#veespeaks

TW: ABUSE/ABLEISM/DEATH

This is a really serious post, but I’ve been dealing with a lot I can’t afford to hide anymore. I hope everyone takes the time to read this as it would mean a lot to me.

Do not rely on big tech companies to keep your data A.) safe or B.) private. Just don’t. EVER!

For creative writing (ESPECIALLY if you’re writing advertiser-unfriendly content, but even if you’re not), I would recommend a multi-tiered storage approach. Here’s how I back up my writing, very scientifically organized by chronology and rigamarole:

Computer hard drive. Keep at least two file formats/copies if you’re really paranoid. (I use the bespoke .scriv format from Scrivener and the generic .otf format using LibreOffice.)

External hard drive. All these writing files are saved on my drive when I backup my computer, along with everything else. I try to back up my computer at least monthly. (Invest in an external drive, it’s good data hygiene and cheaper than cloud storage!)

Thumb drive dedicated to creative writing. Really basic. Yes this is separate from my backup drive, because tech can break.

PRINT COPIES. You know what AI really can’t scrape? You know what big tech REALLY can’t destroy, even in some apocalyptic scenario where all computers vanish? Paper, bay-BEE. Put that shit in a plastic binder somewhere and forget about it.

I realize I sound like a data doomsday prepper, but I thought I would share since some ppl have never used a data storage method APART from Google Drive. I’m sympathetic to you if you’ve lost writing; that really sucks, and it shouldn’t happen, and I want to help you prevent that in the future.

https://voxtek.hazbinhotel.com/

"Hello Citizens of Hell! The Vees and I have decided to make a Tumblr blog to have a quick, efficient and easy way to contact all you denizens of hell! Hail Vox Populi!" -Sincerely Vox, media overlord and CEO of Voxtek.

"Yeah uh, I just want somewhere to post my art and see how freaky our fans are~ I know you guys are desperate to talk with me!" -Val ( ˘ ³˘)♥

"I already have like hundreds of social media accounts already but sure! What's one more!? Vox is always busy doing something fucking stupid in his office or dicking it out with the radio demon and Val is more often than not at the club or filming with his little toys so If you want one of us to answer specifically, Say it!! Otherwise, I'll be the one answering. Now send us some asks and while you're at it buy my love potion, bye puppets! " -vel ❤️

Pay attention to Alastor's rage bites. He didn't say something bad about Valentino and Velvette, not even once. Because if he did, it would cause an impulse to protect them. So Alastor strikes another target. In Vox's inferiority complex.

Other Vees don't show any kind of reaction to it, because Alastor's words simply don't make any sense to them. Vox founded the VoxTech company; he is the oldest demon of them, and he built his strength long before Val and Vel arrived in Hell. He is the CEO of Voxtech; he manages all of Vee's paperwork. I'm pretty sure he does 90% of all work done. In the first season, in the "Stayed Gone" song, when Val and Vel hear the whole "He'd be powerless without the other Vees," they clearly make this face. It's so absurd that they can't even imagine that Vox could take these words seriously.

But Vox does take them seriously. He believes in it with all his rotten heart. He is definitely a narcissist: so confident and strong on the surface, but traumatized, self-hating, and self-dubious deep inside. He really thinks very low of himself. He is sure that he will never be enough, no matter what he does or what climbs he reaches; he will always be worthless in his own eyes because he is "broken from the start." So he tries to pull off the 'fake it till you make it' card by telling everyone that he is the strong and mighty overlord. And Alastor knows him too well. He knows all of his insecurities and strikes right on a nerve.

Speaking of Alastor, why does his opinion have such a big influence on Vox? Radiodemon is not only his idol and role model but also the first person he truly befriended in Hell. Alastor saw the real him, knew about all his murders, and didn't judge him because Radio Demon is the same. They found kindred spirits in each other. I don't think Vincent had ever met someone he could actually call equal. In his eyes other people always had been weaklings he must put in their place or threats that must be eliminated. Only in hell could he find proper friends. And needless to say, he is a man from the 50s that only discovered his own bisexuality. So his proposal to Alastor was a hell of a leap of faith. And he fell ruthlessly from the skies to the ground. Alastor not only rejected him but also laughed in his face, saying that they had never even been friends, and also publicly beat him up right afterwards. I wonder how he manages to be able to be partners with Valentino and Velvet after that. All his love towards Alastor grew to obsessive hate. Now all he desires is to prove to Alastor, but mostly to himself, that he is more than a weak and pathetic fool.

And that desire makes him an extremely easy target for Alastor's manipulations; Radio Demon clearly uses him as a puppet. All it takes is a good old "carrot and stick method" to control him. Mocking him every time he is nice to other Vees here, giving him a drop of admiration after he pushes his partners there, and ooola, Vox is completely wrapped under Alastor's finger. Under Radiodemon's influence, he becomes the worst version of himself. He insults and talks racist shit about his closest friends, pushes them away, belittles their work, tries to eclipse them publicly, and well, just acts like a huge piece of shit. And Alasstor reinforces this kind of behavior, like in a scene before the performance when Vox asks Valentino to be behind the scenes.

And when he finally breaks and is really going to kill himself and the whole pentagram city just with one purpose. He already thinks that he lost it all, and now he only wants his final dead wish to become reality. If Alastor was architecting his downfall, then Vox just has to take him with him. Vox literally thinks he lost it all: the other Vees hate him, his ratings are hitting rock bottom, all of Hell hates him now, and Alastor just hit him in the teeth AGAIN. He literally thinks he lost it all. So why wouldn't he kill himself on the high note so he wouldn't face the ruthless and humiliating downfall?

But there are people that DO care about him. I actually love that Velvette and Valentino are the ones that put him down in the end. Not because they hate Jim now but because they do want him to live (and they also don't want to die either). They are terrible people, but they are also a family no matter what.

I'm pretty sure after Vox truly releases how love has fallen, he will experience a huge reactive depression. All his fears became reality; all his nightmares became true. He is weak, helpless, and broken. He no longer has his power, his business empire fades before his eyes, the entire hell hates his guts, he doesn't even have his body, and as for other Vees... Well now he is dead weight on their shoulders, just a burden that they have to carry with them. They sooner or later would realize how useless and pathetic he had become and get rid of him. So why should he wait for it when he can solve many of the problems he caused for them in gratitude that they endured him for so long? Why wouldn't he delete himself out of existence? It would improve Vee's rating and also liberate her from a burden he became. Who will stop him from that? Only Val and Vel. They had a hell of things to discuss.