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ChocolatEyes613 wrote: DZAV21 wrote: Well this explains a lot. http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/07/14/the-dark-disney-secret-behind-once-upon-a-time-2059717Especially why Rapunszle wasn't a big deal on OUAT. So basically CS is the couples from Tangled, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Princess Bride all in one. Huh! You just realized the similarities now?

As enjoyable as Tangled is, the love story is not very original. Rapunzel and Flynn Rider were (very likely) based off, the couples from The Princess Bride and Star Wars. It is no secret that Emma and Hook, were based off those two couples as well.

Though, why did you mention'' Pirates of the Caribbean? ''If memory serves correctly.... Will Turner, the blacksmith, was Elizabeth Swann's love interest. Will and Elizabeth were childhood sweethearts, and he was just a wannabe pirate.

I only watched Tangled once when it was first released and I really didn't care for it. And in 2x05 when Killian and Em first met he tried to deceive her and the others by saying he was a Blacksmith, it was a POTC reference. Plus Em's last name is Swan and her first name starts with E so I've always associated them with the pair on POTC.