Erik and Gellert - the parallels
- both have a tragic past (though we can only guess with Gellert)
- used to feel completely alone in the world
- found someone (Charles/Albus) who was the first to understand and accept them
- Fell in love with that professor
- too powerful for their own good
- desperate to have their loved one join them
- when that doesn't work, they take a close relative with them instead (Raven/Aurelius)
- convinced what they do is right/for the greater good
- really, they just want love but lose themselves to their delusion