He can’t preform the duties of being Captain and a ruler at the same time. Is he just going to order himself about? No, he’ll have to delegate all the real work to someone else anyways, or step down in a few years once he and Rapunzel officially marry, so why not go ahead and give the position to that person instead? There’s also the added conflict of interest. This isn’t a promotion, it’s a downgrade. Eugene just does the same things that Eugene always does, only now he wears an ill-fitting uniform for a few episodes while doing it.Įugene Being The New Captain Doesn’t Make Any Sense In-Universeĭid we just forget that Eugene is suppose to be the future co-ruler of two kingdoms? Tangled fans, you were promised a banquet and instead were given a None Pizza with Left Side Beef.Īnd the most insulting thing about it is, is that it doesn’t fundamentally change anything. Eugene fans who desire for anything other then comedic relief antics have latched onto this captain idea out of desperation instead of recognizing it for the moldy table scraps that it is. Most people who defend this development do so with a ‘well at least it’s something’ protest. In fact the subplot that involved him being a guard had already resolved itself back in season one and barely had any impact on the story until now. He was working towards and working through other things that had nothing to do with him being a guard. This isn’t a fulfilling capstone to Eugene’s responsibility arc because it wasn’t set up. Hey, remember the Dark Prince plot that season two introduced? Remember the whole, ‘I’m going to be king someday and must learn how to be a leader’ arc from season one? If you have to make everyone else incompetent in order to make your mains look good then you’ve failed at writing. Pointing Out Your Bad Writing Doesn’t Make It Any Less Bad It was even resolved off screen!Įverything involving this arc has been a lazy cop-out from day one. What was the fucking point behind the mind wipe then? Nothing’s changed, no one has grown or learned anything, and consequences have no meaning because they don’t last. So Are We Confirming That Frederic And Arianna Have Fully Regained Their Memories And Are Back In Charge Now? All this is, is a cheap way to discard the character so that Rapunzel can be the only person that matters to Cassandra, and that’s just an insult to everyone watching, honestly. He’s not there when Cass is debating her actions and desires, when he should be. He doesn’t stick around to advise his replacement. He doesn’t go on a quest to find/save his daughter. The problem with this development is that it’s not used to push the story forward.Ĭap doesn’t do anything after this. I can even understand why he may want to retire or at least take a break from active duty while this is going on. I can understand why this is a conflict of interest and duty. yeah well here he is just giving up.Īnd look, I can understand why he might refuse to fight her. Hey, remember that line back in Islands Apart where Cap refused to not give up until he’s found/saved his daughter…. It’s also a let down because there is no other Cap and Cass scenes beyond that one flashback in Islands Apart despite the fact that Cap should logically play a larger role in Cassandra’s story given her supposed motivation To be fair to this scene, it does actually further the story as its an inciting incident for Cap’s character, but how much stronger a story point would it have been had the confrontation here been real? You dilute the tension and the drama of a conflict when you reduce it down to only a hallucination rather then allowing it to hold real consequences. Eugene, Rapunzel, Maximus and Pascal take off to go look for the thief while Lance is left in charge of watching over Varian’s new invention.Īnimation director Brad Bird pretty much sums up my feelings on dream sequences here in this clip. Eugene is unsure about being chosen as the new captain, but is distracted by the news that there is a new thief who bares a remarkable resemblance to Eugene, also going by the name Flynn Rider, who has stolen the crown again. Summary: After having a nightmare about Cassandra at her stronghold, the Captain of the Royal Guard steps down from his position and hands his title over to Eugene. It’s also a pretty decisive episode within fandom. Here we go, we’ve come to the last of the filler episodes in the show.
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