OKAY SO. The idea of Victor Frankenstein was accidentally brought to my attention. He was into alchemy, made monsters, is a tragic figure or mad scientist jerk depending on what version of the story you go with, lost his father for reasons that were ultimately his own fault, and has the "what's best for me and my own" mentality. These all apply to Varian, too, so I'm going to jot down power ideas here. I'll probably skip a quirk if I go with Victor, because... Varian's already fairly similar, hahaha... Why do I like him again?

The main power I'm thinking of is the ability to bring small objects to life temporarily. Think kitchen utensils, tools, even toys! It'd also be cool if he had a healing ability - and there's that delicious irony again - that would start out pretty mild but could potentially grow over time.