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BUT. I know a lot of people read Enki as the divine warrior knowledge and a keeper of it. Travis being his reincarnation vs. The constant mystery of Vylad something something if Travis is was outsider and yet draws attention to him because he is so charismatic vs Vylad whose also an outside but almost seems to draw attention away from himself.

The idea of the reincarnation of knowledge falling for someone who so strongely represents the unknown and secretive.

(Id love to hear your thoughts on it too. I think vylavis has such fun potentional <3)

That’s so interesting hearing how you got into vylavis! I never thought about it like that before.

For me, at first it was the contrast of their personalities that got me with Travis being very outgoing and Vylad being so quiet and like you said, mysterious.

But it’s also largely because of how they were born. For one thing, Travis feels like he’s this weird walking contradiction. His mom spent her whole life keeping the demon warlock at bay and Travis eventually followed in her footsteps. But then he’s also the son of them both? It’s been a long time since I rewatched, but I’m pretty sure it’s canon that Travis hates the demon part of himself. I don’t think he himself understands why his mom ended up having a kid with the demon warlock and it’s a large part of himself that he struggles with. It makes him feel like a monster and everyone being scared of him (that’s the reason why he lives in a cave in season 3 I think?? It’s been way too long)

And with Vylad being a Shadow Knight, he also has this large part of himself that he hates. He also feels like a monster.

He was also born out of this controversial affair and has been made to feel like less because of it just like Travis.

I see them both feeling like they shouldn’t exist. Travis is barely human, being half of what his mother hated and fought against for so long. And Vylad was always the outsider of his family, and then died and came back with the purpose to harm others.