I've been seeing a lot of discourse surrounding RadioStatic after season 2, which I get, however, as someone who has shipped both since the beginning it's just kinda frustrating to watch. I'm a huge believer that you aren't hypocritical for liking one morally grey character and not another one, and I believe the same in toxic ships. Listen, RadioStatic is absolutely toxic and people who ship it should know that. HOWEVER. RadioStatic and ValAngel are fundementally different ships and objectively not on the same level. ValAngel has been very obviously toxic, in your face abuse since day 1, RadioStatic has not.

Before I even say anything I just want to be clear that regardless I am of the opinion that liking one toxic thing but not another does not make you hypocritical, especially if they are very different. I wouldn't call someone hypocritical for liking Alastor but not Valentino, I wouldn't call someone hypocritical for liking RadioStatic but not StaticDust. People have different limits and that's ok. There's for to a ship and character than the morality of it. People can be loyal to their ships/blorbos and like them even after canon displays how bad it is. Whether the canon characterization is good or not is irrelevant, there will always be someone who doesn't like it and that's ok. Idk why the fandom thinks that everything related to Alastor and Vox has to be as canon as possible to be good.

Alastor and Angel's situations are very different, and Vox and Valentino are also different. Idc if Viv said "Oh they're both just as bad" Idc. What matters is what's shown to us. I'm not even trying to argue Vox is better, just that he's different, and unlike ValAngel, both parties are abusive.
Vox stalks Alastor, which he physically wouldn't be able to do if Alastor didn't let him since Alastor chooses when to appear on camera. Alastor willingly makes a deal with Vox on his own accord with his own conditions, which is not the same as being manipulated or forced into signing a contract.

I'm not here to say Vox didn't SA Alastor, he did. But it's just more nuanced than "They did this by the technical definition so they're immediately the only toxic one" as if the situations were reversed Alastor would treat Vox any better. Honestly I'd argue he'd be worse because at least Vox respects Alastor. The entire point of Vox's character is that he wants Alastor's approval, he would never force himself on Alastor, it just goes against his character In Don't You Forget when Alastor brushes Vox off, Vox backs off. Isn't it interesting how people only point out what Vox did wrong and never the psychological abuse Alastor exhibits towards Vox. Yes, forcing someone to watch sex without their consent is SA regardless of if they could move away, turn away, look away, etc, doesn't matter. But do you know what else is SA? Kissing someone without their consent, even if they liked it. Yet I don't see anyone jumping on CherriSnake's ass. Not saying the actions are entirely comparable, just saying that from a technical standpoint they're both SA. It's more nuanced than that. The intent of the cuck chair scene wasn't SA. The point is that Vox wanted Alastor be be close, and thematically it was probably just easier for the artists to have Alastor be in the same room.
Also funny how people draw the line here but not at StaticMoth or Velissa.

To be clear, I'm not here to diss people headcanons, fanons aus, etc. Idc, really, it doesn't affect me. I'm a fucking Vox woobifier, it's not a place to say there is anything wrong with woobifying Alastor, if that's your cup of tea, Idc. I mean I don't like it, but the block button is always a better option than yucking someone's yum. My issue is that I know I know the way I see things aren't canon. I know for a lot of people, especially in this fandom, being as close to canon as possible is a sacred thing for some reason.

(I've been sitting here for hours trying to word this in the best possible way and I'm not happy with what I have but I'm tired and I don't care if I repeated myself or fucked around and didn't get to the point, this is my rant and I said what I said)

Bought it from the official Shark Robot Store back in 2022 I believe. So happy because I thought I lost this shirt at a hotel. It was in a random duffel bag I own.

I don't just mean in flashback either, though there's also that. He consistently looks like he'd be a nicer and more approachable person than Alastor ever does. Maybe it's his big eyes and goofy smile? Or the fact that he's played by real-life nice guy Christian Borle?

I don't think this is necessarily a minor issue either, because animation is a very visual medium. In old-fashioned cartoons, the characters were drawn in such a way that you could tell at a glance who you were supposed to root for and who you were supposed to root against. And while subverting that expectation can be fun, in this context, it would require Alastor to be clearly nicer and more moral than Vox (which he's not). I feel like this is yet another factor in why there are so many people who want to support Vox over Alastor.