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Thinking about how the Hotel crew, aka. the main cast, could possibly stay together.

I am on the fence whether it is a good idea to "redeem" any of them into Heaven...

For one, it feels "wrong" somehow to establish all the characters, getting to know them and investing time into their lives and relationships, seeing them grow only to "get rid of them" via redemption. It doesn't sit right with me somehow (maybe I'm just a bit clingy) Redemption in this context doesn't feel like the end goal, either, if I'm honest.

From what we have seen from Heaven, it might be peaceful (some would call it boring, even) but there is also that classism undertone ("please leave your Brimstone off the floor"/"their love is vile and blasphemous"->not meant homophobic, I think she meant angel+demon=blasphemous. but that's just me). There are other things that rub me the wrong way about what we have seen of Heaven but all in all it just doesn't seem like a very nice place to be - With Hell at least you KNOW what you're getting into but with Heaven it somehow seems way more dystopic than Hell has ever been depicted.

Back to the main cast, having any of them get to Heaven feels like if in Star Trek a character gets promoted and they are getting a different post. They are technically still part of the world but we don't get to see/partake in their lives anymore. That estrangement wouldn't feel very cathartic in my eyes. I want to SEE them having a good time after their hardship. And better yet, I want to see them having a good time after hardship WITH THEIR FOUND FAMILY.

Think about this for a second: You are in Hell, your life is shitty and you get to a place where the people are nice to you. You don't need to fear being stabbed in the back for once. The hand that feeds you doesn't also hold a knife that is ready to twist once you turn your back. These people become your friends. For the first time in your un-life you feel like you reached a place. A home. You don't need to be afraid anymore. You can stop running. Then you redeem yourself only to be fucking alone in Heaven again.

I don't know about any of you, but only thinking about that makes my heart ache. -> Just speaking for the main cast here because of course relationships will be different if the Hotel was at full capacity.

There is also the fact that the Hotel, if it is meant to be a mainstay of the redemption system, needs people to run it. It can never be only Charlie and Vaggie in the long run. And I don't mean just staffing it with Imps and calling it a day. I mean Sinners that can help others. Also investing in a real therapist would probably be a good idea but that's a different story, lol.

So here's what I'm thinking: I think it would be nice if the main cast were to end up just running the Hotel. Since we don't know how the whole system between Heaven and Hell really works, we can only guess. I think the system needs changing and eventually will reach some form of equilibrium where human souls can redeem themselves to Heaven or fall to Hell. As a continuous cycle. (Right now it is more like a one-way ticket to eventual annihilation of souls)

What about Angel, then? What if he becomes free of his contract? He is not currently "staff" a the Hotel. He is just full on resident. Well I think there is something to be said about the Hotel needing someone who can do stuff like physical therapy. I can totally see Angel doing poledancing lessons and doing some proper trust- or teambuilding exercises by way of sports.

He is also a soon-to-be ex-junkie who can probably impart some wisdom to people who may be in similar situations. People with a lot of life experience are usually really good teachers. And Angel has been in Hell for a long time by this point.

That is, once he himself goes through more character development. It's been set up in season 1 already.

I think a lot of characters are set up to go through a lot of delicious character development in the coming seasons and I'm all here for it.