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tangledbea · 2 years

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Varian and the Seven Kingdoms Consolidation of Info

Requested by anon

This is going to be a consolidation of all the official Vat7K stuff I have on my blog, including copy/pasting of posts Kay Ritter and Anna Lencioni have posted, and to a lesser extent, things I’ve posted with insider knowledge I had before Kay ever released their notes. Alexa Bosy was also involved in the project.*

*Please note that all these asks were sent when Kay was still going by Kait and was still using she/her pronouns. I have edited to reflect their preferred name and pronouns when referencing them, but did not edit the content of the original asks.

The Cast

Via Kay: Here is some higher-res art of that initial, old line-up. These are some of the character page descriptions we gave when we presented “Varian and the Seven Kingdoms!” I had to shut of my asks because I’m just getting slammed every day, so I’m sorry if I don’t get back to any of you!! I appreciate all the enthusiasm, though! ; - ; Please enjoy and keep creating!!! (Also enjoy some Anna sketches- she designed Varian’s cousins and they’re dang cute!)

The Design

Via Kay: Some character design/ costume concept art for a fan project me and Anna dreamed up. It was a little spinoff comic about Varian continuing his adventures in alchemy through the seven kingdoms in order to learn the seven alchemical laws and attain forbidden knowledges. New characters we wanted to play with were Varian’s mom, who design-wise was a in flux, since we only had one reference image to go off of…but we really wanted to match her aesthetic to Varian/ that of a field researcher. We always imagined her as being a lot like Varian! Tried to develop some motifs between the other characters (L-R: Hugo, Donella, and Donella’s muscle-man) to make them look like the evil pack they were. Hugo was a sneaky artificer who conned the wealthy and worked for Donella: Varian’s mother’s former research partner. We also had Yong and Princess Nuru- who were some new friends that Varian would meet on his journey! And of course, Prometheus, a farm donkey Quirin gifted to Varian before he left Corona. (Not quite a Maximus…but, hey!)

Sample Pages

Rough layout by Anna Line cleanup by Alexa Ink/color by Kay

Beat Boards

Via Kay: Here are some old beat boards Anna and I did when we were making this fan-baby!

The first few explored Varian meeting Yong and making his first friend, completing the first trial of the seven kingdoms. In the nighttime one- Anna had a cool idea that Princess Nuru’s dress was an active star chart and that she could act as the group navigator, using it to guide them. The last few were just some group interactions and Varian coming face to face with his mother.The super short story is: we imagined each of the seven kingdoms would teach one of the seven alchemical stages of transformation and reveal a totem. With all seven totems acquired, Varian would be able to use them to reunite with his long-lost mother (we’d called her Ulla) who was trapped somewhere unreachable by her former partner, Donella, long ago. Donella was after the totems as well to prevent Ulla’s release and sent Hugo to collect them as a double-agent within the group. Hugo would later betray Donella in service of helping Varian reach Ulla. We viewed Hugo and Varian’s relationship evolving from a sort of Pinocchio/ Lampwick situation (literally what that drawing is from) to that of an equal one. In a way, their bond repaired the partnership that frayed between Ulla and Donella.

Notes

Anon Ask: Kait! Appreciate the infodump (I'm the currently-Tumblr-less user w the bombardment of Q's earlier) & I'm stoked that you've given us your blessing to use the concept!:P Got more random Q’s, if you’re up for it! Was the comic outfit Varian’s final, or the other designs would’ve been used too (same w Ulla’s 2 designs)? 7 trials ideas, & 7 kingdoms’ names? How much time after TTS would this be? & finally, was Varian planning on actually RIDING that donkey, or would he pull a caravan(?)thing?xD -GC

Kay’s Answer: The outfits were still in flux- the comic was a representation of our first draft and the other designs came later (including Hugo’s upgrade, Donella, etc.) The red dress Ulla was a flashback type of look whereas the teal one is more like…how Varian would have found her. You know I actually found some screenshots of the ol’ docs we wrote using the 7 alchemical stages to mirror the seven kingdoms. We tried to find an alchemical story component, a magical story component, and a figurative/character story component for each! We never actually named the kingdoms and we also crafted a lot of them before they existed canonically in the show (I think there’s an episode of RTA where Raps competes against princesses from the seven kingdoms and they’re mentioned there)…so just know it’s not accurate to that at all, haha.

But here! These are very note-to-self format…so…apologies lol...

Via Anna: I don’t wanna clutter my main tumblr page but here was the rough outline Kait and I wrote for our fan comic “Varian and the Seven Kingdoms!” Just a reminder that this is totally unofficial, just fan stuff. Would have been fun, wish we could have done it even just recreationally!! Hope you all can use this however you want and continue to enjoy it 🖤

Questions and Answers

Anon Ask: Hello Kait! I would like to know more about Hugo’s past. Your friend mentioned that Hugo is an orphan. Where did Hugo grow up? So, where will he go after betraying Donella? Does he have a permanent place of residence?

Kay’s Answer: I’m trying to recall what Anna said, but he definitely grew up an orphan. From what I can remember, the kingdom he grew up in had a very highly divided class system and Hugo was determined to find a way not to live on scraps. And not just that, but to like…get back at, take advantage of as many rich idiots as possible. He’s Robin Hood robbing the rich to feed himself. Someone here called him a champagne-taste kind of guy and that’s exactly right.

He’s manipulative, so he’s probably well ahead of developing technologies and other things for the rich people who invest in him. He’d probably just withhold the best stuff for himself and do what he needed to stay in his patrons’ good graces. And he’d steal whatever they didn’t give him and never get caught. (I think Anna designed like a motorized bike or something for him once…he’s literally the cool guy with a car. He’d totally keep something like that all for himself.)

Donella and her gang offered protection more than anything…so he offers most of his work to her first. Including his sneakier services. That’s how he ends up being the one to go after Varian. It’s probably also how (in our wildest dreams) we imagined him possibly having pulled a job (and likely conned) Eugene back in his Rider days. Pulled a Rider on a Rider as a sneaky kid.

All of this is also why he’d switch alliances on Donella when it felt right to do so. Hugo has a wild compass but he follows it in service of himself pretty much always. Becoming close to Varian kinda changes that streak in him. He’d probably hang out with Varian whenever everything blew over, maybe settle back down in Corona. Meet this princess everyone keeps talking about. Wait…Rider lives in a CASTLE NOW?!

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Anon Ask: Kait! Varian and the seven kingdoms is giving me so much life during quarantine bless your heart for all this :’) I have a question, what kind of life did our sweet boy Yong live? Was he an orphan too? Or did Varian promise his parents/guardian he’d take care of him? After they finish their adventure does Varian take Yong under his wing so he stops blowing stuff up and causing fires?

Kay’s Answer: I love Yong, I think everyone loves Yong, I think Yong’s parents and family (which I always imagined as being very big) all love Yong. But I think they are all very tired and very grateful that he has made a friend who is willing to take him on as a mentee. I imagine he’s gone through a few. (Very Young Hercules lol.)

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Anon Ask: This is a question on the 7 kingdoms au thing. When Ulla was researching in the Dark Kingdom, was this before or after it was abandoned? It was likely before it was abandoned but I'm just not sure. Also, this is probably more of a question for Kritterart, but since she made that post about getting too many asks I decided to ask that question to you. 😅

My Answer: Yeah, I have absolutely no idea how to answer that. Seeing as how the Dark Kingdom was on the seven kingdoms list in the comic, I have to guess that they hadn’t yet developed in the series that the kingdom had been abandoned, but that’s just my guess.

Kay’s Reply: (We were thinking it was before…and also where she met Quirin, fell in love with him! Just before they moved to Corona- the place where the final trial/totem were. She paused her research to have a family, that bummed Donella out, Quirin let her go after Varian was born, and she never came back.)

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Anon Ask: If VAT7K ever became canon, would Varian and Hugo been an actual couple? Making Varian bi?

My Answer: Yes.

Well.

Okay, I don’t know for a fact that they’d have been a couple or endgame, however, I was talking to Kait about it a long time ago and she told me that Vat7K would confirm that Varian is bi (and she was referring to Hugo).

An Important note from Kay

I’m getting way more 7K questions than I have time or any real authority to answer considering there is no ACTUAL CONTENT to reference lol, but I just wanna let you guys know how much I appreciate them all! I’m sorry if I don’t answer your question. I also just don’t want my art tumblr to turn into a huge Q&A, haha.We’ve been loving all the fanart and support and curiosity. It’s amazing! That said- 7K and its dealings, characters are NOT CANON. So if it’s not for you, that’s so totally okay. You’re super valid. We made it for you guys, but it’s yours to take what you like from it and change what you don’t when you use it (or don’t) to tell your own story! We just wanted to help Varian’s story continue, like many of you! So whatever you love or don’t love, don’t be afraid to create based on it!!! We love it all. You guys are the best! Please have fun!!!!

#Tangled #Tangled the Series #Varian #OCs #TTS #Varian and the Seven Kingdoms #Kait Ritter #Kay Ritter #Anna Lencioni #Alexa Bosy

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eshist · 10 months

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Hi! We are the creators of a petition that demands a review of the cancellation of the project VAT7K (Varian and the Seven Kingdoms) which is a spin-off to the animated series "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure" dedicated to the character Varian, even if you are hearing about this spin-off or this cartoon for the first time, we ask you to promote this post or even take a second of your time to sign petition. Thank you for your attention‼️‼️

#kay ritter #varian vat7k #varian and the 7 kingdoms #petition #varigo #nuru vat7k #donella vat7k #hugo vat7k #yong vat7k #ulla vat7k #tangled #tangled the series #tts

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theartoftangled · 1 year

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Storyboards by Kay Ritter

#tangled the series #varian #storyboards #Kay Ritter

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itscorvusss · 9 months

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I just thought of the cutest headcanon for Varian and the Seven Kingdoms, holy shit.

So in most fan designs of 7K Varian, his clothing deviates from Kaitlyn Ritter’s og outfit for him (orange bandana around the neck, baggy blue shirt) and instead depict him in a bluish vest with gold trim over a white blouse. NOW.

I couldn’t help but notice that the dark blue/grey vest over white shirt combo has already been worn. By none other than Eugene Fitzherbert aka Flynnigan Rider.

I have since FULLY accepted that Varian’s 7K vest is Eugene’s old one, with painted details by Rapunzel. He’s wearing his childhood idol’s vest decorated by the princess who forgave him when no one else would. CHANGE MY MIND DAMMIT.

#vat7k #varian and the 7 kingdoms #varian #varian the alchemist #tangled varian #tangled the series #varian tts #varian and the seven kingdoms #varigo

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the-reverse-mermaid · 6 months

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If you told Hugo a day ago that Varian Ritter would be passed out on his bed at 5am on a Tuesday, he would’ve laughed and asked the informant if it’s drugs they’re taking or drugs they should be taking that they’re not.

If you told Hugo a day ago that the Alchemist would ever reach out to him, the Red Hunter, for help, well– screw it, maybe he would believe you. They were almost-coworkers after all.

(Danny Phantom AU for a late whumptober treat)

#shows up a month late with starbucks and sets this on the table #vat7k #varigo #varigo au #danny phantom au #whumptober #tangled #tangled the series #whump #tts varian #vat7k hugo #vat7k ulla #tts #varian tts #tts fic #vat7k fic #varian and the seven kingdoms #varian and the 7 kingdoms #varian

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glacecakes · 9 months

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Do you have some more original art of Varian or Hugo from Ritter or Lencioni?

Like stuff from the Discord server that they deleted from their Accounts?

Yes

From Kay

Afaik this is the only explicitly varigo from Anna

There’s more archived out there, the 7K discord server has the master script as well as sample comics and other doodles

#varigo #glace.txt

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daniellekeyer · 1 year

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Whoo, our last VAT7K finale song for this series! Thank you to everyone who’s stuck around this long, I can’t believe I started this project almost 2 years ago, and the VAT7K “essentials” song collection is almost complete! Now time to sob 💙🧪

Context: As Ulla's spirit begins to fade away, she and Varian say their final goodbyes.

🎨 original concept art by Kay Ritter & Anna Lencioni

#varian and the seven kingdoms #varian and the 7 kingdoms #vat7k #v7k #vat7k varian #vat7k ulla #tangled #tangled the series #rapunzels tangled adventure #tangled varian #tts varian

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adventuretolkienlover · 1 year

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GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! I colorized Varian's cousins, Aunt and Uncle! Check it out! Link to original art here.➡️(https://at.tumblr.com/tangledbea/varian-and-the-seven-kingdoms-consolidation-of/2ovqhgs09a5b) I could be wrong, but I think the Aunt is based off of Kate Ritter! They look almost identical!

#Vat7k #tts #Varian's Cousins #Varian and the Seven Kingdoms #My art #Tangled #Disney Tangled #Kritterart #Alchemy Bros #Varian #Varian the Alchemist #Not my ocs #I just put the alchemy bros tag for my blog's followers #I do a lot of alchemy bros stuff #You can tag it as whatever #Vat7k Varian's Cousins

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vaedotcom · 1 month

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Since you tag Vat7k I suppose you know Hugo Rottewange, and I dare suspecting you ship Varigo, probably because it's allegedly "canon" (despite Kay Hayes and Anna Lencioni explicitly saying it isn't) and because there is no age-difference.

But funnily, there was. At the time Hayes (back then Ritter) and Lencioni came up with the concept, Varian was fourteen and Hugo a twenty-four years old DND OC. They were both aged-up and aged-down.

There is nothing wrong with that.

But some Vat7k obsessed, Varigo-only-truthers, the age difference is the main argument while ignoring this fact.

So, other age-difference ships should be just as valid.

I just don’t ship people with varian in general 😭 You can bring up hugo if you want but i don’t even really ship them either

Last anon ask I’ll respond to on this topic cause its getting kinda repetitive

#varian tts #anon ask

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zonerobotnik · 9 months

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Their expressions aside

Are you serious for damns sake?

Yes, I am. It doesn't make sense to me that they would be smiling at the idea of hurting Varian...while not hurting Varian. It doesn't make sense that Andrew would be smiling at the thought of hurting Cassandra, while...not actually hurting her. It feels, to me, to be forced. The most genuine expressions I have seen is when he is looking at Cassandra when they're on the balloon and there is no one to be acting for.

She's not even looking at him. Why is he looking at her with such a soft expression, if he's plotting her demise?

Unfortunately, we don't get enough of him with just Varian when he's not stressing out about Rapunzel being on the loose to see how he looks when he's not forcing a facade. Although, if we're going to be using concept art for evidence, the art fight between Kay Ritter and Tom Caulfield has Varian and Andrew trying to one-up each other in a relatively harmless way very akin to two mad scientist bros fighting over the same girl. (The Art Fight is literally over K shipping Cassarian and T shipping Cassandrew.) And while they mess with each other a lot, they never actually hurt each other. (Until we get into Vamparian stuff, but that's an AU.)

#ask zone stuff #separatists of saporia

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varipunzel · 2 years

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Could I maybe ask something? I saw a couple of times drawings of Apple!Farmer Varian. I sometimes read that Varian was originally intended to be a country boy owning an apple orchard and that he was supposed to be older than Rapunzel. I also once read that this concept was deleted because they didn't want another potential love-interest for Rapunzel. But I never saw any of these original designs or read the original concept. Could you maybe have a link for that?

According to a Q&A with Ricky Roxburgh (one of the writers for TTS) Varian didn't originally have an age per se, but he also wasn't originally written to be a teenager.

Q: What did you think of him (Varian) when he was first thought out and how his story progressed? A: Well, when I first got there he was just a name on an index card. And his trajectory was roughly laid out in that he would start out a friend but end up a foe. I didn’t think of him as a kid initially, that came from someone else (either Chris or Shane) and I remember being worried about making such a young kid a villain because…and this is going to sound weird, but I was like “Can we punch a 14 year old in the face? Because if he’s a villain we might have to do that.” So I was skeptical at first, honestly. But the more we got into how he behaved and how quirky he was he just became super fun and sweet and then he fit naturally into the world.

Additionally, a Q&A with Kay Ritter (a TTS storyboard artist) in a Tangled Discord session had them reveal that Varian's age flip-flopped between being a full-fledged adult and 11-12 years old.

There is also a piece of doodled artwork by Wendy Sullivan (a TTS story artist) from a concept meeting that portrays Varian looking somewhat older (though this could simply be chalked up to art style).

However, Varian being aged down to avoid him being a love interest for Rapunzel isn't likely the sole reason for him being younger, though it can't be said that it wasn't one of the reasons. We may never know that one for sure, but it sure would make life easier for us shippers if he hadn't been! Gotta do all the aging up around here ourselves.

The rumor of Varian originally being slated to be an apple farmer seems to be more word-of-mouth intel within the fandom than anything, though it was mentioned in that same Q&A with Kay Ritter and they didn't deny it.

But aside from that, there are no readily available official sources (such as social media posts by crew members) that state it as fact. That being said, there’s also nothing to disprove any of these theories either, so it’s still perfectly fair game to speculate about. 😉

#varian #tangled the series #rapunzel's tangled adventure

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tangledbea · 2 years

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In 2018, Tom Caulfield and Kay Ritter treated us all to a Halloween fanart war that has come to be known as

Andrew Van Helsing vs. Vamparian

“Meanwhile, in a jail cell, where Vamp-arian is held up for being a weenie…“

“Gotta get through ol RuddiGRRRRRRR first…….“

“Garlic! Not good for vampires!”

“Lucky for Varian…he’s not the only undead walking the earth this Halloween……“

“The sun! A vampires weakness! 2 down!”

All art by Tom Caulfield and Kay Ritter.

#Tangled #tangled the series #TTS #Andrew #Varian #Ruddiger #Cassandra #Eugene Fitzherbert #Lance Strongbow #Rapunzel #Fanart #Andrew van Helsing vs. Vamparian #Tom Caulfield #Kay Ritter #Halloween

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nightcloudx · 1 year

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Who's the victim?AU

There is new chapter of my AU Wfo's the victim?

I need to add only my oc Amar belong to me everyone else belong to disney. Only Hugo belong to person who made Varian and the seven kingdoms this person is

Kay Ritter and Anna Lencioni are resonsible for Varian and the Seven Kingdoms. Hugo is specifically Anna's creation.Please check their Au it's amazing. And I thank @runningracingdancingchasing for giving me this information in comments becouse I forgot who made varian and seven kingdoms and was asking for help.

#mother gothel #tts cassandra #tts varian #hugo #Who's the victim?AU #tts eugene #rapunzles tangled adventure #rapunzel #tts oc #tts fanfic #Who's the victim?Amar #tts au #tts adira #eugene fitzherbert #tts hector #Amar Who's the victim?Au

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disneydreamer95 · 2 years

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Did you know...

There was an idea for Varian from Tangled the Animated Series to have his own adventure or rather a spinoff series. It was created by storyboard artists Kay Ritter and Anna Lencioni who were part of Tangle the Animated Series team. Unfortunately, the series was rejected by Disney due to Varian being a side character in the series and not understanding the following the character had. The creators then decided to release their idea onto the internet. This spurred a Varian and the Seven Kingdoms AU that can be found all over the internet including fan art, fan fiction, and videos.

The plot is as follows: Varian finds a journal that belonged to his mother, Ulla, describing something called "The Seven Trials" which take place in each of the Seven Kingdoms. He goes off on a journey to finish his mother's work. Along the way, he meets those who soon become his friends/traveling companions who help him complete his journey.

Below is a video where one of the creators of this idea describes the process, art, and what could have been.

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I want to thank @soreiya for telling me that I was originally misinformed and needed to fix my original post. For these types of posts, I try to give the correct information, and sometimes when I have an idea, I jump the gun and I unintentionally give misinformation. So thank you again.

#new version of an earlier post #than you for telling me I was mistaken #as i was an idiot and did not do my research #it was a simple google search #ugh #disney #disney animation #varian and the seven kingdoms #varian tts #missed opportunity #Youtube

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dreadpirateurania13 · 1 year

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I posted 669 times in 2022

That's 669 more posts than 2021!

16 posts created (2%)

653 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@cayenneavocado

@littlemisslol-fic

@aziraphalesbookkeeper

@bodypositivityandglitter

@wormy-worm

I tagged 407 of my posts in 2022

Only 39% of my posts had no tags

#fanart - 158 posts

#vat7k - 141 posts

#varian - 138 posts

#hugo - 119 posts

#varigo - 92 posts

#tts - 60 posts

#tangled the series - 49 posts

#meme - 33 posts

#rottmnt - 31 posts

#comedy gold - 30 posts

Longest Tag: 125 characters

#like i love the fics and art where they have a good or improving dynamic but their toxic dynamic is also so freaking engaging

My Top Posts in 2022:

Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms, Vat7k, tangled the series, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hugo/Varian (Disney: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms) Characters: Varian (Disney), Hugo (Disney: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms), Ruddiger (Disney), Olivia (Disney: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms), Rapunzel (Disney), Nuru (Disney: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms), Yong (Disney: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms), Original Characters Additional Tags: This Is STUPID, but so are they, Swearing, lab safety?, what lab safety?, Idiots in Love, cabin fever, Reunions, Found Family, Blushing, Teasing, Flirting, Suggestive Themes, Sparring, Hugo Fell First, Varian is stronger than Hugo, Fluff, Old Married Couple, Song Lyrics, Pre-Relationship, oblivious Varian Summary:

Karaoke night for the VAT7K gang leads to the discovery of unknown, uncharted, emotions.

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I was compelled to do this. It’s them

Art by Kaitlyn Ritter

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If the pairing isn’t a little unhinged then what, pray tell, is the fucking point?

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My #1 post of 2022

Rapunzel is capable of violence and we love that for her. No I will not give context

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