User blog comment:Mandiga/The Little Contest~/@comment-24579399-20140504004914/@comment-24579399-20140612013841

((Last minute adding touch! And of course, some more clarification on why her hair got a growth spurt))

AU Persona
Poppy closely resembles someone who just got healed from immense trauma. She's calm, yet can be hurt easily (the whole ordeal made her slightly insecure). Due to her memory of being painfully desperate to be a non-conformist, she has come to believe that she doesn't have to be a stereotypical rebel to live her own life. Of course, she has her Royal/Rebel thing, where she is bouncing through sides as opposed to choosing a medium. Overall, she is a better person, and has learned her lesson about being true to herself.

A Little Explanation
(this is needed after "Poppy The Roybel", so here I go!) there is no running away from your fairy tale. For example, all of the Charmings remain good looking and well, charming. As it is the same with Rapunzel. If you want science, then it was a mutation of follicles (for medical reference, follicles are what choose eye color, hair color, and hair texture). Due to the medical practices and magical need for long hair, the follicles adapted to give long hair through that gene. Of course, through all, magic prevails. When it realized (magic is something of a living breathing thing, in my opinion and dreamings) that there was a resistance, it pushed this particular follicle mutation to apply and grow (not exactly possible, but it's magic, folks) the hair faster. In the end, it was. Poppy against the magic, and the magic won. She looks better with ombré anyway.