Ive been debating on posting this for so long now but genuinely I dont think I can hold it in any longer so uh. I present:
My "What if Varian goes with the main cast in season two" rewrite designs
Yes. This is a whole fic. I am now working on chapter six. It is not going to be just a word-for-word thing; I have changed A Whole Bunch :)
Also the two bottom ones I am still eh about but I dont mind them either (and also cuz the last bottom left is meant to be a meme ref anyway (you all know which one) So)
Anyone who’s been following this may have noticed how slow progress has been. I promise this hasn’t been abandoned and it’s not going to be, we’ve just had a hard time with being able to consistently work on this project due to time zone differences and life responsibilities and all that. So we’ve decided to try a new way to tell this story and turn our tumblr blog into an ask blog!
Questions to our tumblr will be treated as questions asked by the citizens of Corona, and answered by Rapunzel or her friends. We will still be covering our plot, just changing the format to make it easier on us as creators and to enable more audience interaction.
Comments left on AO3 will not be treated as part of the ask blog, and should be left for us, the writers. To interact with the ask blog, please send an ask on tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/tangledrewrite. Asks sent there will be assumed to be for Rapunzel and friends unless specified otherwise, but questions to the writers are still welcome! Just make a note of who it’s for.
We will not be doing any more scripts, but everything on the ask blog will be crossposted to AO3. Posts there may be slower and cover multiple blog posts but will still have everything you need to follow along.
Tangled the Series Rewrite: Eugene/Varian Team Awesome
This relationship is so beautiful and amazing! The scenes we get of these two from Cassandra’s Revenge Part Two, Once a Handmaiden, and the Finale are fan favorites. However, I felt there wasn’t enough on-screen development of where their relationship started to where it was at the end of the show.
Eugene goes from being scared of Varian to suspicious and untrusting, to comfortable with him, to a big brother to him. That’s a jump with little or no displayed journey.
Hearing Varian’s side for the first time
I came up with three settings for this scene.
One, Eugene is with Rapunzel at Varian’s house when he tells Quirin what he did over the past year. Two, he hears it during a day out with Varian. Three, the King and Queen get their memories back and call a meeting with Rapunzel, Eugene, Varian and Quirin to decide what to do and how to move forward.
When Eugene hears this, he has to step back a bit to process Varian’s side of the story. He’s sad and shocked that Varian knew, but couldn’t accept, that he had essentially killed his father. That he had effectively orphaned himself for a over a year and had no one else to turn to. His father was encased, his friends neglected him, the King turned a blind eye and deaf ear to the Black Rock Crisis, the Royal Guard coming to his house to take the graphtyc and maybe keep him quiet. Basically every adult that he should have been able to trust to protect him had abandoned him.
Before he can sincerely apologize to Varian, Eugene has to get to the bottom of why he didn’t care to help him. It’s simple, his fear fo Varian and the fact that he was more concerned with Rapunzel’s recovery from the blizzard than checking on Varian.
He apologizes to Varian for letting his fear blind him to the fact that Varian needed help, and for abandoning him when he needed someone.
Talking With Quirin
Eugene asks Quirin how he’s doing with the news of his son’s actions. Quirin admits that he’s proud of his son’s courage but feels helpless. He wants to protect his son but now he feels that he really can’t. Eugene tells him that yes, Varian screwed up and has a lot to make up for, but also tells him that at the end of the day, Quirin is the is the only person that Varian can consistently go to for love, safety, comfort, and support. That will be the biggest help to Varian on his journey to redeeming himself.
Quirin finds someone who sees both sides of the problem in Eugene. Their shared experience trying to get Varian to see that a lot of his ideas are dangerous, but having no success in it until it’s too late. As an older man, Eugene sees Quirin’s side. As someone who grew up without parents, he wants to make sure that Quirin and Varian’s relationship is strong, reliable, and healthy. He keeps up to date on it without meddling.
Giving advice
Varian admits to Eugene, Rapunzel and Quirin that he’s scared no one in Corona will ever forgive him. Eugene kneels down and tells Varian about the time he returned the ring he has stolen from the Queen, and the goods he returned to the people and towns he stole from. Also his growth in season 2 is given more screen time. While they are traveling, Eugene is given the opportunities to make amends with the towns and families he stole from. Some forgive him, others don’t, some allow the seeds for shifting mindsets to change.
SCENE “I was terrified that she wouldn’t forgive me and that the King would banish me. But even if she never forgives me, I know in my heart that I did the right thing by her, and by Rapunzel. If nothing else, her approval is what matters the most to me. I know it would be best if everyone forgave you and forgot what you did. But when that’s not possible, it’s important to have a small group of people that you can rely on. You’ve got your dad, you’ve got Ruddiger, you’ve got Rapunzel… and you’ve got me. We’re in your corner, kid, and we’re not pulling out.”
“Thank you, Eugene.” Varian answers with tears in his eyes.
“Hey, you used my real name! Team Awesome?” (offers his fist for a fist bump)
Varian smiles, bumping his fist with Eugene’s. “Team Awesome. You remembered.”
“Hey, not everything from that day was traumatic.”
This gets a teary chuckle out of Varian.
“Okay, c’mon kid, you gotta stop crying, or I’m gonna start crying and I.. I have a… really bad crying face.” Varian hugs Eugene burying his face his his shoulder. Eugene returns the hug, trying to keep the tears from falling.
Supporting Varian
Throughout the rest of the rewritten season we see Eugene being there for Varian to turn to for strength and advice while he tries to re-insert himself into Coronan society. Eugene gives things to Varian straight, but always affirms his belief, support and growing trust in Varian.
We see a comforting hug or two. Eugene tells him that he’s proud of Varian’s courage and determination to set things right. Varian asks if it was hard for Eugene to redeem himself in the castle. He says yes, but what kept him going was his own confidence, Rapunzel’s support, and the fact that he knew he had changed and was working to prove himself trustworthy.
Headcanon Bonus! Eugene and Lance took Varian out to get a new outfit. Eugene gives fashion advice, and gloats about his own good looks, to which Varian sasses back. It catches Eugene off guard a bit; Lance finds it entertaining. Banter continues throughout the day/episode.
In town we see people’s wariness and anger towards Varian. Things get tense as threats and rude comments are thrown in his direction. Eugene and Lance defend him before they adjust their shopping plan. So they head to the castle where Eugene decides to get a fashion book and they do the equivalent of “catalog shopping”. Varian considers fabric types as well as designs. They finally settle on what to get. Varian changes into his new outfit, looks in the mirror and has to take a moment. For the first time, he looks and feels grown up. Not a child, not an irresponsible teenager, but a responsible maturing young man. He stands taller and prouder. As he settles his goggles on his head, a smile appears on his face. He’s fully dressed now. Eugene and Lance give their approval and affirm how good and grown up he looks.
You know I forgot to mention in my bitch ass essay yesterday that I'm running on the assumption that Five has had zero affectionate physical contact in nearly 50 years. He's resocialized a fair bit by the time he leaves the Commission, but I expect there's not been a lot of real contact. Maybe the occasional hand shake, brushing past someone in a hallway, a congratulatory pat on the back. But nothing like someone holding his hand, giving him an embrace, or touching his face (the Handler being the exception but that's not real affection, that's manipulation and I'm not counting it). When his siblings finally give him the hug he deserves, he might spontaneously combust.
How do you think he would react to Allison catching him off guard and cupping his cheek with her palm? Probably freak him out, not even sure he'd let her, but he'd no doubt feel something about it.
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Indignation and confusion and probably kind of angry depending on circumstances. I can see him having a hard time not seeing it as a manipulation tactic against him.
what if VARIAN actually was able to turn the wands effects into a gas!! Mahaha
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In other words a rewrite of season 3
Now on to the chapter!!
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“How’s it coming, friend?” Andrew said in annoyance “yeah” Clementine added. VARIAN answered them saying “if my calculations are correct when the
Quirineon is heated it will convert to a gaseous state and be easily dispersed throughout the entire city, wiping the memories of everyone in corona!” The chemicals mixed just as VARIAN wanted them to. “There that should Do it, now this barrel has one half of the quirineon and this one has the other when used we have to put them together because there both useless alone, but before we can do anything we have to test it, we don’t want anyone getting hurt!” Andrew was about to respond but juniper ran into the room “Andrew we caught the princess!” She said catching her breath. “Well kid looks like you got your test subject!” Andrew said with a grin as left the room before VARIAN could object
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They entered the prison RAPUNZEL immediately said “VARIAN, how could you do this?” VARIAN ignored the question “I want you I wish it didn’t come to this” VARIAN said while banging on the bars “but when someone trusts you and you betray them well this is what happeneds!” He starts pacing and RAPUNZEL said “my kingdom needed me, I couldn’t do anything about the Amber and I had to stay! I never meant to break my promise to you VARIAN, we were friends!” VARIAN stoped looked at her and said “that’s the beauty of my plan, when your memory has been erased we could be friends again!”
He starts walking away, then RAPUNZEL says “but your only making it worse, none of these people did anything to.” He stoped turn around and said “it’s not what they did to me,” his voice was sorrowful but he continued “it’s what I did to them! And there there is no way that they will ever forgive me!” RAPUNZEL with the goal of bringing her friend back “how do you know if you don’t give them the chance?” VARIAN thought about it for a sec before answering “I took there queen prisoner, I-I threatened there princess,I help these guys take over there kingdom! You think anyone is going to give me a second chance? I don’t think so.” He walked back up to the bars and said “no making them forget is the only way to fix what I’ve done!” Andrew set his hand on VARIAN’s shoulder and said “speaking of which...” Andrew holds out The Quirineon out opens the cell door and RAPUNZEL starts to back up, then VARIAN stood in between Andrew and RAPUNZEL and said “Andrew what are you doing? It hasn’t been tested yet. I don’t know if it will work or not!” “Stand back VARIAN, you said that it needed to be tested and that princess is right there.” Andrew said trying to get around VARIAN, but VARIAN wouldn’t let him “NO!” Varian yelled glaring at Andrew, Andrew was just about to yell back intel Clementine spoke up said “wait the boy has a point...” everyone looked at her in shock of what she said but she still continued “we can’t test this on the princess, if it kills her we can’t use her later, but there’s someone who we can try it on.” She looked directly at VARIAN, his face paled knowing what she suggesting RAPUNZEL and VARIAN backed up
But Kai grabbed VARIAN by his caller while Maisie stand guarded the cell door, Andrew forced VARIAN to drink the Quirineon and then Kai released him, VARIAN fell on his hands and knees coughing!
Juniper was about to pull him to his feet but a smoke bomb was released in the room and everyone was distracted except VARIAN (who was the one who released it) he grabbed RAPUNZEL arm and ran
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VARIAN couldn’t stop running
He was running on adrenaline
He didn’t understand what was going on
But he didn’t care
All he knew was that the people back there was going to hurt RAPUNZEL, his first friend, the nicest person on the planet, and the princess of his home!
He might not know what’s going on but all he can do is run!
A snippet of a conversation I have for my Tangled Rewrite.
Context: The Royals, Eugene, Quirin and Varian talk about the events during the Black Rock Crisis. After Ariana hears the full story, she dismisses the kids, then chews out Frederic and Quirin for how they handled the situation. She dismisses them one at a time, then asks to see Varian. After he walks in, she says the following.
First off, I owe you an apology. As Queen it's my responsibility to know the state of my kingdom and the state of my subjects. I didn't know about the black rocks. I didn't know what happened to your father, and I didn't know the situation that put you in. As Queen, that ignorance is unacceptable.
Like a lot of fans of Tangled the Series/ Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, I found myself unsatisfied with the relationship building in Season 3, mostly with dropping and under development of Varian’s relationships and redemption. I’ll be posting a series of ideas on how I would rewrite Season 3 to make it more satisfying. This list will cover Varian and Quirin’s relationship.
The Note: Instead of saying “All it said was ‘I’m so proud of you Varian, I always have been.’” Quirin says “Too many things to get into right now, but the most important thing I wanted you to know was that I’m so proud of you Varian. I always have been.”
Inspired by a scene Crystal-Moon-101’s fanfic “Stars in My Eyes”, Quirin rewrites the note and leaves on Varian’s bed, or he just presents it to Varian during the day.
Quirin’s past: Quirin opens up about his past, the Moonstone, the Dark Kingdom, his time in the Brotherhood, why he had to leave and why he settled down in Corona. When asked why he didn’t tell any of this to Varian he admits that he was scared of what Varian would do with the information. He was afraid that Varian would do something well-intentioned, but rash, that would land him in trouble with the King. He was afraid that Varian would try to bring Rapunzel into this and mislead her or cause her to clash with the King (he wouldn’t know unless told that Rapunzel was at odds with her dad after “The Quest for Varian”), suggest they go to the Dark Kingdom, start arranging the journey himself or tell all of Corona why the black rocks were here. He was afraid of what the King would do to his son if he started disturbing the delicate game/balance the King had made of the situation. He tells Varian a trait of his is when he sets his mind to do something he gets tunnel vision. He doesn’t think about how far reaching the effects of his actions can be. Varian admits all of what his father said is true, and that his father knows him better than he thought he did. Quirin can tell by Varian’s face, tone, and posture that one or a few of the things he feared and tried to prevent may have happened anyway.
Varian’s confession: This next scene played three ways in my head. One with just Rapunzel present, one with Rapunzel and Eugene present, the other without either them present, it’s just Varian and Quirin. It takes place immediately after Quirin shares his past.
With tears and a shaky voice, Varian admits what he’s done over the past year. Quirin has to walk out of the room to process what Varian has done, leaving Varian brokenhearted and sobbing.
With just Rapunzel, she takes Varian into her arms and holds him while he cries. She tells him to give his father a few minutes to process things. She says that even if Quirin is ashamed of what his son did, he should be proud that Varian told him the truth even though it was hard for Varian to say. After a few minutes, Rapunzel gets up to talk to Quirin to bring him back into the room to comfort Varian. She gives him a moment to speak his mind. He’s distressed at the mess Varian has landed himself in. He feels like he’s failed him as a father. He knows he can’t protect his son now. Varian has to fight this on his own. He has to watch his son struggle through even more distrust, more sneers, more leery looks, even some ridicule, name calling and harsh words, possibly threats and acts of violence. Things he has tried to shield Varian from or soften the blows of. Rapunzel tells him that he can make up for that by being there for Varian now. Being his support, reminding him that at the end of the day, there’s someone he can always come home to that loves him dearly.
With Eugene present, Eugene too has to step back a bit to process Varian’s side of the story. When he has done this, he places a comforting hand on Varian’s shoulder before he checks on Quirin seeing that Rapunzel has Varian in her arms. Here, Quirin admits that he wants to protect his son but now he feels that he really can’t. Eugene tells him that yes, Quirin’s ability to protect Varian from the people is relatively low right now. Varian screwed up and has climb out of this hole on his own and make amends himself. He also agrees that Quirin has been a bit a of distant father, even throws in a joking reference to the amber which earns a bit of a glare. Eugene recomposes himself and says Quirin can make that up to Varian standing by his side and support him. “You left him out there” (pointing back to dining room) “thinking that you’re ashamed of him, and that he’s lost any hope for a relationship he can have with you. Go back in there/Go to your son, and let him know that you’re here for him.”
When it’s just the two of them they are in the dining room or in Quirin’s room looking at his chest he brought from the Dark Kingdom. After Varian admits what he’s done Quirin leaves to process and compose himself. Varian, heartbroken, tears streaming down his face pleads in a desperate broken voice for his father to not leave him. His voice gets smaller as his father walks away. Quirin comes back after calming down. He holds his son as he cries into his shirt, apologizing over and over. It’s a rough conversation with Varian being vulnerable in his shame and Quirin venting some frustration but trying to hold it back for his son’s sake. At the end, Quirin says he’s proud of his son for telling him the truth.
Scene- Quirin comes in seeing his child hunched over, hugging himself as he sobs. He walks over to him, gently puts his hands over his son’s. Varian either jolts at the contact, or he takes a second before he looks up at his father. They hold each other’s gaze, reading the emotions the the others’ eyes before they shift their positions. Varian is practically on his father’s lap. Quirin brings Varian’s head to his chest, one hand on his head the other wrapping around his son’s small body. He really is a child dwarfed by his father, wrapped in the cocoon of his father’s arms.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I-I’m… I’m so sorry, Dad.”
“What are you sorry for?” Quirin asks. There’s a slight roughness in his voice mixed with other emotions. He’s sad, heartbroken, scared for his boy but decides to be strong for him. He’s trying to be gentle to coax words out of his son.
“Everything! For disappointing you, for what I did to the King and Queen, to Corona, (his voice speeds up before dissolving into sobs) to Rapunzel, the Saporians, the amber, all of it!”
He collapses into sobs that shake his whole body. Quirin shifts his arms to make sure he has room to breathe. Varian buries his face in his father’s shirt.
“I wish you would think about these things before you do them. Think about the consequences of your actions and how far they can reach.”
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“I hoped that it wouldn’t require a death to make you stop and examine your actions,” Quirin said.
“But it did.” Varian said a few tears coming down his face. “Y-your d-death, and almost a (sniffle) year in prison.”
Clearing the Air, Making Amends- Topics that the two will talk about and how they promise to change or do things differently moving forward.
Moonstone Headcanon: Quirin has PTSD from his time in the Dark Kingdom. The helplessness he felt with the Moonstone’s power, the failure he felt when they all had to leave, when he couldn’t protect his people, or his King.
Scene- After hearing accounts from Edmund and Adira on what the moonstone was like, volatile, unpredictable, destructive, Varian asks if his alchemy ever made his father feel like he was around a second moonstone. Quirin, not wanting to hurt his son doesn’t answer at first. Varian asks him to be honest with him. Quirin says “yes, some times were worse than others.” Varian is distressed that he caused his father so much pain and stress. He apologizes. Inside he wishes he had known about the Moonstone, maybe he would have toned down some of his experiments for his the sake of his father’s sanity.
Scene- After hearing a rough story about Quirin’s time in the Brotherhood, Varian hugs his father to comfort him. He can tell his father has a lot of heart wounds from the experience. He walks in front of his father who is sitting down, presses his father’s head to his front, holds it there with one hand, then drapes the other hand around his shoulders. “Thank you, Son,” Quirin says with a sigh and returns the hug. “You’re welcome. I’m really proud of you, Dad.” Quirin leans into his son. “Thank you.”
Scene- Quirin gets nightmares about the moonstone. Sometimes Varian’s alchemy gets mixed in there. Sometimes Varian dies, sometimes he’s mixing and pouring not even aware to the destruction he causes. Sometimes He and the moonstone merge into an entity. Destructive, but trying to have restraint.
Alchemy: Show or confirm how Quirin’s experience with the Moonstone has affected his view of Varian’s alchemy. If it’s volatile or unpredictable, don’t mess with it! He doesn’t understand alchemy, or how all the reactions come about. Varian says that he can always ask and he’ll be happy to explain it to him. At a different time, Eugene point out that Varian gets excited every time he talks about alchemy. Quirin confirms this but admits that it’s like trying to understand a foreign language. Using a foreign language as an example, Eugene says that if you know some basic words and sentence structure, context and meaning can be easy to pick up. Even cutting through the jargon can be easier if you know the basics of the language. Quirin realizes has to swallow his pride and re-channel his feeling of feeling stupid so he can connect with his son. It’s pointed out that if Varian can slow down and give Quirin time to process what he’s saying or use everyday language or simple terms or even bottom line something then go into more detail, Quirin can follow along better.
Taking on big projects: Quirin says that he was afraid to encourage Varian because he didn’t want Varian to take that as permission to take on bigger projects. But that’s what happened anyway (i.e. hot water system). Varian admits that he thought that if he successfully did something amazing for his village his father would be proud of him, praise him, look at him with pride instead of disappointment. Quirin apologizes for this. He says that the disappointment came from stress from dealing with the fallouts from the explosions. Also it seemed like in the excitement of his projects Varian would not consider how far the damage could reach if something goes wrong. It seemed like he didn’t have a contingency plan or failsafes to avert disaster. He also worries that Varian will hurt himself or get killed from his work going awry. Varian promises tot tone down his alchemy. Keep thing simple, no new chemical compounds.
Quirin wants his son safe but he doesn’t know how to go about that.
They discuss how Quirin felt with Varian’s alchemy. How worried it made Quirin that Varian never fully grasped how dangerous his alchemy methods were to himself and those around him. How Quirin was reaching the decision to let life teach his son the consequences of his actions. He just hoped that it wouldn’t require a death for Varian to step back and accept that what he was doing was overly risky. He knew a death could break his son causing him to breakdown in guilt and come out of it with a broken spirit.
He wants to protect his son from people. He’s been able to shield him from the brunt of their words, but now with Varian’s stint as a villain, he can’t protect him in that way anymore. It hurts and he feels like he has failed his son as a father. He later realizes that he can use his position as Village Leader to protect his son from threats and acts of physical harm, but that’s about all he can do for now.
Once Varian becomes more responsible with his alchemy and inventions Quirin starts being more vocal with his support of his son’s passion and works.
Explaining Alchemy- Varian explains that he felt alchemy was all he had since his mom is dead and he doesn’t have a good relationship with his father. Also asking him to give it up like some people wanted was like asking Monty not to make candy.
Varian shows his dad his notebooks, records, and chemical recipes. The notebooks are organized by year, records show the results of his mixtures and their reactions. He even has graphs and pictures in his records. Quirin turns to the explosives section. Tables for each explosive compound. Which mixtures cause explosions and how big those explosions are. Example “Flynnolium”, needs a reactant to explode and is very flammable. A table shows which equations cause big “BOOM”, and which produce flames but no explosion. The only constant on the page is “Flynnolium”.
Scene- “You take notes. Careful notes,” Quirin says flipping through one of his son’s notebooks.
“Kinda have to. I do, or rather did, a lot of mixing. It’s hard to remember every result of every combination I mixed.”
Quirin looks through one of the books. Tables that record chemical equations, how much of each chemical, and the result of the equation. There’s graphs of flame’s heights and sizes, rows of drawings of explosion radii. Multiple uses of DANGER! TOO MUCH! DON’T DO IT! AVOID FOR EVERYONE’S SAFETY!
“I had no idea.” Quirin says quietly, in awe and impressed by his son’s meticulous notes. He looks up at his son as he arranges things on a shelf. His eyes soft and proud, an equally soft smile on face.
“I wanted you to be proud of me” Varian explains that his bigger inventions were attempts to get his father to be proud of him. Varian realizes that he has to go into better detail of what that means. “I wanted to you to look at me with pride in your eyes, instead of disappointment. That’s what fueled me. I thought that if I could fix my mistake with the amber, we’d be good. I decided on my way to the castle that that day that I was going to be a different person. I wanted you to believe in me.”
It’s finally decided what both of them can do for each other. Varian promises no more mixing chemicals for awhile. He’s got a pretty good arsenal as it is. He promises to keep any new inventions small scale, calculate potential damage, and prepare for damage if something goes awry. Any big projects he’ll ask for help. (basically anything to help lower his dad’s stress levels). Quirin for his part promises to be more open with his son. Both in how much he loves him, and let Varian know when he sees something Varian can improve on. He agrees to ask about Varian’s alchemy projects more often. Varian promises to find a way to explain his projects in layman’s terms. In addition to this one of them buys Quirin a dictionary of alchemical terms to show he’s actively making an effort to get close to his son, to join him in his world.
Nightmares After being reunited, the two of them have frequent nightmares.
Ruddiger usually comforts Varian; sometimes his dad hears him and comes in to comfort him until he falls asleep.
If Quirin gets a bad nightmare regarding Varian dying, getting injured, or pleading with his father to save him and Quirin is unable to, he will go to Varian’s room and check on him. He’ll wake Varian up and try to calm him down if Varian is having a nightmare. He smiles if Varian is sleeping peacefully. He’ll stay and watch his precious son sleep.
Ruddiger will usually stay with Varian. However, there are times where he will hear Quirin come in while Varian is sleeping. If Ruddiger is awake enough, he’ll notice that Quirin has had a nightmare. If Varian is sleeping peacefully, Ruddiger will follow Quirin back to bed and lay near him. Quirin comes to appreciate this, he even tells Ruddiger one night that he’s grateful for his presence in their lives. Ruddiger gives a soft, happy chitter in response.
When both of Varian and Quirin have night terrors, Quirin goes to Varian’s room (he may or may not have heard Varian yell). They calm each other down, then embrace in a sweaty hug. A few times, after they’ve calmed down and they’re not ready to be alone, Quirin invites Varian into his room. They get into Quirin’s bed after switching the sweaty pillows. Once they’re tucked in, Quirin wraps his arms around his son. In this case Ruddiger climbs onto the bed and will do one of three things:
1) He’ll place himself next to Varian or he’ll find a divot on top of the blankets and nestle himself there. He makes sure he’s in arms reach of both the humans, or by their legs.
2) He’ll find a spot between the father and son and position himself there so Varian can wrap his arm around him. He pays attention to whether they need to have close contact. He won’t get in the way if they really need to be close.
3) If Quirin is on his back and Varian is resting his head on his father’s chest or shoulder, Ruddiger will sleep on Quirin tummy.
EXTRAS: Ideas that didn’t really fit in the categories above
The first night or three after Quirin’s release from the amber, father and son slept in each other’s arms, not wanting to be apart. Varian either had his hand or his head or both on his father’s heart to guarantee that his father was with him.
Quirin standing up for his son against jerks in Corona or against Nigel. Speaking against threats or when comments about his son get taken too far. Occasionally he will draw himself up to full height and berth to warn people not to touch his son.
Quirin gives Varian the money to buy the albemic he mentioned in “Day of the Animals”, and packed a couple ham sandwiches and apples for Varian’s lunch for the trip.
The Saporians break out again, target and capture Varian. Quirin fights Kai then Andrew, and knocks Clementine out while the handle of his sword before she can use the wand in a surprise attack. Varian’s jaw drops seeing his father’s control and power with his sword. When Varian is recovered and the Saporians thwarted, Andrew makes a final attack on Varian. It’s intercepted by Quirin who then grabs Andrew by the throat, lifts him and warns him to stay away from his son. While they are walking back home, Varian is marveling at his dad’s skill. Someone informs Varian that Quirin was holding back. If he wanted the Saporians dead, they would be dead. He says he didn’t kill for his son’s sake and for his own; Varian’s aversion to blood and not wanting to be the reason someone died, and Quirin has seen enough death from the Moonstone.
Scenes of Varian and Quirin fighting side by side in the final battle. (WHY DID WE NEVER GET THIS?!?!)
Both of them riding on Ruddiger, Quirin welding a sword, or hammer like I’ve seen in some fanart.
Quirin using Varian’s alchemy balls and the Project Obsidian bazooka to trap their enemies and protect his son when enemies get to close. Sometimes he throws the wrong alchemy balls to his mild frustration.
Varian using his alchemy to protect his father’s flank and blindspots. Throws a smoke bomb to hide his dad. Takes Quirin awhile to re-adjust before he lands a punch to an enemy. A bit later he warns Varian not to obstruct his view while fighting. It makes him an open target.
Battle banter and encouragement! WE GOT SO ROBBED!!
Hope you guys enjoyed my ideas and scenes. I will be posting more so stay tuned! Have blessed day and Advent (if you celebrate that).
