Throwing another one at you.
This one is post!vat7k and is when both Varian and Hugo stay in the Corona castle bc like, Var works there.
I hc that Eugene and Rapunzel leave Varian in charge of the Kingdom when they leave for stuff (after they take over the throne and Raps parents step down or die or idk) bc Rapunzel makes it a point to call Varian the "*most trusted* royal engineer".
So I imagine one time when Var is left in charge he's kinda overwhelmed with all that work so Hygo helps him, and due to his background of growing up poor Hugo actually has some very good ideas on how to improve stuff in the Kingdom!
Fast forward to NewDream returning and Varian tells them about it / puts in a food word for Hugo.
One thing leads to another and Hugo eventually is the new royal advisor (this is my excuse to get rid of Nigel /hj) and I just feel he would be very good at that bc problem solving kinda comes with his street smarts and logical thinking + bc he has first hand experience being a poor orphan he probably would know good ways to help the poor kids in Corona not start a life of crime (seeing as its canon in tts that many thieves are just poor orphans who had no other options growing up)
Omg this is so cool. Imagine one day Hugo and Varian are working on the lab then Raps just kinda kicks the door down and offers Hugo the job.
