#do I tag this huskerdust??? this isnt a ship post but I mean its the two of them so I guess

[hazshit-hotel-hater]

This is something I’ve had in my notes for a day or two but I have a writing idea for

Angel is hulled up in his room for a majority of the day to which no one takes much notice of. Husk only goes to check on him after a second day of him no-showing and finds Angel laying in bed silently and Husk comes and sits on the edge of his bed and asks him whats going on. Angel goes on a mini rant about having a few days off but he feels like he can't use them because he's incredibly burnt out from work, all he can do is sleep and check his phone. Husk comforts him a bit on the topic of work and Angel says something like "I don't hate sex and thouchin' other people obviously but... It's so... bland now. I can fuck whoever I want, but when ya always have someone next to you touchin' your thigh or puttin' a hand on your shoulder it gets stale...It'd be nice justa be seen as a random guy sometimes." And vaguely alludes to his appreciation of Husk not moving closer or trying to physically reassure him during the whole conversation. Near the end probably include some lines from Husk and Angel about

- "If it helps you're just a guy that works in adult entertainment to me."

- "..It does a bit. …Thanks."

It’s very basic but I’d like to see more appreciation for non-physical affection/reassurance in any kind of relationship, in this case friendship, but especially in other relationship situations. I’ve recently noticed I have a slight aversion to being touched and it’d be nice to see that kind of casually represented in a character. Not that they hate it but s lot of the time they’d prefer something else or to initiate it themselves. Idk just something I enjoy

Also I have a bunch of stuff I could rant about on how I think Angel views intimacy and sex but I don’t think this is the post for that. Eventually it’ll come around, but as of now I’m just focused on general boundaries

[hazshit-hotel-hater]

NGL I’m disappointed that the scene between Husk and Angel in Episode 6 was just Husk yelling and indirectly shaming Angel Dust for relapsing. Out of all the characters who can relate and empathize with Angel on addiction, it’s him. They could have had a genuine heart to heart conversation about relapsing and addiction where Husk allow himself to be vulnerable with Angel, recounting all the memories where his addiction ruined his life. At the Husk tell Angel while relapsing is normal, it isn’t healthy, he needs to start finding alternatives so he doesn’t resort to drugs first, and if he need someone to talk to, he is alway here for him as he doesn’t want Angel to become just like him.

His dialogue sounded like it came from a character who is ignorant about addiction, like Charlie or Vicky, not Husk. Husk would never say, ”Look, you want to fuck up all your progress? Be my guest! I just thought you were better than this.” Because he would know from being an alcoholic, how terrible and invaliding those words are.

YES! I am very upset about this as well. While it certainly isn’t the most aggressive reprimand for relapsing I’ve seen it definitely wasn’t great either. I think a “Are you really sure you want to be doing that?” would’ve been better or even just Husk giving him a stern look.

[Brief intermission of me opening up the episode again for review]

Okay. I have words.

So. The way Husk says the line you mentioned to Angel, I can see where he’s coming from, but considering the fact Angel just complained about having a genuinely dangerous day at work, I think Husk giving a look like I mentioned would be the best course of action. That or like “Just try not to.” Now real quick as someone thats struggled with addiction, words like that really don’t/didn’t have much of an impact on me but—as cheesy as it is—the thought counts. I suppose I can understand maybe Husk said that because he might’ve been projecting or something?? I don’t know really, but it just like. Angel doesn’t seem too bothered by it but you can tell Husk’s words don’t exactly help much.

I think your idea of a heart to heart would’ve been really great actually. A scene of Husk pulling Angel aside for a talk would give some reason as to why Angel starts behaving so randomly nice in the rest of the episode. I wouldn’t mind Husk being a little aggressive about it as long as it didn’t end with him shaming Angel for it. Like maybe he gets a bit heated and then apologises and they talk things out civilly.

Im also a bit confused on the direction of the relapsing in question because we can see that Husk is clearly against Angel doing drugs, but with shots he doesn’t seem to care at all and even downs two at the same time himself so I guess maybe that can be attributed to Husk not seeing alcohol as an issue, but again I dunno. It’s really strange how they portray everything in this episode.

End of the line, this is more of Vivzie being confused about her own story it seems.