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Funniest thing about Alastor's scene is that he hates being under a deal, hates the lack of control and limitations and everything about it. So theoretically he should be able to understand how Husk may feel.

Yet

This is not a man who chooses to empathize.

He likely wasn't lying when he said that Husk was like a pet to him huh

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It is no worries, it is always fun to spread pleasant surprises!

I am glad to hear! Please have fun with thy new t-rex friend @:P

You too can have a cookie! 🍪

And a friend to share it with 🦖 <-(the t-rex is very friendly)

Thank you oh so very much! I wasn't expecting a cookie back but I appreciate it very very much and a friend to share it with!

I'll take good care of the T-Rex and feed it cookies :D

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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.

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Thinking about how Alastor told Adam that "you should know better than anyone what a soul can accomplish when they take charge of their own fate".

Thinking about how a huge part of Alastor's character is being in control, whether it be controlling situations, people, outcomes, and deals.

Thinking about how his deal, how it limits his powers and actions and choices, how it is all about taking control away from him. Not just control he used to have, but specifically control over his life.

If Alastor's powers and his ego all stems from him taking control of his fate, it's no wonder that he's breaking under the pressure of upholding the deal. It's taking everything from him, forcing him to be a puppet for someone else's schemes.

Thinking about how Alastor had no choice but to defend the hotel and fight Adam, and it was only when he was wounded that he could leave, but he nearly died. How Alastor was confronted with the utter, painful lack of control he has over his fate, over whether he lives or dies.

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Alastor's Shadow Thoughts

Do we really know what, or who, Alastor's shadow is? For a while I thought it was an external manifestation of his powers, in the style that he just has so much magic that it manifests as it's own being of sorts.

But now? With the reveal in the finale I believe that his shadow is a reflection of Alistor's true emotions/true self. If he's constantly restraining himself, then his shadow laughing at misfortune and grinning at opportunity is what he truly wants to do. His shadow flaring up during his conversation with Cahrlie where they made their deal only helps prove this to me.

His shadow isn't something out of control or someone else, rather his shadow is more him than Alastor can actually be, while trapped by the deal

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Alastor and Swearing

I'm pretty sure now that Alastor only swears when he feels out of control. With Lucifer, his whole presence could have shook up the status quo there which would be a threat to Alastor.

With Susan, Alastor was in a more comfortable environment where he wouldn't have to have control, but also was forced to be helpful and kind because of his deal. Which, considering a lot of what we know of Alastor is a mask of sorts, could be highly out of character for him.

With Adam it's fairly obvious why he felt out of control. However the "I will end your fucking life" did feel a little out of character. The reason it hit so hard the first time he swore was because he generally just didn't. After the last handful of episodes him swearing has less impact.

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Silly hazbin hotel AU: cursed cat Alastor and Alastor but Perry the platypus style

The hazbin hotel group find cat Alastor and decide to adopt him despite the cursédness. Maybe cat Alastor is a challenge to see if non-humanoid/speaking demons can also be redeemed.

When the crew needs him Radio Demon Alastor appears as their benefactor, but otherwise remains mysteriously out of sight. No one knows where he goes or how he always appears when they need him (or when there's a chance of a deal).

When cat Alastor first disappeared maybe they panicked until someone said it can be normal for cats to roam or take up for somewhere that isn't easy to find.

Other than some odd similarities they don't connect that cat Alastor and actual Alastor are the same being. Since a lot of demons are red anyways they couldn't use that (and there's "categories" of demons too, so a few deer characteristics in their cat isn't that weird, right?)

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Typewriter Acquired!

Guess what I now have? A type writer!! I found it at a thrift store and it seems to be working so far. I'm going to be fixing it up but it's pretty neat!

If anyone's got tips or knows what model it is please let me know!

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New art new art!

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Real life render distance enabled

I also travered deeper into the forest and past some creeks, and guess what? There is just more cornfield. It is endless. They are everywhere. The corn is inescapable

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I got a art tablet!! Just some doodles and figuring out how it works (how does rendering work)

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Writing a dive into radio history and Alastor that will be shared later. It is fascinating history stuff!!

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I need to write an analysis on the color red and how it applies to Wally throughout the Welcome Home website. I have many thoughts!

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I am back from more Adventuring into Digital Art! I have today prepared a doodle I practiced making line art and some styles of colouring (? I am still learning the terminology)

Flat colours + line art:

And two tyles of rendering. First with painting style and second has a flat colour base with a mix of overlay layer and some tiny scribbles onto of the overlay layer:

(why is line art so hard...)

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Current work in progress (playing around with the art/rendering style mostly, but wowie hands sure are hands!):

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I'm torn, do I finish chapter 2 of my fic or do I work on my animatic idea?? I have so much ideas for both and full written plans for both BUT I HAVE TOO MANY IDEAS