#Varian and the Seven Kingdoms

[immadatdisney2]

Oh my god these are effing gorgous!

Concept: Scrooge Varian.

Idk…just some wind down sketches for fun! Reaper Ruddiger amuses me.

[lollygaggingloser]

Hugo: Have you ever thought about growing old?

Varian (thinking): Sometimes. Aging sounds like it sucks, but I think I could learn to enjoy it. Why? Did you find a grey hair this morning?

Hugo (scoffing): No. For your information, I kind of look forward to aging. I could pull off grey hair anyway. Plus, not everyone gets to experience getting old.

Varian, jokingly: Especially in our dangerous profession. We've had way too many close calls with death already.

Hugo (laughing): Exactly! I think it would be nice to surprise the world if we died of old age than from an experiment gone wrong.

Varian (nodding): Dying of old age certainly sounds more peaceful.

Hugo: How old do you imagine you'd live to be?

Varian (pausing on his work and thinking): Hmmmm....I'd like to live one day longer than you.

Hugo (smirking): Is it truly your life's mission beat me at everything? Now you want to outlive me too??

Varian (laughing): That's part of it, yes.

Hugo: And what's the other part?

Varian: Well...I think living in a world without you would be too boring for me. Plus, I made a promise to you back at the eternal library, after you saved me.

Hugo: That you'd never do anything that stupid ever again?

Varian (smiling): That you'll never have to worry about losing me again. So, if I live one day, or even one minute longer than you, it means you'll always have me around for the rest of your life and you'll never lose me.

Hugo (barely keeping it together): O-Oh...

Varian: Your turn. How long do you want to live?

Hugo: ...I was thinking maybe 90, but now...one day less than you sounds good too.

[velleiix]

lalala apple cider lalala

[uhjamszone]

Varigo Christmas Tree Shopping

i loved drawing this sm

[veefigrief]

More sketches :) Im currently just trying to get into drawing mode xD

[pansy-picnics]

No bc when did so many people in the vat7k fandom suddenly decide varian’s uncle/ulla’s brother’s name is ulf????? like. NO!!!!! THAT NAME IS ALREADY TAKEN!!!! ULF IS THE MIME!!!! YOU GUYS ARE FAKE FUCKING TANGLED FANS!!!!!!!! /j

[0rczy]

Since I’m not super familiar with boarding action sequences (this is about the Vat7k boards) I’ve been sending my rough sketches to professionals on discord to get some feedback. Which is great! Except I have to clean up my thumbnails first… they’re only comprehensible to me. I hate clean-up.

Like, I get it. Looking at this, you’ll probably have zero clue what I’m trying to show. But aaaa

Sure, this is better to look at but a massive pain to draw. I wanna get to actual poses asap…

anyways rant over, here’s todays warm ups with them Varigo guys

I swear I’m working on this, I just really wanted to get better at boarding before starting this scene. Perfectionism and all.

Hopefully by February it’ll be done :D no promises though, 12th grade is unreasonably difficult.

[dasketcherz]

I can't stop thinking about how a helper by nature with a brilliant mind like Varian has been forced to resort to building weaponry instead because of circumstances and external influences (like the Saporians) in the show in order to get shit done

And the way that this is applicable to Hugo's character too that drives me crazy. Like in a sense that he's been too busy and too occupied planning out better ways to improve his self-preservation that he's never had the time of day to tinker something that's not weaponry (or just for fun that doesn't need to be inherently practical)

Olivia truly being the exception—she is the walking proof that if Hugo grew up in a less harsh environment, then perhaps he'd be tinkering contraptions that could help other people too—which is something he finally was given the room to do when he spent time with team radical (granted, at first, he begrudgingly tags along at their insistence to delay their road trips on side quests to help other people they come across on the way, he eventually learns to be okay with it as time went on and actually saw the benefits of it as a perfect opportunity to exercise his engineering and be flexible beyond weapon making)

And the fluttering feeling of being thanked by other people giving him grateful smiles and appreciation is totally doing things to Hugo (like uh huh being a good guy actually feels good, who knew right?)

Varian had a helper inventions to weaponry pipeline in tts while Hugo had a weaponry to helper inventions pipeline in vat7k and it's beautiful

[avo-gal]

Honestly I have so many ideas for Nurus character that at this point I've pretty much made up new lore for her lol. But there is SO much to her character it's just kinda hard to show bc like u briefly mentioned Varigo is a big focus in the fandom. And whilst I REALLY wanna make a Nuru centered fic ik very little ppl will pay attention to what I think of her as a character. So whilst I do love Varigo Nuru deserves some love and her own fics too!!

And I wanna talk abt amber too bc ppl kinda forget Abt her. Like you said she's kinda just an extension to Nuru. Most ppl when they do talk abt her show her as just a strong woman. And there's nothing wrong with that!!! But then she lacks so much character. When she is involved it's often just as a side character so ppl don't forget she exists. I rlly wish there was more to amber but we've been given such little info Abt her other than. She Varian's cousin and has a crush on Nuru.

Guys I NEED to rant about my thoughts on Nuru because i love her <3 ramblings ahead

Like I feel like in almost every fic i read, she's just like, a side character that's there to make whitty remarks to Hugo and be the levelheaded one. If she has an insecurity or problem it's usually pretty surface level and solved quickly, or only mentioned once or twice. I think there are SO many aspects of her character that are so cool.

Okay first, I think we sometimes forget that she's a nerd just like the rest of the gang. Yes, on the outside she's definetly the most 'normal' one, but I think we should concider the fact that she's the only girl in the group, and she's literal royalty. She was raised with a completely different set of standards than the other three. I don’t think I've really ever seen anyone cover that. I feel like she would get called "mature for her age" when she's only 15/16, and almost always gets critisism when she talks back with her own ideas (like her concerns about the meteor shows for example). I feel like out on her journey, she would finally get the freedom to just be herself, and be a kid and be able to rant on about her intrests with the rest of the group. It could be a struggle at first, but it would be awesome to see her getting more comfortable with the group the longer they spend together! Nerds encouraging nerdy rants lol

Since she is a kingdom figurehead, you could also argue that she always has a lot on her hands (especially since she's very proactive when it comes to science and solving problems). This could bring up a need to be productive, or always feeling like she needs to make the right decision, even for the littlest things.

I also feel like a lot of the time she's potrayed as the "right" one, who is 100% right when it comes to stuff like arguing with Hugo. Since they're opposites when it comes to class, they often are compared through that lense. I think it's cool just having Nuru tell Hugo off for judging a book by its cover, but I feel like they have a lot more in common than they realize. I think it would be interesting to see Nuru judging a book by its cover too. Maybe not to the degree that Hugo does, but I feel like calling out both their judging would not only call out character flaws, but it also enforces that even though they hate eachother and would never want to be like the other, they have a lot of the same flaws.

Also, being sheltered in a palace her whole life, I think she might think kind of black and white sometimes, and while she knows when people are just being mean as an act, she might struggle when it comes to people like reformed criminals.

Maybe she's able to be meaner to Hugo because she justifies it by telling herself he's criminal, and therefore bad, possibly glossing over the reasons he might be like that (maybe it crosses her mind, but she tells herself it's not a good enough reason, because stealing is still stealing, and he literally steals EVERYTHING. Even little trinkets and stuff he definitely doesn't need!). When they find out about Varian's criminal history, maybe she reexamines her views on morality and how she used to see people, because by her standards, Varian is a 'bad guy' who's caused harm to SO many people, but he's also the kind, caring, helpful friend that she's been traveling with who would never willingly hurt anyone.

Moving on to Amber x Nuru, I honestly never find myself liking the ship because Amber isn't developed enough which is fine. I don't think every character has to be a magnificent work of art. Side characters are side characters, but their romance is usually written like: "wow that girl is cute! I have a crush now!" Which is cool, but then that's about as far as it gets, then timeskip! Or offscreen they're a couple now. I know it's a side couple so it won't have as much devlopment as something like Varigo, but I never really see their dynamic play out in different situations. Like I don't know how to explain it, but it feels like they solely exist to be a couple? Amber sometimes just feels like an extention of Nuru, and their relationship feels surface level a lot of the time.

I feel like too often she's just watered down to the nice, smart, grounded friend, and I don't know I just think there’s so much more to explore with her. She’s not just some side character. She's literally part of the main cast! Even in fanart I feel like she doesn't really get a lot of stuff besides funny art and just like, pictures meant to look pretty. Unlike something you get a lot with characters like Varian or Hugo.

And honestly I get it. Some characters you just don't take an intrest in. I know I find Varian, Hugo, and Nuru more relatable than I find Yong, but I feel like part of that is developing their characters rather than just seeing them on a surface level. Ofc there are exceptions and there are some stories that dive deeper into Nuru's character out there! I just happen to see this A LOT.

Wow i said "surface level" a lot didn't I 😭😭

Anyway thank you for reading my rant i wanna know what you guys think!!

[star-burrow]

Holmium x3

( in my country it’s a tradition to wear different colors in new year’s eve according to what you want to manifest next year. white is the most iconic and represents peace. )

[winter510]

Randomly wanted to draw something Nutcracker-related, but obviously I can only draw Vat7k at the moment, so Nutcracker Varigo💥💥

This also ties into my ballet Hugo thing, I wanted to give him a more interesting outfit anyways so I’m killing two birds with one stone.

[orionsd00dles]

Hugo definitely has a collection of mouse themed items and knick knacks and items. You can't tell me that he doesn't.

[sassyvoidcomputer]

NONONONONONO PLEASE SAY IT'S CANON PLEASE SAY IT!!!

I’m getting way more 7K questions than I have time or any real authority to answer considering there is no ACTUAL CONTENT to reference lol, but I just wanna let you guys know how much I appreciate them all! I’m sorry if I don’t answer your question. I also just don’t want my art tumblr to turn into a huge Q&A, haha.

We’ve been loving all the fanart and support and curiosity. It’s amazing! That said- 7K and its dealings, characters are NOT CANON. So if it’s not for you, that’s so totally okay. You’re super valid. We made it for you guys, but it’s yours to take what you like from it and change what you don’t when you use it (or don’t) to tell your own story! We just wanted to help Varian’s story continue, like many of you!

So whatever you love or don’t love, don’t be afraid to create based on it!!! We love it all. You guys are the best! Please have fun!!!!

[uhjamszone]

[Ghost AU]

(Varian is a ghost and Hugo is part of this paranormal detective YT channel)

Hugo and his friends go to this abandoned building that was in the rural parts of Corona (which is now a city) in an effort to find any ghosts.

Varian sees this random group of people walk into his lab with a bunch of weird devices and hes pretty much interigued by it.

Then Varian realizes one of the people there looks like Hugo and decides it would be funny to mess with him pretending hes actually Hugo for shits and giggles to kind of reminisce of the times when he was alive.

to Varian's shock, the guy has a little bit too many similarities to Hugo

(bro i love reincarnation au's 😭🙏)

[whiskyarts]

sinsmas redraw with our hellborn varigo au!

[immadatdisney2]

I was reading this in front of my homophobic grandparents at christmas dinner, i was barely able to contain my laughter but SWEET LORD is this funny

Hugo: You wanna make out?

Varian, turning a page in a book he's reading: Sure

Hugo, frowning: Oh no. I don't like that answer.

Varian, putting down the book: What do you mean? I said yes.

Hugo: No. You said sure, with the same tone as if I asked you if you wanted to fold laundry. I'm asking you if you want to make out. I need more enthusiasm. Do you not understand that my kisses are a privilege? Have I spoiled you?

Varian, sighing: Oh my god...

Hugo: Let's start over. I'm gonna ask you if you want to make out and I need an excited 'Yes please'. You got that?

Varian, getting embarrassed: okay okay

Hugo: You wanna make out?

Varian, doing his best: Oh boy, I sure do!

Hugo: What the fuck was that? You sound like you're about to put on some brightly colored tights and shout 'Gee willikers, Batman'. I asked for an excited 'Yes, please'. I want enthusiasm, not homeschool catholic getting their first peck on the cheek at the community center Christmas dance.

Varian, dying of embarrassment: Kill me now.

Hugo: Not until we make out so hard you gotta go to confession, boy wonder. Do over. From the top!