Maybe it's the edible talking but what if I wrote a stupid little fanfic where Strahd becomes absolutely enamored with Blinsky because he's such a rare bright spot in Barovia and kidnaps him, locks him in a tower like a damsel in a fairy tale.
Adventuring party of the week has to rescue him. Strahd can't decide if he wants to break Blinsky's spirit or simply savor it before it inevitably crumbles on its own. Conversations where Strahd is doing the affable villain shtick and Blinsky is terrified out of his mind and babbling whatever he can think of. He bonds with Piddlewick II and then finds out what happened to Piddlewick I. Volenta steals his dolls so he makes one that looks like her. Rahadin is confused as hell and angry because he's confused.
Eventually the Adventuring party of the week rescues him and he's very glad to go, but a part of him feels a twinge because as scary as it was he was getting so much positive(?) attention compared to his usual lonely life.