the thing about deadlock. right. is that the things that the characters want from the ritual are often things that they should either a) not have easily handed to them, or b) not have in the first place. for some of them Yes this is a last resort (ie. infernus saving hank's bar, rem being able to go home, abrams learning about the tome, celeste getting lenny's soul back, etc.) but for a good chunk of them, like. these are goals that the characters are fixated on to an unhealthy degree or things that they don't want to put in the effort to work for and would rather do a blood ritual about it instead. vindicta and grey talon want revenge?? their fixation on it will bring them only ruin and once they achieve their goals they will only feel empty because it won't bring back what was taken from them, some things need to be let go. silver and vyper want more stable lives?? they should work towards not abusing substances and letting the people around them help them. victor wants answers? learning who he's made of will only give him a crisis, he should focus on who he WANTS to be instead of who he WAS. paige wants to find her brother? her brother clearly doesn't WANT to be found, he hasn't reached out to her even though he easily could have, it hurts but she needs to let him go no contact. dynamo wants a human body back so his wife can be with a human person? dude he got married after he became a robot. marla loves him as he is. she doesn't NEED him to be a human!! ivy needs a new purpose?? girl don't ask otherworldly gods for a new one that's not going to help!! she should go to the beach and look at the ocean i think that might fix her. and do not get me STARTED on pocket and mina and their goals i will talk about them FOREVER
