Talk:Varian/@comment-30816151-20171223033410

I think half of you are wrong: Varian is not a villain; he’s more of a tragic character. He was an scientist who was only trying to help his village through alchemy, and make his father proud. Though some of his inventions have failed, catastrophically, like in “What the Hair?!”, some have proven to actually work. For example, in “Great Expotations” Varian created the elemental remogrifier which turned 50 lbs of sand into a new element he called Cassandrium, however it almost destroyed the palace courtyard, but only because Dr. St. Croix arrogantly tampered with it not knowing how to operate it properly. And then, fast-forwarding to “Queen for a Day”, the following happened: '''When black rocks start growing and destroying everything, Varian wants to find a way to stop them from destroying anything else, but Quirin tells him to stay away from them. Varian then went with his father to see the King to tell him of the situation. Upset when his father instead lies to the king about the rocks, Varian tells Rapunzel the truth. He then decides to take matters in his own hands and works on find a way to remove the rocks with alchemy. When Quirin finds out what Varian was doing, Varian admonishes him for trying to run away from their problems. But then, Quirin pushes Varian away from being trapped in a growing crystal, made by one of Varian's attempts on using a chemical on the rocks.''' So, to put it into perspective, Varian was only trying to help his village, but ended up crystallizing his father which could’ve been avoided if Varian’s father had told the truth, or let Varian in on the reason why he lied in the first place. But then, that’s my opinion. However, I would like to hear what many of you have to say.