Fixing Tangled, or, the Rehabilitation of Flynn Rider

+Vynce Montgomery got me thinking about Tangled again, and I decided the  comment that "No princesses are necessary here, and it feels like a missed opportunity" could use further elaboration.  So, to fix the main problems with Flynn's motivation:

1. Gothel is the evil queen of the kingdom, and has been for many years, kept young by the magic flower in her garden.
2. Rapunzel's parents are poor residents of the town, very active and beloved in their community.  Rapunzel's mother falls ill during her pregnancy, so they steal the flower from the queen's garden.  Their daughter is blessed with the magic hair, blah, blah, blah, Gothel needs the power of the hair to stay young, and so takes the daughter by force and hides her away in the tower.
3. Flynn now grows up in a terrible place, ruled by Queen Gothel, and can have all sorts of reasons for stealing from her (heck, maybe he's orphaned because his parents were the ones who actually stole the magic flower for Rapunzel's parents, and Gothel has them killed for treason).  
4. Much of the rest of the movie plays out as-is.** 
5. With Gothel defeated, there is no monarch, Rapunzel is reunited with her parents, and their community Committee of Union and Progress establishes more democratic rule... and hopefully more like the alternate history committee portrayed in Behemoth and less like the real-life one responsible for the Armenian genocide.

No princess, no prince, and a stronger story with pro-democracy values.  Ta-da!

** +Sarahmac pointed out that the floating lanterns are one of the best things about the original movie, and it would be a shame to lose them.  No problem.  This ceremony, instead of a state-funded and sanctioned event, becomes a quiet, peaceful, and yet powerful act of defiance by the community against the Queen.