Talk:Varian/@comment-27561181-20180413093449

I get a lot of people think what Varian did was horrible and not easily forgivable, but I do think his anger was coming from a place that was validated. King Fredrick choose to ignore the black rocks, which basically is the reason why Varian felt the need to act, and Rapunzel broke her promise which lead to the loss of his only parental figure. He probably thought he was the only one trying to fix things, and this slowly turned into respite for the royal family because everything he tried ended up being rejected. He's also just a teenager. He doesn't have the emotional maturity to deal with this kind of stress or responsibility. Teenagers are naturally selfish. The only difference is Varian is highly intelligent. He needs guidance and currently doesn't have it, but probably will get it next season. He's also are most likely the closest connection to this "society" Quirin was apart of, so this is probably why he's been such a heavily focused side character. He's going to be essential to later plot developments.

I am hands down a fan of the Varian moon powers theory. I personally think the moon may have "taken" Varian's mom as payment for healing Queen Arianna. A life for a life. Quirin was able to stop the darkness at the cost of his wife, and the involvement of his son.