AU idea I've had for a while:
Rewind!AU (could probably use a better name)
In her efforts to kill Vaggi, Lute ends up finding a weapon- one that, when fired, will revert whoever it hits to exactly what they were at the date entered into it. Lute enters a random date before Vaggi’s creation (1939), and sets off for the Hotel.
However, she ends up hitting Alastor, and reverting him to who he was in 1939- aka, at the peak of the Radio Demon’s rampage.
And he is much worse.
Back then, he was still new to Hell. He was completely alone- hadn't found Mimsy yet, hadn't met Niffty, or Vox, or Husk. He had nothing to stop him from being the worst version of himself.
He had no nice guy act, didn't act all polite- no, he let people know exactly what he was: a cruel, feral, paranoid cannibal serial killer.
And he was stronger. His partial demon form (the one we see in the fight with Vox) was his natural form, he had an aura of power and terror surrounding him, and the static that always filled whatever area he was in was louder- and, if you listened closely, you could hear the screams.
The Hotel crew was, of course, confused as to what happened, why didn't he remember them, why was he threatening them- and then someone (not sure who yet) asks him what year it is, and he says 1939.
Husk is the only person who truly understands what that means, who they're dealing with.
Once the Hotel figures out what happened, they have varying reactions. Vaggi and Lucifer feel vindicated- look, guys, this is who Alastor really is, underneath the act.
But no- not quite. The Alastor they know is a horrible person, but he's not this bad. Getting used to Hell, having friends allies genuinely made him better. Not a lot better, but better.
He leaves the Hotel- they try to stop him, but he fixes them with a radio-dial-pupiled glare that paralyzes them all with terror like they'd been caught in the gaze of a basilisk, and he leaves.
Also, the flow of time is a bit fucked up, so they really need to find a way to fix this, and maybe even end up having to work with Lute to do it.
I'm still figuring details out, but Valentino 100% goes on the broadcast, maybe Vox too, and I kinda want a third Overlord to get killed as well.
I'll probably reblog this to my Hazbin blog and add more details. I DO plan to write a fic for this, someday, but for now I'll probably just write some little snippets of scenes.
Ooohhh!!!! Okay, this is so much fun, but I'd make it 1933/34 - the HEIGHT of his rampage, cause the thing about Alastor is that he came in and killed the Overlords and overturned everything QUICKLY, so I think by 1939 he'd have already mellowed a bit.
I also think it would be really fun if the reason Lute got Alastor instead of Vaggi is he was trying to get Vaggi out of the line of fire.
Even HUSK may not understand exactly, he came in in the 70s - the one who might best understand is Zestial. Or Rosie.
Ooh, does it rewind him completely? Is he still bound to Rosie now?
Quite possibly MOST of the Overlords go in the broadcast, Maestro, ZeeZee, Prick, Hatchet, the Vees - Rosie is safe because of soul shenanigans, and Zestial was around then and so presumably would still be safe because he was then? But what if he wasn't an Overlord at that time?
Also, as fun as THIS Alastor is - image Lute put in a different time period.
A time when Alastor was a child, teen, 20s, and human! Or a time in the 50s when he was friends with Vox and has no idea who these people are and goes to Vee tower!
This is such a fun idea!