We’ve all seen that Gothel makes Rapunzel come to her for hugs, but today I realized it goes deeper than that. Gothel doesn’t want Rapunzel showing physical affection unless she has been given specific permission. Opening her arms is that unspoken permission.
For example, towards the beginning, when she’s reminding Gothel that it’s her birthday tomorrow, she grabs her arm in exuberance. Gothel is put out and then pries Rapunzel’s hands off her arm, all the while pretending she doesn’t remember (or care) that her birthday - something Rapunzel is extremely excited about - is fast approaching.
She also uses Rapunzel’s need for physical affection, deliberately taunting and “teaching” her with it by pretending to offer it, then taking it away immediately.
The first bazzilionty times I saw this movie, I always assumed Rapunzel was relieved to see Gothel towards the end of Mother Knows Best just because she was scared.
But now I realize it’s not only because she’s scared, but because Gothel is now giving Rapunzel permission to seek the creature comfort of physical contact that she so desperately needs after the gamut of fear she’s run.
Eugene, on the other hand, starts showing physical affection as soon as he starts feeling any affection for Rapunzel at all. He uses it as a comfort. Yet Rapunzel keeps her hands to herself.
It continues when he gives her the little flag, touching the small of her back in an affectionate way. But her hands (and attention) are full at this moment.
In fact, the first time she realizes she’s touching him, and he’s touching her, and there’s affection and enjoyment buzzing between them, she’s the first to pull away.
She’s alarmed at first, then apologetic and sheepish. Sorry I was touching you, Eugene. And he politely takes a step back, tuned in to her discomfort and giving her a little more space.
But that is why the moment on the boat is so important, and why Rapunzel has the reaction she does.
In taking Rapunzel’s hand, out of the blue (as far as she can tell), it’s sending her a clear message that he feels the same about her that she does about him, and that physical affection is both alright and wanted. That he will seek out her attention in a way Gothel never has. And from this moment on, she touches him often, holding hands for the rest of the song, brushing his hair from his face as he lay dying, and never letting go of his head, even after he’d died in her arms. Not to mention kissing him when he lives again, holding hands on the balcony while they wait for her parents and end-of-movie smooching.
ITS BACK!!! movie night masterpost! all links work as of august 11, 2014 (if you want to request/recommend movies here) I’m reposting this because it was highly requested and it got deleted for the second time, I also added more films!!
10 Things I Hate About You
13 Going on 30
17 Again
21 Jump Street
22 Jump Street
27 Dresses
(500) Days of Summer
A Cinderella Story
Aquamarine
Bride Wars
Bring It On
Bring It On Again
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Clueless
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Teenage Dramaqueen
Crazy, Stupid Love
Disturbia
Donnie Darko
Easy A
Ella Enchanted
Forrest Gump
Freaky Friday
Friends with Benefits
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Girl, Interrupted
Great Gatsby
Grown Ups
Grown Ups 2
Jennifer’s Body
John Tucker Must Die
Juno
Just My Luck
Labour Pains
Leap Year
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde 2
LOL
Lolita
Maid in Manhattan
Mean Girls
Mean Girls 2
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality 2
New Year’s Eve
New York Minute
Pitch Perfect
Princess Diaries
Princess Diaries 2
Project X
Pulp Fiction
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
She’s the Man
Silver Linings Playbook
Slumdog Millionaire
Stuck in Love
Submarine
Sucker Punch
Switch
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Devil Wears Prada
The Heat
The Hunger Games
The Last Song
The Notebook
The Parent Trap
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Proposal
The Tourist
The Virgin Suicides
The Vow
Titanic
V for Vendetta
Warm Bodies
Water for Elephants
What Happens in Vegas
Yes Man
Final Destination:
Final Destination
Final Destination 2
Final Destination 3
The Final Destination
Final Destination 5
Harry Potter:
Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows Part 1
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows Part 2
Men in Black:
Men in Black I
Men in Black II
Men in Black III
Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of The Black Pearl
Dead Man’s Chest
At World’s End
On Stranger Tides
Star Wars:
Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
The Clone Wars
Saw:
Saw
Saw II
Saw III
Saw IV
Saw V
Saw VI
Saw 3D (7th Movie)
Step Up:
Step Up
Step Up 2
Step Up 3
Step Up Revolution
The Hangover:
The Hangover
The Hangover 2
The Hangover 3
Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Twilight Saga:
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn: Part 1
Breaking Dawn: Part 2
Marvel:
The Amazing Spider-man
The Avengers
Captain America
Fantastic Four
Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 3
Spider-man
Spider-man 2
Spider-man 3
Thor
X-Men
X-Men First Class
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men The Last Stand
Disney:
Aladdin
Aladdin The Return of Jafar
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 2010
The Aristocats
Atlantis the lost Empire
Antlantis Milos Return
Bambi
Bambi II
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3
Brave
Brother Bear
Brother Bear 2
A bugs Life
Camp Rock
Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam
Cars
Cars 2
The Cheetah Girls One World
Chicken Little
A Christmas Carol
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn treader
Cinderella
Cinderella II Dreams come True
Cinderella III A Twist in Time
Collage Road Trip
Cow Belles
Dadnapped
Dinosaur
Dumbo
The Emperors New Groove
Enchanted
Escape to Witch Mountain
Fantasia
Fantasia 2000
Finding Nemo
Fox and the Hound
Fox and the Hound 2
Frankenweenie
Frenemies
Frozen
Game Plan
George of the Jungle
A Goofy Movie
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Halloweentown
Halloween town II: Kalabar’s Revenge
Halloweentown High
Hannah Montana Movie
Hercules
High School Musical
High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3
Holes
Home on the Range
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Incredibles
Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget 2
James and the Giant Peach
John Carter
Jungle Book
Jungle Book 2
Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp 2
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch 2
Lion King
Lion King 2
Lion King 1 ½
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid 2
Lizzie Mcguire Movie
Marry Poppins
Mars Needs Moms
Mickeys Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the house of mouse
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