Talk:King of Despair/@comment-97.103.135.174-20151009041021

i really don't think that despair has any feelings for mary, as a sibling or as a romantic parnter. if he does, it's residual love from constantly sharing a vessel with william, and obviously it is not nearly as strong as the love that william has for mary, as he uses her as a pawn and throws her away to achieve his goals. just because he told her he loved her before he did away with her does not mean she matters to him. in fact, the king of despair really doesn't seem to have any concept of love whatsoever.

as for william, his love for her is tremendously strong and completely platonic, familial love. they're twins; they've risked their asses for one another time and time again. it's no wonder they've learned to hold on so tightly to each other, because they know what it feels like to almost lose the person closest to them. keep in mind that neither william nor mary had a whole lot of friends growing up, and both of them felt somewhat distant from their parents (william because he did not feel up to par with their strengths, mary because she isn't a caster).

if their relationship ever comes off as anything other than strictly a sibling-sibling bond, it is because they have a warped sense of dependency from being joined at the hip for so long, or it is because they both feel like the owe something to each other. mary feels the need to protect her brother, as he's timid and pacifistic and not nearly as spunky as she. william has a strength complex, and feels it absolutely necessary to prove to mary that he can be everything to her that she is to him.

and this is completely disregarding the fact that mary is almost explicitly stated to be leonardo's love interest.