down around Edith, she also promises to not let him switch on accident during the festival after the boys did the back-and-forth on him–especially because transforming without realizing it is a source of paranoia that keeps him from being comfortable around people and keeps him from enjoying himself. When it DOES happen, she is able to keep her promise and turns him back in a way that won’t make him miserable–like leading CU to a place with water before he can start throwing things off, getting her hand wet, and then placing it on his head like checking a fever. And when Krupp awakens, she smiles and says something like ‘See? I told you I’d keep my promise.’ So not only does this increase his ability to trust Edith and deepens his appreciation towards her, but it’s one of the moments that leads to him beginning to develop stronger feelings towards her (though he’d struggle with that, because he also thinks that there’s no way she’d like him back due to his reputation, the ‘curse,’ and that she seemed to favor CU more than him).

Yeah that stuff about him and George and figuring out Harold’s identity sounds about accurate.

That’s a clever choice for the roles of the Stabbington Brothers and makes sense. Though I bet that at one point Ribble catches a glimpse of Edith with Krupp and not only is mad at the woman’s betrayal, but she can’t stand Edith being happy, looking so beautiful in that moment, or with a man which is a clear sign she’ll lose her servant and be forced to do a lot of the chores if that happens. And that gives her more ways to attack Edith later on when she and Harold are forced to go back.

I did have this one, super dark idea that ties into the original fairy tale–when Harold realizes why he was placed in the tower in the first place and Edith tries to help him out once again, Ribble decides that Edith is disposable–she can always find another servant–and decides to invoke a slow death upon Edith by having her trapped under these super thorny hedges/bushes near the tower. There’s a couple of feet thick of thorns in the least dense areas outside the spot Edith is stuck in, but there are so many thorns that it would be super painful to try to break the bushes all apart. In fact, the thorns can also gradually sap away the strength or magic of anyone who gets scratched or pierced by them, just to twist the knife further. Meanwhile, there’s enough room for Edith to be able to sit up or lay down, but it’s still a nightmare of a place to be stuck in if you happen to hate small spaces. The idea is that Edith will die of starvation or die in her attempt to escape since she’s not that powerful or strong enough to begin with, and that ‘her bones will mingle with the thorns’ since no one will be able to find her. (Also, NO ONE GOES BLIND like in the story because of this. I don’t want to make this AU THAT gruesome).

Of course Edith WILL be found, but let’s save that discussion for another time.

Well, I don’t know how soon I can respond back with more ideas. Until then, Merry Christmas.

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