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Queer Representation We Have in the Hellaverse - a master post

The Helluva Boss Twitter page released art mass-confirming several characters' sexualities. I decided to create a master post of all of the queer representation in both Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel

Lesbian

Vaggie

Sallie May

Gay

Angel Dust

Stolas

Fizzarolli

Andrealphus

Burnie Burnz

Dennis

Vassago

Alessio

Bisexual

Charlie Morningstar

Cherri Bomb

Sir Pentious

Vox

Travis

Moxxie

Martha

Mrs. Mayberry

Transgender

Sallie May

These two background imps

Asexual

Alastor

Octavia

Mammon

Aromantic

Alastor

Pansexual

Husk

Valentino

Blitzø

Barbie Wire

Asmodeus

Beelzebub

Verosika and every member of her entourage

Chaz

Happy International Asexual Day!

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

In the show (both pilot and season 1) Al seems disgusted by the idea of him having sex (see Angel's comments). I'm not sure if anything's been said about his stance on dating, but still. Alastor has been shown to hate sex, so I assume he'd fall on the sex repulsed side of the spectrum. I could see him being in a queerplatonic relationship though, maybe with Rosie

Add on to the Alastor Aroace rant

I know Vizi said that you can have "respectful fun" with Alastor ships but there really is no way to "respectfully" ship a aroace character (unless it's queer platonic ig?) I know it's silly to expect a fandom not to ship especially with a character like Alastor but I thought more people would at least attempt to respect his sexuality.

Like I said before if it was any other character's sexuality being disrespected and disregarded people would throw a fit (rightfully so) I'm just sick one of the only aroace characters in the media is being erased by the fandom like this.

ADD ON: in my other post I talked about how people use the excuse when shipping Alastor that aroace is a spectrum while yes it is and that should be respected there are people on the spectrum that don't want any relationships or sexual acts and Alastor is our rep and it should be respected

Say goodbye to your kneecaps Alastor😈

Everyday Arguments - Rose-Tinted Comic

just created this creature i think im gonna turn him into a sticker

Ace in the Hole

notes: originally didn't plan to write abt hazbin or interact with the fandom because i've... heard tales... but for a show with a canonically aroace character my fellow asexual brethren deserve more content that caters to them. don't let this flop please.

synopsis: playing cards with the radio demon, you decide to make a harmless ace joke after rosie informed you that alastor is aroace. you soon have to realize that he has no idea what you're talking about and now he wants an explanation.

contains: alastor x reader (platonic or queerplatonic), gn!reader, aspec reader (left as vague as possible), shenanigans

warnings: alastor's eating habits, i left it vague where exactly on the ace / aro spectrum reader is but they do make jokes about allonormative society in the story so be warned.

"Come in", you heard Alastor's voice from behind the door, along with the familiar radio static you could perceive whenever you walked past his room. However, you had never actually been inside. But following the offer, you pushed the door open and stepped into the radio demon's quarters.

The sight that greeted you was something that was half bedroom, half forest. It was as though someone had ripped the hotel room in half and put it into the woods. Alastor was sitting at a small table on the grass, in front of him a plate with a raw deer head on it. His metal fork was buried in the creature.

"Ah, it's you", he exclaimed with a tone that sounded overjoyed, "how can i be of assistance on this fine day? Excuse the mess, my dear, I'm just enjoying a nice brunch."

You hesitated for a moment, caught off guard by the lifeless deer head and the questionable things that Alastor considered "brunch". You couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, glancing back and forth between the radio demon and the dead animal. Pressing your lips together to a thin line, you shook your head. "You know what... I'm not even going to question this anymore", you let out a sigh, "deer cannibalism... why the fuck not, I guess?"

The last part you mumbled to yourself but Alastor's ears perked up when he heard the statement. "Oh, would you like some?", he offered, holding the plate up, "I still have the eyes left. They're the tastiest part."

You cringed upon hearing those words, trying to limit the amount of disgust that showed on your face. "No thank you, Alastor...", you rejected his offer awkwardly, "I would like for my stomach to remain intact."

"Your loss. More for me!", he shrugged with a satisfied smile on his face and plopped one of the eyes into his mouth. A quiet ew escaped your mouth and Alastor looked up to you again. "Did you say anything, my dear?", he turned the fork in his hand, inspecting it, though you were unsure what he was hoping to find.

"I was just wondering when you'd be finished with our poor furry friend over here", you explained and Alastor, who had noticed how you felt about the beheaded deer on his plate, was kind enough to cover the rest with aluminum foil and put it in the fridge. Damn right, you better not put this thing in the community fridge downstairs, you thought to yourself.

"Oh, what's the rush?", he wondered and looked at you with a curious glint in his eyes. "I was just wondering if- god, you're so questionable", you interrupted your inquiry when you caught a glimpse at the inside of Alastor's fridge, containing many such "meals" as you had just seen, "I was wondering if you'd like to play a game with me. Board games, card games... you can pick. Just nothing where I have to sell my soul."

Alastor let out a laugh. "Ah, you know me too well", he put a hand on your back and led you over to a bench in the corner and a table, "well, I'd be delighted to. So long as it's not Monopoly, that game is a crime against humanity."

"How so?", you asked raising an eyebrow. "It has led to countless divorces and at least one case of someone being burnt alive", he explained. "I'm just going to assume you had nothing to do with the latter?", you chuckled and Alastor gave you a proud smile.

"I can assure you, it was one hell of a barbecue!"

"I trust nothing that you would label a barbecue", you sighed.

"And why is that?", he asked and you gestured towards the empty table where he had just devoured the deer head, "ah, good point. So, what game would you suggest we play? Will anyone else be joining us?"

You shook your head. "No, it's just us. Angel is making the others downstairs watch his 'best performances of the last decade' and I did NOT need to see that. Also one of Pentious' Egg Bois apparently has the measles- no fucking clue how that works- but I didn't want to risk it", you let out sigh, "and then I was bored so I'm glad that you have time to indulge me."

"Always a pleasure, dearest", he hummed, manifesting a deck of cards out of seemingly nowhere, "so what you're saying is that I am your last and only choice of entertainment?" He smirked at you from across the table.

"Well, considering that the other options are worse, I'd say you're my first choice of entertainment", you reasoned with a smile. "Flattery will get you nowhere, darling", he chuckled.

"Why is it so hard to be nice to you?", you rolled your eyes, which only made Alastor laugh again. "Would you like some coffee or tea?", he asked, summoning a cup of black coffee for himself. You nodded. "Tea would be nice." Alastor snapped his fingers once and you could now find a small porcelain cup in front of you with some tea.

"Just so we're on the same page here, this is normal tea, right?", you inquired. "What do you consider 'normal' tea?", he looked at you with an amused smile. "Well, tea that is made from herbs, has no meat in it and won't give me Prion's disease", you elaborated, resulting in Alastor snickering and holding his hand in front of his mouth. "It's just hibiscus tea", he assured you. You were satisfied enough with that answer and took a sip, realizing that it was indeed just regular tea. It had a nice taste and made you wonder why Alastor would dislike it.

"You seem to enjoy it", he remarked, watching you from across the table. You nodded. "It's nice. Thank you", you smiled at him and then shot him a challenging glare, "who knows, if you keep doing nice gestures like this for others, maybe you'll go to heaven after all."

"HA! Heaven?", he let out a laugh and leaned back into his seat, "I have a better chance at becoming the next queen of England!" You found the mental image of that amusing. "Who knows?", you shrugged, "the afterlife is long and if Charlie eventually intends to be able to redeem everyone, you're going to be the leader of the angels before there's any chance of progress on Mothman's ugly nephew."

Alastor gave you an amused chuckle upon hearing what nickname you had just used to refer to Valentino.

"If that happens, heaven's lost all sense of self-preservation", you could hear static over his laugh and his image seemed distorted for a moment, his pupils replaced by radio dials. He returned back to his usual form just mere seconds after.

"As for the game", you suggested, "how about we play Rummy? Haven't played that in a while."

Alastor nodded. "That should provide plenty of entertainment for me", he began handing out the cards, "especially when you lose and sink into the miserable pit of despair." The last part had his voice distorted by the radio static.

Alastor handed out the cards and you began playing. Unfortunately for you, he already had plenty of melds on the table when your hand was still full of cards. You watched him curiously as he was focusing on his hand, planning his next move. You noticed how the ears on his head twitched a little, one of them flicking back as if something had irritated it. That's so adorable, you thought to yourself, suppressing a smile.

"Don't think I don't notice you staring", he chuckled without looking up from his cards. You denied it. "Are you going senile or having hallucinations?", you teased and Alastor played three aces on the table.

The Radio Demon was ready to tease you in return when you interrupted him. "Oh look! It's us!", you pointed at the three aces. Alastor looked a little confused but ran with it. "And who's the third ace?", he asked.

"Well, technically I don't know any other aces in hell so far...", you put a finger to your chin, "I was making a joke. It was a little flawed but I thought it was funny." "So we're two aces?", he asked for clarification.

You nodded.

"So you view us as the most valuable cards in the deck?", he further questioned. Rosie had told you that Alastor was what people would nowadays classify as aroace. What she didn't mention with any word, however, was whether or not Alastor was aware of that and as you now had to realize, he had no idea, which put you in an awkward position. "Oh god, you don't fucking know...", you mumbled and Alastor's ears perked up.

"Know what? Which part of the joke am I not getting?", he wondered, tilting his head to the side as the static got louder and his tone seemed more threatening, "I hope you aren't trying to mock me."

"Not at all", you raised your hands defensively and sighed, "I just forgot you're from a different time period and unfamilar with the terms. Rosie told me you're aroace."

"A what now?", he blinked in confusion.

You sighed, whispering to yourself. "I should have a PowerPoint ready for scenarios like this- never mind!", you found your enthusiasm again and began explaining the terms to him.

Alastor nodded slowly when you were finished, as though he was having an epiphany. "So you're saying I'm not experiencing sexual and romantic attraction because I am aroace and not because I am unhinged and clinically insane?", he asked with a wide smile on his face.

"The clinical insanity is in fact its own separate thing", you confirmed. "Good to know", Alastor seemed delighted, "back in the day it might have been considered a mental illness, so I never brought the topic up with my psychiatrist, after all I wouldn't be able to do my radio show from the psych ward, right?"

"Priorities...", you remarked dryly, "wait- you had a psychiatrist? And you still ended up like this?"

Alastor shrugged. "I was there for my irrational fear of bees, not because of the homicides."

You raised an eyebrow: "And you really didn't think mentioning the homicides was necessary?"

"Of course not!", Alastor exclaimed gleefully, "they didn't cause me any distress."

"Right...", you gave him a slightly concerned gaze, "did it at least help with the phobia?"

"It did. I am no longer scared of bees."

"That's great."

"I eat them now."

You buried your head in your hands. "Well that's just wonderful, Al..."

"So asexuality... it's pretty rare from what I understand? During my lifetime I've never met anyone else who felt this way, at least not that I knew of", he explained and you smiled at him. "Estimated to be about 1% of the population", you answered. Alastor smirked at you. "Why do you seem so excited?", he asked.

"Solidarity!", you exclaimed and held your hand up so he could give you a high-five. The fact evaded you, that Alastor also didn't know what a high-five was, so he just ended up linking his fingers with yours and holding your hand. "So what now?", he asked, staring at your hands with a confused smile.

"You're a little confused but you've got the spirit", you brought out with a wheeze, trying to hold back from laughing. Alastor chose not to dwell on the gesture any longer.

"Well, I suppose you're right, it does feel nice to have somebody who is also immune to the flesh vessels of the feeble mortals", he admitted, and you raised an eyebrow in surprise at his description. "That's one way to put it..."

After losing the game of Rummy to Alastor and answering a variety of other questions he had such as "Why are there flags and what do the colors mean?" and "Does it still count if the garlic bread and cake has raw venison on it?", you decided it was time to join the others downstairs again, as Charlie had another exercise planned for today. "I must say, you're a delight to be around", Alastor remarked, wrapping an arm around your shoulder like he would with an old friend, "do feel free to stop by any time, my dear."

You thought it was a pity he didn't intend to join you downstairs, but you felt as though the two of you had gotten a little closer by finding something you had in common. And Alastor refused to show it on his face, but you had a feeling, that there was a little relief and peace inside him, knowing that there wasn't a big part of the human experience he was told he was missing out on after all.

Reblogs and comments are appreciated! If this gets enough notes I'll write Alastor QPR headcanons.

Aroace Alastor

Hoo boy here we go- This one might make some people mad at me, so I'll preface by saying I do not want to start a fight and as long as you respect my business, I'll respect yours. But let's get this over with-

First off, I genuinely don't understand how some people can see the Ace-In-The-Hole quote and still believe that Alastor is only intended to be asexual and not also aromantic. Yes, the term Rosie used for purpose of the pun was 'ace', but can we look at the context of that moment before jumping to conclusions?

Rosie, motioning to Charlie: "Oh, who's this you brought with you? Come now, Alastor, she's much too young for you! Oh, I'm just kidding. I know you're an ace in the hole!"

Her original statement implies nothing sexual, only that he's involved in a relationship with Charlie, and she follows it up with why she knows that couldn't be because he's an 'ace in the hole'. I don't think you have to read too far between the lines to see that.

I would also like to say that when Vivienne has spoken about his orientation before, I recall her saying that she didn't want to confirm him being aromantic so that she wouldn't 'ruin anyone's fun', which I just feel like is an odd thing to say if she wasn't already explicitly picturing him as aroace. If she thought he had romantic attraction, why wouldn't she just say that? What fun would that ruin? I also feel like keeping things like this ambiguous just to appease the shippers is a little weird, but I digress-

And to those of you who I know are saying "But aromantic people can be in relationships too!!" *deep inhale* yeah I know. I'm not gonna pretend you're not right about that, but there are also aroace people who have exactly 0 interest in romance or sex at all. This is the part of the post that really is based on how I interpret certain moments, but to me he is absolutely one of those people. I don't really know where people get any vibes of him being interested in that stuff. I have never once looked at him and thought "Yeah I could see him in a romantic relationship with *insert character here*". Even aside from attraction in general, since that's what we'd be talking about at this point anyway, he just seems like the kind of guy who'd rather work and live independently instead of relying on anyone, whether practically or emotionally (which is also probably part of the reason he never joined the Vees, but that's another topic entirely). Hell, I'm pretty sure he's in heavy denial about even developing any kind of care or friendship with the people at the hotel (ie. the episode 8 scene with him and Niffty).

The only ships I see him involved in with people he doesn't hate (so ignoring RadioApple, RadioHusk, and StaticRadio. But to be real, maybe the fact all his main ships are enemies to lovers coded says something about the whole situation, but that's just me-) are Charlastor - which I will not even try to discuss here, people aren't gonna like this post as it is - and RadioRose. Rosie and him would at least be fair, if it weren't for one thing (which is also personal opinion on my end), and I don't know exactly how to word it. I'm tempted to say she has wingwoman vibes? But she knows he's aro, so that's not the right word, but there's vibes of like, she probably did act as a wingwoman before she realized that about him or something.. There's also something about her joking around like "Oh this is the girl? You have a girlfriend and I'm only now meeting her?" is almost giving motherly behavior. Idk man they're just besties to me, I could see them in a QPR though (not that they'd probably label it that way, considering the word queerplatonic is likely just complete gibberish to Alastor lmao).

So to summarize: It feels incredibly likely, if not practically canon, that Alastor was written with aromanticism in mind, even if Vivienne refuses to explicitly state it. Subtext and not-that-subtle implications can say just as much about a character as word of God, especially when that God has explicitly told us why she won't confirm or deny this information. Do I think any of this will stop people from shipping him romantically with literally any other character? No ofc it won't, and that's okay, that's just what fandoms do. I do think there's something to say for the fact the one aroace (or even at the very least asexual) character gets constantly shipped with everyone else in the cast, but this post is long enough I think. The only point of posting this is that I wanted to get information out there in one post to say "Hey, let's look a little bit past the surface for a second before saying there's no proof of him being aromantic"

Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you at least took something away from this

My friend just said to me that deer are red-green colorblind.

So Alastor (could possibly) only see the world in AroAce flag colors only...

IT'S LITERALLY THE AROACE FLAG.

So recently on Discord I've been hearing about posts on Tumblr not only shipping Alastor with other characters (which is, y'know, weird but not unheard of. It's been happening since the pilot's release) but still tagging their fics/posts "aroace" or "aroace Alastor" whatever.

People will either write an Alastor x Reader romance or a RadioApple romance work and they'll still tag it stuff like "Aroace" just so it could get more clicks.

Seriously guys, please don't do that. If you're so desperate and insistent on romantically shipping Alastor with another character, fine go ahead. I may not agree with it, but I can't stop you.

But please don't clog the aroace tag just so more people could see it. It's just not cool imo.

an aroace’s opinion of the alastor situation

it’s canon. don’t start with the buts or ifs cause that’s just you erasing our character and ignoring recent VA Q/A stuff! it’s canon end of the story he is an aroace character who is touch-repulsed by men and okay with touching women (I personally believe this had a lot to do with his backstory which is just a much cooler take than any “relationship” speculations like please can we have more complex characters that don’t focus on romantic/sexual relationships?????)

I have shipped my fair share of questionable, disliked, weird ships I am not a saint by any means, but as an aroace, I have authority over aroace characters! alastor is not the type of aroace who seems like he would enjoy being in a relationship! at least not a common conventional relationship. I will say I love the idea of queerplatonic alastor and rosie, it has such a great setup and just sounds adorable (they both just acted like charlie’s parents that whole ep)

on the case of others

• he is ALWAYS shutting down advances from angel so don’t even start

• how tf can you listen to hell's greatest dad and still ship alastor and charlie…he called her his kid?! even if it was just to piss of lucifer it’s just a weird set up for a ship! • vox and alastor are just so watered down if you slap a “gay tension” label on them and move on, can we have more depth, please???? one sided vox and alastor sounds incredibly interesting! I’m not a producer story writer by any means but imagine a fucking episode where its alluded OR clearly mentioned! vox making it clear that all his initial disdain to alastor is cause he had a fucking dumb high school style crush on him and when he got rejected and his fame damaged by alastor his hate grew! that would be a hilarious and a great setup to just acknowledge alastor’s aroace identity! there’s way to comfortably incorporate aroace identities into the universe and characters!

• lucifer again same fucking thing with vox, this as a one-sided or even platonic ship just sounds so much more fun!

• for the rest it’s something along the lines of that makes no sense, is impossible, too weird, or has absolutely 0 setup to it

and don’t get me started on allos being like “well aroace people can still date and have sex” Yes they can…but that’s not the FUCKING POINT! as an allo you’re never gonna understand how it feels to be in a relationship while being aroace it’s a completely different feeling to what you understand as a requirement for a relationship (trust me no allo has understood when I tried to explain) in turn you’re definitely not gonna be able to portray that (fanart or writing) in a way that’s not damaging to us.

if you’re gonna just gonna use that as an excuse to do whatever u wanna do without being respectful to his canon identity then you’re just a horrible person, it’s not an excuse to do whatever if u wanna do to him!

yes aroace people can date and have relationships and be hot! but it’s not YOUR place to do that to aroace characters without AT LEAST taking in advice from aroace people on making your fanart/ships less hurtful to us. “he has canon fangirls tho!” okay? how does that help or prove you’re point? again not one is saying you can’t say alastor is hot or find him attractive do that by all means! his canon fangirl (if the comic is indeed considered part of canon show stuff) proves that THAT is not a problem!

hell people finding alastor hot while acknowledging his aroace nature would be PERFECT because it would dismantle this idea that aroace people have got to be robots and ugly and heartless and weird, aroace people can be hot, and sexy and STILL be awarearoace! so, by all means, ship yourself with him, while I don’t really understand y/n or self-insert, something like that is clearly fanon and done to make one individual happy without affecting canon in any way (and yes fanon affects canon doesn’t even start, shit we say has an impact on what the creators will put on screen or the connotations what they make will have) so it’s not too big of a concern.

the problem is when his identity is ignored completely because “he doesn’t look/behave aroace” if mf were saying that about any other lgbtq identity, there would be actual war, it’s so clear you don’t wanna treat aspecs with decency or listen to us!

there is so much representation IN THE SHOW so many canon things you can draw upon for your ships HELL THERES A CANON LESBIAN SHIP! and yet u have to go and ruin the only aroace character we get per decade. and don’t get me started on the lesbian erasure this fandom has, Christ you guys hate to see vaggie and charlie being a canon couple so much it’s embarrassing.

to conclude, aphobia is real and a HUGE problem is fandom spaces, grow up and behave properly y’all are not rabid animals who need to sexualize everything you see!

btw non of this applies if you’re an aroace writing or making fanart for alastor or an aroace fan enjoying said content <3 you understand how this feels and how much representation matters to us, you can not fuck it up because you KNOW how being an aroace works! so if you’re using his characters to explore how you feel/your identity that is more than fine! finding your first character that helps you explore your attraction or lack of attraction and feels is SO IMPORTANT!

and to all my aroace people you are loved, you are real and you are so so important! <3

People who ship Alastor and say, "but aroace people can still be in relationships and have sex."

Yes, that's 100% correct.

But have you considered that an aroace person in a relationship is still aroace?

Unless you're mindful of this when shipping a character with this identity, you're just using it as an excuse. I'm aroace myself and when I was in a relationship, I was still romance-repulsed and experienced zero physical attraction towards that person. Having a partner didn't change anything. I still loved them, just not romantically.

Why isn't this explored more in fics? Why is it never mentioned?

I'm not against shipping him with other characters. In fact, I'd love to read a fic where Alastor navigates a relationship as an aroace individual, just as much as I want to read about him not wanting to be in a relationship at all.

Please, don't erase his identity. That's all I'm asking. Feel free to ship whatever and whomever you like.

(Feel free to use this image btw I made it myself to use as an icon)

Can someone please make queerplatonic marriage be a thing?

Rosie and Alastor are married for literally every other reason except for them being romantically in love

Like they have a figurative list of reasons they’re married and being romantically in love is not on it

Vaggie: "Women!" Angel Dust: "No." Vaggie: "Why?" Angel Dust: "Men!" Vaggie: "No!" Angel Dust: "Why?" Vaggie: "Women ✨" Alastor: "No!" Angel Dust & Vaggie: "Why?" Alastor: "Jambalaya."

Local aroace fucks around and finds out

I know Valentine's Day was two days ago, but I have a slow brain okay.

Anyway, just like everyone else I just want to marvel at how perfect Alastor's Valentine's Day merch is.

Look at this, look at him. Everyone else's pinup was sexy and they had revealing outfits. But Alastor? Someone at this app said that he is a modern equivalent of a Victorian woman showing her ankle. I truly love it, he undone his bow tie and that's it, that's the most he's showing, his neck without a bow. He isn't even in any sexy pose either. He kinda looks as if he was laying on a couch and someone told him to pose.

And then his Valentine's card? It's not about love or anything like this, this is about friendship, about platonic love. It literally says 'On a day devoted to lovers I am glad to have you as a friend' and I'm over the moon with it.

As a fellow asexual I am beyond happy to see that none of Alastor's merch was romantic or sexual.

It means a lot to me and I just wanted to say it.