"Crossing the Line" [TANGLED: THE SERIES] ANIMATIC

This brought me back to when most of us thought Varian was possibly the holder of the moon stone, I love it

“Varian having an Elsa moment” not the crossover I asked for but needed

Just imagine JEREMY JORDAN singing Cass's part!! sighs

I need a varian version of every song from this show now

I love what happened in the series and knew Varian wasn't the Moonstone, but I gotta say, Moonstone Varian woulda been epic

This song fits Varian FAR better than Cass. It just goes to show that Varian should have been the main series antagonist. He's got an established motive, is a known threat, and a sympathetic backstory. It feels like they slapped together Cass's backstory last minute in order to shoehorn her in as the antagonist.

Should I make another Moonstone Varian animatic????

Notes: Please read the entire comment before replying Okay but imagine an AU where Varian broke out of jail and went after Rapunzel in season 2, instead of Cassandra grabbing the moonstone and betraying Rapunzel, Varian showed up out of nowhere and grabbed the thinking he could use it to save his father I might make that info a fic Edit: Ah fuck I completely forgot about this, I’ve been so caught up with my Haikyuu and BTS fics that I completely fell out of this fandom. I’m sorry but I don’t think this fic is gonna be happening any time soon, since I’m not in the fandom anymore.

I haven't seen the show, but from what I know, this song really fits Varians original arc. I know that "wait" is a Cassandra thing, but it seemed like every time Varian asks Rapunzel for help to save his dad, she makes him wait while she does whatever she's doing. So that line fits, and for the same reason, the opening duet makes sense too. Rapunzel hasn't been a good friend, but still, Varian doesn't want to be a villain. He's willing to work it out until she tells him, AGAIN, to wait. It turns the song from Cass's " im done being overshadowed, im the important one now" into a " if you won't help me, im done trying to be reasonable. Im making this my power, because you won't lend me yours." Super cool twist on the song, and the expressions and framing are great!

ngl I kinda wish that in the series for some reason Raps decided to take varian along and slowly he started to trust them again until the house of yesterdays tomorrow when he becomes corrupted by zan tiri and takes the moonstone because he thinks it would save his father

I'm glad that Varian wasn't the moonstone holder and was redeemed because then we were able to see the real side of him of who he use to be before his father got stuck. I like how Rapunzel and Varien's relationship grow. I do love this animator however. Amazing job!

That “no I won’t wait” moment is awesome.

I LOVE SO MUCH THE CONCEPT AND THE DESIGN OF VARIAN, THE PROPORTIONS, THE LIGHTS AND THE EXPRESSIONS. I HOPE YOU CAN CONTINUE DOING AMAZING ANIMATICS!!

This is how the show should've gone... :( Varian was such an interesting character and they dropped his arch way too soon. Sure cass still should've gotten her story told but I feel like it was totally unessisary for her to betray Rapunzel out of nowhere, it's so out of character. Plus with Varian's father's connection with the moonstone and the blue stripe in varians hair you would think that they would expand apon it. it would have been so much more satisfying to see Varian get this moonstone in hopes of using it to save his father rather then Cass doing it all out of self interest no matter how justifyable. Thank you for coming to my tedtalk and this animatic is very well done cheers to the artist!

Omg! This was amazing! I loved it! Varian fits so much better into this story, bc he, at least, has a valid and more realistic reason for hating Rapunzel. At least, that's what I think.

Ugh! I finally found out the reason why Cass turned the other cheek during this song. Very similar to Nothing Left To Lose. Like with both of the songs, Cass almost redeeming herself until Rapunzel and Varian said something that ticked her off. Varian called her a villain in the other song. Rapunzel told her to wait. Cass has been "waiting in the wings" for her moment to shine. She didn't want to wait anymore. And this really relates to Varian as well on so many levels.

Cass to Rapunzel: You are so blessed Me: She was legit kidnapped and lied to her whole life .-.

This just made me realize that nobody’s done a male cover of this song! I wonder why...

Rapunzel: Cass! Varian: DO I LOOK-

1:02 Honestly when Rapunzel said 'wait' it deeply applies more to Varian than Cass- remember when the black spiky rocks were coming for Rapunzel and was destroying the village that Varian lived in+ disturbing the villagers? How he asked Rapunzel multiple times for her help to stop the black rocks but she didn't since her dad said she didn't need to? And how this culminated into Varian trying to stop the black rocks with by himself but he ended up traping his dad instead?? How he panicked and ran to Rapunzel, the righteous princess of the kingdom, only to be denied again and kicked out by the guards??? He litterally kidnaped the queen to get her attention, plus Rapunzel could've asked Varian earlier if he could help her with the weather machine since he is a scientist/mechanic! Definitely wished that Varian played a bigger role, I think he could've played a more compelling villian with a deeper connection to the dark kingdom (hair streak + his dad was part of the dark kingdom!)