#fanboy Varian

[arson-the-crime-brulee]

Tangled au

Ok, so:

I was listening to https://youtu.be/LHvnel95Gno?si=uHeJ1hJOJXrJZ6rh this song

And it got me thinking about an au where after returning to Gothel and thinking that Eugene betrayed her, she doesn’t figure out her heritage and due to gothel doing something differently, she ends up being taken away to a new tower/prison (I’m thinking on terapi island for now but that could change) and that’s where she sings this song,

This post may be long so I’ll put the rest of my thoughts under the cut:

Eugene:

Sconce I need a reason for Eugene to not have found rapunzel again, and I like the concept of blind!eugene. I’m gonna say that gothel found and blinded Eugene before he could get to rapunzel.

Next up Cass:

In this au she would still find the black rocks, but instead of showing them to rapunzel she would do reasearch on her own, in order to help her dad and show him how strong she is.

After a while she ends up going to the “wizard of old corona” (varian) for help, for the next few weeks they work together, Until the blizzard hits.

Varian:

Varian dad still gets incased, but instead of going to rapunzel he attempts to solve the problem on his own, before eventually Cass comes to check on him, and they stumble into the ruins of rapunzel’s tower, where they find a certain blind ex thief.

Season 2:

After varian is finished fanboying and Eugene explains what happened to his eyes, they form an (begrudgingly on Cass’s part) alliance to find the princess and stop the rocks!

Adira then explains the importance of finding the sun drop and becomes the groups guide along the rocks from the shadows.

I don’t know how the rest of season two would go, but I DO know that once they make it to terapi island they meet rapunzel again and she joins their journey. However, the magic used to blind Eugene won’t let her fully heal him, meaning that now, while he can see the vague outlines of shapes and, sense movement, he can’t fully see.

I don’t yet know how the rest would go cause I’m a little stuck on season three and the dark kingdom, but please tell me if you have any ideas :D

[nerdasstheatrekid]

Headcanons: Varian Ruddiger 18yrs Transmasc,Bisexual He/him weapon of choice: alchemy bombs, his staff, combat skills bro got them farm boy strength

-big fan of headbands and hair pins but often forgets to put them on and other people ends up putting them on for him

-he admires Hugo alot cuz even tho he PLAYS dumb he's almost just as smart as him

-fanboys over Flynn rider books w Hugo

-wears Eugenes old vest‼️

-yong is like a son/brother to him (he got super jelly when Yong accidentally called Hugo 'dad' instead of him)

-📍hugo helped him design the hot water generater in Corona (IK THE TIMELINES DONT MATCH BUT JUST TRUST ME ON THIS (I like to think vat7k happened before the fanale)

-still binds his chest

-always tries to fix his posture but fails

-still sometimes accidentally call Nuru princess or your highness even tho nuru said not to

-still scared of blood

-still faints a lot

-he drinks, a lot (not in an alcoholic way but just in a I need a break way)

-(post vat7k) he braids Hugo's hair

-he would have a moment of silence every time he witnesses Hugo shaving his facial hair (he's so jealous)

-him and Cass are basically fond siblings now

-nurus basically his life coach and wingman

-got so scared after having the shovel talk with don (Dw Hugo also went pale when he met Quirin)

(posting Nurus and Yong's tomorrow I'm going to bed)

[solarisbeam]

VARIAN 🎤

Ruddiger fangirling (fanboying?) when Varian started to sing 🎶

YAYYYY!!!!!

I am finally done :D

Bereal picture because why not‼️

It was actually kind of fun drawing this! Listening to music while drawing them motivated me to keep drawing <3

[tangledbea]

I saw someone on reddit say both Cassandra and Varian were queer coded. I know Cassandra was queer coded by some animators and others who worked on the show, but was actually Varian queer coded the same way Cass was? Maybe the redditor was mistaken? Maybe there are some showrunners who believe the trans Varian headcanon, or maybe the redditor was referring to the non canon Varian Hugo thing.

I can only assume they were referring to Hugo. As far as I know, Varian wasn't specifically queer-coded on the show by any significant number of people (not in the way that several board artists banded together to code Cassandra as queer through the art). Also, many interpret him fanboying over Flynn Rider as him having a crush on him, but I don't believe that was intended to be coded as a crush, just a fanboy thing.

[rylxdreams]

Just watched Moana 2.

Did not watch on theaters though, nuh-uh. I do not want to waste money on what is basically a “tv series-turned-feature film” where the artists are definitely underpaid and time crunched to get this film ready for a short amount of time. Besides, it was already doing well financially anyways (which is sad).

That being said though, from what I’ve seen, it was an alright movie. Definitely didn’t hit as hard as the first movie, but from what it tried to do it was alright and I kinda had a nice time watching it. It helps that I didn’t have high expectations for it because of the mid to bad reviews it has been getting, so I liked what I liked and felt meh on what I felt were meh.

Gotta say though, one big thing I noticed is that they really honed in and incorporated more stuff about Polynesian culture in this film, especially at the beginning and at the ending of the film, and it’s probably the thing that I liked the most from this movie. It was nice to see how very community based their culture is, the way the people of Motunui welcomed Moana when she arrived during “We’re Back” and bid farewell to her when she and her crew finally went on with their journey, just the part where the used their own canoes to send them off was so wholesome. And that’s the beginning part, the ending was definitely cool too because we get to see the other wayfinders and tribes. Do makes me wish that, if this was a series, it could have been an “island-hopping adventure” where they visit the other islands as the series went on until they find the final island, but oh well.

Regarding the new characters, I definitely think they’re the ones who suffered the most out of the change from series to movie. On their own they’re just fine, but certain developments would have hit harder if the movie was a tv series instead. Moana’s crew were kinda… useless in the first parts of the movie? Then some stuff happened and there was a certain scene where one of them almost died and it’s supposed to be a dark moment for the whole crew, but it just… I just feel like it would have hit harder if this was a series where we see more of them, see them interact with each other, to the point where we, the audience, would have felt more endeared of them and the whole crew’s dynamic, then *that* happened. The angst that could have been if thats where an episode ended and then we have to wait for another week to see them get together again as a crew. But nooo after a pep talk between Maui and Moana (“Can I Get a Chee Hoo” was definitely… a song), it all went good off screen. OFF SCREEN. I just feel like the crew could have been a really good addition to the “found family trope” had we see more of their wholesome side interactions and dynamics. They could have been more developed and have more depth as characters too!!! Like- there were certain scenes where certain characters achieved something in their own character arcs, like when the grumpy farmer guy actually swam to save Maui, the inventor girl (who was definitely not neurotypical) finally made an innovation that actually improved the canoe… those were cool developments for their characters, but I just wished we could have seen them more as they grow as characters so we can actually feel and celebrate their achievements better. Basically, they were all endearing characters (to me at least, the fanboy historian was the one I liked the most actually lol), but they are held back for the fact that they’re in a 1 hour and 30 minutes film. Just imagine if they’re in a tv series like Tangled did, I wonder who of the new characters would get the same acclaim as Varian and Cassandra did (man I need to watch the Tangled series).

Lol, almost forgot about Matangi, the bat “villain” lady. Yeah there’s quotation marks in “villain”. Spoilers, she really isn’t, but technically she’s still on the bad side. I have the same opinions of her like with the rest of Moana’s human crew, but I feel like we’re going to see more of her soon anyways. Cuz the Mouse is definitely planning for more Moana in the future. Can’t say if its going to be a movie or a series, but if Moana 2 is Moana: The Series Season 1, then the Moana 3 will most likely feel like a Moana: The Series Season 2.

Anyways, at least Schraffillias is back, yippie!

Please go watch Wicked if you still can, please.

[cookiehusky799]

Eugene and Varian are reminiscing how the first meeting went:

Eugene: “You know, looking back on how you were practically bouncing all over the place when you thought I was the actual Flynn Rider was funny.”

Varian: “Hey!”

Eugene: “ It is! As much as I thought you were trying to hurt my wife, it’s cute you thought I was the character from the books!”

Varian blushing: “Stop it.”

Eugene imitating Varian’s voice: “ Hey! Your Flynn Rider! I’m your biggest faaannn!”

He laughs: “ You even have a collection!”

Varian covering his face: “ Stop it! I was fourteen and native at that time! And my inner fanboy was coming out of me! Leave me alone!”

Eugene: “ Don’t be embarrassed, Varian. I’m a fan of the books too which is why I took the name.”

Varian: “ I wish I’d listened to you when you told me your name is Eugene.”

Eugene: “ You were so excited. Which is understandable. I’d be too if I met my hero.”

Varian: “Sorry you thought I was trying to hurt Rapunzel. Probably a bad first impression.”

Eugene: “You did gave me quite a scare, kid. Not wanting to see her strapped to a table with a deadly saw wheel. But now knowing you were just helping her with her hair, no hard feelings.”

Varian : “ At first, I couldn’t bring my village hot water because I was reckless and now I’d improved and brought hot water to not just my village, but to everyone in the kingdom!”

Eugene: “ That’s right, Varian. You came a long way. We’re all very proud of you.”

Varian smiles at him: “Thank you.”

Eugene smirking: “ Team Awesome is the most ridiculous name I ever heard.”

Varian: “ I knoooowww. I don’t know why that came to me.”

Eugene: “At the time it was, but….I’ve grown to like it.”

Varian: “ …..Me too.”

[zonerobotnik]

Allright, let's make this a bit of a game.

What would you see, and under which circumstances, in the following Varian ships.

As long, detailed and honestly explained as you can.

Rapunzel

Cassandra

Eugene

Andrew

Juniper

Hugo

Nuru

Yong

Faith

Vex

Willow

Arianna

Gothel

Zhan Tiri

The four sisters with red hair who like to braid

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

Dipper Pines

Mabel Pines

Hiro Hamada

Uhh…so, this is going to take some thinking. Mostly because I am confused by what you mean, exactly. Uhh…

Rapunzel:

Well, obviously, I love to fall back on the whole "Destined Sun and Moon" thing with them, but when that's not an option, I like having her recognize he has a crush and growing closer to him.

Or, even better, them meeting in a way different from canon and falling in love by chance.

Then there's the case of "The Love Doctor", where it's purely sexual and otherwise they're friends.

Varian flirting with her while he's being a villain is also really fun, with her trying to convince herself she hates him for what he's doing but slowly falling in love.

Or, in the case of "The Secret of the Black Rocks", they're both trying to deny catching feelings while stuck together for long periods of time while on their way to the Dark Kingdom.

Cassandra:

Honestly, I prefer AUs where Varian is nineteen so it's not as questionable to be with her, a 23 year old woman. While the concept of "teenager" didn't actually exist until the 1900s, apparently, it's just better for them to be closer to the same age.

Though, I do enjoy writing fics where Cassandra has to contend with Varian's overprotective dad and the age difference, haha. So much drama!

They make a cute couple, when she's not being a cold-hearted wench that uses him for her own ends.

Eugene:

Varian is his stalker. Literally his stalker. At some point, I will write a modern AU where he is actually being as creepy towards him as Marinette is to Adrien in "Miraculous Ladybug", because he is a massive fanboy and stalker. Why did he have some of his hair from a ponytail that got cut off years ago? Why did he have his broken knives, his boot, his old, damaged satchels? Why did he have such perfect Wanted posters when the old guy that makes Wanted posters couldn't get any of them right?

Varian's stalker tendencies towards Eugene aside, I could see them actually being a cute couple, once Varian was older or in an AU where he's nineteen and not fourteen. I really like exploring his fanboy side about Eugene, even in "Untouchable", where he was stalking him by watching him through the rocks with his powers for years.

Andrew:

Typically, I prefer them to be platonic. But, in situations where they aren't platonic, if anything happens before he's an adult, then I fall back on Asshole Andrew, who is the abusive asshole that features in a lot of my old V&7K fics, though I have yet to actually have him do anything to him during their time together taking over, usually having Andrew get revenge on him after Varian is on his journey. But, generally, I prefer to keep it platonic. He needs an older brother-figure he can count on.

In an AU where they aren't platonic but he's still not an asshole, I can see Andrew being a complete gentleman and starting off by flirting with Varian by complimenting his works and then he'd show off his own and they'd gradually fall in love over time while spending time together.

And then there's their messed-up relationship in "Your Biggest Fan", where Andrew is basically his prisoner/sex-slave/guinea pig for all his crazy sex gadgets.

Juniper:

Gonne be honest…never even once. I just can't really see them as a couple, so I have no idea for how it could go.

Hugo:

Hugo is Varian's fan, whether he admits it or not. It's just hard for him not to admire someone that brought a royal family to their knees before magic intervened. No self-respecting criminal wouldn't admire that kind of accomplishment.

Going by concept Hugo, Varian and Hugo make jabs back and forth while Hugo is blatently obvious about his criminal acts and Varian is trying to hide who he used to be. They don't even admit they like each other until the very end of their journey, and so they don't do much until they're settled into Corona. Hugo and Varian trade off on who is the dominant one in the bedroom and the kitchen, because Hugo is too determined to prove he's better than Varian to admit that Varian's cooking is way better. Varian humors his burning scrambled eggs because he loves him too much to tell him they taste bad.

Going by my own lore, Hugo and Varian are friends-with-benefits while Varian explores things in the bedroom with other people and Hugo internally screams about wanting him for himself and cursing convincing him that it was normal for scientists to have open relationship and free love.

In an AU where Hugo meets Varian while he's a villain, maybe got caught trying to steal from the castle when Varian was in charge, he would probably start off strip-searching him to make sure he didn't take anything and then interrogate him with truth serum and then convince him to "stick around" to try to get Hugo's boss "Donella" to "come for a visit". He would flirt with him and, if he's an adult in this AU, totally seduce him into banging.

Nuru:

Honestly, I have never actually thought of them being together in any way but platonically. Maybe that will change, eventually, but right now I don't have any ideas.

Yong:

Not a single shippy idea for these two. Absolutely none. I ship Yong with Kiera and that's it. No one else.

Faith:

Varian and Faith first met when Varian was working on chores for Cassandra and they bonded over frustrating adults and living up to the expectations and dealing with disappointments from their family. During Varian's criminal stint, Faith spoke in his defense until her mother told her to stop, for her family's sake, and later helped Varian with the takeover.

When Varian is Royal Engineer, she supports him by bringing him snacks so he doesn't have to leave his important work to get food and they grow closer and he asks her out one day, which she is flustered about but agrees. Rapunzel catches wind of it, "helps" makes the day "special" and while Rapunzel is cleaning up the mess, they sneak off to have an actual private first date.

They go on several dates for a year before Varian asks her to marry him and she accepts.

As a married couple, they're both doting parents and Varian is a doting husband both in and out of the bedroom.

Vex:

Aside from them meeting briefly in TREL, I haven't thought of how things might go for them as a couple.

Willow:

No. Absolutely not.

Arianna:

Canon-wise, I could see him getting together with her after Frederic passed away to spite his grave. I don't see him actually having romantic feelings for her, especially if he's a villain.

For other situations, see "It's a Deal, Then" and there's mention of them being in bed together in "The Love Doctor" but, again, not romantic.

Gothel:

No. No, I'm sorry, I can't, I just can't. I try, all I see is her in a mother-figure role to him. It's not happening.

Zhan Tiri:

Zhan Tiri would approach him in disguise to try to take advantage of him, either for his alchemy or the Moonstone.

The four sisters with red hair who like to braid:

I have not and will never ship them with Varian. Ever.

Oh, we've got some crossover stuff here.

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III:

…No. I don't ship it. At all. Aside from daddy issues and inventing, I don't see them actually finding anything in common. But, then, it's been a while since I watched the movies/series.

Dipper Pines:

Dipper and Varian would absolutely nerd out and get into trouble together and spend time together, and then Dipper starts catching feelings and chewing his shirt and Rapunzel gets it out of him and bullies him into confessing to Varian.

Once dating, they pretty much do the same stuff as before, but there's kissing involved and some screwing.

Mabel Pines:

Mabel would start off picking Varian as her new Crush-of-the-Week but realizes after a while that it's not a crush, and he likes her back, and she starts to panic because she has commitment issues and she starts hiding from him and Dipper talks sense into her and she starts actually dating Varian, but she wants to "take it slow" because commitment is scary to her.

Hiro Hamada:

Weird to put this here and not Gideon, since I have never, not once, written anything with Hiro or Hiccup, but okay.

I think they'd be cute friends, but I don't really see Hiro being into romance. Maybe it's just me, but he's always seemed to be disinterested in that kind of thing. But then, I've never seen the series. Maybe he falls in love with someone. Dunno. Honestly, I don't know enough about Hiro to think of anything.

Did that answer your questions well enough?

[wildname]

I've been thinking about a sort of main character au for Thalin, which is cringe I know but kiss my ass. Basically I just want to have Thalin stand in the background of a bunch of cutscenes but hand out quests and dialog from a different perspective to other characters.

A few ideas I like:

Isn't around until Cata events in Westfall. Represents Stormwind and is very not okay with the way things are going in Westfall. When the Defias attack, Thalin is quick to act and relays the issues back to the capital.

Few other Alliance zones in cata content, offering advice and general reports for the Crown.

MoP, he's on the ship with Anduin, taking on a role as royal protector ("Oh man I'm so fired"). Distrustful of Wrathion off the bat, does not improve with time. Marches on Orgrimmar with the rest, probably ready to pull Anduin away should Varian and Thrall fight over Garrosh's head.

WoD, garrison duty idk. Low key smitten with Yrel tho.

Legion, fights on the Broken Shore and is very not happy with Varian's death. Works with Genn but is constantly telling him to worry about the demons attacking everything instead of Sylvanas. Panics about Anduin showing up outside Stormwind ("oh man I'm so fired" part 2). Fanboys over Turalyon because why wouldn't he?

Bfa, Anduin's right hand at Undercity, and on Kul Tirias. Repeatedly insists on sending aid to the night elf forces on Darkshore. Bickers with Shaw about approaches, doesn't like being underhanded. Also surprised about Bolvars kid honestly.

Shadowlands, (oh man I'm so fired part 3). All I got honestly. Probably just helping keep the peace.

DF (so far), joins the expedition since Anduin is missing. Works with Wrathion as a sort of, "I don't trust you but you'd be the first to find out about my king so I'm sticking around." One of the few to openly accept dracthyr into Stormwind.

Otherwise I like having the idea he gets sent on ambassador missions to the Horde when Alliance representatives are needed. He gets along with Baine and Lor'themar. He tries to bridge difficulties between the night elves and the rest of the Alliance to mixed results, Tyrande has learned to us Shandris since she makes Thalin tongue tied.

[ghostimez]

Draw comfort character as other comfort characters plus cute outfits

[mono-farmela]

Kyle: Power in magic!

Varian: Power in alchemy!

Rob: Power in the TV remote...

[royal-engineer-of-corona]

Pre-Series! Have you ever heard of this really smart guy called Demanitus?

Pre-Series Varian

[Varian stops in his tracks and lights up.]

Heard of him?! I-I’ve lived him! I love his work!

[Varian takes out one of his history books and turns to a page about Demanitus.]

He-he’s the best engineer and alchemist in history!

*nervously*

And he may have inspired me to take up alchemy myself, heh...

*starry eyed*

It would have been amazing to meet him, heh.

[hoensdatter]

anduin, shimada fanboy: genji can you teach me how to use a sword properly

genji: ...sure.

varian: where did i go wrong?

[pridewaited]

varian trying to get more active in the club! bill told him to show off some of his custom dolls action figures and he’s super nervous about showing off his work

whispering to bill for encouragement 

@hatenerd i’m sorry for butchering ur boy aoifskldj

[marcelkat]

I miss varian #tangled #tangledtheseries #rapunzelstangledadventure #varian #disney #disneymovies #fandom #fangirls #fanboys https://www.instagram.com/p/BwvUpI2Hufp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16462b92psmzs

[shima-draws]

JFSDJHGNSDF OKAY SO I was rewatching the first ep of TTS yesterday and this was the first time I noticed Varian’s expression change when Eugene walks in just. LOOK

Varian: ?? Who’s this person

And then recollection hits him and he’s immediately like

Varian: FLYNN RIDER!!1!!111!!!

I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY I’M. WHEEZIN