#eugunzel

He was kept IN A TOWER by a self-absorbed "maternal" figure who only wanted to use his power for her own purposes

Also he was taken over by a dark void at one point

ALSO in the comics Sentry apparently has healing powers so if Yelena (or anybody) gets hurt in Doomsday/Secret Wars he could just

ALSO ALSO when not in power-up mode they have the same haircut

I watched the movie the year it was out and liked it very very much, so when I heard about the series I was kinda afraid to watch it? like, I thought it could ruin the magic of love between Rapunzel and Eugene for me, I felt betrayed by authors too much to feel confident in such things so I decided to just ignore it when it was ongoing. So I forgot it existed.

But recently I re-watched the movie with my daughter, remembered there was the series and, as I feel more mature now, I decided to give it a chance and... watched it as fast as my busy life allowed me. I definitely regret that I didn't watch it earlier and didn't join the fandom when it was active, because it actually ACTUALLY represents everything I dreamt to have as a shipper.

Not only Rapunzel and Eugene stay together, but the series shows so many dear and lovely moments with them, they support each other, they care about each other, they SPREAD love and infatuation and romantic tension and it's amazing. As a shipper who isn't used to being fed so much with canon couply material I feel over-fed now haha. No, I ship a lot of pairings and the majority of them is canon (not like I tend to ship only canon couples, no it just happens), but in a lot of cases authors usually try to create drama within the plot by making the main pairing break up as if nothing else can happen to drive the story further. But here - no. TTS does a great job, the drama and problems is something Rapunzel and Eugene solvetogether and never have those as problems that stand between them.

Business-To-Lovers.

@youcannotkillmeiamsubhuman and I were talking about how most of the best het couples started out "exploiting" each other.

I mean that in the sense that they had a deal of some kind. A "you do this for me, I'll do this for you, then we go our separate ways" sorta thing, you know? A business exchange.

The way they go about it will oftentimes be different, but eventually, they realize they care more about each other than whatever deal they had, they fall in love, etc, etc, you know how it goes.

BUT it's the part about them having a "strictly business" kind of relationship at first before devolving into love that both amuses me and intrigues me. Especially since there are so many couples that follow this pattern.

Tiana x Naveen. Anna x Kristoff. Eugene x Rapunzel. Nick x Judy. Rumi x Jinu. Uzi x N. Yor x Loid. Wednesday x Tyler. The list goes on.

The only time this pattern doesn't apply is when it's teenagers. Like Izuku and Ochaco, or Callum and Rayla (Callum and Rayla might seem like they were trying to get something out of each other, but they ultimately had the same end goal so it doesn't count). I have no clue why it doesn't apply to them.

Generally speaking though, a lot of the best het ships started out as solely business partners trying to achieve something with the sometimes reluctant help of the each other.

With Rapunzel and Flynn/Eugene being another Disney couple I like, I felt the need to make collage to reference some of the other Disney medias they have appeared in, than just the short film and TV series of the Tangled franchise.