r/Hazbin_two

Every Dickmaster needs a Clitmistress. Adam is dead and a hallucination now, so Lute can finally tell him...the thing. Oh, yeah, Abel learned what it was: Fifty Shades of the Bible.

When Al asks Rosie to fix his staff, she says 'in due time. sing along dear, you know the words'.

So not only is this song diegetic (it exists within the world of the story, basically rather than being a stylized musical number, they actually are singing to each other), they've done this before.

(art by alloplush)

3/4 of these characters aren't even the crulest in their verse. Val's outdone by Alastor, Jax by episode 8 Caine and Striker by Crimson.

But 3/4 are mass murderers and Jax is a annoying jerkass who's slightly mellowed out. The fact he has more than Striker is CRAZY.

Notice how all the Overlord's of Hell seem to be known for a different piece of art/media. As we can see with the Vees, Vox is the Media Overlord (even called as such by Vaggi), Valentino's the Film Overlord and Velvette's the Social Media Overlord. Viv even noted in the Colldier's Night Interview how Zeezi is like the hip hop Overlord and Maestro is like classical music Overlord.

What I find interesting is Alastor is the only one that we know of that isn't known as an Overlord but a demon. Specifically the Radio Demon ofc. A few months ago, I noticed in "Curtain Call" how Vox brags "I'm the most powerful sinner in Hell" while Alastor specifically says "baby I'm a demon in Hell" and brags to Rosie about being one later on. Even though sinners, Overlords and demon are all one and the same, the fact the term is consistently used specifically for Alastor is 100% intentional IMO. I think these details, combined with Alastor literally sliding into frame as Charlie says, "I'm just as bad as the cruelest Overlord in Hell" is the series giving hints how Alastor will truly prove himself to be the worst of the worst.

(art by MelleDraws)

I've seen people talk about how he was blushing, the the electricity flowing between his antenna to show he was nervous, the laugh as he realizes Alastor is serious, the static coming as he gets sad, the way his antenna's fall over and his visions clouds as he goes "I thought because we were friends" but what gets me is the way how after Alastor looks at his hand and laugh, it just starts shaking before Vox pulls it back. That was a small but such a good detail that shows the moment his heart started to break in two.

(First off this isnt meant to be my mouth piece but a community discussion of a idea. Eastern Orthodoxy is often labeled as the first sect of Christianity. A open forum not my soap box but i will give my take for others to read and me to read others!)

To look at the Hazbin Hotel universe through the lens of Eastern Orthodoxy, the show itself would be considered completely upside down.

In Hazbin Hotel , the central problem is that nobody knows what the rules are for getting into Heaven, the angels commit a yearly genocide out of fear of a demonic uprising, and Charlie has to build a rehabilitation clinic to manually "fix" souls so they can sneak past a broken system.

If an Eastern Orthodox theologian watched Hazbin Hotel, they would point out that the show's entire concept of "heresy" and how the afterlife operates actually relies heavily on corrupted Western (Catholic/Protestant) ideas, and that an Orthodox version of the show would look completely different.

Charlie’s idea that a sinner can be redeemed and move from Hell to Heaven is treated by the high angels (like Sera and Adam) as a dangerous, impossible heresy. The show’s version of Heaven operates on a strict legalism. Once a "judgment panel" stamps your file "Hell," you are locked in a separate geographic torture chamber forever. Under this logic, Charlie trying to move a soul from Hell to Heaven breaks the cosmic law.

In Eastern Orthodoxy, Charlie’s plan isn't a heresy at all it's standard theology. The Orthodox Church explicitly teaches that the souls in the "intermediate state" after death can still grow closer to God, change their disposition, and find comfort through the prayers of the living. Orthodoxy does not view Hell as a locked cage, but as a state of mind. Therefore, the high angels treating redemption as a "heresy" would make the angels look like the true heretics who don't understand God's love.

Heaven and Hell as the Exact Same Room

The biggest structural change would be the animation of the world itself. In the show, Hell is a gritty, red, violent version of Los Angeles, while Heaven is a pristine, corporate, golden paradise.

In an Orthodox version, there would be no portal between Heaven and Hell because they would be the exact same space. Both the angels and the sinners would be standing in the exact same radiating, brilliant Light of God. To the "winners" (the saints), that Light feels like paradise. the "sinners" (the demons), that exact same Light feels like burning, suffocating heat because their souls are full of hate.

Charlie's Hotel wouldn't be trying to buy a bus ticket to a different city; the Hotel's job would be giving sinners "aloe vera" and spiritual medicine so their souls could learn to tolerate the light they are already standing in.

Sir Pentious's Redemption is Pure Orthodoxy. A massive moment in the show occurs when Sir Pentious sacrifices himself to save his friends, dies, and suddenly vanishes from Hell and materializes right in front of the Seraphim in Heaven. The angels are shocked because they didn't authorize it.

An Orthodox Christian would look at that scene and say, "Exactly. That is how it works." In Orthodoxy, salvation is not a legal checklist of rules you have to pass. It is about the transformation of the human heart. The second Sir Pentious truly gave up his ego, loved his friends, and committed an act of absolute, selfless love, his internal condition flipped from "Hell" to "Heaven". God's light stopped burning him and instantly welcomed him. The show presents this as a systemic glitch, but to the East, it is the fundamental law of the universe.

Finally, the show mixes up the names of angels. It portrays Seraphim (like Sera and Emily) as humanoid rulers sitting in an office making political decisions. In ancient Orthodox angelology (which follows the texts of Pseudo-Dionysius), the Seraphim are the highest order of angels. They don't run empires or host meetings; they are described as six-winged, burning creatures of pure fire who fly directly around the throne of God, shouting praises so loud the foundations of the universe shake. They are too holy and terrifying to care about demonic population control.

If Hazbin Hotel were written by an Eastern Orthodox writer, Charlie would be the ultimate hero of traditional faith, not a rebel. The villain wouldn't be "Heaven's rules," but rather the angels' own cold, legalistic egos that blinded them to the fact that God's mercy doesn't have a clock on it.

Someone at a panel once asked; What would your character’s favorite rock band be?”

Blake Roman said Queen

My questions are:

How would Angel Dust and Freddie Mercury respond to each other?

What is Angel Dust’s favorite song from Queen?

Vaggi spent all of season 1 skpetical and untrustworthy of him, but after his role in the season 1 finale, she clearly has warmed up to him, hugging him and calling him "Al" like an affectionate nickname in season 2. While we know Husk is aware that Alastor's on Rosie's leash, it doesn't seem like he's aware that Rosie is the reason he's helping the hotel. From their POV, he fought Adam solely to protect them, then let himself be captured by Vox while saving Niffty and Husk and finally got Rosie to help them stop the explosion. It'll be tough to see how they react if/when he turns on them (Lucifer will probably go Jax mode thinking he was right to hate him)

I was bored on a flight so i made this, I think it looks cool

1: normal vox

2 normal vox w/ blood

3: Dead vox

4 Dead vox w/ extra blood

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