Talk:Mother Gothel/@comment-1692583-20120803031349

I think she did care about Rapunzel, but had a different view on life, pure evil no. She kept the flower for hundreds of years safe and right where it grew. ( honestly if she had tried to share it how long would it have lasted? When they found it, it was dead in a day) plus, had she picked it and had it in her home in a pot since she found it , it would have become her possession and taking it would have been stealing. They took it and she knew without it she would die. Fear of death is a big motive here. Not just vanity. She tried to only take a bit of the hair and leave the baby. Stealing the baby wasn't her plan. But it can down to that or die. So, not saying it was the right thing to do but it's what she chose in the moment. Was she kind to Rapunzel? Ok it's obvious she didn't treat her poorly. Rapunzel had an awesome vocabulary and knew how to read and had things she enjoyed all around her. She could have easily been treated like a slave. No she wouldn't have cut her own hair because of fear. She did love Rapunzel but again was a bit warped. I think it's weird how Rapunzel could just turn away from the person she thought was her mother and loved all of that time to complete hate and desire to destroy her? Also, what mother wants their kid running around with a wanted Theif? Also, I wonder what would have happened had anyone found out about the hair had mother gothel not kidnapped her? The thieves wanted to kidnap her. Ok, not in anyway saying Mother Gothel was good, just not completely evil