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THE APP

Character Name: self-explanatory
Canon: If the canon has multiple versions, please be specific.
Reference Link: A wiki link is preferable, but anything that has a summary of the canon works. If there is no picture on your link, please provide a reference picture as well. If there is really nothing to link, write a short (no more than 200 words) description of the canon and character appearance.

Character History: A brief summary of your character's background. Only the highlights, please! This section should not be more than 300 words long.
Personality: Can be longer than the history, if necessary, but again, please try to be succinct.

Writing Sample: For this section, you have two choices:

1. Fill out an IC survey (copypaste below)
2. Write a first or third person sample on the subject of your choice. (~300-500 words)

C&P

THE SURVEY

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Character Name: Rapunzel
Canon: Tangled
Reference Link: Wiki link and despite the photo given she actually looks like this

Character History: Once upon a time there was a bit of a kerfuffle with a magical healing flower, a possessive witch, and a very ill pregnant Queen. Long story short, the baby princess wound up with the flowers magical powers and was subsequently kidnapped by the witch, Gothel, for 18 years. Her name was Rapunzel and she spent her life imprisoned in a tower, believing Gothel was her mother, and suffered through years of emotional abuse in jaunty song form. However, each year on her birthday, the King and Queen would launch floating lanterns into the sky in hopes that they would show her the way home.

Deciding she wants to see these lights in person on her eighteenth birthday, she tricks Gothel into leaving and blackmails Flynn Rider, a thief who stumbled across her tower looking for a place to hide, into taking her. Though he initially tries to scare her away, the two grow close through a series of wacky antics and beging to trust each other. Just before they reach the kingdom however, Gothel appears and tries to take Rapunzel back home. Failing this, she tricks her into believing Flynn (whose real name is Eugene) has betrayed her. Heartbroken, Rapunzel returns to the tower, only to realise she is the lost princess. She attempts to leave to save Eugene, but Gothel is not on board with this and ties her up.

Luckily Eugene is able to escape thanks to friends they had made earlier in the film; Rapunzel is saved at the cost of her hair, Gothel is dead, and she returns home to be a princess and eventually marry Eugene.

Personality: At her core, Rapunzel is a very lively and cheerful girl. She’s imbued with the natural essence of the sun, this girl is so excitable and perky, it’s hard to keep her down for long. Even through years of emotional abuse at the hands of her mother, Rapunzel remains strong and confident. It takes a bit of pulling to get it out of her, and even she acts surprised when she stands up for herself, but it’s there inside her. She’s a kind and sweet Disney Princess type, friendly to all and has a natural gift with animals. There’s more to Rapunzel than just generic sweetness, however; though she will try honesty first, she’s not adverse to lying and deceiving others to get what she wants. Blackmail and trickery? Easily done. Consorting with thieves and thugs who are proven murderers? She’ll sing show tunes with them! They’re last resorts for her, but she won’t hesitate if pushed. Despite this, she does have her own moral code she sticks to; if she promises something, she will never break that promise, under any circumstances.

Initially Rapunzel is very subservient to her mother, she finds it hard to stand up for herself and make her voice heard, but with character development she becomes able to talk back and even shout her mother down. Now out from Gothel's thumb, Rapunzel is an independent and intelligent young woman who no longer believes herself weak and incapable. She’ll fight for what she wants and won’t be pushed around by others anymore. Rapunzel is cheeky and still very naïve, innocent but very courageous and resourceful, fighting off bad guys with nothing but her hair and a frying pan. There are still a few issues to work out, the poor girl had her life completely turned upside down and experienced a lot of betrayal, but she's truly happy with her life now and keeping strong.

Writing Sample:
01. If given a choice, what would you like to be called?
You can just call me Rapunzel.

02. Do you require socks to be part of your uniform?
Oh gosh, well sure? I'm still not entirely used to this 'wearing shoes' thing, they feel pretty weird, but I'll get the hang of it!

03. Not including mandatory periods of silence, what is the longest you have gone without talking?
I really don't know. I tend to talk to myself a lot, or to Pascal, a lot of the time we sing. I guess a few hours, while I was reading? It's not something I keep track of.

04. Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you?
Aha, that is... Trust is difficult, sometimes the person you believed in most can turn out completely different than you thought. But I believe in my friends, my family. I love them all very dearly.

05. Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate?
I sort of just go up to the animals I want to know and talk to them. It's not like you need to domesticate them, animals are really friendly when you give them the chance. There are definitely some interesting animals in foreign lands I'd like to meet! An elephant, or a tiger, a giraffe... Maybe even a snake. Somebody told me animals like that, and beings with pointy teeth were too dangerous once. But I want to give them a chance.

06. Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery?
If somebody is upset, of course I'll want to help! It's not exactly incapacitated, because you're working to cheer them up, right?

07. What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake?
Oh, I know this! You set the plate at the centre of the table, if you have guests around you use your fancy set. If you are eating a gooey cake you use the dessert fork, located at the top of your plate. If it's an ice cream cake, you use the dessert spoon, placed above the dessert fork. The fork holds the cake while the spoon you cut and eat with. I think that's right, no, I'm sure that's what I learned in my etiquette lessons.

08. Do you trust yourself?
I'm learning to.

09. Please list a crime that only you would know that you have committed.
Gosh! I don't have anything like that, well... I guess I did go gallivanting around with a thief, but that doesn't really count! He's a good man, and he's been pardoned from all his crimes. We've both got clean records now.

10. If you disappeared tomorrow would anyone miss you?
If I disappeared, the whole kingdom would be sad again. My friends, my parents, Eugene... I've got a lot of people I love and we don't want to lose each other.

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