Welcome to Our Hotel!

A Project to redeem the sinners of Hell.

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Is this blasted thing on?

Welcome one and all to The Redemption Project, a hotel in Hell’s Pride Ring with the goal of redeeming the sinners within, allowing them to pass through the gates and enter Heaven, which will eliminate the need for exterminations and mass killings and everything!

Now, a little bit of housekeeping! Since Nifty definitely isn’t up for it.

This blog is run by @branches-and-thorns; if you want to find out about my non-TRP projects, it’ll be there!

This is not an RP blog, but you are more than welcome to use the Hotel Inquiries box in order to reach any of the Hotel’s staff or guests, as well as the Overlords of the Pride Ring. If you’re feeling particularly brave, you can also contact souls in Heaven via the Inquiries. I cannot guarantee that you will receive quality answers, however.

You can also use the Inquiries box to ask me things about the Project. Please ask me things about the Project.

The goal of The Redemption Project is to explore what Hazbin Hotel would be like if it was a fantasy epic rather than an adult comedy. My own opinions on Hazbin Hotel are unrelated to the Project. Be nice, y’all.

And I think that’s everything! We hope you enjoy your stay!

BOOM!

Oh, give me strength… Okay, there’s still a few things to go through.

#The Redemption Project is the main tag for this rewrite.

#Art post is for posts featuring art.

#Character post is for posts centred on particular characters.

You can also use character names, such as #Charlie Morningstar, to find all the content for a particular character.

#Development post is for posts discussing how I designed and constructed this rewrite.

#Analysis post is for posts discussing Hazbin Hotel itself.

#Ask post is for posts responding to general asks.

#Hotel Inquiries is for the Hotel Inquries box.

#Non Redemption is for reblogs.

That was… painful. Now, I have to try and wrangle our manager into fixing that wall, so if you have any questions, feel free to direct them to our staff.

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Angel Dust pride print available at WA Summer Con June 20, 2025. Art by Kanomareki. Signed by Blake Roman.

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See he does actually suit blue when its not…

Whatever this is

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Exclusive; A Sneak Peek At The Vees’ First Ready-To-Wear Collection of 2026.

The released images from the lookbook feature newcomer Salina alongside fan favourite Melissa, but the star of the show is definitely our beloved Angel. As the brains behind the collection, Velvette was quoted saying:

People think we set the trends, and they’re right, but we have to watch what’s happening outside our influence. Professionalism is the key to our world, and this collection was designed to reflect that; with our own spin, of course.

I’m sure we can all agree it’s a spectacular start to the season!

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“So, how do I look?”

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Velvette.exe has stopped working.

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how many people is charlie’s project actually able to redeem?

two

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Revamping Angel Dust!

I have already spoken at length about my issues with Valentino’s season two writing during my Sympathy for the Abusers essay, but I also struggled to with how to adapt the character’s early writing. It’s no secret that Hazbin Hotel’s Valentino thinks with his genitals, but I knew very early on that porn wasn’t something I was interested in writing about for The Redemption Project.

Subsequently, I was able to figure out how to adapt Angel’s very flirtatious personality for a more dramatic show:

But the character really came together when I was discussing Angel’s plotline in season two.

@paranormal-paracosm made some really good points about how this could affect the character’s motives:

As for Angel’s design, I planned a feminine design in the early stages, with a showbiz influence.

I ended up doing various outfits for the character while playing fashion games, and came to a conclusion about the character’s design:

And with that, the character came together rather quickly.

He’s one of my favourites, and I hope you enjoyed hearing about what went into my rework.

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My favorite character redesign 💜

Vaggie is one of my favorites, I hope that shows haha she's a sinner here, has my headcanons and she comes from El Salvador (In my headcanon, she has difficulty pronouncing some English words and her accent is more noticeable.

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Welcome one and all to the introduction of Angel!

An actor in Valentino’s studios, Angel was the first to join the Hotel, wanting to escape the Vees’ control; or so it seems. One of Pride’s greatest talents, Angel can sell any lie, and the true reasoning behind his hotel residency is much more sinister; a spy sent by the Vees in order to monitor the Hotel and its business. It’s not something he enjoys, but he knows better than to bite the hand that feeds.

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hey noticed that every time someone asks about AD you just call him angel and i gotta ask if thats deliberate or just a coincidence

You’ve got quite a keen eye, Anon!

Yeah, it’s deliberate. I have nothing against the name Angel Dust; in the streets of Hazbin Hotel, it works for the character… but it doesn’t work as well in The Redemption Project’s world. Simply put, I didn’t want it for my rewrite, so I changed it to just ‘Angel’.

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so that that were starting to hear about the hotels guests

when do we get to meet them

I wanna see the angel dust design

First off, thank you so much for the enthusiasm. You’ll be happy to know that my Angel redesign is coming very soon :)

This is a really good opportunity to discuss how many posts I have queued at once. It may not surprise my followers to discover that the brain behind The Redemption Project is both autistic and dealing with the squirrel kind of ADHD, so what tends to happen is that I’ll make five posts in the span of a weekend, and then I won’t make anything for a week. Needless to say, the drafts are my best friend.

As an example, the Velvette design that was posted in mid-April had been completed about ten weeks before, at the start of February. In the case of the Vees’ designs, this allowed me to cover up a three month break from working on TRP, while I dealt with some personal matters. Currently, I have the designs for Angel, Alastor, and Rosie all ready to post, alongside various development posts. However, their releases will be staggered in order to allow a more consistent release schedule.

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It's off to hell we go !

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💃CHARLIE, V, NIFFTY AND HUSK, ANGEL, ALASTOR, WHAT ARE EM?

YESSS MORE QUESTIONS!

💃 Does your character have any hobbies? What are they? Do they enjoy them because they're good at them?

Charlie LOVES baking. There’s constant treats at the Hotel solely because she makes so much of it!

V always says that hobbies are distractions. But she’s been seen working on her girlfriend’s hair more times to be coincidence.

Nifty designs outfits. She can draw surprisingly modern things, but she never keeps those.

Husk has his vices, as all do. The drinks and the halls.

Angel claims that he doesn’t have time for hobbies, but he’s tried. He has his own performances he keeps out of Valentino’s sight. That’s enough.

Alastor considers the question preposterous, but those closest to him know what he won’t say. The Radio Demon is a rather talented singer.

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Gonna fire a few off at absolute random for the hotel staff and guests.

💋 Alastor

🌶️ Angel Dust

💄Charlie

🍒 Husk

🍓Nifty

🥩 V

🩸 Sir Pentious

And as a bonus

🥀 Lucifer

oooo I love these questions!

💋 How quickly does your character fall in love? How do they feel about that?

Love is a funny word, and Alastor doesn’t know if he has it at all. But he has fallen before, and it was lightning.

🌶️ How does your character perceive intimacy? Did they come to the conclusion on their own or was it influenced by their upbringing?

Angel is used to intimacy. It’s a tool, a way to get what he needs. He learnt that quick enough.

💄 What would your character wear to impress someone? How much do they care about their appearance?

You would expect the Princess of Hell to adorn herself in demonic finery, but Charlie’s fashion is more simplistic; she’s the hotel’s manager, and she dresses the part.

🍒 Who would stick by your character no matter what? Who would be the last to leave them?

Husk doesn’t have people that stick by him. Everyone has already left.

🍓 How naive is your character? Would you say they are sweet and trusting?

Nifty isn’t naive. She knows how the world works. She’s learnt not to trust, to keep herself to herself.

🥩 Does your character have a strong moral stance on anything that might make them stand out? This includes lifestyle choices.

V tries not to stand out; she keeps her cards close to her chest. Her scathing views on Heaven’s forces are not uncommon, but her reasoning far more complicated.

🩸 How high is your character's pain threshold?

Demons have high thresholds for pain, and Sir Pentious is no exception. A good mask is everything in hell.

🥀 How is your character's perception of time? Are they bothered by existential questions?

What is time to the son of God?

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OC asks (red/pink version)

Go ahead and reblog this so people can ask you or drop an ask in my inbox!

🥰 How is your character's relationship with their family? (If their family are alive, I know us writers aren't very good at keeping them around)

💌 Does your character communicate their feelings well? Is there anyone who helps them to find the words?

♥️ How guarded is your character? Will they ever let someone in?

❤️‍🩹 How does your character's past impact their present? Are they working on their trauma or blissfully unaware of it?

💋 How quickly does your character fall in love? How do they feel about that?

🧠 How intelligent is your character? Do they have book smarts or street smarts?

🫀 What is your character's biggest fear? Has it been with them their whole life or did it appear after an event?

🩸 How high is your character's pain threshold?

💃 Does your character have any hobbies? What are they? Do they enjoy them because they're good at them?

🌹 What's your character's favourite plant? Do they have one? Do they care? Do they grow them?

🥀 How is your character's perception of time? Are they bothered by existential questions?

🍄 Does your character follow rules? Do they blindly accept them? Do they like to push boundaries?

🐞 If your character could change one of their physical features, what would it be?

🍓 How naive is your character? Would you say they are sweet and trusting?

🍒 Who would stick by your character no matter what? Who would be the last to leave them?

🍎 What was your character's education like? How has it impacted the way they interact with others?

🍅 What does your character absolutely hate? What hill would they die on?

🌶️ How does your character perceive intimacy? Did they come to the conclusion on their own or was it influenced by their upbringing?

🥩 Does your character have a strong moral stance on anything that might make them stand out? This includes lifestyle choices.

🛑 Which boundary if crossed would lead your character to cut someone off?

🚗 How does your character get around? Is transport easily available to them? How far are they willing to travel from home?

⛩️ Has your character ever left their country?

🎀 Does your character conform to gender norms? What is their perception of them?

🧨 How short is your character's temper? What are their main tells that they are angry?

☎️ Is your character wary of technology? How would they feel if put in a different era with modern advancements or no internet access?

🧣 Does your character run hot or cold? What do they do to warm up/cool down?

💄 What would your character wear to impress someone? How much do they care about their appearance?

🎒 What are your characters 3 bare essentials - 3 objects that matter so much to them they would feel lost without them?

👠 Does your character keep up appearances or are they authentically themselves? Does this change depending on who they're around?

🧯 How does your character react in emergencies? Are they good at keeping calm, do they take the lead?

🪓 How is your character's physical strength?

🧲 Does your character attract attention or slip into the shadows? How do they feel about this?

📕 Does your character keep a diary? Are they well read? What do they write/read about?

📌 How easily can your character sense a change in a dynamic? Can they tell when they are being lied to?

📢 Can your character keep secrets? How trustworthy are they?

❓ How curious is your character? Does their curiosity or lack thereof get them into trouble?

🚩 What is your character's biggest red flag? What red flag puts them off others?

🎌 What is your character's country of origin? Are they from a nice area or did they grow up in a less privleged place?

If you use these asks please tag me, I'm so interested to see what answers people give x

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Let’s do it. Please bother me about any of the TRP cast!

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Lore drop; Vox is a fantastic speaker, but he can’t compose his own speeches for the life of him. Velvette’s his writer; he doesn’t trust anyone else knowing that his words are not his own.

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The backbone of the Vees.

Velvette took the media company that Vox and Valentino had built, and turned it into an empire with an iron grip on the Pride Ring. The brains behind Vox’s speeches, meditating clashes between her fiery partners is a bigger part of her job than she cares for, and although she does care for the two other Vees, she has her own plans in case either of them go too far.

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Sympathy for the Abusers: the problem with the Vees in season two of Hazbin Hotel.

I think the Vees are good villains. They’re horrible people, but they serve their purpose in the story, and Vox and Valentino do that relatively well… in season one. Unfortunately, in season two’s quest to elevate Vox’s status as an antagonist above that of Valentino and Velvette, Hazbin Hotel makes the baffling decision to paint the latter Vees in a substantially lighter shade of grey, a completely unnecessary decision that is not only disrespectful to Hazbin’s audience, but actively harms what’s being set up for future seasons.

To explain why, I think it’s best I start by looking back at the characters that season one introduced, and the strengths and weaknesses in their writing.

The self proclaimed ‘backbone of the Vees’, Velvette steals the show early on with her reveal of a decapitated Exorcist head to several of the Overlords. I adored her appearances in the early episodes of season one, but she suffers from, to put it bluntly, a lack of things to do, and during the latter part of the season she is overshadowed by her allies.

The overlord of film, I feel like Valentino is at his best when the show decides to write him as a villain. The version of Valentino that episode four presents is a shadowed, terrifying presence, but Hazbin often mistimes comedy and drama when it comes to his business, undermining him as a character as well as disrespecting the serious topics his character involves.

TV-headed Vox is obsessed with the Radio Demon, and his control over the networks of Hell is demonstrated in a verbal battle of wills with his greatest enemy. Despite the moments of comedy, Vox still comes across as an incredibly powerful figure, and he, alongside ends the season in a quite advantageous position.

If, at the end of season one, you’d asked who the worst of the Vees was, most people would’ve said Valentino. Although he has his fans, the depiction of his abuse in episode four ruined any goodwill that he could have amongst those who didn’t know Hazbin before it released on Prime. Although the Vees only make a brief appearance in the pilot, Helluvaverse content across the web suggested an abusive relationship between Vox and Valentino; there were multiple instances of Valentino cracking Vox’s screen across the characters’ Instagram pages (yes, that was a thing that happened), though their relationship now seems to be relatively stable, Vox’s obsession with Alastor aside.

Now, I don’t think the decision to centralise Vox was a bad one. On the contrary, I really like what season two of Hazbin Hotel does with Vox; I think he’s an interesting opponent for both the Hotel and the forces of Heaven, and although he does take over the season a bit (having noticeably more songs in season two than the protagonist), he continues to serve his purpose well. The same cannot be said for Valentino and Velvette.

I think the Vees’ rough patch in this season makes sense. Vox was trying to cut his partners out; a decision that lines up with the character introduced in season one. The Vees are remarkably selfish, despite their relationship as a group. The behaviour of the remaining two Vees makes sense, while the show’s decision to frame that behaviour in a sympathetic light does not. Let’s examine both Valentino’s and Velvette’s verses in a later season two song, When I Think About the Future, when the rift between Vox and his allies has had time to grow.

In my opinion, these two verses are a perfect example of the problem with the writing of Valentino and Velvette this season. It is not the anger that the characters have for Vox’s dismissal, as seen in Velvette’s verse, that’s the problem, but the way the way the show uses that behaviour to portray two abusive characters as sympathetic. Vox is being a cunt, but the other Vees are no less cunts because of this. As for this…

Look. I understand why the Vees ended up helping. But the smile was completely unnecessary. It was not necessary for Charlie to react at all, given the situation she was in, but if she needed to react to this move, in my opinion, it would’ve been interesting for Charlie to have been upset by this; it could’ve forced her to reconsider how far her ideas went, and reexamine the people she’s been receiving support from, especially if Alastor is going to be more of a threat in season three. 

Which brings me nicely onto my conclusion, and the other reason the decision to paint the Vees as sympathetic makes no sense. Valentino has ended the season in quite an advantageous position once again, presenting himself as a hero following Vox’s downfall, with Angel Dust under his thumb once again.

Which begs the question, if Valentino is going to be the next opponent for the Hotel… what was the point in sympathising with him?