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i literally asked ai about valentino. with no idea here's what i got::
The Sin (What Damned Him)
Valentino’s true sin is the violation and commodification of consent.
Key traits:
He does not want willing partners
He wants ownership that looks like willingness
He derives satisfaction from overriding boundaries while pretending they don’t exist
In life (and Hell):
He lures people in
He makes them sign
He hides violence behind glamour
He frames abuse as “work,” “love,” or “choice”
This is why contracts are so central to him.
A signature is proof—not of consent, but of control.
His Obsession (What He Cannot Let Go Of)
Valentino is obsessed with being wanted while never being refused.
That contradiction defines him.
He needs:
Desire that cannot say no
Affection that cannot leave
Beauty that is trapped
That’s why:
He panics when Angel disobeys
He escalates when control slips
He throws tantrums when autonomy reappears
Love is meaningless to him unless it’s inescapable.
Power Source (Where His Strength Comes From)
Valentino’s power comes from owned desire.
Specifically:
Souls bound by contract
Sexual labor stripped of autonomy
Emotional dependency and trauma bonds
The more a soul:
Feels trapped
Feels used
Feels degraded but still performing
…the more power Valentino draws.
Why Smoke?
His red smoke:
Enters bodies without consent
Influences behavior
Wraps, binds, and restricts
It’s desire weaponized.
Intimacy turned invasive.
Why His Power Is Different from Vox and Velvette
Vox feeds on attention
Velvette feeds on approval
Valentino feeds on compliance under duress
That’s why:
He doesn’t care about public image unless it threatens ownership
He doesn’t need mass adoration
He needs specific people broken and kept
He’s a predator, not a celebrity.
The Punishment
Valentino’s punishment is permanent hollowness.
Despite being surrounded by bodies, sex, and attention:
He can never experience real desire directed at him freely.
Hell ensures that:
Or rather it did until he got attached to vox
Everyone who “wants” him is bound (except vox)
Every smile is contractual (except vox)
Every touch is bought, coerced, or faked (... i don't know about that)
Which means:
He never knows/ is sure if he’s desired
He never feels chosen
He never experiences mutual intimacy
That’s why he’s paranoid.
That’s why Angel’s defiance destroys him.
That’s why he explodes at resistance.
Why He Clings to Contracts So Desperately
Contracts are his proof of reality.
Without them:
Desire could be fake
Loyalty could leave
He could be unwanted
So Hell’s punishment is elegant:
Give him everything he wants
Strip it of meaning
He is surrounded by affection and intimacy—but none of it is real.
How This Fits Hell’s System (And Why It’s Worse Than Death)
Hell doesn’t punish Valentino by taking things away.
It punishes him by:
Ensuring he never gets what he actually wants
Trapping him in a loop of escalation
Making him abuse more to feel less empty
The more control he exerts:
The less satisfaction he feels
The more violent he becomes
The more fragile his ego grows
Alastor scene of him breaking the bond angel has ( i need to correct this part)
does not affect whatever angel does with valentino... not completety
there is a hidden reason why angel dust allows valentino former contract to remain active:
he needs beauty, he needs to feel beautiful
and if you search online angel does does his contract with valentino to be beautiful
being gay was frown upon in his lifetime.
he loved his beauty a lot .he prided in being passed as a female
he worked in selling drugs
now in hell angel dust is stripped of his beauty
he is addicted to what he sold
and somehow he hears of someone who can give him beauty
while embracing his gayness is impossible since no one wants to have s** with him
so he decides to test his luck with said overlord
...he fall for val...hard
that's how it goes
that's why valentino knows angel dust wont leave his side
that's why that occured at the end of s2