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what kind of precipitation is wetter, snow or rain ???

seriously tho holy fuck. they’re both so deprived in so many different ways !!!

krolock is starved in the way that he’s loved and lost. he knows what its like to be in love and to truly adore a person and want them with you forever – and even past that initial infatuation. he’s been married. he knows what its like to devote yourself to a person – and he doesn’t have that anymore. so he fucking aches for it bc he knows what it feels like and he needs to feel it again

but alfred has absolutely no experience at all. he barely has experience having friends. like my favorite bg for alfred is that he had a pretty stable, full family – second youngest black sheep of a decently successful middle-class family with emotionally distant parents. alfred’s friends are books and like 3 professors at the university of königsberg and that’s basically it – but BOY is he a hopeless romantic. he loves fairy tales and romance stories and he cries when people talk about their weddings. by the time tanz rolls around he’s thinking about settling down (”fur ein leben lang?” baby u met sarah TEN MINUTES AGO) and probably having kids and god he wants to be in love so badly

and like – they both have some outlets of affection. krolock has herbert, his darling boy, the moon in his sky, for whom he would do literally anything. they have a great relationship (when they’re not partaking in isolation and self-destructive behavior, which i could talk about all day but will Refrain From, For Now) and support each other… decently well. as much as an undead father and son can. and alfred has abronsius who, for all his faults and weird hangups, i truly do think loves alfred! alfred is his favorite student, he trusts alfred with his work even when he’s being a big baby or forgetting where the damn heart is. abronsius even lauds his academic prowess in-text – but like ! that’s not enough. that’s not nearly enough for two full-grown men, nevermind two very attention-starved full-grown men.

give these boys hugs & friends & a mutually satisfying domestic and supportive romantic relationship. thanks for coming to my ted talk