#doing a lucifer redesign we be fun

[glitzybunny]

Tempted to do redesigns for fun, but for what im not explaining NSNANXN

[alxxbee]

Ok, I just saw your redesign of Lucifer for the 2P AU you did and I honestly like it a bit better than in the show, he actually feels prideful here since purple is in fact the biblically accurate color of Pride! :D

Also making him a brunette and adding bright blues (a biblically accurate color of Sloth) as accents was a nice choice :) and the golden eyeshadow! :)

But does he still rule Hell in the AU with Alastor coming from Heaven? And what's the latter's role IN Heaven?

(I’m actually not very familiar with 2P lore if there really even is one but i’ll try))

((i also haven’t rewatched the show since it literally came out i maybe have forgor about like many things LMFAO))

(this also got deleted like twice and i’m pissed for rewriting this again)

(anyways here’s 2P Lucifer in my own interpretation)

2P Luci thrives in being alone, finding comfort and strength in it rather than misery. He doesn’t mind ruling Hell on his own. He doesn’t need anybody and doesn’t want anybody. His relationship with 2P Lilith has broken apart completely, due to their different views on redemption and the treatment of sinners. 2P Lilith is tricky since we know almost nothing of her, but i believe that she harbors a deep disdain for Hell and rejects the idea of controlling sinners for personal gain

BUUUUT something that has been in my mind recently is how he is essentially the embodiment of Pride.. but since 2P is (technically) the opposite of something (an inversion) The opposite of pride would be HUMILITY. Instead of making him a sad, insecure ruler, ..I’d like to think he thrives on human’s insecurities, fear, humiliation and self-doubt instead.. (rather than in the show he puts ON a prideful face when in reality he’s quite timid and socially awkward))

His relationship with 2PAlastor is quite decent (2P radioapple 🙂‍↕️) they still bicker but not in a hateful way like they do in the show, lighthearted jokes and banter, reflecting a mutual respect. (Lucifer knows how sensitive 2P Al is, and despite flourishing in humans despair and emotions, He has a soft spot for 2P Al.) ..Oh and they do not try to win over Charlie’s affection, ((2P Charlie actually does not really gaf about them XD))

Does not care for Heaven.. maybe even hates. but is not emotionally affected by his fall, I don’t know if Lucifer actually misses Heaven in the show, we can see how deeply affected he still is by their rejection of his creativity.

so i guess id like to think instead of him feeling hurt or betrayed(?), he feels somewhat thankful. Thankful that he was able to flourish in HIS ideas at last, finally seeing the evil of the world like he intended to.. destroying the order Heaven worked hard to maintain. Maybe he wanted Eve to bite the apple because he WANTED evil to come and corrupt the world, He knew what came with free will. He was a rebellious angel who went against Heaven in every way, intentionally with malice. Implying that Lucifer does not regret his role in giving sinners free will. He also cares for his sinners but not in a good way, more like he wants as many as possible so he could one day potentially top over heaven in power. A power hungry bastard.

He is serious, and a realist. NOT goofy and silly lmao. (Though he has goofy moments i shall not strip him of his whimsical fun entirely)

2P Lucifer and Original Lucifer share some similar qualities aswell. Something Both 2P Luce and Original Luce have in common is that they love Charlie.. and will protect her at all costs. Luci actually maintains a positive relationship with his daughter, He is close with her and tries to be in her life like a good father should, but 2P Charlie doesn’t usually give him the time of day. although she can be quite mean, and not the bubbly type at all like she is in the show, she still loves her father to a certain extent.

Again, we don’t really know much about the characters and the family’s history in the show.. And until we do, everything i said could be changed completely!! Like i said this is something for fun!! I haven’t really been thinking much about this AU, i designed him as a silly redraw but if i ever in the future add more details to his lore i will 🫶

Oh and as for the relationship with Original Alastor and 2P Luci…

Ok that’s all idk i don’t write for a reason 💀💀💀 💔

[theyapper0]

THE HEAVEN CAST!!!!! WHOOOOOOO!!!!!

So first off, we got a redesign for the Exorcist Angel armor. I wanted to keep the colors light so they stand out when in Hell. I was also hugely inspired by Crusades armor, since the Crusades fought for religious territory, I thought taking inspo from there made sense.

Then we have Lute, Emily, Sera and Adam's designs. I'll explain it all under the cut if you're interested!!!

LUTE!!!!!!!!!! Sorry guys but she's basically a different character with the same name at this point

So I think that Lute was like a mentor figure to Vaggie, she was the closest thing Vaggie had to a (sorta) mom but it's defiantly like a student-master relationship.

I think that Vaggie trusted and cared for Lute deeply, she devoted all her time and energy into training in order to make not only Heaven better, but to make Lute proud. Lute was a HUGE driving force Vaggie's martyr complex.

But they were close!!!! The care wasn't just once sided, I think Lute did love Vaggie. I think they both care for each other SO much, that's why it will hurt SO MUCH when it's LUTE as the one to de-wing and banish Vaggie. She LOVED her, she TRUSTED HER!!!!!

Trust that I will be delving deeper into this in the future ✊✊✊

So Emily and Sera's designs and roles in the story are pretty much the same, I liked them in canon! They were fun and offered an interesting addition to the show!!!!

The main thing I chose to change was basically their hair and skin color tbh. I understand what the show was TRYING to do, w the fact that they're supposed to be black (and apparently those are supposed to be dreads in Sera????) but.......... It wasn't good.

With their canon skin color, I know a lot of angels have gray skin but to me, it looked like the designers didn't know whether to make Sera and Emily (especially Sera) gray or flesh colored, which then resulted in them trying to meet it in the middle and left us with this,,,, really ashy looking black skin in some shots which I didn't like.

I decided to just make them a darker gray so they can both be seen as black and also keep consistent with angels having gray skin :)

ALSO THAT ONE DOODLE WITH EMILY LOOKING AT CHAGGIE, I PROMISEEEEEE THAT SHE DOESN'T LIKE EITHER OF THEM LIKE THAT, I JUST DID IT TO BE FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I think the ship is cute but personally, it's not for me ^^)

And finally..... ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!

So like Lute, Adam is basically a completely different character with that same name just slapped on.

I REALLY didn't like him in the show to be honest. I think we was an enjoyable character at times but he's totally like my second to last fav character (with my LEAST favorite being Lucifer LOL). I think it was an interesting take on Adam definitely!! To see him so cocky and full of himself bc of his title but....... It was just very...... Viziepop with the whole "original dick" thing......

Adam is the literal FATHER of humanity!!!? He is EVERYONE'S FATHER!!!!!! I don't understand the point of making him mean aside from the fact that he's supposed to be an opposing force in the show, but even then, just because he's the opposing force, doesn't mean he's gotta be a huge jerk!!!!!

I think it could be more interesting and add more nuisance to the story is Adam WAS this sweet, caring guy who, like the protagonists, is only doing what he thinks is right!

I'll delve more into Adam in my next post BUT everything he does is out of his trust in God and the Seraphims, he trusts them wholeheartedly and despite the fact that the Sinners of Hell were once his children too, he does what he must because his flaw isn't that he's egotistical or an asshole, it's that he cares and trusts with his entire being.

He's also best friends with Kris Kringle

[ravenalla]

“The hellhounds originated from Gluttony and Beelzebub created them that’s why she looks like that. She’s suppose to be like the animal tamer of Lucifer’s circus.”

Okay but like Viv, none of that is made clear in your actual show. People had to actively ask if she was suppose to be the one and only Beelzebub and now your relying on Twitter fans to make theories on why your characters look certain ways or are allowed to do certain things, people who don’t follow you on social media aren’t gonna know shit about how this world works. I like subtle world building and hints, and I think the ideas of Beelzebub representing an animal tamer is fun (even if wrath makes more sense to me), but when the rules of how the hierarchy system and rings work is already so confusing and relies entirely on you looking it up online it just looks like you wanted to make another random furry design. Why are hellhounds represented by gluttony? We were never shown an instance of this before and the episode doesn’t even say that they’re in the gluttony ring at the start (which is just another Earth with a yellow sky this time how creative).

I’m not saying I want the show to spoon feed us everything, but just a little context and set up in the actual show instead of random things just happening all the time with no explanation would be nice? Like yeah it might get explained more later on in Hazbin, but why then did you make this entire spin-off show come out first taking place in these other locations and with these demon lords if you weren’t gonna set the ground rules of your universe for the audience? That’s exactly what’s causing people online to scramble to come up with explanations for you about why you have discrepancies like Tex and Beelzebub not being a big deal but Stolas and Blitz are, your relying entirely on diehard fans to wave away your shitty writing and world-building cause you never take even a single moment in your show to have a character say anything that would clew us in on how it all works. There’s too much exposition in writing, and then there’s never giving any so you just have to make guesses or listen in on streams to figure out what society your characters are even suppose to be navigating.

Also for the “A bee/fly would have been unoriginal and ugly, she doesn’t have to follow the Bible lore” people, have you considered the fact it’s just a messy design? Like I don’t even hate it on it’s own, she looks really pretty in the fanart I’ve been seeing. But putting aside the fact she’s just a wolf/fox girl, she has so many unnecessary markings, her actual hair combined with the honey hair looks so unnatural and awkward, the bug traits don’t stand out, her outfit is basically only a slight redesign of Loona’s and as people have pointed out makes no sense on her chest with the supposed undershirt. You just can’t tell what your suppose to be looking at when you first see her, it’s just noise, which is fine for an oc, but this is an actual animated show where your suppose to be communicating something. The problem isn’t she’s not fat, I’m glad they didn’t do that for her in a show with everyone else skinny it would’ve read bad, it’s that she only stands out because they slapped bright colors neon colors onto her, nothing about this design is clever. It’s just pretty aesthetics, no substance.

Also I’m sorry, they could’ve made her entirely a bug and still have been hot, why are people assuming we are saying she should’ve been ugly when we say we wanted a more insect-like design? I’ve seen loads of gorgeous bug designs for Beelzebub, people aren’t disappointed cause she’s hot they’re disappointed cause it makes no sense.

[0nyxvesper]

BELPHIE REDESIGN CONTENT

Though they're doodles not character sheets

(its too difficult for me to make whole character sheets at the moment)

I'm mostly going to talk about belphie today!

But first here's the art :

These are just for fun but I thought you'd like them

START OF MY RAMBLING

Belphie is surprisingly one of the characters I like the least out of all of them

(would you be interested in a tier-list kinda thing to know if your options are similar to mine? I try to make content for everyone but obviously my favs are getting a bit more content I can't help it)

I was a firm belphie hater when I started the game because dude just lied to us and then proceeded to kill us and I really thought the game would promote that ''I'm dating the bad boy that insults and hurts me so I'm so cool'' kinda vibe (which is an horrifically toxic kind of trope/relationship, don't let the people you love hurt you)

When he got that ''redemption'' thingy I was real mad at it because it didn't make sense. I mean, he hates humans but just because we're his sister's grand-grand...grand-child suddenly he's cool with us and any human in the world like-

I think he deserved a redemption arc that made more sense like for example, Diavolo could still have put him in jail for a moment and our mc would go visit him so they can have discussions and he could slowly warm up to humans, it would have also gave more time to get the brother's reaction to belphie not actually being in the humain world, because we did get to see that they were shocked but I don't remember it being actually discussed with mc.

Now that I'm way further in both the og and nb games I think he's pretty sweet and I also love is malicious side when he and satan come up with dumb plans to annoy Lucifer

I just think that the way he was introduced was really creative but not handled well

And don't get me started on the time travel thing I will physically explode.

END OF THE RAMBLING

Now let's talk about my redesign!

So, you can't see it here but I made his skin a bit darker (I don't have a reason to do so, I just think it fits him well) I also gave him piercings (septum, labret and a single earing on his right ear) some freckles (beel will have some too) and a scar on his right eye:

I always thought that except for more diversity in the brothers appearance, his bangs had no reason to be. I also headcanon that even if Beelzebub protected him during war, he didn't left the battle unwounded, so that's why I chose to give him a scar (he can't see with his right eye anymore) he mostly covers it so people stop staring at it. He hates it because it's a reminder of loosing his sister for him. (Yippie! angst!🦀)

But yeah that's pretty much it! At least for now

Also here's a poll for the tier-list thingy:

Much love :D

Onyx Vesper

[bunneclair]

I have something for you guys ….

here are my redesigns of the four known 7 deadly sins from the hellaverse! I’ll go in order explaining.

Here’s Lucifer — the adjustments I made were primarily to his hair and smaller features, such as giving him goat eyes, a snake themed cane, and pulling more classical and biblical inspiration forward. I love a lot of the artistic liberties in the Hellaverse designs but I do think that him being a curly-redhead is a pretty important thing that I hated to see left out of his design. I also gave him hooves and claws because I felt like he was a bit too human compared to the other sins, and wanted to make him stand out a bit more!

Next is Asmodeus! My main focus was to make it more evident which sin he represented — while I love Ozzie’s design, I felt like his color palette could be slightly more representing of the sin of lust, so I shifted toward warmer toned colors such as red and purple, while sacrificing the green and blue. I wanted to bring across more gender-fluidity since lust is something I think it is important to represent through various gendered lenses and so I went for the whole upper-half masculine lower-half feminine thing that you see here with a vest+button up and a long slit skirt! I also wanted to show more heart motifs that appear to be evident in ironically all of lust and its inhabitants besides Ozzie most of the time, and so I curved his tail and head feathers in a way that made heart shapes, and I placed Bull and Ram in a way where they’re more visible and stand out more so as their own little entities since it’s implied they’re separately sentient.

My girl Beelzebub! I LOVE her design, but I do feel like it leans heavier toward hellhound (and fox somewhat) and not enough toward her insect features, so I gave her Bee stripes as well as putting more emphasis and effort into her wings. I kept the multicolored lava lamp hair and belly but made an extra effort to highlight the gold in it to emphasize the honey/bee theme, while also placing this texture in other places such as her paws and inner-ears. I also gave her a honeycomb crown, and more loose-fitting flowy clothing to display her fun and laid-back nature, while referencing her bee themes again by adding a yellow gradient meant to mimic pollen that gets stuck on bees during their pollination process. I also gave her the funky bug eyes :) anddd sorry but I took away the mohawk, it just felt too cluttered for me to draw among other things.

Here’s Mammon! I may be biased but I love his design so much already that it was difficult to change a whole lot. However, I did find things that I wanted to change. For one, you may notice there are hat and no-hat versions of Mammon here, and that’s because I wanted to display the broken imp-like horns I gave him. In biblical mythology, Mammon often disguised himself as someone who was poor or in need so that he would be able to garner profit from pity, and I think that there is no better way to represent that than ripping off his favorite little brand-baby. I edited a lot of the black in his color palette to be gold instead, as well as adding gold to the fingertips of his gloves as a reference to Midas’ touch. I gave him more of a spider-like appearance since according to a lot of the fandom his species is fairly ambiguous, and I made his shirt (or whatever you call that lol) a bit shorter and less cluttered because I often struggled with drawing it. I also attempted to adjust his proportions a bit as I feel like the designs for the fat characters in Helluva and Hazbin often struggle a bit with proportions and it feels important to me to better represent them.

That’s all I got, but I also created my own takes on the sins that haven’t been revealed yet, which may end up being one of my next posts! I’m doing my best to stay active in the art community and this media has given me some motivation and fuel. Any input is welcome as long as we stay positive ❤️

Reminder as well that my commissions are very open!

[nikichan234]

WHOOOAAA- after hemming and hawing over it for a while, I finally decided to post my takes on Cain and Abel for Hazbin Hotel!!

I’ve been thinking about these two an unhealthy amount, so here they are- the human versions, and then their versions in Hell hehe~ Below I have more in-depth reasonings behind their designs and the story I have given for them both~

Starting off let’s start with Abel!! The youngest little man here we go!!

For Abel- I really wanted him to take after Adam a lot. He resembles him the most, inheriting his brown hair, possibly build as well, and relatively taking after him a bit in personality as well just a little bit, mostly in being pretty prideful (which isn’t hard to do when you’re Heaven’s, and objectively your dad’s, favorite kid oops-). Not much to say on his human design, he’s pretty dang simple, so let’s get into his demon side shall we?

Now- Abel I imagine is in hell, which is like. Vaguely confirmed when Sera brings up the fact that Adam was the first human soul in Heaven. Now, frankly, while that’s most likely a throw away line, I wanna imagine that there’s a genuine reason that Abel ended up in hell, and I wanna say he became a little sinful in his life and that gave him his one way ticket to Hell.

With being the golden child of Heaven and his family, I wanna think he became a bit too prideful and arrogant about it, and with everyone around him basically being a yes-man to him, he just sorta internalized it and ran with it (parallels to Adam?? Yes.) While I imagine he wasn’t like a complete asshole, and has a good heart deep down, it just wasn’t enough, and the boy woke up in Hell.

For his demon design, I wanted to keep it fairly simple and give him a sheep/ram motif since 1. Being a shepherd, he’s around sheep and rams, and 2. a play on the whole ‘sacrificial lamb’ because he was the first ever victim of murder? Lots of fun to play with. He’s got a little sheep tail, possibly some furry haunches he keeps sheared to wear pants, and little cloven feet. I’m not the most satisfied with it, since it’s my first time doing something like this, but I’m fairly happy with how he looks. Little sheep boy we love~ I will probably redesign him before the year is over I swear-

And- for the wildest part, I wanna say he took after Adam in more ways than one and is in a rather popular rock band in Hell. I wanna imagine maybe Adam passed down his love of music/singing to his sons, as a treat, and Abel just kinda went with it since well. What else can ya do, gotta make a living doing something. He goes by his stage name commonly, to make sure no one knows he’s the son of Adam- the guy responsible for a lot of demon death. He’s not particularly strong, so keeping his head low and the truth of his lineage a secret is very very important for him.

I also imagine his time in Hell has seriously humbled him, so he’s much less arrogant and just living his life down there. He’s realized his own wrongs and is just trying his best to keep on living. Only big downside is he has to consistently go through new band members as some do get killed in the exterminations, thanks a lot Adam :|

~~

And now for Cain

For Cain, I like him taking after Eve the most, so I decided to go with a more dirty-blond hair look. I do HC Eve as looking similar, if not identical, to Lilith so lighter hair was a must- and not only that, but with the theories of Cain being Lucifer’s son, I did wanna give a little nod towards that as well (and give Adam some subconscious reasons to favor his younger son over Cain whooopsie-)

I also gave him freckles because those are for me, as a treat.

I didn’t exactly want Cain to be vengeful and full of pure evil, I love those versions of him very much, but I wanted to play with the regret and remorse aspect a bit more, as well as the whole redemption thing. So in my HC’s Cain killed Abel in his fit of rage and jealousy, but once he’s off on his own and cursed by Heaven to wander alone with his immortality, he does genuinely start to regret it. At first of course he blames Heaven, his dad, Abel, anyone else but himself, but as the years drag on, he does genuinely begin to regret and repent for it.

Of course the damage is done, and his spawns are unfortunately evil, but he does work hard to repent for his mistakes, and once he inevitably does die much much later on, he’s genuinely repented enough so that he is at first granted access into Heaven. Heaven is technically all about redemption and all for humanity, so I think it’d be fun to flip the scripts a bit and let Cain just taste something good like that, all that hard work did pay off.

But unfortunately for him, a certain someone is (very) the slightest bit pissed off that he got up there when his brother didn’t and took it upon himself to send Cain to Hell personally.

Because I enjoy ✨family drama✨ very much. That’s for meeee-

Because of that he’s just kind of a little guy, got some cool horns, clawed hands, just a little guy doin his best. Cain generally just kind of keeps to himself and does his own thing. Due to his lineage, he also goes by a different name to avoid people making the connection between him and Adam as well. While he probably would have a few sinners going for him since he’s the first murderer and that could possibly get him some good street cred, it could also be very bad for him, so he really just keeps to himself and does his best to avoid other demons as much as possible. I imagine he would be rather powerful as well, and could hold his own very easily in Hell, but he prefers to just be left alone so you’d never know how powerful he truly is.

I also say he enjoys plants. While he also got the music treatment, he prefers to just grow various types of plants in his home and possibly sells some different ones as well. It ain’t much, but it’s honest work. Got his temper still, but now he’s just kind of living his life and avoiding people the best he can.

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Now- I also wanna imagine both brothers do have some sort of relationship with each other as well when they’re in Hell together. They do eventually run into each other, both are shocked seeing the other there, and they have plenty of time to talk about everything.

It’s not the closest in the world, but Cain sincerely apologized for his actions when they were alive, and Abel did forgive him, so now they do chat a bit about their jobs, small things here and there, and are relatively polite towards each other. Not best friends or anything like that, but they can hold good conversations and joke around a bit. Cain also gives Abel plants as house warming gifts and such, and sometimes Abel can’t tell if the plants are genuine or if it’s a thinly veiled threat due to some being a bit more dangerous than others- but he appreciates it nonetheless~

[spookybokchoy]

I got inspired from other ppl doing redesigns of Hazbin characters and wanted to give a go at it. I don't watch the show but I know info about it from the internet because it's kinda hard to avoid it with it being everywhere. Like most ppl I like the fun idea of their designs but there is much left desired when taking account animation and how they stand out from one another in the background. I focused on character design in college so I'm looking at it through a designer's pov. I feel I know enough about the show to give design feedback. Even so you can still disagree with me/challenge me and be valid. Critique is how we grow as artists! We need to know how to give good criticism and how to take it ourselves :) I'll say the strengths and weaknesses of each original design and go over the changes/why

Charlie- Her original design in the show's cute but I thought she was a clown, not a demon at first. Already has a "demon form" with horns+ tail so I added those built in already. Wanted her to feel optimistic but unsure of herself. Lucifer- Original suit tells he's an over the top king, added gold shoulder pads matching the crown piece and exaggerated his shortness so now he has a Napoleon complex and takes pride from being short. Him and Charlie keep the mostly red yellow white color scheme to signify their royalty. Vaggie Vega- Unique hair shape, good for recognition. Changed name to Vega/Vegatha, sounds strong willed, better fitting for her. "X" over hair distracts from her face, put it underneath. I also made her a bit darker in value to subtly show she's a fallen angel Husker- Eyebrow game is strong, got a unique face from your typical toothy big-eyed citizens. Too many symbols that look pretty but don't make sense in his character. He's a sulky hard ass who doesn't want attention but he's got a design that's very eye-catching. I made him look lower class since he used to be an overlord and is fighting a gambling addiction. 180 color change too so you know he's a cat with owl features.

Angel Dust- Iconic floofy hair swoop. Darker suit to bring out face with a heart choker bc he's a feminine fellow after all. On that note, more pink leaning color scheme. Added abdomen for more spider theming. Dr. Pentious- His Victorian steam punk theme is fun & quirky though you can't quite see it in his design. You can't really see it in my design either cuz I was more focused on filtering out all the eyes and extra details. I would want to take this back to the board and do it over. His original top hat face distracts from his actual one so that had to go. 2 front fangs to appear more snakey. Alastor- His design works for the 1930s the decade he passed. I don't get the correlation to radio and voodoo though. The whole discourse with him being creole is messy so I scrapped it and made him a white American broadcaster to not deal with that. I made him blind with supernatural hearing abilities leaning into the sound aspect. It feels chilling knowing he hears your every move, emotion and heartbeat like the warden from Minecraft. Deer and orange fox themed for a dual nature. Vox- This idea of a tech savvy con man is super fun. Made his persona charming and eccentric, being able to appear friendly while being sketchy as f. His body is made of wires too with his teeth resembling the shock waves on his hat. Kept the pinstripes for a wirey feel.

I also did some Helluva Boss redesigns too! I think Helluva designs deliver pretty well (besides Queen Bee) so I more or so redesigned them based off my own head cannons. I used to watch the show but fell off around halfway of S2 bc I wasn't vibing with the direction of the story. Octavia- Young entrepreneur, takes after her father and mother being snobby and looks down at lower classes who she sees as less intelligent than high class. Very creative in problem solving. Millie- I like her og clothes alot. Those overalls are chic. This outfit is what she'd wear out in the field when she's working for IMP or at the farm. She and Loona fight alot about who works harder and Loona having an attitude problem towards everyone. Sallie Mae- Not much change other than white hair and removed eyelashes. I might want to make her shirt dark muted blue instead. I gave her a backstory how she ran away from toxic masculinity parents and eventually gets hired at IMP as a spy.

Loona- Emo to the extremo. She's originally goth but I got emo from her I'm sorry she just doesn't look goth. She's very lax when it comes to her job and slacks off constantly. She still does it well despite not working as hard as Millie, Moxxie or Blitz. She's strict but means well and cares for ppl around her. She also gets adopted at age 14 in my head cannon.

Bee- 180 change completely. She's a thick queen! Made her black coded with more stripes cuz she's a BEE. I don't get why Vivienne didn't give her stripes bc that's a design thing she uses so much and she doesn't use it in a character whose name is BEE? What??? anyway her design is still complex but simplified and uncluttered for animation so the animators can have pleasant dreams. She's the child of Beelzebub and a hell hound. So that's my take on Hazbin/Helluva character design! This was fun re imagining not only the characters but the story itself. I may write a fan fiction but i dunno right now. I respect the original source material which is something I feel everyone needs to acknowledge when they do a redesign of anything. There are things I don't like about the original and that's ok! That's part of why I did the redesigns. That being said I don’t support Vivziepop or her actions. I encourage everyone to be critical and respectful of the thing they are analyzing when it comes to media.

[redesignsontheside]

Hazbin Hotel Charlie Redesign!

My designs aren't the best, and I'm pretty new to this, so I do accept respectful criticism. I don't intend to hurt anyone with these. If it offends you, feel free to block and move on!

Ramblings under the cut!

One day, scrolling through the Hellluva/Hazbin critical tags, I saw a post about how Charlie looked like Lucifer's sister, barely any features from her mother. So, I decided, hey, I'm bored, this sounds fun, here we go! :]

So this is my Charlie redesign(obviously)!

I gave her a bit more of a therapist look to her(though kind of an ELA teacher look as well, lmao). I think it's a good idea to give her ablue shirt (not only for contrast, but) because blue is a calming color and all the red in the Pride Ring (is overwhelming) could make Sinner's more aggressive.

In her demon design, her horns will be more curved (because goat), and it will just in general make her look more animalistic with more sharp edges.

Unrelated to the design, she definitely gives the best cuddles.

[limbo-lounge]

Character Sheets For The Limbo Lounge Characters!

Though we are putting the audiobook on the back burner for now, we’d still like to share some of the character sheets for the voices that we’ve established thus far!

Hope you enjoy!

-Charlie Lux

-Lyric

-Lucifer Rex

-Chervoia

-Lady Death

-Adina

-Archangel Michael

If this the first time you’re hearing of this project please click the link below. 👇

[showtoonzfan]

I think the problem is that the fandom and crew are doing Viv’s job and making these characters like able even though they’re written as edgy middle school assholes. I can’t deny there are some talented artists/writers and musicians in the fanbase that are doing all the heavy lifting. I didn’t care for HH until I found paranoid DJ he is just amazing at telling character stories through music, especially angel and Valentino I honestly think it him, Gasugama and R2ninja that made Valentino a fan favorite since they’re the one that put in the time and effort to fulfill his potential make him intimidating and charming. There’s another artist that does Lucifer art and they really capture the fallen Angel lore we know about Lucifer. Maybe that’s why Viv caters to fan since they do all the heavy lifting, she just gives them characters to play with and they go wild. Hazbin characters are really fun ngl I like the art style and designs (till the redesigns knocked them down a peg) I hope these leaks were just audition lines and not the actual script itself but we’ll have to see but I can already tell Adam is gonna be the worst(not in a good way) villain and I honestly hope he isn’t the final boss type villain

Most of the fan interpretations of the characters are better than Viv’s interpretations, I’m sorry. I enjoy Paranoid DJ’s work as well, especially his comic dubs. I agree with what you said as well, as I’ve said in the past, I really like the character concepts for each Hazbin hotel character, they all have massive amounts of potential and overall sound like interesting characters, however Viv fails to make most of them diverse from one another, in terms of character design AND personality ect. They all mostly sound the same due to Viv’s cringy “adult” dialogue style, all sounding like edgy 13 year olds rather than full grown adults. Then there’s the fact that most of them are recycled from one another, with Alastor, Charlie, and Vaggie mostly being the main ones that stand out from the rest of the cast. I hate how Rosie and Alastor sound exactly the same, or how Stolas and Angel are the same in terms of writing and character, and that’s only to name a few. It’s not that hard to make these characters stand out from one another, ESPECIALLY since they all come from different time periods and yet….Viv found a way lol. As for Adam, I dunno…..he COULD have been a big bad final boss, but learning now that he’s just a misogynistic prick who doesn’t come off as intimidating AT ALL, I don’t see him as a big villain.

[birdo-is-here]

finally got around to redesigning these two so i can finally give them an introduction

This is Loe (he/any) and Gavin! (he/they/it) (Vinnie for short) the Holy Spirit (it/its) is also there

Loe and Gavin are literally just God and Satan. Like, from the bible, and they’re also husbands

cut because it’s long

Loe, aka God, Lord, The Lord our God, Holy One, Him, Father, Father Thou Art In Heaven you get my point is… a character for sure! He is a fun one it’s very silly that i made the guy who’s supposed to be flawless one of my most flawed characters 👍

Anyway, he’s complicated, i’d say he’s doing his best but he really isn’t and that’s sorta part of his issue here :) His shirt also says “I’m God” on it

And then there’s Gavin! Aka Vinnie, Vincent (dubbed by Celeste, no ref for her yet), Satan, Lucifer, The Devil, Devil, The Devil From The Bible, Lilith in some cases, etc etc is also a complicated one but like. I think we knew this.

Now Vinnie is a trickster, a prankster, a scheming little guy, perhaps. His main thing is that he’s a really good liar, and really likes to use that fact to his advantage. Or in other words, he will just straight up lie to humanity about so so many things.

He likes to make himself out as a way worse guy than he actually is, he gives a different name every time he meets a new person, and he likes to just be silly in general. Honestly, get it dawg

He’s also got trauma, because well. We all know his story don’t we? And all that trauma has still been induced by the same guy from all the stories. This makes Loe’s and Gavin’s relationship extremely complicated, especially in the early days, but i’ll get to that lore post later 👍

There’s also that bird. Holy Spirit is technically also Loe, but like, a part that’s split off from him kind of it’s complicated. It’s a silly little bird that’s what it is :) Specifically, a dove, because symbolism and shit. It’s just kinda there sitting on Loe’s shoulder usually

[helluva-world-innit]

So...they are far from perfect, but they have taken me months and I finally have these two as close to what I see in my head as I'm going to get them for now. I will just hope I improve as I draw them more or something. Digital art is also something I'm still adjusting to so...yeah. Anyway, say hey to our protags (reimagined)! Buckle up, this post got looooooong.

Charlie is the only child sired by Lucifer himself even if it's in a most unconventional way. He's essentially her father and her mother. No Lilith here, folks, sorry. I'm not Jewish and I don't feel comfortable adding her considering what Jewish folks have said about her inclusion in modern works so she's just...not appearing in this comic. A lot of this will be based on my Protestant upbringing with my Hellenic Polytheist sensibilities thrown in, just fyi.

Now, about the redesign...

I don't actually hate the redesign of Charlie in the show. Her hair is fun, her being masc-presenting is interesting, and red is actually my favorite color. However, I completely redid the Rings and like the idea of Charlie trying to unify Hell with her cause instead of just Pride Ring. She kept some of her red because Lucifer has blond/red hair in my version, depending on how much of his angelic persona drops. There's also red in her coat of many colors which is a Biblical reference as well as an extension of Charlie's ideas about Hell and how the "rainbow" of the Rings should be working together to rehabilitate Sinners instead of just torturing them and making them worse. She even made it herself from scraps of the Ringmasters' clothes, Belphagor's fleece, and an old sewing machine. Her dad hates it because it makes her look poor. They are locked in constant battle over him trying to discreetly destroy it and her salvaging it last minute. She also wears spats on her shoes. They're tap shoes because ofc they are. I let her keep her love of theater because it's cute. Lucifer secretly loves that his daughter is just as much of a showboat as he is.

JC is also Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Comic, but at least we have Charlie.

Now, some of you are probably noticing that I made Charlie darker...that's not an accident. Charlie, by the method of her birth here, has black skin. She has her father's eyes and hair. As I get better at drawing and rendering black hair, we will see it in other styles because I love some of the things black folks with more textured hair than myself do with it. I just really like the bubble braid too. It suggests thickness not a lot of people have in their hair. Charlie has had to learn how to style her hair herself a lot since Luci can barely manage some puff buns. Doesn't help that It seems to grow back as fast as it's cut so Charlie mostly trims the ends and moisturizes the hell out of it.

I think it's fitting for Charlie to have a bit extra vibrancy with demon and angelic features because she isn't mortal. At least not completely. She does have a more horrifying form with horns and eyes and wings but she hardly ever has to use it. She also has a natural charm to her she gets from her dad that makes it very hard to turn down what she suggests. Not impossible, just very unappealing. Hoping I can get to a point where her eyes aren't so scary looking but she does have cat pupils so, we'll...see.

Funny thing about Charlie is she is a bit like Elsa. Born with powers beyond comprehension, lives in an icy castle in the mountainside of the remote (only) city in her country, and was kept away from most of her citizens until her 200th birthday.

Okay, it's not a complete 1:1 here. Yes, Lucifer kept Charlie under wraps for about 200, well 50 years from his family, the other Ringmasters. The other denizens of Hell had no idea they had a princess until the events of the comic. They really aren't sure what to make of it either. Some Hellborn think they'll be able to marry into Lucifer's good graces (Sinners cannot legally marry anyone), others consider ransoming Charlie when she ventures out to start the rehab hotel (they are so painfully mistaken; everyone from her dad to her aunt Bel has taught her how to fight viciously even if it's not her preferred method of conflict resolution. to say nothing of the protective friends she gathers quickly). It also makes Charlie a little...well, naive about just how well her plans to rehab Hell are going to go. Most of what she knows about interacting with others come from pop media and her loving and protective family. It's an eye-opening experience when she strikes out on her own.

Debating on adding more black fleece to the bottom hem of her coat too. Thots? The background is just a deserted little corner of Pride Ring which is covered in snow (yes, Pride Ring is cold like in the Divine Comedy here). The orange trees in the background are courtesy of @holoanarchy for giving me the idea when I asked "what's a good color for the leaves of Hell trees?". I'll talk more about those when I post that Ring up, though.

Okay, let's talk about this lovable asshole now.

Blitz Wire has had to struggle and fight for most of the things he has in life. From the very beginning, things have been...tough for him. Imps are not the very bottom of the social ladder in my version of circus Hell, but they still make up the majority of the working class. If you've never been working class, take it from me, it sucks rocks. Sucks even more when neither of your parents were ever really successful or good with money either, as is the case with the Wires. Blitz's parents met when they were young and idealistic in Greed Ring and shortly married after a brief courtship. Beatriz (this is what I named his mom to keep with the 'B' theme), worked in a factory where they painted figurines of Mammon and the gold paint she huffed developed into Imphysema over time. She stayed sickly throughout Blitz, Barbie, and Fizz's childhood while Buckzo took over the family carnival to help put food on the table. When Beatriz could no longer work, he put the kids to it. They were happy to help and work to get noticed by Mammon so they could rake in some dough to get better medical treatment for their mother, despite the Ringmaster being the very reason she was sick in the first place (capitalism, baby!).

Blitz, as in the canon...is not very funny. Despite having a range of acrobatic tricks and being able to think and react very quickly, he just never had a knack for nor got a grasp of how to hold people's interest and make them laugh. Is what it is. Fizz was always the star of their little sideshow attraction. Barbie came as a close second with her death-defying knife acts and torture plays. Blitz just never stood out as an entertainer as the maladjusted middle child. Over time, that became a resentment. Coupled with Buckzo's disregard for him as his son, Blitz started pushing the envelope with the acts he performed.

Finally, when he was sixteen, Blitz decided he was ready to run a giant obstacle course straight out of Hell. It went about as bad as you would expect. Fizz got the brunt of the damage when he pulled his surrogate brother out of the jaws of certain death. While he was still recovering from being scalded by holy water, Blitz was fired and kicked out of the only home he'd ever known by his father. Barbie and Beatriz kept in touch, despite Buckzo's "banning" it, but Blitz spent the remainder of his teenage years on the streets of Hell, urban foraging and doing odd jobs to save up for a place away from Greed and the posters of Fizz's face as his fame grew.

I didn't really want to change much about Blitz's clothing choices since it makes sense for him to want to look professional, but also be comfortable while slicing throats and blowing people up. Also, blue and gold comes from him being from Greed and Asmo being his company's sponsor. Took away the boots and gave him proper hooves, though. Now, I didn't base the imps' lower halves on any specific ungulates, but Blitz's top half is defs based on an iguana. I want them to be more reptilian since Wrath is pretty desert-oriented and Satan is lizard-like herself. I could probs get away with making his tail a little shorter, but I'm happy with how his horns and spines turned out. He smokes this shitty brand of cigs called Blak'N'Bluz. They aren't called that because of the black filter and blue of the Hellfire they burn on, though. It's said they actually make one's lungs black and blue with one drag because they're so caustic. They're the easiest to steal as a result and the one Blitz started with so he always comes back to them.

I wanted him and Barbie to look more twin-like and I really don't care for OG Blitz's horns. As far as the pendant he's wearing goes, it never made sense to me that his mom only left him something and never left anything for her other kids (which could not be the case but we just don't know because...well, we're never given this info). Blitz and Barbie split their mother's necklace down the middle and each of them wears a piece of it. No idea what to give Fizz from her yet.

I changed Blitz's facial scars and I'll tell you why. Forget who pointed it out in the critical tag, but the type of face scar OG Blitz has would likely leave him blind, with low vision, or with no eyelid in the eye covered in that scar tissue. No matter how you slice it, his sight would be compromised. Given that I gave that particular trait to Loona and Vaggie also has an eye patch, I decided to vary him up. He's still disabled though. As another person pointed out on a totally unrelated to HB/HH post, burn scars can impact everything from self-esteem to physical movement depending on what caused them and how they heal. Due to the majority of Blitz's scarring being on his right and back, his tail and right side usually suffer some debilitating pain flares when he overworks himself. Also, migraines and trouble extending his limbs fully. Basically, he carries a bottle of percocet around (it's like demon ibuprophen; it's fine). His pain is part of why Blitz is such a cussy grump. Hard to be pleasant when you're poor, traumatized, AND hurting all the time.

I.M.P. is still a thing in this rewrite (still debating the name), but Blitz got the idea for it when he was dating Verosika (yup, that's still a thing too). She's the one who got him an in with her boss, Asmodeus. So, he has access to Asmodean crystals since the Ringmaster also liked the idea for snatching extra wicked souls early (they're a power source and, therefore, far more valuable then someone committing tax fraud or whatever) They parted on okay terms, but Blitz adopted Loona shortly after entering his 30s. Kid's gotta eat, so he expanded the business from an imp with a knife to two imps with a van full of guns. Hiring on Moxxie from his old stomping grounds of Greed, they were able to take on more clients. That led to meeting and hiring Millie. Loona comes on hunts now that she's old enough too and they all have a blast. The rest, they say, is history.

The other side of his face for ref:

Gave him a tear-shaped scar because why not? Also a horntip cap. That one is damaged and his trying to keep it from getting worse and breaking the whole tip off.

[theyapper0]

HAZBIN HOTEL REDESIGNS!!!!

I recently watched Hazbin Hotel for the first time! I've never been into it before, and I vaguely remember it when the pilot first came out years ago but I never even watched THAT!!

It's not............. the best show ever BUT I HAD FUN WATCHING IT!!!!!! I mainly like it bc I love Catholicism and the bible SOOOOO I'm rewriting it and I'll be posting ALL MY IDEAS!!!!!! (Ppl are gonna hate it LOL)

Close-ups + notes are under the cut :)

CHARLIE: OK SO I basically got rid of all the goat stuff that she (didn't) have going on ASIDE from the hooves hahaha, I didn't draw them here but she still has those bc I think they're COOL

So taking inspo from the fact that Charlie's design was based off porcelain dolls and marionettes, Charlie is LITERALLY a doll come to life!!! Lucifer and Lilith, bc they couldn't naturally conceive a child (bc Lilith is dead + is known to be responsible for the death of newborns), basically just made a child-doll and gave it life with their demonic magic!!!

I ALSO WANT CHARLIE TO CONSTANTLY BE TEETERING THE LINE OF LOOKING CREEPY AND FUCKED UP!!!! She's literally a living doll, I need ppl to look at her sometimes and be unsettled (sheep in wolf's clothing)

VAGGIE: Like Charlie, I'm completely throwing the animal (moth) motif that Vaggie (supposably) had. I'm mainly leaning more into Hotel Manager/body guard. WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW!!!!!!

Honestly, I've changed Vaggie's design over 4 times and it's subject to change STILL. I gave her a cloak bc I think it's epic and I think she's epic and you'll be seeing her in future posts with what her outfit looks like without the cloak, it's a sleeveless collared shirt and she's got long fingerless gloves on :) AND THE CLOAK IS ALSO THERE BC I THINK SHE'S EDGY!!!! She's edgy and emo and amazing

I WAS gonna make her with awesome battle scars but then I remembered that angels can only be harmed with angelic weapons so :(((( no hot scars

ANGEL: MY ANGEL DESIGN IS NEVER CHANGING!!!!!! I have no notes, I think I'm in love with my Angel.

I heard somewhere that Angel in cannon has one black sclera and one white one bc he died with a black eye sooo..... He died with 2 black eyes LOL!!!

I didn't wanna give him prominent wrists and ankles bc I thought it looks cute :3

HUSK: He's a tuxedo cat, I think they're adorable and I think Husk is a 70 year old man who should be adorable. And NO BOW TIE!!!! I'M TIRED OF EVERY CHARACTER HAVING ONE!!!!

He's a frazzled drunk who's still Alastor's pet LOL

ALASTOR: I took a lot of inspiration for Alastor's design from Dr. Daddy-o, a radio DJ/host from New Orleans in the 1940's!!! I LOVE his voice and I wanted to base Alastor off of a BLACK RADIO HOST bc he's you know, BLACK!!!!!!!! Idk who that white boy is in cannon

He and Charlie are tied for the tallest in the cast, they're the same height (not counting his antlers)

I wanted to make Alastor look pretty human looking, aside from his antlers and deer ears ofc bc I don't think he needs to look scary all the time, he usually uses his words to provoke ppl anyway (and if that doesn't work THEN he'll use force) (Wolf in sheep's clothing)

NIFFTY: Niffty's design is based off Rosie the Riveter (WE CAN DO IT!!!!) especially with her her top, her hair and her headband/bandana.

I also made her taller than she is in cannon bc she's not the kind of character that the audience or even the other characters take seriously so in my head adding a couple inches to her will make me take her more seriously LOL

[irregularbillcipher]

been thinking about designing the sins we haven't seen yet, and redesigning some of the sins we have seen, and one idea on this series that i think is a lot of fun is translating the different "rings" of hell into different "rings" of a circus, with each sin as a corresponding "act"

i do wanna keep the acts that they're supposedly based on in my redisgns, so lucifer is gonna stay a ringleader, beelzebub will stay an animal tamer, mammon will stay a clown, etc.

but it sorta go me thinking-- what do i wanna do for ozzie, because i genuinely cannot tell what his "act" is supposed to be and unlike bee, who i was also unsure of, i can't seem to find the info from behind the scenes stuff

anyway, while my first instinct was "contortionist," now i'm leaning towards a fire-eater. something about heat and smolder and all the general fiery metaphors for lust, that "loins hotter than fire" line, the fact that flames are already incorprated into his design... but mostly the fact he's so tied to fizz, a character who has been so horrifically literally and metaphorically burned

idk something something fizzie finds a partner that gives him a new "spark," and who handles his trauma in a way that feels loving and safe. or whatever

[absolutepokemontrash]

Yesss!!! My time has come, I would like to request a fic where Himiko is made queen for a day, I want all the shenanigans please, mammon cycling between hounding Himiko to make him king and trying to steal the Crown Jewels, Lucifer trying to keep up while making sure the entire kingdom doesn’t go up in flames, diavolo and barbatos absolutely losing it in the background watching this play out, Himiko going gaga over the closets full of expensive fashion (and shoes)

Queen For a Day

Masterlist

Genre: Fluff/crack

Warnings: None

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

“I hereby decree, Himiko Nanami will be queen of the Devildom for the next twenty-four hours.” Diavolo said reverently as he placed his crown on the human’s head. Barbatos chuckled in the background, his eyes flashed with amusement as Himiko shot him a conspiracy laden smirk.

“Yes, yes, thank you,” Himiko said, barely able to contain her smile as she sat on the throne (which was much too big for her). “I promise I’ll be incredibly benevolent. No going mad with power for me .”

Diavolo laughed and patted Himiko on the shoulder. “I trust that you won’t.”

“What the hell is going on here?” Lucifer stepped into the throne room, and Himiko swore she could see his eyes bulge out of his skull when he saw the crown on her head. “Himiko! Take that off!”

“That’s no way to address the queen of the Devildom, Lucifer.” Diavolo said with a cheeky grin. “Now that Himiko has been made queen for a day, we can go on our date!”

“Wait what?!” Lucifer stared at Diavolo in shock as the crown prince looped his arm around his waist and began pulling him out the door. “All your work-”

“Isn’t my problem anymore!” Diavolo turned and threw a wave at Barbatos and Himiko. “See you both tomorrow! Take care of Himiko, Barbatos.”

“I’ll be sure to watch over her, Young Master.” Barbatos nodded politely at both Diavolo and Himiko.

“Himiko, if you do anything stupid…”

“I won’t, Lucifer. I won’t. Now my first decree as queen is go on your date.”

•••••••••••

“My second decree as queen,” Himiko thoughtfully tapped her lips as she sat in Diavolo’s seat in the assembly hall, her feet were up on the table in front of her and she couldn’t wipe the grin off her face. “Come on boys, give me some suggestions~.”

“Make your great Mammon the demon king!” Mammon rested his elbows on his hands and put on his best puppy dog eyed expression.

“Mmmmm, I’ll think about it. NEXT!”

Asmo excitedly raised his hand. “Ooo! I’ve been wanting go to school wearing this cute redesign of RAD’s uniform I thought up! Can I wear it?”

“Done!” Himiko smacked her palm down on the arm of her chair like she was a judge with a gavel. “Asmo can wear what he wants!”

“Yay! Long live the queen!” Asmo clapped his hands and swung his feet back and forth.

“I have a suggestion for another decree, my lady,” Satan said with a smirk, exchanging a glance with Belphie, then inclining his head at Lucifer’s empty seat. “May Belphegor and I be preemptively pardoned for any prank related mishaps that happen today?”

Himiko made a show of being in deep thought, before hitting her palm on the chair again. “Done! On the condition that you don’t do anything too mean to our favourite older brother.”

Belphie puffed out his cheek and pouted. “Better than nothing…”

“Can I have access to all the all you can eats I was banned from?” Beel asked, tilting his head slightly. “I want to eat with you guys again.”

“Awwwww…” Himiko put her hand over her heart and slapped her palm against her chair. “Petition accepted!”

“You know,” Barbatos leaned over and whispered into Himiko’s ear. “You don’t need to hit your hand every time you make a decree.”

“Noted, but disregarded. It’s fun!” Himiko whispered back. “Hm, instead of just letting Asmo modify the uniform, how about we change it entirely? It’s kind of… odd, to say the least.”

“OH PLEASE-“

“Dear Devil, change it, we beg of you-“

“That would be amazing-“

“Make the uniform pretty!”

“You‘ll need to sign some things before doing that.” Barbatos interrupted the pleas from the brothers.

“Yeah yeah,” Himiko said, basking in her newfound power. “I’ll do that later.”

••••••••••••••

“Now my lady,” Barbatos pushed open the door to one of the royal closets. Himiko’s eyes flashed as all the shining metals and gems sparkled in front of her. “You asked to see some of the Crown Jewels.”

“Oh my…” Himiko said, nearly completely breathless. “They’re beautiful…”

Almost like she was floating on air, Himiko wandered towards the glass casings protecting tiaras, necklaces, and intricate gold and silver earrings. Most of the jewelry was studded with brilliant red gems, hell, there were gems bigger than Himiko’s fist. In hindsight, that wasn’t too impressive, Himiko had very small hands.

Barbatos then said the magic words: “Would you like to try something on?”

“Oh Barbatos… can I..?”

Himiko reached out towards a gold and red crown with brass thorns sticking out the side. Barbatos caught her hand right before she could touch it. His face was frozen and… ever so slightly panicked.

“Perhaps not that one, my lady. It’s cursed.”

“Uh,” Himiko quirked an eyebrow and looked up at Barbatos. “How many things in here are cursed?”

“Quite a few, I’ll tell you what you can safely try on.”

Himiko pointed out bracelets, gorgeous hanging earrings, and a silver tiara. Wiry metal like the feathers of a bird decorated the front of the headpiece, surrounding a massive onyx gem that was placed right in the centre.

Barbatos gently placed the tiara on Himiko’s head, replacing her pink plastic devil horn headband, and stepped back to let her marvel at her reflection in the floor length mirror.

“Wow…” Himiko softly gasped, she looked amazing…

“PAPA WHY?!”

A massive crash and the sound of frantic running through the halls snapped Himiko and Barbatos back into focus. Oh god… Himiko recognized that running pattern….

Mammon ran straight into the room, ducking behind the door and watching as the Little D’s, led by No. 2, ran past like a bunch of lemmings. Breathing a sigh of relief and spinning on his heel to get a look at the room around him, his eyes landed on Himiko and Barbatos.

“Mammon, what a pleasure. I’m sure you weren’t sneaking into the treasury again.” Barbatos said with a tight lipped smile. From the slightest tension in his forehead, Himiko could tell Barbatos was about half a hair’s worth of self control away from smacking Mammon into next week. Ah, she knew him so well…

“B-Barbatos! N-nice to see ya again! Nah, I’d never do somethin’ like that-'' Mammon finally seemed to notice Himiko, who had her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised expectantly.His eyes went as wide as saucers as he fumbled a greeting. “Ha…hey Mimi…”

Ah, right, Himiko decked out in jewellery worth enough to buy a three bedroom apartment in downtown New York was always enough to get Mammon all hot and bothered. Allowing a smirk to settle on her face, Himiko tilted her head.

“Oh Mammon… how sweet of you to visit me…” Himiko sweetly drawled. “Come to see if I’ve decided to make you king for the next…” Himiko quickly checked her phone. “Sixteen hours?”

“Uh… y-yeah… definitely…” Mammon said, his cheeks completely flushed.

“THERE HE IS!” The Little D’s appeared in the doorway, in a flash, all of them lunged at Mammon. No.2 clung to his leg and looked up at him with teary eyes.

“Papa… how could you try and steal from Mama..?”

“Theft?” Barbatos put a hand over his heart and put on an expression of mock dismay. “My my, Mammon, I see you’re up to your old habits.”

“I’m nobody’s papa! Now get offa me!” Mammon tried kicking Little D no. 2 off his leg, only for No. 4 and 7 to latch onto his other leg.

“Mama, can we get a raise?” No. 2 asked Himiko, who wrinkled her nose at being called ‘mama’.

“Uh…” Himiko’s eyes flicked from Mammon to the Little D’s. “You know what? Sure. Throw Mammon into the gardens for this…”

Himiko turned ever so slightly away and sniffled. “Horrendous betrayal…”

“Himikoooooooo!” Mammon pleaded as he was dragged out of the room and down the hall. “Waaaaaaaaiiiiiiit!”

“Now!” Himiko clapped her hands. “I’m starved, what’s for lunch?”

••••••••••••••••

“I have to give it to you, Barbatos,” Himiko began, she took another bite of her chicken katsu. “You make damn good human world food.”

Barbatos chuckled and shrugged as he refilled Himiko’s glass of iced tea. “Well, human world food is quite simple, really. There are no dangerous exploding fruit to find, no monsters to fight off to get the ingredients, no risks of the food coming to life…”

“Not unless… you know who is at the helm.”

At the mere mention of “He Who is Banned from the Kitchen”, Barbatos shuddered, nearly fumbling in his idle organization of the unused place settings.

“Ah, you may be correct, my lady.”

“My ears are burning~.”

Himiko whirled around and nearly spat out her iced tea when she saw who was swaggering into her temporary castle. Solomon, the shifty, shady, most bastard-y wizard who ever lived.

“You’re as vain as Asmo if you think we’re talking about you.” Himiko said, straightening her posture and lying through her teeth. “Now, what are you doing here?”

“Is that any way to talk to your teacher, Himiko?” Solomon put on a fake pout, then held up a covered Tupperware. “I even brought gifts… I guess you don’t want it…”

“Did Simeon make it..?” Himiko hesitantly asked, exchanging a nervous glance with Barbatos.

“I… did not.” Simeon walked into the dining room, Luke trailing behind him. “But I’m sure it’s… delicious…”

“See! You all should try it! It's baked ziti! I’ve sampled it and man is it amazing! Hang on, I’ll go grab some bread to go with it.” Solomon rushed towards the kitchen, and the moment he was out of sight, Himiko opened the Tupperware and dumped its contents into the flower vase in the centre of the table. The orchids inside withered immediately.

“I feel kinda bad…” Luke mumbled, sitting down next to Himiko. “He worked hard…”

“Yes, yes he did.” Simeon said with a sigh as he sat on Himiko’s other side. “But we also work hard to avoid dying at the hands of our dear friend’s awful cooking.”

“I’m back with- oh, you all finished it already?” Solomon appeared with a thankfully untampered looking baguette. Solomon eyed the dead orchids, then looked over at Barbatos. “Barbatos, I don’t mean any offence, but you should really take better care of the flowers in the palace. They seem to die every time I come over.”

“What a coincidence!” Luke nervously giggled. “A uh… weird coincidence!”

“I’ll be sure to monitor the flowers more closely.” Barbatos gently picked up the vase and removed it from the room, throwing a wink in Himiko’s direction.

“So… what brings all of you here?” Himiko stiffly steepled her hands in front of her and shook some hair out of her face.

“We wanted to ask something of you, since you’re queen for the day and all.” Luke began, happily swinging his legs back and forth.

Simeon nodded. “We wanted to know if-”

“Hang on, hang on,” Himiko fished through her purse, only to look up and see Barbatos holding the notebook and pen she was looking for out to her. She took it with a nod and opened it up to a blank page. “I can’t create new laws, that shit’s gotta get through a million layers of bureaucracy before I can even think of passing it.”

“All for the good of the Devildom.” Barbatos added. Himiko rolled her eyes and absentmindedly clicked her pen.

“Not good for my fun today.”

“Oh, would changes in school rules be as difficult to pass?” Simeon asked. Himiko looked to Barbatos, who shook his head.

“The school’s rules do not fall under the same jurisdiction as Devildom law, so Himiko is free to change them as she wishes as of today.”

“From one exchange student to another, Mimi-“

“Don’t call me that.”

“From one exchange student to another, Himiko,” Solomon corrected himself. “Some of the rules that apply to demons are quite… difficult for us to follow while remaining safe.”

Luke nodded glumly. “Yeah… I almost got detention for running in the halls the other day while I was being chased…”

Ah, Himiko knew that problem well…

“Fine then!” Himiko clapped her hands and then began to scribble things down in her spiral notebook. “New rule! If the exchange students deem it necessary to their safety to run in the halls, they are exempt from punishment.”

“We knew you’d understand, Himiko!” Solomon said with a wide smile. “Now just a few more suggestions,”

•••••••••••

“What a day…” Himiko yawned as she and Barbatos walked through the halls of the castle. “I’m beat.”

“Well, you did wonderfully for your first, and only paperwork free day as queen of the Devildom.” Barbatos mused. “Though I have to say, I’m happy you didn’t become a despot and force us to depose you.”

“I would never.” Himiko absentmindedly waved her hand, then yawned. “Mmm, maybe after a few months. So, do I have to head back to the HOL or-”

“No, my lady, right this way.” Barbatos gently motioned for Himiko to follow him. The human wrinkled her eyebrows and sluggishly followed after him. Once the butler got to the desired location, he threw open the door, revealing a room about three times the size of Himiko’s room back at the HOL. Scratch that, the bed was about three times the size of Himiko’s room.

The massive four poster bed had plush red sheets, a veritable mountain of pillows, on the end table was a nice big bottle of water and a little vase of hydrangeas.

“Pyjamas are in the closet, ring if you need anything.”

“Thanks,” Himiko paused to yawn. “Barbatos… I appreciate it…”

“Sleep well, Himiko.”

As Barbatos clicked the door shut, Himiko began to wonder…

Am I forgetting something..? I feel like I’m forgetting something.

Eh, must be nothing. Himiko rushed into the walk-in closet and nearly shrieked with delight when she saw her PJs. Such nice, soft material… Himiko felt all her tension melt away the moment she slipped the shirt on.

“Ahhhh…” Himiko sighed in relief.

The sound of a palm slapping against one of the windows broke the veneer of silence. Himiko whirled around to look out the window, grabbing a hairbrush off the vanity to defend herself.

“AAAAAAAAA-” Himiko’s window slid open and a familiar white haired demon tumbled into Himiko’s room.

“Oi! Shhh! Stop screamin’! S’just me!” Mammon vaulted back onto his feet and clamped a hand over Himiko’s mouth. “Quiet quiet quiet!”

Himiko stopped trying to scream, thought for a moment, then licked Mammon’s palm. He let out a shriek and snatched his hand back.

“Gross, human!”

“Mammon, what the hell are you doing here?!”

“Well, I chilled in the garden, nearly got eaten, then uh…” Mammon paused and furrowed his brows at the hairbrush Himiko was brandishing. “There are so many weapons in this room, and you grab a hairbrush?”

Himiko felt her cheeks redden as she looked around the room. An ornate bow and quiver of arrows hung on the far wall, three swords were mounted above the fireplace, and a mace was leaning against one of the dressers…

“Sh-shut up…” Himiko hissed, hastily placing the brush back on the vanity without so much of a glance up at Mammon. The Avatar of Greed snickered and put his hands in the pockets of his jeans and began to wander around the room. He let out a low whistle as he took everything in.

“Oh Himi…” He said, throwing her a toothy smile. “You were gonna keep this all to yourself? Not invite your first man over?”

“What can I say? I’m greedy.” Himiko snapped back, folding her arms across her chest. She raised an eyebrow. “Decided to come in and try and steal again?”

“N…no…”

An idea slowly creeped its way into Himiko’s brain as a sly little smirk slid across her face. “Well… it seems the queen has caught an awful criminal sneaking into her castle…”

Himiko tugged Mammon down to her level by the collar of his shirt, the demon’s face went bright red and he began to sputter. The human gently traced a finger down his jawline, feeling his skin heat up with each delicate touch.

“What on earth is she to do..?”

Mammon practically melted into her touch as she gently caressed his cheekbones with her thumb, she giggled and pressed the ghost of a kiss to his lips.

“Mammon…” she whispered.

“Himi…”

“Jump on the bed with me!”

“Eh?!” Mammon jumped back, nearly falling flat on his ass while Himiko began to laugh.

“Jump on the bed with me, Mam.” Himiko giggled, bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet, all her previous tiredness forgotten.

“Wha- why?!”

“I’m your queen, and you’re a trespasser.” Himiko crossed her arms and climbed up onto her temporary bed. “You will obey me, whelp!”

Mammon stared up at Himiko, almost sizing her up, then began to snicker as he climbed up and began to jump. “You’re a weird one, human.”

“That’s your majesty, to you!” Himiko joined him in jumping. The two playfully shoved each other, giggling like mischievous schoolchildren without a care in the world.

•••••••••••••

“Himi… you win… stop jumpin’…” Mammon mumbled, he was splayed out on the massive mattress as Himiko continued to happily bounce around him.

“Sh, losers shouldn’t talk~.” Himiko chirped. Her merriment was interrupted as she felt two hands firmly grip her waist, and pull her downwards. She hit the mattress with a soft, muffled thump. “Mam…”

“Mmph… Sh…” Mammon purred as he nuzzled his face into the crook of Himiko’s neck, planting featherlight kisses across her collarbone.

“You’re not even in your pyjamas…” Himiko let out a breathy laugh as Mammon pulled her closer.

“I said shush… didn’t I..?” Mammon mumbled as his eyes flickered shut.

“Fine, fine…” Himiko yawned, the day finally catching up with her. “Goodnight, Mammon.”

“Night… Mimi…”

Hm… Himiko had a final fleeting thought before falling asleep. She didn’t forget to do anything, did she?

••••••••••••••••••••••

“Ah! Good morning, Himiko and Mammon.”

“EH?!” Himiko vaulted upwards and nearly slammed her forehead directly into the bridge of Diavolo’s nose. “WHAT IS IT?! WHAT TIME IS IT?!”

“Ten in the morning.” Diavolo chirped, completely unperturbed. “How’d you enjoy your day as Queen?”

“I’d’ve enjoyed it more if I hadn’t gotten chucked into the garden…” Mammon mumbled, rolling over and mushing his face into his pillow.

“Oh it was great,” Himiko said, grinding her palms against her eyelids. “Made some improvements, yadda yadda…”

When Himiko’s eyes finally adjusted to the morning light pouring through the windows, she noticed Diavolo’s bright red RAD uniform.

“Did I… fuck.” Himiko dragged a hand down her face. “I FORGOT TO CHANGE THE UNIFORM!”

••••••••••••••••••

Author’s note

Thanks Nonny! This was really fun!!

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