#adam accepts all of her he just doesn't accept dark magic is all she is!!

[userlaylivia]

@cuddlyreader, @clubglee, @hydesjackiespuddinpop

[kathyprior4200]

Hazbin Hotel Angels: Vivziepop's Audition Sheets

Emily (name meaning "eager") is much like Charlie; wanting to spread love and kindness to all. She is against the exterminations and horrified that man is turned against man. Her dream is to see demons redeemed and welcomed into Heaven and more saints allowed into Heaven. Also, like Charlie, you'll find her bursting into song at random intervals, wishing for a world where no mortal would suffer. She wants to take responsibility, but since Sera is older and more aligned with the majority "demons are all evil" mentality in Heaven, she is not taken as seriously, despite being the face that new souls get to see. She wants to do more than just "smile and wave." Emily hopes Charlie can succeed with her hotel but Sera is more suspicious and appalled.Sera ("princess"/"burning one"), is more serious and burdened like the Archangels. Although she doesn't like the exterminations either, she feels they are necessary to protect Heaven. She had learned not to trust demons from an early age. Sera is fine with Adam and Lute doing their jobs under her, but, like Emily, hates his derogatory acts against women and prefers not to interact with him at all.

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Adam (villain)

Appearance: Adam is the tallest Exorcist with long black horns with gold tips. Has a white spiked halo above his head. He has yellow eyes, a black face and sharp yellow teeth. He wears a white robe with blue-gray pointed designs on the bottom and gold trim on the sleeves. A blue-gray cross makes up a pointed "A" on his chest. His wings are large and gold. He carries a magical golden electric guitar with him that can shoot out energy blasts to attack opponents.

"The Archangel is in charge of all angel military, the protector of Heaven and the original man.

Adam is arrogant but confident. A total immature rockstar type. He doesn't take things seriously and enjoys lording over others, especially the exorcist warriors (women) he commands. He has a particularly warped view of women, due to how he sees them as subservient to him by design and he has an immature attitude. He is goofy and laid back, but sinister when he wants to."

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Lute (villain)

Appearance: Lute is tall and slender, often seen with a bloodthirsty grin. She has curved black horns with small white stripes on them and a black halo over her head. Her right eye has an X over it, like the eyes of the other Exorcists. Her wings are white with two black stripes on them. She wears high white metal boots, black pants, and a blue-gray short dress stained with blood. She is an expert with all kinds of angelic weapons, swords, katanas, spears, arrows, daggers, guns…you name them, she has them.

"Adam's right-hand lieutenant.

She is vicious, merciless and cutthroat. She rarely shows any sign of emotion outside of stern and focused. She is incredibly devoted and fond of Adam, following him gladly. The only times she shows pleasure in things is when she is slaughtering demons. She doesn't accept failure, she allows for no weakness, and she will leave you behind if you make a mistake.

Clear and fierce voice. Intense and serious, a sharp biting tone. Good effort and action."

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Emily

Appearance: Emily is a bird-like seraphim woman with long spiky white hair, a black/gray face and large teal eyes. She has a white halo over her head. She has six white wings and wears a long periwinkle dress with small diamond designs near the bottom and a dark purple trim. She has a black star-like design on her chest.

"Emily is the Glinda of Heaven, flitting around and bringing hope and cheer to the denizens of Heaven. she is the face of the Angel hierarchy in charge and she adores her people. Doing everything in her power to do right by her kingdom and take on the responsibilities, she is a bit unaware of what goes on, being deliberately kept out of things. She wants to take on more responsibility and is determined, passionate, upbeat and kind.

Emily is playful, with a bright voice, and cheerful energy. Black, youthful, aged early/mid 20s."

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Sera

Appearance: Sera is an avian-like Seraphim woman princess with a gray face with white freckles, thick extended eyelashes, and large teal eyes. She wears a glowing white/teal five pointed crown on her head. In the trailer for Hazbin Hotel, she is seen grinning widely with flames in her eyes. Her hair is white/gray styled in long thick tubes or curls. She wears a long gray/teal with diamond designs similar to Emily's.

"The eldest of the Seraphim Sisters, who work directly under the Speaker of God.

Sera is calm and responsible, carrying the weight of her leadership in Heaven, and feeling constant state of pressure to do right by her people. She is constantly under stress but hides it well with her controlled demeanor. She is overly serious and rarely eases up. Strict and orderly.

Actress of color, aged late 30s."

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Saint Peter, guardian of the gates of Heaven, will make an appearance. The Speaker of God, who is higher than the Exorcists and the Seraphim may be Metatron, Seraphiel or Jesus. Seraphiel may be the father or brother or boss of Sera and Emily. (Seraphiel father and Seraphina mother?). Sera and Emily like singing, musicals and art, since Seraphims sing praises to God. They also have power over fire and are immune to it. The Seraphim sisters are like the Archangels, not taking any sides and only wanting peace and order. They decide not to interfere with the Exorcists, seeing that although brutal, Adam's plan has worked to keep demons at bay for centuries.

[felice-jaganshi]

His Pet

Alastor X OC

Chapter 9

They started to walk home, her hand in the crook of his arm, looking like a proper old timey couple. Zariah started zoning out again though, having too many thoughts running through her head from all the sights and sounds and everything that just happened. So many new story ideas! New dark romances she could write!

Alastor noticed her eyes glaze over and chuckled, “ah darling~ you're lucky I have a hold on you. Who knows where you'd wander without my arm to guide you home.”

They passed by the Vee's tower, and Vox rushed out, blocking their path. “Alastor! Out and about after such a humiliating defeat to Adam?! And with a little paid whore on your arm too?! Hah! I would have thought you were above something like that, but I guess not.” He was grinning like mad, excited to slander Alastor publicly at every turn.

Zariah spoke up for him next, “Hey, Alastor is a true gentleman and doesn't need to pay anyone to want to be around him!” She smirked, “Even you ran to come see him, didn't you?”  Vox cracked with electric fury, and Alastor patted her head,

Alastor laughed as well, however, “Ahahaha.. Voxy boy, you should know by now that I do not go out with just anyone. They must be quite special for me to show interest, and my dear pet here definitely fits the bill.” 

“Now dear, let me handle this. Box is just jealous that I'd rather spend time with you than him.”

Suddenly a blast of electricity shot towards Zariah's face, only to be blocked by Alastor's cane. “We'll see if you still want her on your arm after I rip her stupid tails off!” She squeaked and moved to stand behind Alastor, freeing his arm to do as he needed to fight vox.

(I can't actually write fight scenes to save my life~~ so we'll skip that~~)

Vox's screen was cracked and he took several steps back towards his tower. “Fortunately for you, I have an important meeting, so I'll have to kick your ass another day!” He turned into electricity and jumped into a security camera. Alastor chuckled softly and turned to Zariah, offering her his arm again. She gladly accepted, and though he didn't look injured at all, she used some subtle healing magic on him just in case. 

“It seems our little Voxie can only handle so much before he has to bow down and retreat. You did quite well today my dear. I'm proud of you.” 

She purred at his words, “really? I'm glad!” 

He smiled fondly at her, “Remember when I said I'd take our bond seriously? Well, I realize I haven't been keeping good on that promise lately. I've been questioning your intentions and brought shame upon myself. I am… not the best at trusting others. But I will make more of an effort with you. Because you've earned it.”

She blushed and looked at him, her heart fluttering and butterflies in her gut. This was the most romantic thing he'd ever said!

Alastor felt a little weird about the way she looked at him, but decided not to comment on it as they made their way back to the hotel. They entered and Angel Dust was immediately pulling her off of Alastor's arm.

“Z! Hey, you okay?!” He held her shoulders and looked her over. Charlie had told him about Alastor yelling at her when he got back from work.

“Yeah, I'm fine Dusty. Why wouldn't I be? Oh, did you hear about the Vox fight already?” She asked with a head tilt, that was fast if so…

“What? No, I heard about…” He looked over at Alastor, then threw an arm casually around her shoulders and acted casual, “Listen, tomorrow night I'm going out clubbing with some friends, I want ya to come with me okay? I just know you're gonna love it!” He was trying to play it cool. If her situation was like his and Valentino's… he wanted to help you, but knew he'd have to be careful about it or he might make it worse…

She smiled and hugged Angel, “Sure! I've never been to a club!” She turned to Alastor, “Al, I'm gonna go out with Dusty tomorrow, okay?” She wasn't asking permission, just stating a fact.

His eyes half closed, considering telling her no… then thought better of it, “hm, alright. But I'm sending Husker with you.” He then left them alone.

Angel's face lit up, and he called out to Husker, “alright! Yo Whiskers! You're getting tomorrow off!”

Zariah smiled, “oh, you had work today right? Want me to massage out any sore spots while ya bitch about it?” 

Angel sighed and leaned his weight into her, “yes, puh-lease! Your hands are magic! Literally!” He laughed at his own joke.

Lucifer watched them from a doorway, speaking to Charlie in the other room. “She seems alright… you said she sometimes goes hazy eyed and spaces out? That I think might just be trauma from getting kicked out of heaven… that kinda thing really messes you up. I would know.”

Charlie sighed, “she also locks herself in her room for hours on end some days and won't tell any of us what she's doing in there. I'm trying to respect her right to privacy and hoping she'll tell me when she's ready, but I'm still worried.”

He nodded, “hm, I think I can get in. If we can get her to open up to everyone, rather than shutting herself away, we'll be able to see easier if he does try anything with her.”

“You're right… but, maybe she'll unlock his softer side. If she can touch his heart, she may be the key to his redemption.”

“Heh, you're an even bigger dreamer than me. I don't know if I can be that optimistic.” 

Content warning: there be Valentino shenanigans from next chapter onwards. It will all be less than what's in episode 4. But, proceed with caution anyways if you are sensitive like me.

[luverofralts]

Arkhelios Adventures

"Look, Adam, we need to talk about the other night. I've had some time to think about it, and I don't think that we're good for each other anymore. Everyone I talk to thinks that we're toxic together."

"Wait, what?"

Adam Darktide stared in shock at his apparently ex-boyfriend. Theo had gone home for the weekend and ignored all of Adam's messages, leaving Adam with an idea of how angry Theo was at him. But breaking up with him?

"It was just a stupid kiss," Adam insisted. "You kissed my brother. I think that's worse than kissing a friend."

"See, this is why people think we're toxic," Theo snapped, making Adam flinch. "I can't just compare two actions and decide which is worse for the rest of my life. It doesn't matter if kissing your brother is worse than you kissing a friend, they're both bad! I don't want to have to justify you cheating on me because I did something you think is worse. You cheated on me, Adam! On purpose and with someone I know you're attracted to. You want let me even touch your hand, but you'll kiss someone else in front of me? I'm tired of this."

"This is just a mistake," Adam pleaded, suddenly realizing how serious this conversation was. "Look, I'll try to be more open about physical contact, and I'll never speak to Josh again if you want. We're supposed to be a team, remember?"

Theo scoffed at the idea.

"We're not a team though, Adam. Teammates work together through problems, while you just keep pulling away from me, no matter what I do. I'm done with this. We're over."

Theo made a stern face, one that he'd been practicing all weekend. Rien thought it was acceptable, though it could use some work.

"But we're tied together," Adam tried. "Lukas bound our powers together. We need each other."

Theo rolled his eyes.

"Our powers are tied together," he replied angrily. "You ground my abilities and I give you access to some of my power as thanks. We can do that for years and be an ocean apart from each other if we have to. I don't need to talk to you for the magic to work."

"Theo, please, let me make it up to you," Adam pleaded. "I can't lose you. We're meant to be together, I know we are."

"Adam, my parents cheated on each other, my Aunt Ulyssa cheated on her wife, and I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure my Aunt Lucy has cheated on her various partners too. There are too many cheaters in my life, and I'm not going to just stay and put up with someone who cheats on me. I'm better than that and I'm better than you. We're done."

Theo turned away from Adam, unable to witness the tears in Adam's eyes or his heartbroken expression. He needed to stand firm in this decision, or he'd just watch the same thing happen over and over. Adam could kiss other guys and whatever else he and Josh got up to, but he wouldn't be doing it while dating Theo.

Once Theo had left, Adam broke down crying. The last thing he needed was for Theo to see how upset he was. He wasn't sure which would hurt less: Theo's pity or his scorn.

It was a dark time for the Darktide twins. Remy had been dumped by Malika, and now Adam had been dumped by Theo, all because of a stupid dance. At least Remy seemed to be spending more time with Victoriana and was doing a terrible job of hiding her crush on the crown princess. Adam was just alone. Josh had been weird since the kiss and Despina had clearly taken Theo's side in the breakup. Every time he walked past his cousin, Despina looked like she was about to spit on him just for existing. Adam hadn't always been close to his cousin, but he thought that Despina would back him of his life imploded. Apparently, she was Team Theo.

"Thanks for the invite, Theo. I'm sad that you've broken up with Adam, but damn does your dad make a good cheesecake. He really made you a cake for breaking up with Adam?"

Bronwen wasn't always a fan of human food, but Roman's cooking was always appealing. Plasma was growing more important to her now that she was maturing, but you couldn't do much to spice it up when it got boring.

"He said it wasn't a celebration of our breaking up, but as a consolation for after. Like how people eat a tub of ice cream while watching sappy movies after a breakup."

Bronwen laughed at the thought of Theo's father not celebrating the removal of Adam from his son's life.

"You do know that that's a celebration cake, right?" she replied. "Your dad's probably drinking champagne at the moment. He hates anyone who gets involved with you or even flirts with you. The man's insane."

"Adam always said that my dad didn't know what he was talking about," Theo sobbed. His cheesecake sat untouched while his actions caught up with him. He was mad at Adam, and he was right to break up with a cheater who was afraid of being anywhere near him, but he had really just ended his first relationship. It was supposed to be his forever relationship and now that was gone. He wouldn't be marrying Adam in college, and he wouldn't be picking out baby names when they had their first kid. They were never going to buy a house together or travel the world like they'd planned. Whatever he had with Adam was gone. His well planned life was dead now.

"Hey, things will be okay," Bronwen promised. She smiled, thinking about all the times she'd fantasized about this day, when Theo and Adam broke up and Theo was lonely. Today, now that it had actually happened, Bronwen wasn't interested. Things with Davis had been going pretty well since the dance, and she was excited to get to know him better. They were technically dating but were taking things slow. Davis didn't want to rush into things until she for sure could handle his parents. Being the son of Life and Death was a lot to handle, and Davis didn't blame her if she couldn't deal with them. So far, she'd only met his parents once and that had gone okay. Death had tried to impress her with homemade blood pie that had appealed to neither her human or vampire tastes, while Life had largely ignored her in favour of mumbling to themselves and flipping through the pages of a heavy, leatherbound book. So overall, Bronwen counted that as a success.

"I'm sure you're right," Theo sighed. "Everyone keeps saying that it'll be okay, but none of this feels like it's okay. It feels empty and sad and hopeless. I know that he's upset too, and all I want to do is comfort him. Is that stupid?"

Bronwen shook her head slowly.

"Of course, it's not stupid," she assured her friend. "You haven't even told anyone but me about the break up. It's all still new."

"Well, actually, Despina was the first to know," Theo corrected her. "She all but forced me to break up with him and probably cast a hex or two just for fun."

"She sounds like a good friend to pick you over her cousin," Bronwen noted. "Is she interested in you?"

Theo paused, remembering all the times he'd picked up on a potential interest from Bronwen. Adam had said that it was nothing, but Adam wasn't around anymore to give him advice.

"I don't think Despina is interested in me," he offered. "She's got the future king of Strangetown following her around, so I doubt that she'd be interested in her cousin's ex. She's not really my type anyway."

"And your type is?"

Theo eyed his friend cautiously

"Well, not related to my ex, at least. I know Edana would probably murder me for even looking at Despina, despite how much of a bitch she is to her niece and nephew. They're all she has left of her demented brother, and she's not going to let me anywhere near them, even if I wanted to. Despina's nice, but only Adam was worth dealing with his mother to date. No offense, I know she's your stepmom."

"Yeah, that's fair. Elowen and Remy have millions of stories about Edana. She still doesn't know what to do with a half-vampire stepdaughter, but she tries her best, so I'm grateful for that. She's still unhinged about her brother though. My dad’s had to talk to her a million times about how creepy she is about him. She can't let go of the guilt of not saving him. It's sad, really, but I could picture feeling the same way if Elowen died in some cult I couldn't pull her from. We've been best friends since the day I was born. It's hard to break that bond."

Theo tried to think of a sibling that he would ruin the lives of innocent people with his grief over but came up empty. He'd be sad if any of his siblings died, especially Rien, who he probably knew the best, but Edana's grief consumed her like a poison. Theo knew that life had to be lived even with a broken heart, which was precisely the situation he was in now with Adam.

Speaking of Adam, Theo could hear the sound of a piano drifting from the music room. It had to be Adam playing it, as very few other students did, and the song being played was Adam's favourite to play. It was an old Tredony lullaby about the Pirate Queen, and it had been burned into Theo's mind by how often Adam played it. There was nothing more that Theo wanted than to run to Adam and wrap his arms around him until the sorrowful music stopped, but that couldn't happen. That wouldn't happen ever again, and Theo's heart broke again after realizing that.

"It's so hard not to just go comfort him," Theo said, trying to focus on the cake before him and not on Adam. "Do you think it gets easier?"

Bronwen shrugged.

"I haven't really dated someone before, and my dad had been married to Edana for most of my life, so I'm not sure. I guess so? Remy seems to be bouncing back from her breakup, so maybe you'll be the same. Maybe you just need to date someone new, and things with Adam will hurt less."

Theo nodded thoughtfully.

"You may have a point. I have a lot to bring to a relationship, and I don't need to worry about the feelings of a cheater, no matter how Adam is hurting. He did this to himself."

[fangedbrbie]

❛ It makes no damn sense. Compels me though. ❜ ( from adam milligan! ) - @huntedlives

𖤐 ⸺ well at least he wasn't freaked out about all of it. that was something. a small chuckle came from her as she took a seat next to him. "compels you though?" head tilted as her gaze stayed on him. "you know, most mortals would run from the likes of someone such as myself but . . . you surprised me." caroline's lips formed into a bright smile. " but yeah, the way i became this...doesn't make sense to a lot of people. but that's the thing about dark magic. it doesn't make sense until it's studied and practiced. and truth be told, i once hated myself for being a vampire. it's just taken me a long time to fully accept it, control those urges and find peace over it."

[dear-mrs-otome]

YES! More Faust! 💙💙💙

Can do! Also you like how I said I'd do a quick summary and then wrote a bajillion words? Yeeeaaah...

Needless to say, beware of spoilers!! Not just for a future event, but there are lots of references to events in Faust's main story here!! If that doesn't concern you, go forth and enjoy ye olde Christmas delight...

Faust story starts with him and MC crammed into the confessional together, with her appalled and him leering in the 'whatever shall we do, we two adults, sandwiched in this tiny space alone' sort of way. Clearly enjoying himself, and she thinks back on what got them in that situation...

At the church one day in December, a bunch of the orphans are gathered all excited about the upcoming Christmas season, practicing their songs and talking about celebrations. A fight breaks out between some of them and it turns out one little boy, Noel, is adamant that Santa doesn't exist and he's made up by adults - that moms and dads leave the presents on Christmas and since they're orphans they won't get anything like that. MC is saddened to hear his opinion, and the other children are adamant that he's wrong, Santa does exists.

Faust had just been watching all this go down silently when he chimes in to say that Santa will come. He himself never had a mother or father and Santa came for him all the same. But then in true wicked Faust fashion he has to go on to elaborate that there's more than just the normal Santa, there's 'dark' Santa too that comes for naughty children and punishes them. (Insert whatever folklore you want here, Krampus or Knecht Ruprecht etc etc etc) He succeeds in terrifying them all but relents and says it's just a story so as long as they behave they've got nothing to worry about.

In the end, the children begin playing Hide and Seek and MC ropes a grumpy Faust into hiding with her, dragging him into the confessional where they listen for the kids to find them. They never do though, they move on to other games, and when MC and Faust try to leave the booth they find the door has been jammed shut by a mischievous kid. This brings us back to the opening sequence, where Faust is quite happy to get frisky in the small space despite her embarrassment - teasing her a bit before she distracts him by asking him to talk about what he mentioned earlier, how Santa had visited him.

So finally he does, telling her how he only ever received one present as a kid and that was his glasses. The ones she remembers him telling her before about, how he'd been given them by Mother Therese (the nun that raised him) and how she'd been the only one to notice how bad his eyesight was and how she'd forced him to accept the gift even though they couldn't afford such a luxury. He reminisces how Mother Therese had told him it was a gift from Santa, insisting so no matter how much he said that he knew she was lying, and even stating that someone in town must have made them for her.

But the gift had been like magic, letting him finally see clearly, and Mother Therese had just laughed that maybe the man in town had been Santa then to make something magical like that.

Faust is loathe to share any other Christmas memories with MC though, pointing out that it's probably the only happy one given that usually winter meant watching the other children die in the cold months - or even worse things later on that he doesn't want to upset her by elaborating on. (When he had sold himself into slavery) And when MC had asked if he disliked Christmas Faust tells her that Christmas is a day to spend with your family and loved ones - it had never mattered to someone who was all alone like him.

But he lets slip that he doesn't totally mind having the church be a place for people (including Charles) to come and worship on Christmas. MC reminds him he's a kind man no matter how he tries to hide it, that he always is thinking of others and wanting to be there for them. And he channels how her words clearly touch him into snogging her silly in the confessional, until they're interrupted by the kids and Faust forces the wooden-stick-jammed door open (proving to his dismayed MC that he knew and could have opened it at any time LOL)

They see the kids off, and Noel lingers to apologize for having been the one to lock them in there, feeling bitter about their opinions re: Santa. MC is ready to forgive him and Faust starts to get stern but he tells Noel he's not blameless here either because he wasn't honest about Santa. BUT, Faust tells him....it doesn't matter who 'Santa' really is, the sentiment remains the same. That someone genuinely is wishing to make their loved ones happy.

Noel leaves slightly happier, and afterwards MC turns to him ready to talk and he beats her to the punch saying he thinks they're on the same page - but he's gonna need her help because he doesn't know the first thing about getting presents for kids.

Excitedly, she starts naming gift ideas including some hand-knitted warm goods, and that has Faust taken aback until she promises to teach him how to do it.

So Christmas Eve rolls around all lovely and snowy, with MC and Faust walking back down the pretty treelit lane having dropped off all their 'Santa' gifts at the orphanage after the children have fallen asleep. She's gushing about how excited they'll be and Faust is grumbling a little...but then he admits it's not so bad to play Santa and let the kids have their dreams a bit longer. Letting them have that little bit of light and hope in the dark, like MC is always saying to him.

Then he leads her back to the now-silent and darkened church, and pulls her into the confessional smirking that he's gonna finish what they started because no matter how she tries to deny it he knows she was into being a naughty girl. He shuts them in the tiny space, hoists her onto the little counter so that he can have access to kiss her ankles and legs - and just as she's being all embarrassed about it he slips a jeweled anklet onto her as her gift, claiming that while he'd love to lock his precious lover away he'll settle for this substitute 'shackle'. She assures him she'd never leave him anyways, and wishes him a Merry Christmas.

Faust admits he always thought the idea of a warm Christmas was out of reach for him, but this year he has her and holding her feels like holding a light...and then they kiss some more and he asks if she's willing to share more of her warmth with him. ;3 INSERT SEGUE TO SPICY EPILOGUE HERE where they fucc in the confessional, MC riding his lap face to face and Faust declaring he won't give her up to anyone, not God or the Devil because she's all his...before he admits that to be honest it's probably her that has him captured and trapped rather than vice versa. And Christmas Day all the kids come to visit the church, extra excited to show off their gifts from Santa...while Faust and Noel exchange a little nodwink of understanding. When the kids ask if Santa came to visit MC she says yes he gave her a very lovely gift...and when they ask the same of Faust he agrees that Santa came to visit him too. Looking pointedly at MC with a happy smile and taking her hand.

[glambertfairykilljoyalien]

How I Think The Guys Would React To The Arcana's Main 6

A/N: The following pictures belong to Nix Hydra (Asra, Nadia, Julian, Muriel, Lucio, and Portia) and an unknown photographer at Dark World Music and Monkey Press (Rogue)

Asra

Adam Lambert finds them interesting and gets freaked out over his accurate tarot reading; Asra finds Adam quite handsome, but knows of his current relationship

Rogue couldn't tell if Asra is a guy or a girl, but respects their pronouns instantly; Asra is mesmerized by the silver in his hair

Gerard Way calls them a nonbinary icon; Asra is flattered by the statement and enjoys Gerard's company

Bill Kaulitz is blushing because they're SO FREAKING CUTE; Asra couldn't help but be smitten by his charm

All of them were surprised by Asra's familiar, Faust; Adam quickly got excited because he's handled snakes in the past (a couple photoshoots and a music video)

Nadia

Adam basically had a flashback to the first time meeting Madonna; Nadia finds him adorable 

Rogue makes a really good first impression; Nadia is surprised by his wisdom and courtesy, despite his aesthetic, but feels a friendly connection between the two

Gerard is amazed by the palace; Nadia gladly tells him the history of the place (she doesn't bring up Lucio's wing, though)

Bill feels small compared to the palace (even if he's the tallest of the four guys at 6'4"); Nadia reassures him otherwise 

The guys couldn't help but feel relaxed here; Rogue finds the fountain to be the most relaxing

Julian

Adam is intrigued by his attire; Julian finds Adam cute and even teases him

Rogue is impressed by his medical knowledge and encourages him to test out blood transfusion; Julian is emotionally overwhelmed with the support 

Gerard introduces him to Blood! from Black Parade album; Julian makes it his new favorite song besides sea shanties (my personal headcanon)

Bill finds his eyepatch attractive; Julian's face goes redder than Portia's tomatoes

It's one hell of a party at The Rowdy Raven; Gerard has Rogue help him carry the others home

Muriel

Adam is pretty surprised by his height; Muriel feels SUPER shy around him

Rogue can sense his… preference to being left alone, but offers to be his company if he's interested; Muriel takes up on it and accepts his friendship

Gerard feels like a toy doll compared to him; Muriel ends up carrying him around like a baby, much to Gerard's annoyance and the others' amusement

Bill likes his rugged looks and feels calm around him; Muriel likes him, but doesn't know why

They're all heartbroken to learn of his past and constantly reassure him that his past does NOT define him; Bill proves it by, somehow, managing to break off his cuffs and chains

Lucio

Adam doesn't like his behavior, but can sense his need for validation; Lucio digs his simple eyeliner, even if his more into dramatic makeup

Rogue couldn't understand his wardrobe being so bright with whites; Lucio couldn't stand his "armour" being better than his, even if his own is a magical prosthetic

Gerard loves the attention of his dogs, Mercedes and Melchoir; Lucio lets his jealousy get to him

Bill loves roasting the hell out of him; Lucio bites his tongue to wait for the right moment to strike

The guys are constantly being chased by Lucio's crested cockatoo, Camio; Adam is getting not so pleasant memories of doing a photoshoot with one, while Rogue's worried about the bird getting into his hair

Portia

Adam finds her so cute that he wants to squeeze her; Portia teasingly calls him "the hot version of Julian"

Rogue finds comfort in her homely cottage; Portia loves to poke at his hair, just to see it bounce

Gerard might have gotten her cat, Pepi's seal of approval; Portia finds that precious

Bill makes peace with the area; Portia loves it when he talks about his love of nature

The guys love a nice night of stargazing and tea at Portia's cottage; Gerard does some stargazing while Bill listens to chirping of crickets

BONUS PHOTOS

Here's a couple photos of Rogue's "armour" that Lucio is so jealous of

[resisteverything]

I never said that Angel was more murder-y than everyone else. I'm saying that in a show about redemption, framing a character as basically redeemed and deserving of salvation but never addressing the part where they ended innocent lives is a problem. Like does Angel canonically regret any of that?

YOU were the one who said Husk called Angel out for being a killer, NOT me. I would honestly hate it if Husk tried to handwring about Angel being a murderer. That's lame. There are way better ways to have Angel be forced to confront what he's done.

And I never said anyone needed to walk up to Angel and say "Ew you're a murderer that's evil" because that would be shitty lazy storytelling. That never happened to Zuko, for good reason. He had a moment that was slightly like that where the child he saved in "Zuko Alone" told him to fuck off because he's the prince of the fire nation, but that's not the same at all.

The show is meant to criticize these black and white ideas of morality, and it could easily do that, but it constantly makes characters who are just fundamentally good or bad. Angel basically proves himself redeemed and a good person now in an actual court of law. This is the only time I've seen a writer literally tell the audience directly that a character has redeemed themselves and earned forgiveness.

I paid attention to the court scene. It was stupid as fuck. They had a shitty joke become the actual backbone of this courts rules. Despite being a criticism of Christianity it makes up new moral rules instead of talking about the actual rules, like the ten commandments. Imagine if they decided Angel wasn't to be redeemed because he doesn't believe in the christian god and took the lords name in vain, even though he was seriously trying to be a good person now and had tried to make amends for past mistakes? That would be so much more real as a criticism of Christianity. Instead it's this bullshit about how the idea of bad people is made up, even though the every single hell demon is an absolute monster and most angels are innocent people kept in the dark about what Sera is doing down there.

Like the story is very clear, aside from the exterminators who are a dirty secret, Heaven is full of morally pure people. And people in hell are rapists and murderers by default. Like name one established character who went to Hell and is a morally good person. None of them are. They're either murderers or rapists or they're brainwashing people or they sell date rape drugs or they're war profiteers or cannibals.

Adam being a bad person does not negate the fact that everyone in hell aside from charlie has clearly caused untold trauma to someone else, or are a toxic prescience on someone's life.

And say what you want about the idea of good person and bad person being homophobic or whatever, that does not negate the feelings of someone who gave birth to three kids under the influence of a love potions Velvette created and sold, or Angels trauma at the hands of Val, or Husks trauma at the hands of Alastor, or Alastors trauma at the hands of whoever has him on that chain, or Pentius's feelings about being gangraped at the club.

Adam literally said Vaggie was his best soldier, not that she was a rookie who didn't have the heart to kill anyone. His best soldier. She had seen combat many times and had done it often enough to become well respected as a soldier. She could stand toe to toe with Lute in a fight.

I can accept that maybe Vaggie didn't see a demon child before. But the fact that this turned her entire character around to the point that a few hours after that happening she suddenly loves demons now and dedicates her life to serving the devil's child, that does not track. It's not just unrealistic for her to change that fast, it's fucking boring. I don't care if she was diced into subatomic particles and exploded a billion times from all those spitting atoms before being reformed, she should not just magically unlearn all her deeply ingrained lifelong biases in a few hours. Vaggie went through maybe 3 seasons of character development in only two scenes. And this makes her character boring as she now has literally no growing to be doing as a character.

Yeah Vaggie being a better person after a year is believable. But we're not told that she had to go on that journey, we were told she magically learned all the good things and joined the good side after being beat up. Zuko experienced not one but TWO lute wing moments in his life and neither one caused him to 180 like that. Because that's boring stiff character writing. She should be allowed to be messy and maybe not fully get it. That's way more interesting that her being Charlie's henchwoman who she kisses.

I'm saying that the show has basically done nothing to setup the idea of Alastor redeeming himself. He has nothing resembling remorse or conflict, not even a little bit, and he's no closer to becoming a better person now than he was at the start. Even a baby step like kind of warming up to Charlie could count.

Zuko's redemption arc started in season one. In a 20 episode season, not 25. He ended his redemption arc and started his atonement arc in episode 50, but it not that. And Zuko doing bad things we're supposed to hate him for is GOOD writing. He has things to redeem himself from, and it makes him finally learning his lesson in the end all the more satisfying. This is not a writing mistake, it's what the writers of Hazbin should have been doing with their characters.

I never sad Angel needs to be called out for his behavior, I said you were wrong to say that it did happen, and I never said Alastor needed it either. You put words in my mouth. Read what I actually said and why I said it.

They went to hell as their consequence. But the majority of Hell people seem to be doing fine with their lives. Mimzy isn't living in eternal suffering, nor is Pentius or Cherry, the V's are certainly not. Husk, Angel, and Alastor are special cases and the majority of characters are just not in their position. Rosie seems fine with her life as well. You'd almost forget these characters are in danger of death annually with how well they seem to be taking it.

Angel being raped as a consequence for his actions, yeah fuck that. That's not accountability, and it's not something anyone deserves. We're not supposed to think Angel "had it coming" and it would be extremely shitty if we did. We're not counting that. And I'm not talking about the sharks. Angel is literally said to be responsible for mass death numbering in the thousands over petty turf wars.

Blitz apologizing and it being fake doesn't matter to this argument. There's a such thing as actually being sorry and being in situations where an apology would be appropriate to give.

The Gaang do forgive Zuko eventually, Katara literally said the exact words "I think i'm ready to forgive you" to Zuko. And I don't expect every character to follow Zuko's example to a T just because I said his name. I just said this is a thing that happens to him that should happen to these other characters. Some things work for some situations and other things work for others.

I don't need these characters to be forgiven. I just want them to have to seriously confront what they've done and how that affects people. I do not expect these characters to get forgiveness at every turn or even necessarily any turn. That doesn't matter. I never said it did. I specifically mentioned the character in Bojack Horseman who he hurt and pushed him away because of that. People who were burned out and can't expend any more mental energy on dealing with him, characters who will hate him forever, or are literally scared of him, or both. Even a character who straight up died as a result of his own actions. That level of maturity and painful realness, that you can be shitty to someone and have to just live with it and never receive closure, and then you just have to try and be better and hope it doesn't happen again, that's something Hazbin just doesn't have the maturity to touch. Even Avatar had more maturity than that, with Zuko having experiences with people he will never meet again and never have the chance to apologize to for how he hurt them even though they were nice to him, people who hate him or fear him for his role in this war and how it's hurt them and their families. The acknowledgement that wanting to be better is not good enough to get forgiven.

Hazbin has none of that painful reality that comes from being a person who has hurt people and is trying to be better, which is a big problem for a show where rape and religious abuse are major themes.

Hazbin has such black and white writing for a show about redemption. Like can you name a single instance in which the story ever wanted you to take Angels behavior seriously, and care about something he’s done?

Or a moment where a character tried to make amends for past actions, or improve as people. Sir pentius didn’t learn anything he just stopped being a cartoon baddie, there was no need to confront past behavior or mature or anything.

And Vaggie, she does not learn anything, she just sees a child and becomes good. Why does this child belong in hell? Why has Vaggie never seen one before? Why does Vaggie suddenly respect adult demons after seeing this child when she was fine killing adult demons before this?

Why is Lucifer portrayed as basically a good person who never has to commit to redemption when he was literally okay with the exterminations? Because he has depression?

Why doesn’t Alastor make anything resembling a step towards redemption after all of season one as a main character in a show about redemption?

[bestwishes86]

Open Container

"I got a good feeling. It doesn't happen. Very Often." Phoebe Bridgers

When David got the call he was just sitting down in his living room with "Game of Thrones" on his 42 inch flat screen.  The fresh bowl of Pop Secret and a Heineken sat on the polished coffee table. Hadley was at the Tailgating party for the Puritans and he was on call with the station.  He had spent the morning cleaning the upscale brownstone once back from Seattle to clear his head. The drive with that gay asshole had fucked with him more than he wanted to think about.  So he had busied himself, not thinking about him walking out of the missing woman's shower naked.  He could still see the words in other languages and black swirls running across that pale skin.  As he had polished every surface he could still see the tattoos had covered even the plump flaccid cock between those thick legs.

His bookshelves were filled with paperback novels from the eighties and nineties and every Disney movie with the large white boxes and the faded art and a selection of dvds.  The books and movies had belonged to his parents and he couldn't bring himself to throw any of it away.  His wife Penelo had done the decorating and so three oil paintings of landscapes in polished wood frames hung on the walls on either side of the flat screen. 

David sat on the soft dark leather couch and was pulling his remote to him when his phone rang.  Internally he thought about ignoring it incase it was another call about cow tipping or another horrible trip to Seattle to pick up another gay asshole who smelled like honeysuckle and blood.  Seeing the name LInds on the caller id he grabbed it and swiped right to answer it.

"Deputy, do you know a Jon Redding?" the deep voice of the Siren by night hard as nails, raven haired woman asked. 

"Yes...why?" David asked slowly, staring at the burning emblem of the show and the paused status bar at the bottom of the screen.

"You should probably cut him off, he's down here talking about loving someone who didn't exist and getting thrown into posters and that's not what the boring patrons want to hear, now is it?" Linds asked as she looked at the usually handsome bearded man who looked ready to pass out or throw up sitting alone at a table.  The other customers were human ones and she had sung two of her magical songs to distract them from him.  David felt a headache building behind his furrowed brows but he still rose from the couch and hung up the call and grabbed his keys. 

Jon stared at his empty glass, his mind muddled by the many drinks that had come before as he thought about that alternate version of himself.  While he was a short, muscular young man covered in witches spells.  That dreamed up version was a chubby, pasty coward.  He missed feeling that weak and vulnerable and the way Pete had looked at him.  Jon shook his head at the memory of the tall, pale muscular teenager with those green eyes and that square jaw.  But it was too late, he remembered the dream Pete had been in and been gutted in.  Tears burned at the corners of his eyes

"It wasn't real, none of it." Jon shouted to himself and all the bar patrons glared at him as they had every outburst he had made in the last hour.  He knew it was stupid, knew it was a waste of emotion but those feeiings he had felt in that mental prison had become a part of him.  He had been quiet the entire drive back with that asshole homophobe because he was etching into his memory those three dreams because of Pete.  The witch he had planned on eating had trapped him inside her mental prisons had made the imagined world so real he had created real feelings. 

"This seat taken," a gruff pissed off voice asked and Jon waved a hand in acceptance and grimaced at the loud scrapping of the wood against the concrete floor. David plopped down and held a hand up for the waitress.  HIs brown eyes looking over Jon, the man had worn a dark blue sweater and jeans with loafers.  David thought about his old Smashing Pumpkins t shirt and pajama bottoms and barefeet. He chuckled at this but when the red in the face spikey haired man looked at him, his smile fell away.

"You...." Jon said growling in distrust

"Hey man, Heard you were drinking here so I came by too," David was cut off by Jon

"You came here dressed like that to drink with me, no offense but unless you're going to knock me out and take me back to your house for a hard fucking, i'm gonna pass." Jon said looking David up and down and reaching for his glass having forgotten it was empty.  He grimaced at the mere hints of alcohol in it and waved for the waitress while David glared at him. 

"Do you have to go straight to sex every time i meet you." David said between gritted teeth.

"We've met twice. Second, what else am I good for? Never mind that last point. You don't even know me is what I'm trying to say." Jon slurred in a voice that was something between indignant and a purr.  David rolled his eyes at him and Jon slumped back in his chair.

"Why would I want to? I'm just here to make sure you don't talk about shit you promised you wouldn't." David paused as the waitress appeared he ordered two Rum Punches and a Budwiser. 

"I didn't say you could buy a drink for me," Jon said as he closed his eyes

"I didn't, those are all for me." David said as he glared at LInds who waved apologetically. 

"Ok. Did the bartender alert you to me talking too much," Jon asked and Davd nodded.

"I just...never mind it's stupid once you're drunk we can leave," Jon said as the two red glasses and the bottle arrived.

"You want anything," David asked, his expression softened as he smelled the sadness coming off Jon and heard the pain in his voice. Jon reached for one of the rum punches and David smacked his hand.

"Mine," David said drawing the glass away from the drunkard, he continued, "I meant something else. I got you for it, I already covered your bill," David said and Jon thought about it for a moment and asked for a Bud Light.  David raised an eyebrow  but placed the order the two sat in heavy silence.  David occasionally glanced at the drunk man stare at the table and the empty glass, it was clear his mind was somewhere else. David finished his first drink and curled his toes on the cold floor.  Jon's beer arrived and David watched Jon drink half of it one go.  He watched the Adam's apple bob with each swallow before he looked away. 

"Have you ever missed someone you shouldn't," Jon asked and David sat up uncomfortable as he looked at Jon.  The image of the beautifully deformed half woman half wolf chained to walls in an institution flashed in David's mind.

"Yeah, hurts all the same." David said solemnly thinking of his wife.  His Alpha had told him to kill her, to end her suffering but he couldn't.  So he had driven her to that asylum and chained her up himself.  Her human mind was gone, buried inside the feral wolf mind that ruled that malformation.

"It really really fucking does.  In that place that woman held me, there was a boy my mind made up.  He was...kind to me.  The first person in my life to be kind to me ended up being my own imagination...how fucked is that." Jon said and as he admitted it two large tears began their descent down his cheeks.  They were soon chased by more and he quietly wept.  He didn't care if David said something else assholey to him.  If the bar patrons kicked him out, none of it mattered as he watched the large stainless steel meat hook burst out of Pete's broad chest.  His mind had drifted back to that nightmarish prison he had been kept in.  He and Pete had run from the blank faced woman up the stairs of his home to his bedroom and locked the door behind them.  It had happened so suddenly as they had caught their breath.  She had burst through the wood, her scream almost deafening as Pete had run at her with his chair as a weapon.  She had smacked him away so effortlessly and then glowered at him.

Jon had stood there frozen in horror as the woman took slow strides toward him, she had reached into that dusty overcoat and pulled the metal hook from it and it caught the light of the room and glistened.  He had wanted to brave, wanted to try something to save them but he had been so afraid.  Pete had run in front of Jon to save him from it in that made up nightmare.  Jon could feel the moment when life left Pete's body.  It was if something was pulled from his body, ripped away with that second in life.  It didn't matter if it was real or not, it had felt real to him. 

Strong hands were on his shoulders, he felt his body rising up as he was swung up into someone's arms but he didn't care.  He kept his eyes closed as he was carried out of the bar.  The cool night air felt heavenly on his face.  He buried his head against the hard flat chest he was pressed against.  Jon focused on the heart beating strong beneath the shirt and skin and muscle there.  It was real, in that drunken moment it was the only thing real to him.

David had felt his wolf howl in pain watching the quiet crying, he had tried to ignore it.  But that open honest act of feeling had struck him in the gut.  He had looked around and saw that the once loud raucous bar was silent as everyone watched Jon.  That had been what caused him to rise from his seat and carry him out.  Carrying the muscular man might have been hard for a normal man but for one with preternatural strength it was like carrying a newborn pup.  He ignores the gravel that dug into the skin of his bare feet as he listens to the steady heart beat.  Keeping Jon close to him kept his wolf from howling in mourning so he did.  Linds was behind him a few steps, she silently watched him, he could feel her eyes on his back as he made his way through the packed parking lot to his truck.   The tall, slender, dark haired woman wore a red velvet corset that pushed up her sizable chest and painted on black jeans and boots.  Her race's language was tattooed across her arms in dark blue swaths of color.  She opened the door for him and he placed Jon inside. 

It wasn't til he buckled the seatbelt that she spoke.  There were only a few reasons Sirens were ever silent and he knew it wouldn't be good but he listened, his focus on making sure Jon was secure.

"I've seen your future, the same as I saw it when your daddy broke your right arm.  The man I saw you kissing in your future, he's that man there. He is exactly as I described it to you 15 years ago. You came here the instant you heard it was him.  That means something Davey," Linds said and David whirled around to face her.  His brown eyes burning gold with the power of his wolf burning right beneath his skin.

"Jesus H. Christ Linds!!! I don't fucking need this shit. This man is the top suspect in a woman's disappearance. My wife is in a fucking padded cell. Everytime I see her she rips my throat out and I watch her eat it. And you're here reminding me that 15 years ago my dad took a hammer and shattered my elbow. Spit on me and called me a faggot, all for this sad sack of shit who was in your bar mooning over a made up teenage crush that I am jealous of." LInds eyebrows shot up the same as his as he realized what he said.  He couldn't take it back.  Linds watched the lean werewolf vibrate with shock and anger.  She knew she should be afraid but all she wanted to do was the same thing she had done when they had been teenagers. She reached out for him but he took a step back, not trusting the low growling wolf inside his soul. 

He had sat in that bar watching those tears and selfishly wished they had been for him, not some made up boy.  He felt immature and selfish and wanted to be alone but instead he fished his keys out of his pocket and stormed around to the driver's side of the truck and got in and without a word drove off as Linds watched him go. 

[flslp87]

Regina did not embrace evil after she lost Daniel. She embraced it after she had the false hope that she could revive him and it didn't work (2x05). So it makes sense that Regina didn't turn full evil when she lost Robin. BUT when this version of Robin disappears from her life, THAT is when it could parallel her first descent to darkness. Especially if Emma is getting married. Regina's been known to be jealous of Emma and declaring it's not fair that Emma has things she doesn't have (3x09, 5x21)

Oh a bit of a challenge....   Nice!   Ok, you want to separate the times that she lost Daniel before she turned EQ?  I can work with that.   OQ were strong at the end of S3, she had him, Henry, her friends, she was happy - which is ‘why’ she was able to use light magic to defeat Zelena.  Then 4x01 - Marion is back, she loses Robin (#1) she loses hope - Emma tells her that her job is not done yet because Henry brought her there to bring back the HE.  Regina didn’t go EQ, but lost hope.  What happened?  In 4x08 Snow gave her a hope speech and Robin found the extra page 23 and told her that your fate can take many paths so even if you miss one you can still have a bright future - gave her hope.  But then just as he told her that he had chosen her, she lost him again because he had to take Marion over the town line (#2) - she lost hope but didn’t turn EQ - that would be the parallel to Daniel. So no, she didn’t turn EQ, however she did resort to ‘her’ story, that of wanting to take short- cuts - this time in having the author write her a HE.  Then in 4x19 she got him back.  However in 5x21 he was killed. (#3) - no EQ again, but low hope - again short-cut by removing her evil side.  So saying goodbye to this Robin in 14, I believe is going to be because she is sacrificing her happiness for his will be (#4)

This entire season for Regina, it’s about facing her past, looking inside of herself and accepting that she is a lot of things (just like all of the characters) and the WW for her was to show her that a) the EF was better w/o the EQ b) she no longer felt comfy in that skin c) and that Robin wasn’t better w/o her.

That’s why I believe that this Robin is her ‘guide’ just like in her story of The Golden Bird (and yes it is page 22 in the book) to make her look inside and just like Emma did, realize that she is ‘who’ she is because of her past and that person is the one who loved Robin, her Robin (who became Robin Hood because of his past). 

And you’re right, Regina has been known to be jealous of Emma, in the past. Jealousy is one reason she went dark after all, but I believe she’s moved beyond her jealousy of Emma. 

And just in case you’re wondering... I think in 14 she fights w/ herself and either the EQ metaphorically dies or they integrate.  In 15-16 I believe she was on the journey w/ Snow/Emma and in 17 I think Regina is going to go into David’s dream w/ Snow to help break the curse.  I know Adam has mentioned Ladyhawke several times and it seems the Bishop who cast the curse is the EQ and Regina is Phillip.  

I’m still anticipating a S3 type of finale and based on NA’s Q/A the CS journey w/ a twist will be in the finale.  

Thank you for stopping by .....