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Rodolphus allowing Rabastan to do whatever he wanted. Freedom as a love language. Whatever Rabastan wants to do, Rodolphus allows, defends it, and smiles at it. He stands back as he watched Rabastan commit atrocities. All because he loves him.

Only Rabastan doesn’t know that. His actions aren’t good and they always end badly. So everything he does come out as ruin and Rodolphus watches because he thinks it what Rab wants. While Rab sees it as Rodolphus simply not caring, he sees Rodolphus sit back and allow disaster to happen to his own twin. And simply. Not care.

Rodolphus allows Rab every reckless battle because he loves him and one day Rabastan will die from that love. He’ll die knowing his twin doesn’t care for him and Rodolphus will live knowing his love killed his twin.

My lestrange brothers thesis:

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(SN: I call them brothers instead of twins because there is this small disconnect and plus they don’t look like each other all that much lol) (it’s symbolic and literal guys)

Rabastan whose guard dog persona works wonderfully with Rodolphus!!! So Rodolphus doesn’t regret who Rabastan has become! And when Rab builds his ENTIRE identity on being Rod’s “guard”, his brother doesn’t blink twice because he think it’s what Rab wants, and who is he to deny HIS “twin” anything? No matter how inhumane Rab becomes, Rodolphus will always love him. That’s his younger twin brother!

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Rabastan can become this inhuman monster, a murder of innocents, a man who married the child he was fond of, the man who is a violent dog that bites and chews but never let’s go. And Rodolphus will just smile and look the other way to give him a cup of tea and biscuits.

While Rabastan will never see that (guys he has his reasons), Rodolphus does (though he never acts very much on it because he doesn’t think he needs to) and it’s what their relationship is!

^^ RODOLPHUS AFTER RAB DIES

His brother’s death will haunt him till the end of days because Rod loves him and his love killed Rabastan. The only thing is that Rod will never grieve with is the idea that “the one consist thing in their life is now gone”, he grieves because he loves Rab! Not because they were each other’s constant.

Give me your secret hcs/ideas that youre gate keeping rn pretty please🤲🥺(🧟‍♂️)

I'm gonna use this as an opportunity for yapping about the Lestrange brothers because yes.

Lestrange Brothers

Rodolphus wants to be Rabastan's keeper, care for his twin brother, and have that bond commonly taught to pureblood twins in their society. But they will always be brothers and not twins. Rabastan embodies the dirtiness of their society (the bloodshed, the unequal power dynamics, the favoritism, etc.) and Rodolphus embodies the desires of the society (wealth, attention, praise, fame, etc.). They are different down to their bones from the moment they were born where that one hour separated their birthdays into one night and one day instead of just one night.

Even on the outside, they are fraternal twins and look alike only in a "brothers" sense instead of identical twins, which are the most common. Rabastan is covered in silver like a knight and Rodolphus is draped in gold like a wealthy king. Rabastan's clothes are mostly black and blend in while Rodolphus is covered in decorative beads and bright embroidery. When you see them, your attention is immediately facing Rodolphus.

I know from the way I describe it, that it feels like Rabastan is this outsider/black sheep, but I don't see it all. I've mentioned this before but Rabastan is very likable compared to Rodolphus, who is often serious and stoic, making him only respectable, but not particularly likable. Rabastan is very expressive (it is sort of stated in the books during his trial in 1981 lol. He doesn't have a lot of canon information so I had to work around what I could on the HP wiki and books. But this also means I see him as a very easily nervous person lol, esp if he's not in control of a situation. Poor guy has terrible anxiety) and a cool personality that a lot of pureblood witches and wizards rather like (rich college dude in 2000s movies- WHO SAID THAT).

Anyways, their interactions are actually pretty limited. Rodolphus is often busy with other things and Rabastan likes to chill by himself or with Regulus while creating new spells. When they do interact, Rabastan feels sort of uncomfortable because he feels like he's disappointing Rodolphus in one way or another while Rodolphus is sort of at a loss of what to say and kinds of leaves it as a comfortable silence. Rabastan loves his brother but can only really do so at a distance. Rodolphus loves his brother but can do so in silence because that's what he's used to from the Lestranges. Which Rabastan doesn't really work well with.

Deep down, they love each other, it's just really different for them. Rodolphus lets Rabastan have as much freedom as he wishes, defends his every action from critique, and puts his entire life and trust into Rabastan's hand while Rabastan willingly throws himself near death doors for Rodolphus, lets his brother pull from the doorstep, and watches where Rodolphus can't. There is a deep-rooted trust formed from early boyhood with scrapped knees and gently pulling splinters from under fingernails with hushed comforts. It never fully goes away and Rabastan dies with it in his heart while Rodolphus carries it for the rest of his life.

Thinking about Rodolphus and his ability to just keep a straight face in any scenario. Quick thinking and never often panics. Literally thinking about him casually sipping wine with a dead straight face and no words as everyone around him gets into screaming matches about politics. He does not care. He wins the idgaf war in every scenario.

And then, there is his brother. An emotional and volatile Rabastan who would've fw ice cream on the couch on a Tuesday night while sobbing his woes out while his husband watches art restoration videos on his phone and mindlessly patting Rabastan's back. He has a tank of fish with all their names memorized and takes personal offense when anyone forgets which is which. He overthinks situations and sometimes has to step outside to take a deep breath because someone commented on how his suit looks familiar. And so very, expressive. He cannot lie for the fucking life of him.