So, here’s my two cents on Alador Blight for what it’s worth.
When he was introduced, I just couldn’t decide what to think. Yes, his seeming obliviousness and goofiness and how much delight he found something as simple as a butterfly made me want to like him.
But he was no help to his kids or their friends when Odalia, his wife was being… well, a bitch. He didn’t side with her, he just stood by. Was this apathy? Is he just such a workaholic he’s honestly oblivious to the family dynamics and how Odalia treats their children? Even if he genuinely WAS that busy it didn’t excuse what looked like him being neglectful.
Then the episode with that brawl aired, and we saw more of him. He obliviously just tried to make Amity stick to Odalia’s plans without hearing what she was trying to say or even turning away from his work for even a moment. Cue pity for Amity and relief that she at least had her big brother and sister there for her.
Then soon after he arrives at the brawl everything goes wrong. All while battling Amity, frustrated that he not only doesn’t listen but is keeping her out of the fight like she can’t defend herself or help out she finally lets it all out. And something amazing and heartening happened: Alador LISTENED. He immediately dropped Odalia’s plans in favor of being supportive and promising to do what he could where her mother was concerned.
But it’s acknowledged that that isn’t enough yet when she denies his attempt at a hug. And again, he listens. Maybe it kinda felt like a slap in the face that he’d failed Amity so much she shakes his hand instead of accepting his offer of a hug? Satisfying promise for the future, as far as I could see.
Then the latest episode aired. When he tried to speak up to Odalia she went for her brooch the same way she did when she was threatening Amity. I’m immediately worried, has she been abusing him all these years the way she has been Amity? What exactly is the magic she’s threatening to use on them?
When he’s finally seen away from Odalia this episode, he’s bearing his soul out to King, who is disguised as a guard. He says he hasn’t had a day off in FIVE YEARS. That’s horrible and I felt for him. Seems he hadn’t even been allowed a chance to even try to be a real father and that was half the parent issues in the Blight household to me. (The other half being Odalia is a manipulative, possibly abusive bitch.) And he desperately wants to be a real father to the kids, get to know them and work on making up for his past failings. I’m impressed, once Amity made him see there were issues he’d clearly thought thoroughly on how he can change things and be better.
Then King, who has been disguised as a guard the whole time, confirms that the suspicions Alador tried to voice to Odalia earlier about their business dealings with Belos were 100% spot on and worse than he realized. He tells Alador the truth about the day of unity.
He immediately goes to warn Odalia only to see her imprisoning their kids, his younger daughter’s girlfriend and their friends. And the bombshell drops: Odalia knew but was too power hungry to care. I don’t know if she realizes the draining spell would probably mean everyone dies INCLUDING her and I doubt it’d change anything for her.
When the fight is over and Odalia is gone he immediately tells the kid who seems to be Luz that she’s always welcome. All in all, he’s making progress and wants to change things for the better and I’m optimistic.
As a parent, Alador is worlds ahead of Odalia but still has work to do, knows it and is ready and willing to put in the effort needed to change and fix things. I’m satisfied, and think he has potential to be a wonderful father without Odalia and being overworked holding him down.
In the end, my main thoughts regarding Alador as a character is get this man divorce papers and a long, long vacation stat.
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Hunter’s face here absolutely rips me to shreds.
Because even after everything, even though Belos was his abuser, even though he maniplulated and hurt him his whole life, even though he tried to kill him and his friends hunders of times over and even though Hunter hates him more then anything, that was still the man who raised him.
Even though it’s terrible Belos was still the closest thing he had to a dad. He was the only person in Hunter’s life up until a few months ago, and during that time Hunter genuinely cared for him. He wanted to make his uncle proud of him, he was happy to play out his orders not just because he was absolutely terrified of him, but because he cared for him too and he considered him family. And even though Hunter knows that Belos was awful to him and that he was only ever a tool to him now, there are still those conflicting emotions. There’s still that deep underlying feeling that he needs to care for him, that he wants to care for him no matter how awful he was.
Now that Belos is gone he doesn’t know how to feel, there’s shock, relief, pain, and anger all in that one expression. He’s not happy that his abuser is gone but he’s not glad either, Belos’s manipulation with Hunter runs deep and even though he understands that Belos was evil now, it’s going to take a while for him to be able to feel fully glad that he’s gone, if that even ever happens.
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Also, everyone keeps talking about how Gus took down a Coven leader but fail to mention the fact that Gus took down the HEAD COVEN OF ILLUSIONS with his ILLUSIONS
Like, not even a close fight in the slightest, he crippled the man and left him incapacitated for an indeterminate amount of time!
Holy shit Gus!!
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