the horrors persist, but so do i

one problem that comes up with writing and/or talking about Velvette is that I obviously want to avoid reducing her down to an auxiliary character whose entire existence revolves around managing the lives of two circumstantially incompetent men, both for the self-evident misogyny involved and because I don't even think it's an interesting or accurate interpretation of the Vees' overall dynamic in the first place. the thing is though. Velvette thinks of herself that way. and in fact believes it makes her sound very cool and powerful that she is the secret backbone holding up two important men who actually can't be trusted to do anything without her help. she loves this framing, so much so that she's built an entire identity on top of it, and this itself is actually a really interesting independent character trait of hers to explore, so that's awesome, but also oooohhh my god. girl. the inner turmoil you are putting me through.

The one lesbian who will not pass the bechdel test

why do people not get that charlie telling vox "i think anyone can be redeemed" isn't her being naive its her refusing to excuse his actions. because if he can be redeemed then hes choosing not to. thats why he asked the question in the first place, he was trying to break her down and get her to admit that him being a monster is inevitable, and when she doesnt give him that, his smile falters because he wants to see himself as not responsible for his actions. this is hell, after all. does being good even matter? charlie thinks it does. subscribe for more #epiccharliemoments

i don't actually have complex thoughts on this nor do i think the topic warrants it but based on their 30 seconds of screen time i'm convinced that the overlords prick and hatchet are engaged in a deeply romantic, two-sided homoerotic rivalry that is neither unspoken nor repressed in any way, and they are very happy like that. they just want to shoot each other wild west style every day for the rest of eternity. it's beautiful

"are you ok with mutuals dming?" my mutuals can keep me as their pet if they want

As much as it is in Charlie's nature to thrust help upon people I do kind of wonder if part of what unconsciously draws her to Alastor is that he's one of the few people she doesn't feel any real need to perform emotional labor for. Both because he very expressly doesn't want it and, more importantly, she views him as so powerful and untouchable that he never sets off her savior complex. Again, this sort of thing is very much Charlie's inclination—helping people makes her happy and I fully believe that she tries her damndest to get Alastor to open up and express a feeling every now and then, but she still gets something out of having this one person she doesn't feel constant responsibility for