#iamobsessedwithvarian

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Okay, so since I don't want to risk being sent "Take this down" messages about the art I was sent again, I'm just going to address the stuff talked about in it. Plus, I'm less likely to lose the art reference if I don't post these. Wish I had thought about that when I shared all the pictures I was sent before, but…well, live and learn.

Submission 1: This was about Hugo and his character description. At one point, it's mentioned that he doesn't drink because he doesn't like losing control of himself, but the submitter said that later picture of him holding mugs of beer contradict this.

Well, let's be honest, just because the mug is full, it doesn't mean he's drinking it. It's a common trope in pretty much every setting that a character buys someone a drink and themselves one for appearances but don't drink it. We see him holding it in pictures, but it's not at his lips. So, he could still dislike drinking.

Also, he could be drinking root beer. Same foamy stuff on top, especially the barrel-brewed stuff. (Though, that stuff is bitter AF and I don't like it.)

Modern Hugo should be a danseur in the ballet or just in some dance troupe. That boy's got legs for days.

Submission 2: A bunch of Pre-V&7K Varigo pictures. Pretty sure that V&7K started because they drew Hugo's DND version with him. The pictures in submission 2 feature Hugo in a normal ponytail and not the V&7K style, so that's 24 year old Hugo the Human hanging out with 14-15 year old season 1 Varian. (Varian, please stop falling for older guys. facepalm) On the other hand, even though he has the ponytail he looks younger, so this may have been them experimenting with aging him down, and the one picture of them actually flirting has Varian looking a bit older. Still, fun reference and bit of history.

Submission 3: A bunch of pictures featuring Hugo the human and his boyfriend Pyrus Bitterfang. Submission 4 continues on this with talking about how Cyrus is based on human Pyrus and so Hugo from V&7K and Cyrus being a couple is totally fine. To that, I say "Well, sure, if Hugo wasn't 19 and Donella wouldn't kick Cyrus' ass for touching him like that." When they were a couple in DND, they were much closer in age and Donella wasn't a factor.

I do like the hammer in this concept art, though. Definitely gotta use that at some point. Also, why did they not keep that braid? Rude to cut his hair. #giveCyrusbackhisbraid2023

Submission 5: A bunch of cute pictures of Hugo being slobby and sleepy. Most of them are of the DND version, though, with only one of them looking like V&7K's. The hairstyle is a big indicator.

Submission 6: Again, an assortment of DND and V&7K. The picture of Hugo smoking is from the DND (ponytail), but the alchemist outfit and gun pictures have the undercut, so that's V&7K. I'm liking the gun picture's outfit, definitely should have him wear it at some point.

Lastly, there's a picture of Hugo the human's new design for a futuristic sci-fi setting and that's pretty cool.

Submission 7: Olivia. She's adorable, and how she is able to move around and be her own mouse is unknown, but these are some cute reference pictures. I think magic was definitely involved, maybe even soul-trapping magic - that'd be pretty dark, though.

Anyways, thanks for the submissions, I will keep them for reference and incorporate some of this information into TREL and any other V&7K-based fics I do in the future.