#damn vivzie's chaaracs are deeeeep

[softer-marshes]

just a thought about our boi alastor

so almost everyone knows this son of a deer, that smug bastard

and after a bit of research i present to you my theory in alastor’s background story

SOURCES: {x} {x} {x} {x}

so it says from the source above that alastor’s name means “he who does not forget”, or “avenger”, “persecutor”, “tormentor”, “one who suffers from divine vegeance.” aside from that;Alastor was an epithet of the Greek god Zeus, according to Hesychius of Alexandria and the Etymologicum Magnum, which described him as the avenger of evil deeds, specifically, familial bloodshed. The name is also used, especially by the tragic writers, to designate any deity or demon who avenges wrongs committed by men.

now its interesting since a lot of people in this fandom long theorized that alastor was being abused by his father, but i think this changes things.

basically, familial bloodshed means killing or wounding people within the family. according to @alastanor​ [and their theory right above too] :

“ What [they] personally theorize is that Alastor did witness his mother getting abused in some manner or another. Perhaps more than one. Which wasn't that uncommon in his time period, as divorce still carried a heavy stigma in society throughout the early 1900s. You were looked down upon for divorcing your spouse for any reason, with the exception of adultery, bigamy, and impotence.  So his mother likely stayed in the abusive marriage because she had to, and Alastor was powerless to do anything about it until he was a grown man. But witnessing that injustice night after night likely brought about what inevitably made him a serial killer. “

so i think that his father doesn’t really abuse alastor, spoiling him or neglecting him are more plausible ideas since alastor deeply loves his mother. maybe his mother treats him more? whatever suits your boats :)

SPOILERS!!!! READ THE PREQUEL COMIC FIRST BEFORE VENTURING HERE:

it is also clearly shown from the prequel alastor comic [above in the source brackets if you want to read it] that alastor has a\ look in his eyes, like something inside snapped. and we ALL know what happened to that butcher...

now i have no idea why the father did what he did but whatever he did to alastor’s mom pushed him over the edge to just kill him right then and there.

now lets discuss what “one who suffers from divine vengeance” mean

divine vengeance means the wrath of god

so whatever alastor did when he was alive pissed of the lord of heaven himself or themself?sorrygoodomenswasinmybrain-

to maybe punish him?

yes, god is capable of that, like the infamous example of the garden of eden and other instances in the bible

now you can ignore this idea of mine but:

consider that the voodoo magic is god’s punishment towards alastor, other than being sent to hell for obvious murderous reasons

like maybe its how he died in the first place?like a voodoo spell gone wrong and the magic possessed him to act like a deer and go to the woods which made him get shot in the first place?

maybe thats why vaggie said what she said in the pilots: “That kind of raw power has never been harnessed by a mortal soul[...]”

it might look like he has the hang of it now but maybe

sooner in the nearby future...

he wont

thanks for coming to my theory, see ya!