#apothisexual alastor

[oceanamethyst]

Is this about fiction? Yes.

Is this about a fictional character, yes.

Does this still bother me? YES, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF MY ONLY COPING MECHANISMS FROM MY LIFE.

ALASTOR.

YEP. FRICKING HAZBIN HOTEL.

THE FANDOM'S TREATMENT IF HIS ASEXUALITY.

Look.

I know that asexuals aren't all repulsed.

BUT ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

THIS GUY IS OBVIOUSLY REPULSED.

PEOPLE SAY HIS INTERACTIONS WITH ANGEL DUST DON'T SHOW HE’S REPULSED BECAUSE ANGEL WAS STRAIGHT-UP HARASSING HIM.

What about Stolas and Stella?! Stolas left Stella, whom was abusive. Stolas is gay. But do we say that Stolas left Stella purely because she was abusive, which means that Stolas would still be fine with dating women?! NO!

In fact Stolas BEING gay was one of the reasons their relationship didn't work! Alastor BEING ASEXUAL (AND REPULSED) WAS ONE OF THE REASONS HE REJECTED ANGEL DUST'S ADVANCES.

Yes, other factors were involved in both! But their sexualities played a part in it!

Yes! I know fiction is a way for people to have fun. But what about Vaggie?! Is one of the most popular ships her with a man?! NO. SHE'S A LESBIAN.

But still, Alastor, an ASEXUAL, 90% of the time, is part of smut fics.

AND THEN THERE'S THE ACE IN THE HOLE COMMENT. THE JOKE IS THAT ALASTOR WOULDN'T DATE (specifically have sex with) CHARLIE BECAUSE HE'S ASEXUAL. PERIOD. NOT NOW. NOT EVER.

ALASTOR IS CLEARLY A BLACK-STRIPE ASEXIAL. HE IS CLEARLY REPULSED.

THERE IS A FRICKING LINE BETWEEN UNAWARENESS AND DENIAL.

MY GOSH.

I have literally been sobbing over how everybody deals with Alastor. Once again, my actual life is not the best (and me being a repulsed asexual is part of it) so Hazbin Hotel (Alastor specifically) is a coping mechanism.

[ar0acejay]

No bc radioapple is actually so weird like........ what????? Not only because Alastor is aroace and very obviously romance- and sex-repulsed + non amorous but also because of their age difference. Like who thought "as old as time itself" x "witnessed the start of the holocaust" is appropriate????

[chaoticsquiddo]

Getting ready for pride.🧡💛🤍🩵💙

[losergendered]

If you're accepting mogai headcanons, can I suggest some characters from Hazbin Hotel?

Charlie Morningstar is a futch canonically bisexual demon who uses she/they pronouns and has ADHD.

She is dating Vaggie, a futchfluid canonically lesbian (five-stripe version) fallen angel who uses she/he/they pronouns.

Angel Dust is a transandromasc canonically turian/veldian hyperasexual aspectussexual twink who uses he/they pronouns and has PTSD, anxiety, and avoidant personality disorder.

Angel is dating Husk, a canonically pansexual demon who uses he/him pronouns.

Alastor is a apothisexual apothiromantic aroace (sunset flag version) demon who uses he/him pronouns and has narcissistic personality disorder.

Apologies for so many requests!

sorry, vivziepop media is on my blacklist!

[oceanamethyst]

I am so upset right now.

Is this about Alastor? Yes.

Do I still feel like crying? Perhaps.

Look. It's just.

When does something turn into aphobia?

[oceanamethyst]

You know, here’s my problem with shipping Alastor.

Yes, I know aromantic people can date.

Yes, I know asexuals can have sex.

But you don’t have to be a detective to know that he’s not the type for either.

[agentofanarchy110]

as a demiromantic sex-averse I have to admit I’m very much a shipper :/ to be honest a majority of shippers of it are actually aspec, just not apothiromantic-apothisexual as you seem to be. Also, he is NOT confirmed to be aroace. Not an excuse, not hate for the label, it’s just fact; they went back on the aro part almost immediately after Talai said it, said he made a mistake. It’s sad but the truth. At least for now, Alastor is only ace.

Long confession ahead, apologies in advance.

Look, I don't get heated about shipping. I like what I like, and I look at things I like. If I don't like whatever someone is posting, I'll filter the tags, and if they aren't using the tags appropriately, I will block them. It's fairly easy for me to avoid ships I personally dislike most of the time. I do all of the things I'm supposed to, and yet I'm still having this problem.

There is one singular ship on God's green earth that kills all of my enjoyment for both of the characters involved, and it is radioapple. I have never felt such strong emotions about any other ship before in any of the fandoms I'm part of. It's fucking everywhere. I genuinely cannot use this website if I want to see Lucifer or Alastor fanart/fanfic, and I'm not moving sites.

But God. I'm so fucking sick and tired of seeing "this post contains filtered content: #radioapple." When S1 first came out, I counted 37 blocked posts in a row on top of #Alastor on one given day. I had to scroll through 37 blocked fucking posts before I found ONE that wasn't about fucking radioapple. And that isn't counting all the OTHER Alastor ships, because of course that's all anyone gives a shit about anymore.

I'm on mobile, so I can't use browser extensions to make Tumblr's filtering system actually do what I want it to (delete every radioapple post, forever). I also don't feel like buying a laptop for fucking Tumblr. I've been getting back into HH after falling out of it for a while for related reasons, and I forgot how much angrier and more unhappy I am coming out of #Alastor or (to a lesser extent) #Lucifer than when I went in. Which is super awesome considering they're my two faves.

I wish I was kidding when I say I have actually cried real tears more than once over this. I'm aroace, and I thought maybe for once I'd get to feel at least a little bit included and represented in fandom as a whole. I thought having a canon aroace character would be that for me, at least one tag I could semi-comfortably browse and feel like I'm actually part of shit and not a spectator for once, but obviously not. I don't even get to look at fanart of a character I enjoy without being constantly reminded of how different and alone I am, even when that character is different in exactly the same way as me. Even characters like Alastor that are written to be like me aren't written for me. Because why would anyone create anything for someone like me to enjoy when they could instead jam a little more sex and romance in there?

I once scrolled through #Alastor blocking all the radioapple posters for so long that I reached the bottom of the page. Tumblr would not show me any more posts and I had to reload it. I blocked 209 different blogs, and it barely made a dent. 209. I can't curate my way out of this. I genuinely think I just don't get to like those characters anymore, and it fucking sucks. I want my deer man back.

TL;DR: I cannot enjoy these characters I deeply relate to with how prevalent and fucking inescapable this one ship is, and I'm not sure how to fix it. Frankly I'm not sure it's fixable, but I would love it if this wasn't something else I just don't get to have like everyone else. Someone tell me what to do about this. I want to have fun too.

I understand why you would think that. I’m probably aroaceflux and I can see some alastor in me (aroacewise, not serial killer wise) and why you wouldn’t want to see the ships you don’t like. Unfortunately that’s how many fandoms work, they’ll just keep shipping.

to be honest, I don’t know what to say, but thanks for the confession and I hope things get better for you

[drawing-dinos82]

EXACTLY. NONE (or barely any) OF THE AROACES ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO SHIP ARE SAYING THAT AROACES ARE INCAPABLE OF DATING! THEY ARE SAYING THAT ALASTOR IS ROMO AND SEX REPULSED

You know, here’s my problem with shipping Alastor.

Yes, I know aromantic people can date.

Yes, I know asexuals can have sex.

But you don’t have to be a detective to know that he’s not the type for either.