#like i have a good portion of it done

[problemswithbooks]

So, I recently watched Helluva Boss and as always I've been prusing the tags for it on tumblr to see what other people think about the story and characters.

Something that stuck out to me is when people say Striker is a hypocrite because he hates the Royals, puts down Blitz and Fizz for being with Royals, but he, himself, works for one. Also that his pitch he gave to Blitz about teaming up to take down Royals was all a lie.

Now, I'm not going to say he's not being a bit of a hypocrite, especially given how much he hates Royals. What I will say is that I understand why Striker wouldn't see it that way (besides the fact he has a seemingly desperate need to feel superior to other imps).

Striker wants to kill Royals--that is very clear. A huge hurtle to that goal is that they are immortal. The only thing that can kill them is Angelic Steel--something that is rare and expensive. Yes, Striker is supposedly a well known assassin, but it's doubtful he'd ever make enough money to afford Angelic Weapons without taking on extremely wealthy clients. The wealthiest would be those at the top.

We don't know if Striker has worked with Royals before. If we assume Stella was the first Royal he was hired by, that makes his choice to work with her make far more sense. Particularly when we take into account who her target is--her equally Royal husband.

Unless stated otherwise later, Stella must have provided Striker with his Angelic Weapons so he could kill Stolas. She doesn't just give him a single weapon, either. She gets him a sniper rifle, pistols, a knife and a rope so he can incapacitate Stolas and take his vast magic abilities away, rendering him helpless. On top of that, she is also paying him money.

Given Stella never brings up the fact he lost the sniper rifle, or demands he return the weapons she provides, this deal he's making, although hypocritical, is only a benefit for Striker. He's getting paid to kill someone he wants to anyway, and a new arsenal that gives him the capability to kill Royals afterward.

This is why I don't think his offer to Blitz was a lie. I think what he told Blitz is his long term goal/plan, and was simply offering Blitz to join him since he found Blitz to be somewhat equal to him after Blitz did so well in the harvest games. Once they killed Stolas, got Stella's money, they would turn around and start using those funds and weapons to kill more Royals.

The reason Striker doesn't see himself as on the same level as Blitz and Fizz with their relationships with Royals is because he sees himself as using Stella, where he perceives Blitz and Fizz as being used. It's true that Blitz gets similar benefits from his relationship with Stolas (if Striker even knows about Blitz using Stolas's spell book for his business, I can't recall) but given what Striker saw of their relationship, he would see Stolas using silly pet names despite Blitz disliking it and see that as Blitz debasing himself publicly for Stolas. Yes, Stella doesn't treat him with the upmost respect, but it's over the phone, without witnesses. Nor does he give her anything in return except a dead husband--someone he would have targeted anyway.

He sees Fizz as even worse because, to him, it appears Fizz has given up his own autonomy to live a cushy lifestyle. Yes, Fizz gains many benefits from being with Ozzie, but Striker views it as letting Ozzie take advantage of him, to let Ozzie treat him like a pet (which some people do, do to some imps). He doesn't know Ozzie loves Fizz--franky I don't think he'd believe a Royal could love an imp at all anyway.

Yes, he may work for a Royal, and take her orders, but he does so to pilfer more and more Angelic Weapons from her as well as take her money, all of which I'm sure he tells himself he will later use against her and the rest of the upper class. It's a business transaction that he actually holds all the cards in. Unlike Blitz and Fizz he doesn't have to publicly debase himself to get the benefits he seeks. At least that's how he sees things.

[b4kuch1n]

fuck it sk8 sketches from da sketchbook. get sk8ed idiot

[quibbs126]

So I’ve been seeing Arcane on my feed, even though I haven’t watched the series yet (it’s on my “to watch” list, has been for a while now), and now I basically want that, but Transformers

By which I mean, a series that’s basically showing Cybertron and a bunch of Transformers around the time the war broke out, and how it turned them into the characters we see in the current day

From what I understand, Arcane is basically like an origin story for a bunch of League of Legends characters

I know Transformers One is already sort of that, and yeah Optimus and Megatron would probably be characters in this hypothetical story, but also there’d be focus on other characters here too. Arcane isn’t all about Jinx and Vi, even if they’re big players

I don’t know, it seems neat to me

[raiiny-bay]

lil headshots of the boys bc i miss them

[icewindandboringhorror]

Recent misc pictures

[rabbittush]

One day I’m gonna finally draw the scene from my one piece hockey au that’s been plaguing me for months…One day…

[grinchwrapsupreme]

[milfbrainrot]

my heart hurts at the timeskip

[snootlestheangel]

I hate finally getting into the zone with writing only to be on a time restriction.

Like I don't wanna go back to work. I'd rather sit here and write than walk dogs. Granted, it's a really nice day out, so walking dogs won't be terrible and will feel pretty nice but still.

I wanna be writing

[muskmelon-enjoyer-199x]

Friday night is gonna be lit

I have stir-fry plans and iguana marriage plans and I got a beer and we have cartoons to watch. Sick

[swagging-back-to]

lying to a kid about if theyre adopted should be classified as abuse and no j am not joking

[crescentfool]

doing things outside of your usual is such a humbling experience...

[victorluvsalice]

I said I might do this in the tags on the first post of last week's Chill Valicer Save update -- here's the full-sized images from the in-game photoshoot I had my trio do right before said update so I'd have at least one shot of them in the correct order and wearing the correct clothes for my "OT3 Math" Valicertine's Day post. And then I ended up using all three anyway because I couldn't decide which one I liked best. XD Did I really need to do this for a single silly tumblr post about how much I love my Valicer OT3? No. Am I glad I did it anyway? Yes. XD

[supercantaloupe]

apparently i'm already halfway done my musicology degree??

[zecoritheweirdone]

me when i think about vagabonds by scorpionoesit for too long

[batcavescolony]

Jughead Jones would have beef with Michelle Obama over her 'Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids' Act back in 2010.