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It's a shame the Lucifer's Commission Saga episode was pulled off the internet before a lot of people saw it

yeah it's too bad all we have now is the leaked script and the leaked demo of the you didn't know reprise :/

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Re this ask: https://www.tumblr.com/onesidedradiostatic/748948070389170176/this-blog-is-making-me-crazy-i-mentioned-to-an-irl

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just my unstructured thoughts on “complicated and sad”

I’m not huge on radiostatic and haven’t thought about the dynamic as much as other people so probably I’ll be retreading common ground

radiostatic friendship had to have broken up for smth more ideological, it would honestly be a bit boring/disappointing if it was just over the unrequited romance aspect (but it was likely a contributing factor)

the fact that vox asked alastor to join his team gives a few clues

I think atp vox still thought positively of alastor while alastor’s opinion of vox was starting to deteriorate. Vox respected alastor enough to *ask* him to join, rather than manipulate or try to force him

if that’s the case, then whatever vox did that alastor hated likely wasn’t malicious (but knowing vox, it was still a bad/harmful thing)

it seems like the kind of situation where alastor showed discomfort and vox refused to change and didn’t understand what he was so mad about

what could vox have done that alastor disliked so much that it ruined a previously good friendship?

using people? Alastor does that

owning souls? Alastor does that

killing people? Alastor does that

associating with and enabling ppl like val? Maybe? It seems like an arbitrary line to draw, altho one of the comics shows alastor killing an attempted rapist

influencing people’s perception of them through media? Alastor does that, but maybe it was the difference of method that he didn’t like (hypnosis vs charisma)

being fake? Alastor does that but is better at it than vox (smiling to hide weakness)

being weak*? (*not just physically) Now we’re talking. Alastor hates weakness, both in other people and himself. He hates when people let their composure slip and tries to exploit any weakness he sees. Maybe it disgusted him to see someone he thought was strong actually prove to be weak, insecure, and pathetic

a combination of the last three seems the most plausible to me (especially considering what things alastor disses vox for in stayed gone), but I’m still struggling to come up with something that has the right amount of “oomph” to it

I’m curious what alastor initially liked about vox in the first place?

did he only like him bc he thought vox was stronger than he actually was?

has vox just changed so much over the years that the vox alastor formed a friendship with was basically a different person? That would make me curious about what sparked that change in vox—was it a particular incident or gradual corruption?

does alastor hate modernity because of vox or does he hate vox because of his modernity?

leaning twds the former, the way alastor speaks abt tech has a personal tinge to it

most of vox’s hostility twds alastor is prob due to what alastor did as rejection

supported by vox not having much variety of his insults in stayed gone

yes he’s pathetic and might be salty that he doesn’t return his feelings, but I feel like that’s not the whole explanation

does “I thought he was gone *for good* too” imply that alastor has previously disappeared or been shooed away by the vees and came back soon after?

“he owes us a lot more than money” + “things have changed a lot since he left town… …I gotta send a message of who’s really in charge of things now” = before he disappeared, alastor was previously in control, possibly by sabotaging the vees and overthrowing them?

I didn’t rlly mention “still pissed he almost beat you that time?” bc that had to have been after the fallout, so not as much to dig into there (this isn’t to say that I don’t desperately want a flashback of it lol)

hmmmmmmmnfgh… so many questions

I really hope their backstory has already been mostly planned out, bc it seems like something that would go poorly if you just made it up on the fly

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THIS BLOG IS MAKING ME CRAZY I MENTIONED TO AN IRL THR BODY PILLOW/LUCIFER COMMISION SAGA AND JUST WENT ON WITH THE CONVERSATION WITHOUT EXPLAINING BCS I JUST ASSUMED THEY'D KNOW HELP I'M IN TOO DEEP

HEEEEELP LAMSOGSDOKGSDOSD nono wdym lucifer's commissions saga is totally canon it happened in the show don't y'all remember it

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Valentino trying to convince Vox that they should put Spanish subtitles on the newscasts. Says it's because new sinners love diversity and it'll boost the ratings, really just wants to piss Killjoy off and couldn't care less about the ratings or the sinners who don't speak English.

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LMAOOOOOOO, no notes, sure yeah

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How many people would agree that it's orange if it wasn't for stupid fucking Val and his stupid fucking red wings... as if I didn't have enough reason to hate him.

I HAVE A COUNTERPOINT

vox's eyes are ALSO orange in this picture so even without val, it would still be a factor that hey maybe the image being washed out just makes the red look orange, val being there just makes it easier to argue for it being red because we can also compare the shadowed parts of his wing coat and vox's turtleneck

(also btw vox's eyes being orange basically officially debunks that val just also had orange wings that matched vox's turtleneck to go against it being red unless we wanna argue vox's eyes were just orange back then)

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based on that b99 scene

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TBH the "complicated" might not be in reference to the romantic aspect of Vox and Alastor at all?? I'll bet anything that getting Alastor to actually be honest about his feelings about someone and be vulnerable to their face is borderline impossible. He repeatedly points to Vox as an example of how opening up to and/or relying on others is a clear sign of weakness. Getting him to admit that he genuinely cared for Vox alone is probably more painful than pulling teeth.

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are there... people who think it refers to any romantic aspect? if you mean my post I wasn't referring to it referring to that at all jdkgllhgs my closing statement was just about how I see their general past relationship. no I definitely read "complicated" in the sense of their general relationship and their falling out (although complicated is definitely how I'd describe vox's current feelings and his pitch crush now LMAOOO) but yeah I agree, also reminds me of this one post I don't think I ended up reblogging but I should where vaggie gets alastor to admit vox was a friend and then he throws up immediately after LAMMDIGMOS

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Late ask: did we ever consider that it might not be a photo but a really good painting drawing

NOT BY LUCIFER NOT BY LUCIFER

The huge portrait of Asmodeus and Fizzarolli though? Absolutely one of his.

love how you had to specify not by lucifer LSMDKMASKMLG, I mean it is definitely a photo because of the faded/washed out colours but EVEN IF IT WAS A PAINTING THIS WOULD NOT CHANGE THE COLOUR DEBATE unless we want to argue artistic choices and the artist decided to change the colour for whatever reason

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So. One of my sysmates told me to look through the vox turtleneck yag

I'm saying it's yellow w/ stripes just because I wanna go against said sysmate (who agreeds with you) I'm sorry

HELP LMAOOOOO well if you're just saying that to go against them and not SEEING it that way...... then it's fine.........

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Like- I know we've seen a lot of comedic takes on what might have gone down between Vox and Alastor. But I do like to think that there was a genuine bond and a real affection for each other that meant something to both of them. And then it ended up horribly exploding in both of their faces, and now they're employing very different strategies to ignore the fact that it's a relationship they both miss.

I guess that qualifies as "complicated and sad" lmao... and if nothing else I AM kind of relieved that Viv's answer makes it seem like it won't be treated as a joke or one-sided.

I like to think there were elements of a genuine friendship on both sides yeah, I guess you could say they miss what it used to be but I don't think at this current point they want each other back as a friend (I think vox has changed too much for alastor, there are things about him that he dislikes now and well. vox has too much salt and hatred towards alastor now) but yeah when it comes to their past friendship maybe alastor will finally beat the "he didn't actually care about vox" allegations (usually common in the "vox is the victim" takes), I like to think there was at least something positive there on alastor's side. that the "old pal" comment is a legitimate indication that vox was a friend to him

and whenever I like compare vox to being like alastor's previous charlie I don't even think of that in a "he didn't care" way because I think currently even though he obviously has nefarious intentions, he has some care for charlie and the hotel, even if he doesn't want to be seen as someone legitimately caring for them, I like to apply that to alastor's past relationship with vox

anyways link to a past post of me talking about alastor's side of their past friendship, I think it's just more interesting if alastor saw their friendship as genuine too, it being "complicated" would at least tell us it's not so simple as vox saw alastor as a friend but alastor saw him as nothing. listen, the romantic feelings are one-sided, the friendship was not.

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#onewaybroadcast or #radiosilence isn't the one-sided radiostatic tag in Twitter now. It's #complicatedandsad

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HWJKSJHJHAGJKSGHDSJK there are 2 wolves inside me. one says "that's hilarious" the other says "IT TELLS YOU NOTHING ABOUT THE CHARACTERS INVOLVED IN THE SHIP" but it's okay. I'll let it rest. also I'm losing my shit at how much twitter is exploding over 2 words LMAO. GUYS IS THIS REALLY ANYTHING BEYOND WHAT WE EXPECTED???? it's a relationship that was formerly positive that we KNOW turned negative of course it is going to be sad. and complicated because of course it would be complicated and I wouldn't ask for anything less

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I already like Valentino as a character, now we’re giving him justified beef? Love it. Imagine Val getting handsy with Vox in front of Killjoy just to fuck with her. Vox is fully aware of what he’s doing but figures as long as he’s not actively keeping him from doing his work then whatever, sure Val, you can sit in my lap. Val maintaining the careful line between staying within what Vox will tolerate and what will piss off Killjoy to maximize her discomfort. Killjoy has to bring her own pens in case Vox wants her to sign something because Satan forbid she touch a pen after a gay has handled it. Val looks for every excuse ever to have to use her pen.

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HELP LMAOOOOO essentially an extension of what was said here, katie killjoy becomes the biggest staticmoth anti because of this

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OH I found the source for this

honestly nothing I didn't expect, but yeah I hope it's very very complicated and that it's left with neither one 100% the victim and that they are in fact both to blame for whatever went down

so someone uploaded a video on twitter where she asked Viv about Alastor's and Vox's relationship. Viv answered that it's complicated and sad, and damn, I'm not sure if I'm ready for the angst in season 2

I actually like didn't see the clip itself or exactly what she said just heard that we're getting backstory jskdldflg but either way I'm excited it's going to be juicy (one-sided radiostatic will be canon #TRUST)

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Katie would say 'Im not homophobic I just dont think its natural' ngl. Shed also call Tom the r slur a lot and insist disabled ppl should just 'try harder' and 'its their own fault'

Shed be in denial abt Voxs bisexuality trying to convince herself that hes not 'one of them queers' and go encourage Vox to date women while insisting him and Val have only platonically passionately made out and fcked bc they were curious

Also shed go 'Youre not gay everyone has those feelings abt those of the same gender, look I do too, but you must ignore it. See I didnt and thats why Im in hell' at some point ngl leaving everyone feeling a brand new emotion

Val is so confused, but makes a point to flirt with vox very openly around her and talk abt how many men hes fcked. Katie is disgusted and brings bug- sry I mean 'ANTI [f slur] MOTH' spray

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HELP I'M GONNA CRY?????

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I think it's specifically mentioned that Val is Hispanic, not Latino?

"Latino" refers to people from Central/South America and the Caribbean. Hispanic just means that Val is from a Spanish-speaking country, including European ones. Vaggie would be considered both Hispanic and Latina, given that she's from El Salvador, a Spanish speaking country in Central America. Val is just Hispanic.

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oh yeah I knew that I think it slipped my mind in the asks because joking about white people is funny to me