This is also my favorite MCD zanemau trope but unlike the shadowmatron(Irene/aphmau x shad) Zane is more obsessed with the power of phoenix drop can bring more then he is obsessed with aphmau it’s like a Henry the Vlll and Anne of Cleve’s situation iykyk

Together while yes I know shad wants to also kill her i like to think of it like claude frollo from thbond he wants her but he also wants her dead and wants Alina so he could have his daughter back