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I thought I posted this already but I was wrong.

He's allowed to go a little insane here and there. He had a rough adolescence.

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A Boy and his Buddy

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Please enjoy one of the first Varians I ever drew and I think the first one I ever rendered?

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Fun fact, chat, I can't fucking draw (consistently).

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Y'all, I should make a whole set of discord emojis me thinks. I think that's a great plan.

Behold, the boy! Pre-trauma for maximum cuteness.

The man, the myth, the legend.

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A breath of fresh air...

...can fill the lungs with magic.

Alternate without utilizing negative space.

I am deeply in love with this piece and no one can take it from me.

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Sup, Pokemon AU be upon thee

Varian gets Umbreon.

Eevee reflects the way that Varian's name represents change. Eevee is the Pokemon of choice, many paths you may encounter and endless potential.

In this AU Varian meets his Eevee— Ruddiger, of course— the same way he meets our favorite raccoon in the show. There's plenty of reasons why Umbreon is fitting for Varian; a dark Pokémon evolved at night a nod to his heritage and, similarly, a connection to the moon. Even something as cheap as shiny Umbreon's color scheme fits. My thought process goes deeper into it than that but it was easy to gravitate towards Umbreon from the start.

Ruddiger evolves while Varian is being carted away to the dungeons after the battle of Old Corona. Having his companion taken from him directly after he evolved is hard enough but he has a lot of reflecting to do while incarcerated. Having so much time to think leads him down a dark train of thought that convinces him not only has he cursed Ruddiger to villainy, but his partner Pokémon will make it easy for others to see the violent darkness inside of him.

I already have all the main animal companions thought out and turned into fitting Pokémon I do believe. Eugene, lacking an animal companion truly his own, gets to have his own partner Pokémon too! I'm certainly more excited about some compared to others but I think they're all good choices nonetheless.