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[lace-hazbin]

I just watched the Finale VoxAl fight again to confirm and, curiously, Alastor doesn’t make any attempt to hurt Shok.wav… He evades and keeps complaining about how he wants that dog to leave him alone but he never tries to attack Shokky which is strange because Vox’s pet shark can’t possibly be stronger than him? If he wanted Shok.wav off his back he could’ve killed him 🤔

It was Word of God confirmed Al isn’t afraid of dogs, he just doesn’t like them, so staying on the defensive can’t quite be explained by fear. Given the fact both he and Vox can literally teleport and drop whole buildings/overpasses in one blow, I’m skeptical of the idea Al just didn’t have breathing room to attack.

It’s most likely that Shokky just had plot armour cuz it would’ve been vile of the writers to kill the baby off, but in my heart I want to believe that Alastor was deliberately not hurting him cuz he knew it would cause irreparable fallout between him and Vox, and like. Yes Al has been deliberately hurting and manipulating Vox all season, but he’s also been the happiest we’ve ever seen him while doing it.

So I don’t think he wanted their dynamic to break. He seems genuinely frazzled and caught off guard in the last leg of the fight, which is interesting considering this fight was the culmination of his plan and he initiated it. The tone shift from him nagging Vox about his touchy nature like an old wife, hurling playground insults (“you absolute idiot!” “you moron!”), and calling Vox “baby” to Vox strapping himself to a bomb with a cavalier smile cuz as long as Alastor dies it’s okay if he loses everything is so stark like. This is naut a man who anticipated this turn of events:

Also notice during their fight Alastor didn’t draw Vox’s blood, he only broke off extraneous robotic pieces:

And then just started punching Vox with his bare fists for some reason despite the fact his claws and teeth and antlers were right there:

Meanwhile, Vox had him like this:

Perhaps the feelings between them are one-sided but because Vox HATES Alastor and Alastor DOESN’T hate Vox.

Sidenote, them both being pissed off while everyone is trying to nullify the bomb is so funny:

It’s giving mutual “MY NIGHT IS FUCKING RUINED NOW” except Alastor just wanted to fight Vox and Vox wanted to kill himself and everyone else as long as Alastor lost.

[laurencate]

Luke Castellan and Hermes

I finished season 2 episode 2 of Percy Jackson the other day, and i cannot stop thinking about that one scene with Percy and Hermes where it's like

"He's my son."

"He hates you."

"He's my son."

And I need to talk about it.

Hermes has a lot of children. But at no point in the series has he shown this level of caring for anyone other than Luke. It could just be because none of the other Hermes children are as important to the plot as Luke, but I don't think that's it. Most of the demigods never meet their godly parents. A lot of them never even get claimed. I don't think Hermes feels this way about all of his children, because I don't think he even knows half of his children.

For him to put this much time and effort into saving Luke means that he feels a real connection to him, which seems crazy, because they barely know each other, and Luke's whole point is that the gods are absent and terrible parents.

So why is Hermes so absent if he loves Luke? I think part of the issue comes from Hermes being the son of Zeus, who is the absent parent to end all absent parents. And that's another big theme in the series: the gods are, like everyone else, products of their environments. They're bad parents because they had bad parents. Hermes is a bad father to Luke because Zeus was a bad father to him because Chronos was a bad father to him. It goes on and on. Hermes knows he's a bad parent, and he knows that he loves Luke, but he doesn't know what to do about any of it, because he was never taught.

This is the part where I clarify: THIS IS NOT ME SAYING THAT HERMES SHOULD BE FORGIVEN. HE'S NOT A GOOD PARENT. I'M JUST SAYING THAT RICK RIORDAN WROTE HIS CHARACTERS TO HAVE DEPTH. NONE OF THEM ARE SIMPLY EVIL FOR NO REASON, AND ALL I'M DOING IT'S EXPLAINING A CHARACTER'S REASONING.

[muchmorethanmoney]

Can’t get over how obvious it is that Alastor has a strong favoritism for Vox

He kills overlords without rhyme or reason, but he leaves alive the one who is actually a thorn in his side. Vox does a whole shibari musical number on him and Alastor calls him a creep… for putting his hands on people’s shoulders. He doesn’t remember the name nor the face of a guy he supposedly fought twenty times, but he remembers Vox’s compliments from 70-ish years ago word for word. He wipes his hands after touching other people but he grabs Vox and even pulls him close. He can’t stand physical touch but he, the big bad Radio Demon, used to bear it for him when they were friends. He claims Vox is the one who needs him, the only one who was impacted by their falling out, then he creates a whole plan that verges on him knowing Vox down to his mannerisms. He calls Vox obsessed, but he poses for Voxtech cameras, finds any occasion to piss off Vox. He calls Vox every name in the book, but he puts no real conditions on his deal with him, because apparently he still trusts him to not take things too far even after 70 years of fighting.

Like don’t get me wrong, Vox is a creep! But he’s definitely Alastor’s favorite creep. I think that the only one who really saw this was Valentino.

And the funniest part is that Vox could see it too so easily if only he wasn’t so self absorbed and stuck in his own pain

[roodles03]

I frankly do not buy the idea Alastor never cared about Vox in the slighest, and here's why.

First of all, I mean, just look at Alastor's attitude, expressions and body language around Vox. He is very calm and relaxed and is clearly in a good mood. Him and Vox casually hanging out a bar together which implies this was a common occurrence. This is a side we've never seen from Alastor. He clearly was very comfortable around Vox at one point.

He even finds it geninuely amusing when Vox imitates him. It's a kind of aoft laughter we haven't seen from him either. His pupils are even dilated, while I absolutely don't think Alastor had any sort of romantic feelings for Vox, I do think Alastor was very close to Vox.

I mean he lets Vox touch him and doesn't have any reaction, he is still calm and relaxed. Remember it's been said Alastor hates when people touch him, (Considering how Rosie treats him... yeah understandable)

So if he lets you touch him it really means something. It's a very clear sign Alastor trusts you. You cannot possibly tell me none of that was geniune.

Plus, it's also well known Alastor gets alone with women far more then men, so the fact that he is clearly on very good terms with Vox clearly says something.

BUT, by far what interests me MOST is how Alastor initially reacted when Vox offered him the deal.

Like, look at the next set of key frames. At first he doesn't seem bothered at all. He's not even surprised. He even appears to be flattered.

And then after that, briefly there appears to be a actual geninue smile, and it appears to be more of sheepish kind of smile. And, worth noting is that he didn't made any sort of noise on this key frame, no laughter, no nothing.

But then, THIS is the next key frame and it is REALLY interesting. For one, the animators covered Alastor's eyes,(and they do it a lot in this scene) and his hair covers the corner of his smile, too. Those two things are intentional. He slouches down, and at first, it doesn't even sound like he's laughing (at least to me) it more sounds like he's upset, more so a whimper honsetly.

Especially here, mind you. To me it doesn't exactly sound like a laugh just yet. In fact at first when I watched this, I legitimately didn't think Alastor was laughing, it sounded more like he was distressed. Im also curious why his eyes werent drawn here either, while you can see his eyebrow.

Also, there are around 12 frames in this specific shot (I may be one or two frames off granted) Where Alastor is still slouching and he isnt even fucking laughing or making any noise while he's still slouching, we don't even see his face, until the very next shot and we STILL dont see his eyes until the shot after. Alastor takes about four entire seconds before he starts laughing out loud. Like before he sits up it kinda comes off more that he's upset, which lines up with his expressions and body land in the last set of keys in the last shot.

This show runs on 2s, or 12 FPS, they actively chose to draw 48 frames just to detail Alastor's initial reaction.

Alastor's face here when he says, "Oh, that's- Oh, you're serious?!"

And then this followed right after with this body language when he says "Oh, come now Vox!"

If you saw this gif without knowing he's laughing it looks more like he's crying.

And then THESE are the next two frames. He doesn't look like he's actually genuinely happy and raveling in hos mockery here, does it? Just TWO frames says so much. (This is the same show that had Alastor's eyes turn into dials for only 3 fucking frames when Husk and himself are talking in ep 5)

Seriously, just look at his expressions in these scenes. this doesn't look like he's actually revealing and having fun mocking Vox here. He looks nervous, worried and uncomfortable if anything. As if the laughter and mocking is just a facade, a facade that he does not want to put up, but feels like he has to.

Also I know this is a reference to a meme, but something about the way Alastor's expression was drawn here still gives me the vibe that he was hiding pain with laughter. The way his smile was drawn here especially adds to that, since at the end points not only is it drawn with less sharp of a line, but it does start to go down a bit. That smile doesn't line up with how much he's laughing. Plus it's interesting his pupils aren't drawn either. They chose to reference that meme here, but they also chose to draw the tear in his eye along with not adding his pupils and drawing his grin where it appears softer and angles down at the corners.

I also don't fucking buy the idea for a single second that Alastor cannot geninuely care about people. I mean, the moment he saw Niffty held at Valentino's gunpoint, that was when he called everything off and gave himself up. Alastor fuckin' gave himself up for Niffty. He also kept her roach crown! You can't tell me he isn't capable of being fond for people at all.

"Friends?! There are no friends in Hell, Vincent!"

Note just how insanely strong Alastor's reaction was when Vox said they were friends. In fact, it got a VERY uncharastically strong, angry reaction out of him. Alastor implies that they were never friends and actively mocks the fact Vox said they were. But Alastor's behavior just a few moments ago does not back him up here. I do not buy the idea Alastor never considered Vox is friend or the idea that he was close to him at all. Also, Alastor used Vox's REAL NAME here when he could've easily just said his chosen sinner name. They were close enough where Alastor KNEW HIS HUMAN NAME, likely meaning that they knew each other very personally. I think Alastor is projecting if anything. He's lying not only to Vox, but to himself. He doesn't like the idea that he snd Vox got so close, it seems to freak him out. And I really think Alastor is afraid to get close to people because the last time he trusted someone powerful, it was Rosie, who betrayed and shattered his trust, and then Vox then offered a deal for the both of them to be powerful... it probably sent him right back to when he blindly trusted Rosie. Vox has to be trying to trick him, right? Rosie wouldn't let him join Vox even if he wanted to, would she?

Also, worth noting, Alastor even pulls on his hair in this shot when he says "Oh, fuck!"

Which is something he is only known to do when he's under extreme amounts of emotional disstres.

The first time we saw him do that was when he sung the lyric of "Great Alastor, Altruist, died for his friends?!"

I always theorized that this line hinted that Alastor is afraid of becoming close and fond to people because it has caused him nothing but pain, betrayal, and suffering in the past, and i am now even more convinced then ever.

So much of what Alastor says to mock Vox, on how much he relies on others and needs the help of others and that is a shameful and dangerous thing to do to put any trust in others and how you should always achieve everything yourself... Alastor... I think you're projecting your trauma.

Alastor's smile and how he hides everything his not only his biggest weapon in his back pocket, but also his is biggest weakness because it destroys him from the inside out and leads to him constantly isolating himself.

This is exactly what I have been hoping for how Alastor would've been protrayed. Best fucking birthday gift ever.

[mydeerfellow]

ok but what if Vox aired the footage of Alastor getting his shit rocked by Adam thinking haha i'm so evil he'll be so EMBARRASSED except it backfires and Alastor becomes an overnight folk hero in Hell which he actually hates even fucking more and now neither of them are happy

[oldtvandcomics]

That's my headcanon too! Like, everyone here was talking about how much Alastor lost that fight, but he still held his own against an angel for quite a while. And not just any angel, the way I understood, Adam was the strongest of the exterminators. And he survived!

I am absolutely certain that Vox broadcasted the entire fight life to the entire Hell. And what he and Alastor see is Alastor loosing, meanwhile what everyone else is seeing is that there was exactly one (1) overlord who dared standing up against the angels, and also look at the scary powers he has! Alastor is about to get some very unexpected attention, and the Hotel probably along with him.

[aspiringnexu]

They'll make Alastor into what he hates most.

A *hrk* hero.

He thought the embarassment of having all of Hell witness his failure would be bad but the moment he leaves the Hotel to mope with Rosie he's swarmed by Sinners, a lot of them relatively fresh arrivals, begging to sign Soul Contracts with the Overlord who fought The First Man and lived to tell the tale. The Overlord who took a direct hit to the chest with an angelic axe and survived. The Overlord who runs no business, takes no tithes from his souls, and will, more likely than not, ask very little of you in return for your soul and his protection. (He has Husk run a bar and Niffty be a maid but he probably has millions more souls. I bet he just lets them do what they like unless he has something he wants them to do.)

He's gonna be elevated to minor god status in a way he will utterly despise.

And then news gets out that the Hotel works and suddenly everyone is clamouring to get in and most of Hell figures that since the Radio Demon helps the Princess run the place then he's the one to go to to get one of those coveted rooms.

And suddenly the Radio Demon is also the Overlord of Redemption and Alastor would rather chew his own leg off, please and thank you.

[rulerofdumbassery]

Gotta include @oldtvandcomics tags

wheezing

[randomreader92]

Random Sinner: YOU RISKED YOUR LIFE TO PROTECT EVERYONE, FOUGHT THE LEADER OF THE EXORCISTS AND SURVIVED! YOU'RE A HERO!

Alastor:

[spinedotlazuli1120]

Idea:

Everyone in hell that aren't the Sins, Lucifer or Charlie end up losing their powers temporarily for one month, and the only people who don't freak out are Camilla, Rosie, Zestial and Alastor.

Camilla cause she's got angelic blades on her she just gotta be more careful and put her guard up even more.

Rosie cuz she can just either talk it out or eat the threat. Plus, she has an entire town who would protect her at all costs, it's one for all all for one, after all.

Zestial cuz who the fuck would want to fuck with that guy?

And then there's Alastor. I want Alastor to actually give zero fucks about losing his magic cuz he knows it's temporary so he's just strolling around, doing his job, still being scary but not in the way everyone else is used to.

They're scared cuz he can pull out the most random shit at any given moment. And no one knows where the fuck they come from.

He pulled out a fucking bazooka when the loan sharks came back after the whole "powers were taken away for a month" thing was revealed.

[spinedotlazuli1120]

Okay, I had an idea for this and it involves the Alastor's Tale AU.

They're not allowed to use weapons that can attack from a distance, like guns, arrows and bazookas. So unfortunately, Alastor's bazooka, everyone else's guns, older overlords' arrows, and Velvette's pepper sprays (you can't tell me she doesn't use it as a weapon) are taken away.

However, they ARE allowed to use weapons that can harm the enemy when the said enemy is near.

The Goetia have a twisted idea and put them all into a cage and forced all of them to battle monsters (not the Monsters like in the game).

The Vees were taken out easily cuz their weapons were a rock-hard dildo, a chair and a pepper spray.

The larger overlords like Zeezi had better chances but still lost. (She has, like, a massive baseball bat to beat up the monster)

Zestial forfeited cuz he knows better than to fight when he's weakened, even WITH a weapon.

Camilla managed to go halfway into the fight until she collapsed from the pain of both the angelic shoes and the monsters attacks.

Alastor, surprisingly, won the battle. I say surprisingly because his weapon of choice is a goddamn stick.

Not a large heavy one, not something similar to a spear, but a goddamn motherfucking stick that fell off a tree.

No one knows how he even one, just that he did.

Now they're all fucking scared of what he's REALLY capable with when he harms with a knife

[randomreader92]

It's revealed that Alastor did have a knife on him (not made of angelic steel but an old gardening knife), and instead of using it to defend himself from the giant, demonic monstrosity, he uses it to start cutting up the beast afterwards.

Alastor: *cuts off a small strip of flesh, chews on it before nodding in approval* Rosie, dearest, could you ask Mr Butcher to bring his finest tools? I think there's enough meat on this beast to last the entire town a month!

Goetia Lord: *recovering from the shock of seeing the Overlord not only survive the battle but win* What in Hell are you doing, Sinner?!

Alastor: *not even turning to look at him* Stocking up my pantry, of course! I'm hardly going to let all this perfectly good meat go to waste!

[kitsunesongs]

A headcanon/concept I had for why Alastor avoids sleep around others is because he has a tendency to broadcast his dreams onto nearby radios.

And that after the battle with Adam, he starts getting exhausted enough from the extremely slow healing on top of all the usual hotel shenanigans that he sometimes nods off.

So, imagine the Hotel residents going about their usual day when suddenly- a woman's voice SCREAMING coming from the radio, making them all jump in fright.

"NO, STOP! PLEASE STOP!"

Vaggie is the first to take action and leads the charge to Alastor's room, naturally assuming that Alastor is up to his old tricks of torturing sinners and broadcasting their screams for all of Hell to hear.

The screams are even louder when standing outside Alastor's door.

Without bothering to knock, Vaggie barges in- or she tries to. The door is magically sealed shut. She yells for Alastor to "OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR" while furiously slamming her body against the door. Somehow, not even a dent is made, and no response from the hotelier.

Lucifer gently brushes her aside before flicking his finger and effortlessly breaking the (admittedly impressive) barrier. He then dramatically kicks down the door.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, YOU PSYCHOPATH?! THIS W- what?"

Instead of the torture scene they were expecting, they find Alastor slumped in one of his armchairs, his arms dangling limply at his sides. On the coffee table before him sat one of his radios, playing the woman's cries, and an opened, almost empty First Aid Kit.

"Oh no... Alastor! PLEASE STOP RICHARD YOU'RE HURTING HIM!"

Alastor twitched, and they all realised he was sleeping, but not peacefully... and that his shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a large unhealed gash barely held together by a magical green thread.

Oooh yes.

For the sake of Alastor's reputation, I'm gonna say that he's only broadcasting through the radios in the hotel, because he's too weak right now to have his normal reach - but they hear it and absolutely think he's torturing some poor woman and they react rather differently to that. Charlie is fretting but planning to get Alastor to stop and apologise and promise not to do it again but mention she's very proud he didn't do it the whole time they've been running the hotel together, firm boundaries and positive reinforcement! She's treating it like Angel falling off the wagon. Vaggie is cursing herself for being HAPPY he was back and forgetting what he was, Lucifer is coldly furious the sinner is doing this in HIS DAUGHTER'S hotel but surely this will show Charlie he can't be trusted and needs to be thrown out.

Niffty is excited, Husk is just casual, this isn't the first time he's heard Alastor torturing someone but that's why he's the one who realises something is a bit off, Angel is a bit spooked but this isn't the first time he's heard or even seen torture in the mafia and he's more wondering what this woman did that smiles would torture her and broadcast the screams cause this is the first time he's really seen the 'radio demon' Vaggie warned him about.

And then they break in and realise they were wrong, Alastor isn't torturing anyone - he was the one being tortured. And they hear the sounds of hits and a child crying and shouting to stop hitting her and they recognise the voice as a younger Alastor - and they see his wound.

They stand frozen for a bit, listening to Alastor's dream, and then Charlie moves and wakes him up.

When she does his eyes snap open he's smiling at them the sounds cut out - and he covers up his chest and tells Charlie its just a mild flesh wound from his fight with the First Man.

[randomreader92]

What if he dreams about his owner at one point? And they don't treat him nicely...

[kitsunesongs]

Oooh - Maybe it takes him a while to be fully healed and so they insist on him resting and so on and they keep getting his dreams broadcast through, and become used to Richard and his mother screaming, bombs and gunshots and the sounds of WW1, dogs barking and laughter - and then they hear a voice they may recognize, especially if it's Lilith or Roo or Eve (if she's not Roo) and Alastor being hurt.

[randomreader92]

At one point they hear what sounds like a nice dream. A dream of Alastor as child, helping his mother with the cooking.

Everyone is relieved, even Lucifer was starting to get concerned about the daughter stealer's mental state after over a week with nothing but nightmares.

Amelie's voice starts out warm, gentle and encouraging, praising Alastor for following directions correctly and telling him he's such a good boy for helping her. Calling him strong when he lifts up a heavy (for him) bag of flour.

But her voice slowly and ominiously starts to shift.

"It's too bad, though... you weren't strong enough to save me."

"M-Maman?"

"You thought about it, didn't you? When he took you out hunting for game. You could have killed him then. Barely anyone wanders the grounds, no one would've known. So why didn't you?"

"I... didn't..."

"You were too weak. You loved him. You wanted him to love you. You had hoped he would change. That one day he would go back to the father who would kiss me on cheek before leaving for work, the father who was proud of you after successfully shooting a deer for the night's dinner, that we would be the happy family the other kids in school talked about."

Little Alastor whimpered, "I-I'm sorry, maman..."

"You were too weak to do what needed to be done and I paid the price for your selfishness! You chose him over me! Every! Single! Time!"

Alastor was sobbing and apologising, over and over.

"I should've listened to the neighbours and removed you from the start! YOU KILLED ME! MONSTER! DEMON!"

Charlie couldn't take it anymore and burst into Alastor's room, rapidly shaking him awake.

[kitsunesongs]

Ooh, what if this is how Alastor finds out about the Hazbin's listening to his broadcast dreams. When Charlie starts waking him from his nightmares and they seem to know things.

(What if the last person he trusted enough to sleep around was VOX. Vox used something he'd learned from a dream once during a fight with Alastor. Only once. Because when he did Alastor stopped fighting and just left, so he's never done it again.)

[randomreader92]

Maybe when Vox's drones get near Hotel he can sense Alastor is dreaming through the radio waves!

Maybe he's been working on something experimental for the past seven years or so to broadcast his own subliminal messages through Alastor's dreams. Since he's avoided sleeping Vox hasn't had the opportunity to test it out... until now.

[kitsunesongs]

Eve!Lilith!Alastor AU:

Eve: *disappointed that she may never have children*

Mini!Sins: *come into existance*

Eve: *gasps* Free babies!

Exactly! They were so mothered and have kept being mothered throughout all ten thousand years.

Whenever one of them acts up she just pulls out the baby pictures!

(They think she's dead, just like Lucifer, and when they heard she'd vanished during an Extermination, it wasn't only the Sin of Wrath raging - and crying.)

[periguita]

I love it! If we go with Eve mothering the young Sins, does that mean as Alastor he has some maternal feelings for them too?

Like when Lucifer brings Alastor to Ozzie’s for a date, instead of dousing them in water, Alastor proceeds to do the equivalent of twisting the ear when Ozzie harassed M&M.

Or the Trial, Alastor puts all the Sins in time-out as he sorts the farce.

[kitsunesongs]

I can absolutely see Alastor seeing Ozzie, getting the same feeling he does with Charlie, and going into 'his mom scolding him for doing something bad' mode and Ozzie has never felt this bad in his life.

[randomreader92]

I like to think that the sins used to be not perfect but better rulers when Eve was around to temper their worst impulses, because they loved their adopted mom and wanted to please her, only to slip back into bad habits due to grief.

When Lucifer gathers the Sins for a Meeting after the successful Disaster Date at Ozzie's, he explains Charlie's Hotel for those that don’t know, about Alastor's arrival and the whole reincarnation and memory loss situation and that yes, after several weeks staying there and conducting several tests he is one hundred percent certain that really is his (former) wife.

Hell’s Sins are all over the place.

Ozzie is mortified at his treatment of his Adopted Mom's reincarnation back then!

Oh Hell, he had made such lewd gestures at he- him and had threatened to boot him out the club! Oh, he had always wanted to introduce Fizzie to his mom, but they have already made such a terrible first impression before he even realised and OH FUCK! He is seriously considering crawling under a rock and never coming out again.

Lucifer laughs ruefully,"At least you didn't serve his own head to him in a musical duel, so I think you'll be forgiven if you play your cards right!"

 “You did WHAT?”

Bee is crying tears of joy, both at the thought of ‘Mama’ being back but also at Lucifer's emotional state. He's still got that undercurrent of grief, but it seems smaller, and he has a growing hope that she hasn't felt since his wife's death.

She excitedly asks about the possibility of coming over to meet him, and maybe introducing her boyfriend Tex too?

Lucifer says he and Charlie had agreed they're all welcome anytime but not to overwhelm him or make it too obvious why they're there, as pushing too much seems to cause Alastor memory lapses and distress.

Bee agrees, saying she'll accompany her usual delivery of snacks that she's been sending since the Hotel first opened, and slowly warm him up to meeting Tex!

Bell, looking more awake than she has been in years, expresses concern about these "memory lapses" and recurring "losses of thought" as that is definitely not natural.

She asks about the possibility of setting up a doctor's office at the hotel and the likelihood of getting Alastor in there for a scan.

Lucifer gets that long-suffering look he always had when trying to get Lilith to do anything she didn't want to, but says he'll talk it over with Charlie as the Hotel does have a medical room, though it has never really been used.

Mammon is quiet, as he usually was whenever Lilith was bought up. He wants to teleport himself to the Hotel right now and give his mom a hug but is too terrified to move.

What would Lilith- or Alastor as he’s now known- say if he saw him now?

He rubs his belly self-consciously, which has grown considerably after years of emotional eating, something Bee had nagged at him about whenever they had gathered on the Anniversary of their adopted mother’s passing.

Levi is arguing with herself about how to reintroduce herself to mother. One head arguing about how he’s no longer the mother they knew, the other speaking of getting to sing songs together again-  

Satan interrupts everyone by slamming his fist on the table, smoke leaking out his nostrils. He refuses to believe Lucifer about this ‘Alastor,’ accuses the angel of just trying to replace Lilith.

Mama's boy Satan was hit the hardest out of the princes; angry at everyone and everything but especially himself and their King who had failed to protect her, causing a major calamity in the Wrath Ring with his anguish. It got so bad that Lucifer was pulled out of isolation and hired the "shoulder angel" therapist Yogirt (who was currently reminding Satan to breath) after his rampages started to cause issues with the realm's stability and Heaven itself was starting to feel the tremors.

The Wrath Ring has the Day of Mourning, when Satan is unable to contain his powers and the land experiences non-stop earthquakes and eruptions, and wrath-born imps mourn alongside their creator.

He tells Lucifer straight up that he refuses to be involved in his fantasy and walks out.

He ignores any and all attempts with the others to discuss their own interactions with Alastor and convince him to give it a chance.

That changes on the day of The Trial. Lucifer surprises everyone by stepping through the golden portal a little late, just as Satan goes on about being “the True Ruler of Hell” and is promptly followed by Alastor who had rushed him in after seeing the television broadcast. Lucifer had convinced Alastor to attend too as he’s a little rusty after being away for so long plus Lilith was the one truly in charge of these sorts of things.

“Who are you?!” Satan demands, learning over threateningly, ignoring the protests of the Other Sins who look ready to go to war on him.

Lucifer shoots Satan a warning glare but does nothing else besides shake his head at the others, knowing at this point to just watch Alastor do his thing and only intervene when necessary.

The Sinner ignores the flames being blown directly in front of him and fearlessly looks Satan right in the eyes. There is an amused look in his red eyes (did they flicker purple for sec?) as he simply pats the Prince on the snoot, causing Satan to recoil and the watching Goetia to gasp in scandalous horror.

“Salutations, King of Wrath! I’m Alastor, the Radio Demon, pleasure to finally be meeting you, truly!” Alastor smiles in such a familiar way that Satan feels his throat close, suddenly feeling like the baby dragon Lilith used to sing to when he got too scared to sleep alone. “Our King hasn’t been through his mail in a while and missed your summons, but I saw your broadcast on the picture show and dragged him over.”

“Holy fuck is that really the Radio Demon?” blurted Blitzo without thinking but was thankfully ignored.

Andrealphus squarks, “Excuse me, but would someone get the filthy sinner out of thi-”

“SILENCE!” the entire court room trembled as not just Satan but all the Sins snapped at the ice goetia, who could feel control of the situation (and his bladder) slipping through his fingers.

Following Yogirt’s coaching, Satan took a deep, deep breath and asked Alastor respectfully if he will be staying for the trial, sending the audience, both in the court and out of it, into confusion.

Alastor was surprised by the sin’s change in mood but responded in affirmation. Satan nodded and sat back down, his posture more attentive than before.

Lucifer smiled and conjured up a second matching throne beside his own, with deer antlers instead of an apple, brushing aside the cobwebs and rubber duck as he sat.

[kitsunesongs]

Eve!Lilith!Alastor plus Side Effects au:

Inspired by the amazing @blue-rose-soul's Side Effects prologue:

Alastor: I see… I’m dead then? And this is Hell? Charlie: *hesitates* Yes. It’s okay, though! You’re- Alastor: *hands up in the air* WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Lucifer: *muffled on the other side of the door* I-Is the Bellhop cheering?

Ooh yes - he also brings up that he made the deal with the 'demon from the radio' TO make sure he got to hell. Because he really wanted to go to hell but was worried he wouldn't.

Charlie: Why were you worried you wouldn't?

Alastor: Well, I THOUGHT killing people would be enough, but I...have a bit of a rule for the TYPE of people I kill and Mimzy kept calling me an 'altruist' and the victims - not my victims, THEIR victims - kept thanking me so I was a bit worried. I wanted to make sure.

So I did the sensible thing! I summoned a demon. Obviously.

You know what would be fun? Rosie is Roo, who is not Eve, so we've got Eve who masqueraded as Lilith and reincarnated as Alastor, Lilith who masqueraded as Eve and ended up in Heaven on the beach, and Roo who took human form and has been looking for Eve for all this time, because I ship toxic roseradio now.

[randomreader92]

Based on @monkeygirl125418's suggestion:

Alastor starts to move to get up when squeak!

Alastor: Oh! *sounding pleasantly surprised when he recognises the noise and starts patting his oversized coat*

Lucifer: *teleports back in, scanning the room manically*

Charlie: *hands on her hips* Dad!

Lucifer: *zipping around, opening the cupboards* There it was again! Where is it coming from?! I've been hearing the duckie buddy all over the hotel for months-

Alastor: *from behind them* You're here too, Lulu? Thank goodness!

Squeak!

Lucifer/Charlie: *heads whip around in unison to the sight of Alastor talking to a rubber duck that was gently held in his hands*

Charlie: *blinks in confusion* Is that...?

Lucifer: *recognises the duck as an older model of his* Hey, Bellhop, where the fuck did you get that?

[randomreader92]

Between The Lines AU

I propose that after learning about Lucifer's whole "can't hurt sinners" curse, Alastor goes "Well, that's no fun!" and starts recklessly experimenting using himself as the test subject, trying to find a loophole.

After an incident involving one of Angel Dust's cans of hairspray and Lucifer's fire magic, Charlie tries to stage an intervention. Lucifer, shaken by the accidental housefire and convinced Alastor was trying to get him kicked out of the Hotel a second time, snaps at him.

Lucifer: Were you trying to get yourself killed?! Alastor: *rolls his eyes, holding up his now bandaged hand* Well, yes, obviously. *beat* Lucifer: *in a small voice* What? Alastor: *carries on talking, ignorant to the growing horror in the group's faces* You say 'you can't hurt or kill sinners' but that is a pretty vague statement. So I've been taking notes! Alastor: *holds up an old notebook and starts flicking through it* How strong is that curse? Is it a safety lock, bind or a limitor? Is it limited in to physical action or magic? Do you have to be consciously aware of the harm you're doing? Not all harm is done intentionally, after all. That time at the rally, for example? Lucifer/Charlie: *wince at the memory* Alastor: You certainly were putting on an impressive show, with the fire snake construct, but fire spreads easily. What if something flammable had gotten caught in it and started an inferno inside the building? Accidental fires are a thing, your majesties, and sinners are still mostly human. We can suffocate from smoke inhalation or burn to death or both! Lucifer: *shrinking in his seat* Alastor: *is just having fun info dumping about magic at this point* During that confrontation, I remember, you were able to hold a flame pretty close to Vox's face which could've become dangerous to him through similar circumstances to the snake, but you were unable to go further and put it out yourself. That implies that the curse operates on whether or not you consciously consider the act in itself violent or harmful to the sinner! So, I thought I should test it out! Charlie: *eyes wide in horror* But, Alastor, why? Alastor: ...I am not sure I understand the question. Surely, you realise that knowing the limits of the curse would be useful for any future uprisings- Charlie: No! *points the the burns on his arms* I mean why would you deliberately get yourself hurt like that? Alastor: The very nature of the experiment requires- Lucifer: *seriously* Alastor. If Musk hadn't used the Fire Extinguisher, you could've been killed. Permanently. Do you understand that? Alastor: Well, that is just the risk that comes with studying the arcane. The potential for danger is all part of the fun!

Lucifer, Charlie and the rest of the Hotel, having come to realise how much Alastor does for them and just gotten him back, are now recontextualising many of Alastor's actions in the past, such as the Dad Battle before knowing about Lucifer's curse and letting himself be captured by the Vees.

Alastor is put on Suicide Watch.

[randomreader92]

Don't know what you're apologizing for you got it right!

We've been talking about how Alastor is the smartest one in the Hotel, but he is still the guy who sold his soul to a demon and went to fight Adam by himself without any angelic steel weaponry.

This is the au when the cast realise that maybe Alastor didn't let himself get captured because he was a cunning mastermind planning several steps ahead but is just reckless.

And there's a reason he gets along best with Niffty.

[kitsunesongs]

If Alastor's wound doesn't get insta-healed at the end of the season, what if he gets put on pain medication and it's The Good Stuff.

He is high as fuck, no longer giving a damn about his reputation and starts unloading his frustrations onto the cast and it is heartbreaking.

"I almost died fighting Adam and you never searched for me! And then I was captured, you know what the Vees are capable of! You saw me, Charlie! You didn't didn't do anything! You didn't care! You didn't even try to help me! I... I knew you wouldn't, but part of me still hoped... ugh, I can't believe that I almost let myself fall for it again... she was right. There are no friends in Hell."

Ooh I love it - the best part is he's not ACTIVELY trying to make them feel bad he's just really high and telling himself off for being stupid enough as to begin to trust or like them, and they're listening to him as they try to wrestle him back into bed to rest to heal his wound, wincing cause - he's right.

They didn't do anything. They didn't care.

And HE was the one who stopped Vox and the Vees and HE fought them with this wound on his chest which he got protecting the hotel and - his whole plan relied on them not coming for him. Because he knew they wouldn't. And he was right.

I want them struck with guilt and regret.

[randomreader92]

@kitsunesongs @periguita @spinedotlazuli1120 @rowaynebunny @sorathemasterofmasters WOOOOOOOOOOO Season 2 is done and we now have free reign to create without fear of continuity breaking until season 3!

And as an Alastor-simp I hope to release some frustration by working on this idea a bit more if you'd all like to talk it? Maybe give it a name?

Maybe the Festered Wound AU?

SOOOOOOO.... now we know that not only was he not insta-healed HE WASN'T HEALED AT ALL.

Which is extra frustrating because of this moment:

Charlie. Charlie, look up! I know Emily is hurt really bad but one of your subjects is bleeding out right in front of you. Charlie!

I don't Alastor will forget this, how Emily, someone he has never met before and has nothing to gain from him, tried to help him and got seriously hurt as a result (I wonder if that reminds him of a certain someone in life?) or how, once again, his potential peril was ignored by Charlie.

"There are no friends in Hell."

I propose that he collapses in the middle of work due to infection, and that after going so long without proper treatment, overall stress, Vox's mistreatment and the Final Battle, Alastor's wound has festered to the point that it can no longer be healed away with angelic magic and requires immediate emergency treatment.

And after hours of waiting with them only knowing he isn't dead because of Niffty and Husk, the doctor comes out (perhaps Lucifer called Bel in and she either lent one of her doctors or even even operated herself?) and gives them the grim prognosis. Oh, he's alive but in a terrible state; explains how old the holy wound is, the infection due to lack of treatment, how his regeneration has slowed to a crawl, the signs repeated electrical torture, the hormonal imbalance symptomatic of chronic insomnia and stress.

"Quite frankly, your majesty, it's a miracle he was still standing, let alone that he survived this long. "

[spinedotlazuli1120]

Your honour, may I suggest we add more angst?

Despite the doctor/s telling them that the wound, if not treated properly soon, will result in an eternity of pain, the hotel crew still haven't made a move to heal him. Or even get him to a proper medical professional.

With the hotel now being packed full of sinners wanting to be redeemed, it's obvious that they're being busy. And since we already know they prefer doing what they deem important (as in chores instead of their wounded acquaintance), then it's not really out of character for them to leave alastor with the wound still on him.

And of course, we can't forget about the fact that they'll probably have to convince Lucifer to allow him medical aid from other parts of Hell and, well, I think he'd take any opportunity to see the deer man suffering, even if it's not by his own hand. He'll probably wait for, idk, maybe 2 or 3 days before deciding to help cuz Charlie's gonna be mad whoops, but by the time he checks up on alastor, the deer man is in critical condition and that's how he ended up getting a surgery in heaven. (Somehow).

Idk how to write angst

[randomreader92]

Oh yeah I forgot to add the part that it is Emily who finds him!

She has zero expectations of Alastor since she is unfamiliar with his reputation, and just sees one of Sir Pentious's friends dying and freaks out when she realises healing magic isn't working.

They can brush off a woozy Alastor who insists he is fine when asked, but a crying Emily begging for help because because 'HE'S DYING' would be significantly harder.

[randomreader92]

@sorathemasterofmasters @spinedotlazuli1120 Oof, extra angst, the only one who notices Alastor is missing is Lucifer after going two hours without insulting eachother.

Then an apologetic Emily comes back and frantically apologises for kidnapping their friend without asking they must have been so worried but he was in such bad shape that she was terrified that waiting any longer would've killed him and the doctor said he may not make it through the night so she asked Raphael to have a look but even he is unsure oh sorry she's rambling-

Imagine Charlie having to explain to Emily that she didn't even notice Alastor was missing.

Imagine Pentious seeing a bedridden Alastor!

[randomreader92]

Therapy Fawn au:

We are all feeling THE PAIN after season 2, so how about a cracky fluffy au?

Everyone is feeling drained and traumatised after the VVV's attempted uprising and Alastor ponders what to do while also keeping himself safely distant and detached from the rest cast? He gets the idea after watching Husk morosely interacting with Fat Nuggets and seeming a little lighter afterwards. He retreats into his bayou and shifts into his deer form, a tiny red and black deer, before stepping into the shadows.

No one will ever know it was him!

He sneaks into Val's studio and finds Angel's room. Angel jumps and clings to the cieling when he notices him but Alastor just stares.

Angel blinks at him, cautiously kneeling before the fawn, "What are you doing here? How did you- you know, what nevermind."

After staring yields no results, Alastor tries to mimic Fat Nuggets behaviour and pushes his head into the ex-guest's hand, which startles a laugh out of him. That's a good sound! It's working!

Angel shifts to sit crosslegged on the floor, and expertly scritches behind the ears, causing Alastor to squeak and flop limply onto the spider's lap. That was nice, very nice, so nice he almost didn't hear Angel Dust's idle comment, "Huh, guess she was right. Just like a kitten."

Alastor wondered what he meant by that, before promptly forgetting it when Angel started petting his chest fluff. His eyes fluttered closed causing him to miss Angel's concerned expression when he felt the scar under the fur and the faint glimmer of gold.

The deer lost track of time, but was startled back to awareness when a voice called from behind the door, "Mr Dust, you're on in ten!"

"Shit!" Angel muttured, before smiling down at him, "You best get out of here, sweetie. Thanks for the cuddles!"

Later that night, he overheard Husk on the phone, sounding so hopeful it was painful. The grump then told Charlie about how Angel was considering a visit.

Success! And no one was the wiser!

Back at the Hotel, he noticed the King staring into space, his expression haunted.

Alastor sighed before popping back into the bayou, and walking back out in his genius disguise.

Lucifer made a startled quack sound when a red deer leaped onto the couch next to him.

[spinedotlazuli1120]

Angel definitely knows it's alastor lmao.

[randomreader92]

The teethy perma-smile was a dead giveaway.

[spinedotlazuli1120]

Imagine the others find out about it lmao. They don't comment on it cuz:

1) It's actually working. A lot of their guests and clients feel more comfortable and safer to express themselves during some of their therapy sessions whenever Alastor is doing his thing here.

2) They love how soft the guy is. Both literally and figuratively. They love how adorable he is and the fact that he trusts them enough to let them pet him is making their hearts melt, and

3) They're trying to come up with a plan to convince him to heal his wound without making him run away to hide.

[randomreader92]

YES, they'll find out about it, and when Charlie tries to bring it up with Alastor he goes, "Why are you asking me about demon-fawns? Why would I know anything about it? It must've wandered in from the Woeful Woods; this is why we should always make sure the doors are closed after us, Charlie." He spoke with such certainty that might've been convincing if he had looked anyone in the eyes. And besides, demon-deer don't usually have slasher smiles on their muzzles.

[randomreader92]

Hellaverse Headcanons #3:

Vox had originally 'befriended' Alastor in order to use and eventually kill him as he had with his victims from life. How would he kill Alastor? He hadn't thought that far ahead but if this guy could, surely Vox could figure it out.

Alastor was very aware of this but played along out of boredom, deliberately acting coy and trolling him.

They were mutually aware of the other's game, but gritted their teeth and bared with it, acting buddy-buddy while waiting for the other to break first but neither did.

Eventually, before either realised, it had stopped being a game. Vox had fallen in love with his target, finally starting to fill up that empty void inside that he had been unable to fill with power and adulation. And those feelings weren't unreturned. Alastor had very little experience with True Friendship™, let alone actual Romantic Love™ beyond what he heard in the songs that he played on the radio, but knew he enjoyed Vox's company.

Vox, realising his feelings, decides to move on to the next step, just without the murder. Alastor takes this the wrong way... and breaks into hysterical laughter.

[kitsunesongs]

I can see this, but I don't think Vox would be aware Alastor is trolling him/onto him and just waiting for him to try and kill him, I don't think he's able to realise someone could immediately clock him like that lol.

[randomreader92]

Yeah, he probably never realised that Alastor had clocked his original intentions immediately, but I think he would be aware by the end of week 2 that Alastor was playing around (Vox: *eye twitching* ...is he mocking me?!) but just assumes it's because Alastor is either being a jerk or he's playing hard to get.

[mino177]

So I noticed something very interesting about Vox and his victims.

Before killing:

1st victim:

After killing 1st victim:

2nd victim:

After killing 2nd victim:

Final victim:

Everytime Vox killed in his past he completly copied his victims behaviour, talent and even their style. And while he sabotaged some of them, he also manipulated the others to trust him. He pretended to admire them or help them out only to betray and murder them.

And we as the fandom lots of time pointed out how similar Vox behaved and dressed as Alastor:

So my guess is knowing how Vox behaved in life that Alastor might have been his perfect victim type. He already started to take on his style but unlike his other victims Alastor didnt fall for his tricks and saw right through him and he couldnt even hurt him.

Because of these he was never able to get over his obsession and switch to a new person.

I am not saying that in a first time ever Vox didnt genuinely wanted to be partners with Alastor or saw him as his equal but I also think his messed up serial killer brain might also has something to do with wanting to be with Alastor.

And if Alastor knows about Vox past and behaviour it is easy to see why he laughed at him and denied their partnership. He thought he will be Vox next victim. Used and discarded as nothing. He probably couldnt believe that Vox would try to manipulate him too.

[radio-dmon]

On Alastor Claiming to Hate Vox's Touch and Vox's Reaction

and how Vox's past might have influenced the Radio Demon more than he lets on.

I see people losing their mind over this little statement left and right, and, well, that's how fandom is, but, please, can we keep the nuance and stick to the facts? I beg.

Alastor is touch-averse to a degree, no question, unless he is the one touching or fond of the person going for it (Niffty climbing him) or it's the right kind of touch he likes at whatever given moment.

Howsoever, none of this is of any importance in the moment in question.

The scene makes it intensely clear that Alastor only refers to a specific touch he can't stand. And for a good reason! (From Alastor's pov, at least.)

Alastor doesn't like it when Vox puts his hands on his shoulders.

Of course he doesn't! He himself (Alastor) uses this gesture to manipulate!

It's a gesture Alastor connects to asserting power over another person while also trying to win their trust. So, having it done to him, he identifies as an attempt at manipulation. It also comes of as condescending, and there is little he dislikes more than being treated with this kind of conceit.

This makes the situation sad and complicated, indeed. - Since treating him in a condescending way was not Vincent's intention, especially not in the past. Yes, Vox uses the gesture too, and, it is quite likely, knowing the life he led, he often does for the exact same reason as Alastor. Yet, in the flashback, he merely followed the impulse and didn't mean to manipulate him. (As Vivienne Medrano confirmed, his intentions with Alastor were genuine in the flashback.)

Now, in my opinion, it is Vincent's past that adds the lacking part to the flashback scene. What Vincent sees is a man who inspires him, with a similar drive, with a similar profession/passion, with a similar darkness in him. Maybe he had even heard of Alastor while still alive, should his deeds have been in the media after his death.

What Alastor sees is a man who is as ruthless as himself, who killed every single 'partner' he ever had when viewing them as more powerful/successful than himself. With his trust issues and 'protect yourself and never let anyone close' mentality, Vincent's suggested partnership is a risk he simply cannot take with him. Heartbreaking, since he is clearly very fond of him and shows it with the most sincere smile we ever see from him:

(Yes, even while touched, if not in the mentioned triggering way.)

During the rejection, Alastor never appears truly amused but rather distressed and seems to be in pain (hysterical) about having to cut off this friendship that meant a lot to him, too. (Other people wrote a lot about this topic already, the averting his gaze, the expressions, the hairpulling ...)

So back to the specific shoulder touch, which further confirms, to Alastor, that Vincent merely tries to assert dominance and to use him (and later even kill him, probably, as he must consider).

There is a slight sound of displeasure even in the flashback, when Vox puts his hands on Alastor's shoulders.

There is no such sound or any sign of annoyance while Vox has his hand on him casually right before that moment; there also is no such sound or any sign of annoyance earlier, when Vox touches his shoulder more loosely and not in this highly specific way:

Alastor does not hate Vox's touch in general. He definitely enjoys their little 'dances', and it's a literal on-screen point that Vox doesn't overdo it with touching him and respecting his space. The moment Alastor shows the slightest hint of displeasure, Vox pulls back his hands:

He could have done whatever while he had him as his captive. But this wasn't even an idea that crossed Vox's or Alastor's mind. Vox is portrayed as uninterested in anything Alastor doesn't give willingly; he wants his approval, not to force his touch on him. And Alastor is portrayed as being aware, making this deal without restricting Vox's options, knowing he won't overstep in ways he cannot handle.

All the more Vox is shocked when Alastor claims to hate the shoulder touch he considered a tiny thing - while Alastor never verbalized that he dislikes it before:

As mentioned above, the scene leaves no doubt that Alastor refers to the specific shoulder touch, not to being touched or being touched by Vox in general. Vox even underlines it, trying to understand:

So my conclusion is:

The fandom can calm down, no harm done, Vox does a lot of shit, but him knowingly ignoring Alastor's consent and touching him in ways he hates is not part of it and, frankly, OOC. He did the shoulder touch Alastor dislikes without knowing he dislikes it.

To keep in mind what exact touch Alastor hates gives a deeper understanding of who he is and his past and it would be a pity to leave this out and replace it with a plain "Oh touch bad to him".

I'm pretty sure there is no need to frown about some random occassions with Vox's hands on his frienemies shoulders who never heard of personal space - as long as he is the one doing the touching.

The amazing gifs and vid are by @voxuntethered. ❤

[starweaversguidetothehazbinhotel]

OK, I have my own take that I’ve observed about the scene.

Look at Alastor’s eyes. See how they’re dilated? In nearly every episode we’ve seen him in so far, Alastor’s default is narrow, slit-like pupils.

Even in his other, softer, moments- like when Nifty gifted him the roach crown- Al still had almost snake-like eyes.

But look here:

His eyes are soft, pupils wide. He is literally giving Vox doe-eyes.

Alastor’s ears are angled in Vox’s direction; showing he is both relaxed and giving his full attention to his “picture box”. This is a huge contrast how we normally come to see him with his ears perked up-right and pointed forward.

Nowhere else do we get to see Alastor in such a casual and comfortable state. This might be the face of a killer- but it’s a killer in puppy love.

Despite being a radioapple shipper, I honestly think that Alastor had feelings for Vox. I think the crush was mutual on both ends at this point in their relationship.

Which leads to- why the harsh rejection?

I don’t know.

While Alastor’s mockery was most definitely cruel. It seemed off to me. Almost rehearsed?

It’s likely that Al was either restricted by his deal or….. He assumed that Vox only wanted a partnership to use Alastor’s power. (Vox literally said “with your power, and my influence.”)

I personally think Alastor instinctively went to cover his own bruised ego by being as hurtful and caustic as possible. I saw the mockery as an attempt to bury the embarrassment of liking someone who (in his mind) just wanted to use him.

I have a strong feeling that if Vox had worded things just a little differently (or had simply asked Alastor on a date outright) his results would’ve been very different.

We will probably learn more about their dynamic in the upcoming episodes. But I just wanted to point this out, since I haven’t seen anyone else mention it.

~ Side note before the anti-shippers come for me.

I am Ace.

It is a spectrum.

I like to see romance in my representation.

Thank you for your time. ~

[agerasiaa]

I’m actually VIOLENTLY ill over the fact that Alastor was stressing about how to get out of his deal with Rosie and his brain went: “Okay…I need someone who could be recognized as the strongest sinner.”

AND HIS MIND WENT TO VOX.

Like??? No matter how much smack he talks to Vox’s face, it’s really telling that Alastor STILL acknowledged that Vox was capable of reaching that level.

And the fact that his entire plan hinged on how well he knows Vox??

He knew Vox is touchy, reactive, emotional—and he built the whole scheme around exactly how he knew Vox would respond. He relied on Vox being down bad enough for him to be easy to manipulate.

The emotional intimacy of that…the mutual hatred…the tension…

Alastor’s biggest problem was that deal… and Vox’s unrequited violent obsessive love is the thing that breaks it for him. I’m unwell.