I was thinking last night about the differences between ALW and Leroux Erik, their characters and motivations. Usually the big defining difference I think of between these two is that, IMO, Leroux Erik wanted to be normal, while what ALW Erik wanted was more to be supernormal (that is, *exceptional*, not just like ‘extra normal’
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• ALW Erik wanted to bring Christine into his darkness.
• Leroux Erik wanted Christine to bring him into the light.
Although they both wanted Christine to ‘save me from my solitude’, I think their underlying motivations were nearly reversed. (Just as a quick and obvious example, ALW Erik does his best to draw Christine into his music, while Leroux Erik actually declines to let her hear it when she asks to.)
I do think that this is still a component that ties into the previously-mentioned distinction of normal vs. supernormal, but I liked it enough as its own independent thought to feel like posting it.