#CHARLIE HELP HIM

[keikakudom]

Lemme try and make sense of Vox's mindset, and correct me if I get anything wrong?

I think Vox in RR!au hardly actually thinks about suicide. He's too much of a busy man to do that, after all! Thinking about death is for people with too much time on their hands, who don't have to deal with a billion problems on the daily. And sure, maybe it wouldn't be a terrible accident if he was locked out on extermination day one year (not that there's exterminations anymore), but he'll never bother to actively seek it -- why would he? He has things to do. Empires to run/build. Deals to make. Resorts to run, residents to settle, princesses to talk to.

Really, everything would be just fine and dandy, as long as progress is being made, nothing goes wrong at the resort, heaven doesn't come down for no good reason, and that deer freak manage to not bother him for a single day. All dandy!

So what if he's been going through business ventures like someone going through Doritos at the back of the car? It's difficult to stay on top, in Hell, and he can't rely on tech or media forever, not when they cycle faster and faster(and he would know, of course, his whole body is made of it). He's doing what it takes, and if it's risky, what business isn't?

And re: Alastor, vox may have once had feelings for him, but now it's probably soured into maybe wishing that Alastor would just fuck off somewhere where he'll never be heard from again. I think Vox knows very well from years of companionship that Alastor considers him a source of amusement and entertainment rather than an equal, and that hasn't truly changed even after he left, and in a way that has to bite? That Alastor cannot leave it alone, has to make his opinions and disdain clear to all of hell every single day, and also make it clear that vox cannot do anything to stop him (that tv still runs on radiowaves fundamentally, that he can't get rid of Alastor's influence).

Like the way I interpret canon!vox's feelings re:alastor has a lot more insecurity and the desire to show he's stronger now, he's over it, he doesn't need him, than just being rejected romantically, and in contrast RR!vox grinned and bore it longer without letting on, and then at some point just gave up, by which time his feelings have soured so far past insecurity and bitterness into straight up nihilism. (Doomed yaoi my fav)

Ok I'm just rambling now but yeah I think vox in RR!au is really really interesting? Bc he's y'know not in the best place but also he's fine. He's not, probably never, going to actively do anything, left to his own devices he's just going to keep at his daily routine and eventually self-destruct on his own hubris by taking on far more than he is capable of (people pleasing tendencies, hm?). But otherwise he's fine.

*drops my glass of milk* yea, this all. Checks out.

(that tv still runs on radiowaves fundamentally, that he can't get rid of Alastor's influence)

I think RR!Alastor is also chasing RR!Vox because he knows something is really wrong when Vox wants to cut something *fundamental to his functions* out from his life... If Alastor had any heat to his words, he could do some serious damage to Vox.

But Alastor was not able to reciprocate back then(or in general) the way Vox ever wanted him to. Alastor might think, "What's so wrong about being amusing to me? What's so wrong in being cared for that way?" But we know that Vox, even in canon, is pretty damn emotional. A confession was bound to happen, but since RR!Vox never did, he opt'd to shut them off. It started off with distractions, and those worked too well. Eventually he gave up trying to figure out his emotions and took the "easy" way out, nihilism--but like everything Vox dips his foot into, it's never enough. Only this time it's not only power(like I interpret canon!Vox to seek) that's growing/he's greedy for, it's this all-encompassing void.

Another interesting characterization to tack onto RR!AU Vox is his strong lack of self-preservation, I did mention it here when I had some thoughts on canon!Vox, but rather than "confidence", he does not care. And on occasion, he can go irrationally, batshit crazy for the same reason.

Let's set the stage in hmm, 1980s? He starts not to care about smaller allies, the people he stomps on, eating them up to become an overlord. Recruits Valentino, doesn't care that Val is immoral. At first it's "not his business", but it starts spreading. What is it that he's looking for? Power? Love? Entertainment? People to accept him?

Which is why RR!Vox decided to jump the gun a little bit and shoot for becoming a form of "GOD", aka the original reason for all his anguish in Hell(his religious roots as a human). It's kind of...an endpoint? It's not the most sane, or sensical route-- but he doesn't care that much. He's functioning on this tired/desensitized, pseudo-robotic, logical reasoning with a combo of "oh god I'm running out of interest"(in existing/running himself to the ground). So....hm, "fine" is a tragic word, indeed.

He's not, probably never, going to actively do anything, left to his own devices he's just going to keep at his daily routine and eventually self-destruct on his own hubris by taking on far more than he is capable of (people pleasing tendencies, hm?). But otherwise he's fine.

Welllll, he did always want to go out with a bang. If he did. I don't know, something really big. Like becoming God! Yeah.....That'd do it.

IMO, the premise of RR!AU isn't in stasis-- the reason Vox picked up this project in particular is an aggressive move. He's no longer distributing the same amount of work to the other Vees either anymore, so there is....some urgency, is what I like to think....

[chloesimaginationthings]

The day FNAF Charlie Emily was shut out..

[singlecelledorganisms]

Charlie Kelly stuck in a glue trap

[potato-lord-but-not]

what if Noel and Oscar fought baddies together while Arthur was away what then

[onetaho]

forgot to post earlier, but here’s a (scuffed) screencap redraw with my alastor redesign!!

[satanicjamanic]

My sweet precious rat basher

He will not leave my mind

[psymachine]

alternate stupid version of this

bonus:

[kyurochurro]

❄️ "say father, it's getting to be a little cold. how's about huddling together to keep warm?"

[niyaniyanixa]

people are way too hard on fugo for not going w the rest of the gang man like i would NOT have gotten on that boat. like oh so we're all following this fifteen year old we met three days ago in betraying the actual literal boss of the actual literal mafia. okay not me though girl have fun i guess. plus abbacchio tried to leave me for dead literally yesterday AND trish threw my sick ass jacket on the ground the second we met so actually idgaf about this i'd like to keep my life thanks

[poguelandia]

TOM WELLING as CHARLIE BAKER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (2003), dir. by Shawn Levy

[lightgamble]

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN | 1.01

You know, it's funny, I... I know you're lying. I'm just not sure who to, me or yourself.

[iasipcel]

vampire mac :O

[spoiledmilks]

Mr and mrs afton on a cute lil date <3

….while henry babysits

[deniable-masterpiece]

taking care of matt murdock domestically like making sure his sinuses are cleared up to really hone his senses. letting him lay his head in your lap and brushing his hair back away from his ear and pouring peroxide and hot water to clean out his ears, watching it bubble and he goes crazy at the feeling, both an attack and sudden relief for his senses as it allows him to hear--even if only slightly more clearly--it's a big difference for him.

[caspertheghostguy]

I would kill to see an interaction between gregory house and charlie kelly

[spacetimeaccordionfolder]

Hey what if the book got to Arthur and Parker's office like at least 3 years earlier and then canon played out as it did (but 3 years earlier) with going to harper's hill and the coma and Arthur and John are pulled into the Dreamlands in Leerie and end up in the Pits and again it's 3 years before canon so Charlie's still there and the King has no reason to keep him alive anymore really because he's got the thing he needs right over there in a different pit and hey what if Faust wasn't the one tossed into Arthur's pit