when life gives you lemons

After Vox makes the split second decision to aim the Might of Lilith at himself and Alastor to take them both out at the same time, fate intervenes and sends them both back in time to when they were humans alive at the same time.

However, while they don’t remember most of their previous lives or the fact they’ve lived through this all already, they remember what all Sinners brought back do: pain. Pain as a warning, a promise of what will happen if they go down the same path.

For Alastor, this only brings back the name Vincent Whittman, though he doesn’t know how this relates to pain.

For Vox, he doesn’t just remember Alastor’s name. He remembers the rejection and what it led to.

And Vox wants revenge for every ounce of suffering.

weird thought but what if the reason Vox was drawn to Alastor in the first place was partly because Vox is a shark demon (we see him have gills), and sharks are instinctively drawn to the smell of blood. Alastor went on major killing sprees, especially the first few decades he was in Hell, so Vox was probably interested subconsciously by the smell of blood and that was one of the reasons he liked being around Alastor.

meaning it’s literally his nature to want to be around someone like Alastor. it is something literally built into him and he can’t escape it no matter how hard he tries. no matter how far he goes to escape it, wanting to be around Alastor is a part of him. he can’t stop needing Alastor more than he can stop breathing. he would only be able to escape it through a second death. he can’t even say he’s being led by his heart because it’s his mind too. every part of him craves Alastor like a starved man.

illicit affairs by taylor swift is so radiostatic/eventual radiosilence core, especially the last minute

Vox: You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me

Alastor: I’m the best thing that’s ever happened to you?

Vox: Yes!

Alastor: I’m starting to feel a little sorry for you

As Vox had an earlier TV head when he met Baxter, and it’s implied from Baxter being a bio-scientist that Baxter made Shock.wav, I wonder just how long it took for Shock.wav to be designed and created.

Maybe the original plans were drawn up back when Alastor and Vox were still friends.

Maybe Vox intended to make Shock.wav see Alastor as a father too because he assumed they’d be partners forever, and it was only when Alastor rejected him that Vox made Baxter change the coding for Shock.wav to completely hate Alastor in the way Vox never fully could.

While Alastor would never tell anyone, and he never uses it, he does actually have a phone. A very old one from the early 60s, but a telephone nonetheless.

Vox insisted he get it during their ‘friendship’ in case it was an emergency and they had to call each other. Most of the time, it was Vox that called, and it was never for an emergency. It was usually just to talk to Alastor.

For some reason, even though he and Vox have been enemies for decades, Alastor’s never quite had the heart to get rid of it. He leaves it plugged in as well.

Not that he expects Vox to call. He just thinks if there’s an emergency with any Overlords, it’s useful to have. It’s totally not because while every Sinner hears Vox’s voice daily, Alastor misses the way Vox specifically spoke to him.

Not at all.

But Alastor won’t call Vox though. That would be an insult to his pride. So he’ll just happen to be by the phone consistently and attune his ears to the frequency the ringing lets out. It doesn’t mean anything. It can’t, because he’s the Radio Demon, and he knows deep down that Vox won’t call because he thinks Alastor wouldn’t pick up. He also knows that if he called Vox, Vox would pick up in a heartbeat.

But he’s too proud to do so, so he’ll just keep forever waiting for a call he knows he won’t receive.

As he has a TV head, it’s probably extremely painful for Vox to cry. It also likely brings back memories of his death, especially when the water mixes with the electricity and it feels like he’s dying all over again.

He cries in anger when he realises he’s just died and gone to Hell and has no influence anymore. The pain of that makes him swear never again.

He breaks that promise when Alastor rejects his partnership, because that humiliation feels worse than dying anyway. The night he decides he’ll become so powerful Alastor has to regret his choices Vox makes another vow that now he won’t cry, because what could hurt more than losing Alastor?

Then that promise is broken too after Vox loses both his influence and Alastor again all it one night.