Probably not a Pallas' Cat

Drew some art inspired by @duckiewashere ‘s fic “all sharks go to heaven”

He earned that spot

Meanwhile Vox couldn't stand seeing other people in the spotlight. He killed people to get the position he desired.

But did Vox really care about TV's as a medium itself? 'Vox' means voice. He doesn't hesitate to compliment Alastor as he considers radio the origin of modern entertainment. He swaps out his head models when a new iteration comes out. He's not stuck in the past like Al and says stuff like "Oh, CRT TV's have so much more charm than flat screens"

He even teamed up with two other people from other mediums because he could respect the game

TV was a means to an end to him. To be recognized by the masses. To be seen. And hailed.

If another industry would have been more accessible or easier for him to rise in, to achieve his next goal, I'm sure he'd gone in that route instead

TV isn't Vox's strongest passion

Sharks are

We can see that in life too. I mean, why would you suggest a "Shark Week" with nothing but sharks if you didn't like sharks. He even created Shok.wav, a robot shark

Vox has a TV head and yet it isn't his strongest passion, it's a symbol of his hubris

Alastor doesn't have antennas or speakers in his body, despite radio being his strongest passion. He has deer traits, a symbol of his wounded pride, of his overconfidence

And yet also, they STILL have traits of their passions. Just from a physical aspect, they're not the easiest to spot because the signs that symbolize their deaths are more noticable

Vox has hills. Alastor's eyes turn to radio dials.

Alastor CHOOSES to speak with an AM Radio filter

Vox never does something like that for himself. Yes, there's Shok.wav. But Shok.wav is a separate being from Vox

Vox has denied being himself

Would he have been happier in life if he had done something with sharks instead? Or would the hole still be there, would he still need the respect from the public? Or would the academia world be enough? Is there a chance he would have found self-fulfillment?

Nonetheless, in repressing himself, it fuels Vox's theme of season 2 that there is nothing original about him. His outfit is similar to Alastor's. He steals other people's songs. He can't even create his own ideology

And adding on to Vox’s passion for sharks in life: at the peak of his cult, he situates it in an aquarium. He’s surrounded by the strung-up TVs, his hubris, and the people who worship him. So why put his movement in an aquarium? It feels almost childish to me. It’s like something soothing and familiar there throughout his mania.

Then the TV falls, and the water is electrified.

I wonder why he likes sharks so much. I wonder if anyone actually listened to him speak about them.

TV, attention, worship - none of it will ever be enough. It’s petrol in a diesel tank. It’s empty calories.

I think he wants to be seen. To be respected. To feel understood, and valuable. Sadly, that’s impossible when he broadcasts a persona and rules by fear and manipulation and literal mind control. None of that will ever make people genuinely give a shit. To be fulfilled he needs to be vulnerable and honest. (Fuck, and he was for a while with Alastor, which is why the rejection and mockery cut so deeply).

the path of wisdom is sometimes to hire a plumber.

If you know what you'd have to do to solve a problem, but you just don't want to do it, your main problem isn't the problem itself. Your problem is figuring out how to get yourself to do the solution.

If your problem is not eating enough vegetables, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make vegetables stop being yucky". If your problem is not getting enough exercise, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make exercise stop sucking ass". You're not supposed to just be doing things that are awful and suck all the time forever, you're supposed to figure out how to make it stop being so awful all the time.

I used to hate wearing sunscreen because it's sticky and slimy and disgusting and it feels bad and it smells bad, so I neglected to wear it even if I needed to. Then I found one that isn't like that, and doesn't smell and feel gross. Problem solved.

Charlie is angry here. She wants the Vees gone, Vaggi is supporting her in typical Vaggi fashion, and Charlie has taken on her demonic form in a threat display of her own. She has absolutely no issue with threatening the two if that's what it takes to make them leave.

We switch to a closeup on Velvette, during which she ends up on the business end of Vaggi's spear and Vox intervenes. And in the next wide shot, Charlie's attitude has completely changed.

You'd think she would still be on guard, or maybe relieved that the Vees are on their way out, but instead she appears surprised. Her defensive posture has dropped. And as Vox steers Velvette away, she returns to her normal form, looking even more shocked.

Something happened here which she did not expect. And it's not Vox's casual disregard for the incredibly dangerous weapon, because he's obviously wary of it; far more so than he was when it was pointed at him, in fact. And he just as obviously puts himself between it and Velvette, so it's no mystery why he suddenly decided to take the threat seriously.

Charlie set up an elaborate, sabotaged to be actually life-threatening situation so Angel could "save" Husk, because she thought selflessly endangering himself could be the key to redemption. And then one of the people who spent the entire day mocking her efforts went and did that like it was second nature. And then that same person immediately turned around and asked if she thought he could be redeemed like it was some kind of gotcha.

Valentino: (True?) ambidextrous, no clear dominant side.

Vox: Ambidextrous (mix-handed?), appears to be left-hand dominant.

Bonus: Vincent appears to have been predominantly right-handed.