What's "dawn Varian"??

What's "dawn Varian"??

so moonvarian originated back in s1 not as an au but as a serious theory speculating about a possible connection between varian and the rocks and whether varian might be connected to a (then hypothetical) “moon flower” analogous to the sundrop, which in all fairness was not a terribly off the wall guess given what was known at the time, esp with the fandom by and large underestimating how central a figure demanitus would become in the story’s lore.

and there was a…contingent of the varian slice of the fandom who got super invested in the moonvarian theory and remained ADAMANT that it was going to become canon in the end, even as s2 built more and more obviously toward cassandra taking the moonstone and indeed well into s3. (this contingent is also the source of all the, “chris changed the plot after s1 to give the arc varian was meant to have to cassandra instead to spite varian fans” conspiracy theories haha.)

anyway; around the time cassandra’s revenge aired, this contingent finally started to realize that moonvarian really… wasn’t going to happen. and because these were people who 1. had by this point sunk enormous amounts of time and energy into convincing themselves and each other that varian really did have a grand cosmic destiny connected to the moonstone, and 2. thought that the statement “varian is a supporting character” counted as character hate (i am not exaggerating)—what happened was an immediate, thoroughly incoherent explosion of frantic theorizing concentrated mostly in the Big General TTS Discord, which produced the Dawn Varian Theory.

which… briefly,

1. there are actually four cosmic powers, the sundrop, the moonstone, the dusk, and the dawn

2. dusk empowers the moonstone, dawn empowers the sundrop

3. zhan tiri is the dusk, varian is the dawn

4. (without varian rapunzel is nothing)

5. varian is going to unlock his dawn powers/destiny in the last few episodes of s3, and he’ll be the one to unite the sundrop and moonstone and defeat zhan tiri in the end

6. [bizarre tangent into zodiac symbolism whose intended point i STILL can’t figure out]

…all accompanied by a lot of circle jerking about how the dawn varian people were just so much better at storytelling and understood the real story of tts so much better than the actual writers, because that’s just how the big general tts server was, and probably still is. almost one hundred percent of the “evidence” supporting this theory was 1. “varian is associated with the color pink!” and 2. a small assortment of screencaps where varian is visually framed between rapunzel and the black rocks and similar visual symbols.

it was a lot.

if you’ve ever seen art of varian with glowing pink eyes — that’s dawn varian haha

2006 called it’s coming to kick my ass  

*sound on*

hiro: fitness tip - never stop pushing yourself. some say 8 hours of sleep is enough. why not keep going? why not 9? why not 10? strive for greatness

wilbur: next time you're working out do 15 push-ups instead of 10. run 3 miles instead of 2. eat a whole cake instead of just a slice. burn your ex's house down. you can do it. i believe in you.

penny: there were so many mixed messages in that i can't-

yesterday i reblogged a drawing resource that included how to draw hijabs - and it honestly wasn’t the best advice i’ve seen out there

now, i’m not an artist. but what i saw was a video that included hijab styles most of us don’t really wear and incorrect terminology surrounding niqabs and burqas (yes, there is a difference between the two)

so, i went searching and found a tutorial that i felt was better! these drawing guides and examples come from @/winchestermeg on twitter, and i think they’re really great 💕

this has more relevant examples and correct terminologies, and is drawn by a muslim woman

enjoy, artists of tumblr!

slams my fists violently down on my desk, causing my keyboard and my obscene number of sticky notes and my bajillion desk toys to go flying

YES YEAH ABE IS A SIMP. BIG TIME.

BUT SO IS JOAN!! DONT LEAVE HER OUT OF IT. SHES A MASSIVE SIMP. YUGE. COLOSSAL.

THE DIFFERENCE THO, IS THAT JOAN CARES ABOUT ABE ENOUGH TO NOT LET HER PERSONAL DESIRES GET IN THE WAY OF BEING A GOOD PERSON. EVEN THOUGH SHE'S ABRASIVE AND REGRETFUL ABOUT IT, SHE CONSISTENTLY HELPS ABE BE WITH CLEO BECAUSE SHE KNOWS CLEO MAKES HIM HAPPY.

Bam. Ok alright. First ep. Joan gets Abe and Cleo together by telling Cleo over the teen crisis hotline to get with the "nicer guy". Because Joan noticed Abe was upset about competing with JFK.

Ep 5. Abe sleepy ep. Joan puts in the time and effort and metaphors and personal anecdotes in an attempt to keep Abe from being a moron. And he does end up taking her advice,,, but only in the heat of the moment and after he already fucked up on the exam.

Ep 7. Joan is pissed af that Abe still wants Cleo despite her and that one dude(I cant fucking remember his name god dammit) were like.. 👀… Y'know. And despite that she still helps him reach Cleo before she leaves in the plane to go back to the beach thingy.

Idk theres more examples but those are the ones that stick out the most imo.

Now Abe.

Abe. My guy. Love ya bud, but man.

HE VERY OFTEN LET'S HIS [strong feelings] GET IN THE WAY OF BEING A GOOD FRIEND TO JOAN AND GANDHI.

Yeah he'll end up learning his lesson each time around(kinda), but the deed's been done and his priorities are clear. He cares more about how his platonic relationships affect the way Cleo percieves him and more about keeping Cleo away from JFK than boldly standing for what he believes in. Y'know, until it's too late. On multiple occassions. With varying levels of consequences.

He’s not a bad person though. He’s just… really bad at keeping his morals straight.

Joan is spiteful towards her clone mother. She despises the idea of living up to the real Joan of Arc's legacy. And yet, after being the one to outwardly speak her truth, disguising herself as a guy to play basketball, and showing her selfless side, time and time again we see Joan turning out to be more and more like the last person she wants to be.

Joan is a good person. Her decision-making makes me want to yell and punch something because being a good friend without reciprocation SUCKS. But ultimately Joan wants the best for Abe. Shes always lookin out for the guy and what he wants. From the get-go she could've secured the relationship by telling Cleo to get with JFK again, but she cares deeply about Abe and doesn't want to see him sad. Joan always(begrudgingly but benevolently) helps Abe stay with Cleo, no matter how much it hurts.

That's just what martyrs do babeyyy-