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antis are exhausting.

"it's gross" is an opinion, not an irrefutable fact

"harassment of anyone is bad" shouldnt be a controversial statement

"everyone is allowed in the main tags" is true, even for the people you dont like. you cant control the things that people post, only the actions you take to avoid the triggering stuff

"someone of your intellect" is ableist no matter how you look at it

"it's deviant/could harm children" is recycled transphobic/homophobic rhetoric

fiction shouldnt hold your hand and tell you what your moral compass is. people are allowed to explore dark themes/tropes in fiction, even if it's triggering to you

stop making stuff you dont like into a morality/censorship battle. you cant control everyone around you, but you can control your own actions.

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No one can escape my sight…

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Anyone still watching Saiki K?

Also im trying to teach myself CSP please be nice

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personally i would read the psychological thriller based on the horrific events that transpire at the fanfic retreat

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Anakin in a nutshell

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AU where Obi-Wan is like, "Maybe dumping him on a terrible desert world under his real name isn't the best idea. Obviously not everyone can be adopted by wealthy, doting rulers, but maybe Luke should have, like, health care?" And then because he's Obi-Wan, he's like, well, really all children here should, time for a revolution. Again. Sigh.

haha i think we have very different ideas about what obi-wan post ROTS is capable of during his time on tatooine — even if it’s an au where he raises luke as his under a name that isn’t Skywalker, you can’t convince me numb crying and nightmares and going through the motions isn’t at least his job 5 days out of 7. the man cannot start a revolution he can’t even keep his beard neat and tidy. he’s too worried about trying to remember what babies eat to worry about the state of the tatooine health care.

imo, au where it’s decided that they can’t let Luke keep the name Skywalker and be raised on tatooine so obi-wan takes him and goes to another small and inconsequential planet, one with less ghosts. one that he’s never set actually foot on (that he remembers)….Stewjon

meanwhile the Kenobi family on stewjon thinks it’s the most Kenobi thing to not speak to your family for 38 years and then show up heartbroken on the run and with a baby. obi-wan doesn’t MEAN to rely on the Kenobis for help, but he’s just so tired. and there’s something so nice about the community of Kenobi’s who come forward to help him with luke. Younglings are supposed to be raised communally - that’s the only thing obi-wan knows.

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girl help i’m having creation ideas above my skill level

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Oldie but goldie

My brother bought me Hades last year and it consumed my soul

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george lucas, remarkably unsubtley, over and over again: the fall of the republic was because of corporate interests interfering with politics and increased complacency with fascist ideas in the face of a manufactured war

everyone, for some reason: so the jedi were the REAL villains because they didn’t get married

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happy birthday to my best friend grey 🐇🩵🫂🛌

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Sweet baby boy 🖤

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just curious about what your personal interpretation of the alastor charlie dad thing is. do you think he's being 100% sincere and it just comes up quickly cause of the small amount of episodes or are you in the it's a scam to make lucifer super angry camp?

tl;dr - I think he has ulterior motives and pissing off Lucifer is an added just a bonus.

I feel like Alastor has some growing fondness for the gang at the hotel, but he wouldn’t go out of his way for them - and I’m not sure he even would for people he considers his friends. 

The show seems to imply he’s put some distance between himself and everyone. 

Angel: He’s been here a while and is still a big, creepy mystery.

We rarely see him attending group activities, even though he’s usually around. He doesn’t seem to eat with the rest of the gang - we see him having a drink on the balcony of the hotel before Sir Pentious attacks - then later, eating alone in his room when Vaggie comes to ask him to take care of the egg boys. (It’s an interesting contrast to Angel, who’s almost always lounging around on the couch on his phone.)

Even the night before the Extermination when everyone is spending time together, he’s hanging back with Niffty and says these two lines: 

Alastor: It’s been a surprising thrill to witness these wayward souls find connection.

Alastor: An enjoyable collective to be around. I admit one could get accustomed.

To me, that implies he doesn’t consider himself part of the collective - but he does like them, to some degree. And we see he’s capable of genuinely liking and caring for people, like Mimsy, if we take the relationship at face value. 

But even Mimsy seems to think “friends” isn’t quite the right word for their relationship. She knows she can count on him to protect her and that he likes her company and admires her skill but the way she talks about Alastor seems to imply she sees him as somewhat self-involved: 

Mimsy: Friends? Well, that’s your word not mine but I think it fits.

Mimsy: You don’t actually give a shit about this tacky place, do ya? Come on. I know you. You heartless son of a bitch.

And when she thanks him for getting rid of the loan sharks, there’s a lot of feed his ego and implying he’s big and strong and powerful and she’s weak and needs him: “what a fantastic show”, “thanks for helping little ol’ me”, “but you love taking care of me”. And that kind of relationship probably feels safe for someone like Alastor, who needs to feel in control.

His relationship with Rosie also seems to have some level of being transactional. She immediately tells him about a deal he could make and says he’s never done her wrong, implying they’ve worked together before to her benefit. 

Rosie: Yo Alastor I got a primo connect on a guy with about eight blocks of territory and not enough goons to run it. Prime pickings for a deal to be made, my friend. 

Rosie: And old Alastor has never done me wrong before.

He seems to even trust her enough to be upfront about his motives about Charlie with her (but that could be misdirection), saying she’s: “filled with potential that [he] can guide” after directly singing about how she’s powerful like her father.

As for Charlie, I think it’s hard for most people to not eventually come around to her in spite of her flaws, and I don’t think Alastor would be an exception. 

But I think at the end of the day, Charlie is a means to an end and Alastor values that end more than he values his current relationship with her.

She’s the princess of hell, with all the power that comes with that. And when singing with Rosie, he mentions “like her daddy [Charlie] is very powerful” and “filled with potential that [he] can guide”.

And Vox himself worries about Alastor’s power if he strikes a deal with Charlie - which is why he sends Sir Pentious to the hotel to try and prevent it:

Vox: We have a problem. Alastor is getting close to little princess Morningstar. So our main concern now is ensuring that no deal is ever struck between Lucifer’s brat and that smiling freak. 

Therefore, because Alastor seems to hold everyone at arm’s length, have transactional friendships, and ulterior motives with Charlie, I don’t think he’s being 100% sincere in Best Dad In Hell.

But I also don’t think he was necessarily lying. He is stepping into the role of the dad she desires because it benefits him. All she seems to want from her dad is someone who believes in her and will support her. And he is caring for her in that way if not a traditional sense.

His wording is letting Charlie (and the audience) draw their own conclusions from his actions. 

And he never says how he feels about the idea of the hotel itself - he just says “Charlie has a unique vision” and that they’re “all very proud of her”. And we’ve seen he does seem to be proud of her and find her capable, whatever his motives - (to Rosie: “Surprised? Why I knew she could do it all along” “she’s filled with potential). 

I don’t think Alastor has had a reason to grow attached to Charlie beyond passive fondness (“enjoyable collective to be around”).

But I think Hell's Greatest Dad is a turning point in Alastor and Charlie’s relationship for Charlie because she starts to see Alastor as a contrast to her father and recognizes the extent of how much he’s done. I think it’s also one of the main catalysts in why she was willing to make a deal with him. He’s shady af but he’s the devil you know.

As for why he does what he does with Lucifer, Lucifer threatens the role he’s established for himself in Charlie’s life (mentor, wish granter). And I think that's why he makes an effort to insert himself between them at every opportunity (we’ll give the tour TOGETHER) - and part of the reason he’s so annoyed by Husk interrupting. Because so long as he's antagonizing Lucifer, he can't insert himself back into his daughter's life.

And it's obviously really hard to tell from Alastor's expression how he feels during More Than Anything but to me the look was similar to the one he was wearing while the Egg Boys were annoying him before his eye twitches around them (similar to what he does with Lucifer while she's hugging Charlie).

wow that was a novel sorry lmao