fartian

he didn’t react to the rooster’s explosion at all! afterward, he was speaking coherently to lance! there are very few instances where he isn’t giving his entire attention to someone speaking to him, as if reading their lips!

yes, we have his comedic spit-take when he hears rapunzel’s greeting in “cassandra’s revenge”— among other examples— but… c’mon. varian on the deafness spectrum. it’s a gift to us all.

i would even “allow” you hearing fans to headcanon that hugo learns sign language for varian… because hugo and varian are linguists. they understand that signed languages are entire languages, not cute little codes for fluff/character bonding, or a trick to show off at parties. they’d actually respect it.

i got miffed there, but my point still stands.

augh…

-rapunzel and the main group never noticing until varian furiously spells it out for them. their efforts to accommodate him, from that point onward, are just another way they’re trying to make amends.

-hugo being utterly devoted to being an ally. someone brushes off varian’s polite “can you repeat that?” with an answer of “oh, never mind!”, and hugo snaps at them.

-cassandra and varian bonding over becoming disabled.

-adding more depth to varian and quirin’s relationship. varian enjoys the fact that he doesn’t have to strive to understand his dad, but he still wishes quirin would speak more.