OH my God. Hi.
I’m so happy that you came to me for this because Krolfred is basically consuming my every waking moment these days. I spend so much time dissecting lyrics, thinking, imagining, and (sometimes) writing about it, so I have Many Thoughts. Warning: most of my headcanons hinge on Alfred living at Schloss von Krolock post-change, for whatever reason, but that’s probably because my fic has them in one place post-Alfred’s change too.
Here we go!
1. Krolock has had his eye on Alfred since the very beginning, when he strayed from Abronsius. Alfred’s actually his original target, and while he’s interested in Sarah as well, he’s interested in Alfred as a companion more than a snack.This also explains the featuring of the “he ho he” musical phrase in “Sie irren, Professor”.
2. I’ve always considered Alfred to be in his mid-late twenties, as opposed to any closer in age to Sarah, simply because it makes the most sense for him to have completed his studies and be post-doc researching with Abronsius. Some portrayals obviously do their own thing with Alfred’s mental and/or emotional age, but he seems, to me, like an emotionally young 26-27 year old.
3. Krolock himself is around, I’d wager, probably close to 300 years old, if not more, by the time the events of Tanz come around. I’d say he would have been a youth in the 1590s, and by the time of his change in 1617, somewhere around age 45 or so.
4. Herbert is permanently annoyed by the entire thing. It’s nothing personal against Alfred, just the normal resentment that can happen towards someone who looks not far from your physical age and lives in your house…and is banging your dad.
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5. Alfred’s nickname, in full, is “Doktor Süßemause”. Sometimes Krolock settles for “Mause” for brevity’s sake. Either one induces Herbert to gagging.
6. Krolock and Alfred like to read together, sometimes just in companionable silence, and sometimes they read out loud to each other.
7. Krolock eventually has to teach Alfred how to dance properly and Alfred never quite gets the hang of it, but Krolock is charmed by his attempts nonetheless.
8. Alfred really, truly enjoys braiding Krolock’s hair and is astoundingly good at it after braiding his older sister’s hair for his entire childhood.
9. By that same token, Krolock has a minor obsessive issue with Alfred’s yellow curly hair and often ends up touching it/playing with it without even realizing he’s doing it.
10. Two words: Cape Cuddles.
Penhales 