#tangled ending

There have been times when I was feeling extremely down and like nothing would lift my spirits, then the next tangled episode would drop and it’d keep me going the full week. Having a show like tangled to anticipate, having new episodes to watch and react to, has been more than just a nice, fun show... it’s been something that has kept me going through the dark times. 

I knew that they were stopping at 3 seasons, and when I first heard that I was grateful that they werent planning on milking it for money, that they were really going to stick to the plan. Stopping at 3 seasons would ensure the quality would remain as incredible as it has ever been. 

But... as season 3 arrived, and more and more episodes flew by…the last episode drawing nearer…I started to feel more down, more like “…oh but we could milk it for one more season right? It wouldnt lose its quality that much...” I started spreading out when I’d watch the episodes much more, knowing that these would be the last episodes I’d ever get to watch, the last of the new content. This week I’ve been agonizing over when I’ll watch the last episode, if I’ll watch it the moment I first can, if I’ll risk spoilers and wait as long as I possibly can…I’m still extremely conflicted, honestly. 

Because this’ll be it. After today…there won’t be any more. There will be no new content. I’ll never get the feeling I get when i watch a new episode, never be able to react to new content...

This was more than just a show to me. It’s been...a beacon of hope. And losing it is more than a show ending. It…really is a loss.

From the very beginning I have loved the Tangled fandom to bits. It took me forever to join tumblr (or any social media for that matter), so I was not well accustomed to what fandom life is like on the internet (…I waved through the window of pinterest mostly XD). Tangled was one of the first fandoms I ever joined on tumblr and I’m so beyond  glad I did. I don’t think my experience of the show would have ever been the same without you guys…I so looked forward to hearing what everyone thought, for theories, for edits, for fan art and fics…You were one of the reasons I so looked forward to episodes, one of the things that brightened my week. 

This past week I decided, even in my desire to savor/milk each episode as long as I could, to be sure to watch the second to last episode a few days before the last one aired so I could check in the fandom one last time before the finale. I’ve been so behind lately I really haven’t been able to join in the fandom and catch much of the awesome things you guys have been posting over the last half of the last season. I wanted to catch at least some of that, and hear everyone’s thoughts on the last episode before it came about—theories, worries, hopes….

And oh my goodness am I ever glad I did. I was wondering if everyone would be either super excited or super sad…And seeing so much positivity, so many bittersweet posts about the fandom has brightened my spirits so much these last few days. Knowing I’m not alone in losing this amazing show…it has helped so much. It feels less like a loss and more like...I dont know, we’re going into battle together.

So I want to thank you. Thank you all. You’ve been here when the sun was shining, and here during the dark nights. You’ve been there to theorize, to debate, to cheer, to write, to draw… You’ve been here to brighten my days. You’ve been here from Life After Happily Ever After to, well…I guess we’ll find out, won’t we? I’ve made so many wonderful friends through this fandom and I’m so glad Tangled brought us all together.

I’m definitely still going to be here, posting and reblogging for tangled after the show ends. I still have at Tangled fics on my computer I started long ago—(one I started way back from season one and never finished)—and I will definitely be writing more for it. I may post even more than I did before, as I do my best writing and overanalyzing once I have the full canon. (Please feel free to message me if you’ll be sticking around to chat about the series, and/or to drop some fic prompts in my askbox on my writing blog @antihero-writings!) (I wonder...should those of us who are planning on sticking around come up with some hashtag to identify who’s planning on continuing to post?)

I really hope I’m not the only one who keeps posting/writing/creating fanart for it. It would bring me such immense joy and comfort to continue to see tangled posts all over my dash even after the show has ended. 

Because the fandom only really dies when we stop posting for it, right?