Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
The primary reason folks took this stance is Varis's psycho smile toward the end of the scene where he announces his intention to sure the Black Rose. The expression was wildly out-of-character for him - but quite in line for the hammy Solus.
Right, and I suppose when the WoL was seen shrouded in darkness and given an all-too-intimidating looking aura after defeating Thordan and watching the old codger die on his hands and knees that this could have some completely random implications too, right? No, that doesn't prove anything to me at all. Varis had (previous to the BR scene) delivered crushing rebuttals to the entire Alliance before proposing they all enjoy a nice explosive death to create the one-true-master-race. Smiling at the fact Solus is finally leaving him to his own devices (when it has been implied very heavily that he is absolutely sick to his teeth with the Ascian's pulling the empire strings) really could mean anything. I certainly expect Black Rose to be a nasty wakeup call post ShB, but the scope remains to be seen, as does Varis true intent.

I believe Varis most certainly will betray the Ascians in the name of (his) empire, but whether he legitimately does believe in the rejoining remains to be seen. I'm not convinced just yet, nor do I see one brief moment of an emphasized smile of evil as "Oh, he must be mind-controlled or something".

Could be wrong, but we'll see.