#yes this is about hazbin

[shoe-def1sh]

To think I spent the past few days coming up with a big spiel in my head about how important it is to be critical of the media (film, shows etc) we consume and how we treat it as a fandom. And yet when I try to write it I can't, there's so much to say my head fries up.

#yes this is about hazbin #mainly #its what brought this on in my head #but ive definitely seen this before

[luriendotmp3]

man i love getting worked up about shows i dont even watch

#brambles #yes this is about hazbin #and by worked up i dont mean in a good way

[msmimundo]

In which Angel Dust gets big on politics

EDIT: Part 2

#hazbin hotel #angel dust #husk hazbin hotel #fanart #IDK IDK the idea that angel would fact check husks past has been on my mind since ep 4 #and he seemed curious about alastors past too so... #probably too ooc but idk smth to explore ig #also i saw an artist draw overlord husk very furry and plumpy like he takes care of himself in contrast of self loading current scrunky hus #and yes #angelhusk #huskerdust #msmimundo

[averytirednerd]

#bro is going through it #also what a drama queen #yes a separate photo dump for Al was 100% necessary #I am very normal about him wdym #hazbin hotel #hazbin #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor #hazbin alastor #alastor hazbin hotel #alastor the radio demon #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin hotel screenshots #my post #I’m so sorry to the person who was asking about image descriptions #I don’t know how to do that #aaaaa please forgive me

[jammerspyjamass]

Alastor and Nifty father daughter bonding moment

I love them

King and Princess Roach

#hazbin #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin nifty #alastor and niffty #vibes tbh #radioapple #voodoo alastor #hazbin art #hazbin fanart #alastor fanart #nifty fanart #alastor redesign #nifty redesign #i honestly feel like nifty said alastor was king roach because she knew he didnt like lucifer and wanted him to feel special #she was just going about it in her own way #ok but dose this mean nifty and Charlie are step sisters? #yes #yes it dose

[nouverx]

I love when he does the :3 mouth who gave this murderous deer man the right to be so adorable

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fandom #hazbin alastor #alastor #I am so not normal about him #yes he's a cannibal serial killer who have commited many atrocities but he's also babygirl #he's my little meow meow

[pikp0kcas3]

The Hazbin Hotel fandom’s issue with accepting aromanticism and asexuality

Now that it is officially Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, I want to talk about this!

I find that, as an aroace myself, I am constantly grasping at good representation and coming up empty— it usually ends up in one of two ways.

One: the character is portrayed as emotionless, cold, and robotic in nature. It’s the question aromantic and/or asexual people are often asked: “Are you heartless?” The answer is no, of course, but general media makes it out to be the opposite.

Or two: Their lack of attraction is seen as something to “fix” because they “haven’t found the right one yet”, and they end up with a partner as a “happy ending”.

It frustrates me greatly because of how little people actually see aromanticism or asexuality as a true part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

So when I watched Hazbin Hotel, and I found out about Alastor being aroace, I was over the moon. I was on cloud nine. I also saw how his voice actor has looked up the term as an attempt to learn about aroaces, which makes me OVERJOYED?? Amir is truly a blessing, and I love that he’s proud to embody a character that’s part of our community. It’s so beautiful to finally have a proper character, a fan favorite at that, who just so happens to be aroace— and that’s another thing I love about this.

It’s never explicitly stated in the show (though it is stated in interviews), but it’s rather clear when you’re watching, isn’t it? Alastor’s aversion to any sort of sexual advancement, coupled with Rosie’s blatant “I know you’re an ace in the hole” comment sort of spell out his asexuality pretty clearly, as well as what side of the spectrum he falls upon. In addition, his Valentine’s day card was strictly platonic, which caters to his aromantic side. It feels so validating to finally be represented, to finally have a character in media who shares the same lack of interest in romance and sex as I do.

When I entered the fandom to look for more content, I kind of expected to see the same respect for Alastor’s orientation there too. But that… wasn’t the case? I am fully aware that aromanticism and asexuality are both spectrums— of course, aromantic and/or asexual people can enter those kinds of relationships. I’m not denying that and they belong in the community as much as anyone else on the spectrum.

But, the more I see the same line again and again and again, the more it feels like an excuse to just ship what you want.

Usually I don’t mind shipping? I’m often a firm believer in people shipping what they like as long as it’s harmless and they don’t go crazy over it. I also know for a fact that Viv doesn’t have a problem with people shipping her characters. They are fictional, after all.

But in this case, people are ignoring the very thing that makes Alastor a part of the aroace community! People are ignoring his lack of romantic or sexual attraction!

Is this not the same as changing a gay character’s orientation to suit a straight ship? If not, how so? I’m told that we are a part of this community, so why aren’t we being treated like it? Why is it so hard to accept the people on the end of the spectrum who aren’t interested?

Something I’ve been noticing throughout my life is that society has not exactly progressed very much on the idea of accepting asexual or aromantic identities. Maybe we have, a little, since the old days— but hell, people in “the old days”, which in truth wasn’t very long ago, believed that asexuality was a medical condition to be “fixed” by taking the right medication or having sex. That’s a pretty low bar to clear. And on the romance side, you’re seen as a “late bloomer” or “boring” if you don’t express interest. These days, being friends with someone is treated like a gateway to them possibly becoming a lover. Not getting married, not going on dates, not wanting a partner— it’s all treated like a crime when it’s not.

Maybe I’m selfish, or sensitive, or I’m butthurt over nothing, or I’m making it all about me. Maybe I’m gatekeeping or whatever the term is. But please, please, please, I just want an aroace character like me who simply is not interested in sex or romance.

And I want fandom to respect that. I admire the creations that fans make— the art, the animatics, the writing and the character analysis. And I want people to keep creating because creation is indeed a beautiful thing.

But I really would like people to treat aroace identities like they’re important. Like it’s more than just a spectrum to get wiggle room to wrangle in another ship.

#aromantism #aromantic #aroace #asexual #hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin alastor #lgbtqia #alastor aroace #PLEASE i just want people to LEAVE HIM ALONE #“but it’s a spectrum” STOP USING IT AS AN EXCUSE #RESPECT AROACE PEOPLE WITH ZERO INTEREST IN ROMACE AND SEX #let us have this #we barely get anything as it is #but just to clarify i don’t believe that most people are being intentionally rude about it #nor am i discouraging people from creating fan content because it is FAN CONTENT and you can express yourself #i just would like people to understand a little more that #yes it is a spectrum and it covers an extremely wide range of orientations #yes ANYONE who identities as someone on the spectrum is completely valid #if you wanna argue with that i am showing you the door and kicking your sorry aphobic ass out #my point is that the spectrum is not a loophole. it is not an excuse and it is NOT okay to just use it willy nilly for your convenience

[ar0acejay]

fandom response when lesbian gets shipped with a man: pitchforks out, ready to light a witch on fire, angry mob, can and will take over the tri state area

fandom response when an aroace (specifically non amorous aroace) character gets shipped: "but aroace people can still date 🥺🥺" "it's a spectrum" and then they completely disregard the character's identity

#aromantic #asexual #aromantic asexual #yes this is about hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel #hazbin #aroace #alastor

[adyophene]

I saw this youtube short and it perfectly summed up what i fear happening in season 2 for huskerdust so i had to quickly make something for it. Also cause the audio is hilarious!

#hazbin hotel #hazbin art #husk #angeldust #huskerdust #do i think they love each other- yes #do i think they might end up stupid about it for a few episodes #also yes

[carpp]

more emilute sketches

#hazbin hotel #emily #lute #emilute #what if heaven decided to cast out lute after what she did goes public #but emily was influenced by charlies belief in redemption #so she manages to sway the jury and postpone the verdict #until they decide what to do with lute and the other exorcists emily has to keep an eye on her #and be like her parole officer #over time they grow closer #they work through lutes issues #eventually they fall in love #maybe emily could get more independent from sera and open her own hotel in heaven #to help reformed sinners adjust #lute could work as security at the hotel #they would kind of be like a parallel to charlie and vaggie #yes im fully delusional about them at this point

[waffle-a]

AHHHH HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL *collapses on the floor and dies* 🎉💗

(Have a Huskerdust animatic with overlord husk au ! Wooooo!!!11! I have come up with so much lore and story for this au during my creation of this animatic it’s insane, PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT IT !) I’m insane about them.

But now I have some notes about my feelings and progress of this animatic it’s a bit long but i would be great full if y’all read it.

Ok so my 1st fully fledged animatic has been very grueling but l've learnt so much with it

don't animate on procreate it's hell, and I need to find a better program to animate on (cause I wanna try and make more animatics in the future. Please suggest some apps to me )

I don't have to be as meticulous or nit picky about everything since it kinda makes my art look stiff and not dynamic like my sketches

Animatics CAN LOOK ROUGH (being rough doesn't make it bad, sometimes it makes it more fluid)

I really want to experiment with more dynamic camera shots and movement.

That being said I didn't want to switch up the style at the end of the animatic so I stuck with the stiff style, and this being my first actual long form animatic (not counting a couple of the more tiktok-esque Steddie ones | made) I'm still kinda proud??q!! Even though it's not how l imagined it to look like

TLDR: this is my first actual animatic, I have no animation background and don't know what I'm doing.

Nevertheless I'm so proud of what I made, but still wanna make more less refined animatics in the future, and I want to allow myself to play around with more movement

#waffle a art #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel art #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin angel dust #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin husk #hazbin hotel husk #huskerdust #hazbin hotel redesign #overlord husk #husker x angel dust #huskerdust fanart #animatic #angel dust redesign #husk redesign #hazbin huskerdust #huskerdust animatic #hazbin hotel animatic #hazbin hotel au #yes I’m spamming tags #don’t look at me #I worked so hard on this I’m dead #I hope y’all like it because I’m just so ahhh about this au I have conjured up I have so much lore rahhhh #angel dust art #husk art

[convolutedblasphemy]

Allos in fandoms will say two men who used to drink tea under the moonlight together in a past life, wear matching accessories and were shown to deeply care about each other once upon a time are canonically gay because "friends don't do these things" but if a confirmed asexual character is repeatedly shown as uninterested in sex or romance in the source material AND the promotional material it's "ambiguous" and "unclear whether this character is aromantic or on which part of the spectrum he lies".

#yes this is about honkai star rail and hazbin hotel respectively #two sides of the fandom amatonormativity coin #before anyone yells at me this isn't me saying all ships with alastor should be banned #but we should very much examine why this double standard exists and y'all aren't going to like the answer #hazbin hotel #hazbin #alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #the radio demon #aroace alastor #media literacy is dead

[lechuzahispana]

First kiss 💜

#hazbin hotel #hazbin art #hazbin charlie #charlastor #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel fandom #hazbin hotel fanart #digital art #my artwork #yes i know about the new episode #but i don't care

[houngry]

*sees a ship with the two most horrible, fucked up people you will ever meet* omg!! they’re so cutee 😊😊 them!! 

#yes this is about voxval #voxval #hazbin hotel #staticmoth #valentino hazbin hotel #vox hazbin hotel

[martini-garnish]

So I've been throwing ideas about Vox at @bigfatbimbo for a hot minute, specifically factoring in his relationship with Valentino because they are toxic and manipulative and so incredibly non-exclusive lmao. But some things are too long to be asks and y'all Did vote for freak behavior on main lmao

(Like every other scenario I wordvomit onto the screen this is definitely based around an oc but I'll be generic with it lmfao)

18+! NSFW! Minors do not fucking interact Please!

So Val sucks, we know this, we know. Please note Vox also sucks. That does not get acknowledged often enough he is also an asshole. What I'm saying is there is no way he wouldn't use a side piece to get under Vals skin.

It's word of Viv that outside their relationship they're both very dominant, but with eachother it's a toss up and, inevitably, a fight for power every time.

Here's where this new partner comes in, especially if they're someone petty, vindictive, and or willing to take shots at Val. Because wouldn't he just hate to see something he has to fight so hard for get offered up on a silver platter to some Fucking Nobody? Of course he would.

So Vox let's himself get dommed. Kind of. He plans it, of course, lays out Exactly what's going to happen. He's pulling the strings, he's in control here, he won't let them forget it, but Val doesn't need to know that. The plan of course is to film this encounter and "accidentally" leave it playing somewhere that Valentino will probably definitely "accidentally" come across it. See someone else getting the easy submission he can't have.

The problem arises when Vox, stripped with his hands tied and someone, sometimes, being gentle with him in this state, realizes he likes this a little too much.

A lot too much. He's stopped reminding them to stay on script. He's forgotten to moan instead of whine. They tell him he looks so perfect like this, he's doing such an incredible job. And the scripted scene is out the window because he's fucking whimpering.

The more they praise him the more he forgets what this was for in the first place. That the point wasn't originally being told how stunning and brilliant and gorgeous he is while being touched so softly it almost aches. He didn't plan out begging for more, please fucking more because he's getting close before they even start paying attention to his cock. As soon as they do its practically over, he bluescreens, buffers, glitches, practically sobbing when he cums so hard it knocks out power in the entire section of the building.

Once he's back in his head he can't believe he knocked out the fucking camera, that was the whole point, now they'll have to set this whole thing over again. Friday? Does that work? Maybe sooner? It's really too bad he lost the footage.

(Of course he didn't, it autosaved up until the black out. But they don't need to know that.)

#unsafe for work #hazbin hotel x reader #vox x reader #hazbin hotel vox #yes this is a Merlot scenario thats been floating around in my silly little brain #thank u bimbo for giving me the confidence to write about this shitty tv guy also #i get nervs

[aceofallspades]

aroaces: hey guys could u not keep shipping this cannon aroace character please

allos: BUT AROACE PEOPLE CAN DATE

aroaces: well yes but our relationships work differently and very few people are acknowledging the nuances of our identity-

allos: B-BUT THEY CAN DATE

aroaces: you’re not listening are you

#yes this is about alastor #but it goes for other fandoms too #you can ship aspec characters because it is a spectrum #but so many people are completely ignoring his identity #it’s very frustrating #aroace #aromantic #asexual #alastor #hazbin hotel