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i miss u so much (pre ai internet)
Please bring back bad photoshop and powerpoint 3d text memes, I hate the ai slop everywhere (TT^TT) °\
this is the vibe i bring to the party actually
This is the vibe I'm bringing to my landscape architecture carrer/uni projects actually
Tadc ep9 Spoiler lol (only spoiler thing I'll post before YT release)
Yeeey, failed my first exam in 4 years of uni, gonna go abstract and join Jax in the aquarium now \(^o^)/
/jk - i have more tries and tbh I don't care anymore about this shitshow of a semestr
(since this post is more popular, please go to my post about fandom culture and reminder to keep spoilers down or atleast hidden with warnings till YT release and reblog it!)
So many TADC fans haven't heard the fish loud enough it seems... (This is exactly why gooseworx crashed out)
REMINDER to stay spoiler-free till Youtube release (19th)!!!
Write it, that's completely fine, just schedule it for the 20th!
If you HAVE to talk about it, PUT WARNINGS!!! And hide it under the "read more" cuttoff!!
Put general tags first AND THEN the spoiler specific, fill it with stuff if you have to, so the spoiler tags are also hidden under ... (Check by saving in drafts first)
I've seen SO MANY fanarts with zero warnings and unhidden!!
(please reblog this so people see!)
OMFG I HAVE FREAKING ESSAY IN MY DRAFTS RIGHT NOW!! (funny considering I have two essays due for uni, which I haven't started)
I wanna post it soo baaad, but the fiiiiish saaaid to keep it spoiler freeeeee till YT releaseee.
@gooseworx THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING THIS MASTERPIECE, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!
Gonna go see the finale in the cinemaaa, gonna update later
*Edit:
O.M.F.G.
JUST SAW THE TADC FINALE IN THEATRES.
IT. WAS. AMAAAAZIIIIIIIING.
how can i go back to reality after this masterpiece TT^TT
If you're still hesitating going to the movies for it, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BOOK THAT TICKET!!!!
Expect my thoughts after it airs on yt (f it, I'm writing some of it now and saving it in drafts)
**Edit:
Little meme for us already through the rollercoaster of emotions:
Bonus:
Do we remember when Vivzie said this about Alastor's asexuality?
This can mean a lot of things, bringing us to a lot of different possibilities! I, myself, like to wander a lot between them!!
Do any of you guys think about what could happen for Alastor to realize more about his own identity? I have my guesses! :)
I don't have any specific ideas, more just vague concepts. The next season has, if I'm not mistaken, been described as 'the most romantic season'. This doesn't necessarily need to involve Alastor, he can just be a bystander when it comes to the romantic themes that season 3 will reportedly portray, but that alone can be enough to make him reflect. To wonder what that's like. To wonder why he doesn't seem to experience these feelings of attraction the way others do.
And it would make sense: in terms of the main cast, he'll be surrounded by couples and people who are at least aware of their feelings for each other regardless of any official couple status. Previously there was Charlie and Vaggi. Now, going into S3, there's Charlie and Vaggi, Lilith is supposed to appear so she'll likely reunite with Lucifer—and whatever form that takes, we can reasonably expect their (former?) relationship to at least be a big topic both in the story and in the in-universe hotel.
But there's also Husk who, let's be honest, after S2 probably will have realised that he's got feelings for Angel. He might try to deny it in Angel's absence as a coping mechanism, but it's there, clear as day.
We've already seen that Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious are essentially sending each other love letters via Emily.
Baxter and Niffty are close, too. Whether that's a romantic relationship or not (yet), we'll see, but it's implied.
Alastor is going to be surrounded by all of that. And of course I know there is a difference between romance and sex and their respective forms of attraction, but I don't think Alastor does (as of yet). Regardless of whether Alastor is ace or aroace, until he goes on his journey of self-discovery and learns about his identity, he's probably going to conflate romance and sex. I mean, well. Many people still do today. Imagine how his 1920s brain must be trying to conceptualise the whole thing.
As such, being surrounded by couples who are in love, have fallen out of love, are suffering heartbreak, are trying to persevere despite the distance between them, are just discovering their spark, and anything in between...
I think it leaves a lot of room for reflection, regardless of whether or not he is put into any Unspecificied Situations, good or bad, that might likewise kickstart such a journey of self-discovery. In a romance-centric season surrounded by love in all stages, I expect he may be slapped in the face with some reflecting and revelations even as a passive bystander.
...But of course, it doesn't have to be in S3. Can be S4. We'll have to wait and see. Either way, I'm excited to see asexuality be explored deeper than it has been so far in the show, regardless of Alastor's specific place on the spectrum. Do I have ny preferences? Yes, of course. As starved for representation as we aces are, I think it's totally justified for all of us to wish to see a character reflecting our own specific brand of asexuality.
But Hell, if Alastor's a sex-favorable ace, then in all my sex-repulsed aceness I will love and cherish him forever regardless because wow an asexual character gets to learn about his own identity on screen. And that's all I really need out of it, anyway, no matter where on the spectrum he falls.
And no matter what his journey looks like, I expect there will be plenty of room for it to be relatable, and I look forward to seeing it unfold ♡
I can see it going two ways:
Either, something something lovely jubly pairs at hotel, and Oh, what about you Al? No. Oh, you're ace, got it! :D - a what now >:) - proceeds to have temper tantrum, possibly runs to edgelord cry to Rossie and ends with quiet self reflection.
Ooor, Charlie being Charlie, gets too invested and just cannot let another "father-figure" of hers be sad and lonely - matchmaking speedrun - WHY DOESNT IT WOORK (Ch) - Ofc it doesnt, it never did (A) - wait, why did it never work..? - agresive temper tantrum - husk smug ass bartender hour
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Hear me out-
Luci and Lilith reunite, Charlie hopes they disney style fall back in love, but they dont and nothing she does helps.
So she goes whine to Alastor, who in turn says he cannot help with that, since he's never fallen in love - thus Charlie switches all that energy into finding someone for Alastor - he entertains her to stop her - he hates it - it doesnt work ofc - It does make him wonder why tho.
Or Charlie could just question Vox obssesion over Alastor right at the begining of s3, ask if they were lovers, he says he never had one, bla bla.
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EITHER WAY - Alastor has temper tantrum bc he's the edge lord prince of darkness immune to human temptation and 0=0 so he just doesn't have a preference that's DEFINETLY all there is to it!
(ppl say he prob moved around speakeasies a lot due to the time period, so he could be familiar with some queer topics, tho still clueless terminology vise),
Thank you for coming to my writing crack theories instead of doing my very important semestral project which is due for printing in a week.
I think we don't praise Alastor enough for his masterplan. Like, bro is a fucking genius !!!
He sat on a bench 20 sec and then he find out how to broke is DEAL with rosie ! That's so crazy !!
So I wanted to congratulate my boy for that very well executed masterplan 💖
That’s what I’m saying!! Not enough people are giving him his flowers!
He literally sat down, thought about it for less than a minute and came up with a Master Plan. He leveraged every advantage he had and pulled off a gambit that most could only dream of.
And he did it all using nothing more than his own brilliance.
He not only set up the chessboard but he knew exactly how each piece would move. It’s one thing to know how Vox would act, but in the limited time he knew Charlie he was able to perfectly anticipate her actions, her motives and how she could factor into his plans.
No one can ever say Alastor isn’t a genius.
The only thing holding him down is his MASSIVE ego - which I have a little hc/theory for~
(I think Rossie kept his ego in check a lot, so he wouldn't go around picking fights and getting himself double killed - that's why he hasn't been in any past exterminations, Rossie knew he'd jump the first exorcist he'd saw and end up with angel steel through his egoistical ass)
Write that one-shot. Those 3 chapters will be the best 10 chapters you ever wrote
Write that one-shot. Those 30 minutes will be the best 5 hours of writing you ever get.
Not enough of you are drawing post-transition Jax with an abstraction scar. Because like there's no way in hell she's NOT gonna almost abstract in the finale, and since clearly no one's ever survived getting really close to abstraction we don't know if it leaves a scar. I say it probably does and we should all be drawing tgirl Jax with a jagged black scar
Fuck it I'll start. I am a visionary in my time
Ok, I love this idea, I HAD TO DRAW IT RIGHT AWAY! (one of many bad academical decisions of this weekend)
Here you go with my try! @joyflameball
(also fun fact, I completely freehanded this one with no prior experience drawing jax and drew lineart after colors xdd)
Hear me out ok but what if Charlie possibly becomes a villain….. I know it’s not gonna happen but viv did say it could be unpredictable and she does wear red and she’s been using her demon side a lot more especially with her temper…. Never mind
yeah, i was also thinking about possibility of Charlie herself becoming a villain
like, something similar to SU future, and she must be defeated not through violence, but with the power of friendship (and love)
Ughhh Tumblr lagged and I had to rewrite this xd... ANYWAY
A lot of folks theorize, that Roo is Charlie's real biological mother (bc of Lilith's curse in the bible).
Buuuut what if Roo IS Charlie, but Corrupted! Root of evil could be just the whole concept/spirit of evil, but Roo comes to exist when Charlie gets possed by it. Since they share similarities in looks and powers from what little we've seen (the hand).
Just imagine it~
The season x finale, the crew is losing, there's nowhere left to run, no one left to fight. Charlie is starting to give up. And then a shadow full of eyes creeps up to her ear and whispers to let it help. Just let me take control for a bit and everyone will be safe~
And she does.. The big bad guy gets defeated, but now they have a bigger problem. The season ends with Charlie, now Roo, walking away with a promise that true hell will be unleashed and no mortal or immortal is safe.
Ba-dumtss~~ 🥁
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I don't take it too seriously tho, more funny personal what-if-scenerio. Which I mostly thought out just now.
But now that I look at it, it would be fun to draw a little comic with it. °×° Wish I had the time to tho. ^-^''
Charlie goes find Alastor at Rose's, but finds him bantering with her (they are still friends). Some far too big revelations are made far too casually. Set right after s2, but no big story otherwise anyway.
Charlie looked literally everywhere, but their host was nowhere to be found. Just when she needed to discuss something with him! Ugh!
With the rise in Hotel's popularity so did the random attacks, they need some semi-permanent shield. She tried to ask Lucifer, but his shield didn't let anyone in.. Or out. While Alastor would hate what she thinks, they need someone a bit less powerfull for this.
So now she is here at the bar. Last resort, Husk. He could know right??
"Heya Husk, have you seen Alastor by any chance?"
"Yeah"
".. aand?"
"And he left."
"Dou you know to where, or when?"
"No fucking idea. And I don't care."
He roconsidered his answer. *you need to do better, for him-Angel at least*
"Best bet is Rossie, he looked too fucking happy."
"Happy? Really? Do you know why he was so happy?"
"I have my guesses- FOR FUCKS SAKE, NO I CAN'T MAKE A FUCKING MAI TAI!!!" he then suddenly shouted at a familiar sinner who just approached the bar.
*Better not to annoy him further, the bar is quite busy lately*
"Weeell, thanks anyway. I'm gonna go check Rosie's, byeee!"
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"Knock, knock!" Alastor entered emporium, happy tune playing in the background and his grin wide and real
"sigh" *here he comes* "Who's there?" said Rosie grumpily
"Demon in his prime full of FRESH wind!" he wilted the roses in the vase and replaced with boque of daisies.
"No longer GOVERNED by harsh wind of cold sea!"
"Hmp! I thought you didn't like my company anymore!" Rosie remarked as she turned away
"Who said that?" he popped up right by her side
"You know my game! I JUST wanted to even the playing field a bit!" he chuckled
"Well why are you here now? Our deal is gone and so is any help acquiring power from me."
"I don't need your help with that anymore. No, no. I already have plans in motion for that." he creepily smiled as he braised an apple decor with his sharp claws
"I'm just here to visit my dear FREE-handed friend!"
*sigh, she couldn't stay mad at him for long* she smirked
"AHA!" he perked up
"I'm glad to see that our acquaintanceship still holds, even thought the only IRON smell that lingers on me is from our soon to be lunch." he hold out a tin box
"Let me guess, pinky fingers which you will all eat by yourself" she rolled her eyes, loosing her hurt act
"That was before, now I bring something we both can enjoy EQUALLY" he revealed box full of prime sinner organs
"How long am I gonna be hearing this? 10 years? "she ironicly rolled her eyes and sighed
"try 19!" he squinted with grin, it was the exact number of hours between their deal and his arrival in hell
"HA! How symbolic!" she snorted
"Now come, I have tea on the stove and a hefty meat pie in the oven!"
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Charlie finally arrived.
"Is anyone home?" she called out as her knocking fell on deaf ears
"Yes, yes, just in the back! Come join us!" Rosie welcomed her as she finally heard their new guest
"Welcome dear, we haven't seen each other since that TV accident I think."
"huh, I guess so? BUT anyway I'm looking for Alastor, is he here by any chance?" she asked
"Yes, my dear. I'm right here, came just because I wanted to!" he stretched out his neck from around the corner
*carefull my deer* Rosie warned him in her mind
"Since I had no TASK at the HOTEL to handle." laugh track played
*strike two~*
"Well anyway, you want some tea? It's sinner-less I swear on my dead husband!" she laughed out
"Even Alastor enjoys it, right dear?"
"Yes, tastes like FREEDOME of my favourite tea while I was alive!" he returned her earlier shit eating grin
*This little snake... You know what? If mister petty wants to annoy me? I will annoy him back! Twofold!*
"He sold his soul to me when he was alive. But recently he managed to weasel-" turns to him with shit eating grin "-out of it, so now he's having blast annoying me about it." she bluntly revealed
Charlie completely froze up, shocked to the core
Alastor flabbergasted, radio dials, symbols, stitched and everything "HOW DARE YOU TELL HERR---"
Gets shushed by Rosie's finger to calm down.
"Oh shush, this is what you get for being petty brat!And calm down, she's the biggest ally you have and its really sad and dumb of you to refuse to see it."
"WHAT, Why would-"she shocked try to undestand, but got stopped
"A-a-a, I did it for power, end of story! And not a Word to anyone!!" it was the first time Alastor's radio dail eyes were targeted on her. Yep better not pry further.
Charlie connects the dots.
*If someone hold Alastor's soul, they would have to be so much stronger then him. Alastor is the strongest sinner Hell has ever know. Which means Rosie is on completely different level then she thought... *
"Wait, it was you who boosted the shield so much, not... Alastor." she said out loud, gathering her thoughts
Rosie realises she kinda messed up and ruined her cover.
"Why don't you tell her, oh dear Rosie? Shes OUR BIGGEST ally REMEMBER? he said with innocent smile and biggest sarcaritic attitude
Rosie returned him a - Bitch please death stare -
*Well I guess there's no reason hiding that anymore*
"Well yes, but I needed Alastor to take all the attention as he usually does. He's such a attention seeker isn't he?" she eased the atmosphere with a joke
"Har Har" Alastor mocked with annoyed smile
"Well while we're on the subject, there is something I've been meaning to ask since that day.." she asked carefully, bitting her lip
"What troubles your mind, dear princess?"
"I was wondering about your magic actually."
Rosie stuttered
"My dad told me, that only angels have golden magic.. So.. "
Rosie knew where she was going. She considered her options and decided on truth.
"How do I have it?" she finished for her
... "sigh"
"Maybe I was supposed to go to heaven, just like my first husband, but I guess our dearest sky daddy was still salty about his little apple." she shrugs and sips tea
"What. WHAT?! heaven?! Finest husband!?...". Charlie.exe stopped working
"WHAAT W-Wait, YOU are Eve?!?" this was too much info in one sitting for Charlie
"Well I haven't gone by that name for quite some time, but yes. I'm Eve, the second woman." she casually reveales
Alastor has shit eating grin on his face, he managed to return the favor of getting uncomfortable truths about oneself revealed.
Rosie in turn rewarded him with a - Eat a dick - look.
The end.
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Funny little idea I had before sleep after reading some who is Rosie theories/takes on here. (specificly some @elsa-fogen recent asks).
Also don't try to reason any of it with any plot-continucy/relavance, it has none.
I really hope Rosie isn't Roo and is actual real character we all fell in love with.
Rosie: "why don't you help them?"
Always Rosie when Vox was shooting Heaven with a gigantic cannon and all Pentagram was in danger:
Woman has her priorities 😂
This post has been floating around in my head, and I have been thinking of it along with Rosie's line about how Alastor has never led her wrong before. The difference between these two points for Rosie is Alastor. When she was relaxed and having tea, as far as she knew, Alastor was involved. She had absolute confidence that things would work out as long as Alastor was involved, so she had no reason to not be at home enjoying a cup of tea. The moment she realises that Alastor has withdrawn, she becomes worried and has to come herself to get him back to helping. I mean, she could have joined the others to help shield the bomb without him. Yet, she seemed convinced that they would die unless he helped. I really want to know what is going on with their relationship and what she knows about Alastor and his powers.
It's worth noting that the moment Rosie and Alastor merge, the barrier surrounding Vox's weapon is fully completed. Before that, it was barely encircled, but then, with Rosie and Alastor's combined powers, the barrier not only became complete but also brighter, obscuring the weapon and causing it to rise. Interestingly, the Princess of Hell, a Seraph, and all the Overlords, including Zestial, weren't enough to contain it until Rosie and Alastor joined forces.
And one detail is that, in the Latin American dub, when Rosie says "Why don't you help them? You double-dealing manipulator", she says, "¿Por que no ayudas? Con tu poder ganarian sin duda" which means "Why don't you help? With your power, they would undoubtedly win". Therefore, at least in that version, Rosie confirms that Alastor's power is more than enough.
YESSS was also thinking about that.
Like, maybe they just joined at the right moment, but if you watch closely, the barrier was rising pretty slow with all of the overlords minus Alastor, Rosie, Vel and Val, but it's complete as soon as the first two join.
HOW MUCH POWER THESE 2 HAVE
Simple, she couldn't join without blowing her cover. She needed Alastor to be there so everyone would think it was HIS power that boosted it so much. No one questions Alastor being strong, but everyone would question Rosie.
Also Emily was heavily injured and Charlie barely uses her powers, so she probably didn't even output everything she's capable of, since that great power as the princess of hell is still locked away probably.
Me: *so glad that Lucifer is alive and well at the end of the season*
Also Me: *finds this on Twitter*
…I’m starting to panic again.
Viv: Amir 😊
Viv: why is everyone asking me if Alastor is gonna kill Lucifer? 😄⁉️
Amir: 👨🏽
Viv: 👩🏼
Amir: 🏃🏽♂️➡️
Bonus:
Viv: AMIR, WHEN I- WHEN I CATCH YOU AMIR- WHEN I-‼️
/jk
A little subtle Alastor sticker I made <3
Kind of a if-you-know-you-know inside joke merch :D.
"I know you're an ACE in a hole" #/:3
"A what now?" :)
Feel free to remake this for personal use :D (and tag me if you do, I wanna see 👀)
Summary: There's a queer talk Introduction to LGBTQIA+ community happening in the hotel, but Alastor wants nothing to do with whatever Angel is hosting so he goes over to Rosie, who on the other hand is quite interested in the topic and so forces Alastor to tag along knowing exactly what she´s doing.
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It was a day like any other, the brimstone unforgiving and the ever-present eyes of hell watching anyone who comes near.
"Well that was our last song for today's broadcast!"
"Tomorrow we'll have a special star's of New Orleans theme, so please do guess which names will appear!"
"With that I wish you a wonderful day and Stay tuned~!"
Alastor had just finished his daily morning broadcast and was about to take leave to his facility manager duties.
Strange, a bit too quiet.
Usually by this time he'd hear at least somewhat faint ruccus from the hotel's residents, but his keen deer ears haven't picked up a single vulgar remark or sudden scream from Niffty's sudden attack on some bug demon.
Hmm. Let's see what strange shenanigans are our dear residents up to this time.
As he finished the thought his shadow engulfed him and Alastor was now scanning the common rooms to get a grasp on just what has the guests kept busy enough to be somewhat quite.
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"You sure you don't want the big presentation room? It has all the screening equipment." asked unsuringly Charlie yet again.
"No, that's way too formal. I want this to be a comfy friendly introduction, not a boring lecture."
"The living room will work just fine. Just gotta find some more chairs, sitting bags and pillows."
"Speaking of which, have you seen Smiles yet? Usually he's already creeping around here somewhere." said Angel while looking around.
"GOOD MORNING, my effeminate fella!"
"AAAAGH"
Charlie couldn't help but giggle a bit.
"What does require my assistance, may I ask" asked Alastor sheepisly.
"Firstly, fuck you. Secondly, could you please have your puppet band help us move some stuff from the common room?" replied a bit annoyed Angel.
"Consider it done!" he waved his cane and a group of creatures emerged from the shadows.
"Thanks. Anyway I'm gonna go check on the other room, you got it covered here?" he turned to Charlie.
"Yep, all hands on deck!" she thumbed up as Angel left.
"May I ask what occurrence is asking all this interior redecorating, my dear?" he curiously tilted his ears and his smile grew sharper.
"Oh, Angel decided to do a little get together informative meeting as a part of the weekend program! It's called Introduction to LGBTQIA+!" she gleamed with her hands almost summoning a rainbow.
"El-zee-be-ti what?" asked slightly confused Alastor tilting his neck in unnatural angel.
"L-G-B-T.... It's just about the basic or most common sexuali-" Charlie wasn't able to finish her brief explanation due to Alastor's rude cut-off.
"HA! In that case, do forgive my absence, for I am not interested in participating in any sexual delinquencies Angel may be hosting!" he said as he gently silenced her with a non-magical notion of his cane.
"Wha- NO?! It's-" she shockingly blurred out.
But before she could get anywhere, Alastor had already dissolved into his shadow, escaping whatever educational briefing he clearly needed.
"UGH! He seemed fine with it, I didn't think he'd be like that I-"
"Leave it." Vaggie lovingly put a hand on Charlie's shoulder. Overhearing the conversation's end, she came to comfort her girlfriend.
"He's so old fashioned and stuck in his own ways, I doubt he even knows what sexuality means." said annoyed but loving Vaggie.
"Yeah, you're probably right. But he could still use some briefing!."
"Deffinetly." Vaggie giggled.
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Ugh, such delinquencies happening at our dear hotel.
I expect such from Angel Dust, but for Charlie to allow such things!?
Well, it simply can't be helped that I will be a little early for our afternoon tea with Rosie.
He grudgingly monologued while making his was to the Cannibal Town. Through the sinners scramming at the first sight of him in the streets, did up his mood a bit.
At last he arrived at the doorstep of Rosie's Emporium, where he could see her jumping from customer to customer.
He made his presence a bit more clear as Rosie successfully took notice of him.
"Alastor! Sweetheart, what brings you here so early, our tea isn't due for a few hours?" she squeezed him welcomed and asked with a bit of worry.
"Rosie, dear, good to see you!" he bleeted.
"I'm afraid some distasteful events are happening at the hotel which I'd rather not partake in. One of our residents, Angel Dust, is hosting some meeting about sexual delinquencies! Could you believe that!" he visibly annoyed complied to his trustful friend.
"Oh my!" she fake gasped having a slight idea of what is actually happening there.
"Some weird word they're calling it! El-zee-be-ti something!" he threw his hands and rolled eyes as they made it to their usual, more private tea spot.
"Is it perhaps called LGBT?" Rosie smirked as she poured them tooth tea.
"Wha- How come such honorable lady such as yourself knows of this filth?" asked now even more confused Alastor.
"I can assure you, that anything you think it is, is completely wrong!" she giggled.
Now it felt like everyone was talking about a joke he was not in on.
"Well one can't be a matriarch and give out relationship advice for the whole town all these years without keeping up with the slang!" she proudly sipped her tea while watching her deer friend work his little cogs trying to make sense of this information.
"But-"
"I bet our dear Charlie tried to explain to you that it is about diffrent sexualities, but you cut her off and run here." she ignored Alastor's offended groan, which told her her guess was right.
"A sexuality is a term that defines ones attraction to other people, silly. Not some delinquency you thought off." she motherly scolded him.
"By any chance did you catch, when such event is happening, dear?" she asked, interested in the topic and plotting something.
"As I said, I'm not interested so no. But they did seem to be in a hurry so I'd guess pretty soon, if they didn't start already." he rolled his eyes and took a sip.
"Well you should've led with that! Come we need to hurry! I'm sure we can take the tea with us." she suddenly got up and started wrapping the tea set, making Alastor choke on a bit of tea in shock.
"You.. want to partake in the event?" he annoyingly asked seeing as his recluse is running to the thing he escaped here from.
"Of course I do! Who knows when such a nice coordinated opportunity for information gathering will arise again! I need to keep with the modern slang unlike someone." she poked him with that last one.
"And of course I'm sure a gentleman such as yourself will accompany lady like me there, right?" she laid out her trap.
"I-!" he carefully thought out his choice of words, but in the end gave up trying to talk her out of it.
*Sigh
"Of course my dear, but do not think for a second that I will make my presence known to other participants! And I'm only there for your courtesy!" he haughtily announced as he grabbed Rosie for the shadow travel.
"Alright, but you could use the opportunity to learn something new. Information is power and you never know when it will come in handy!" she sheepisly laughed as the shadows engulfed them.
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They arrived in the entrance hall not far from the living room where the event was already in motion as they overheard someone explaining something called Umbrella term.
"Why are they discussing rain protection equipment?" Squinted Alastor.
"Hush" Rosie said as they sneaked through shadows into far away corner couch of the room to satifly Alastor's wish to remain unnoticed.
Angel Dust noticed something move in the corner of his eyes meeting the glowing pairs of eyes watching him, but didn't let it throw him off as he started to explain each letter of the acronym.
"Well went through some basic term that are often used when discussing sexualities and identities, but now I'll explain each letter in short as they are the most common or basic on top of the umbrella pyramid."
"And now they talk about some pyramid schemes?" Alastor annoyed whispered to Rosie.
"Oh don't be a baby, give it a time and listen." she rolled her eyes as the deer hold no restrictions to show his annoyance to his friend.
"Bla bla Lesbian bla bla bla Gay bla bla Bisexual bla bla Transgender bla bla bla Queer bla bla bla Intersex bla bla bla"
Alastor mostly blocked out whatever Angel was talking about simply out of spite. He took full advantage of their vague shadow silhouette look to grumpishly slauch on the couch they sat on. He was mentally working on his list for tommorow's broadcast until Rosie *accidentally nudged him with her sharp elbow while pouring more tea and he was forced to pay attention to Angel's speech.
"Next is A which stands for Asexuality and Aromanticism. Both have a prefix A- which stands for no or lack of."
Alastor's ears sharpened as his attention was captured by those few words.
Rosie pretented she did not notice deer´s sudden, but expected raise of interest. Her plan was in full motion a working just as she predicted. She really aced it.
Not so cocky now my silly ace in a hole?
Angel continued: "Asexuality stands for lack or little of sexual attraction, so basicaly you don't wanna bang someone on first sight. And Aromanticism stands for lack or little of romantic attraction, so you don't wanna date anyone on first sight."
Alastor's attention was now fully focused on Angel.
"I may have summed it up in these neat short sayings, but as any sexualities, these two ain't that simple either. There is spectrum to them, some folks may be one but not other, or be both. Some may like sex, some may tolare it or hate it. Same with holding hands, kissing, dating ect. Anything you think of with sexual or romantic relationship, it's diffrent for each individual."
I do agree, that sexual relation are distasteful indeed. Alastor thought.
"You must also think, how can they be sure they don't feel something they never felt? And to that, touché. It is hard, and less noticeable, cause of that they are called Invisible sexualities. They are also categorised on conditions when they do feel it, but that's for it's own meet up!"
"Next up is...."
But Alastor didn't care, for there was way to much on his mind while working through all the information he was presented with.
Oh how she loved watching her little deer's brain cogs work in full rotations trying to figure out his feelings. It was at time like these when he look his most innocent self.
It felt good having finally a way to help her friend with discovering and understanding oneself.
She knew If she tried to present the idea herself, he would wave it off and pay no attention to it. Caught up in his grand idea that he alone is above such mortal needs and desires. But like this, he was forced to finally come to face with it. It may hurt his ego a bit, but he will come to appreciate it later or sooner.
AND BOY DID IT HURT HIS EGO.
So.. I'm not that special?
So I'm not broken?
Could it be...?
NO, NONSENSE.
I'm not alone?
But..
I'm not sick or missing something?
FRIVOLOUS! I will banish this from my mind!
FOR I AM THE GREAT RADIO DEMON, STRONGEST SINNER, ABOVE SUCH MORTAL NEEDS.
But before he could finish his inner clash of thoughts, the tea run dry and Angel was about to finnish his speech.
"Well that was all for our first meetup introduction. There will be more follow up meetups focused on each umbrella term and other if requested. If you have any questions please do reach out! Let me or Charlie know personally or leave a note in our newly setup Rainbow Club Room!" he cheerfully gestured with all four hands while Charlie blew up confetti.
"This room is located on X floor, room XXX, it will stay open at all times. There you will find many educational materials, noticeboards with bunch of stuff, a schedule of weekly Rainbow meetups and pride merch free to grab for all hotel guests!" he pointed to Vaggie who was holding a basket full of mini flags, bracelets, pins and other things.
"Or you can just chill there with others as the bean bags you're in are from there!" as he said that not even a dozen guests present turned towards said bean bags.
"That is really all! Thank you for joining us here today, we wish that all members of this hotel are here to live comfortably and free to be themselves while pursuing redemption."
Everyone started clapping, including Rosie and also Alastor's slight tap on his cane if it even counts.
"Now time for questions! Yes?...."
The disscution started and as it was nothing of interest to the smiling overlord, Rosie took the opportunity to tease the tiger.
"So, did you learn anything usefull from this dear?"
"I suppose some irrelevant information might come in handy when dealing with residents" he begrudgingly said with a sigh.
"Anything caught your interest in particular by any chance?" She sneaked one last try.
"Not really, but I did use the background noise for working on my tommorow's broadcast" He half-lied to her and himself while not giving anything away.
"Then I suppose there is nothing for us here anymore." she suggested and in shadows they disappeared back into the Emporium. There they said goodbye and Alastor was on his way back to the hotel.
He will confide in me when he's ready, until then I can at least be sure he'll know where to find answers. I gotta thank that spider fella sometimes!
Rosie thought as she waived her friend goodbye.
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When he came back, he wished to leave for his quarters. But as the facility manager it was his job to help set hotel into it's original state after the event.
"Well seems like I came back just in time to help with moving stuff back!" he suddenly let out behind Charlie.
"Alastor!" she said happily suprised, but then she remembered their last conversation, or lack there of.
"Listen about that-!" she started but yet again got cut off by his cane.
"Yes yes. Rosie already scolded me enough about this. I was well informed that this El-zee-be-ti stuff is something about relationships and not sexual delinquencies of Angel's usual getup." he waved any concern of hers away.
"Here you go, they'll move anything you ask them to." he summoned his puppets again.
"Now, how time does fly it is almost time to start making dinner! Excuse me as I have a splendid idea for today's evening meal." he quickly let out as he disappeared into the kitchen successfully avoiding further questions.
"Wait-! Urgh, must he do this again!" Charlie let out in frustration dragging hands across her face.
"Don't worry Tutt's, something tells me he learned his lesson." Angel smirked not far from them.
And something on top. I doubt he´s straight. Angel thought to himself.
Vaggie and Charlie looked confused at each other but shrugged it off.
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Today was full of uninvited revelations and if there is something that he learned from his mother, it's that when on busy mind, have busy hands.
And if there is something to truly let steam off and keep him busy (other than slaughter), it is his passion for cooking.
So he played his favourite jazz and floated into live-through routine of cooking.
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The rest of the day went by without a hitch.
But at night when all the residents were soundly asleep. A shadow breezed by the club room where a purple book and then later a green book gone missing for a while. With nothing left behind but a simple Thank you in the lending booklet.
A few days later same thing happened to two mini flags from the basket.
On a completely diffrent note, the pencil holder in the Radio Demon's tower got two new additions.
Such a meaningless frivolous things.
But they do bring a bit of joy.
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BONUS:
Alastor sat in his tower looking at his new decorations when a memory echoed through his mind.
"I know you're an ACE in a hole"
*echo* ACE ACe Ace ace ace ---
*AUDIABLE GASP*
"ROSIE!!!!!"
Somewhere on the other side of the Pentagram city, in Cannibal Town, Rosie is dying from laughter.
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Ps: I think I saw someone draw something like this bonus part as a meme but I can't remember.
Edit: Found it, it's the last panel of this pride comic from 2024 by @elsa-fogen, that's excatly what I imagined (also go read that mini-series, it's golden I swear).
Well that was long. I thought since 6th was international Asexuality day, I'm gonna just quickly write this year old idea, but no, I was writing for 5 hours..
From the queer talk I included only things Alastor would actually retain/listen to (and also to not make this any longer), so the agender, + the basic terms talk before ect. are not included.
Maybe next year I'll try to make it a comic, but I highly doubt that.
Anyway I hope someone at least sees this and enjoy it a bit.
Also I hc Alastor as both ace and aro.
Happy late Ace day!!!
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