I just wanna pop in and say how much I appreciate you drawing Fiddleford with a receded chin. It's something a lot of people don't include in their Fidds art which is unfair! He's so cute with it!?! Stan and Ford have enough chin for everyone!
As a soft jawed lad myself it’s important to me :)))
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still thinking about martha wayne being an actress and how that would make so much more sense as for bruce being in the spotlight the way he is. also, since i like it when gotham is weird and kind of old fashioned, im thinking about it being considered common to wear black to signify being in mourning, so bruce grows up only wearing black (by choice–not for any regard to the social norms of gotham. just because it doesnt feel right to wear anything other than black after the death of his parents). everywhere else just thinks bruce is being "goth" or "emo" or however else he gets labelled, but the citizens of gotham know what it resembles. maybe a few times a gothamite will make a viral tweet about it but the general population doesnt know/understand the weight of bruce wayne's color palette.
and, maybe, on the anniversary of their deaths one year, he won't wear black. he'll wear a suit, colorful and vibrant, to an event in their honor, he'll give a speech and shake hands and smile, whatever. its a gotham event, and so everyone understands the implications of the color. its a gotham event with reporters from all over who truly dont understand what a goldmine of content is standing in the front of the room. bruce knows that the crowd in front of him knows, and he just keeps grinning away
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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.
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au where simon is working as a waiter at some fancy schmancy event and prince wilhelm sees him in a rare moment when he's not carrying a tray of champagne or canapes and thinks surely this beautiful being must be another prince or at least some sort of dignitary so he starts to flirt and simon is so amused he doesn't correct him and when wille finds out later that night (because simon is a troll but not a con artist) wille is like "were you trying to fake-prince Aladdin your way into my heart??" and simon is like "hey you're the one who thought i was too beautiful to be poor, when really i promise it's because i'm not the product of centuries of inbreeding" and needless to say they're both smitten
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