#failure alastor

[cutxratexradio]

I drew some Failure AU Husk and Nifty, exploring where the pair would/might be without making a contract with Alastor

Husk is stuck working as a min wage bartender at a casino to pay back hella gambling debts/betting debts. The pitt boss/management/etc. are being vindictive about it and won’t accept gambling winnings won from other casinos or other forms of payment, they’ll only collect wages from work done. Including tips. So there he is.

Nifty works at a dry cleaner, which is chronically short staffed. So she’s usually alone on shift doing everything. She regularly takes the clothes that are forgotten about/never picked up and reuses them to make cute outfits for herself though!

Both would meet John as the guy does his regular dumpster diving thing and happens to be doing it while they take out the garbage.

“Ah-?!”

“Oh, Good Evening! Don’t mine me, I’m just browsing!”

lol

[sunlit-mess]

How can you draw so much

It's that or dead

[luciferslatte]

📻❓🩷🍎

[flitsy]

[elnavegador]

He's fun to draw. Vry nefarious.

[urproblematicfav-arsonk]

So like during the fight Adam comes shows up, Charlie actively acknowledges the fact that Alastor was supposed to stop him and since he obviously didn't that must mean something very bad. Charlie very much has a "oh no he's dead isn't he" moment.

And then later during the Finale, Charlie only mentions Pen lol???? I thought maybe there could be an interpretation of "he did for us, the ultimate sacrifice" for Alastor but its obvious with the painting and everything else she's talking about Sir Pentious' last ditch effort to stop Adam. And then everyone starts singing and we rebuild the hotel and it's beautiful and then Alastor pops back up and everyone is genuinely surprised(including Husk who should be able to tell if his chains were broken or not, right???).

But like, fucking lol before that? No one cares at all that Alastor was missing. Charlie just accepted that Adam definitely killed him and was like "awe that sucks" meanwhile when Pen died she was clearly fucking devastated and blamed herself for his death. Not Al tho, that shit was his own fault. No one's looking through the rubble to find him like they did for Keekee and Fat Nuggets. No one even mentions his name. It's hysterical and I have to assume this is what happened when Alastor disappeared for 7 years. Everyone was like "oh ok. who was that guy again?"

Meanwhile Vox had to leave the room to get his jacket and then burst down a door singing and fuck his husband over how much he cared that Al was missing

[wazzi2ya]

Naruto episode 101 but it's the Hotel Gang trying to see Alastor's tail

[radiobue]

art is hard

Don’t take it for granted

[suykotzuly]

Alastor: You know, I have cannibalistic instincts that are tricky to deal with. So please honey, don't make jokes about how hot you are.

Charlie: But this is not a joke!

Charlie: [Sniffles]

Charlie: I’m a legit snack.

[ieatnomnom9823]

even more uglies multi-fandom edition

@smiledearhazbin drew one of the crazy cat alastors

[mythbringer-mayhem]

petition for alastor to get absolutely gobsmacked by all the cringe-fail he's been suppressing.

I need more of alastor just getting absolutely served for fucking dinner. Istg, I might just start making hazbin comics just for this lmfao. /hj /silly

that's all, I've just gotta spread my boy failure alastor shenanigans :3c

He is truly boyfail

He cannot hide any longer

[cutxratexradio]

John “Feeding the Birds” to survive E-Day. Lmfaoooo

Call it luck, bribery, call it what you like. But your favorite pirate station host has found himself with the routine where he feeds the angels snacks during New Years. Baggies filled with nuts , dried fruit, bits of bread- cheap and energizing munchies. He pics a specific dumpster in a nice out of the way corner to set up “show” and they all know to find him there.

[hellizens]

He's genuinely not sure why people keep offering to help Alastor with their kid. He's there. He's present. He can and will help. Why aren't people recognizing that?

[damnedrainbows]

@radiodemon77

Charlie blinks as, expectantly, he goes from attempting to be sweet to her, to mocking and belittling her…and the death of one of their friends. She looks at the impressively long list of failures he’s been recording of hers….and back to him.

“….”

Sniffle.

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

An analysis on how Sir Pentious' character design represents his personality and development perfectly (beware of Hazbin Hotel spoilers)

Let's get this out of the way: Sir Pentious is a snake, an animal mostly known for generally believed negative traits such as poison, deceit and betrayal. We don't know WHY he's in Hell, maybe he was a "snake oil salesman" considering he comes from the Victorian times and he's into hyping up what he does, or maybe he was into war. Thing is, he's a Sinner whose design just scream "Evil".

(BTW, a snake could also represent "fertility": looking at you, Egg Boiz!)

He always had eyes all around him not just because of a stylistic choice.

Sir Pentious always felt like he was watched, and had to watch out for any danger.

"Everyone here is too nice: obviously it must be a lie! I can sense they are planning to kill me, but when?! HOW?! I must be PREPARED!"

Sadly, he's been constantly berated by other demons, far more effective in destruction, status, cruelty and charisma. Alastor won't ever bother to remember him, Cherri always ones up him, and the Vs, the ones he admires to most, won't care less about him.

To the point that Vox sent him as a spy without the intention to save him if things were going to fail. Heck, he even openly tells him to die while calling him a failure.

So of course he's got reasons to have trust issues, or taking everything so seriously, being constantly reminded of what he can't accomplish. So he puts an air of grandure that may be very flamboyant, but is VERY frail.

But, if we have to be frank here, his biggest source of insecurities... is himself.

He has eyes on his tail (his softer, more vulnerable side, which is ironically made even MORE lieable to getting hurt because of how sensitive those organs are), and inside his hood, so he could look out better for danger when on alert mode.

Heck, even the mark on his hood kinda resembles one eye.

Problem is, when you see his hood folded, when he's at ease, neutral or sad, those are not looking at outside sources.

They're looking at him, at his back. A constant stare that happens everytime he lets his guard down and shows how vulnerable he is. A gaze that can sense all of his weakness, his struggles, his insecurities.

And it's all him.

Pentious constantly believes that his inferiority complex will fade away once he'll accomplish something grand that will make others accept him. But he is his biggest critic, his worst enemy: HE is the one who believes he's a failure, that he'll never gain approval from others.

This show takes place in Hell, but this is Sir Pentious' personal Hell: insecurity born out of self hatred. Doomed to feel everyone's gaze upon him, including his own. Believing the danger to his self esteem is from others, when it's really from him.

But then he's accepted at the Hazbin Hotel: Charlie forgives him, he bonds with Angel, Husk and Niffty who don't care a bit about what he's accomplished or not, or what he's done in the past.

He feels more comfortable in showing his vulnerable side, and no one judges him for how easy it is for him to get emotional.

Of course he's still very insecure, considering how he struggles to confess to Cherri, but notice how he stops building machines or planning to attack others as soon as he starts bonding with the others: he doesn't have a reason to destroy or attack, now that he knows he's loved.

And his final design, when he goes to Heaven, shows how much he's changed, yet stayed the same. He may have died a hero, but he's still the same awkward snake we've come to love.

Speaking of love, let's talk about that!

No more eyes on his tail, now it's just on his chest (showing he's opened his heart), his glasses are now heart shaped, and even the markings inside his hood resemble kiss marks more than anything else.

And look: the mark on his hood is now heart shaped!

Why all these hearts? Why did all the eyes disappeared from his body? Even his eyes that were looking at his back?

Simple: love. Love defeated his insecurities and self hatred. He died for love.

He died protecting his friends, his new family, his new home.

He confessed and kissed Cherri knowing full well he wouldn't have made it, and yet he went anyway.

The usually cowardly and timid Pentious actually faced a great danger with courage and determination: he acted selflessly by putting himself in harm's way, he didn't steal (naturally) and by going against Adam he did indeed "stick it to the man"!

He used his weaponry knowhow and battle experience not to conquer, but to save his loved ones.

His only thought up until his demise was: "I'll go down protecting them".

And he's been rewarded not only by becoming an angel, but also being spawned directly in front of Emily and Sera, two Seraphim, the highest rank for an angel to have, who have also been depicted as snakes of fire throughout history! Sir Pentious, the lowly demon considered a failure by everyone, actually has been noticed by the Seraphim! He's come so far!

He's now come to represent the REAL symbolism of a snake: the duality of death and rebirth, transformation and immortality (ironically a reference to the fact he's been around since 1888 without ever dying from any Extermination or blessed weapons).

And isn't so poetic that a snake, the "source of the original evil", was the first sinner to ascend to Heaven? Or that this episode was released on February 1st, or National Serpent Day?

And of course, as the Bible itself says:

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."

(John 15:13)

And knowing him, I'm confident in saying he'll keep helping his friends even in his new position, like the soft hearted noodle he's always been, but was to afraid to show it up until now.

[coffeecatcraze]

The solo lines during the hotel rebuild in Finale are actually so fucking impactful though.

Niffty: "to build a hotel" - Niffty is the person brought in to maintain what was there; now she's actively working to build something new for all of them. She's not looking at the rubble and seeing a mess that needs to be cleaned up. She's looking at it and seeing something to create with her friends.

Angel Dust: "start with foundation" - Angel was the hotel's first patron; he was really the foundation of it all. Angel's progress is what's been keeping Charlie's dream steady this whole time. Watching him grow has been reassuring her that she's doing something right.

Lucifer: "remedial creation" - Lucifer, who lost faith in humanity after seeing what they did with free will, is remembering the hope he had for them back in Eden because his daughter taught him the potential he saw so long ago.

Charlie: "make the best of what's in ruins" - She's acknowledging that where she saw destruction and failure right after the battle, there's still hope. She's looking at everything that's happened, the successes and failures, and using it to build something better based on her experiences instead of giving up, starting over, or just picking up where she left off.

Vaggie: "new coat of paint" - Paint isn't just decoration. It's the first thing people tend to notice, because it's color. The right or wrong color can make a huge difference in people's opinions. Structure is good practically, but a bright appearance is what draws people in, NOT what's on the inside of the building. As far as making this hotel, Charlie's dream, come true, that ability to draw people in is incredibly important; and Vaggie's been trying her hardest to make that dream come true from the very start. And, just like Charlie, she's acknowledging that a little change is necessary to make this better by learning from what went right and wrong before.

Husk: "new lights across the marquee" - Husk was the least enthusiastic about all this in the beginning. He was only there because Alastor forced him to be. Now that he's seen the hotel actually helping people (Angel being the prime example), he sees it as a place that can give hope and light.

And as a bonus, because it's me so of course I have to...

Charlie + Vaggie: "we're gonna do this, you and me" - Charlie and Vaggie are the ones who started it all. Charlie had a dream and Vaggie was the only one who believed in her. In the beginning, it was just them against all odds; and it's still the two of them swearing to stay by each other no matter what. This line specifically is so incredibly emotional in its depth, and I adore it.

This song went so hard with its rebuild lines AND the Chaggie one, and I just think that's amazing.