Elsugunzel

Elsugunzel   is the name given to the newly minted pairing of  Eugene and Rapunzel  from  Tangled (2010)  and  Elsa  from  Frozen (2013).

Relationship Overview
This pairing is an OT3 that features Elsunzel (Elsa x Rapunzel), Eugunzel (Eugene x Rapunzel), and Eugelsa (Eugene x Elsa) in a polyamorous relationship. Sometimes polyamory is used as a "solution to a love triangle" that only includes Eupunzel and Eugelsa as consensual couples, but its first emergence conceived a romance between all three characters.

Because the ship is unheard of, its supporters are few, but stories have surfaced. Their relationship dynamics vary in fanfiction, but the commonalities drawn between the three by writers comprise of the leads understanding what feeling less than was like, along with the belief that their flaws, at some point, defined them. In their past films, they hid what made them who they were (or one thing they thought made them who they were) out of paranoia:

*Elsa's arc is similar to Rapunzel's, but she had adult responsibilities and childhood demons in comparison. When she finally breaks free from her parents' "conditioning," she momentarily feels like her powers are not as bad as they said they were and can actually be beautiful. At the movie's end, she too concludes that society is not full of horrifying things and neither is she; there's beauty in both. At some point, all three acted like they would be okay with being "isolated" after they got what they wanted because they still thought society could never really accept them. Rapunzel planned on going back to her isolated tower, Elsa planned on staying in her isolated ice castle, and Eugene planned on staying on his isolated island. However, when Rapunzel mentions returning to her tower after she sees her lights, he implies, and seems to realize at that moment, that isolation isn't the answer. Before their films end, they finally see and appreciate themselves beyond "stereotypes or labels" and engage in normal human interaction without fear. Rapunzel learns that her hair doesn't define her, Elsa learns that neither her crown nor her powers should define her, and Eugene learns that his social status doesn't define him, because character is what matters. As an OT3, the girls most likely wouldn't feel "defined by their flaws or mistakes" by Eugene. He appears to be patient and accepting when he's living in his truth, especially after having lived in ostracization as a child for his own. He's also the more "worldly," experienced, and emotionally seasoned character in the OT3, potentially giving both girls their share of "being navigated through the world they were locked away from" and having him as their rock, while Rapunzel and Elsa might keep him grounded.
 * Since youth, Rapunzel stayed in a tower because she believed everyone would "use and abuse her" for her hair, which prompts her to tell Pascal in the intro that it's better to be in the tower than outside. Her only motivation to leave was to see her lights and then return home. Her opinion changes when she realizes the world is not as bad as Gothel said it was, and can actually be beautiful.
 * Eugene says "Eugene Fitzherbert" was an orphan no one liked possibly because he was an illegitimate child. He became increasingly aloof and ran away to make his own life under a new identity. He claimed he wanted to be tanned, rested, and alone on an island as if being alone was a coveted comfort zone, somewhat like the safety net Elsa believed she was chasing if she isolated herself on Mt. North. When he realizes Rapunzel didn't mind "Eugene," he gave up on aspiring to be alone with inanimate objects (money and island), similar to how Anna makes Elsa realize she needs her and Arendelle to live a full life with emotional connections to other people. The difference between Elsa and Eugene was that Elsa was aware of wanting connections with people, whereas Eugene was blissfully ignorant of his emotional needs until he met Rapunzel.
 * Eugene and Elsa grew up faster in their childhoods than Rapunzel did, coupled with being on the run from their kingdoms as outlaws.
 * Rapunzel's journey was about finding out who she was while Eugene's and Elsa's were about being their true selves.
 * When Elsa and Rapunzel "run away," they "break out and finally see what they can do." Like Rapunzel, Elsa has been interested in discovering more about the world and having fun in Disney's Frozen book series, Sisterhood is the Strongest Magic.
 * Eugene could in his own way understand how both girls felt inside about wanting to "begin a life" in their control with their rules without worrying about people judging them, using them, or "having it out" for them. He's sensitive to the idea of being locked up forever, which may reflect how he viewed his life in the orphanage.

Fanfiction

 * Parfait (*Sexual Content) by butterflydreaming (chyralisdreams)
 * Ternion [ T h e m by Otherwise_Unbroken]
 * Ternion [ H i m by Otherwise_Unbroken]