#i feel like this is long and not very helpful hghsks sorry!! if anyone has a better answer I hope they'll share!!

[kingreywrites]

sorry to bother you, but you seem like a good person to ask for this! :) i’m currently writing a post-series fic where eugene and rapunzel are both injured. since he would be the prince consort and she would be the queen, would they both be treated in an infirmary? maybe they would have private doctors in their bedroom? sorry i’m not really sure how things worked back then 😂 if you could shed some light on this, thanks!!

Hi! You're not bothering me at all!!

First, a disclaimer: I don't make as much research as you seem to think I do, so this is going to be mostly my assumptions 😂 To be honest, the TTS universe is weird, because it's definitely not in our time but it's also not in a set period at all. Google says it's around 1780, but there are things that match this and things that don't... Plus, there is magic so, from there, accuracy is pretty difficult to reach. And if we don't even think about the time period, we still don't know where TTS is truly based: it's kinda european, but then again, Europe has had very different kinds of royalty over time.

All of that to say: most of it doesn't make sense. And clearly, when writing fanfiction, it's pretty hard to make it make more sense than in the show, so my advice is to not worry too much about how it actually worked back then, because "back then" isn't truly defined, neither in time nor space. (Except if you love the research!! You do you! There are people who do world building way better than me in the Tangled fandom)

Then, for your actual question: technically, TTS never tells us there is an infirmary (in Secret Of The Sundrop, when the Captain is injured, they simply put him in the middle of the guards room which is pretty funny to me). BUT I assume they have one because... I feel like they should 😂 Huge castle with a lot of staff, lot of guards, lot of prisoners AND the royal family? They need to have medical help available. There was a royal infirmary in the Palace of Versailles at some point, if I'm not incorrect, so it doesn't sounds too far-fetched to me that there would be one in Corona too. Would the actual royals stay in it? What I'm sure of is that Rapunzel and Eugene aren't your usual royals, so, again, it doesn't sound impossible.

Then I'd say that it all boils down to the type and severity of the injury, and to what Rapunzel and Eugene actually want.

If they are conscious and able to communicate, do they want to go to the infirmary? Because, by doing so, they admit that they need help, and it can be hard for some people. Maybe they want the comfort and the normal offered by their bedroom, or maybe they're aware of how life threatening their injuries are and think that the infirmary is the best place to go... And maybe they can even disagree about it! People stubbornly refusing medical assistance make for some great angst in my opinion ahah

If one or both are unconscious (or simply not aware of their surroundings enough to make a decision), I'd say infirmary. Because, one, you get all the medical equipment in one place and easy to access, two, same thing goes for medical staff, and three, no bleeding on their probably expensive bed sheets. I think that where one goes, the other follows, so if one of them does end up in the infirmary, the other will too, even if they are less hurt. They definitely would have more privacy as Queen and Prince consort, and probably be separated from other patients and guarded, but I don't think that's impossible to do. Then it's all a question of how long they stay there before wanting to go back to their bedroom (because, as I said, constant medical staff in the infirmary = they'll probably miss the intimacy of their bedroom sooner or later)

They definitely would have private doctors still able to treat them in their bedroom, but if their injuries are severe enough, any emergency could be a question of time (and doctors running up the stairs leading to their bedroom in a panic would be funny, but not that effective I guess). Then again, if you prefer that kind of setting and the drama that comes with it, it can too be an option!

I feel like I'm just rambling but I hope that in the middle of all of that, you found some kind of an answer that is satisfying to you! It's not very historically based though, sorry for that. Research is fun, but when I write, I usually go with what's more interesting to write, not the most accurate, so I'm not sure I'm the best person to ask ahah

Anyway, I'm very interested in what you're writing!! I love whump, so I'll be watching out for your story!! 🥰