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Continuing the "how woud they fair as parents" saga:
Angel dust, Alastor, Vaggi and charlie
Four characters made this long. Under the cut it goes.
I think Angel could be a good parent. He might flounder a bit at first, based on how he handles Niffty when she's drunk, but he'd probably figure it out. He'd definitely be protective, drop the porn star persona around them, and try to keep them from being exposed to anything too inappropriate. He's also the kind of person who knows he has issues, but would try not to let them affect the kid. Like, he might not be the most responsible parent, but he does know it's a responsibility.
My main concern with Angel is whether he can handle the pressure. He strikes me as someone who might worry that he's too messed up to be a parent, and would think it's a bad thing if the kid takes after him at all. I think he could be the primary caregiver if he had to, but I don't think he's confident enough to be that involved without a partner who's also highly involved.
(There is also the question of whether his work schedule would allow him to be around as much as he'd like. As things are now, probably not, in which case he'd worry about not being around enough).
Everything else aside, I do think he'd enjoy actually spending time with the kid. His interactions with Niffty feel like he's been around kids before, and has some idea of how to handle them. It might take some practice, but he'd get the hang of balancing fun with making sure they stay out of trouble. Give him enough time and he might even build some confidence as a parent.
Though he does make a comment once about having cigarettes for lunch, so maaaybe don't trust him with meals? He seems to take much better care of Fat Nuggets than he does himself, so it might not be a problem, but I could also see it being an area he struggles with at first.
I'm also unsure how he'd be as a disciplinarian. That, I think, would depend on information we don't have yet, because we don't know anything about his relationship with his own father except that he killed him (everything else I've said is also somewhat subject to change, based on what we find out about that relationship. It wouldn't change the traits he's already displayed, but it could affect how he feels about being a father himself).
I am going to preface my next response with a clarification that I don't use fanon for my analyses, because I got a comment about Valentino's fanon portrayal when I gave my thoughts on him as a parent. I do occasionally insert headcanons, and I mention it when I do, but I work primarily with canon (if the person who left that comment sees this: You're good. I didn't mind receiving it).
With that said: I am putting Alastor on the "shouldn't be a parent" list.
Firstly, I cannot imagine Alastor liking kids. They are needy, emotional, grabby, often sticky, often loud, require constant attention, and do not come with manners pre-installed. It goes without saying that he'd do better with a daughter than a son, but he also seems like someone who would assume girls are easier to raise than boys.
In fairness, he likes Niffty because of her quirks, seems to have been fine with Mimzy bringing her problems to him for decades, and shows a soft side with Vox in the flashback. He also lets Niffty climb him like a cat tree, hugs Mimzy of his own volition, and only expresses (subtle) displeasure with one specific form of contact from Vox (a single hand on his shoulder or back doesn't get the same response), so he doesn't seem to actually mind some physical contact with people he likes. He would probably tolerate his own kid better than he would other people's kids, and maybe even develop some affection for them.
However. If anyone in the cast subscribes to the belief that it's not the father's responsibility to raise a child, it would be Alastor. And even if he doesn't, he'd say he does just to get out of helping. Because his favorite hobby at the hotel is refusing to be helpful unless there's violence to be done or a deal to be made. He does not like responsibility, he does not want responsibility, but he'll certainly take it personally if his minimal offerings aren't appreciated (case in point: making an objectively bad commercial for the hotel and being irritated by the slightest criticism).
In the case of child-rearing, his minimal offerings certainly wouldn't include tending to their physical needs (beyond maybe cooking, but he would expect them to eat it if he made it). He would protect them from legitimate threats, and might be willing to teach some skills, but he would also expect them to be self-sufficient as soon as possible, and wouldn't have much patience for "coddling" from the other parent (I don't think he'd actually put a stop to it if it wasn't hurting anything, but he'd certainly have a lot to say about it).
He would also be completely emotionally unavailable, and one of those "skills" he'd be looking to teach is how to hide one's emotions. Which includes not telling anyone they exist in the first place. And he would absolutely be the kind of parent whose approval is forever sought and rarely given. Unlikely to tolerate backtalk, because that's "disrespectful", and his idea of proper behavior is definitely old-fashioned.
Alastor is the kind of bad parent who goes unnoticed because he's not physically abusing the kid. But years down the road, they're going to have anxiety, self-worth issues, intimacy issues, a lot of anger, and I'm just kind of describing Vox at this point. So.
Now Vaggi, she gets a gold star for parenting. She's responsible, organized, protective, supportive, both playful and strict - and has absolutely no time to be a parent. She would be that parent who always seems to know what to do, but you have to be lucky enough to catch her when she has time (she will make time if it's important, but you're also going to hear "We'll talk about this later" a lot).
I could see her wanting to be a parent, but also being hesitant because of the time and commitment involved. She's also a fallen angel who was never human, so I don't know if she was ever actually a child herself? Which wouldn't affect her ability to raise one, but she might worry that it would if she doesn't know what it's like to be one (can't do worse than all the human parents who act like they don't know what it's like to be a kid, though).
Well, okay. It would affect her ability to raise one from the standpoint of understanding what is and isn't child-appropriate. And I think she'd be more likely to overcompensate and question everything than accidently miss something. So she'd probably treat the kid as younger than they were for a while, and need to have one of those "kids don't need to be protected forever" realizations at some point.
And then she'd become protective for a whole new reason because they get old enough to date eventually. But I think she'd be the kind of protective who gives shovel talks and glares at the prospective partner from a distance until she decides she approves of them, and not so much refusing to let her kid date at all.
And then there is Charlie.
I think she would approach parenthood the same way she approaches everything: with absolute enthusiasm and confidence, followed by flailing when she comes up against something she wasn't prepared to handle. And in this case, the biggest thing she's not prepared to handle is her own issues, because she would be committed to never failing her kid the way her own parents did. Which means always being there for them, no matter what.
She would be a helicopter parent. Which is kinda funny to me because I also mentioned Vox has the potential to be one, so they're paralleling again. Except in Charlie's case it's not just potential, she would be one. If her kid had a problem, she'd want to fix it. If they needed something, she'd want to get/do it for them. If she couldn't be with them all the time because she kind of has a job to do, she'd be calling whoever was watching them at every opportunity to make sure things were okay, and once they were old enough for a phone, she'd be dropping everything to answer any time she got a call from them. If they weren't calling often enough, she'd call them.
And since there are actually grandparents in the picture this time, I will add that I think she'd say she's fine with Lucifer watching the kid (can't really say anything about Lilith until we have something to work with), but he'd probably be the person she'd trust the least, and the person she'd be harshest with if something happened while he was with them.
The only reason I'm not adding her to the "shouldn't be a parent" list is that she has a partner who would push her to give the kid some space and independence, and I think she would calm down a little after facing a few parental hurdles without the world ending. Would still benefit from therapy and maybe having her anxiety medicated, but she could be an okay parent with Vaggi to balance her out.
Is the bingo thing still up? anyways if it is I request Radiodust and Voxcest and Alacest
I am willing to do more bingos. However.
When I look up Alacest, I mostly get human/demon Alastor. Which is about what I expected.
When I look up Voxcest, I get Vincent, past Vox, present Vox, pilot Vox, ipad Vox, an assortment of AU Voces, and I think some of these are clones. Which I didn't entirely expect but also kind of did.
Honestly, all I can really say about selfcest is that I don't understand the appeal. I mean, there was one show I watched where a character cloned himself, then one of the clones tried to kill him, but he killed it first. And I played a bit with how he felt about it through the lens of his own self-hatred. That was fun.
You know what, I don't think Vox, specifically, should meet an alternate version of himself. Not in my hands. My hands cannot be trusted.
Next question!
Honestly, this card can apply to all three of these:
Were these the Pilot days, I'd have said I hated RadioDust. Because Angel was my favorite and I wanted to strangle Alastor, and everyone was shipping them. But these are the show days, and I'm just kinda eh. I think Angel enjoys Alastor's antics, and even actually likes the guy, but I also think that could change fast if he saw Alastor threaten Husk the way he did in S1xE5. Both for Husk's sake and because he's spent too much time being yanked around on a chain himself to not have Feelings about it. Even ignoring that, I don't think they really have anything in common to bond over. So while my opinion of the ship has certainly improved, it still doesn't hold much interest for me.
I will, however, feed the shippers with Angel's reaction to Alastor being alive in the S1 finale.
And yes. I did look up the Latin plural form of "vox". It was necessary.
You putting Rarity in the favorite blorbos poll reminds me that I once called Vox a "murderous Rarity" because finding evil murderous people I can liken to the Mane 6 is very funny to me. It's probably a stretch but IDK, I could see Vox singing "Becoming Popular (The Pony Every Pony Should Know)" 🤣 Rarity is really fun, I adore her.
It probably says something about how many MLP darkfics I've listened to that I just accepted without question that an evil Rarity would absolutely murder her competition, lol. I would not be remotely surprised if someone somewhere has written that.
And tbh, re: Becoming Popular, I can see it. He did have to start at the bottom in both life and death, and Rarity is still early in her career at the time of that song. I could see it as pretty thematically fitting for past!Vox.
Somewhat related to the "Vox actually values friendship" conversation, I find it interesting that he clearly knows how to get Carmilla's cooperation, but he still spends a while throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks before finally bringing her daughters into it.
Like, on one hand, he's actually practicing what he preaches: he told Velvette not to fuck with Carmilla, and he's trying not to do that either. And it's probably for similar reasons, since he'd just make an enemy for no reason if she thought he was threatening her. Even if everything had gone according to plan, she would have been first in line trying to take out their new god.
On the other hand, if things had gone to plan, he could have just taken her out immediately and not worried about it.
So either he was preparing for the possibility that he wouldn't succeed, and trying not to give her a reason to come after him (which would be smart, but also require him to consider the possibility of failing). Or he knew that using her daughters against her would just give her a reason to sabotage him, and he might not be able to tell that she did it until it was too late.
Which is, at minimum, pretty genre-savvy of him, because that's what often happens when villains threaten scientists/inventors into compliance in media: they sabotage the villain, and the villain doesn't know enough about the subject matter to realize it (and Vox does know his role in this dynamic, his Take Over Heaven presentation is literally titled My Evil Plan. Though admittedly I enjoy labeling my own non-evil activities as Evil, so maybe he's just whimsical like that).
Obviously he does ultimately take advantage of her desire to protect them, and he does manage to spin it so Heaven is the threat, not him. But it's another interesting example of him going, "okay, so I'm more likely to get what I want if I don't threaten this person's loved ones."
I have been tagged into a Favorite Blorbos Tag Game by @jeannettegray. The rules appear to be simply, make a poll with your favorite blorbos and see who's the most popular. So let's see here.
Which of My Blorbos is Your Favorite?
Midna (The Legend of Zelda)
Prowl (Transformers)
Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Starscream (Transformers)
Vox (Hazbin Hotel)
Remaining time: 1 day 22 hours
And I guess I will tag... @aimar01 @brightlotusmoon @criptid-kisser (absolutely no pressure, but if y'all want to).
Ngl I’d love to hear you talk about the ways Chaggi and Staticmoth are parallelled and contrasted
I will happily oblige!
So obviously in the first episode of S2, everyone is just doing their thing. We see how Charlie and the hotel are doing, get the villains' plan, and we also get the seeds of what will end up being Charlie and Vox's main flaws for the season: Charlie gets upset when she sees a TV report slandering the hotel, and Vox slips up at the end of Hazbin Guarantee (Trust Us) by declaring "Trust me. Just me". They also both catch themselves: Charlie calms herself and tells Vaggi she's right about ignoring the slander, and Vox quickly corrects to "Trust us".
Skipping over the Heaven episode, E3 and E4 set up the conflict for Charlie and Vox respectively, as they both intentionally welcome their biggest detractors into their homes. Both of their teams join them in confronting said detractors, they both start regretting their decisions before the day is done, and they both take the first unintentional step towards alienating their friends: Charlie upsets Angel, and Valentino is unimpressed by Vox's idea of celebrating Alastor's capture.
Because the setup on Vox's side happens an episode later, most of the StaticMoth beats are also an episode behind Chaggi. Both sides have an episode where the pressure keeps building before things start exploding, but for Chaggi that's E4, with Charlie's attempt at a live interview. For StaticMoth, it's E5, with Alastor driving the first wedge between Vox and the other Vees.
E5 is also where the parallels between Chaggi and StaticMoth really get started - and provides one of the only narrative beats they share in the same episode, as both pairs get a moment of affection before the rally. Vaggi initially finds Charlie's attempts to get Emily's attention adorable, flirtatiously asks if she can help Charlie with anything, and the two share a kiss. Meanwhile, StaticMoth have a flirtatious exchange about their preparations, during which Val strokes Vox's monitor and adjusts his tie. Both moments are brought to an end by Charlie and Vox's respective stressors.
E5 is also where the Chaggi explosion happens. Charlie gets mad at Vaggi's ill-fated (and ill-conceived) attempt to help, they argue about Charlie's recent behavior, and Vaggi tells her she's worried about her before Charlie declares that she'll just handle things herself. Vaggi leaves in a huff.
The StaticMoth explosion, meanwhile, happens in E6, and it's both similar and different. Vox actually wants Val's help, but Val is angry and doesn't want to give it. Vox handles the situation calmly at first, only lashing out after taunting from Alastor. But when Valentino bites back, it isn't an argument; Vox just shuts down and lets Val yell at him about his recent behavior, then tries to have the last word as Val is leaving in a huff. And while he does ultimately get the help he wanted, Val is still mad at him.
Chaggi continue to fight through E6, and Charlie continues to push her friends away. She doesn't want to speak to Vaggi, and they end up "talking" using Husk as an intermediary. But Vaggi is still trying to work together, and suggests they both go to talk to Carmilla. And by the end of the episode, they reconcile: Charlie apologizes and they finally talk (and have makeup sex, which StaticMoth were prevented from doing literally the scene prior).
StaticMoth are still mad at each other through E7, and Vox continues to push his friends away. But now, he and Val have switched roles when compared to Charlie and Vaggi: Val is the one who doesn't want to talk, and Vox is still trying to keep things together to present a united front. He also relays an irritable message to Val through Velvette, but unlike Chaggi, they don't interact in person. The role reversal persists through the end of the episode, when Val goes to Vox's room, presumably wanting to talk.
But of course, unlike Chaggi, they don't reconcile. And it's in large part because they swapped roles: even while angry, Vaggi was still trying to reach Charlie and help her, but Valentino withdrew and left Vox to spiral. As a result, while both Charlie and Vox had a chance to think about things and realize they were in the wrong, Vox only spent that time winding himself up further. And where Chaggi actually had the opportunity to reconcile, Vox's stressor was literally in the room with him. Leaving Val to withdraw once again, and never express his own worries about his partner's behavior.
Ultimately, the narrative parallel between the two couples is one of support: Charlie and Vox are both single-mindedly fixated on what someone else is saying about/to them, handling it badly, and lashing out. But Vaggi understood that Charlie was struggling and offered her full support right from the start. Even when their fight was at its worst, she was still trying to help in any way she could (and even when that help only made things worse, she still meant well).
Valentino, by contrast, never recognized what Alastor's mockery was doing to Vox. He had a front row seat to Alastor taunting him that first night, but instead of supporting him, he just found the whole thing entertaining - right up until it started to affect him. And when it wasn't funny anymore, he got mad at Vox, even though he'd seen Alastor messing with him multiple times by that point. And then he left him to deal with it on his own.
With Vaggi's support, Charlie pulls out of her spiral, reconnects with her friends, and they head into the final confrontation together. But when Vox realizes Charlie is trying to ruin his plans and turns to Val and Velvette for help, he finds himself alone.
Most stories would use this to highlight how different the hero and the villain are: faced with a situation they couldn't handle on their own, she succeeded because she embraced friendship, and he failed because he rejected it. But in the end, the only difference that mattered was that she got the support she needed, and he didn't.
2. How's that edit you said you were gonna post when I asked you where you get your songs going?
I use Wondershare Filmora. There's a free version that's great for learning if you've never edited videos before, but it also leaves a watermark on the finished videos, and the export quality is lower. The paid version is basically the free version as far as I remember, just without those limits (it is available for both subscription and one-time payment, but I don't think the one-time version gets updated when new versions come out. This hasn't been a problem for me).
There's also an additional subscription if you want to access their creative assets and get AI credits. I don't use either and personally don't think a few extra transitions and effects are worth it if you're just making edits.
I finished it! (I also made a post about it, but the first link goes right to the video).
Something I'm always seeing in fics is Alastor being really underweight. Which is a reasonable assumption to make, because he has a pretty light build. But between him and Vox, I think Alastor is actually the one at a healthy weight for his size.
We've only seen him with his shirt open, which isn't a whole lot to go on, but it would be enough to see his collarbone or the bottom curve of his ribcage if there was anything to see. But there are no visible bones.
This is how basically every character is drawn, whether male or female. So it's largely just the artstyle, but we do see Valentino's collarbone and ribs sometimes, and Val is explicitly underweight. So if Alastor was also underweight, it's good odds we'd see some bones.
Meanwhile, we get a good look at Vox, and he's... really bony. You can see both his collarbone and his hip bones, and his shoulders are pretty angular. And once again, the bare shoulders of both sexes are drawn the same way (unless it's a buff guy or something like that). The only exception who's sometimes drawn like this is Valentino.
We have fewer examples to check for visible hip bones, but of those we do have, I couldn't find anyone else with them. So Vox is very clearly and intentionally underweight. Maybe not quite as bad as Val, since we can't see his ribs, but he apparently has no room to talk about eating enough.
I kinda like the idea I've seen floated around about Vox at least trying to get over Alastor, resulting in Alastor getting very angry about his picture box trying to move on XD I also think it'd be interesting if that happens, and then when Alastor moves into a more villainous role next season, Niffty defects and Husk is freed from Alastor's chain because that would really mean Alastor has no one. Which I'm sure Al would react normally to.
So here's my thing about Vox trying to get over Alastor: I don't think he can. Not on his own.
Like, he just lost everything because of the deal he made with Alastor, and because of his own actions with the Might of Lilith. The moment he realized there was no coming back from this was the moment he decided killing Alastor was all that mattered. So they both played an active part in his downfall, but who is he going to blame? Himself, or Alastor? And if he blames Alastor, what's stopping him from fixating on revenge? Unless he's outright given up or someone actually tries to help him recover psychologically, I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be either dwelling or deciding that killing Alastor is all he has left to live for.
I am interested in seeing how Alastor's villain arc impacts Niffty and Husk, though, I'll give you that.
(Not gonna lie, I kinda want to see Vox be the only one who actually stands by Alastor in the end. Not working with him, but stopping Vaggi from killing him or something. Partly because it would be a powerful rejection of Alastor's individualist "teachings", but also because we need the payoff for Vox being willing to endanger himself for someone else. And if it's not one of the Vees, it's going to be Alastor).
How do you want them to handle Vox regaining his body?
I mean, it's the perfect opportunity to explicitly confirm in the show that sinners regenerate when fatally injured, so maybe just. Finally tell us how that works. Or at least that it happens. That sounds ideal to me.
What I don't want them to do is make a big production out of it (unless something about it is actually out of the ordinary for Vox) because this isn't anything unusual for sinners. Just have someone go check if he's done regenerating yet or something. Completely off-screen with just a throwaway line to explain why he's not a head anymore would be fine with me.
Tbh I've never quite understood it when people say Radiostatic and Valangel are meant to parallel each other. I mean, it seems like a lot of them want Angel and Alastor to comfort each other having both been abused by one of the Vees, which like, people should write what they're inspired to write obviously but I don't really get it when they expect that to happen in canon. I kinda think even if Alastor were abused by Vox he probably wouldn't be able to admit that that was what happened or that it was similar to what Angel goes through.
When it comes to canon, I think the problem is that people tend to like... Interpret Val and Vox the same way, I guess? They're together, but Vox also wants Alastor, so Val is jealous, and Val also wants Angel, so Vox is jealous. And then they just build out the rest of the parallels from there.
But the reality is more like, Val and Vox are together, but Vox also wants Alastor, and Val is... Fine with that, actually! Literally tells them to just fuck already. He only has a problem when Vox starts pushing him away. Meanwhile, Val wants Angel, but it's purely physical; outside of love-bombing him to try and make him come back, Angel is really just a toy to him. Vox actually seems to be more emotionally invested in Angel than Val is, because he does hate him. But that hasn't actually been confirmed to be jealousy.
And then you throw in stuff like Vox and Alastor having an antagonistic relationship that they're both kinda weirdly into sometimes, while Angel is the only one who suffers between him and Val, and Val is the only one who gets anything out of it, and I'm like. What parallels. None of these pairs have the same dynamic. There is no amatonormative explanation for any of this.
Heck, even Val and Vox being angry about their respective interests in the same scene better serves to show how different their relationships are than to set them up as parallels: Val is mad because Angel left, Vox is mad because Alastor came back (also, we've already seen Vox going about his day in multiple ways before we find out he has a problem with Alastor, while Val is introduced with his Angel tantrum).
And I agree that Alastor wouldn't be able to admit it even if he had been abused. He is a powerful, feared Overlord, and Angel is a victim. They are not and can not be the same. And if you insinuate that they are, you're probably going on the broadcast.
Probably an unpopular opinion but to me the only way for Vox's character forward is for him to move on from Alastor.
Like I cannot imagine a scenario where al and vox actually get along again AFTER EVERYTHING they've put each other through. To me that's like Angel and Val being friends after everything is said and done. And while the two relationships are different they do parallel each other in the narrative. Like in season one we jump from Val's Angel freak out immediately onto Vox' Alastor freak out. Now from s2 being the Vox and Al triggering each other season the ending points towards s3 being the Val and Angel triggering each other season. Vox and Val's obsession with Al And Angel hurting their own relationship and so on.
So to me the only way forward is either moving on from each other or forever hating each other but transaction in a way where they just do NOT want to see each other.
I dunno it may be just me but any time I imagine/see a story/fic/headcanon where they forgive each other it feels WILDLY out of character for me...
My non-serious answer: I come from a fandom where characters regularly and sometimes canonically reconcile after being on opposite sides of a war for millions of years, seven decades is nothing.
My serious answer: Whoever said they have to forgive each other? I actually said in a post last night that Vox would be justified in not forgiving Alastor, and that goes both ways. Forgiveness is not what I'm here for.
That said.
Alastor has allowed Vox to remain a thorn in his side for seventy years, even though he is most definitely capable of getting rid of him if he was that much of a bother.
Alastor surrendered himself into Vox's hands with absolutely no limits to ensure his own safety.
Vox had his fun the day of capturing Alastor, then rarely touched him and never harmed him for the entire rest of his time in captivity, even with Alastor goading him constantly.
There is a news crawl in S2xE5 which reads, "Alastor to join the Vees after embarrassing defeat".
Mere minutes before Vox's breakdown, Alastor referred to him as his friend, and Vox looked at him like this.
Whether or not it would have been a good idea, and whether or not that's still the case, Vox would absolutely have taken Alastor back at any point in the last seven decades if it was presented to him as an option.
There is a great deal of pain and anger between them, but I don't see hatred. I see two people who still care more than they want to, one of whom still trusts the other enough to make himself helpless without any concern that he'll be hurt in a way he can't handle.
At the end of the day, you're entitled to your opinion. But we ship RadioStatic on this blog.
I also. Strongly disagree with comparing Alastor and Vox to Angel and Val. Val is possessive, but he's not remotely as emotionally invested in Angel as Vox is in Alastor. He was pretty apathetic to the possibility of Angel dying when the Exorcists attacked the hotel.
Also, he owns Angel. Alastor outclasses Vox in power, but they can and have both hurt each other. Angel can't even do that. And again, Vox had Alastor helpless and didn't harm him after that first day of captivity, even when Alastor made him angry. Val hurts Angel freely, especially when he's angry.
It takes way more than a couple similar beats to make them narrative parallels. Vox and Charlie had parallel narratives in S2 because they share a large number of character traits and were literally following the same narrative path of pushing away their friends thanks to outside interference. You could argue that Chaggi and StaticMoth were parallel relationships because Vaggi and Valentino both saw their partners spiraling and were alternately angry and worried about it, even if they ultimately handled the situations differently.
But if RadioStatic and Val/Angel are any kind of parallel, it's the kind that's superficially the same, but ultimately serves to highlight how different they are. They have almost nothing in common.
If Vox is stuck as a head for any amount of time longer than what's required to explain why he's not just a head anymore, I will start biting people.
Aside from that. Hm.
I actually can't think of anything that feels likely enough to happen that I'd be worried about it. There are some possibilities I'd prefer over others, but the show has already cleared the bar on other media that's upset/disappointed me. So I'd probably be fine with most things as long as it's written well.
I guess I'll throw in an honorable mention for Vox getting over Alastor. It wouldn't ruin the show for me, buuuut their dynamic is what sold me on watching to begin with. So.
Also, Vox was fully ready to kill himself if that was what it took to finally score a win. You don't just. Move on from that. So him doing it in the space of a single season would be a very hard sell.
I have actually seen a lot of people who think him being a head is really funny, and a pretty decent chunk who were confused about him not being a head in the pride merch. And a few who have said they hope he stays a head all season.
I actually thought the general consensus was that people want to see more of it, because I see more interest in him spending time as a head than otherwise.
Anyway, my take on the matter is that it would be incredibly limiting to both what the story can do with him and his ability to grow as a character. And also there is no reason why he should be stuck as a head when sinners can regenerate.
Well, okay, I will accept that he can't regenerate normally if it's because plugging directly into a malfunctioning angelic power source messed him up. But only because "consequences of direct contact with angelic power" could actually be something interesting.
What do you think about Alastor in terms of motivation and personality?
Well. As of right now, we don't really have his full motivations because we don't know what he's planning now that he's free. We mostly just have "wants to have fun and be feared", and that second one sounds more like a goal than a motivation. So I'm interested in finding out more.
Personality-wise, he is incredibly obnoxious, and I mean that both affectionately and otherwise. His antics can be highly amusing, but on the other hand, I was ready to see him taken down a couple pegs by the middle of S1. Guy is pretty full of himself.
All in all, I like him. Not a top five favorite, and I don't really understand why he's the fandom's favorite. But I already liked him better in S2 than S1, so who knows, maybe he'll win me over once we know what his plan is. I do like a good evil plan.
If Vox is stuck as a head for any amount of time longer than what's required to explain why he's not just a head anymore, I will start biting people.
Aside from that. Hm.
I actually can't think of anything that feels likely enough to happen that I'd be worried about it. There are some possibilities I'd prefer over others, but the show has already cleared the bar on other media that's upset/disappointed me. So I'd probably be fine with most things as long as it's written well.
I guess I'll throw in an honorable mention for Vox getting over Alastor. It wouldn't ruin the show for me, buuuut their dynamic is what sold me on watching to begin with. So.
Also, Vox was fully ready to kill himself if that was what it took to finally score a win. You don't just. Move on from that. So him doing it in the space of a single season would be a very hard sell.
