#Arcana!Alastor

[nabesthetics]

hey. hey. hey. are you sleeping. hey. wake up. hey

[charliethechandelure]

"Are we there yet ?"

[sunflowey]

I may or may not have ginormous love for red/ginger heads.

[corgi-cthuwu]

I was bored so I drew Alastor as Valdemar from The Arcana...

Also here's some doodles I drew in class :>

There's also the opportunity to draw Lucifer as Lucio, and Lilith as Nadia (both have tall dominant wives with long hair, and they're both divorced--)

[xiaobunnn]

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[lukerm123]

I had someone point out that I made alastor the Ace, and he is ace. This was a coincidence, but it is pretty funny. Angel and his guns simply did fit the card.

[snobgoblin]

there's this page on instagram where they basically trace over Alastor for random characters over and over as a meme and I felt inspired

[yeoldacorn]

You know what would be so super cool, you guys?

IF WE STOPPED SEXUALIZING THESE CHARACTERS

[fish-from-space]

it's a spectrum

[furst1ded]

Some low effort doodles I did today of male characters I like :)

[nabesthetics]

The un-goating spell research era.

[bathsaltsmcgee]

Lore in the Merch

Okay, so as I'm sure everyone has probably already heard, the latest line of merch from Vivziepop just dropped this morning on Shark Robot, and as I was perusing the list, figuring out exactly what it was that I was going to snag for myself, I found something that I thought was just a hair interesting.

Okay, so in the t-shirt line, there are a bunch of glow in the dark tees featuring various hazbin and helluva characters in the style of tarot cards, which were, to be fair, exceptionally neat.

And yes, I've already ordered one.

However, as I was admiring the designs later in the evening to make sure I got the one I wanted, just in case I missed any, I noticed that there were little numbers on each of the designs.

Numbers for tarot cards.

One quick trip to google later, I realized they were all for corresponding tarot cards from the major arcana, which, admittedly, does make a great deal of sense, all things considered.

It would be a little weird if they were supposed to be tarot cards and didn't have the numbers in the design.

That, I will assent.

In any case, I did a little digging and I found that Beelzebub was the sun, Blitz was the moon, Charlie and Vaggie were the strength card, Human Loona was the chariot, and Alastor was the devil.

And while my first response was 'yeah, that tracks', when I started to think about it, to really think about it, I realized that perhaps there was more here than just a funny little reference to a tarot card deck.

For example, Stolas got the star card for his tarot card number, and if one digs into the deeper meaning of what the star represents in the arcana, there are a number of parallels with his story and character that tie in with the star card. Finding new meaning, holding a new sense of self, discovering a new sense of purpose, getting away from your crazy ass ex-wife, just to name a few.

So, it makes sense that he'd get the star card.

Furthermore, Angel Dust got the hanged man card for his number, which also makes sense because, from my understanding, it's all about taking pause to reevaluate your strategy on life and consider whether or not this is the right way to go before taking the next step. 'The thinking that got into this mess won't get you out of it and it's time for a change' sort of card. So, considering his horrible life as a pornstar/ prostitute/ stripper and wanting to get away from it all by making a split second decision and submitting to the Happy Hotel for redemption treatment instead of just continuing on the way he's been would be more than enough to qualify him for the Hanged Man.

So, what does the card for Alastor mean?

Sure, it's easy to write it off with a 'well, he's the Devil of the show' sort of thing, but I suspect it has far more to do with his own way of thinking than it does anything else. I'm not an expert on tarot, but from what I can glean, the devil card has something to do with being trapped or restricted or held back by something that keeps you from being your best self; self-imposed limitations, or a lack of power, or feeling like you're not in control, or there's some external force that making someone feel like they're powerless to affect their situation, so they might as well not even try to change it, which, honestly, doesn't sound like Alastor at all, given what little we know about him thus far.

it sounds like something he might inflict, sure, but not something he'd be going through himself personally.

However, given the nature of the other cards and how those arcanas are linked to the individual character's arcs, logic dictates that the symbolism of the arcana are directly tied to the characters and their struggles.

So, what gives here?

Is Alastor really trapped a prison of his own making?

Does he actually feel powerless about his situation, which is why he outrightly dismissed Charlie's redemption scheme because, in his mind, it's far too late to change and there's no undoing what's been done?

Is that what's really going on here?

Or am I overthinking things again?

Well, either way, they hid lore in the merch.

I just wanted to point that out.

Furthermore, if they actually did foreshadow future character developments within the tarot card shirts for a show that has yet to premiere, I will officially be impressed.

That was clever.

[corgi-cthuwu]

I've updated the drawing-- Did this in 2 and a half hours. Kinda proud of this one :>

Which one looks better? I can't decide

[rasby]

I was like, ah, RadioApple (Alastor x Lucifer) is very fun, i quite like their dynamic :)

...Jucio...it's just like Jucio...

[nanamunath]

The Valdemar to Alastor simp pipeline is real

[blueroseevergreen]

I did this with my romantic (and QPR) F/Os.