I Can’t Believe Its Not Magic!

"...but if we're being honest, we all know exactly why the fandom doesnt like this season as much as they do season 1 : it's because varian isnt in it."

source : Why Haven't You Heard of the Tangled TV Show? by ParachutingKitten (they made really good points about why varian's absence left a big hole in the dynamic of the cast, yall should check it out its a really neat retrospect video of the series overall)

Screenshot redraw of one of my favorite scenes of Varian like, ever. I missed him very dearly!

like, he’s entitled to sick leave, he really ought to take a couple months to break the curse and come to terms with whatever the fuck just happened to him, but instead of embarking on a journey of self-discovery and healing he just keeps showing up to work. no one can get captain maximus to go on his fucking voyage of self actualization and fix the curse because he’s obsessed with catching flinn ryder. everyone really fucking hopes that when he finally catches this guy the curse might be broken anyway, but it isn’t.

he just keeps showing up to work. he glares at the stablehands until they saddle him up. everyone’s gone over the regulations a dozen times but there’s nothing there saying you’re not allowed to saddle and ride the captain of the guard if he makes you do it. his former second in command rides him around like ‘sir i really don’t know about this’ and he’s just like ‘are we going to catch some criminals or what.’

you can see in the movie that everyone in the royal guard defers to this horse. it’s absolutely because that’s their boss. and secondarily because now he’s two thousand pounds of percheron.

“I will make you proud…”