#mun ramble

Settling in a bit

In all honesty.... I've said it before, but radi/oapple is/ would be a hard sell on me. I guess in terms of RP I'm kinda like "never say never" (at this point), but....

The way I see it based off canon, Lucifer probably doesn't trust Alastor. I think he does feel like Alastor is hiding something - cuz he is, and Lucifer has been King of Hell since ancient times. Lucifer may be socially awkward, but he's been around the block a few times.

I also think that while Lucifer respects (or tries to) that Charlie is fond of Alastor as a friend/ work colleague, that because he feels Alastor is hiding something, he also is on guard when it comes to Alastor's involvement with his daughter and her hotel.

He's simply not going to see anyone who may even possibly be a threat to Charlie in a romantic light. His daughter is going to come first. Always.

That's how I see it with things as they are at present in canon, and how I generally write my Lucifer. (Though, I understand a lot of Alastor blogs are fairly canon divergent.)

Ex-Con!Ben differs from the other modern verse Bens in these ‘key ways’—

Asbestos hands 

Dissociative episodes

Dog (in Mos Espa, at least)

Not in touch with Mom, though she might have tried 

He drives. He earned that. The other ones have to do their time, whatever that looks like, before they get their driving privileges back (timeline dependent)

Murder!Kylo drives, too. He lives straight outta the van. 

Driving is an important thematic element on this blog because… grasping symbolism? Beep beep, Richie. 

Music!Ben—

His is the story of Bendemption if Ben survived into just being kind of an angry jerk anyway. 

I've mentioned this before, but he's the one Ben who doesn't wear what I like to call 'the Ben Mask' as a friendly, if standoffish, buffer between people/who Ben feels he should be/who he is. Music!Ben moves very fluidly between these categories. He is who he feels he should be. More or less. Is he genuine? Never you mind.

But yes, he does feel encumbered by the Kylo Ren persona and KoR, which is why he loathes being called Kylo after he 'leaves' the band. At the same time, he loathes the musician who replaced him because HE CAN'T BE REPLACED. 

And that's more or less true. For the most part, nobody has listened to KoR since the original members fell out. They're not getting or recording hits. I imagine diehard KoR fans are band purists and a little like Star Wars fans.

I also like to think KoR has a lot of casual listeners who enjoy a few songs but never follow the lore or drama and don't realize Kylo and Ben are the same person. 

Like when Green Day… this is not a sound comparison or a good one, and KoR don't make music like GD’s, please G-d 😂, no offense… this is a ramble… but when Green Day put out an album as 'the Network' ( 'secret' side project* ) and somehow managed to pull the wool over many many eyeballs… although they pretty much sound like... Green Day… it went a little better for Ben. 

I also, too, as well, like to think that whenever the question, "What music artists/bands pulled a complete 180 during their careers?" is put to forums, KoR is usually one of the top answers, and posters get annoyed about it. 

Like, Radiohead… *audience groans* 

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*I love love love that Green Day/Network thinks 'Money Money 2020' was predictive in a meaningful way. 

"Members of Green Day have denied being involved in the Network."

I mean I don't plan on writing an autistic!Allen but I do the hand flapping thing when I'm excited cuz it feels nice...(I am not diagnosed with autism)

And I don't feel comfy fully writing Allen with autism without a good portion of research...