So I did state in the previous post abt how I think that Albus is lowk a male version of a female protag in a romatasy. Mind you, I'm basing this opinion on 3 romance books and what I've heard from the internet. (This may be a huge reach lmfao so pls bear with me.)
Now, you might've thought 'But Honeybee! What made you jump to THAT conclusion???'
Well... Buckle up cuz it's a long story...
So one day, I was pondering on the Cursed Child as I usually do any day lmao. At that particular day, I was thinking abt the train station scene during Albus' third year. Specifically abt these 2 sentences in the script.
And with that, time moves ever onwards ā ALBUSās eyes become darker, his face grows more sallow. Heās still an attractive boy, but heās trying not to admit it.
And I was thinking abt Albus' clearly deteriorating mental state. But then I thought of the "He's still an attractive boy" part which weirded me out, cuz firstly, that just ruined the sad vibes earlier and secondly, it was so out of place. Mind you this paragraph was after many scenes of Albus getting bullied/ostracised. And finally, bro was THIRTEEN! THIRTEEN! My guy is too young for the narrator to think of him as attractive.
And I did lowk find it funny as well. Cuz it read to me as "Look! Albus' skin is sallow and his eyes are dark but DON'T WORRY!!! HE'S STILL HOT!"
But that made me think of the next part of that sentence - "but he's trying not to admit it."
Do you know what that sounds like?
Protag: "Oh but I was a painfully average girl."
Protag: "I looked in the mirror and saw that I had eye bags"
Protag: (Hottest girl in the room)
Some mafia dude: "Mamma Mia! You are as beautiful as risotto!(Kisses her hand then leaves to do some mafia shit)
Cuz that is what it sounds like! Like bro, he's got all these features but HE'S STILL HOT but bro still doesn't think he is. Switch the genders and he sounds like he is gonna be in some romance books dawg.
That is when I thought, 'Wait a min! He does sound like a romantasy protag!'
Cuz No. 1, DADDY ISSUES
Okay maybe it ain't a romance specific thing, but I do feel like it might work in scenario 2 that I wrote below.
And No. 2, in some points Albus is kind of an empowered damsel which is sorta a thing I've seen in this one romance book.... Uhh.... this is a huge stretch... I did say that this theory is mostly based on vibes lmfao.
There are 2 ways, you could potentially twist the cursed child into a romance plot.
1. Dark Romance
(Potential ship - Albus Ć Delphi)
Now you might think that this ship is honestly gross and wrong and YOU ARE RIGHT FOR THAT but I'm putting them in this scenario to prove a point. And plus, those dark romance peeps are most likely gonna find the wrong aspect hot... idk...
BUT THE POINT IS...
It sorta fits. Why? Imma do a sub-list lmao.
A. The first time they meet
This is on the boots where Delphi does briefly touch Albus's thighs with both hands and obviously, Albus notices it. While this is creepy af, in a dark romance, it could be portrayed as possessive.
B. Yeah so there was this one scene where Delphi praises Albus for mastering the expelliarmus.
ALBUS: Expelliarmus!
DELPHIās wand flies through the air.
DELPHI: Youāre getting it now. Youāre good at this.
She takes her wand back from him.
(In a posh voice.) āYouāre a positively disarming young man.ā
ALBUS: Expelliarmus!
Her wand flies back again.
DELPHI: And we have a winner.
The two high-five.
ALBUS: Iāve never been good at spells.
SCORPIUS appears at the back of the stage. He looks at his friend talking to a girl ā and part of him likes it and part of him doesnāt.
DELPHI: I was rubbish ā and then something clicked. And it will for you too. Not that Iām a super witch or anything but ā I think youāre becoming quite some wizard, Albus Potter.
Ofc asides from the obvious love triangle situation LMFAO...
That part which I highlighted in green... Obviously she did state it in a very awkward way but it seems reminiscent of those fanfics where the mentor lover dude looks at the protag and be like
Mentor lover dude(very rizzily): You aren't actually bad.... You have potential.....(extra rizz)
C. Also that one time Delphi draws a wand on Albus' neck - we could turn it into some romance type stuff. Heck now I think of it, girl kissed bro, tied him up, flirted with him and allat tho at very diff times.
D. Also, judging by twilight, I'm pretty sure age gaps are a thing in romance novels
E. Also judging by twilight, LOVE TRIANGLES!!! Scorpius and Delphi are competing for Albus eyyyyy!!!!
Tbf I don't have much on Delphi, mostly cuz I'd prefer not to think much abt Augurlight... But yeah... I just added it cuz hey....
Now onto my favorite scenario....
2. Forbidden Romance
(Potential Ship - Albus x Scorpius)
Obviously the daddy issues would work here. It could be some romeo and juliet -esque story.
A. STAIRCASE BALLET!!!
B. THE WHOLE HARRY/ALBUS/SCORPIUS PLOT
It be giving "but daddy, I love him!"
And urgh, the final scene of the new version..... "Scorpius is the most important person in my life and he might always be the most important" arghhhhh......
C. In some older boots, Scorpius did pull him back when Amos raised his wand. PROTECTIVE SCORPIUS AYYY!!
D. Scorbus is elite... Nothing else to say...
E. Ig it would be very realistic for scorpius to be all "Albus, you are actually beautiful" tho he prolly wouldn't compare him to risotto :(
F. STAIRCASE BALLETTTTTTT
Guys.... I couldn't think much beyond this. I swear I had much more points and much more convincing points on why Albus could be a good romance protag...
But eyy... here is some of my explanation of my very silly theory...
Edit: Also in the previous post, @ace-aussie-asshole mentioned that Albus did ignore all of Delphi's red flags which is SUCH A GOOD POINT AND SO ROMANTASY that I'm gonna add it to this post.
