Sir Varrick

Hello, welcome to varrimovers.

This little blog is dedicated to Iknik Blackstone Varrick, from the series The Legend of Korra. I am not affiliated with it’s creators or any rp groups and this is just an independent rp blog. I reply by inspiration rather than by date and can be slow at times. If that’s alright with you, then please make yourself comfortable~

I'm basing my portrayal of Varrick on the Cartoon, Comics and TRG Adventure Booklets. There will also plenty of headcanons, as I like to take liberties in my writing. My Varrick is canon-divergent/crossover friendly.

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It's okay if you don't wanna follow there tho if you dislike multis, which is why I was hesitant following people again ^^" But I figured I'd let you know anyway since Varrick is there now and I try to maintain a system that makes following less of a mess. I don't see myself returning here since I'm just not the person writing single-muse blogs ^^"

So, this is less of a 'I talk about my blorbo' ramble and more of a general thought process. I want to say, I am someone who loves to write Varrick as close to Canon as I manage to, but I also love to throw in headcanons and take liberties with my writing as I go. Which is, I think, one of the beauties about roleplaying both, OCs and Canons.

We have these ideas, and in the case of Canon muses, we also have the source material to look at, and we can just yeet our muses out there into this huge, massive sandbox from there, to meet other muses and see where it goes.

I want to admit to you guys, I used to be someone who's been all about 'make it make sense' when characters meet, and I still have those moments where I am pondering 'why and how could they possibly meet for it to make sense'. But really, let's just have them meet each other and have fun first of all, and we can worry about the details later, if at all xD

But I can't stress one thing enough: Never worry about the portrayal of your character when you write with me, I am very open-minded as far as that goes. Be it Canon or OCs. Whether someone is strictly canon, canon-divergent or using sources that some people wouldn't even consider canon... your characters are all valid and I love them all equally. Gimme your characters with your spin and flavors to them. Tell me about your lovely OCs.

See, I've decided to look at the Comics (there's just not enough Varrick in them D,X) and the Roleplay Booklets available for the Avatar Universe, and they gave me a base on writing Varrick post-cartoon, with Zhu Li becoming president and Varrick having to operate more independently again. And I REALLY love building up on that tbh. Idk how much the people here consider the roleplay booklets as canon-material, but I think they seem pretty fun as a source of additional ideas to work with.

For one example, Varrick having someone (Hongmei) to take care of Varrimovers International in his stead while he is busy with his main business, being an inventor and Zhu Li's loyal husband, makes perfectly sense to me.

Something that sets Varrick apart from other rich dudes (or nepo babies for that matter) is the fact he wasn't just spoonfed the money. He started from the bottom pretty much, with his parents being not wealthy and having to build up everything himself. He had to use his own intellect and his own hands (at least in the very beginning, you just know he hired workers as soon as he was able to) to build his business empire.

And then, Republic City is a whole different stage than the South Pole, which is certainly a challenge to navigate through. Even for someone who created a solid persona that's as confident and flamboyant as Varrick. He had to learn all the different rules to stay on top there, and I dare say he refined his dirty play pretty quickly.

Varrick's flashy attitude is part of who he is now, but it is also a way of overwhelming and confusing the heck out of the people he works with. That quirky oddball behavior makes him seem friendly and less dangerous than he is.

🪙 — "Now that's just great. Spectacular, even. What is it you need? Advance money? A battleship? Don't just assume you only came to say hello. You lots never do. Always complaining over something I supposedly did. Or asking favors."

Varrick, after finishing his dramatic complaint, averts his attention from his visitor to continue sorting through the mess of papers on his desk. But he is listening. Doing tedious paperwork just has him always in a more disgruntled mood because it eats all his productivity and creativity. Every time.