Vees Spin-Off Thoughts
So... is the Vees spin-off just a pipe dream or might we actually be getting that?
Because now I can't stop picturing a post-fall from grace Vees-centric show that depicts them losing everything BUT the little found family they've formed and focusing on how that connection to one another is what ultimately redeems them in the end.
I think it would be fascinating to see them starting all the way at the bottom again and (potentially) addressing the lingering feelings over Vox's betrayal or (more broadly) his poor treatment of Valentino/Velvette these past few episodes. I want to see Vox begging for their forgiveness and Valentino/Velvette ultimately relenting (with conditions) because they ARE a family and now more than ever they have to stick together.
It would also be interesting to see what skills/coping mechanisms they all fall back on. I could see Valentino pretty seamlessly returning to sex work, using his body like he always has to survive. Would Vox need to scavenge for scraps of technology to rebuild his information systems/get himself back up and running? How would Velvette cope as a younger ex-Overlord who had JUST gotten a taste of life at the top? Now it's gone, just like that - surely that would sting.
At the end of the day, though, they're all resourceful. They've built so much individually and as a team, it only makes sense they would eventually manage to cockroach through. They clawed their way to the top once and I could totally see them all trying to do it again.
Are they anonymous now? Do they view this fresh start as a chance to completely rewrite themselves? Did they sign contracts with someone to retain their powers (a la Husk)? Did Charlie order them to community service and therapy as part of their punishment (forcing the three of them to have a sit-down group session with her once a week, lol)?
I just think it has the potential to be a fun and heartfelt show while also giving the writers a chance to better worldbuild, particularly with what Hell is like for the average sinner at the bottom - not one who is an Overlord or in proximity to the royal family.
One of the ideas I hope even the main show explores at some point are the systemic issues inherent to life in Hell that primes all these negative conditions wherein sinners find themselves incentivized to be awful to one another just to eke ahead and survive. If Charlie wants more people at her hotel and in a place where they are ready for self-improvement, she needs to first make sure they're not still stuck in this constant, violent survival mode. Showing how terrible the conditions are at the bottom, through the Vees in this make-believe spin-off, I think would highlight some of those problems.
The more I think about it, the more the idea just seems really fun to me - especially because it would feature three characters who previously served as antagonists which has so much room to be entertaining. One of the reasons I personally enjoy 'villains' so much is that they're often given more liberty (in a lot of cases, not all) to just be more human. We get to see them being more selfish, have deeper negative emotions, make mistakes, take the easy way out of things, etc. than we typically get to see from the 'good guys' and I love that. Their stories are more relatable in all the worst ways simply because they don't always make the 'best' choices... and when they do make the selfless choice or take the high road, it resonates even more because we know they are actively choosing a different path.
Also what an opportunity to slowly reveal more of their backstories too. If they're falling back on the skillset they had before being granted all the power of an overlord, what does that say about them and the life they've led prior? A Valentino who seems completely at-home living out of a cheap motel room and navigating the seedier parts of town says something, for example. There's just a lot of fun storytelling potential here and it can also deepen their interpersonal relations as they help one another adjust.
Anyways... I'm just preemptively seeking the 'comfort' before the 'hurt' we're probably going to get this coming week, lol.
