Board Thread:Characters/@comment-67.42.91.170-20140509013843/@comment-98.85.95.118-20141107012739

In certain au's, yes. Like the Seasons Guardians, or fantasy based AU's because there's so much for them to have romantic moments together (that and I'm a sucker for adventure fics). Jack and Rapunzel's chemistry in these AU's are pure and magical. So much to do with her hair, his ice powers, it's limitless!

Modern AU's (and sometimes Hogwarts AU's), on the other hand, are rather dull in terms of characterization because Jack and Rapunzel are always limited to the "bad boy meets good girl" treatment. It's done so many times and it's all the same; Jack is always the "outsider" bad boy criminal heartthrob with piercings and tattoos many girlfriends at his disposal, while Rapunzel is the new popular girl who's a sweet saint, perfect and popular and literally there are paragraphs describing how beautiful she is, and oh yeah she has family issues and a jerk ex-boyfriend with a varsity jacket named Eugene/Flynn. Yeah, you get the picture!