I had a longer rant but maybe that’s for another time so here’s a list of things that make my hyperfixate on at night and cry and I need someone else to be upset over them too.
- Regis and Dettlaff used to run in the same peer group. They often mocked Regis’ dependency on blood, but that was a tool he used to be accepted by the others because he felt like an outcast. Dettlaff chose to leave regardless of what he thought at the time of Regis because he realized this behavior wasn’t interesting or healthy/worthy of his time. After abusive friendships and a relationship that ended in a fallout, a drunk flying accident that cost him 50 years in regeneration, and after the evens of Vilgefortz, Dettlaff came across Regis’ remains. The last picture he may have had of Regis may not have been savory, but his love and drive for a pack/family was so strong he dedicated painstaking time and attention to bring back someone he may have at one point despised.
- Regis and Dettlaff suffer from the same insecurities but manifest it in different ways. Regis constantly feels at odds with his identity and duty as a vampire, disconnected from his own people, and bears some interest and resentment for humans. Yet, the single time he was able to find found family with Geralt and his hansa, it cost him his life. He secluded himself away in large part from humans, participating in their lives only to help, and removed himself largely from other vampires out of the dissonance he felt with his own identity.
Dettlaff is driven by his identity as a vampire, but he’s more ‘beastial’ than other higher vampires, almost ‘naive’ and simple, and so while friendships, even those born out of simple kindness - like that of the Duke - weigh on him heavily. He is an extremely sensitive personality, and removes himself from the world to strive for a simple and emotional life, choosing to spend time with lower vampires over that of his higher blood peers and humans.
- Both participate in hobbies that contribute to the wellbeing of others’ lives; Regis practices medicine and enjoys alchemy (let’s not forget booze brewing!) and Dettlaff fixes toys and makes art.
- (Spoilers?)
If Dettlaff lives, he personally banishes Regis, vowing to kill him and Geralt if they cross paths ever again. Dettlaff was understandably one of the few higher vampires Regis could tolerate - would certainly in some small measure oppose Orianna’s activities - because he was more ‘human’, and simply accepted Regis. He clearly cared for him. If the gate to their world ever opens, Regis and Dettlaff will never likely be able to see one another/join their clan.
If Dettlaff dies, Regis is anathema to his people, and they attack him out of duty whenever their paths should cross. He is forced to choose a life of true loneliness or to only live life as a human - until he drops his guard and they turn on him. What’s worse, if the gate to their world ever opens, Regis will likely never be able to return.
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