Okay, genuinely, what the fuck is it with idiots claiming that "Alastor was right to reject Vox super harshly because Vox can't handle rejection"?
"Can't handle rejection"? Did we watch the same flashback scene?
Because in the scene I watched, Alastor laughed hysterically at Vox while calling him weak and pathetic, AND VOX SAT BACK DOWN QUIETLY AND SUBDUED, ACCEPTING ALASTOR'S ANSWER WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO INSIST.
It was a "the worst he can say is no" up to 11.111 with cocaine, and Vox's reaction was to back down quietly.
It was only AFTER Alastor told him that their years of close companionship meant absolutely nothing, that Vox finally became enraged. The switch from grief to rage was *after* "there are no friends in hell, Vincent! I thought that was something you understood! How embarrassing!"
Afterwards, we are told that Alastor "put him in his place" which implies Alastor beat him up. Then, as both Alastor and Vox were Overlords, they had to go to the same meetings and take part in the same turf wars, meaning forced proximity. And Alastor is a huge troll who, as seen in both Stayed Gone and in S2E4, delights in reminding Vox of the rejection.
"Why couldn't Vox get over Alastor in 70 years?" I dunno, why is it hard to get over your ex who is also your coworker who works on the same projects as you and tells everybody in the building funny anecdotes of him humiliating you?
Hell, if the theory that Vox's bent antenna was the result of a fight with Alastor turns out to be true, that would mean that Vox is reminded of Alastor every time he looks in the mirror.
Nevermind the whole "guy from the 50s who spent his whole life in the closet, finally tries stepping out of it, and is kicked back into it" thing. Not like that would be traumatising or anything.
Don't even get me started on the idea that "Vox would have turned on Alastor, the same way he turned on Valentino and Velvette!"
Valentino was Vox's business partner for *50 years*. 50 years Vox spent making sure Val didn't skip his meals and had full financing for all his projects and was never dragged down by his many scandals. Velvette joined 20 years ago, and Vox ensured that a newly deceased complete rookie had full access to immense money and power.
So, Vox was a great partner for 5 decades. When did he start acting like a dick to Val & Vel? When Alastor reminded him of the "there are no friends in hell" mantra he had drilled into his head the day of the offer. In other words, if Alastor hadn't drilled that mantra into Vox's head to begin with, Vox would never have turned on Val & Vel! So it's insane pretzel logic to claim that the way he treated his partners retroactively justifies Alastor teaching him that he should never value his partners!
Tl;dr: if you watch the flashback scene and think "Alastor did nothing wrong," there is something tremendously wrong with you.
