#he says he doesn't want to be a spokesperson but that's what he'll become if he comes out whether he wants to or not

[gottagobackintime]

I've seen some people say: “Trent shouldn’t have been gay, he should have just supported Colin anyway.” And it's such a weird (and bad) take.

Had Trent been straight we wouldn’t have gotten the scenes we did. Colin could have opened up and told Trent how he felt, but Trent wouldn’t have understood, he could have been supportive. But he wouldn’t understand where Colin is coming from. But because Trent is also gay he knows what it’s like being in the closet, living with fear and dread. Living with thoughts like “if I tell the people I love about my sexuality, will they hate me?”. You can’t get that from a straight ally, no matter how supportive and well meaning they are. Because they don't know what it's like. We need straight allies, we need all the straight allies we can get. But what Colin needs RIGHT NOW is someone who, while not a professional athlete, is involved in the world of football. Knows about homophobic fans, knows that there are a culture of toxic masculinity and homophobia in the clubs. That is why it’s important that Trent himself is gay.

Colin almost got runover by a cyclist in his desperate attempt to run away from Trent at the gay bar. But the relief when he understands what Trent is saying "I must have a good reason for that, mustn't I?" is so clear. Trent is also queer, Trent is safe, I can let Trent in.

And I think some people might read that line as "I haven't outed you because I'm gay too, but if I had been straight I would have" which isn't what Trent means, Trent is using that phrase to be subtle, to let Colin come to his own conclusion, because Colin is stressed out, he's scared. By letting Colin think for himself it gives Colin an opportunity to calm down (which is also why Trent holds his hands out as if calming a frightened animal, he also makes himself slightly smaller by bending his knees and leaning forward slightly). And he does, he realises what Trent is saying and he calms down. It's also an added layer of security it's not just, "I haven't outed you" it's "I haven't outed you because I am also queer". A straight person saying that they haven't outed you doesn't hold as much weight as a queer person saying it. Because you know that the queer person knows how important it is to be safe and to come out on your own terms wheras a straight person, especially an eager well meaning ally might try and encourage you to come out because "hey, it's gonna be fine", even when that's not the support you need at the moment (there are ofc exceptions, both when it comes to straight people and queer people).

But because Trent is also gay, Colin now has someone in his corner at work, who knows him, knows his secret. Who also carried that secret himself once. We’ll most likely get straight allies in the other players and the leaders at Richmond.

So no, Trent shouldn’t have been straight. Because that is not the support Colin needed at that moment. He needed queer solidarity.

[moonsaver]

Hmm.. what if sunday only opens up to those close to robin?

As the spokesperson for The Family, he's under a great deal of pressure and oversees a multitude of things, so naturally he's a bit sly, and doesn't keep anyone close. His sister is his only "companion"/friend who he keeps by, and as per the quest she left when she got older, so sunday would have become more and more lonelier.

So.. imagine being one of the backstage helpers for Robin's shows, maybe helping out as a staff member at penacony in preparation for the Charmony festival, or really just about any other show Robin attends, being tagged along with a few more people as her reliable team. You get close to the superstar by a few conversations, jokes, and a bit of comforting from time to time. Eventually having to travel back to Penacony in time for the Charmony festival, and Sunday seeing you help out his sister so much, being a mutual friend of hers, instead of a worshipping fan.

Naturally she tags you along to certain tasks that sunday assigns, passing a look to her asking if she wanted you to really go with her. Over time, you start tagging along with them both to handle other general matters, and all 3 of you bond. Sunday feels genuinely lighthearted for once, joking around and sharing a laugh, with his sister and you. And he realizes just how much he will miss it, how lonely it will be without his sister. So, although Robin usually relies on Sunday to take care of things that trouble her, for once,Sunday passes an off-comment about how much he'll "miss company". If to cheer him and support him back just a bit, she offers to convince you to stay back, once she has to leave Penacony.

And you get a permanent "vacation" in Penacony. Isnt it exciting? Sunday will personally oversee your day to day affairs, and includes you in meetings, some quite sensitive in their information. He says if you leave, it'll be troublesome to ensure it doesn't.. leak. For the forseeable future, you're positively trapped under his care. Don't worry – he treats his employees well. At least, he'll treat you well. Just tag along to this meetings, sit beside him, and help him with picking out an outfit, perhaps help him understand dreams by telling him some of your own. Don't mind the hand that rests on your shoulder, creeping down your arm, rubbing your elbow gently. It's just a friendly gesture. You've been so sweet to Robin, he's quite pleased you're her friend. Why don't you listen to her and stay here, instead? She'll visit, and you will never feel lonely. Just.. don't bother trying to leave. The room is locked, anyway.

How about both of you test out the new dreamscape he's been carefully crafting? There's no need to go into separate beds, just share one, it'll be more efficient. Hold his hand, he'll help you adjust to the experience, of course.

[deelavis]

I'm sure that some has talked about this before, but I have always been confused about Mello's reasoning for kidnapping Takada. I finished a read through of the Death Note manga recently and I FINALLY feel like I understand why. I'm going to break this down into 2 sections: Why he did it, and Did he intend to die?

Why he did it:

While I think it's meant to be kept somewhat vague for narrative purposes, the thing that I never understood fully was the wording in the scene:

Why specifically "his" name? Of course this line always made my little Meronia heart flutter, but before my manga read through I never quite understood it. If Near's plan to catch Kira went wrong, all of the SPK would die, not just Near. So why the emphasis on him? Especially if we are looking at a completely surface level reading of DN where Mello purely hates Near? But then I found this moment a few chapters earlier:

To summarize what is happening before and after these pages (Chapter 90), Near tells Light that there are 4 members of the SPK and that he is in Japan. He says they might meet soon. This is all coded language to challenge Light to an in person meeting. At this point Near admits that he doesn't have a concrete plan in place for confronting Light. But he knows they must meet Kira face to face and prove his identity by having a name written in the Death Note. This is prior to the SPK starting their investigation into Mikami. The part that stuck out to me was " When we meet Kira, the first person he'll write down is me, so..." To me this means that prior to finding Mikami and adding fake pages to the death note, Near planned to sacrifice himself to catch Kira if they didn't have any other options. This DIRECTLY correlates to Mello's line (read right to left):

Mello kidnapped Takada because he knew that if he didn't there was a good chance Near would die. This is literally the only reason that the text give us. Which leads me to our next part.

Did he intend to die?

While I've seen a lot of different takes on this, many of which I find very interesting, I now believe that yes, Mello kidnapped Takada with the intention to be killed by the death note. Here is my reasoning.

Mello knows better than anyone else investigating Kira how the death note works. Like L wanted to before his death, Mello used his time in the mafia to experiment with the rules of both the death note AND the shinigami eyes.

In the manga, Mello has one of the mafia members Kal Snydar (a.k.a. Jack Neylon) make a deal for the shinigami's eyes. Rod and Mello use Snydar's eyes to kill others for an extended period of time. This would give Mello at least a basic understanding of how they work; what face coverings inhibit the eyes, etc... And then after his encounter with Soichiro Yagami he becomes aware that there is always a chance that anyone associated with Kira could have the eyes. He also knows that Kira knows his name but not his face after the explosion. Meaning that he would know that the ONLY thing stopping Kira from killing him would be his face. Given that Mello never uses the death note himself but had other's use it for him, I believe that he also would theorize that Kira would do the same (such as X-Kira/Mikami, Misa, and Takada). Because of all of this he would be especially careful around anyone he knows has connections to Kira, such as Takada the spokesperson of Kira.

Moving on to the kidnapping. Mello wears a motorcycle helmet that appears to be tinted, but is clear enough to fully discern his face through. We know from previous instances that a dark tinted visor will block the shinigami's eyes from seeing your name, which most motorcycle helmets already have. Here is a comparison of a helmet used to block the face vs what Mello wore:

Mello specially chose one with a clear enough visor to see through. You could argue that he did this to show Halle who he was, allowing him to take Takada. However if this was his intention there were many other ways to make his identity clear to Halle without revealing his face. There is also the line on this page that intrigues me. "She's connected to Kira... Unless I do this..." The sentence structure implies that there is a direct consequence Mello envisions. Unless you do this...then what? Given everything else I have outlined above to me the implication is "Unless I do this then Near will die." You could argue that he’s thinking something like “Unless I do this then Near will win!” However, Mello has always been outspoken in his desire to be the one to catch Kira. If that’s what he was thinking wouldn’t it just say that? Whatever his reason is is something he can’t bring himself to say even in the privacy of his own brain.

If you were to argue that Mello didn't realize that his helmet was clear enough to see his face, this is then made moot when he takes it off in front of Takada. There was no reason for him to do this, in fact, there were a multitude of reasons not to. Even if Takada didn't have death note pages on her, Mello knows that if she escapes, Kira could easily ask her to write his name in the death note because she knows his face. You may then think "but why does Mello take precautions to not get followed and killed by Takada's men? He takes away and ships off anything that could be bugged and tracked including her clothing." This just further proves that he is trying to be killed specifically by the death note. The kidnapping is planned to a T, but he doesn't take the simplest precaution of concealing his face from one of Kira's biggest supporters.

So what was Mello’s plan? We know that Mello is someone who plans for a lot of different contingencies. We see this when he plants bombs through out his safe house in the event that he’s backed into a corner. Because of this I believe he had a few different plans. But no matter what his goal with kidnapping Takada is to force contact with Kira. In fact, Near thinks that Mello’s goal is to use Takada as bait.

What his exact plan was up in the air for me. He may have intended to be killed by her, thinking that she had access to a death note when kidnapped which would explain why he didn’t check her over before giving her the blanket to cover herself. He states that his intention of taking her clothes is to removing any tracers so her bodyguards didn’t find them. They make a deal that he will give her the blanket before taking off her underwear, where she’s hiding her pages of the death note.

Even if Mello didn’t know that you can used pages torn out of the death note, there are a few time in the series when a person hides a full death note under their clothes (Near being my favorite example). So it’s not out of the question that she could have had one tucked into the back of her underwear.

His plan also could have been to release her in some way so that she could get back to Kira and use the death note. Mello knows Kira has his name, now with Takada having seen his face Kira would have her write Mello’s name for him. Or it could have been that he intended to use her to draw Kira out and get killed by the death note in the process.

Going back to our first example from the manga, Near says "The fact that we replaced the pages in the notebook and the notebook happened to be a fake… I find it hard to believe that Mello thought that far ahead." I do agree with Near here. I don't think that Mello had figured out that the notebook was fake. But I do think that Mello could see that Near's plan had holes in it, and any mistake would result in Near getting killed. His solution was to be the name that was written in the book instead. You can argue in a lot of different ways why it was important to Mello that Near lives. Such as, Mello knew that with Near dead he didn't have any hope of catching Kira by himself with all of this resources and allies depleted. Or my favorite reason, despite his protests Mello deeply cares for Near and was willing to die if it meant Near would survive.

Please let me know any of your thoughts!

[mybelovedstarlings]

Eternal-Related Theories

Murdoc, Proleus, & The Ulfrangar

So... Murdoc has just been chosen for the position of Proleus' Paladin, as his personal warrior and spokesperson. Proleus is a god of war and supposedly had some kind of warrior group training to become his paladin/serving him as best they could. (The warrior group's existence is evidenced by the temple complex in Aular, which contained living quarters and training grounds, and it was directly stated that there might have been a 'sacred order' living there.) Murdoc's entry into the temple complex is accompanied with an almost immediate feeling of being watched, as he says multiple times. Later, when he is chosen by Proleus, there was little to no hesitation in removing Jaevid, Isandri, Garnett, and Roxus from the Proving Grounds. Isandri states earlier that Proleus values mental and emotional control along with physical prowess. This makes Proleus choosing him a lot more suspicious, because while Murdoc was very well trained, the others are all very powerful and knowledgeable. However, Murdoc was trained by the Ulfrangar, an ancient, powerful, organization known to be the best trained in the world. Proleus also had/has a group of powerful warriors who served him. He's a god of war, so it would make sense if an organization started by him was so powerful. With that in mind, it isn't hard to draw the conclusion that the Ulfrangar were or are Proleus' chosen warriors, with the Zuer as his spokesperson. This would make Murdoc the current Zuer, by rights (and divine power) alone. Despite his status as a former Ulfrangar assassin, he has technically become their leader and re-integrated himself into their world, this time by choice.

Reigh, Maylea, Clysiros, & The Zenith's Call

So Reigh has finally decided to try and make a deal with Clysiros, (risking his sanity again) to try and even the odds between Auguress Riva and their little team. We also know that he made a very dangerous deal with the Zenith's Call (whose motives are mostly unknown) that is very likely to put everyone at risk and might end in betrayals. Maylea is also trapped in the crossfire of this situation, and Reigh is trying his best to protect her and make sure she doesn't have the same traumatizing experiences he did, (going out into the world, being kidnapped, tortured, and experimented on at 17, and then proceeding to suffer in silence after that for 14 years,) and that there's someone there to keep her safe. He's struggling with making sure she doesn't end up like him, which is understandable. (He's miserable, goddammit.) (His attempts at protecting her might be some kind of twisted form of projecting? I guess he sees her situation as a parallel to his own and desperately wants to try and fix his own problems by helping her. Maybe he thinks he'll be able to forgive himself for everything if he makes sure that she doesn't get hurt. He does seem to think that if he can't help people, he isn't a good person.)

Clarke, Avgior, Arlan, & Sadeera

Clarke has been revealed to be Avgior's reincarnation, and has also regained some of his memories by visiting the dragon god's corpse. He is now capable of using some of his former powers, and was able to fight Sadeera head on and survive, which is quite the feat. However, with those memories and powers comes the revelation that Avgior was murdered by a mortal man. When Sadeera attacks Clarke, Noa & Traegan, she has the weapon that killed Avgior, and even uses it to take some of Clarke's blood for a ritual. (Dragon blood is very powerful in rituals, according to Edarix... what would a dragon god's blood do??) Why does she have it? Many centuries ago, Arlan was apparently banished from his homeland of Avora, and whatever event happened before said exile caused him to have nothing but utter contempt for his sister Sadeera. From what Arlan has said, an Avoran elf leaving their home is equivalent to cutting off their very life force, causing them to slowly dwindle away until they are a mere husk compared to the near godlike beings they were before. This would imply that exile is a very serious punishment. What could he have done that was so serious he got kicked out? What about killing a god? Avgior was felled by a mortal man. Arlan was exiled a very long time ago for a crime so serious his people decided to force him to basically cut off his own semi-divinity and live as a regular mortal. (Somewhat) Sadeera, as his sister, would have had access to anything he did, right? It would have been easy for her to take the knife. The only question remaining is why she would want to have it, and that also raises another question; why does she want to become an all-powerful goddess so badly? She seems to have some kind of grudge ("curses only last as long as the gods who inflict them") against the divine, perhaps this is leading her on? So Arlan was exiled for the crime of killing the god of fate and discernment, but did he actually do it? Could Sadeera have framed him? How will Clarke deal with this?

Maylea

Her journey in general has been a thematic parallel to so. many. other. arcs.

Running away to try and help save the world? Jaevid and Reigh both did that, with varying degrees of success. Connecting to a god's powers and doing crazy stuff with it? You can bet someone else she knows has done that too. Currently, much like her uncle, she stands in the shadows of all the men and women who came before her. However, as she is trying so desperately to prove, she is not her father. Maylea is a person all on her own, trying to make a legacy for herself. Her determination to rescue Ronan by sneaking onto the ship, contacting Paligno, and freeing the dragon in the Caldera, is her way of doing that. So far, I'd say she's doing amazing at it, and watching her grow into the capable dragonrider she was meant to be, especially with the final book coming up in a few months, will be captivating. Maylea will no doubt play an important role in rescuing Ronan. Saving him was her goal for coming here, and she won't let that idea go. She will most likely be the person who reaches out to him and sets him free in his darkest hour.

Jaevid, Generational Trauma, & Destiny

So far, Jaevid is having what will probably be the biggest existential crisis he'll ever have in his entire life. His children are being dragged into a war with gods, by the same divinity that started his journey no less, and all he can do is watch. This is the same thing that happened to him during the Gray War, and it probably torments him to know what comes after the wars and divine relations. To know that kind of thing might very well be happening to his kids. So he left home and went to Nar'Haleen to try and stop it, or at the very least lessen the damage. This, as has been proven somewhat by previous books, is probably not a good idea. Jaevid's tale of heroism was not a very happy one. He knows that, and is very clearly trying his best to make sure his kids can have what he didn't. (I'm sensing a theme here...) Paligno, (and all the other gods we've met so far) has a habit of choosing young children to be their speakers. For whatever reason, they prefer the sense of innocence and naivety that comes with choosing a young person. Maylea is mostly unaware of all the terrible things that come with being chosen by a god. However, as many characters have said in the series before, "it's destiny." Therefore, Jaevid trying to stop or protect Maylea in whatever way he can is probably not going to end very well. "Destiny" happened to him, it happened to Reigh, and now it's happening to Maylea. Jaevid is probably very keenly aware of the cycle that's been going on. "Destiny" has left him and Reigh traumatized, and now it's coming for his children. By coming to Nar'Haleen, Jaevid is attempting to end that cycle before it can cause any more harm. Choosing (in some way) to defy the thing that made him and so many others into what they are today. "Destiny" is what made him a legend. It's what helped him and Reigh end the Tibran War. It's what's going to help his daughter make a name for herself here and now. Defying it and everything that comes with it could protect his kids from experiencing life-changing traumas, or it could make everything worse.

[ciitrus--fruitz]

Every Clan leader for my warriors fic! Now allow me to dump all their personalities:

Amberstar: Leader of WindClan. She's a just leader and is not bad at solving conflict, but she does have a slight problem with being hot-headed and jumping into fights too quickly. She is also kind of strict and will not hesitate to punish wrongdoing in a way she sees fit. Amberstar chose her deputy not based on any interpersonal connections, but because she felt he would be best suited for the job and would work well with her; in truth, the two didn't know each other well at the time. She's good at keeping her Clan informed and calls frequent meetings to tell them about the happenings around the lake, and she keeps close contact with her deputy, medicine cats, mediator, and messenger. For personal info, she's 36 moons old, a trans lesbian, and is on her 3rd life. She's single with no kits. She has one brother as a living relative. She's had 2 deputies in her leadership.

Orchidstar: Leader of ThunderClan. The oldest leader, Orchidstar is very level-headed and fair. She is able to assess situations from a logical standpoint and see both sides of an argument, and then come to a decisive conclusion easily. Despite her small stature, she is a commanding presence in her Clan and earns respect from her clanmates through being incredibly compassionate and understanding. She had a rocky beginning as a leader, when she was too stubborn to really provide for the needs of her Clan, but over the years she's become more well-rounded and better at listening. She chose her deputy based on his skills in battle and hunting and his young age. Some of her more skeptical clanmates speculate that it's because he's her son, but if asked, she would vehemently deny this. For personal information, Orchidstar is 84 moons, cishet, and on her 7th life. She had one mate who she'd been with for a long time and five kits from two separate litters. She has her five kits as living relatives. She's had 6 deputies in her leadership.

Dandelionstar: Leader of SkyClan. Dandelionstar is the youngest leader and therefore the least experienced. She honestly became leader by accident after both the previous leader and deputy passed away and her Clan needed someone to take the role. She's a bit insecure and a pushover, very easy to sway in an argument. She doesn't like to make others angry, so she will normally agree with what others say, and is pretty indecisive. Beneath all this, though, she's an incredibly kind cat who just wants to do the best she can for her Clan. Dandelionstar chose her deputy because she was her sister, someone who she knew well and who could act as a decisive force for her. For personal information, Dandelionstar is 24 moons, pan and cis, and on her 1st life. She is single with no kits. Her living relatives are her mother, sister, and brother. She's had 1 deputy in her leadership.

Ospreystar: Leader of RiverClan. He's a stern leader who makes room for no nonsense. Just like Amberstar, he won't hesitate to punish wrongdoing and weed out the dangerous members in his Clan. He's probably the leader who's done the most severe punishments, exiling or demoting any cat who poses a threat to the well-being of his Clan. Ospreystar is a reserved leader who prefers to keep his personal affairs just that, personal. He's not great at keeping up relationships due to his reclusive nature, but those around him can help him to come out of his shell when needed. He chose his deputy because she was a good friend of his and a very charismatic cat, someone who could be the spokesperson for him. For personal information, Ospreystar is 40 moons, cishet, and on his 2nd life. He has one mate and one kit; his mate is also expecting. For living relatives he has his mother, sister, nieces and nephews, mate, and son. He's had 2 deputies in his leadership.

Rumblestar: Leader of ShadowClan. Rumblestar is exactly as his name suggests, a very rough-and-tumble tom. Don't let his battered appearance fool you, though, he's actually a pretty cool cat. Rumblestar leads as best as he can, but sometimes his personal benefit can get in the way. He has a love for drama and laughs, and is known to let some inter-clan conflicts continue despite them being easily solvable. While he was very hot-headed and abbrasive in his youth, Rumblestar has cooled down as he got older. His love for collecting scars remains, however, and he'll still try to fight a hawk or two to gain another one. This ties in to his passion for telling stories, often calling meetings just to regail his clanmates with the tales behind his scars. The older warriors and elders of the Clan see him as irresponsible and arrogant, but he really doesn't care what they think. He chose his deputy because he liked his atitude towards clan life and because he needed a fresh new face for his deputy. For personal information, Rumblestar is 52 moons, bi and cis, and on his fifth life. He has had 5 mates and no kits. His living relatives are his sister and nephew. He's had 3 deputies in his leadership.

This is all a part of my Warriors Fanfiction "The Butcherbird's Wish". I'll hopefully be posting more of it soon!

[the-firebird69]

Watchmen (2009) Official Trailer - Zac Snyder Superhero Movie HD

There's many things going on during this movie and some of them are from Saturday night live and he's made a few jokes but they are actually happening and other genres going on in New York City the whole time is only in a few days or less because of Sims i p o tomorrow a lot of people think that it's tomorrow night and we agree that he goes out and he gets injured because he was that would be paying the following day he goes out and gets injured because he's fighting to find out who this the person is no is it New York City trying to figure it out it becomes bane afterwards and he falls when he does something stupid because he's injured and ignites a football arena what you kind of need because they've got too much stuff up above and it's a pretty good pulse and the audience didn't really like it and the same football arena is in the movie Oblivion and it's exactly the one that was there in the middle of it was blown out completely and it's completely irradiated Tom Cruise has died from that dose that's why he blew himself up he knew he was dead even though a lot of people can you transport the brain into a clone so it goes you juice up and transport the brain those are you just a relation helps I know is I O well you know you should help for it but so this is okay just doing this I don't know Chuck Norris I want that ass hold it keeps on saying he's doing nothing and took all my business ideas Stars line up in the air so we're going to go ahead and use this idea he has to sue Mack and take everything he has and it's working Mack is falling apart all this Max are coming down and getting beat up everybody thinks he has everything cuz they're saying it out loud mumbling threats.

Tonight's ravena will go up there because he cannot resist the thought of fighting Hera in an RC Arena. He says if you don't win it's okay because they're bouncing everything against you and it's in a robot war and we can use that but it's better if we win and I think you will and I say thank you for your confidence but it's okay I understand what you're saying it's your character and if I don't win it's okay because they are saying about me all the time and will be in public and I don't know how it'll turn out either that if he doesn't win I sure as shootin going to say that I tried to win because you're telling me to try to win and I will and I usually beat them all sorts of fights I see what you're saying it's a win-win by the way so have fun and remember to make sure I'm pumped up a little bit because I'm usually bigger than the idiot we have something we need some pumped-up version mean the same size but you look bigger cuz you were and people see it there's so many people that are going we're going to put big screens everywhere even outside we're going to get permits all over to put them in at restaurants McDonald's wants one downtown Sarasota when he keeps on getting hung up and then while I'm at the drive-thru and Hillsboro and this drive-thru is all over the place we're going to put a drive-thru in in fort Myers for the bout and we're putting it in Vegas and already has two odds and it's closed and he's betting money on Hera and he spending his money and house is not out of your personal money you crazy man he wants to put $100,000 on her to win a real money and he get really paid and that store to get it to him Rd and Mac. And me Bitol and we all agree and wie and BJ the addition of course we would is the amount of money that you had last time to go to China and it would be the sign but really what you're saying is you better hundred thousand and if you win you make more money but it's a hundred thousand that people would remember and you're winning more money because of the hundred thousand so start understand something that's a really weird thing and it would be a way to go up there usually never works wei can understand why we understand that you wanted to go up there because you want to go in there when he's there and see what the heck happens. We all want to do that is a great idea so going to pay Tommy to throw the match and you probably won't because he'll be overcome by Dan is probably shoot his brain out in his diaper happens sometimes. I'm rooting for Hers because she's our girl a little baby girl Hera... Okay Father I agree. And she's our baby girl 2 Hera is. And she's my actual baby child and she's my girl and little girl was brought up myself and educated myself she came out perfect and you love and I want you to win not because I don't like Tommy F if I don't it's because she's a girl she needs to win because she's having a tough time with the treatment and he's receiving.

While pushing for her to win and for him to win some money on it so I'm going to put some money on him to win and real money and you can try and do something about this big company in cages and also the stuff you can't take it says he's tried and he's trying and what he's doing is not much but other people doing fine last night make it way worse starship troopers has everything you need. Well so I can get something he's chained units and he shouldn't cuz it's illegal so we're going to try this and see what happens

Mac daddy says and we agree he's done way too much already and we just going to sit here and try and help him no we can try and make this work and seems he's found something interesting to do have himself fight people cell channels into fights so I'm suggesting a fight and says okay Dan going to fight me get up there into the ring and fight the enemy Tron robot after practice with another enemy trying that looks just like you we need you to go up there early so we can scan you and that's a strip down in a private room it's like Tron in this machine goes on in these lines go all over you and scans your body and you're wearing a probably Tommy F banana smuggler but he can loan you injured and it scans you and it gets your exact dimensions and exact face and it makes them old really fast and it's out in minutes examine it and stuff and then do the makeup and everything on it and you'll be amazed what just like you and it's a risk of course a lot of people don't want to do that kind of thing but there's a ton of people who want you to like Bill it will and mac and others cuz he want to see how they do it and where it goes and where to take the data stuff like that so I got to go up there and do that and stop saying full of stings to me dances what's a deer you're provoking me all the time and get out because you're too teeny and you're sitting there pushed up against me and you won't stop and other people remove your brain to have you do it and you can ask around tonight because the great 5150 meeting and I have John C Reilly take you aside and give you a little talk you know how to get the alcohol breath in your face kind of explain what I'm talking about in your language cuz you're not really getting it and you know it's not really filing it just seems valid so I agree it seems violent but he's up for it because he wants me to ride the 5150 and Sebastian's making him from scratch she says and he knows about it and he's getting a deal so he's going to try and help and it's going to be a spokesperson for him I didn't do it for us so it's going over there now and since need you and Randall Tex Cobb format that's what people buy what's up I'm starting to see something we're both branding it and it's going to be the same cuz we use the same little brass piece that they were using that our bikes are built differently and it's not really the Hard knocks so it's going to start a fight and start a fight tonight and his timing and we're going to continue against damn and he asked me if I want to do the second fight and say I want Thor to do it and so Thor accepts and see will probably fight someone and he's pics bja and he says BJ you want to go there in person it's fine and it really hit that hard and says no that's okay then I would allow it so he's willing to do it they'll scan tall format we probably won't make it up there like that and they'll end up looking like Danny g she get his ass kicked

Hera Zues

I said most of this and I put most of it together it's kind of masochistic but he's going sweet everyday for no reason so he wants to do this show you what he can do to you we can do it tends to you are we going to it's a perfect night for it

Bitol and Goddess Wife

There's no reason for any of this happening I'm helping Father and Mother saving you help save us and yes the idea came from you guys since going back and it's a perfect time we need it in Olympus loved it and I put forward to them and he's saying finally this is what I need as you capitalize this is Us

Savage Oppress

I'm going to give him a big gift and I'm going to do the other side of it and start to do it now cuz they're building up forces to try and threaten to win and we're all working on it but I'm going to head it up I'm also going to ride up there on the hand of God cuz I took the bike cuz I can't stand these assholes we have demanded back use of a ton of blood supply we have a bunch of them then we're going to head up to the Bronx cuz it's an insult probably lose the whole damn thing

Darth Maul Darth Talon

So give me go up there with a smile on her face and a smile in a heart and saying that this is all fun and Mac is being a party pooper just took all the companies and wants to sit there and do nothing and think that nothing will happen to him instead of having a great time and distracting everybody like he is

Dan

So wondering what you're saying and it seems like he understands it but he probably doesn't it's all about caju you and this is what we needed and people are gross in our realm and they could be eating this stuff and I was going to give me thoughts. This reminds me of some kind of nightmare I had this week and I was sleeping I went to this place and they're all cage you I'm sitting here cussing him out cursing them out yelling at him like you do like you guys trade me too and they're turning around saying it's us so I think it's a premonition and he says it is and they do it in certain ways to me it's real hard to understand cuz I think I'm always make a genius last times I miss it I'm sorry ignore it sometimes you tell me he says what I didn't ignore this and it says this is going to happen and here it is happening and I can't believe it and sometimes my people believe I spent this is happening because he came up with this idea and it's kind of the cage effect if you're fighting them in any way for any reason all this weird stuff starts happening to you and he's helping us and not helping us so it's kind of a weird person

Daniel

We now see this it could be why Daniel Justice pain because what he said is a mouthful and it's absolutely true and up there is a huge gay Jew and it's right up Rock of Gibraltar that's probably like these monsters that were blocking the Midwest from the East

Mac

Well now we're finally talking about it I'm shooting my mouth off and now it's got a fight with Chris the robot how interesting what I'm going to say is Jaime the robot

Bja

[alien-slushie]

I had more ideas for this! At least about his relationships with other demons.

With Valintino gone, Angel needs a rival/antagonist to deal with. My vote is his family and Velvette.

Velvette-

So in this au the Vees lost a third of their power when Val was exterminated, and before they could deal that territory back Angel swooped in and snatched up the s*x district. I can see Vox and Velvette being really pissed about this, because they just lost a third of their power, influence, income, and territory. Maybe when Angel first became an Overlord or started gaining power they reached out to him with a possible partnership, but Angel shut that down fast because they(Vox and Velvette) knew what Val was doing, so of course Angel doesn't trust them. As for why I say Velvette specifically, Vox already has his complicated happenings with Alastor, but other than Velvette's sing off with Camilla, she doesn't seem to have any real enemies(yet). But also, Angel is famous, yes because of p*rn but also cause in this story he'd also be a singer/idol and actor, that gives him a massive following, and Velvette's thing is Social Media and Fashion.

His family-

Assuming Angel's family issues are the same: Mafia Family, who were always disappointed and looked down on him, hear that Angel became an Overlord. (I'd say they didn't know it was him right away because they don't care about that stuff and Angel changed his name from Anthony and Angel Dust, But after a family member, presumably Arakniss, sees that it's Angel, he tells his father.) As a mafia group I can see the family trying to become overlords but just never gaining enough power, or territory and they see Angel as their way up. I can see them playing it off as they wont punish him for leaving the family since hes so powerful now, but Of course Angel wants nothing to do with them, especially when they think they can try and boss him around in his own territory. Now his family is out to get him for leaving the family and humiliating them.(my only problem with this is how close it is to Moxxie's story line in Helluva Boss)

Now about friends/aquantinces:

Cherri-

The same, they're bffs and possible buisness partners. At the very least, everyone in hell knows Cherri is Angel's friend and are cautious because she has Angel's backing even if she isn't an Overlord herself.

Charlie&Vaggie-

Same as Canon, takes some warming up but he doesn't hate them. Loves teasing and taunting them. I'm unsure if Angel would really believe in redemption in this AU, hes no longer looking for escape so he has no real reason to join Charlie, but maybe he thinks some of his workers have what it takes to be redeemed and he teams up with Charlie to try and encourage them to try even if he thinks it's no use for himself?

Nifty-

Same as Canon. Really annoying little Sibling/daughter thing that Angel can't help but look out for.

Alastor-

Tense friendship? Angel is Hypers*xual, and that makes Alastor uncomfortable but they are from around the same time period so they have some things in common. Alastor also doesn't see Angel as a threat, Angel is strong enough for Alastor to somewhat acknowledge but not so strong that Alastor wants to k*ll him. When Angel isn't his persona the two can get along okay, even if Alastor doesn't get what's so fascinating with flims or p*rn. Sometimes if Alastor is feeling generous he'll let Angel sing songs from the 1920-30s on his radio show.(the fact that Radiodust are friends makes Vox so mad, which Al and Angel both love). When it comes to the hotel, they don't really clash. Alastor is an investor, and Angel is more or less an ornament/spokesperson so there are no territory issues.

Rosie-

Acquaintances by association. They're pretty friendly to eachother, but would never meet or talk outside of Overlord meetings or Alastor. They don't hate eachother and share mutual respect, they just aren't friends.

Carmilla-

Aquantinces/Have a deal. Camilla gives Angel a discount on weapons, and in exchange Angel looks out for her girls when they deliver to his area, but they don't ever really interact otherwise or care one way or the other outside of that arrangement.

Sir Pentious-

Rivals by association. Angel helps Cherri during her terf wars against Pentious, but otherwise he isn't really worth Angel's time. In the hotel they're pretty friendly, but Angel more or less sees him as that really eccentric cousin you pretty much only hang out with at family holidays.

Lucifer-

Angel likes Lucifer as his boss/king but they don't interact much. Angel does keep Lucifer updated on Charlie, but only when he specifically asks, and he doesn't tell him more than: "Oh she's doing good." Type of thing.

Husk-

Angel and Husk have a complicated relationship. As an Overlord Husk was gutsy, crass, cocky, and rude, but then so is Angel. Thing is, Angel knew when to stop, Husk didn't. They weren't friends as first, but slowly became friends over time as fellow overlords. When Husk started loosing bets and deals Angel tried to help him, and advise him against making certain bets, but Husk was too deep in the hole and lashed out at him. After Husk lashed out Angel distanced himself. Husk was too ashamed to crawl to Angel for help, and soon Husk lost his overlord title and sold his soul to Alastor. Angel didn't know Husk bet his soul away to Alastor until the hotel, but then things were too tense between them. Husk was obviously chasing away his misery with alcohol and Angel wasn't sure if he should try and help or not since the last time Husk lashed out at him.(in this AU Angel sings an altered version of "Loser, Baby" to Husk, because sure Angel is an overlord now but its not like hes never been in the hole before, or doesnt still have his own issues.) Their friendship does start to slowly mend after this.

Hazbin Hotel/Angel Dust AU that I can't stop thinking about! This is not completely thought out, kinda just jumbled thought threads.

Warning: The usual stuff that's talked about/discussed/implied when it comes to Angel Dust's line of work

Takes place years before before Charlie Opens the hotel but the timeline isn't super important other than that.

Another extermination has come and gone and Angel Dust is expecting another grueling year trapped under Valintino's thumb, with a higher probability of it sucking even more since the sleez has solidified himself as an overlord. But then, he gets to the studio and Valintino is nowhere to be found. That's not nessicarrily an odd thing, the stronger Valintino got the less he showed up. But then the news spreads; Valintino got extermated.

Valintino is gone and dead, meaning Angel's contract is null and void. And Angel...Angel doesn't know what to do. He's worked for Valintino for so long, and sure he hated the dick but he never expected that he would actually be free. What did he do now? What could he do now?

He still needed a job, money, to take care of himslef so he wouldn't end up exterminated next year, so he stuck to stripping and porn(maybe a few singing gigs if he could get them), it's kinda all he knew in terms of making money, and no way in Hell(pun intended) was he going to crawl back to his father. Luckily he had Cherri to rely a bit on, so he wasn't completely alone in such a sudden change. He refused to sign another contract, but because he was still so well known the people he worked with were fine with that as long as they got a taste of the business Angel brought in.

Things changed when he saw a John getting handsy and aggressive with another demon, and stepped in. He didn't need to step in, but seeing the demon getting ab*sed and hurt like he used to snapped something in him. From then on, Whever he saw something like that happen, Angel would step in, even if he had to shoot up the f*ckers.

Before long he was known for more than just a Pornstar, he made a name for himself as the Pornstar who took care of others in the buisness, and soon demons were coming to him. They wanted his protection, even willing to sign a contract to him.

At first, Angel was vehemently against it. He didn't want to be like Val and dealing in sould never sounded all that interesting to him. But, eventually, after one too many demons came to him bruised up, and beaten, he agreed. His contracts were pretty simple, he got a percentage of their earnings, not a lot mind you, like 10-20%, and in exchange he'd beat the shit out of anyone that tried to hurt them. Biggest of all, they could pull out of the contract whenever they wanted, and If he hurt them, the contract would immediately be void.

When word got out that Angel was taking contracts, more and more s*x workers came in droves.

His own income, on top of what he got from the contracts, allowed Angel to buy an entire apartment building, which many of his contractors took up residence in. From rent and working hard Angel was able to buy Val's old studio, gut it, burn it down, and rebuild it from the brimstone up! He started making his own movies(P*rn and nonp*rn alike) in the studio and more people would come, wanting fame and fortune.

Slowly, Angel was started building his own territory, filling the power gap that Val left, except stronger since his employees actually liked him.

After years of hard work, and shooting *ssholes, Angel became an Overlord.

Basically:

-Angel Dust pulling himself up and protecting others in the industry from what he went through

-Slow Burn Angel unintentionally becoming an Overlord(Maybe making a pact with Cherri and them working together similarly to the Vees' situation?)

-Angel is a good boss and people love working with/for him

-Angel still works in porn and such, but hes calling the shots now, and even acts in nonporny stuff because he loves acting, singing, and dancing(love a Creative King)

-Eventually Charlie does seek Angel out to be her first patron to the Happy/Hazbin Hotel. Since he already has a reputation for protecting those under him, she thought he'd be the best option, and his position as a Overlord is also a big selling point.

-Angel also having a preexisting connection to Alastor and/or Husk sounds hilarious