#eah rewrite

Dulcie

Visually similar to Duchess so I feels like it's a less jarring change, means sweet so very ironic

Lynette

Literally means lake, so her name would be Lake Swan

Ophelia

Tragic figure in her own story, and similar to the name Odette. Also just pretty.

Alina

Ok, this is the weakest one but it means noble, duchess is a type of noble...

So I'm doing an Ever After High rewrite/Gen 2, and for Holly, I'm thinking of making her a trans girl. She and Poppy were still accidentally switched at birth, but now Holly is the real older sister. She is still a royal who wants to become the next Rapunzel after she finds out it is her destiny by birth, but Headmaster Grimm and the other adults oppose the idea because she was born a boy, and Rapunzel's role is that of a damsel who falls in love with a prince. Sure, someone like Maddie can take up the Mad Hatter's role despite the first Mad Hatter being a man because the Mad Hatter's role is, well, to be a Mad Hatter; a girl can do it, but you need a "real girl" playing Rapunzel.

So her struggle would be that despite her being a royal who wishes to follow her destiny, she still isn't allowed a choice in the matter. She read every story there is about princesses and how, because they were strong and chose to remain kind and patient in a world that was cruel to them, they were rewarded with a happily ever after and true love, so that's how she always lived, so no matter how many times she has to politely remind people what her name is or how many classes she wishes she could try but can't, no matter how many bad things are said about her simply because of who she is, like how she's just "confused" or that talk behind her back about how she won't be a real girl even if she had the help of a fairy godmother, or even how she has to live in a body that feels like a curse was put upon her, like she was turned into a beast that she can't bear to look at, without her ever knowing what sin she committed in her past life to deserve living a life she can hardly call hers.

But on Legacy Day, a day she just wanted to not attend and stay in her room, her friend Raven refused to sign the book and follow the life written down for her, and even though Holly thought that what Raven was doing was beyond selfish, she couldn't help but think, "If only I could follow *my* destiny." And as the situation grew bigger than anyone had anticipated and the entire school had been split into royals and rebels, and Holly saw how her friends, both royal and rebel, were working harder to prove that they were making the right decision, she made a decision of her own: she stopped cutting her hair entirely, and in a matter of days it grew to be taller than her. She started attending princessology class, and she declared herself a royal who's going to make her Rapunzel story the best it can be, and her happily ever after will be hers.

when resetting the universe, sprawled out on many pages in the magic tome is the same phase “ I want to relive our happiest memories.” Which is something that Duchess writes in the book the day before the graduation.

When asked where she got the book all that Duchess tells her is she can’t remember who gave it to her. That she has had the book for so many years and so many cycles that she couldn’t put a face or a voice to the person that had given it to her.

My idea was cloning. Like they're all magical clones like clone high and I was almost like "how did no one think of this before it's perfect" and then I remembered Cerise and Ramona

Then again maybe they could just be outliers. Everyone else is a magical clone of their ""parents"" while Cerise and Ramona are secretly actual daughters of their parents

And obviously Cedar cause she's just made of wood, like her dad. Like Geppetto or Pinocchio just made her with wood.

I'm surprised none of the people trying to do canon rewrite AUs thought of this

Send me an EAH character (aside from Apple and Raven) and I'll tell you how I rewrite them.

Darling:

I feel like fanon Darling is this suave badass knight. In the canon she's this perfect princess by day and skilled knight by... well night. This is a lot more in the books but that is where most of her character is anyway.

I think that she should at the very least struggle with presenting as a perfect princess. She gets dirty and has sticks in her hair. She gets caught trying to climb out of the tower windows.She doesn't know how to do her makeup.

Also she's very impulsive especially when it comes to heroics. She'll drop everything and run if she hears someone scream. THen she usually met with someone annoyed, saying they were her hoping for a boy like Daring not his little sister.

Speaking of siblings, I want to make her the older twin between her and dexter. I think she's very protective of her younger brother. Especially considering the way their parents treat him. They're also very close. Not only are they twins but they both share their parents' disappointment.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot about Apple. I don't know if I want to include their relationship. I have come up with a storyline for them but I don't really care for dappling. Maybe if I ever get a co-writer and they like dappling I'll include it but as of now I'm on the fence.