#hazbin meta

[roodles03]

I'm shocked that I haven't seen anyone point out that Vox can be forcibly silenced against his will and get fully muted, completely losing his voice.

(Ironic since his name means Voice lmfao)

BUT Alastor is unable to be silenced even when his mouth his foribly shut. He can still speak his mind and CANNOT be muted against his will. His voice literally cannot be silenced by others.

Not only is this yet another awesome foil between the two (which is the obvious)

But it also represents that radio is actually STILL most reliable long distance method of communication to this very day (in terms of its failure rate)

For instance, during extreme weather, weather radios are almost always the LAST thing that fails. Typically everything else will fail first. Cell towers can get knocked out easily, especially making phones useless. Power poles and powerlines easily can fail, and when the power goes out it renders most television and desktops useless, and you only have so much battery on your moblie devices.

BUT a weather radio will often STILL be working as normal even after all other methods of communication and warning have been lost. (Not always, but the failure rate during dire times is VERY low compared to literally everything else)

[villainsposting]

Alastor being aroace makes his dynamic with Vox like 100% funnier. It's a villain rivalry, you immediately know people will look at these two and think "they crave each other carnally", except only one of them has the capacity for it. Which is the perfect set up for a ridiculous one-sided obsession, but then Alastor is shown to be acting way more unbothered by Vox than he actually is. Dude is walking the streets of Hell menacingly staring into cameras and doesn't even have the excuse of homosexuality. Both of these fuckers are goofy as hell.

[watchmebitch]

i’ve just seen yet another commentator remarking on how we do not talk enough about Alastor baby talking Vox into the deal

my friends, if anything we don’t talk enough about the fact that Alastor partially undressed mid combat. babytalk? sure, but he also vanished into the shadows for a sec to fully untie his bowtie and undo like four buttons. play the footage! the tie is hanging there around his neck in one solid piece. Vox does not rip anything off of him! Alastor said “hang on, what is the best way to drain half of Vox’s available brainpower to ensure that he falls for the most obvious setup ever” and in two seconds came up with “the closest thing to a striptease i can shoehorn into the middle of active combat.”

the only thing that is more insane than Alastor doing that is Vox re-dressing him off-screen BEFORE the humiliation parade. presumably because he does not want anyone else to see sexy, wounded, half-dressed Alastor.

absolutely crazy work from both of them here.

[hazeleyednerd]

Remember When the Speaker Bumped Foreheads with Pentious?

I realized that this wasn’t the first time we’ve seen an angel do that to someone.

Lucifer did it too.

So now I’m wondering if this is a gesture of affection used by Heavenborn angels like Lucifer. In which case, it’s a sweet bit of stealth lore about angelic culture in Hazbin Hotel.

[doushitemacaron]

(original post by @roodles03 )

Omg this is the first time I realised that Velvette is on the same power spectrum as Alastor and Vox! Wifi is just fucking radio waves! In fact, she's closer than modern TV, which is mostly physical cables! (But then, everyone just streams things online now, so we're back to tv being radio waves)

So fucking fascinating

More hazbin stuff

[broadcasting-screams-since-33]

// Alastor is not alone, y'all

He has friendly acquaintances, and acts very affectionate towards them.

He was business partners he respects, and who overall respect him.

He makes friends easily.

He is a socialite.

Lonely? Sure. Alone? Never.

And according to Mimzy, he knows how to party hard.

“Oh yeah, we go way back, ran in the same circles when we were alive. You know, this one used to frequent the club where I used to perform. He's the only one I knew who could pound whiskey like a sailor then keep up with me on the dance floor!” — Mimzy, Dead Beat Dad

[rat-rambles]

Its so funny to me that Alastor's 2 main ships are

X wanta-be God CEO man

And

X nearly a God King of hell

[raggedyannazon]

Absolutely am feral over how Hazbin presents its characters.

People are so used to a character being extremely one-sided, flat and 2d. A villain is all bad, a hero is all good, there's no depth or nuance or facets to be explored. There's no hypocrisy or duality, but in Hazbin there is.

--You have Vox who is a power hungry megalomaniac, clearly with something going on (I have theories) but who is also really passionate and emotional and cares deeply for people he's close to and has clearly been able to maintain relationships (first with Alastor for a few years, then with Valentino for almost 40, and then Velvette).

--You got Valentio who is a human trafficker, rapist and drug dealer/addict but he's loyal as fuuuucccckkk. That man is the strongest ride or die you could ever have. Closeted boyfriend/Business partner having a whole suicide-bombing crashout over his situationship ex? Do we leave him? No way! We rip his head off to save him and everyone else than go home and give him the silent treatment for God knows how long. He speaks up for Velvette, he's a team player ("think about the future Val, don't let success break up the band") and clearly Val feels deeply like Vox does and is a talented artist in more than one medium (movies and drawing).

--Velvette is vicious and mean spirited and violent but once you move past that wall she's also solid, grounded in a way Vox and Val are not, and doesn't hold any grudge over having to pull them back down or direct one to mellow the other out. She gives Vodka Aunt vibes in a good way.

--Even Alastor for all his bullshit (I love him don't @ me). He's unhinged and bloodthirsty and manipulative and closed off but we've already seen he has fears and insecurities and some mild quality of being sentimental or attached to a degree (citing Niftys roach crown in his room and if we're all assuming right the microphone Vox likely gifted him). And something I don't see pointed out is he does have some concept of trust because he walked into being Vox's captive with that risk that anything could happen - though I'm positive he calculated the risk was nonexistent - and trusted Vox with his wellbeing whether even he realized it or not. He trusted Vox to not do anything, trusted Vox to not let Val or Vel do anything. Trusted that he wouldn't come out of it worse for the wear. That says a lot. And Alastor is still the most enigmatic so I'm excited for Season 3 to show us more.

--Then Charlie who is positive and driven and passionate but clumsy and a touch egocentric and prideful but still compassionate and insecure, too. She's hard-working but short-sighted, friendly but more guarded than she let's on.

Like I could go on but these characters are actually REALLY WELL rounded whether some of the fandom sees it or not. And it's nice to see these characters that are supposed to be bad or good having contrasting qualities that real life humans do because it's so important to see a person as a whole rounded human and sometimes characters in shows can give us that stepping stone to seeing beyond one quality or another. Hazbin does it to an extreme because they're in Hell for really bad stuff but I think the idea is to see that people and society are all a lot more shades of grey and a lot less black and white than we always imagine it is.

(My new hazbin/RadioStatic aideblog is @purplebleedseternal where I'll be posting stuff like this from now on)