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My bs crack head canon that Alastor and Velvette are distant relatives (in a very convoluted way) - and thus them both being cutthroat overlords who rose to power very fast being a shared thing - is supported by the fact that deer antlers shed velvet

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Fun part of having the "Val and Vaggie are related" (like metamorphosis or the uncle Val au) au while also shipping valastor is that in a very convoluted way alastor becomes Vaggie's step "parent"

He's like the dad who didn't want a cat (a child) but got one anyway

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The main cornerstone of all the arguments in the Mr and Mrs Alastor household (last name pending) was always "how to parent The Child" aka baby Al

And you would think it's because the dad is antisocial loner who hates cities and only puts on a smile for a public while the mom is a bubbly social butterfly who's perfectly blending into society

But no

It was because mom is part of a shadow folk who eat their offspring if it's "weak enough" and dad is a deer demon who's people rarely have viable offspring and in result coddle their kids until they are "of age to hunt" and shower them with affection

There was A VERY BIG COMPROMISE regarding baby Al (a deal was made even)

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I think I need to dip more into Vaggie's angel aesthetic

The glowing hair was a win

Imagine Vaggie is just having glowing hair (low-key the halo), golden blood all the stuff and Charlie is still blaming her for "not telling her she's an angel"

Coz yk

I don't think she's a fallen even in canon

She wasn't like officially cast out by higher powers and shit or got corrupted to lose wings and other paraphernalia

She just got left behind (although I can argue that exorcists are not real angels)

But also the show sucks at conveying holiness and shit

So many possibilities, imagine:

Fallen angel Luci who dress in white and holding up the holier than thou attitude because he's convinced he didn't deserve the punishment for majorly fucking up and corrupting the whole world

Vs

Not fallen angel Vaggie who's dressed in dark colours (which I HC that Charlie picks clothes for her) and is ridden with guilt (which is also a HC that the guilt for their sins is what holding sinners in hell aka "guilt is a chain that is holding your soul down")

The whole Vaggie backstory feels very raw and out of place just to make us hate lute and Adam tbh

It would be actually cool if Vaggie came into the hotel while Charlie only started because she was looking for redemption but ended up being taken advantage of and forced into relationship and to work on the project (coz yk the whole Chaggie thing from Vaggie's pov really looks like the "girl moves to a new city without resources or a support network and immediately started to date s "nice person" who helps her out with money and housing and now she's ignoring any red flags and controlling behaviour because she's feels like she owes them+ her whole livelyhood depends on them now so she's kinda stuck in the situation" am I projecting? Kinda)

Welcome to my ted talk lmao

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i thought about valerie (fem!val) and honestly with val's performative masculinity he does have the drag king vibes

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I like the Idea of Alastor having fur (coz deer yk) like any other guy BUT

since the maid Alastor art positively changed my brain chemistry on how to draw him (hi, straight bob with bangs) I do love him just having a lot of body hair

Like, he's all slim and dainty but IF YOU SEE HIM NAKED HE'S THE HAIRIEST DUDE YOU'LL EVER SEE

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what if elves ARE biologically immortal but in a lobster way?

they just grow bigger and only die if killed or cannot shed their old skin anymore

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on a spiritual level this is Valerie (and Val in general ngl) and Vaggie and you cant tell me im wrong