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sorry i said gay when you and your buddy had a massive falling out and tried to kill each other. it just kinda looked like that.

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happy villains series publication day to those who celebrate! 🎉

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you would expect a guy who was sent to hell to get better and learn his lesson, unfortunately it won't work with Eli Ever, he's probably in some void and will wake up and be even worse

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have you read Babel by RF Kuang?

No, but I really want to read it! it's been on my list for a while 😭

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Eli Ever. They could never make me hate you.

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Was Eli in love with Serena, or was it indeed her ability that made it so?

He acknowledges several times that Serena is appealing and, at one point, even compares his feelings for her to those he felt for Angie while he was dating her, but he keeps backtracking as well. He does conclude he should be trying to and wanting to kill her, but also finds her ability useful in his endeavours.

Is he trying to convince himself he doesn't like her because of his beliefs regarding EOs, although he truly does somewhat?

Otherwise, I'm not sure what to believe regarding the implications of their very first encounter. He never mentions it after the fact, either, and he does do things willingly for her before and after.

If she does elicit sentiments from people after all, wouldn't that mean she never interacted with anybody after her near death? Every single interaction she had after the experience was certainly not real, and everything people did concerning her was against their will?

Frankly, I'm not sure what anybody would've or should've done in her situation.

I would really appreciate hearing some viewpoints on this particular topic.

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Angie deserved better than both of them

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Was Eli in love with Serena, or was it indeed her ability that made it so?

He acknowledges several times that Serena is appealing and, at one point, even compares his feelings for her to those he felt for Angie while he was dating her, but he keeps backtracking as well. He does conclude he should be trying to and wanting to kill her, but also finds her ability useful in his endeavours.

Is he trying to convince himself he doesn't like her because of his beliefs regarding EOs, although he truly does somewhat?

Otherwise, I'm not sure what to believe regarding the implications of their very first encounter. He never mentions it after the fact, either, and he does do things willingly for her before and after.

If she does elicit sentiments from people after all, wouldn't that mean she never interacted with anybody after her near death? Every single interaction she had after the experience was certainly not real, and everything people did concerning her was against their will?

Frankly, I'm not sure what anybody would've or should've done in her situation.

I would really appreciate hearing some viewpoints on this particular topic.

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Was Eli in love with Serena, or was it indeed her ability that made it so?

He acknowledges several times that Serena is appealing and, at one point, even compares his feelings for her to those he felt for Angie while he was dating her, but he keeps backtracking as well. He does conclude he should be trying to and wanting to kill her, but also finds her ability useful in his endeavours.

Is he trying to convince himself he doesn't like her because of his beliefs regarding EOs, although he truly does somewhat?

Otherwise, I'm not sure what to believe regarding the implications of their very first encounter. He never mentions it after the fact, either, and he does do things willingly for her before and after.

If she does elicit sentiments from people after all, wouldn't that mean she never interacted with anybody after her near death? Every single interaction she had after the experience was certainly not real, and everything people did concerning her was against their will?

Frankly, I'm not sure what anybody would've or should've done in her situation.

I would really appreciate hearing some viewpoints on this particular topic.

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Oh yes! my HC or interpretation of Eli, includes him being in some way neurodivergent, I think it's an interesting way to analyze his behavior especially in how he seems to describe a lack of emotional connection in most of his life which could be aggravated by the abuse he suffered in childhood, and how the religious aspect of his life, also affects his worldview and behavior, as well as morals, etc.

and also not saying that the fact that he is neurodivergent is what made him a serial killer, but I would say that it could be counted as one of the factors that led to what he became.

Yall might have to bare with me on this one I'm not great at articulating my thoughts and although I'm neurodivergent I really don't have the proper terms to explain myself here

But like

Okay so it's very obvious that Eli is not neurotypical. I don't want to really get into specific diagnoses because I very much do not want to fall into the serial killer = mental disorder trope. It's a shitty trope and very harmful when handled poorly, especially with Cluster B personalities. Under no circumstances am I saying that Eli's mental condition is the cause of him being a serial killer. I am in fact trying to say the opposite.

TW for discussion of abuse and ableism

Basically, the crux of my argument lies with Eli's flashbacks in Vengeful, specifically when it comes to his father.

Eli mentions that the abuse started when he was around 9 years old because his father saw "the devil" in his eyes.

Eli's age at the time is very important. 9 years old. A literal child. Eli has done nothing wrong at this point aside from exist, and yet his father sees something wrong with him. It's possible that it was intended for Eli to have truly had some "evil" inside of him from the beginning, but it is far far more likely that Eli's father saw some kind of behavior out of the norm (we see that Eli was not a very expressive child. He had to learn all of those behaviors later on) and concluded that it hinted at some "hidden evil". We see those ideas reflected in our own society all the time, with apathy or lack of expression in face or vocal tone can be misconstrued or depicted as evil or heartless.

Eli was never evil or a bad kid. He was 9 years old. There was no devil in his eyes, he simply expressed himself in a way that was considered abnormal.

There's more I could say on this but I've run out of brain power. If anyone has any insight or ways they relate to Eli that they're comfortable talking about or even criticisms, I'm very open to discussion.

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"you can't ship those characters they tried to kill each other!" sounds like someone can't appreciate the inherent eroticism of violence 🙄

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I find it so funny how they keep trying to fight each other but like Victor is genuinely no match for Eli. He keeps throwing himself into these fights and it's literally 0-3. He went to get revenge on Eli and ended up shot 3 times and stuck in jail for 10 years. He goes to get his revenge Again and Eli kills him. He's 100% about lose the third fight before Sydney got there. Man refuses to admit he's outmatched. He'll probably try to go for a round 4 if Eli comes back to life. He'll probably either lose again or tie. He's such a loser. I love him

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In fact, to break all expectations, evervale's interactions in Victorious should be stupid, like Eli saying that at least he managed to escape from jail before ten years and Victor remembering why he wanted to shoot him three times.

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I'm curious what people think about Victor and Eli's relationship during the Lockland Era. I'm of the opinion that Eli cared about Victor as a person more than Victor cared about him, which isn't to say I don't think Victor cared, but I think his care was a lot more focused on himself and how Eli made *him* feel. This isn't an analysis or anything, really. I don't have evidence from the books to back me. I'm just more sharing a headcannon than anything. If anyone has any thoughts on this please share them I'm curious

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this show rules sorry

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Eli was working day and nigth to be rich, if it weren't for college it would be for marriage (he only dated" or had romantic interest with rich people) guy wanted to be someone trophy husband fr

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villains series AU but it's just House M.D and they commit medical malpractice and crimes together <3