An Alastor Theory

God, I love their interactions so much! (I think I flew into the fandom)

When you search FLUFF

That's why I cannot stand ao3

going out of your way to search up [insert character] ANGST and all you get is smut

I know alastor is the token character everybody makes fun of because he had that one awkward render but i actually love him as a character 😭

He looks really good in the show, the render everybody redrew other characters in made him look awkward, and as a character designer and artist i know why.

90% of it is the eyes. Their placement is awkward, and you cannot read him at all based on the expression. I know Alastor always smiles, but in the show you can tell what he feels based on his eyes. Here, you can’t. it’s almost cross eyed. Angel’s original render also has this issue.

However,

THIS ONE IS SO MUCH BETTER. The pose feels more authentic, like something he’d actually do in the show. He looks confident and clever, almost judgemental. Im so glad they updated all the renders.

ooh~

Men on the right are all like “I’m not misogynistic, I just hate women for being women” and then men on the left are all like “I’m not misogynistic, I just hate white women for being women”

"VivziePop highlighted Alastor's duality as a character and described him as being the type of person to own two homes, one a fancy townhouse, the other a rickety hunting lodge in a bayou on stilts." This is from the wiki and I have been thinking about it concerning who Alastor is on the show.

You can see the most obvious show of this duality in his room. The room moves from a rather tasteful room to a bayou where he apparently prefers to eat. There is a combination of civilization and wildness. There is the duality of how Alastor can go from seemingly harmless to a literal monster. He is as close to his human side as he is to his animal side.

The duality of being both predator and prey is something that I feel needs its own post to explore but the best example I can think of for creatures that exist with this duality are cats and how they are predators but also constantly worry that other creatures around them are going to hurt them. The duality of pride and fear can even be seen in this. Cats are known for their pride, but a lot of things scare them.

The duality in how he treats those he owns. We have seen Alastor's relationship with 2 of the souls he owns. Alastor is abusive to Husk while he treats Niffty with care. He drags Husk by his chain for disrespect but lets Niffty put a roach crown on his head and call him the roach king. Someone actually pointed out to me that Alastor is the only person at the hotel who treats Niffty like a person. The difference in his treatment of them is so great that some people started theorising that he doesn't own Niffty. However, it is just more of the duality in his nature. His capacity for kindness exists beside his capacity for cruelty.

Vivzie said that Alastor was a chaotic neutral character but also admitted that she wasn't familiar with the terms. She might have been referring to his dual nature and his existence as both good and evil with no idea which version of him you will get. It could also turn out that he is the type to do good for evil reasons and evil for good reasons.

Alastor is the type of character that is best understood when you understand that he is a character that is meant to hold contradicting traits. When only one side of the character is considered, much of the character's depth is lost.

I LITERALLY said there no libraries nor money for reading PLUS I literally feel headache from reading longer stuff and the older person immediately with an advice that JUST solves 1 out of the bigger issues in there and making me feel like I just don't want to.

I can't even read much fanfics I enjoy..

the way that when youre a young adult who is disabled/chronically ill older people often say things like

“just wait until youre my age”

“you young people are so soft now”

“when i was your age i wouldn’t have complained like this”

but when a child is disabled they consider it tragic, what do they think happens to disabled children do they not grow up to be disabled young adults? 😭

you cannot call yourself a feminist if your feminism doesn't include women who choose to be house wives. or who choose "stereotypical" lives. or choose to be feminine. or choose to be modest. or choose to wear their hijab. or who choose to be mothers.

If your idea of supporting women is just to enforce your idea of what the status quo should be, your feminism harms women. If your feminism doesn't support all women and their choices, your feminism harms the cause. If your feminism is less important than your biases against certain minorities, you need to reflect on your choices. You cannot spew hateful things towards other women and hide behind feminism.

Yeah he strikes as demiromantic to me too but if he's aro it's valid too!!

I’m a firm believer in demiromantic Alastor

Men think being ‘nice’ is a personality trait. Sorry, but treating people like basic human beings isn’t special—it’s the bare minimum, and even that seems like a struggle for them.