#i'm rooting for us

[shootingstarpilot]

instructions for a good weekend:

go teach yourself rollerblading without watching a single youtube video.

lose control repeatedly.

fall flat on your ass repeatedly.

bruise your tailbone so badly that it hurts to sit down.

(repeatedly.)

become aware of how your body moves in new and exciting ways.

laugh when your sixty-five-pound dog tries to sit on your lap to make you feel better and gets drool all over your glasses.

do all of this in the deserted streets of a golf community you do not live in that bears more resemblance to that creepy-ass town in the wrinkle of time than anything human.

go to walmart for that adhesive you've been meaning to get for three weeks so you can repair the two mugs that you broke within ten minutes of each other.

leave walmart with the adhesive and a cute hedgehog mug and a bag of mandarins and a discounted box of cinnamon rolls.

eat three of the six cinnamon rolls before you pull into your apartment.

text your brother who you have not had a proper conversation with in four years but your parents have been keeping you updated on his comings and goings and he's just moved to south korea to teach english so to hell with it if you're ever going to attempt to bridge a gap it might as well be now.

reply to your brother's response and commiserate over terrible supervision and toxic workplaces.

try and fail to repair your mugs.

get adhesive all over your fingers.

try and succeed in repairing your mugs.

feel accomplished. feel good. feel more human than you have in a week.

do not forget this feeling.

write.

eat another cinnamon roll for dessert.

[artern]

005 - somewhere, someplace

005

somewhere, someplace. i heard your voice in my head. a smile curving my lips, a memory etched like it wants to stay where it stays and i’ll gladly let it do so.

oh, how simple our routines were, perhaps still are. like some sort of slow dance, an anticipation of a new arc, but how mundane they were. perhaps still are.

sometimes we have to choose distance over depth. this is our intermission of both of us choosing distance. taking our time to come back home to ourselves.

if that’s a somewhere, someplace, then, I hope you know that you continue to inspire me, continue to make me chuckle at our inside jokes and how we’d grow close over time.

it’s surreal to think that we only know how much we want the other person to stay longer when the moments are fleeting.

i hope you’re staying well, staying safe, staying hydrated. and i guess i'll see you when i see you next :)

i’m rooting for us!

[orengejoshi]

Flug is such a Golden Retriever man...🦮

[mugentakeda]

the lu ten+zhao toxic exes masterpost (context cus I know this is nonsensical: I read a fic once that hc lu ten and zhao both studied under jeongjeong together. I just took that concept and ran far far away with it- in my dai li lu ten au, lu ten's ""death"" was a set up orchestrated by ozai- carried out first by zhao, then finished by long feng and his men. zhao was chosen by ozai in secret specifically due to his unique history with lu ten, and because of his obviously ambitious nature. zhao helping set the trap by luring lu ten in to the earthbenders was zhao's first big step towards favor with ozai)

[dollya-robinprotector]

Gonna make Robin my stay at home husband. He is going to watch the babies while I go out and work. I'm gonna come home to him in an apron and cooking me dinner. I'm 👏 going 👏 to 👏 peg 👏 him 👏

Anon, are you under my bed?

[loupy-mongoose]

I felt a powerful need for some wholesome cutesy doodles.

[respectthepetty]

A reminder that Net played in a movie with Perth and Bas where he was the much lesser known actor called Tell the World I Love You.

And people loved him.

And he proved those big brown eyes of his could work on anyone.

So don't let him use those eyes in Zomvivor because everyone else can die if it means he is safe.

And I do mean everyone!

[filmnoirsbian]

I don't believe in venerating celebrities because even putting aside the dehumanization that goes hand in hand with parasocializing I simply Do Not Know Those People, and it's weird to assume or act otherwise, just as it would be weird to project impossible intimate knowledge upon a cashier at my local Food Lion whom I have heard and seen as they do their job but never actually spoken to. The closest I come to that is having some celebrities I would gladly get a cup of coffee with either because I have questions about their work or because I think it would be fun, but tbh I would also gladly get a cup of coffee with the cashier at Food Lion because I love coffee and making conversation.

[fromtheseventhhell]

Another reason that Stansas hate the idea of Arya and Dany being friends (outside of them wanting to demonize Dany) is that they've convinced themselves that Dany and Sansa are the only main female characters, so if a Stark sister is going to have a significant relationship with Dany it has to be Sansa. Arya being constantly downplayed and treated like an accessory to Sansa has generally led to the consensus that her relationship with Dany will be defined by whatever Sansa's relationship (positive or negative) with her is. That's why Arya is always being left out of the "we were robbed of [x] female character friendship" conversations and why theories about Dany/Arya getting along are treated as Sansa hate; Arya, as a character, is seen as secondary to Sansa by a lot of people

[astrolotte]

assuming Pokemon isn't planning to be 1:1 with its time periods, but similar... Serena/Calem and Dawn/Lucas could be time travelling besties that's all I'm saying

[official-linguistics-post]

Can you define what a word is rly quick thanks <3

(I'm only trolling you a little bit, I do wanna hear what you have to say tho)

no <3

[thatoneluckybee]

I've read this comic so many times before but this panel and quote always hit me like a truck.

[artern]

turning a year older

💌

whilst i’m growing older, i’m perhaps also growing younger. over time, adulthood is undoubtedly having their arms open for me, so here we go again.

it may be the entrance to the final year of my teenage years. but it’s the beginning of genuine stand-alone. no more series, no more sequels and prequels of arcs. if they want to talk, they know where to find me.

there has been growing in love, growing out of love, healing, and grieving the person i could have been, but am not because this persona is genuinely better than i anticipated. there has been settling for less, only to learn that we deserve better and will not back down no more. there has been turning words into actions, skidding onto way to class, dusting it off. cherry blossoms, and the first time of experiencing seasons in a new place.

a belief that i could possibly build a home here, if not concrete, then temporary.

there has been wholesomeness, blood, sweat, and tears. it gets harder before it gets easier, laughing and sharing vulnerabilities with coffee or tea. spending time on my own, listening to the music of my own voices, the tunes of space evolving inside my cosmos. cepheid stars and neutrons. white dwarves and black holes. there’s always the sun behind the clouds and letting my demons stay, embracing my angels tuning in to the rhythm of my demons. after all, we’re hearing each other out regardless of our journey.

chasing dreams, chasing souls, pausing and shifting courses.

opening my heart time and time again, sewing it, stitching and untying. somewhere, some places. time traveling only to feel the same emotions twice, or perhaps more. sunny, cloudy and rainy skies.

in a way it’s nice to know this piece reaches in a void of thoughts, emotions and words where we link our hands together and dance, a sacred energy of togetherness.

in a way, it’s nice to also know this piece is also somewhere in the midst of it all.

saying yes, then figuring it out. spontaneous travels and the engine stopping in the middle of the road. we’ve reached a new segment: turning a year older.

may the universe shine light on our cloudy, rainy and sunny skies. i hope we do what we do best, and i hope we give ourselves high fives or fist bumps for small victories. i’m rooting for us, and here we go again.

💌

[fuckingguide]

They ain’t even looking at you, baby, they looking at me | Guillermo de la Cruz + Looking At Me by Sabrina Carpenter

[syncrovoid-presents]

Alastor's Deal (Thoughts, Theories, and some Predictions)

This won't answer the who, but aims to dig into the why, and plausibly narrow down the terms of the deal. Long post ahead!

Evidence

First off, the finale was incredible! But what Alastor's song showed was that his ""death"" against Adam wasn't entirely a surprise, but rather planned. Alastor's song revealed that he was looking for a loop in the contract, a way to slip past the deal without having to directly break it. He already made a deal with Charlie for a favour, but that might have been a safety net of sorts, something to guarantee himself a fighting chance if his "dying for the hotel" plan failed.

His surprise was at how fast it happened, not that he nearly died. Alastor craves control, he wears his smile for control, he makes deals for control, his magic highly influenced by controlling others too. His Modus Operandi is control, and he faced the battle it started with him being in control. He was outwitting Adam, he was faster, sneakier, even kept his hands behind his back while dodging just to show how little effort it took. But Adam's weapon sending an angelic beam of power? That wasn't in his plan, that wasn't in his control.

Control is something Alastor seeks over everything, which is why the deal is so brutal for him. The deal takes control from him, and his constant smiling and jokes and contained urges for violence is him trying to have some sort of freedom. It's highly implied that, unless it's for the hotel, he hasn't used his magic for his own reasons. He hasn't eaten or killed anyone unless it is for the hotel, and even that was implied to happen only during the Mimzy incident. He hasn't gotten to make any deals either, at least no real deals, no deals for souls.

I'm far from the first one to say that his deal is forcing him to help the hotel, but it's only now that we see the true extent. Alastor's entire personality, goals, and being has been changed against his will. He is now a tool for the hotel, the sword and shield, the magical provider, bringing them whatever they need to succeed despite the odds. Without him, it would just be Charlie, Vaggie, and Angel Dust. Sir Pentious wouldn't have joined, repairs would've taken far longer, the staff would've been just Charlie and Vaggie, et cetera. Even his deals are just him trying to gain something out of helping the hotel.

Alastor is bound to the hotel and his powers are also bound to the hotel. He cannot be selfish, he cannot do anything unless it's for the hotel no matter how desperately he wants to do otherwise. And yet it seems like his powers are limited too.

Alastor has immense levels of powers, so much that he was taking down a large portion of the angel army single handedly. Had Adam not been there, it's not outlandish to claim that Alastor could have taken down the angel army by himself. This is why he was feared. This is why "no one crosses the radio demon". If these are his powers when their limited, imagine just how powerful he truly is?

The last evidence I'll state before moving on is that Alastor didn't return back to the hotel until it was rebuilt, yet still didn't use his magic to cause chaos.

To simplify, on his end the deal forces him to use his immense power for the benefit of the hotel. He cannot actively do anything to bring harm to it, and he cannot use his magic unless it's for the good of the hotel. And he cannot escape from the deal if the hotel is destroyed, so the deal isn't about the physical hotel, but rather the concept of it. As long as the hazbin hotel exists in the heart of those involved, Alastor is bound to help.

Why?

Now the why? I believe that, whoever he made the deal with him was, they want the hotel to succeed. Not only that, I believe that by forcing Alastor to stay there and help while limiting his capability for violence, they are also trying to rehabilitate Alastor.

Wherever Alastor was before the hotel opened, it was somewhere where he couldn't interact with anyone. He was forced to be gone, only until the hotel opened. If the theories of Alastor making a deal with Lilith is true, then Lilith's character is important to consider. From what we know she is powerful and worked to bring dekonkind together. And that she too disappeared 7 years ago.

It's confirmed that Alastor destroyed many of the worse evils that existed in hell, the only ancient overlords that remain are civil and take part of overlord meetings. They are controlled, contained. There's more structure, and the only truly out of control, dangerous demon to remain would have been Alastor. It's possible that Lilith realized that she could use him to "clean up hell", waiting her time until Alastor was the last remaining biggest threat. That was when she pounced, seven years ago to capture him in a deal. We don't know why he would accept such a limiting deal, but I'd wager that it could have been for his life (either she was threatening him, or he nearly died and made a deal for his life).

Now that the deal is made, Alastor can't bring mindless chaos. If anything he is doing the most to help demons be saved from the extermination either through redemption or protection (we also didn't see him prior to the last, so perhaps he's also bound to protect during the extermination too?).

All while Alastor is handling and ensuring the success of the largest and most helpful demon-centered support system, Lilith is on vacation. Almost like Alastor is acting in her role, a mimicry of a spiritual successor of sorts. He's helping rally the demons together, helping shape Charlie into a better leader, helping prove demons can be redeemed. All while Alastor is either witness, participant, or manager of the strategies used to redeem sinners. Alastor is only a few steps away from taking part of the redemption program himself.

If Alastor's deal was with Lilith, then she's getting everything she could want. All the uncontrollable evils/overlords destroyed, a muzzle on (one of the most) powerful sadistic demons, someone to help guide her daughter, help demons redeem themselves, protection for her citizens from being killed or further tortured, and she finally gets a vacation. She'd be getting everything she could want, with the bonus of possibly rehabilitating Alastor in the process.

It's no wonder Alastor is so desperate to break out of the deal, to find a backdoor in the contract. This goes against everything he stands for. The stories of him broadcasting screams? Of killing overloards and owning soul after soul after soul? That is the real him, and it isn't exaggerated. If Alastor wasn't chained, he'd have the power and strength to destroy large swaths of hell himself. If he decided to do his own extermination with angelic weapons? He could kill as many demons as the angels do and more, because he wouldn't be limited by a single day period.

If his deal is with someone else? We simply don't have enough information yet to name them then. Whoever it is, they would have to believe in demonkind's potential for improvement, and possibly fear what Alastor is able to do.

Predictions

The last thing I want to touch upon is how Alastor might be able to escape the deal. First is what he tried, which is "dying" for the hotel. Or, more precisely, for everyone involved in the hotel, it was as if he died, so why would they still depend on him?

Next would be for the hotel to be destroyed, and considering that we don't know if Alastor was briefly free while he recovered or if he was just hiding out somewhere new because he couldn't stay in the hotel because it didn't exist, this one is still iffy. If part of his deal is staying at the hotel to actively protect it, the he was temporarily freed from that condition. Yet once it was rebuilt Alastor returned, proving that the destruction of the hotel building wouldn't free him.

The next possible way could be the death of the hazbin hotel spirit. If Alastor (or outside forces) were able to destroy Charlie's hope for the hotel just like Lucifer's dreams were crushed, perhaps Alastor would be freed. Considering how the finale went, it would take a lot for this to happen.

My final idea, and the one I predict will happen, is that Alastor outfits the person he made the deal with. He doesn't find a true "out", but rather will manipulate them into giving his power back. And this? I believe that Alastor's deal with Charlie was made for this reason.

If indeed the deal was with Lilith, and part of the deal seems to be ensuring Charlie's dreams come true, then Charlie is a delightful way for Alastor to manipulate the situation. How? Who knows, but I think that this will be a large part of the conflict of season 2.

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

if people were fundamentally good, we would not need Christ