Cassarian

"Call me Cassie"

- Cassandra to Varian in "Great Expotations"

Cassarian is the het ship between Varian and Cassandra from the Tangled fandom.

Canon
Cassandra had heard about Varian from whispers about him as a "wizard" and when she and Rapunzel took it upon themselves to uncover the answers to their questions about the princess's newly returned hair, Cass subjects that they seek Varian's help. When they met Cass is surprised to learn that the person she heard about is in fact a young teenage boy and an alchemist.

Quotes
Great Expotations "Call me Cassie"

- Cassandra to Varian

Fanon
Shortly after "Great Expotations" aired Cassarian became a well liked het ship within the Disney Tangled fandom, despite the age difference gap between them. Which is why some fans age-bend (which is a bit like genderbending) Varian's age to make him older and more around Cassandra's age for the ship. There have even been a few fans who feature the two having a sister and brother-like relationship. The romantic side of the ship has Cassandra treasuring the necklace Varian gave her, since the small purple element he made and attached to it is named after her, Cassandrium.

After Varian became a villain in season one, a few fans feature Cass being devastated of the dark path he took, in their fanfic and art. While a few non-villain Varian fanart and fics have him accompanying Cassandra and the others on Rapunzel's journey in season two.

Long before Cassandra merged herself with the Moonstone opal in "Destinies Collide", and sometime after "The Quest for Varian" reviles that the mysterious black rocks originate from a drop of moonlight, just as the magical golden flower came from a drop of sunlight, fans had theorized that Varian might end up being the human host of the moon drop's power. This fan theory has given Varian the fan nickname of "Moon Varian", which is also the name of the popular fan theory within the Tangled fandom. While "Destinies Collide" disproved this theory, the idea that began in season one of the Tangled TV series is still well liked among fans of the series; which is why it is sometimes featured in the ship. With Moonstone Cassandra and Villain Varian teaming up or having Cass giving Varian some of her newly gained destructive powers.

ON AO3, the ship has over 114 fanfics in total. 79 about the romantic side of the ship and 35 on the friendship side of it.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Cassandra/Varian on FanFiction.Net
 * Cassandra/Varian on FanFiction.Net
 * Cassandra/Varian on FanFiction.Net

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