@BarryFromMars  
I recall the story normally ending in the tower, after him having climbed up her hair. “Plan B” does sound like it would be interesting, though… especially if Discord was in charge.
 
Hell, the hair would probably be HIS!

@ShimmeringStallion
 
Depends on the story, again. The one I read just had the Princess get impatient, quip “What’s taking you so long? The prince comes up in no time at all” and the witch then got wind of it, cut off her hair and stuck her somewhere and waited for the prince. The prince didn’t kill the witch when she lured him in but jumped out and was blinded by landing in a thorn-bush and later on found Rapunzel who cried and her tears healed the Prince’s eyes. I’m not sure if the witch died later on or not, and the book also didn’t mention anything about Rapunzel’s parents in the end who were mentioned in the start.

Though this also means she’d have to be slain by the knight.
 
… Discord could always be the villain, I guess…

@ShimmeringStallion
 
I can imagine Discorded Fluttershy ordering a bear to stand guard.

@BarryFromMars  
“Um, be captive, I mean, if you wouldn’t mind, that is…”
 
Then again, she COULD command a bear to guard the door… not a dragon though, hmm…

@ShimmeringStallion
 
No, that wouldn’t work.

@BarryFromMars  
Out in the Wilderness…
 
… so Fluttershy’s the witch?

@ShimmeringStallion
 
Huh. The book I read just had the tower out in wilderness, so I imagine it depends on the book.

@BarryFromMars  
If I recall, there is something incredibly strong guarding the entryway to the castle…
 
… So I guess we also know that the knight’s kind’ve a pussy.

@ShimmeringStallion
 
Would she get used to it after a while? Can she turn off the nerves for a while mentally? Does she have some sort of temporary pain-deadener? So many questions can be asked.

@BarryFromMars  
Well from what I recall, the very basic story has her strong enough to not tie her hair to anything, so he climbs up it, reaches her, and she lunges into his arms in joy.
 
Which, still… so much pain on her scalp that isn’t mentioned.

@ShimmeringStallion
 
Oh. So the whole basis of the story has other things tied to it depending on the book?

@BarryFromMars  
Well now we’d just be going into territory of “How the lore has changed.” For the record, the nose-hair section was from Ren & Stimpy’s “Rapunzel”-based episode.
 
To which Stimpy snorts Ren into his nose to get him into the castle.
 
All we know is that someone took her into the tower and the knight saved her by climbing the tower. Most of what else exists results in the need to go read several books to see what was the original conditions, but for all we know, they’re as deep as “Where did the salesman who sold Jack the Beans that made the giant Beanstalk, get the beans, himself?”

@ShimmeringStallion
 
Yeah. And what does this story have going for it figuratively? How did Rapunzel even get in the tower? I know an old witch put her there, but did her father lose her to the witch to pay off a debt or what?

Well, if the root’s strong enough, she COULD always try it the more painful way, though let’s be honest: she’d need to be RIGHT BY THE WINDOW to be able to stop the hero from falling due to her constantly struggling.

@ShimmeringStallion
 
Oh, I see. But my point is I hope she’s tying it around a beam or something sturdy like that before letting it down.

@BarryFromMars  
It says “Let down your hair”, but it doesn’t say WHAT hair… So you climb, assuming it’s head-hair, you get to the top: It’s nose-hair.
 
You climbed up nose-hair.

@ShimmeringStallion
 
Wait, What does that have to do with the situation? I mean sure I see, nose-hair…
 
But… What?

@BarryFromMars  
You start climbing the single strand of hair.
 
You get to the top: It’s nose-hair.

@Bhazor
 
Climbing a girl’s long hair really wouldn’t hurt her if she were to tie it to something else before letting it down.
 
Just an observation.

“Wait! You want to do what to my hair?!? Climb it? I’d rather stay in my dungeon.”

“Rarity, Rarity, Let down your hair”
 
“No fool get the fuck out of here!”