Neat! You've thought of things beyond what I'd thought of – but I like that! Here are the thoughts I'd had:
–First, just the straight-up play on their names: "Albus" means white, as Gellert mentions playfully in the first story.
–Also in the first story, Gellert calls Albus the "white knight" who will rescue magical England from being subjugated to Muggles... So in some way I think maybe Gellert does see Albus as a protector/rescuer on the side of "good," because of course Gellert considers his own side the right one...
–Also, here in this second story, I was thinking Gellert does kind of think of Albus as his "knight" in the sense of vassal, underling – Albus is an important part of his world-domination plan, yes, but not quite as equals; it's Gellert who will rule, Albus is (just) his right-hand man.
I'm tending towards thinking that Gellert does *not* yet feel any inferiority or admiration for the qualities Albus possesses and Gellert doesn't; that that won't come until much later in life for him.
But that's just my personal interpretation of the moment! There are so many ways to look at their relationship, which we only get tiny hints of in canon.
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Date: 2015-02-22 02:52 pm (UTC)–First, just the straight-up play on their names: "Albus" means white, as Gellert mentions playfully in the first story.
–Also in the first story, Gellert calls Albus the "white knight" who will rescue magical England from being subjugated to Muggles... So in some way I think maybe Gellert does see Albus as a protector/rescuer on the side of "good," because of course Gellert considers his own side the right one...
–Also, here in this second story, I was thinking Gellert does kind of think of Albus as his "knight" in the sense of vassal, underling – Albus is an important part of his world-domination plan, yes, but not quite as equals; it's Gellert who will rule, Albus is (just) his right-hand man.
I'm tending towards thinking that Gellert does *not* yet feel any inferiority or admiration for the qualities Albus possesses and Gellert doesn't; that that won't come until much later in life for him.
But that's just my personal interpretation of the moment! There are so many ways to look at their relationship, which we only get tiny hints of in canon.