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I like it because the dynamic is fucking hilarious.

study date (lil timelapse below)

"Lets eat Angel," Alastor says.

"Let's eat, Angel," Alastor says.

Alastor: Grammar matters!

Angel: I mean depends on whatcha mean by eatin' me babe.

Alastor: You know I'm a cannibal.

Angel: I also know ya eat pussy like it's going out of style.

Alastor: Fair point.

Everyone else in the hotel: *horrified by the TMI*

Makes me wonder if the shorts are meant to show us how Blitz tries to cope during the first few weeks after Apology Tour, and what we see in Ghostfuckers is Blitz's mental state after the following full moon—completely defeated, hopeless and coping in incteasibly damaging and destructive ways. The full moon was the one time Stolas always texted him, always asked to see him again, and the fact that that's come and gone without any contact from Stolas means that this is real. Things really have ended. For good. There won't be another full moon like the ones they used to have. And no amount of work can keep his like away from that.

I hate to be rude, but are you blind?

S1 E5: Blitz fumbles and stumbles over his words a lot trying to explain to Striker that "It's a transactional fucking, you see.", and there's also the fact that Moxxie and Millie share a knowing look in this scene, giving us our first hint that their relationship is more than just 'transactional' fucking.

S1 E7: The biggest hint that's it's more than just 'transactional' fucking to Blitz, Blitz secretly took a picture of himself with a sleeping Stolas, showing us even more that Blitz cares for Stolas. Plus, just look at Blitz's face in that picture.

And there's also the fact that in the memory sequence in ghostfuckers, it was revealed that Blitz pulling away from Stolas' hand at Ozzie's was considered one of Blitz's worst memories, one of Blitz's worst regrets, proven by the fact it shows up there at all.

And then on a more serious note--have they never struggled with mental illness, or had a close friend who did? Have they never been poor? Have they never been disadvantaged? Have they always had privilege and health? Have they never had to overcome hardships by doing things that weren't pretty?

Have they never developed a strong sense of empathy or compassion?

What I've been learning is that there seems to be an expectation that love is something that should only happen to the virtuous, that love is only for good people. That those who have done questionable things, those who are imperfect, those who are struggling, don't deserve love. That no one who is morally gray deserves love, no one who can't perform it to exacting standards deserves love--to receive it or to feel it.

But here's the thing.

Love isn't perfect. Love isn't logical. Love isn't a measure of virtue. Love isn't just for the beautiful. Love isn't just for the whole. Love isn't just for the 'well.'

To love someone doesn't automatically redeem someone, and it doesn't need to. A character doesn't have to be flawless to deserve to be loved, or to love others. The love of a bruised and battered heart can be just as meaningful as the love from some pure, innocent, sheltered soul who has never suffered or had to make a choice that hurt.

Love is a force, and a series of choices. Love is messy and flawed and can get ugly and illogical. It's not an aesthetic. It's not a thirty-second restock video where everything always looks perfect and it's easy to believe there's nothing but perfect lives attached to it. Love can be horrible. It can hurt. It isn't something that only perfect people deserve. It can also be wonderful. It can be redemptive in that it makes you want to be better for someone else. It can be so many things... but it isn't a measure of morality. It isn't just for the blameless. It isn't just for the perfect.

Perfect people don't exist.

Love does.

Alastor is always hot. He runs hotter than most demons naturally.

Angel is constantly cold. He's super skinny and that's part of it but another part is just years of abuse has left a mark.

When they first get together Angel is almost shocked how warm Alastor is and he's honestly desperate to cuddle with him all the time especially during winter.