let me tell you something… LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING!!!
edit: It could be either Eve or Roo, I’m betting my sanity on this one 🤣
read my other theory: here !!
EDIT : okayyy, i know i haven’t been answering my inbox (my apologies, i’m really busy rn🥲) but might i just add about the concern about the eyes! PLS READ:)!!
Yeah, nothing serious...yeeeaah. I totally believe him. ;)
I love that even if Zestial doesn't know exactly what Alastor's been up too, he clearly knows it was not for a mere break from everything. ;) XD
So far, I'm leaning towards he's made a deal/worked with Lilith during the 7-year absence (possibly in exchange for helping Charlie or working to figure out Heaven's weakness, he'd get power from Lilith or they could just be friends like he is with Rosie ;) ) or it may even have to deal with this villain Roo (Root of All Evil) who we're supposed to see at some point. O_O
I want to say I absolutely love your swap AU! I am super curious on how your thought process goes on stuff like making Michael's last name Xerxes, your iteration of Eve/Roo, and Emily as she seems influenced a lot by Michael being a lion.
THANK YOU!!
I've always seen my version of Michael as a lion, the most powerful person after God, like the king of the jungle, and his design was inspired by lions, for example, his hair is like a lion's mane.
And Xerxes means: meaning "great warrior" or "lion-king." In the bible, Noble and great, Xerxes means "monarch, brave, strong," and "ruler of heroes"
And since he was the king of hell when he fell, it made sense to make him a lion. In Eve/Roo's design, I generally took trees as a model, for example, the furs on her coat are like leaves, her horns are like roots, almost half of her body is also like a tree.
The reason why Emily has lion traits because of her father. in general, Emily is like her father, very kind and kind-hearted, just like Michael before the fall.
This theory adds onto to a few other popular ones, that being Eve is Alastor's dealmaker under the guise of Lilith, and Eve is the cryptic "Roo." What I propose alongside that, is that she's hiding in plain sight among the hotel guests, and that disguise is Nifty.
Spoilers up to the season 1 finale below:
Evidence:
When you think about her in conjunction with the show's established themes it falls into place: Adam, the s1 antagonist is a misogynist who wanted Lilith's obedience. Eve will foil Lilith; while she's all about hating subservience and breaking chains, Nifty is a parody of the stereotypical 50s housewife, 'likes being forced' and spends her time cooking, cleaning, and obsessing over men. Eve was created from Adam's rib to ensure his next wife would lack the autonomy to rebel. Designed to be the epitome of Adam's submissive ideal, it makes sense Eve would choose a 50s housewife as her disguise, they resonate with her.
The old logo is her face / her and Lucifer's placement on the prime cover.
She collects little pieces of men because that's what she was made from / is enamoured with Pentious in particular because he's a snake. "never leave me again" <- double meaning alert. / "HATED THAT SONG" because she was never offered forgiveness so easily. Not even Charlie catching her in the trust fall is foreshadowing; unlike Lilith who had Lucifer, no one came to her side when she committed the original sin.
The all-female exorcists were made by Adam to serve him. Their masks have horns like Lilith and a missing eye like a cyclops. They're hybrid clones of the two wives that left him. Eve is the only character in the intro whose eyes we haven't seen.
Every large ensemble show has a mole arc and she's the only one with no established goals. It's always the one-note gag characters you should look out for.
There's no confirmation if Nifty made a deal with Alastor. I think Eve is the one who's got him 'on a leash' though he thinks it's Lilith. He lets Nifty follow him around and she plays up the fangirl persona to keep a close eye on him.
It's the perfect refuge in audacity disguise. Acting innocent in hell in suspect. Being an unhinged stalker raises no questions. Alastor himself says he has no idea what tf her deal is.
I made this theory a few days ago but I was delighted to see more evidence in the final episode. See this?
It's elaborate foreshadowing disguised as a gag. She's not just doing this for the funsies she is MAD mad. Vengeance!
Conclusion:
Whether this means she's the big bad or unlikely ally, I can't say. If it's the former, her goal is to be redeemed with the other guests and enter heaven so she can get revenge on everyone else. S1 leans heavily into heaven vs hell so it would make sense for the final antag to be a 3rd party wildcard who wants to burn both sides to the ground for failing her. Heaven casted her out, hell unintentionally doomed her to an eternity of suffering with the fruit of knowledge, then left her.
I’m really intrigued by this character and what her role’s gonna be in the story (if she’ll be included in Hazbin), so I wanted to try and draw some fanart of her based of the illustration Vivziepop made way back.
It ended up… okay, I guess? There are some things I could’ve changed, but overall I’m pretty happy with how she came out.
Whatever shit of a deal he got himself into surely as fuck looks terrifying and traumatizing because are you telling me that SOMEONE stitched his smile on? OR he’s some sort of Voodoo Doll for someone to play on or control? 😧
So that comic where Roo possesses Alastor but nopes out because Alastor's body is a mess?
What if it was a body switch and Alastor just... refuses to give Roo back her body because he's experienced not being in pain for once?
bodyswap episode, but it's main villains of the series yaaayy
this is a funny idea but i can't ignore the question why would Roo CHANGE instead of straight up possession
this makes me THINK, and like. i thought. her body is (in my headcanon) Eve, mortal human being, while Alastor's is a physical manifestation of a quite powerful soul... and maybe, like, in his body she can use her powers better?
tho this also makes me think that Eve's body is also not in the best condition, given that she's like... 10000 years old or something.
i can't just leave something to be a joke, can i?
also weird question, but asexuality is something physical or psychological?... would bodyswap make Alastor feel attraction or no? genuine question (this could lead to some fun shenanigans) (or may be not, on the second thought)