I don't know a lot about Angel Lore, but I imagine Lucifer knew Emily when she was pretty young. From there, all she's ever heard about him was the stories about him. So, of course, she's nervous and uncertain on how he'll react.
But Lucifer isn't the person Heaven made him out to be. He sees himself in her, sees how much of her joy that heaven has already stamped out. He knows what it means to Fall. So he offers this girl, who reminds him so much of Charlie, sanctuary. And maybe has her sign adoption papers later lol
I know we talk a lot about the Job episode showing a critical turning point in Aziraphale and Crowley’s relationship and the beginning of them working together.
But can we take a minute and think about how brave Crowley was to defy both God and Satan? Alone?
He goes along with Hell as far as he can. And yes, time and time again through their history together Aziraphale and Crowley will defy God and Satan many times. Together.
But this time is very different. This isn’t a minor miracle or demonic tempting. This is a very specific bet between God and Satan, which means they’re likely paying close attention. And when it begins when he makes his choice to not go along, he has no idea Aziraphale will make an appearance.
This time he couldn’t go along with Hell’s plan. He refused to kill goats, let alone kids. He valued their existence above his own knowing the risk was his own destruction.
Say what you want about the Hellaverse, but in an era where Disney is deathly allergic to romance, I appreciate how Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss unapologetically embrace musical numbers that add layers to these types of relationships (be it established or slow-burn).
Just wanted to drop these musical, hellish shower thoughts before Full Moon drops and tears our hearts to shreds...
Angel revealing the exact wording of his contract with Valentino (and how he can take advantage of it) recontextualizes so much about his and Val's relationship, his friendship with Cherri (and why it's ultimately toxic for him despite them clearly caring a lot for each other), and his reasons for staying at the hotel.
(Buckle up bitches this is gonna be a long one and I spent way too much time thinking about it)
SO, according to Angel, he only has to do what Valentino says while at the studio. Pay attention to that wording. Not "while working". "While at the studio".
Val's rant to Vox implies that, before Angel moved into the Hazbin Hotel, he was basically LIVING in the studio, which means that, by the wording of their contract, Angel was Val's to control 24/7.
While it doesn't really recontextualize Val's whiny bitchbaby moment in episode 2 (because regardless of the contract's exact wording, he clearly wants to be in total control of Angel), it does give us more information about it; Val was upset that he couldn't physically MAKE Angel do any thing at any time anymore, and Angel KNEW that, too.
So why didn't he ever just leave before? That comes back to Val's treatment of him, and how he views himself (or at least DID view himself until his husband friend Husk came along). Val almost definitely got it into Angel's head that nobody would WANT to take him in or help him, which is (one of, at least) the reason why he didn't trust Charlie at first during the prequel comic.
He wasn't just staying at the hotel because it was rent-free; it was because, as long as he "played nice", he was free of Val outside of work.
It does seem like taking advantage of the wording like that goes both ways (Val can apparently extend his hours on a whim without breaking the contract), but if you wanted out of a situation like Angel's, you'd take anything you could get.
And then we move on to Cherri, and her relationship with partying compared to Angel's.
Cherri Bomb is an anarchist. A chaotic partygirl. She's not trying to escape from anything. She parties so hard because she ENJOYS it. It's her way of having fun, of recharging, and it seems like throughout most of episode 6, she thought that Angel was partying with her for those same reasons.
But as we learned in episode 4, that isn't the case. Angel gets drunk and high to escape, to forget how fucked up his situation is, to forget how much he hates and blames himself for being the way he is. And once he found a functioning support system, and people who cared about him beyond his persona, he didn't need that anymore. He learned to accept that yeah, his situation is fucked, and there's not much he can do...but that doesn't mean that there's NOTHING he can do. And he's not alone.
This leads us to view Cherri as a toxic friend towards Angel, at least until she sees that he's getting serious about the hotel; she's perfectly happy with what she does, and was only goading Angel into it because she thought he was, too (she would thrive in Beelzebub's scene if she were able to go there; Angel would fall into the same category as Blitzø). Once she saw for herself that wasn't the case, she said she was glad for him, and that she'd be there if he ever needs her.
It's evident by that point that they care deeply about each other. But Cherri lives a lifestyle that wasn't ever good for Angel Dust; for Anthony. And that's okay.
Whether he was truly aware of it or not, Angel needed friends. He needed a support system. He wanted to be better than he was. And even if he doesn't quite realize it yet...he's well on his way.
Just to give you an idea of how long Angel was “working” that night during Poison.
They were on their 6 roll (memory card basically). There were at least 7 scenes with at least 4 takes for each scene. That could be as many as 28 takes all together.
alastor is a very important kind of aroace that is criminally under represented: guy who has no interest in romance or sex for themselves, but loves having a front row seat to all their allo friends bonkers relationship drama for entertainment
Look, the fact that Angel was himself with Husk while drunk and that Husk liked the real him to the point of hating the mask? And in the end of the episode, Husk tells Angel, to his FACE, that he prefers what Angel always tries to hide? It's EVERYTHING
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