As I progress in my Spatort brainrot (while being stuck in workplace instead of watching more), it got me thinking about different what ifs.
And the main what if is obviously this: what if Leo never used that shovel?
(Please note that I might be missing some crucial information from the following episodes I haven't watched yet).
Long ramble incoming
1. What if they never became friends in the first place?
I think this opens up a ton of possibilities and all of them are quite painful. We'll keep the Yearning™ though, the Yearning™ is good.
On the surface, Leo would've turned out to be much more stable and less haunted if he never had to witness abuse and do what he did. Probably he would grow up to be a decent detective with a much more stable mind.
But Adam? Oh, I'm willing to bet, he would be led to a criminal path himself if the abuse never stopped. This is absolutely not to say that people who get abused grow up to be perpetrators, but in his case it seems very plausible. His abuse is paired with big amounts of physical violence and conditioning him to be "tough" and "strong".
If he keeps fighting against it, the suppressed rage in him would grow and grow until he snaps and does something to his father himself. Something pretty violent, which would land him in prison, for sure, if he gets caught.
Or if he doesn't have the strength to fight it, his subconscious would probably search for an outlet for his anger and vulnerability. Some vandalism, petty crimes and such until it escalates as the only outlet he has. His mother is distant and cold so he would really have no support system without Leo in his life. Destructive behaviour seems almost inevitable for him, especially with his father enabling this "man up" mindset.
So. I'm midway through Das Herz der Schlange and I have Some Updates.
No, I haven't yet seen the most interesting parts but. I find it fascinating how with the current state of Adam I believe the very thing that would stop him from
My updated opinion after HdS: yeah, I still believe Adam could go down the minor vandalism and angry misdemeanors road at first as a part of protest, an outlet. This is probably when he would meet young Leo, still a cop in training. Who would slip him his number (no homo, yeeeah).
The difference in imagining the scenario unfold comes from knowing more about Roland Schürk now.
Now I believe that once Adam would be old enough and possibly with a record, Roland (Father of the year he is) would decide to take him to run some Real Operations instead of those "pathetic outbursts" of his. Realising what's about to happen and not trusting his dad not to throw him under the bus the second something goes wrong, Adam would probably realise this is his best chance to get rid of Roland.
Which means calling Leo to try and arrange an operation that would end up with catching Roland and Adam walking free thanks to his role.
Now isn't that a good fic material 😌









