Obligatory Nightwing rescuing Rapunzel from the tower thread, prequel to all the meme threads so far as of uh... this comment
Childhood Friends / Medieval Tangled!Timeline AU
A young Robin!Dick is part of a traveling circus headed to Corona, only for him to stumble upon Rapunzel (littlestsundrop) somehow
They become pals, but are later forcibly split once Gothel gets really paranoid
They could reunite years later when Dick is already Nightwing-aged
Cue angst lmfao
Dark Timeline
Events of Tangled except Gothel did, in fact, kill Flynn at the end
Rapunzel's heartbroken, must stay true to her vow that she'd fight Gothel until she can escape
Meanwhile, events of Final Crisis = the world thinks Batman is dead, so Dick must take Bruce's place as the new Batman
Dick's also heartbroken, except now over the loss of his father
Despite Rapunzel's vow, Gothel endeavors to take Rapunzel somewhere where she can't be found
Gothel could takes Rapunzel to Ra's Al Ghul in exchange for protection
Rapunzel's hair is basically a Lazarus Pit without any of the bad side effects, after all
Maybe this will all compel Dickbats to cut Rapunzel's hair short at some point after they inevitably meet? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Rapunzel escapes a struggle (with the League of Assassins?) with only some of her hair intact, and she's determined not to cut the rest for now out of some misguided belief that she could still help Flynn
But eventually after facing the facts and coming to know Dick, she would be able to let it go
Deep Lore Notes
MedievalTangled!Timeline AU