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Saw this and thought of him immediately

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you know it's been discussed multiple times how val and vox's antennae are in tact in this photo while they aren't in the present (and how the damage is likely from alastor)

but have we talked about the possible implications of val not having his glasses yet?

like okay it's definitely very possible that he just didn't get a prescription until later and he was just always blind and just didn't wear glasses yet here (I mean it's not like his current glasses are much help LMAO) and that's what I'd assumed by default

but. BUT. consider this possibility: what if alastor also caused damage to his eyesight? what if he could see perfectly fine before him and vox's fight with alastor but it's only after that that his eyesight was permanently impaired?

"someone who owes us much more than money (he owes me my fucking eyesight)"

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I feel like I can just never go right with radiostatic takes in this fandom like one half sees alastor caring 0% and the other half sees alastor caring 100%

I disagree with both, I think alastor cares like 50% while vox cares 100%. like I do not agree with alastor never cared about vox takes and I do think alastor is more bothered by vox than he lets on but I just cannot see the mutual obsession takes at all. it is imbalanced to me, alastor is nowhere NEAR as obsessed as vox is with him but he definitely enjoys messing with him, enjoys their rivalry and pays more attention to him than some of the fandom may give him credit for.

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Okay okay guys hear me out

I just had The Fanfic Idea Ever

Picture this

Whatever is that thing that Vox is doing except he's also aroace and doing it on purpose purely to annoy Alastor (And Maybe... everyone sees Right Through Him and notice cuz he's so bad at it) (but Alastor doesn't)

I need that written for yesterday jfjfhdhdndn

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Vox, truly the most bisexual of all time.

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Roses are red

Violets are blue

I'm not getting into your bed

I'm AroAce, FUCK YOU

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Low key losing my mind because I just realized I’m finally experiencing what it feels like to not only have a character in a show I like be aroace, but that said aroace character also happens to be my favorite character. Fuckin wild, I’m just

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Rosie when talking to Alastor be like:

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Local Aroace Sinner goes through all stages of grief

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i looked up aroace alastor in ao3, WHY ARE MOST OF THEM STILL SHIP FICS?? HUH????

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Theory that Alastor is hot (for hell) specifically to torture him and his aroace-ness, and to torture all those who have a crush on him

Like on his side he has to keep turning down people who proposition him and even though it’s really nice to have food practically delivered to his door, sometimes you’re just trying to go for a walk.

And on the other hand there’s this really cute guy and he’s literally unattainable

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Made these with colors picked directly from Alastor's neon/blacklight color palette.

They really draped him in aroace colors I'm living for it. Good for him.

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I usually keep myself from writing too much on the internet, but I feel like pointing out one thing about our beloved, psychopathic deer.

Alastor is such a rare case of incredibly well done representation in media, his orientation actually improves the character tenfold - and all because it improves the plot itself.

Imagine for a millisecond that you don’t know anything about Hazbin and look at those screenshots. What’s one of the first things that come to mind? "The strawberry pimp probably wants to seduce this girl, whoever she may be. She looks younger and not very comfortable in this situation, yet is allowing him or has to agree to be treated this way."

But now, we know that’s not the case. And I doubt that Charlie would allow someone get this close to her if she had a hunch that they might do it for lustful reasons, had they resources to save her hotel or not (yeah, I don’t actually buy that "I’d do anything!"…). And yet! Alastor’s an exception, all because she knows that one scenario goes out the window. She knows she can *trust* him that he doesn’t do anything out of pure lechery. It creates that one thread of safety she can hold on to when assessing the situation.

And I love that. I love that we can cross out one dull and severely overdone scenario. That we know that even though Alastor is sketchy af, we all can *trust* him to have deeper, darker, selfish, cruel, tragic reasons. Oh, the paradox of trusting the trickster even when we know he should not be trusted. That’s like a cherry on a cake.

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Tiktok is making me suffer with all these videos of Alastor and his mum SOBBING

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how vox's "offer" for alastor to join his "team" went

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Even if you do add asexual, ace or aromantic to the search there's gonna be those "no fictional thing should ever have to present anything accurately or respectfully ever" people like "as an asexual you have my permission to do whatever you want with alastor's asexuality!" like... who tf asked them? they have an agenda they're trying to push, they do not speak for the ace community as a whole 🙄

Yeahh, even with the aro and / or ace tags we're not entirely safe unfortunately.

Such things do annoy me, I'm not gonna lie. I can understand that romance positive aros, sex positive aces or those who still have sex / are in relationships/ etc use the "aro/ace people can still date / have sex" or remind people that it's a spectrum and some still feel these type of attraction because yes, that's true.

But what annoys me is that saying that to people annoyed about the constant sexualisation/ shipping of Alastor is basically siding with the non aroace spectrum people using that "aroace people can still feel that/ do these things!" who saw that and ran with it purely to be able to continue with what they want to do.

Yes, asexuality and aromanticism are spectrums. Yes, some feel the attraction. Yes, some don't but still engage in these activities. And if you're on the aroace spectrum and it's your case obviously I'm not going to shame you for putting alastor in such scenarii because you're using a character like you to relate, and still acknowledging his aroace identity. The problem is that most people putting him in these situations totally disregard his aroaceness. And when as an aroace (spectrum) person, you say "people can still ship him, I do! Aroace people can feel these things or do them!"... You're basically enabling their erasure of his identity. Deep down you're right, but non aroace people don't care about that, and don't do these things the same way you do.

That's why, to non aroace people shipping alastor, I will remind them that he's aroace. And clearly not on the part of the spectrum where he still feels those things, nor is he interested in pursuing them.

And to the people on the aroace spectrum, I will just say, please, don't mistaken their words for a reel need to showcase the variety of our identity, because most of the time that's not what they want. You don't forget his aroaceness in the way your ship him, they do. Ship him all you want, because I know your heart is in the right place. But please don't defend the others.

As a loveless aroace, it pains me to see him constantly shipped and sexualised by everyone (even though that's clearly not what he'd want), and these things being defended.

I thought I had found a character I could relate to, that I could search stuff about him peacefully without seeing all kind of romantic and sexual stuff. I've been proven wrong, and it hurts. And the excuse they use hurt even more, because it feels like we're only palatable or interesting if we can still feel these attractions sometimes or engage in those things. As if alastor being a loveless aroace is a disappointment, that they *need* to ship him to be satisfied, for him to be enough.

Sorry for the rant, I definitely repeated myself, but I wanted to take the opportunity this ask gave me to give a bit of my opinion on this.

Tldr: I have no problem with aroace spectrum shipping him because I know they keep his aroaceness in mind. I have, however, a problem with non aroace spectrum people doing that because they erase his aroace identity completely AND use the diversity of it as an excuse to continue doing so. And it pains me to see fellow aroace people defending that, because I feel like they don't realise how those people ship him.

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Is this anything?