#and the role of uli in this is very... he's NOT a caretaking person by nature. but he probably learns to handle this

[weepylucifer]

We only meet the students for such a brief time, just a blip in their lives. Like the other characters in DE, there’s no way of really telling what they’re like when we don’t see them and when they’re not interacting with a cop. With them, since they seem to mirror Harry and Kim to some degree, it’s especially fascinating to wonder what Harry-and-Kim-like traits they might have that we’re not shown. Like this,

*just gives depression to Steban* sorry my boy

#it's nowhere near as bad as harry's got it. but let's check back in on that in 20 years #sorry my boy! it's not all the time! i make you feel very good a lot of the time i prommy! #but look the guy's literally making a fledgeling Expression in his portrait. i am seeing it i cannot unsee it! #and the role of uli in this is very... he's NOT a caretaking person by nature. but he probably learns to handle this #he's not the voice of REASON he's a cheerleader and often that would make him an enabler #Sometimes tho he IS the voice of ''okay no today's class is exam-relevant so we're getting up and we're brushing our hair and we're going'' #posts by me #also i love the kind of love that is like. one person struggling to keep it together but knowing without doubt that the other person's there #like ''everything i ever believed in might be false. but i do know one thing. there's another little guy here and he won't leave'' #idk i just noticed like... when harry's asking all these questions like ''what's the POINT? is there ANY hope?'' steban is like... #really struggling? like he never says ''psh of COURSE everything's gonna turn out GREAT!'' #like his answers give a vibe of ''look we gotta believe in Something otherwise what do we get out of bed for'' #i'd really like to see what that looks like when he's harry's age