#listen i am easy to please i see a creepily charming man taking advantage of a young innocent person in their care and the brain rots

[beevean]

Kinda says something about me when I ignored Charlastor for years and never understood the appeal... until the three episodes where

Alastor pretends he has come to see Charlie as his daughter just to piss her real dad off (and she seems genuinely touched by his out-of-the-blue declarations lmao);

Alastor is clearly delighting in Charlie's rock bottom state and takes advantage of it to strike a deal, but also she vents to him about her problems with Vaggie and Rosie teases Alastor for a sec about Charlie being "too young for him"

Alastor admits in private that he has grown a little fond of the hotel (before being nearly beaten to death, which seems to have put him in a state of denial) and in the ending Charlie hugs him with all the happiness in the world, ignoring his real intentions

totally wholesome, nothing to see here :)

like. I'm not sure what I will find if I look into the tag, because sadly I've noticed a tendency to "soften" this kind of creepy ass manipulative unbalanced ships. But ngl I laughed out loud when I read fans complaining that Vivzie tried to "sink the ship", when these supposed attempts only made me go 👀

(and I am genuinely intrigued by Alastor's feelings towards the hotel and Charlie in particular... or even Charlie herself, since she knows that Alastor is not to be trusted when it comes to deals but also seems to appreciate him and his efforts to help)