hear me out:
a Reader who was married to Vincent Whittman in life. they were happy together, madly in love, Vincent an unhinged but dedicated husband who would have done anything for his wife... until his untimely demise at the hands of a falling television parted them far too soon.
a Vincent who loses himself, believing he will never see Reader again, a ragged grief that continues to haunt him throughout the decades, even as he grows in power and becomes Vox.
a Vox who never once considers that his precious wife could be anything less than perfect, that she might join him in damnation once her mortal life comes to an end.
a Vox who is completely, and utterly wrong.
a Reader who finally arrives in Hell many years later, waiting to reunite with her long lost husband, only to fracture upon seeing his face plastered on neon lights with Valentino.
a Reader who believes her Vincent has moved on and no longer has any room for her in his heart.
a Reader who resigns herself to a quiet life on the outskirts of Cannibal Town, away from the hustle and bustle of Pentagram City, where she isn't constantly bombarded with reminders of the love she pined for and lost.
an Alastor who happens across her one day after a day trip to Rosie's and is oh so captivated by the pretty, heartbroken soul hung up on her faithless, undeserving ex-husband.
an Alastor who is only a little bit self serving when he begins to pick up the pieces and court her.
an Alastor who is fond of Reader, of course. his intentions are genuine; the fact that she was once married to that pathetic picture box, and is now being given so much more, by a man who is so much better... it's merely a delightful, entertaining little bonus.
a Reader who begins to heal and move on with her charming, old-fashioned new suitor.
a Vox who one day sees the woman he still loves, the wife who shouldn't, couldn't be here, in Hell, pictured arm in arm with the Radio Demon on the illustrated cover of a Cannibal Town gossip magazine.
and a realm wide power outage, the likes of which no one in the Pride Ring has ever seen, as Vincent Vox Whittman completely unravels to the knowledge that his beloved, once adoring wife is now in the hands of ţ̵͆h̵̜̲̃a̶̢͚̔ț̴̜͒ f̷̹̱̙̜̬͕̎̇̊u̴̺̓̅̅̄c̴̨̘̦͍͖̀k̴̭̈́̐͋̿́i̴͎̖̅n̴̛̘̆̾̆g̵̳̩̮̪̮̈͌̀̈́́ d̴̻̮̟̬̮̣̠̱̽̏͝ȩ̵͉̯̫͙̗̪̝̦̙̏é̶̛͔̽͋̀̾̓͘̚͝͝ṙ̵̡̉̋͘
