what if i were to share some of my lukewarm alador blight headcanons
his parents were both high-ups in their coven with his father being a former abomination coven head and his mother being a prominent potioneer.
i definitely think his parents (more so his father) disproved of his merging of abominations and machinery, even at an early age. he saw it as a way a crutch for his “half-a-witch son” to use to pass by with subpar creations.
anyways, despite this, alador did well in and enjoyed his abominations classes. he liked the relative flexibility with the forms.
he and odalia were friends from an early age in the way that amity and boscha were. the blights and odalia’s families had close ties through wealth and status and wanted to keep any friends within that ring. anyone that wasn’t was subject to intense scrutiny for high academic achievement. anyone who couldn’t meet any criteria was unacceptable.
i am one of those people who don’t think odalia was as bad as a child. still vindictive and cruel but lacking most bite. again, akin to boscha, but perhaps a bit more tolerable. she had an image to uphold, and having two of the brightest witches in her year as friends was a key part.
he and darius were also very early friends. like attached at the hip and wouldn’t do anything without the other friends. they met at school and alador was the one to introduce him to his (1) other friend.
i think alador may have been like the only one keeping their friend group together. i don’t think he took too much notice of the tension between odalia and darius. either that or it was just easier to ignore it. neither was blowing anything up, so why should he point it out?
alador’s been a disaster bi from the start, crushing on both of his friends because of their power and intellect and their physiques.
he was casually dating darius through their early teens and went to grom with him on more than one occasion.
despite this, his parents convinced him odalia was the better match for the long run. after all, they knew best and she was stable.
he broke things off with darius around their senior year without giving much of an explanation. he was already uncomfortable with communicating his emotions and he thought maybe darius wouldn’t be upset and maybe they could still be friends like nothing happened.
i think that she was the one to give him the idea to monetize his creations, seeing them as the perfect weapons. i also think that they were business partners before they were romantic partners. they started the first iteration of blight industries the year they graduated.
in this starting stage where things were still modest, he was grateful for odalia’s know-how; her marketing strategies; her financial literacy. he was happy to just tinker while innovating the field of abominations in ways that his family couldn’t have expected.
they marry for tax benefits. that’s it. unless you want to subscribe to the hc that they got married to hide the twins’ pregnancy. which is another thought.
either way, i think they both were casual throughout their initial business partnership. very friends with benefits, if that. it was easier to not have so many emotions to muddle through. if there were any real feelings of love in the relationship it was early on and mostly coming from alador.
the wedding was large. it was a way to flex the families’ wealth.
alador absolutely considered reaching out to ask darius to be his best man, but even he recognized it was a bad idea. they hadn’t had a real conversation for years and all their interactions at coven meetings had been frosty at best. still, he invited him to the wedding.
it turns out time does not heal all wounds.
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