#I'm already sick to death of people slandering Ozzie

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Because it's not clear to anyone with an iota of media literacy that Ozzie had no idea this would be a life or death trial, let alone one focusing on his lover's best friend, until it was happening. The lunch thing was well before the damn trial happened. Probably hours before. Also, as I have said over and over and over to this tired ass 'argument', the fact that Blitz's actions are legal now do not change the fact that he started off illegally.

Buying and owning a car does not unsteal the one you stole last year, nor does it make that suddenly not a crime because oh, well, you're driving a legally owned vehicle now. Not only that but for fuck's sake will you people get it through your heads that no one was going to listen to Ozzie??? No one listened to Bee. No one listened to Vassago. They were not there for a fair trial. Nothing anyone said was going to change the outcome of this 'trial' save someone else taking the blade for Blitz, the way Stolas does. It doesn't matter if Ozzie was giving him a legal way to earth now. That wasn't what Blitz was on trial for. Blitz stood accused of many, many heinous things. And don't you think that if just standing up as a character witness would have changed anything, Bee would have impacted something? Don't you think Stolas would have done something besides jumping straight to trading his life for Blitz's? Did none of you hear what Blitz said at the end? Because he was right and it was true. Satan was never going to listen to anyone. Maybe, maybe if they’d managed to vote in a proper trial, he would have been forced to, but the rational people in the room lost the vote. The only reason Stolas got heard was because he made such a big scene, made himself impossible to ignore- and was the point of the trial in the first place.

Vassago vs Asmodeus

The most egregious thing about Asmodeus in Mastermind isn't his lack of action. It's how he participates in and upholds corrupt systems of power. When Satan asserts the he is the law, all of the Sins rise from their seats to sing backup for Satan. "He is the law".

You know who doesn't participate? Vassago.

On top of being the only Goetia to question the trial, he was also the only one who didn't harmonize along with Satan when he was asserting his absolute power and authority. Vassago, having no context or prior knowledge, only having the information that was fed to him, could sense that something was wrong and refused to participate in it. Asmodeus, knowing more about the situation than anyone else in the room, knowing the true nature of Stolas' and Blitz' relationship, remained quiet. He only spoke up once, and only after Bee spoke first. He raised his hand in wanting a more complete trial, but he stood behind Satan all the same. He upheld the corruption and abuse of power, knowing fully well that Satan was in the wrong. Refusing to participate in corrupt power structures is already something we've seen in the Hellaverse with Vaggie and Emily. And yes, Vaggie and Emily also faced consequences for refusing to participate. And no, their individual actions weren't enough to change anything either. So what? Vaggie, Emily, and Vassago stood by their morals. They did what was right. They saw corruption and abuse, and spoke out and refused to participate. Even if your actions and words have no sway or power, you're supposed to do what's right, and refuse to participate in what's wrong. It's probably true that even if Asmodeus had spoken out, the outcome wouldn't have changed. And while not speaking out, and hiding the truth he was sitting on is a big issue, that's not the point I'm trying to make here. Asmodeus saw corruption and abuse, and willingly participated in it and upheld it. Asmodeus has proven that he will protect the hierarchy of Hell above what is right, that he will protect and uphold it even when he knows that what it's doing is wrong. And that he will even uphold it over Fizz and to Fizz's detriment. Vassago didn't participate. Emily and Vaggie didn't participate. Asmodeus did.