#not gonna tag val bcuz this really isn't all that related to him tbh

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

Okay, y'all wanna know what I hate? I hate how every time I try to talk about how Vox might be in an abusive situation with Val, I always have to tack on "BUT I DON'T CONDONE HIS ACTIONS OR ANYTHING!!!" while saying it. Like. It's so annoying. I get that being a victim wouldn't make Vox any less of a POS!!! Of fucking course it wouldn't!!! Val isn't fucking forcing him to spy on the entire pride ring, he just does that for funnsies!!! But being a POS ALSO doesn't make him any less of a potential victim. I feel like fucking Mr Incredible in that one meme every time I say shit like this but like

Being a victim and being a bad person are not mutually exclusive. Bad people can be in shitty situations, and even when their behavior isn't a direct product of those situations, it's okay to acknowledge that they're in a bad place!!! It doesn't make YOU a bad person if you side with an asshole on something that's completely unrelated to the shitty things they do. I JUST WANNA HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT FEELING LIKE SOMEBODY'S GONNA FUCKIN COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND SAY I THINK VOX IS ACTUALLY A GOOD GUY OR SOME SHIT GODDAMN!!!!!!!!!!