"I know you were tired- So many hours of your days were spent being small, holding yourself together in the corner. Some days you could muster up a smile... Other days you could hardly get out of bed. It was all wrong. You were just a kid."
[ Transcript under the cut <3 ]
Panel 1 : I remember how sad you were
Panel 2 : You'd go to the bathroom every morning and cry.
Panel 3 : You were angry. But too feeble from neglect to express it.
Panel 4 : And even when you changed yourself to be above them, or to be among them. You were prey. A target.
Panel 5 : I still remember how sad I was. I remember every course of rage in my veins
Panel 6 : Eventually desperation took over. To fit in was to be same. To be same was to be free of the heckling.
Panel 7 : But all along you and I were always going to be different from the crowd.
Panel 8 : I'm sorry it took this long. But everything is okay now. I've learnt to love our differences from the crowd.
Panel 9 : I did this. I did this all for you. But you'll never know that. You'll never know why it was wrong to be treated that way. You'll never know peace.
The honeypot-Alastor thing, only with Roo instead of Eve. Roo wants Lucifer's soul. Roo notices that Lucifer's interested in Alastor. She's all too happy to dangle Alastor like bait to ensnare the fallen angel.
And unfortunately for Alastor, he starts to give a genuine shit about Lucifer as time goes on. But he couldn't warn Lucifer even if he wanted because every time he so much as thinks of giving up one of Roo's secrets, he can feel her chains winding tight around his throat and strangling him, preventing him from speaking.
I tried out a new linework process for this one, where I left the sketch in a rougher state before inking. It saved me some time! And I feel line the inking in this feels more natural somehow.
This is my first time drawing Nick in almost two years! And for a colored Nick, it's been almost six! I adjusted his design a bit, giving him some styled hair and matching cheek fluff. I'm pretty happy with how that turned out. :3
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I have a wild theory regarding Alastor. Here goes:
I don't think Lillith owns Alastor's soul. Instead, I think it belongs to Roo.
^ This bitch.
We know that Alastor and Lillith have both been missing for 7 years. But if Alastor is back, why isn't Lillith? She should be just as, if not more powerful.
Additionally, Lillith owning Alastor's soul doesn't explain the absence. And if Alastor can, among other things, say "Fuck you" to Lucifer's face, why would Lillith be any different?
For Alastor to be "on a leash" as it were, the person holding it would have to be in a whole other tier of powerful.
Enter Roo, stage left. We don't know much about her. Vivzie has said that she's a "looming threat in the distance", and that Roo is the character she's most excited to get to, but that it'll be a long time before thathappens(courtesy of the wiki). So she'll likely be an antagonist down the line, and a big one at that.
Other than that, her design is very evocative of the Eldritch and Lovecraftian, which is a kind of power we haven't seen in the show thus far. Her design is also visually distinct from anything else, which implies that Roo herself is a very different kind of creature.
On a final note, her design does feature chains. Though they are bound to her body, there's a possibility that she keeps others in metaphorical chains. But that's a footnote.
So! I propose that seven years ago, Roo captured Alastor and either captured Lillith or killed her, which would explain why she's still missing. I'm speculating that Roo sent Alastor back out into Hell for... some reason, I'm not really sure. Maybe to ensure the hotel's safety? Maybe it has something to do with a ritual or something.
in the past, i've pointed out how interesting the pictures in the pilot are because these two women (eve/lilith/whoever) don't entirely look the same (very different eyeliner) and the hair length doesn't seem consistent given eve/lilith is shown with long hair in another picture where charlie is about the same age as the little charlie in the picture at the top. so, i suspect they're not the same person
THEN I NOTICED THIS. when charlie calls her mom, we get this photo of lilith/eve/whoever where she has both those distinctive styles of eyeliner
I'm not entirely sure if it's canon or not, but I've seen the idea that sinners in hell can't conceive children, which makes sense. but also. Lilith is a sinner, correct?
which leads me to the theory: what if Lucifer and Lilith made a deal/agreement with Roo/Eve for her to somehow help them have Charlie? what if. they have a deal with her or owe her/gave her something for that.