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no context just saps

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I don't have specifically valentine's day art or anything but I made this today :3

look I love me a good corruption arc for this ship as much as the next guy esp bc it's more in-character for them, but the few stories that take a sillier, more light-hearted approach are a nice sugary treat too from time to time

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Charlastor brainworms anon here again. I was reading your reply to a recent ask and i have to say I agree, and also it's really silly to me that some people act like charlastor is some kind of morally dubious ship.

I don't think anyone's here to ship this because they want it to be canon, it's honestly just for fun! There's nothing wrong with it being non-canon compliant.

As an aroace lesbian, charlie isn't even lesbian herself, just in a lesbian relationship. So many ships split up canon pairings anyway, it's not something new. And i think people tend to forget aromanticism and asexuality are broad spectrums, it's not a black and white one or the other. The aroace label can encompass a lot of different identities, and there are many ways to pair alastor and charlie while still respecting his identity. He could be romance favorable, or they could be queer platonic, or people could just generally have different headcanons for him. It's also very telling that I don't see people bringing up how he's aroace nearly as much with radioapple or other ships. Fan works don't have to be an exact mirror of whatever's canon, and that's not the serious issue that some people act like it is.

Right?

I've generally noticed in recent years that people act so much more viciously towards non-canon ships when they're het-presenting.... :')

I think a lot of it has to do with how fandoms generally tend to assign more inherent moral value towards more visibly queer pairings... Combine that with the bs that is twitter's infestation of performative activism and morality policing in modern age fandom culture and this is the result lol

What gets me is the sheer fucking hypocrisy of it all tbh?

People keep conflating Aromantic and Asexual and confusing them with one another in their anti posting about this ship and it will never not be the bane of my goddamn existence tbh, especially because they're not even consistent with what ships they apply this criticism to, as you've also pointed out.

I will personally assume that anyone who can't tell these two labels apart and acts like they're one and the same yet whines about shippers not respecting Alastor's canon sexuality is probably nobody worth listening to anyways.

Charlie btw is canonically bisexual, and the amount of blatant fucking bi erasure I keep seeing people do just to feel morally superior for calling her a lesbian like it's a clever argument against a non-canon ship is so tiring...

Ultimately the best course of action is to silently block and ignore them.

Can we go back to that era of the internet where people would explore shipping two characters just because they stood next to each other for three frames or because their color schemes match or something equally insignificant?

We had so much more fun getting creative with how we just made random dolls kiss for fun back then :(

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some more Dawn shenanigans, this time with some more extended cast interactions lmao

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So... Will Dawn strive to be an overlord? Technically she is also royalty... so would she NEED to be one? Imagine the overlord power this lil royal would have

I'm gonna apologize in advance for lowkey word-barfing about what kind of person she grows up to be, but this is just the perfect opportunity for a loredump on that :'DD

While she would indeed become quite powerful - especially given her heritage - I don't think she'd be interested in that sort of thing at all as an adult. The overlord stuff is her dad's thing, not so much her own.

Pulling strings in tense political meetings where most fights for power aren't even fought with weapons just isn't her style. She's a woman of direct action and she has the subtlety of a trainwreck.

Much like her mother, she has a strong sense of justice and struggles with staying put, so helping with the redemption project efforts (and maybe coming up with a few wild ideas of her own along the way) will be the more likely path for her to take.

I like to think she generally grows up to be a lot more like her mom in general - though more confident in herself and her powers thanks to being raised in a very supportive and safe environment that allowed her to properly explore her limits.

Alastor's more anarchic parenting style teaches her to see past the systems in place and to trust her own heart and mind, whereas Charlie's stricter rule enforcement and empathic parenting instills in her the importance of understanding the consequences of one's actions, owning up to mistakes made and keeping an open mind to the experiences of others - something helped immensely by the fact that she's raised at the hotel surrounded by sinners that all have a hand in taking care of her.

She imo has the potential to embody the best of both worlds and make for a passionate and strong-willed princess that has the guts to fight for what's right, even if she has to break some rules along the way - important qualities to have, both as potential future regent and for helping make her mother's dream of helping her people become reality.

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Im so in love with Dawn! She's the most precious baby and just adds a spark to the hotel. You're design and overall concept is just awesome!

*also inserts that meme of a child holding a knife with the father holding them back to Dawn and Charlie/Alastor*

slksjdfl I'm genuinely so happy to hear that!!

I'm actually generally very positively surprised by how welcoming and nice everyone's been about her and how much fun people are having seeing and engaging with the art I make of this little story qwq

...I admittedly wasn't sure which meme you meant but DESPERATELY wanted to draw it, so here's to hoping this was the correct one :'D

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I'm ngl I didn't plan for dramatic monochromatic rendering for a meme redraw but here we are :'D

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I was unsure about whether or not to post this due to the current fandom climate and then I realized I can do whatever the fuck I want forever and cringe is dead so I shouldn't let a fear of judgement rule over me-

Alas, while this momentary burst of confidence lasts, have this fanart I did for @rubyfoxfyre's wonderful fanfic The Riddle Of Magic, which is hands down one of the best fics I've read in literal years and caused me to binge read nearly 400k words in less than a week

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I think I'm getting somewhere? Translating him into my style is hardddd

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I'm ngl I exclusively drew this to test out how the way I draw him looks in fullbody format now that I mostly got his face down lol

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unstoppable force vs immovable object is one of my favorite dynamics

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it's been a hot minute and a half since i actually drew human Alastor lmfao

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The later parts of A Tail of Beignets by @hazbinhobo be like

for those without context: Alastor didn't have to deal with horny(tm) for nearly a century and now that he unlocked a greysexual awakening it's plaguing him at full blast

Yes this is directly copied from that one pride and prejudice comic by Kate Beaton lmao

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This is fanart for the lovely @whamgram's fic Under My Skin, specifically chapter 10!

This fic has been an absolute delight to read through and through, the characterizations, the dialogue, the humor- Everything is just top notch

Please give it a read if you can spare the time and give its author some love <3

sidenote, I know Charlie is meant to wear a hat in this scene but no matter what I did, it just wouldn't look right, so I compromised and gave her the short hair she temporarily had in the pilot so there's still a bit of change at least :'D hope that's alright

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I think these two would become insufferable to be around if they got comfortable with PDA lmfao

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More of my charlastor fankid, for now experimentally settling on the name Dawn!

I like to think that she takes largely after her mother in personality with her excitability and the generous heart of a helper, though she also shares her father's temper and penchant for mischief >:3c

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I drew even more of her lmfao Also you can't tell me Lucifer wouldn't be the most doting grandfather, just spoiling this girl absolutely rotten lmfao

She's really growing on me I'm ngl,,,