#staticmothcritical

[ms-cartoon]

Dawg why is the show trying to make me feel bad for Valentino???

The way Vox is treating him is no different than how he treats Angel or anyone else. In fact it's much worse than how Vox is treating him. What is it with Viv and making her abusive characters so pitiful??

I don't even think these two like each other like that. The entire time they're on screen before now, they were just lustful of each other.

[ms-cartoon]

Making pride merch with r@pists. So THAT'S what we're doing? Okay. . .

I honestly can’t wrap my head around people—or the creators, apparently—pushing Vox and Valentino as some kind of “on-and-off” couple. Like, what are we doing here? Vox might be a villain, sure, but he's not stupid.

Valentino isn’t just toxic—he’s a full-on abuser, rapist, and trafficker, with actual scenes showing him brutalizing Angel Dust. Why would anyone want to be romantically or sexually involved with that? Are we really supposed to believe a cold, calculated overlord like Vox, someone who obsesses over power and control, would put up with Val’s unstable, sweaty, egotistical chaos? That’s not “twisted villain romance”—that’s just Viv animating her yaoi fantasies again, like she always does with every male character. There's zero chemistry, zero depth, and no logical reason for this ship to exist besides fanservice. You can't just say “they’re both evil” and expect that to excuse everything. Even in Hell, there’s a thing called standards.

Besides, compared to Vox, Val is whiny. He throws a whole tantrum like a toddler who didn’t get his toy, and Vox is required by him to calm him down? That doesn't scream "power couple"—that screams babysitter with benefits.

It honestly just makes Val look pathetic and Vox look like he’s wasting his time. If anything, that dynamic screams “Vox tolerates him for business optics” at best—not romance.