#reversedhearts

🔶️ this all started out as a joke back between S1&2 where I was amusing myself with thinking about Angel pulling Husk into the mess that is the Vee Tower Polycule Of DoomTM, made particularly interesting with the whole assumed Velvette vs. Husk dynamic within the Vees vs. RadioTrio relationship (chatted a bit about Here lol)—but then the Valentino in my mind took one look at Husk and went, "That one's Mine, actually~ 🤭💖" bc he's a greedy little 12ft bastard, surprise surprise 😂

🔶️ so then my brain started gradually concocting a whole AU where TL;DR Val was a sex worker working under another Overlord during his earliest days in hell & ended up getting overlord!Husk as a client for ReasonsTM, yadda yadda we know how this story goes, but they actually do kinda get along for ReasonsTM & so start spending perhaps a bit more time together than the average job would entail and after a while a certain moth may or may not have caught feelings for one of the only people in hell that didn't treat him completely like shit all of the time—so when an unrelated tragedy eventually strikes, one thing leads to another & dominoes fall & they "break up" about it and that's the last straw that pushes Val to snap & become the remorseless shitbag we know in the show's current-day, except that now he's also in a bitter situationship-divorce similar yet veryyyy different to whatever RadioStatic/Silence have going on—because Vees & RadioTrio Parallels, of course~!! 😂🤣 so then what's the deal with Velvette & Niffty being divorced?? someone else will have to bear the mantle of coming up with that one hdjsgfbdjsk

🔶️ EXCEPT, I am an absolute sappy loser so in this AU Val actually has a conscience & thru certain story events eventually heads into "What Would 'Redemption'/Repentance Potentially Look Like For Somone As Awful As Val?" considerations which are sooooooo yum-yum-yummyyyy for my brain to gnaw on as fictional explorations and how his relationships grow & evolve with Angel & Husk & some of the other people at the hotel & even the other Vees and just aaaaAAAA it sparks so much joy in my heart, idk why!!!! 😫🥴🫠 This objectively piece-of-shit character has wormed his way into my heart & mind and is refusing to let go, so I've just accepted that I'm in for the long haul at this point~ TwT;; (what's that? Val having issues with consent? groundbreaking TvT;;)

🔶️ which leads me to—and I simply cannot stress this enough—the fact that the Val in this AU, like.... isn't really Val??? 😂😂 Like I cannot understate how badly I want canon!Val to just remain a heartless, vapid, unrepentant piece of shit who'll get what's coming to him eventually (talked a bit abt it Here), but within the bounds of this stupid AU where he's secretly got a soft sadboi core at the center of it all...? 🥺🥺 Still doesn't excuse any of his shit etc. etc., but the potential of a truly awful person who genuinely Wants to try to be better for whichever reason finally gets them to make that decision........? AOUGH BRAIN GO BRRRRRRRR 😫🤧🥴✨️ If it's not (likely) something that's gonna happen in real life then let me enjoy playing with the idea in fiction at least, dammit~!! 🔸️...Anyways, the point of this section was supposed to be that I call this version of him Tino as a way to differentiate him from canon!Val bc they truly are different characters in my mind 😂😂 And I further break it up into three main "Eras": ❤️Pre-Break Up, 💔Post-Break Up, and ❤️‍🩹Post-Reconciliation, so if you see those emojis floating around here, that's what they'll generally be referring to~ x'3c