#And then joining Quirin on trips to the castle and just causing chaos in the castle and the Capital

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Aaahhh I love this. I love almost every Team Awesome au, esp au’s that involve them growing up together (think Dark Kingdom au’s) 

I can absolutely see Edmund trusting Quirin with his child, out of all the Brotherhood, he is the most responsible and mature. I think Quirin would be a great Uncle. He is a bit emotionally distant, but other than that, he is clearly very loving and supportive. (I mean, Varian was allowed to continue alchemy after blowing up his town. That’s pretty supportive lmao)

(Quirin decided to move far away and wants to form a new life, which is why he keeps everything about his past life hidden. Which makes me wonder if he would even tell Eugene about his true lineage. I can honestly see him telling Eugene that his father died, not seeing the need to tell him that he’s a prince if his kingdom has fallen; and Quirin wants nothing to do with that life anymore. He’s a very secretive guy. But that’s just me.)

And Eugene and Varian would grow up to be insanely close. Eugene would absolutely introduce him to Flynn Rider and Varian would adore and look up to him. I can see them being mischievous and getting into trouble together, and causing chaos all around Old Corona. Eugene would be an amazing brother, even if he’s a bad influence XD. All the possibilities :0 I love these boys. Eugene would grow up to give his uncle grey hairs, and train Varian to give his father grey hairs. But Eugene is also a very protective guy and is emotionally mature. He would be the best thing for Varian. And they are both very loved and adored. An adorable lil family.

Eugene is a generally rebellious guy, that could explain why he would be a thief. Maybe he learns about his past and runs away and becomes a thief? He keeps in contact with Varian occasionally but Var is sworn to secrecy. (I don’t like this one as much because I hate this type of conflict) Maybe he’s just a part time thief and steals occasionally for kicks (and to help provide for Varian) Maybe he’s not a thief at all, and he and Varian are adventuring and that’s how they find Rapunzel’s tower. Maybe he finds Rapunzel’s tower by just wandering around. And he introduces her to his family (maybe she decides to stay with them, and doesn’t realize she’s the lost princess.) Those are just some ideas. 

I love this au.

Tell me more about your Quirin Raises Eugene AU 👀 (please 🙏🏻)

I would love to.

A lot of fics that I read when I first came to enjoy the fandom naturally ended up Varian centric or a rewrite of season 2 just because of the flavor of fic that I was interested in at the time. And a lot of those hit on this idea or rather strangeness to the fact that Quirin seems to just abandon the Brotherhood altogether, where at least Hector and Edmond were still guarding the Moonstone and Adira was looking for a legit solution in the Sundrop. So the question I started to ask myself was why. Why did he choose to be a farmer as far away from the Dark Kingdom as possible? Certainly a desire to just be done with the entire ordeal and forget OR more reasonably that it was simply Quirin’s strategy to keep his portion of the Demanitus scroll safe, it seems like what maybe canon was going for, but then I thought, as all AUs start out, what if…

What if Quirin was *ordered* to do this? By Edmond. What if he was charged with taking his portion of the Demanitus scroll and getting as far as humanly possible away from the Dark Kingdom WITH the baby prince. To Corona. Edmond would have left his son in the protection of someone he trusted with his own life and maybe if the conditions were right, eventually share the true lineage with the boy, but ultimately live a quiet happy life in the knowledge that he was never abandoned. After all, in canon, Eugene grows up in an orphanage awfully close to Corona. So I would say that as a headcanon, Eugene’s actual caretakers lost him in some way, shape, or form SO close to their goal, but had the same intent to perhaps remain in close proximity to Quirin while raising Eugene.

So the AU skips the middleman and just says that Edmond ordered Quirin to take the baby and get as far away from the moonstone as possible and to live as a family. Quirin goes to Corona and sets up his farm, raises the prince as his own. Eventually meets Varian’s mom. Alchemy boy comes along and now we’ve got a brothers AU (this is where most of my fun would be in for this AU).

The parts I really wrestle with this is how much this would change Eugene’s life motivation. I think Varian is a good testament that Eugene would get into the Flynn Rider books at some point anyway because they’re fun overall books, but Eugene wouldn’t have the motivation or need to *become* Flynn Rider. He’s got a family. He has that security, and Quirin would absolutely let Eugene follow his interests. Perhaps he feels a need to provide more for his family? This needs a lot more workshopping (this is a cry for suggestions and thoughts).

But it would be a fun way to add series lore into the movie events, which is a thought exercise that I do enjoy.