Jokes On U, Al, He Is Into THAT

I know a lot of people are hoping for it, but I actually kinda hate the idea of Vox hypnotizing Alastor. Not because I think it’s out of character or anything like that (man is a narcissistic villain it’s been known) but I just really like the idea of Vox simply not being able to.

Fair warning! A lot of this is based on my many headcanons 😅

I’ve heard people headcanon that Vox and Val are kind of neutralized against one another. Vox can’t smell Val’s smoke and Val can’t see Vox’s hypnosis. I like this a lot! Except (whoops I can’t remember if this is canon or just my headcanon) Val’s saliva is the aphrodisiac, meaning enough kissing or even spitting in Vox’s drink and he could be drugged. Similarly, I think with enough time and patience Vox could hypnotize Val or any other sinner that has an advantage by having poor eyesight. It’s probably harder to start and maintain, but it can be done. And I love the idea that with enough patience and cleverness Vox and Val are dangerous to each other! I think it’d work super well with their dynamic in the show of them being partners who care about one another and are working together but could be pushed to betray one another for the right price! It’d be hard to convince them, just as it’d be hard for it to actually work, but it can be done.

Now back to Vox and Alastor, I want it to be impossible for Vox to hypnotize Al. Oh he can try. He can keep Alastor bound and staring at him forever and it still wouldn’t work. Why? Not because he’s too powerful or smart or anything like that but simply because they’re too similar.

(Another headcanon whoops) I like to think Vox can hypnotize people because he can manipulate people’s brain waves the same way you would radio waves. He can turn on and off signals to parts of the brain the same way you tune in to get a good signal. Essentially, he forces them to follow and listen to his signals.

But then there’s Alastor, the radio demon, the one who can broadcast to all of hell with nothing more than a thought. Alastor, who has been manipulating signals and radio waves long before Vox was even in Hell. It just doesn’t work on him. He can’t be brute forced switched like Vox usually does or even gently coaxed and proded like with Val. They’re already broadcasting on the same radio waves, after all, and while television might dominate that space now, it has always been mastered and belonged to radio, to Alastor. He’s immune simply from how he functions alone. Vox would be better off trying to screw with the signals to give Alastor a migraine than he ever would be trying to hypnotize him.

And I think ultimately this would represent their relationship very well too! Vox may have more going for him in this modern age (may have advantages like hypnosis) but Alastor is older. He doesn’t need to rely on tricks when his reputation alone is enough to get him where he needs to be. Besides, they’re two halves of the same coin (I say in delusional Radiostatic). They use the same radio waves, know each other’s frequency by heart, and can always tune in to one another’s signals. They’re equals no matter what fancy powers Vox develops or how many years Alastor disappears. They were always going to be equals the second Vox fell to Hell because they are the only two who can manipulate the radio waves, an entire powerful subsection of Hell just for the two of them. My guess is that’s why Alastor was ever interested in Vox in the first place.

But beyond shipping I do hope we get to see just how similar and connected they are in season two. I really do think it would be much more symbolic if Vox can’t hypnotize Alastor no matter how hard he tries (just like he can’t get Alastor to respect him no matter what he does) when that should really be the one thing he has over Al. No matter how powerful Vox gets or what he does, Alastor is always going to be just out of reach. And for a man like Vox who seems to always get what he wants, I think that might drive him to do some absolutely wild things in the next season.

(And of course for Alastor it’s a safety and a relief. He can remain confident that he can always best Vox no matter what. No matter how much more Vox seems to grow than him, he’s fine in the past and his stagnation and his ideals. Vox is obviously wrong about his whole philosophy, he has to be. The TV’s evolution could never truly pose a threat to him, could it?)

Vox in my clothes (I'm boring AF) the money laundering shirt is real & I own 2 of them

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Vox vs. gossip-

Charlie should stop hanging Vaggie right there, literally.

Alastor doesn't like being recorded. We repeatedly see his blurred image in the show. Vaggie's camera exploded in her hands when she tried to film him. He turned his back (which still frazzled) when they filmed the commercial. No Voxtek drone can capture his image and YET. We see Alastor pose for Vox in the finale. We then see a CLEAR photo of him with a torn edge where Vox's visage barely peaks through and STILL people have the gall to deny past platonic radiostatic? Ya'll the food is served to us on a silver platter, why are we refusing to see the truth

They were friends. They obviously had to like each other for that to happen. I so rarely see radiostatic fics/art where Alastor doesn't despise Vox's personality. Like babes, no. That man barely tolerates men in general, Vox would have had to match Alastor’s energy impeccably for Alastor to hang out with him. When asked to describe their relationship, Vivienne said "sad and complicated" and we as a fandom brushed past that WAYYY too quickly. If that's not fuel for ship angst, I don't know what is. Those parallels between them in the show (I feel like only brainrot radiostatic fans know which ones) are not there gratuitously. Alastor is a class A narcissist, OF COURSE he will like people who behave and act like him. Your honor they're in love, I rest my case

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alastor and his video camera in episode one is so interesting to me you guys. mr. i-hate-technology having the time of his life filming a video commercial? very important contradiction. to me.

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