ok so a clegan opinion of mine is that they have a lot of the same freak codependency thoughts but the key differentiator is their reactions… say they’re both separately like “i wish we were conjoined.” now john would be kicking his feet and giggling over the idea of them sharing organ functions. whereas gale is like AUGH and shoves the thought into a tiny drawer of his mind where the combined small space and heat of horniness warp it into another, even weirder idea like some kind of fucked up shrinky dink. so when he goes to look again it’s now “i wish i could die in his arms while he cries over me and then become a ghost and not reveal myself to him but instead creepily possess his body to jerk him off.” gale’s next problem is that john would find that super romantic