#also alain being sandrone puts into perspective the end of steambird questline

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Ok, this made me curious too!

I think this pretty much solidifies Alain as Sandrone. He already had his obsession with research and recreating his dear sister fits as well. Mary-Ann could want revenge but Alain is more likely (his passions are closer to love).

Pulcinella is a mystery though. Political power? Status? Political power and status on a scale that's far beyond a normal politician? Oh no. Oh no. We have a potential coup on our hands. That's genuinely terrifying (and also would the Tsaritsa even agree to give power to someone like that?).

As in, Pantalone is obsessed with wealth as a source of power and as a mechanism to the point of creating a new economical system. Imagine something like that in politics.

Also imagine a person who looks at 14yo Childe and thinks "he could be useful" instead of "get this away from me". That's a very particular type of person.

(but then in Commedia dell'arte Pulcinella is more of an opportunist and his solutions to problems seem to favor the weakest at the expense of the powerful.

maybe he likes disrupting rules. upsetting the status quo can be an obsession too.

let him be a proper trickster. if they managed Yae Miko they can manage a "rebellious delinquent in the body of an old man", as his commedia counterpart is usually described)

think my new favorite theory is that the fatui harbingers all have some corrupted idea of love, which shows how the tsartisa's ideal has been damaged

childe loves combat and constantly seeks to grow stonger, no matter what

signora was in such grief from losing rostam that she tried to burn the world away

dottore only loves gaining knowledge, to the point that he'll do anything to aquire it, no matter who it hurts

scaramouche was essentially obsesed with obtaining a heart (gnosis)

arlecchino clearly loves those close to her, but is ruthless towards anyone she deems a "traitor"

pantalone is obsessed with wealth, and thinks it's like "the beating heart of the world" and wants to control it

idk what everyone else's would be, but it's just an interesting thought