While in the middle of those rough sketches I last posted, it occurred to me that I tend to draw Rai with a sort of innocent look about him relative to the other characters. I think a dynamic that gets overlooked in the English speaking part of this fandom is the possibility of a parental one between Frankenstein and Rai, in which Frankenstein views Rai as like a child who has simultaneously never gotten the opportunity to practice personal agency and who was born into an immensely powerful position. Thrust into being the Noblesse from childhood, he never grew up, and that is why Frankenstein, in the modern age, places him in a high school, amongst teenagers, so that he can enter that transitional period we all enter between childhood and adulthood. This interpretation of their dynamic still aligns with Frankenstein’s self sacrificial behavior, as there are certainly parents out there who would sacrifice themselves for their children, perhaps even in greater number irl than people willing to sacrifice themselves for their romantic partners. Despite the immense physical power Rai possesses, Frankenstein insists that there is a sort of purity and innocence to him, so much so that be has complete faith that he can do no wrong when it comes to taking possession of Frankenstein’s own soul.
I still really like the more romantic or adult interpretation of their relationship too, of course, but perhaps I will explore this alternative interpretation some more as well in future writings.
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