#molly being in heaven; vaggie being an angel (okay everyone saw that coming)

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Okay but now that it's happened a few times, we really need to talk about the red drippings coming from people's mouths.

Because of Poison, people were theorizing it was Valentino's poison referenced in the song, but I'm not so sure. The reasoning was that it appeared on Angel during Poison, and even Vox when he showed up, plus it earlier appeared on Vox in Ep 2 during and after talking with Val.

There were two moments during Stayed Gone that threw me off this theory, though. The first was when Vox was on the jumbo screen a good while after speaking with Vox - why would his poison disappear then suddenly re-appear, and especially why would it re-appear long after he's gone? Maybe because once you're under his thrall, it can pop back up whenever it fits?

But then Alastor's final part kicked in, and as he's going into full demon mode, a whole bunch of the same red stuff starts full salivating out of his jaws. Why? He has no connection to Valentino, no reason why Valentino would be controlling him in this moment. Maybe his saliva just so happens to match the poison's color? Or maybe it can affect people who haven't even met Valentino? Or maybe, even Valentino and Alastor do have a connection we haven't seen yet, which is when the poison was first planted?

But then I noticed it happen again in these new episodes, and what do you know, now Valentino is starting to drip red from the mouth! What?! But isn't it supposed to be his special poison to use on others? Now why is he getting the same treatment? It's not like he tried using it on anyone in the scene, iirc. It just suddenly started dripping as he angrily left Angel Dust.

Sure, maybe it could be backfiring on him now, but let's just look back at every instance so far. Angel Dust's song about resenting his life. Vox going crazy over his rivalry with Alastor, having to deal with Valentino, and maybe even resenting Angel Dust (depending on how you interpret his look in the song). Alastor firing back at Vox and going full power. Valentino getting enraged over Angel Dust's defiance and being unable to fully fire back.

There has to be some common theme we're missing - some deeper trigger and meaning to the red drip. Is it negative emotion? But Alastor seemed to be having fun, unless it was a facade. It can't be tapping into demon powers / trying to repress the powers, since Angel Dust wasn't really doing anything like that. Is it like I suggested before - that there are multiple red drips that look alike but are in fact not connected?

I don't really have proof right now, but there are two possible theories that I just have a gut feeling towards, which came to me when it first happened to Valentino in Ep 6.

The first is: what if it's Lilith? I don't know how or why yet, but Lilith secretly doing something and having control over demons just feels right to me. Given how she seemed in the latest flashback - as well as what's been said in the intro narration - I'm wondering if Lilith isn't so admirable as she seems and maybe even has evil intentions for the future. Some have already theorized that all the musical numbers are also due to her influence or something like that, which I also wanna put stock in. It could be both, even.

The second is more general: that there's just something about Hell or being a sinner that causes this red drip to happen, and it's going to play a role in the future. Even if I'm wrong about why it happens and where it comes from, I'm still willing to bet with how many times it's happened by now and all the various situations and characters, it is going to eventually be pointed out by someone and become important.

If there's other moments of the red drip I've missed, please let me know. It's such a subtle detail and I've already been reminded of just how many times it showed up on Vox, especially during Stayed Gone. I could've sworn it happened on someone other than Valentino during the new episodes, but now I can't remember and only wanted to include the examples I could verify.

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Hazbin Hotel: Yandere Alastor x Vaggie Chapter 41

Meanwhile, back on the road, the limo continued speeding away, closer and closer to Pentagram City and further and further away from Alastor’s manor.

Vaggie finished her call with Charlie, handed the phone back to Molly, and said, “Okay, Charlie’s on the way to give us some backup.  Thanks for letting me use your phone.”

“No problem, hon,” Molly said, stroking Angel’s head as he continued mumbling from his spot on her lap.  “Cherri, do ya know where you’re going?”

“Yep,” Cherri said.  “This road is long as fuck, but we should get back to Pentagram City within the next half hour.”

“Great,” Vaggie said with a relieved sigh.  “The quicker we’re off this road the better.  Molly, is Angel still awake?”

“Yeah, Angie, are you okay?!” Cherri yelled to the backseat.  “How are ya doing?  Are ya still with us?”

“Pretty planets and stars!” Angel responded gleefully.

“What?” Vaggie and Cherri asked simultaneously.

To the surprise of everyone, Angel sat himself up on his knees on the chair next to Molly, folded his first pair of arms on top of the rolled down window, laid his head down on top of them, flashed a warm smile, and said, “Did I ever tell you that story, Vaggie?  When I was a kid, our Mom took us to a state park.  We stayed in a cabin.  We went outside at night with a telescope and we saw so many amazing planets and beautiful stars.”

Molly smiled sadly and shed a small tear.

“I remember that,” Molly said, wistfully looking up at the sky outside the window.  “We must have been about six.”

“Yeah,” Angel continued gesturing towards the sky with his head.  “Do you remember this?  Ma pointed up to the sky and said that Heaven was up there past all the pretty planets and stars and that if we were good children who followed God we would be up there to see all the pretty planets and stars.”

“Of course, I remember, Angel,” Molly said sadly.  “We remember everything.  That’s one of our curses.”

“I let my fear, my anger, and our shitbag of a father get to me,” Angel said, his voice breaking and his eyes shedding angry tears with more slurred speech coming from his lips than before.  “I wasn’t a good boy!  I never repented!  I never got to enter Heaven to be with Mom!”

Molly wrapped her four arms around Angel and said, “Neither did I, twin brother.  You’re not alone.  I’m a failure, too…”

“Where did I go?!” Angel sobbed into his arms.  “Not with Mom.  I fell down here, and I deserved it for being such a rotten killer!  I’ve spent 73 years in this nightmare drowning my sorrows with sex and drugs all while being Valentino’s prized possession!  I stuck with Valentino to survive, but I believed him when he said he loved me!  That’s how stupid I am!  I stayed with him through all the abuse and all the bullshit cuz I was addicted to him and his money and because he scared me!  But you know what scares me more?!...Being exterminated!  I don’t want to go to the void and wait for Judgement Day!  I don’t wanna die for good…”

“It’s gonna be okay, Angie,” Cherri said, unable to comfort her friend any further because she had to focus on the road.

“Yeah,” Vaggie said, placing her hand on Angel’s neck.  “No one here is going to the void.”

“Vaggie?  Baby doll?” Angel said, lifting his head to look at her.

“Yes?” Vaggie asked before Angel held her hands.

“When you and Charlie first met me, I doubted the hotel at f-first, but now, I’ve realized Charlie could be right about all this,” Angel replied.  “It’s just up to the shitbags like me who want to repent, and now, I’m ready to repent, ask for God’s forgiveness, and prove that I’m ready to enter heaven.  I w-want to leave H-hell forever and be free!”

“That’s great, Angel,” Vaggie said with a smile on her face.  “I’m sure Charlie will be happy to hear that when she gets here.”

Angel suddenly turned to Molly, took her hands in his, and said, “Molly, I w-want you to c-come with me.  We can both see Mom!”

Molly froze in place, not knowing what to say.

“Cherri!” Angel said suddenly letting go of Vaggie’s and Molly’s hands to reach over and lay one of his hands on Cherri’s shoulder.  “I want to take you to Heaven with me so we can all see those pretty planets and stars…Wait…”

Angel’s gaze fell on the rearview mirror.  He then quickly though clumsily crawled his way over to the back of the limo.

“Angel?” Vaggie asked.

“Angie, what’s the matter?” Cherri asked.

“Yeah, Angel, what are ya doing?” Molly asked.

Angel sat on the very back seat and looked out the back window for a moment before he finally replied, “Guys, s-s-someone is f-f-f-following us-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s."

“What?!” all the ladies yelled at once as Vaggie squeezed herself through the window, tumbled into the backyard, and scrambled over to the back window that Angel was looking through.

Molly crawled over next to them and did the same.

Cherri simply looked at the rearview mirror.

“Oh, fuck!” she exclaimed.

Sure enough, Henroin, Arackniss, and Alastor were following behind them in the 1930’s convertible.  Henroin was driving, Arackniss was in the back preparing his weapons, and Alastor was sitting in shotgun patiently waiting with his signature smile on his face.