#vox//musings

[sakurafraise]

dolliest eyed angel face!!

[voxiiferous]

"So the Radio Guy's back. I don't think you noticed, I didn't at first. I was too busy being a much more interesting and important person. But fuck it, news is slow today I guess. I'm totally not worried about this guy and neither should you be. I totally wrecked his shit."

the sidescrolling text of Vox's News Broadcast in Hazbin Hotel episode 2.

[potionorchard]

Okay, maybe this is just cos Valentino is my favorite character (equally tied with the Vees in general, of course), but I honestly wonder about how he would die.

Mostly, it seems like he would die because the fandom demands it. He's terrible and abusive, and so, theoretically, he must die. But I dunno... something about all that doesn't fit well with me.

Okay, so let's talk about Valentino getting killed off. There's no way for him to be changed and redeemed and he's too horrid to be able to live, so he dies. Gets crushed and stamped out and we just move on to some arc where Angel has to reconcile that his abuser is dead (which is all cool) and what that means for him.

But the thing is, for some reason, I don't know if I see things happening that way given the way they've portrayed Valentino's relationship with the other Vees, especially Vox. There are actual brief shots where Valentino does seem to have an actual genuine affection for Vox without the same toxic abuse slipping in. The two are placed on this equal footing where they can both taunt each other, grab each other's cheeks and shake one another when they're angry and upset. Val merely flicks Vox's hand off when Vox grabs and roughly shakes him as opposed to a backhand that Angel gets for telling him to go fuck himself.

Then there's the question of both Val and Vox's antennas being broken in some way, how they seems to have a past together in this partnership. Valentino, as a character, seems to have more to do with other characters than simply being only Angel's abuser is all I'm saying from this. He is deeply connected with the big villain of S2 which is said to be Vox and the Vees as a whole.

So here's what I'm thinking.

I don't think Val can simply be killed off as "He's an abuser and therefore deserves it, and that's it."

For one thing, what about the porn industry Valentino controls? I don't think the awfulness of the sex abuse ends with simply Valentino, even if Angel were to be the righteous one to take over. Sure, it might be better, but there's still so many systemic issues there. That's just Hell in general.

Secondly, can Charlie and Angel kill him? Charlie stopped her father from killing Adam even after all he's done. Ever after Adam slaughtered so many of her people, she still stopped Lucifer and told him it was enough. Niffty just didn't get the memo. Could Angel face his abuser and kill him? I don't know. Their relationship is complicated and fucked up.

Thirdly, what about the whole thing of redemption? The thing about Hazbin Hotel is that part of it seeks to understand what redemption means. Who deserves it? Can anyone have it? Even the worst? The root of all evil? And the thing is, no, Val doesn't deserve redemption or the chance to change... But that's the thing... It's not about that. People can change if there is a chance offered. And of course, once that chance is offered and denied, it's fair game to kill Valentino off. But I still think it should be there.

Because that's what Hazbin Hotel is about. Redemption and what it means rather than who deserves. It's about changing a system for good.

And lastly, I'm not against Val dying. I just want it to be with purpose. If anything, if he dies (which he most likely will), I want it to not be entirely due to Angel, but Vox (and Velvette, though we haven't had as much interaction, he still clearly means something to her) too since those are the two character whose arcs he's most tied to.

I just think it's important to consider when we talk like "Yeah, lmao, Val is so gonna get killed off next season". Well... what if he doesn't? What is Val's purpose in the series?

[aparticularbandit]

WAIT TRAVIS WILLINGHAM INTERVIEW WHAT DO YOU MEAN CALAMITY IS COMING INTO PLAY IN VOX MACHINA WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE GOING TO SEE CHARACTERS PLURAL WHY ARE YOU BRING UP LUIS ARE WE GOING TO SEE ZERXUS

[bunnieswithsunglasses]

I'm positive this has been done before but my brain would not let me sleep until I drew it.

[ofmoraliity]

"Why is most asking what's wrong? NOTHING wrong! don't start gossip or questions when there nothing to disscuss!"

[angie-long-legs]

angel with alastors: can I offer some sly taunting that quickly devolves into physical violence

angel with voxes: it's ON SIGHT

[allastoredeer]

ALASTOR SKETCH DUMP WITH A DASH OF STATICRADIO

[countlessrealities]

"Alright, I fucking missed the horny day because someone kept me elsewhere all day, so...C'mon, this is Hell. There must be someone who's horny around here."

To sum it up, jump his bones. Or frames. Or cables. Whatever. Just do it.

[abitcaughtinthemiddle]

TLoVM epsiodes 4-6 - my initial thoughts (and theories?)

Allura calling out Perc'ahlia bullshit is primo

ZERXUS!!!

AWWW MY CALAMITY BABIES

Pike is and always will be a badass

Trickfoot mention! The Scan Man knows her family’s name reasoning? Interesting…

Yes! It’s the power of love that shakes folks every time, Pike. Get him with that family talk! (Zerxus I’m so sad!!)

What do YOU MEAN, Zerxus????? She has no idea what courses through her veins??

Yenk “his ascension???” THE WHISPERED ONE?!?! Are they connecting Zerxus to him???? (*takes out conspiracy theory board and connects red strings*)

Kima and Allura so cute and couple goals tbh

Aw their flashback- antagonistic allies to lovers is a great story!

Oh this FWB percahlia thing is gonna hurt so bad

The tree bursting from Vorugal!! Yay C1 Easter egg!

Vex and Percy being cute (idiots)

I knew it- the key is his “mansion”

Chateau beach episode?

Keyfish! C1 watchers knowww

Yes the bathtub scene lmao

Vaxleth is still pain - I’m pouring one out for the shippers (we can make it through!)

Aw Percy and Vex pillow talk and future talk (idiots- you are each other’s future)

Pikelan hug! Cuties!

Oh we’re so getting bard's lament this season

Whitestone attack !!! So soon?

Why has no one noticed Scanlan missing???? Omg this is gonna be important for later

Sun tree!! Noo!!!

(Side note: what if? What if??? Percy’s resurrection is only possible bc of The Dawn Father and that’s how Vex gets linked to The Dawn Father?? )

Yeah we’re so getting “Glintshore” at the end of ep 7 (bc of interviews hint and Ripley giving up Whitestone's location)

(Side note- what if Pike stays behind in Whitestone to wait for Scanlan when the rest of the team hunts down Ripley (or a smaller team) and that’s how we cannot get his resurrection right away? Or the hints being dropped about pikes faith being shaken? She’ll be unable to resurrect him?)

Yes we get a Raishan confrontation! Angry Kiki is best Kiki

Percy’s fear of losing Whitestone again (valid and this is totally setting up true love’s natural 20 “Whitestone still needs you”)

Percy determined to end Ripley…it’s episode 7 y’all it’s gotta be. Glintshore is coming…

[blueskywater-happiness]

Dropping this for the Dadstaticradio anon and @hazbinhazbinhazbinreblog

[echoing-hearts-hazbin]

((Art by Hiwi))

[alteregozowie]

"I know it's 7am, and I only slept two hours, but I was thinking...Vox wouldn't need glasses right? Could he just turn up the resolution on his TV face? I just think it would be really funny if he tried to put on glasses."

[crithaus]

Vax bc Liam cannot methinks help being extremely gay all the time, is the one to bring up elaina most often in far more humanizing terms which is par for the course because he brings her up so often

And vex doesn't much besides responding to Vax or the iconic "do you think this is what mother saw before she died?" and I got to wonder how often she just sits there at this tavern or that stump on her watch especially early on thinking about her and how proud or not Eli'd be of her. Like obviously Vex doesn't like herself at the beginning, she's greedy and mean and callous and had killed innocent people and is selfish and everyone but Vax expects that of her and they don't really care, but at the end of the day she's not just effortlessly good all the time like keyleth, who doesn't even have the decency to struggle at being good and kind and flush with likeable traits,

That's what syldor had wanted of her ofc, what she failed to bring him, so naturally he wishes she was a spot he could just bleach out, so then what would elaina think after all that hard work and sacrifice and the hope she'd had for the better life she and Vax would have with their father, if she knew vex had not only not lived up to anyone's expectations but had done worse

oh I bet it eats her up thinking about the possibility that elaina would be so deeply disappointed ohhh

[bravoalmara-blog]

“Scan Man” Drawn in Procreate. Single Reference. Dry brush.

I miss Sam in the current campaign so much 🥺

[ofmoraliity]

The skyline above Hell's entertainment district was an unnatural shade of red, as always, pulsing with digital billboards and neon hellfire. At the heart of it stood VoxTek HQ, a sleek tower of obsidian glass and humming servers, pulsating with demonic code and ego.

Then without warning, a shrill whistling split the air, followed by an earth-shattering CRASH as the massive panoramic window of Vox’s office exploded inward in a shower of sparkling shards. A glowing figure—wings outstretched, barreled through, skidding across the sleek black floor and scattering glass like glitter at a drag show.

With all the subtlety of a freight train on fire, Adam slid to a perfect, cocky stop in front of Vox's desk.

Adam, First Angel of Eden, stood up, casually brushing bits of broken window off his white and gold armor like he’d just strolled in through the front door. One hand raised in a lazy, sarcastic wave.

“Hey, bitch.”

@toranoya

Vox was already standing when he saw the glass shattered around this stupid Angel. And he watched with both amusment and confusion when Adem came to a sudden stop and greeted him like he didn't just break his window. "Uh-My window dumbass!?" His eyes shifting to the mess and then to Adem. Oh he knew who he was it was clear as day! But why he landed here sudden got the CEO anxious.

"What the hell do you want? Actually forget it get out!"