Boiling valangel down to nothing but "a rapist and thier victim" completely erases any agency that Angel does have and does a great disrespect to the complications and neauances of survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
I always had the headcanon that Angel started out in love with Valentino, or knew him before Hell but never actually was close to him. Val, being a manipulator, may have actually enjoyed how eager Angel was or actually just had fun, before his true nature showed.
the relationship between Angel and Val has a LOT more nuance than that and I’m so fucking tired of getting told otherwise. Stop toning down the relationship just because you (by that I mean these people) don’t like it.
It's so exhausting as someone who relates to Angel. 🥱
You don't gotta like it but please understand people end up trapped in abuse for so many different reasons and survivors are not a monolith in our experience.
isn’t there that meme-diagram of OP saying something that bounces off their intended target and hurts someone else? feels very relevant to the Valentino performative outrage
I just have to wave it off as kids being kids these days sadly, I went through similar outrage over other dumb shit when I was younger but it wasn’t with the self righteousness that younger generations are being indoctrinated into ruining people’s lives over.
What annoys me is the infantilization and oversimplification of Angel as “uwu poor baby victim” extends beyond his relationship with Val. Most of the fandom forgets Angel has been in Hell longer than Val has and is a very morally dubious, complicated, and badass. Abuse defines him to a lot of fans.
I wish people understood that DV and sex trafficking is a very specific form of abuse that most people hell most survivors will never have experience with
Comments
A honeymoon phase before Valentino’s true nature came to the surface?
That's not unusual, dynamic wise.
the relationship between Angel and Val has a LOT more nuance than that and I’m so fucking tired of getting told otherwise. Stop toning down the relationship just because you (by that I mean these people) don’t like it.
You don't gotta like it but please understand people end up trapped in abuse for so many different reasons and survivors are not a monolith in our experience.
For me it’s just—- there’s a difference between not liking something and that’s it—-
Vs completely changing/dumbing down said thing just BECAUSE you don’t like how it’s presented.
But some of yall care more about cartoon characters than real people.