Ratpunzel by Ursula Vernon

 “He was a very bad king, Mom!  He had gone to a very dark place in pursuit of organizational excellence!”

Everyone in the Kingdom of Sunshine was cheerful, in that extremely graying way that makes your teeth ache…

“Everyone seems very… happy…” said Wilber.

“Yep,” said Harriet.  “Not gonna lie.  If I had to live here, I’d go evil in a week.  I’d be building an army of giant spider-chickens and saying things like, “No, Mr. Wilbur, I expect you to fit, muahahaha.”