hola fellow lab rats fans

Vox almost snapping his phone in half in pure flustered panic typing his number: VAL WE GOTTA BREAK UP NOW TALK LATER

Vox in the most excited voice in his life: OK ALASTOR WILL YOU DATE ME??!

even with the other Vees, he's distant and muted- he doesn't really seem to engage with them, not deeply, or particularly happily- he does care about them, i think, considering he's willing to 'let his guard down', (which is a whole 'nother post, and only vaguely something i mentioned here) but i'd wager he finds the whole thing dull

Vox is stuck in a rut. he's bored, he straight up says fuck my life, and then follows that up with putting on a fake ass smile for the masses. up until Alastor is thrown back into the mix, Vox's whole demeanour screams fake

and then Alastor is back and Vox is emotive. he's excited, he's interested, he's energetic. yeah, the whole thing is based on some bitter ex drama, and it's probably not, like, healthy- but he's actually consistently acting alive

compare his whole music sequence with the way he's acting before Alastor's whole ass came back, and there is such a stark difference. he's all over the fucking place, he's borderline manic, whereas before he just- he was very obviously bored

you can even see some of this when you compare the brief glance of Vox and Val during Angel's song, and then with the episode 8 song

Vox: *sweating* I’m NOT in love with the radio demon

Velvette:

Velvette: I didn’t say “love”

Velvette: But that certainly explains all the “A+V” in hearts everywhere.

Vox: it sTANDS FOR ANGST AND VIOLENCE

Velvette: Mmhmm, and the shrine?

Vox: *sweating* I’m NOT in love with the radio demon

Velvette:

Velvette: I didn’t say “love”

Velvette: But that certainly explains all the “A+V” in hearts everywhere.

Vox: it sTANDS FOR ANGST AND VIOLENCE

Velvette: Mmhmm, and the shrine?

firm believer that alastor does NOT fuck w/ him at all, doesn't stop vox from trying tho