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hi I like to draw and make Headcanons for Hazbin hotel stuff
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[Vaxitnn @vaxitnn]

@LadyybugLuver Big ass bobble head 🥹

[Gabriel @Crimsonkingart]

Old men yaoi with #murdermedia

[ash 📻📺 ➡️ radiostatic gooning @voxsimps]

Bending over backwards to try and explain how alastor can’t possibly be black is racist and you don’t deserve to enjoy his character.

separating his black identity from his character shows you have zero fundamental understanding about him.

[char @voxvangogh]

this is genuinely the most vile unapologetic piece of shit racist i have ever had to interact with in this fanbase, and the over 1k people who liked that antiblack orientalist art are no better.

[Xxceus || ✨ @xxceus]

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[ByeBayou @ByeBayouFou]

His theatrical lil “baby I’m a demon in hell” spin is an awesome visual call back to Al posing on the street when he was human. Alastor has ALWAYS been exactly who he thinks he is lol

[「 ✨Vox–2–Nite.ᐟ✨」 @voxmaxxingg]

I hope you don't mind me using this as a jumping off point, but I DID really want to talk about this!

So here is a DEEP dive on my thoughts regarding Alastor's social philosophy and how he connects with others.

I don't think Alastor hates Rosie at all- in fact, I think they're better friends than ever! And it boils down to what Alastor values and how he engages in connection and relationships. Alastor is not a "normal" person, and his perspectives and approach to connection tie into that.

I don't think Alastor is ever going to want an exceedingly close bond (like a "best friend" or "partner"-level bond) with someone who can't match his strength and scheming step for step. Alastor has an exceedingly high opinion of himself, and to get close with someone, he would have to be able to see them as an equal.

Most people don't even come close. It has to be someone who is actually capable of offering him a challenge. And Rosie is one of the few in Hell who can offer him exactly that. I believe he respects her because she was able to get the upper hand on him, and retain it for quite a long time. Of course he WANTS that upper hand himself, but if victory comes TOO easily, it isn't coming from an equal.

As I said, Alastor is not "normal". He has a very playful, gruesome view of the world that's unique to him. His main stated goal in Hell is to "continue [his] fun". Things that would be horror to a normal person are simply good fun for him. Now couple this outlook with how he connects to those he may consider his "equals", where the primary mode of connection seems to be interpersonal challenges. Having his soul owned by Rosie- same with letting himself be captured by Vox- are games in his eyes. They were parts of larger plans, yes, but those plans were the stakes that made the game interesting. I really don't think he was ever genuinely upset with either Rosie or Vox as people in these scenarios. He was only upset when his opponent played a strong hand and it felt like he was losing the game.

This philosophy actually could be why he seems to be so much more isolated in Hell than the social butterfly we see him being on earth. If challenge is the language through which he builds relationships, he's all but taken that away from himself by flatly being "the strongest sinner in Hell". On earth, anyone could be a potential challenge, could offer him a game to play through their unique strengths and weaknesses. So Alastor would keep many channels of entertaining communication open, hoping challenges would manifest through some of them, and real connection could be formed in the friction. But in Hell, he sees no real point in doing that- most other Sinners could never dream of offering him an actual challenge.

I know Alastor has other connections, like Mimzy and Niffty, but I think those are in a bit of a different category for him. Mimzy he knows from Earth, so that's already distinct, but he seems to find her endearing and entertaining, and will help her solve her problems occasionally as compensation for that. I don't get the impression that (at present) she is some kind of deep confidant for him, even if perhaps she was on earth, where her antics presented Alastor with interesting scenarios he couldn't just fix with a snap of his fingers. As for Niffty, Viv has stated that Alastor sees her "like a daughter" (interestingly, also a phrase he directly used to describe Charlie in 'Hell's Greatest Dad'), so I hardly think that can be considered as viewing her as an "equal". It's worth noting that Alastor isn't immune to the mysoginistic attitudes of his era, and I think it's fair to say he has a issue with taking a paternalistic attitude toward many women (you could easily lump how he acts toward Mimzy in here too) who aren't immediately comprable to him in power and/or will.

And then there is Husk! Husk is contracted to him, of course, but I do believe Alastor seeks connection with him. Husk is directly tied to games and entertainment, so much that that was how Alastor won Husk's soul contract. Husk is another Black man (presumably from the US), who could intimately understand a lot of Alastor's human experience in a way many others can not. And, before selling his soul to Alastor, Husk was an Overlord himself- already putting himself squarely in Alastor's mental proving ground for connection. This desire for connection with Husk is probably a reason he keeps him "outside" as a contracted soul, rather than just sending him to the radio-shadow-torture-dimension or whatever he does with other Overlords he defeats (I really hope we get some clarity on this one day). He's inviting Husk to socialize with him in his own way- to play the exact same game HE'S playing with Rosie. Inviting him to become a potential "equal", worthy of his connection, by seeing if he could outsmart Alastor and get out of their deal.

I think this way of approaching connection is also a huge contributing factor as to why Alastor got SO upset when CRT-Vox proposed partnership. Vox was unknowingly closing off one of the only avenues to real connection Alastor uses. Alastor doesn't get close to someone by working alongside them peacefully, he gets close by physically, mentally, and magically sparring with them, preferably in a high-stakes game. Vox saying he didn't want that probably hurt terribly.

Alastor even uses the exact word I've been using throughout this whole piece when recalling that night- "equal". "Back then, you and I were as close to equals as I'd imagined down here. You had your decent ideas, you were growing your power, and it was almost impressive. And I respected you." Alastor saw Vox as the one real person who might be able to match him, to really challenge him, to PLAY with him in perpetuity.

And prior to that night, I think he really thought Vox saw it this way too. He was so happy to have someone to genuinely clash and compete with, but someone he could still go drinking and maybe dancing with at the end of the night. I think that's probably pretty close to Alastor's ideal close relationship, with them getting to know each other better and better over a long stretch of time (they have forever, after all).

Alastor's intense and disproportionate cruelty in the bar scene was his desperate attempt not to lose what they had entirely. I believe he was challenging Vox to get stronger, to come back and try for revenge. To have him close again, at least in their fights.

I don't think Alastor even really minds 'losing the battle' if it makes the 'war' more fun. Even after their falling out, he has an immense amount of trust in Vox, and it seemed to have been well-placed. At the very beginning of 'Stayed Gone', Valentino implies that Vox has WON fights against Alastor before, but it clearly never ended in any real harm. These two never actually wanted the other gone.

That's why I think Alastor looks so sad and betrayed in that clip from the S2 finale where he realizes Vox is actually about to kill him- because to Alastor, fighting and scheming has always been the purposefully neverending game of their special connection. In that moment, Vox wanted to sever that connection (arguably the most important one in Alastor's life) forever. Vox wanted OUT of the game, similar to what Alastor thought he wanted in the bar scene, but far worse.

Anyway, back to the original point about Rosie- I don't really understand the general idea going around of "Alastor doesn't like Rosie because she owned his soul". That is quite literally a situation ALASTOR HIMSELF sought out- let's not insult his intelligence, on earth he was clearly an adept occultist and knew at least approximately (maybe even exactly) what he was getting into. The fact that Hell has this soul-based transaction structure and the Overlord system in general is exactly what enabled Alastor to get what he wanted in the first place. He's not going to begrudge Rosie for taking part in it. In fact, he's going to respect her for it.

Alastor has never said or implied he wants to alter or break down the Overlord system. He's not some kind of well-meaning anarchist- he explicitly desires "entertainment" and "fun" in his afterlife, and really doesn't seem to be after much else. He wants the system in place, because he wants to be "amongst the highest demons". He WANTS that circle of potential "equals" to socialize and play with. That's what keeps Hell intersting- his eternal playmates. Even being the strongest, he lets other Overlords run around, do their terrible things, and exist so that he has some people he can engage with on at least a semi-level playing field.

Alastor definitely wants people around him, but his unique tastes and ego filter a great many of them out. Even those he deems worthy of intensely close connection (like Vox) must learn to speak his 'bonding language', or eventually the misalignment will become too much. It's a very delicate, singular type of relationship Alastor is really looking for, and I hope we see him able to find and perfect it, or able to expand his outlook and learn to bond in new ways.

[meadowiii @mitlikkk]

fem Alastor human
#alastor #HazbinHotel #murdermedia

[meadowiii @mitlikkk]

Old pals🌟
I love the new merch with them so much
#hazbinhotel #Alastor #radiorose #Rosie

[Barb Laz🌈🎀 @LazuliBarbara]

Human AU shenanigans
#hazbinhotel #chaggi #chaggie

[Vaxitnn @vaxitnn]

@RamRam_162 As usual 😼

[Vaxitnn @vaxitnn]

He is losing

#alastor

[よみやま 原稿 @yamayomimi]

アラスターとおんなたち

[𖤐 Roxy 𖤐 @roxis_rox]

Alucard vs Sephiroth...who's beating who...IN BED?

[AmelieHam @AmelieHam_exe]

Absolutely gorgeous Ms. Whittman !!🙏
#vox #vincentwhittman #femvox #hazbinhotel

[Vaxitnn @vaxitnn]

@crackerzaf I always thought Mimzy could’ve been one of the people to help him obtain some occult stuff in his human life. She has a mammon tattoo, so I wouldn’t be suprised if she was also dabbling in that stuff. I can see her trying to contact a demon for more fame or sumth 🤔

[Ram🐏 @RamRam_162]

Chibi radiorose with their croquet outfits,, so cute!!

[■salty□ @crackerzaf]

gave it a shot🫪

#HazbinHotelFanart #HazbinHotel #HazbinHotelNiffty #HazbinHotelMimzy

[Vaxitnn @vaxitnn]

@crackerzaf @RamRam_162 THISSS IS SO CUTEEEE 🥹

[Ram🐏 @RamRam_162]

I love rosie lots but for a FRIEND themed merch drop wouldm't mimzy and alastor make more sense¿? I miss her..