Hmmmm... once again, that red motif makes it into his design somehow....(look at his coattails) Alastor is the ONLY ONE in the new pride merch with a unique background accompanying him.
Au where Alastor accidentally misses his entire season 2 arc because he didn’t go to the lounge that morning
More notes and thoughts about this comic and the making of it under the cut!
- this took 61 hours to make
-there was brief consideration of having Alastor do a more like,, normal squat with his knees up before I promptly decided that wouldnt work for both character and artistic reasons
-the stupid little stool is so short because otherwise niffty wouldnt be able to reach 💀
-his pupils being super constricted after coming out of the shadows and all the light hitting him suddenly, + seeing so much iris makes him look especially unhinged I think
-it’s so odd putting niffty into a situation where she isn’t having unhinged levels of fun so this feels ooc but I am channeling my personal concern through her
-him getting annoyed with her “I don’t have to do anything” but subtly acknowledging that the trust they have goes both ways “I’m not going to a doctor. Im coming to you” while still not genuinely able to make himself ask for help and instead turning it back onto her “can you do anything worthwhile?” And then putting pressure on by threatening to call the whole thing off after she’s thoroughly concerned and he knows it “or should I dismiss you back to the hall?”
-OH ALSO UHHH pretend niffty picked up nursing practices when she was growing up around older women during ww2. Thats how im justifying this.
-"did someone hurt you?? I'll kill them!" Hilarious thing to say to alastor of all people im sure he'll take kindly to that honey. But also you did ❤️ you did kill him. Good job <3
-I think niffty’s magic poof effects are meant to look a little bit like bubble bath bubbles
-“nice try though” “worth a shot” “not really” I just think that dialogue is funny
- there's a lot of expression work in this that i'm really proud of
-I like the moment between Alastor joking in response to niffty’s concern “you’re burning up” which is meant to be in regards to further confirming infection that she’s worried about but he just plays off, and the resigned silence from her before she continues being concerned for him regardless of him brushing off her feelings. I don’t think he wanted to answer her question either, but in his infection induced bleariness he promised her candor
-Alastor is really good at hiding pain, when he expects it. I think the reason he didnt react as much when vox ripped out his stitches was that he clearly saw what was coming and was like "oh ok this is going to suck" but he genuinely didnt think anything of what was about to happen and then suddenly niffty’s whole hand was inside his chest 💀
- Full torso wrap with the bandages would entail shirt removal (and even more physical contact) which is, i feel, on brand for niffty's unhingedness and simultainiously something Alastor would never be comfortable with, which is kind of what knocks him back into his own head and realizing what exactly is going on and what hes allowed to occur. And like. Wow okay hard part is over i know what i need to do now im ending this as quick as possible actually goodbye.
". If a person depends on him, it creates a sense of responsibility that he risks being bound by. "
Hmmm! I wonder if he had anyone in his childhood whom he depended on. And their sense of responsibility and love for him eventually led to their demise . Something that did not affect him in the slightest! Hmmm
It was one thing for Alastor to believe that depending on others was a weakness. That is a natural side effect of hyperindependence, which is a trauma response from learning that you are the only person that you can depend on when things get hard. However, to combine that with the idea that having others depend on you is also a weakness speaks to some insane level of trauma. I can't help but wonder what could have happened in his past that led him to believe such a thing.
My best guess is that it is tied to how he lost his mother. Particularly when you take into account that Alastor is partly based on Bambi, I can see his mother's "sense of responsibility and love for him" leading her to die for him. His guilt over her death finds itself being translated into viewing it as a weakness that she ended up dead because of him. It could also be something that he saw happen to a person that he cared about, where the weight of the needs of others drained that person of everything. They are cautionary tales to him of what happens when people need you. Now, a person can say that you can just ignore the needs of others, but for whatever reason, it seems that Alastor struggles with the part where you can just say no.
A few people on Twitter were lamenting over the fact that an Alastor Keychain was the only keychain in a Japanese store that hadn’t sold out.
Only for a Japanese fan to come out and clarify that the Alastor keychain had been the only one restocked and that it literally sold out the moment it went live.
Don’t ever doubt Alastor’s ability to move merch. Because if you do, somebody will come and set the record straight.
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