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Lets take a moment to acknowledge how these two:
Have spent YEARS listening to how much people HATE Blitz. Oz heard about Fizz's hate for blitz for 15 YEARS and Bee supplies alcohol for Verosika's Anti-Blitzo party.
and yet THEY STILL VOTED TO HEAR HIM OUT.
art as a hobby is great because I can just draw whatever the hell I want Spinosaurus mirabilis
A double standard I really can't stand in the fandom to be honest.
I can't help but laugh at certain posts in the fandom trying to claim sera has a misogyny bias against her compared to male characters from other shows when she has such a large fandom and very passionate defenders
And also a large amount of her fans have passionate hatreds of other characters for frankly hypocritical reasons,
This above is actual misogyny I'm sorry but that really is the only explanation it would be fine if you simply liked 1 character but did not like the other
But throwing these actual harsh criticisms against 1 character while blatantly ignoring them for the other is just a sign of sexist double standards that deserves calling out,
As so many people claim stolas is some sort of babied character by vivziepop and never faces consequences for his actions or calling out and even complain about him being a rich nepotism baby with no hardships
Despite this all being bs despite his wealth he did have struggles in life from the very start and in terms of his actions he does face shit as a result of them from stella's antics like having him tortured almost to death by striker to his and blitzo's harsh breakup
To him literally having to throw his own head on the chopping block thinking he would die and then losing his home and his powers and being hated by the public and losing his own daughter and he gets called out by stella blitz and even via so what the fuck are you talking about?
Meanwhile as far as we know sera was born into ultimate privilege not having to earn her way into heaven or earn her powers and status and has lived a very cushy life given the way heaven has been portrayed so far
And then did an action that has caused countless harm over 7 years ( despite her complicated motives I'm not claiming she's pure evil )
And got called out on it 1 time by her sister and then in the end gets given everything she wants without having to really do anything for it or take any kind of meaningful accountability and action to make up for it and gets given instant forgiveness by everyone in the story
And yet people claim she is not babied by the creator because? she cried a couple of times? something which stolas haters loath him for doing and moan everytime he does,
Yeah newsflash just because you like a female character does not mean you are not behaving misogynistically this is ironically something you can learn from adam's character
( given he hangs out with women and even leads an army of them but that does not negate him being a sexist person )
So Its very clear that fans who judge stolas 1 way but judge sera another do not view men and women by the same standards when it comes to writing and this deserves calling out quite frankly.
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((For the record, I judge the literal HELL out of both characters with contempt, as they are both fuck-ups, in their own way.))
The Different Angels of Heaven (That We’ve Seen So Far)
I made a very similar post, (linked here) and I will be reusing many of the photos, but I thought I’d create something a little more detailed.
We’ve seen different types of angels in Heaven, but here is a summary of them that I’ve observed. Some are confirmed, others are my best guesses based off of Biblical lore. Here we go!
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1.) Seraphim
Seraphim are some of the highest-ranked and most powerful angels in Heaven. They act as the top leadership.
In Biblical lore, they are considered the angels closest to God. They represent purity, intense passion for God, and divine light. They are said to surround God’s throne, proclaiming His holiness.
They typically have three main sets of wings- six wings in total. While Sera and Emily are confirmed Seraphim, Lucifer is not. However, given his six wings and his sheer angelic power, it makes me believe he is also a Seraphim in the Hellaverse.
2.) Virtues
As confirmed by the S2 subtitles, these are Virtues.
In Biblical lore, they are the Fifth Choir of angels and primarily associated with channeling divine strength, performing miracles, and governing elements and the natural world. (Perhaps that is why they resemble colorful insects.)
3.) Dominions
Dominions are also mentioned in the S2 subtitles, but it’s harder to match their voices. But going off their description in Biblical lore, (beings who carry golden staves to symbolize their authority), I believe these angels are the Dominions.
In Biblical lore, Dominions are described as being the fourth highest-ranked angels, serving as angelic lords who regulate duties of lower angels. They govern the universe, ensure the execution of God’s will, and enforce divine law.
4.) Powers
In Biblical lore, Powers are the Sixth Choir of angels who are said to be warrior spirits who defend humanity and the cosmos against evil. They also ensure the movement of heavenly bodies and sometimes act as history-keepers.
They are described as wearing helmets and armor- these guys look like they are wearing helmets, and they have constellations in their cloaks (which would fit into the cosmic theme). That leads me to believe these are Powers.
5.) Thrones
In Biblical lore, Thrones (or Orphanim) are the third-highest ranked angels in the Heavenly hierarchy. They are considered very wise, explaining the wisdom of divine missions. They are also tasked with dispensing God’s divine judgement and maintaining cosmic harmony.
They are also described as fiery, multi-eyed rings/wheels, so it’s a no-brainer that this guy is a Throne.
6.) Archangels
Adam is apparently an archangel. In Biblical lore, an archangel is a high-ranking angel who is trusted with important tasks from God- protecting humanity, fighting against evil, delivering significant messages, etc.
However, some sources place archangels as just above normal, average angels- which leads me to believe that in the realm of the Hellaverse, an archangel is a military rank meant for powerful souls- sometimes Heavenborn, sometimes not. Adam was once human, but he’s obviously different from average Winners.
(If Michael, Gabriel, and other famous archangels exist in the Hellaverse, are they still archangels or are they something else, such as Seraphim? As of now, we do not know.)
7.) Exorcists
Exorcists are warrior angels that make up Heaven's Exorcist Army. It has been stated they are not descendants of Adam, so they are Heavenborn. They all appear to be female.
They don’t have a direct Biblical counterpart, but they are similar to the Zabaniyah (Islamic angels tasked with punishing Sinners in Hell) and Angels of Punishment (angels from the Book of Enoch that act as jailers and tormentors for fallen angels and their offspring).
8.) Cherubs
Cherubs are interesting, because Biblically speaking they refer to the Cherubim- the second-highest order of angels just under the Seraphim, and are depicted as having four wings and four faces (human, lion, ox, and an eagle).
However, in the show they seem follow the more popular depiction of cherubs- tiny, child-like angels that are said to represent innocence. (In the Divine Comedy, they are called Putti.)
It is unknown what the role they play in Heaven in the Hellaverse, but it can be assumed they fill a similar serving role like imps- though some protect humans on Earth, like those in C.H.E.R.U.B.
9.) Winners
Virtuous souls who died on Earth and received their eternal reward in Heaven. (Or former Sinners from Hell who achieved redemption and ascended to Heaven.)
Apparently they are all hot.
And last but not least…
10.) The Speaker of God
She’s interesting. She has six wings, but I don’t think she’s a typical Seraphim.
She is a phoenix-like angel who outranks the Seraphim. Most importantly, she acts as God's representative in Heaven, and speaks on God's behalf to the angels. Vivziepop has stated she does not want to truly depict God because she considers the concept of God to be ethereal and beyond comprehension. The Speaker is the closest we will ever get to seeing God as she is God's representative.
Her most direct counterpart in Biblical lore is Metatron- a high-ranking angel in Jewish tradition who serves as the mediator between man and God, records the sins and merits of humanity, and holds knowledge of Heavenly secrets. Metatron was considered the highest angel and second only to Yahweh.
Question, is your rules page outdated or is that up to date?? I just wasn’t sure since something seemed a bit questionable. :0
It's a bit outdated.
Why? What's wrong? :(
Oz out here looking like an actual penguin, I'm cryin'.
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Look at how they massacred your boy!
Felix and I's wedding day landed right on Hourly comic day!
It's real special it so happened to land right on that day. I know I'm a bit late but I managed to finally get it done.
I'm happy I got to record it in this special way >:3!
Thought I'd share <3
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Hey who wants an essay about obscure Batman villains no one cares about
Recently I've read two arcs of different Batman comics that introduced similar villains with similar theming.
Batman and Robin (2011) #10 through #12 introduces Terminus (left) and his gang of Bat-Freaks, a team of ordinary criminals who have suffered at the hands of Batman and plan to smear his name in revenge. Terminus, their leader, is a sci-fi body horror effigy of a man, whose identity and reasons for hating Batman go unexplained.
Meanwhile, Detective Comics (2016) #943-947 introduces the Victim Syndicate, a team of former hostages to Batman's villains whom he failed to save. They are led by the First Victim (right), a mysterious BDSM freak covered in the literal blood that is metaphorically on Batman's hands. He claims he was the first person who Batman failed to save, but again, the details and his identity go unexplained.
The Terminus gang and the Victim Syndicate are both, in concept, a really interesting bunch to me. The concept of Batman "creating" his villains has already been widely explored, but these cases feel grounded in a way I find refreshing. They have none of the larger-than-life mystique of Joker or Two-Face, they're just ordinary people lashing out at the symbol that has failed them.
The problem is in the implementation of both groups. The members of the Victim Syndicate are just kind of weird, and not in a good way. Characters like the Noxious Man and Mudface have potential in isolation, but in the wider Batman lore they just feel like diet versions of the established villains who created them. Some of them have potential to be explored. The idea of following a long-term Poison Ivy thrall is legitimately intriguing, and the Victim Syndicate arc wrings a lot out of Mudface's emotional history with Clayface. But it bothers me that these people have somehow gained superpowers from the villains’ attacks. Why did Noxious Man and Mute gain powers from their chemical weapon exposure when none of the thousands of other victims have? How do you explain Mudface's powers without making it completely contrived (Clayface just happened to have the same chemicals that created him on hand)? It takes me out of what is otherwise a really interesting gang of characters.
Terminus' gang, despite not having a proper team name, has a much stronger concept direction. Bootface, Bat-Head, and Scallop all have distinct, recognizable designs that the Victim Syndicate doesn't match, though Smush and… unnamed rope guy… are a little goofy. Their backstories are all much more grounded as well. In fact I admire how the first issue they appear in sets them up in so few panels. All of these people were criminals already, and now they're blaming Batman for the consequences of their actions (more on the implications of that in a bit). But again, there are no grand Joker schemes here. Terminus' gang tries to smear Batman's reputation by branding people with the bat symbol. It's brutal, it's messy, it's ordinary people lashing out, and it is delicious. It definitely outdoes the Victim Syndicate’s initial plan, which seems to be undefined beyond targeted mayhem (although teaming up the First Victim with Anarky to make a social movement against Batman is an inspired choice, as is the later falling out between the two over the Victim’s lack of true sympathy).
And that brings us to the respective leaders of the two gangs, Terminus and the First Victim. Unlike their lackeys, these characters do hold that larger-than-life supervillain quality, but the First Victim executes on it much more effectively than Terminus. Neither of them ever actually explain their beef with Batman, and I think that ambiguity is good, but Terminus just feels implausible. Why is a supervillain with access to mech suits and missiles teaming up with frickin Bootface? I’ve already talked about how the actions of Terminus’ gang are brutal and crude, which is a large part of their appeal to me. But surely someone with the resources to make a bat-mech could do so much more. It makes not getting to find out what Terminus’ deal is feel like a failure on the part of the writing. Cool body horror though. The First Victim, on the other hand, matches the vibe of the other characters much better. His force-field is definitely in the realm of science fiction, but it feels more restrained than Terminus’ military depot clearance sale. It fits his vibe as well. Punching him accomplishes nothing, because you can’t get him out of your head, and you can’t wash the blood from your hands. And that is exactly why the First Victim is the scarier of the two. He's psychological in a way that actually feels threatening, and has palpable impacts on Batman and his family dynamics. It makes his ambiguous backstory intriguing, where Terminus' feels like a plot hole.
To tie in a common theme with Batman, it's worth examining who the writers choose to be a villain. These characters are all villains, but, well, they're also victims. The Bat-Freaks in particular are written with a tone that suggests their predicament is their own fault for being criminals in the first place. Again, Batman comics (and crime media in general) tend to ignore the legitimate grievances and brutality that drive people to crime in real life, and that aspect is on show here even more than it usually is. Comic book demonization of disability is also on full display here, with Bat-Head's comedic tics probably being the worst offender. This is a larger problem that exists far beyond these two arcs, but it's so front and center here that I can't analyze them without making note of that.
For all my criticisms of these characters and arcs, there is a lot to like here. I specifically read these arcs for the villains, but I was surprised to find a lot of well-written Bat-family content as well. The Terminus arc includes a great exploration of Damian's early insecurity within the Bat-family. If you've been on the Batfam side of Tumblr, you've probably seen the sequence where Damian steals one of Jason's helmets. That's from this arc. You may have seen the sequence where Dick gifts Damian one of his escrima sticks and points out he's already Robin, so he has nothing more to prove. That's from this arc. And in the Victim Syndicate arc, the First Victim's grievances against Batman push Stephanie, herself repeatedly victimized by Batman, to fight back and reclaim her identity as Spoiler.
(Note that I haven't read the full runs of these comics. I like what I saw of Damian and Stephanie, but I recognize that I have no idea if that good characterization holds up when put in context).
Batman villains fascinate me as an exploration of the extremes in life, how a concept or symbol can fully take over and tinge everything you see and do. Even poorly-written supervillains can have an undeniable magnetism. I think it's worth exploring, defining, and redefining the villains that slip under the radar.
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Part 2 - Vox discovers it can actually be even more humiliating. What might he discover next ? Who knows [Part1]
*Robert shows up in his "Mecha Man" costume*
"Hey Courtney. You got a sec? I need to show you something that I want your opinion on."
Was the suit necessary..? Fine, go on?
Robert called in his new and improved mechsuit and opened it up, to reveal SDN-brand dispatcher tech, inside.
"TA-DA! Now I can dispatch, when i'm on the field- but that's not all." He said.
He soon excitedly retrieved a harness-like set of holsters and sheaths filled with light, hi-tech and compact non-lethal weapons and strapped it onto his person.
"So...what do you think?" He asked.
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Fucked up thing that Vox should do that would be so fucking JUICY:
He should find a way to broadcast to all winners a compilation of every single death caused by the exorcist in the seven years they have been exterminating sinners
The angels, who were not expecting something like that, can’t cut the broadcast fast enough and all of heaven has seen it at least twice over as the video loops.
A mob forms in Sera’s foyer as the winners are demanding to know what the fuck was that??? as Sera panics and tries to justify herself. “It was necessary at the time” and “they posed a threat to all of us” and bla bla bla and I can just imagine she standing in front of a big ass screen still playing the universe’s worse compilation as she tries to justify the blood bath on display.
Then a scream breaks through her platitudes
“Mary Anne?!”
It’s a bird winner, her eyes fixed on the footage of a line of sinners being forced to walk towards the chopping block. One among them has oh such a resemblance to her.
“That’s my sister Mary Anne!”
And then she cries, screams and pleads. A waterfall of tears and “no,no,no!” fall from her as she watches her sister get decapitated.
That opens the floodgates.
Everyone is looking closer at the footage and, sure enough, names start pouring from their mouths covered in disbelief
“Susie?! Oh dear, it’s Suzie! Oh, I can’t look.”
“ALAN! YOU PIECE OF SHIT!! I TOLD YOU ALL THAT RAGE YOU HAD WOULD FUCK YOU OVER ONE DAY AND—WAIT NO NO NO YOU IDIOT YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! YOU CAN’T FIGHT THEM ALL BY YOURSE—” a sob, full of indignation and a sorrow that ran deep. “you asshole, why you always getting into fights you cannot win? Didn’t our time in college teach you anything?”
“Bobby? Our neighbor Bobby? What is he doing down the—OH GOD PLEASE ONE STAB WAS ENOUGH WHY DO YOU KEEP STABBING HIM?? STOP STOP”
“Dad? Dad?! DAD!! GET OUT OF THERE DAD THEY ARE BEHIND—”
“My cousin Edgar! I mean he was pretty greedy when he was alive but—” *Edgar gets decapitated* “….I’m gonna be sick”
“MAMA, MAMA” *sobs* “PLEASE NOT MY MAMA”
And it keeps going and going and going and soon enough half of heaven is in shambles with grief. Their loved ones, already condemned to eternal darkness, hunted down like beasts.
And Emily (poor young, black and white thinking, well meaning Emily) tries to cheer them up!
“There is no longer reason for sorrow my friends for the exterminations are no more. Since a sinner has been redeemed we have decided to start anew and work into building a better futu—”
“What do you mean by ‘a sinner was been redeemed?” Interrupts a voice from the middle of the crowd.
All winner’s eyes fall on Emily, a graveyard silence taking over the foyer. There is a pressure on their gaze, a heaviness built on grief and disbelief so potent it can be felt outside by the bystanders on the side walk.
Emily, poor Emily, under all that pressure, that heavy scrutiny from faces she has never seen even a frown on in all the years she has know them (and she does, personally, know all of them) stumbles:
“W-well, a sinner recently has atoned for his sin a-and has earned his place in heaven! Yes, that’s right! He is one of us now! Isn’t that great news?!”
She hoped this news would lift the mood. A light of hope to drown out the this darkening sorrow.
It’s doesn’t work, because of course it wouldn’t and Emily is about to learn that sometimes a good thing doesn’t erase what came before it.
“Who is this man? What sin did he atone for?” A winner with red glistening eyes who stands close to the screen that still plays the image of his daughter’s corpse being thrown in a pile shoulder high asks, his voice nearly gone.
Sir Pentious slowly slithers towards the front, hat in his hands.
He introduces himself, tell them his story, tell them his sin. He tells them how his redemption came to be.
At the end he bows and finishes his tale with:
“And… I’m sorry for being the first redeemed after so long. It’s very cold comfort, I know, but is true from my heart.”
The angels look at him in confusion. Why would he feel sorry?
Then the accusations start.
Not at Ser Pentious, no.
At the angels, the exorcist’s army.
At Sera.
Did my sister deserve to die again for the crime of stealing to keep us warm and feed? I know her from birth to death and that is the only sin she has ever committed so did she? DID SHE???
Mama was a killer, yes, but what could she have done? Father was violent and vile and she was desperate. She was defending us! Mama’s wrath was my salvation from a worse fate in his hands, why should she suffer more for it?
Silva was a piece of shit his whole life and I washed my hands on him long ago but tell me: why does his brother Pedro deserve the same punishment as him when his only crime was loving his twin too much to ever give up on him and hand him over to the authorities? It’s omission a equal crime to goddamn gang violence??? I thought he had already payed for that by getting killed thanks to his brother, I thought that was karma enough.
My cousin deserved to die twice because he was greedy in life?? Is that what you are telling me?! He was a shopkeeper! He had 3 jobs. We both grew up in poverty! I always thought he should relax a little and be less of a Scrooge with his money but outside of that he was a pretty decent dude. Are you telling me THAT not only can get you in hell but also qualify you for a spear piercing your back?!?!
And the questions and accusations keep on going and going. Furious people, heartbroken people, all off them sharing the sins of their loved ones. Some, they agree, are nearly impossible to redeem but most of them they all believe could have been able to move forward. To be given a second chance.
One sentiment is clear among the people:
Why did you measure every sin as if it weighed the same?
And Sera can’t answer that.
Why did she?
The more she listens to the winner’s stories the more her guilty builds.
Why did she?
“You lot didn’t even verify what exactly each sinner did before giving the sentence, did you?” Said the doe lady on the front, her eyes glued on the screen. The sorrow and the static on her voice making the others quiet down to listen.
“You simply saw a group you didn’t like and took any opportunity that presented itself to eliminate them from your sight. Pure and simple.”
She didn’t look or listen as Sera tried to answer her accusation as she was looking for someone.
At first the the contents on the screen had horrified her but she hadn’t payed close enough attention to the sinner’s features, their faces.
Now?
Her eyes searched, searched. Where is he, where is her baby, her darling? He hadn’t appeared in heaven no matter how many years she had waited so he must be down there. Learning what he did to get down there was irrelevant, a second thought. All she cared about right now was if she would be among the lucky ones in the crowd who saw their loved ones flee to see another day or…
Oh.
There he is. Dead, DEAD HER BABY IS DEAD
On a rooftop fighting with all his might against Adam of all people. Wanting to live, to keep going on and now she can’t even send him a letter, can’t even hope to ever see him again because he was DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! KILLED LIKE A DEER IN A BUTCHER SHOP
There was a smile on his face as he fought. As he fell.
(“Oh, my darling. Listen to mama: even if they take everything from you, they cannot take away your smile. Wear it as a badge of honor and hide your doubts and fears behind it so no one can use it against you and one day you will smile confidently enough that it will become real and you will be able to accomplish marvelous things”
Her little boy snuggled closer in her arms, his frown and tears breaking her heart. A day of mean jokes and kicks and jabs to his clothes, his hair, his skin just to arrive home to find her husband in a drunken rage.
She took the brunt of his tender care, keeping his attention away from her already bruised boy, to her little boy’s absolute distress.
But she did it gladly.
If it would spare her baby this extra pain (the only pain she could keep him from) she would do it a hundred times over.
“So do it for me, Alastor. Smile. You are never fully dressed without one.”
The little weight in her arms sniffed. Angling his face to look at her, a small, barely there smile was half formed on his tiny face.
“I will try, Maman.”
She kissed his little nose, turning that smile in a more genuine one as he giggled.
“That’s all I ask of you baby”)
The static around her was probably getting unbearable but she didn’t quite care.
She missed whatever discussion was going on between Emily, Sera, Abel for some reason and the rest of the winners
(Funny enough she didn’t see Lute anywhere.
How curious, wasn’t it?)
She tuned back in, confident in the fact that she could catch up with what was said when she listened to the recording of the broadcast she started at the beginning of this whole debacle.
If it was up to her (and it was) she would be repeating that broadcast until Sera’s ears bleed She ordered her son killed, he was Dead DEAD DEAD HER DARLING ALASTOR WAS DEAD! ANY CHANCE OF REDEMPTION TAKEN FROM HIM, ANY CHANCE OF SEEING HER AGAING EVEN IF HE DIDNT GET REDEEMED VOID BECAUSE HE WAS DEAD
She heard something along the lines of Hell having declared war and she laughed.
Loud, hysterically.
The voices in the foyer died down but she kept on laughing and laughing and laughing.
“And who we have to blame if not you, Sera?” She looked a dumbstruck Sera in the eyes. Her voice was being carried to all of heaven. Every citizen turned fully to their radios as the broadcast took a turn and the host began her closing remarks.
There was grief in her eyes and a smile on her face.
“You truly thought they would accept being butchered for nearly a decade laying down? A war is the least you should be expecting from them.”
“It was… an honest mistake—”
“HONEST MISTAKE??? is that how you are justifying this?? I thought murder was a sin, Sera.” She stalked closer to the seraphim. She couldn’t care less if Sera was three times her size or if she could smite her with a blink. Her son was dead, she was more than allowed a little reckless rage. “I thought seeing a crime and doing nothing to stop it—” she pointed her microphone cane at poor Ser Pentious who, curiously enough, was looking at her like he saw a ghost. “—was a sin, Sera!”
And Sera had the gall to stand there speechless. Her son was dead and the one who ordered it had nothing to say.
“If they do indeed start a war against us, don’t you expect me to lift a finger to help you lot. You will be lucky if I don’t open the gates for them myself.”
And she walked away, almost all of the winners following her lead, none of them contradicting her threat.
Hell declaring war was now second in the angels minds as the very real possibility of rebellion in Heaven solidified itself.
@innerdestinyunknown
((Thoughts on half of this?))
Bad With Us!
The VVVs
you think if Carmilla would have sliced him to ribbons his TV head right off here Val would have just walked out shaking his head saying "It's fine. He deserved it."
Vox. Just
Stop
Come on
Use those angelic ballet slippers, Carmilla! Do it!
That's right. STOP IT
