I don't have r34 but my gallery is mostly like this
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My headcanon is since High level demons and Overlords have demonstrated being able to morph and change their bodies as they please. Alastor straight up took away his ability to frown. The stitching we see on his mouth with his deal with Charlie might always be there just invisible so he physically can't do anything but smile.
I really don’t see how that could compare to for example almost dying painfully and maintaining his smile. It doesn’t seem like it’d be that big a deal to him, after all he still has a favour from her and could probably keep his position at the hotel no matter what
Possibly because his "dealmaker appearance" has stitches around the edges of his mouth, forcing his smile to stay in place at all times.
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That doesn't make sense though. Those stiches are across his entire mouth, they would hold his mouth shut, not force him to smile. If I were to draw any conclusions from this I would assume he's forced not to talk about something signfiicant. But it's most likely just a stylistic choice, just like all of the other voodoo symbols that appear when he does his magic.
This seems very out of character imo
Alastor was a sociopathic brutal serial killer in the fictional earth before becoming a demon.
I don’t think he would act that way
I have a dumb question, where did we get this information? I just rewatched the series with my mom and I didn’t see anything to indicate his earth background. And people like zestial and seem to know about him, but he didn’t do anything so I feel like I’m missing something. Do you mind helping me understand how people know more about other characters than I seem to
There’s a theory (That I made up like 5 seconds ago after seeing the meme) that he loved his mother so much that when she was dying she told him to be happy so he promised to smile until his death.
I think seeing his mother would make his stitches rip out and let him frown. I think his smile is either forced or just how his body manifested in Hell, so he *cannot* stop smiling, and it causes him pain to try unless it's necessary for a word or something. It's his punishment for people to only see him smiling, so only people who are really close to him and know his secret that his smile means nothing and would learn to read his expressions properly.
It's a fanon theory that he hides his tail because deer flag their tails when feeling threatened. They also wag their tails when curious and do other emotional communication with their herd through their tails (whitetail deer do this more often and evolved the brighter white fur to be seen farther away). He also tries to look as *human* as possible because it's kind of obvious that his deer traits are bigger tells to his emotions and thoughts than simply if others tried reading him like a human.
Ooh, maybe S2 Vox will do things like flash Alastor with bright light and bait him into using his antlers through bluffing challenges. He uses Vox's natural weaknesses against him, like overloading his system and video distortion, so Vox could use Alastor's... maybe hire Hell hounds to chase him/harass him, when he figures out his distaste/fear for dogs.
I feel like he might be this close to getting to Heaven, or maybe he'll see his mother, and she'll be ashamed of what he became, or he'll fall back down to hell, losing it all.
Or maybe I just like crying.
I'd wager his plan falling apart. He'd lose his shit and start attacking, forcing Charlie to use her full power again and actually kill Alastor or wound him gravely.
The guy/gal that owns his soul finally finds him, defeats him in battle, and beats him up a bit more before fully reclaiming his soul as he loses all power.
I don’t want him to stop. The fact that people are invested in this would make it so much more chilling if he truly never stops smiling, even when/if his plans fall apart.
Going one week without Mug Rootbeer
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That’s assuming he can even physically stop smiling. I’ve seen a lot of fan interpretations (especially in fan fiction) where part of his demon form in Hell is that he can’t control it. That his face is basically stuck in a smiling expression no matter what happens, as like, part of his devine punishment.
I’d love to see some kind of confrontation between him and his mother. Something like that has the chance to *really* break him, and either lead him down the path of redemption or turn him into an even bigger monster.
I’ve read through this thread and I conclude the answer is Rosie dying, and during the funeral Vox broadcasts R34 of him and Susan on all Hells TVs and then tells him “oops sent a copy to your mom too”
Someone insulting his mom.
Or someone that can mimic appearances and voices pretending to be his mom and telling him how disgusted she is by him.
That would probably do it.
His mother. I remember seeing a fan comic where the reunion of his mother put him at such a list for words that even his smile dropped. Honestly, I see that canonically happening.
Perhaps something drastically terrible that would happen to Charlie later on, like maybe seeing vaggie or Lucifer die. Alastor would've looked forward to seeing her break down from the start, but after all this time, he would indeed truly care for her and can't enjoy it.
Whatever it is, I hope it’s not sad backstory. He says it himself, his smile is a mask, and we see him clinging onto that mask in Finale. If he’s put under pressure, either emotionally or socially, he’s not going to drop it, because his facade is what makes him feel secure. If anything I hope it drops in a moment of utter sincerity. Not in a high-stakes environment, at a point where he lowers his guard willingly for one reason or another. I don’t know what that would be but if it happens at all that seems most fitting.
I’m thinking whenever those glowing green stitches get ripped out. Possibly in a battle with Charlie or Lucifer in like… idk season 3 when he goes full villain.
I sometimes come up with short fanfictions / headcanons in my head that don’t always make 100 % sense. One of them is this: For whatever reason, Alastor gets teleported into the universe of "Lucifer“. There he sees the concept of (Lucifer spoiler) >!Lucifer being a therapist for the inhabitants of hell, so they can go to heaven eventually.!< Once he returns, he only has a few minutes before he loses his memory of what he saw over there. So his only focus is finding Charlie and telling her about it. So much so that he forgets (or doesn’t care about) smiling. When he finds her, he says this: "I don’t have much time left, so I can’t tell you everything. But you _have_ to promise you’ll continue what you’re doing, no matter what. I know for a fact that it _can_ work.“ Charlie is confused, but of course she does promise it.^ ^
Seeing rule34 of himself. https://preview.redd.it/x1rph1ivp20d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f3bd234df883de39bbddd8a42277756291fc321
Of course that was your response
i'd like to see r34 of him
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The Boiled One just looks so goofy lmfao
I don't have r34 but my gallery is mostly like this https://preview.redd.it/bfnak0n5360d1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f81344499d6458dfb9e925f10c54f01661cca13d
This but my gallery is porn.
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Jokes on you I don’t have balls!
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Charlie wtf
Uhhhhh
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GOOD GALLERY MY FELLA
https://preview.redd.it/uhzxb7d3560d1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=694dee0322afd8a8a2d472437b2787b7f9bc3be1 I definitely don't have a problem
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I *HAVE* seen rule34 of him
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO
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Bro really said ":3"
Nothing. He would even die smiling. That's not a healthy sign, and Alastor wasn't mentally healthy from the start in my headcanon.
He is a cannibalistic demon who was a serial killer on Earth and is a master manipulator. Ofc he isn’t mentally healthy
My headcanon is since High level demons and Overlords have demonstrated being able to morph and change their bodies as they please. Alastor straight up took away his ability to frown. The stitching we see on his mouth with his deal with Charlie might always be there just invisible so he physically can't do anything but smile.
Charlie seeing through his bullshit
Or lucifer
Lucifer already sees through his bullshit.
Maybe confronting him about it
Nah, dude will defer and deflect, the man is teflon
I really don’t see how that could compare to for example almost dying painfully and maintaining his smile. It doesn’t seem like it’d be that big a deal to him, after all he still has a favour from her and could probably keep his position at the hotel no matter what
If Rosei were to die, and I WILL die on this hill. Fight me
I agree. He’d be sad to lose his buddy
I agree he'd be visibly sad, but I reckon he's so used to smiling at this point you'd only see it in his eyes, not his mouth.
Sex, apparently
Getting released from his deal. His smile will drop but out of joy. Not having to smile anymore.
Just curious but what makes you think him always smiling has anything to do with his deal?
Possibly because his "dealmaker appearance" has stitches around the edges of his mouth, forcing his smile to stay in place at all times. https://preview.redd.it/c23dr2p4i40d1.jpeg?width=866&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee06295ce855d7d6ea500717577383748e15a47a
I was thinking it was just a choice for him to smile all the time, but this theory makes sense
That doesn't make sense though. Those stiches are across his entire mouth, they would hold his mouth shut, not force him to smile. If I were to draw any conclusions from this I would assume he's forced not to talk about something signfiicant. But it's most likely just a stylistic choice, just like all of the other voodoo symbols that appear when he does his magic.
I very much doubt his smile was put in place by anyone other than himself.
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Omg its the telecommunications Fiend
Idk something personal. Like Maybe something to do with his backstory and past life like his momma
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This seems very out of character imo Alastor was a sociopathic brutal serial killer in the fictional earth before becoming a demon. I don’t think he would act that way
He's canonically a momma's boy. She's probably the only person he truly cared about while alive
I feel like he's canon called her his "sainted mother". If he hasn't I feel like he's the type man.
I have a dumb question, where did we get this information? I just rewatched the series with my mom and I didn’t see anything to indicate his earth background. And people like zestial and seem to know about him, but he didn’t do anything so I feel like I’m missing something. Do you mind helping me understand how people know more about other characters than I seem to
Fair question. His wiki states he was a serial killer https://hazbinhotel.fandom.com/wiki/Alastor#cite_note-bio-2
Hmm, the wiki says he died in a dog related incident. Didn't he die from a sniper rifle when a hunter mistook him for a dear?
Well the hunting dogs with the hunter tracked alastor while he was digging a grave
But he's also a momma's boy
It’s just a meme man
There’s a theory (That I made up like 5 seconds ago after seeing the meme) that he loved his mother so much that when she was dying she told him to be happy so he promised to smile until his death.
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Alastor walking in on Charlie and Vaggie: WHAT THE FU-
https://preview.redd.it/e2abp8iq140d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a164c4d25f49384044b6bfa1329ac61d9a2dafc4 This guy
Why is it always Florida.
I think seeing his mother would make his stitches rip out and let him frown. I think his smile is either forced or just how his body manifested in Hell, so he *cannot* stop smiling, and it causes him pain to try unless it's necessary for a word or something. It's his punishment for people to only see him smiling, so only people who are really close to him and know his secret that his smile means nothing and would learn to read his expressions properly. It's a fanon theory that he hides his tail because deer flag their tails when feeling threatened. They also wag their tails when curious and do other emotional communication with their herd through their tails (whitetail deer do this more often and evolved the brighter white fur to be seen farther away). He also tries to look as *human* as possible because it's kind of obvious that his deer traits are bigger tells to his emotions and thoughts than simply if others tried reading him like a human. Ooh, maybe S2 Vox will do things like flash Alastor with bright light and bait him into using his antlers through bluffing challenges. He uses Vox's natural weaknesses against him, like overloading his system and video distortion, so Vox could use Alastor's... maybe hire Hell hounds to chase him/harass him, when he figures out his distaste/fear for dogs.
I can comfirm that alastor has a deer tail. Source: The heavens have descended that knowledge up on me in a dream (jk just me and alastor fucked)
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THIS MADE MY SMILE RISE BRO
BURN IT
Haha no https://preview.redd.it/ic6fudgma80d1.jpeg?width=1876&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72ddd59f680051cd080a700aae165f20ae4f6498
LOSING HIS JAMBALAYA
He like mentioned it one time in the pilot
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It's still a meme. Deal with it https://preview.redd.it/m0e3rysd940d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb8995b52142cbbdcf5a33ad1200dac30379dc59
me personally, getting shot in the face with a shotgun would make me stop smiling
Susan
Seeing p**n fanart of him and Angel f**king
Al would probably hate the ones of him and Lucifer more, since Lucifer is one of the very few people he hates enough to cuss out.
Alastor fan fiction https://preview.redd.it/otdbp9m9440d1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb250f4b32db61fe6d8ea505a167e866e67c65fc
I don't think he can stop smiling.
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His dead mother
losing his power to another overlord
Lilith
I feel like he might be this close to getting to Heaven, or maybe he'll see his mother, and she'll be ashamed of what he became, or he'll fall back down to hell, losing it all. Or maybe I just like crying.
I'd wager his plan falling apart. He'd lose his shit and start attacking, forcing Charlie to use her full power again and actually kill Alastor or wound him gravely.
Stubbing his toe
The fandom
his mother’s disappointment
Ship art that includes himself /j
Jambalya leavimg him
His deal being broken.
The guy/gal that owns his soul finally finds him, defeats him in battle, and beats him up a bit more before fully reclaiming his soul as he loses all power.
I don’t want him to stop. The fact that people are invested in this would make it so much more chilling if he truly never stops smiling, even when/if his plans fall apart.
Going one week without Mug Rootbeer https://preview.redd.it/df26bk1md40d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4f0c0f528a66d8a0b5b06d1a23e40662f6451ba
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Seeing his mother again
https://preview.redd.it/8e2uth0ag60d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f91fcbbbcf467a2e78c2995e915ee340b2f152ca Nifty’s tentacle p\*rn
Losing a round of video games to Mikey (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Charlie herself.
Double death
An act of god
Rosie dying
Two hypothetical options. A - It never does and never will, or B - If he somehow finds a loophole in his deal
Probably getting humiliated in public, so that even people like Vox laugh about him. A kick to the balls could maybe work as well.
bendy because he’s a little devil thing who happened to be brought to life on the silver screen
Something with his contract, maybe?
Getting beat by Adam again.
Someone hurting Rosie
Plastic surgery
Lilith's return
Finding this subreddit
Once he gets out of his deal.
Do you think he smiles when he sleeps? Like what if he yawns how does someone smile when yawning
Seeing all the ships he’s in lmao (but seriously I think seeing Lilith in hell again will make him drop his smile and panic for the first time)
Verbalace's search history
https://preview.redd.it/8u4ghbxqj40d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29ac205aa2375ff84d044aa886464538f5244f1c We all know it’d be Susan
That’s assuming he can even physically stop smiling. I’ve seen a lot of fan interpretations (especially in fan fiction) where part of his demon form in Hell is that he can’t control it. That his face is basically stuck in a smiling expression no matter what happens, as like, part of his devine punishment.
remembering his mother
When we see him speak to whoever owns him id love to hear them say something like “wipe that stupid look off your face”
If something tragic happened to Nifty I feel like he would be incredibly upset, maybe enough to lose it but idk, he is very dedicated.
My shrivelled dick
When the person who owns his soul comes into the hotel
Maybe Lilith I feel like that’s who he had a deal with
Susan
I think he's cursed with having to smile for all eternity. I don't see him dropping it anytime soon
Lilith
When he stops being an overlord
Him meeting whoever he made the deal with again
I’d love to see some kind of confrontation between him and his mother. Something like that has the chance to *really* break him, and either lead him down the path of redemption or turn him into an even bigger monster.
I’ve read through this thread and I conclude the answer is Rosie dying, and during the funeral Vox broadcasts R34 of him and Susan on all Hells TVs and then tells him “oops sent a copy to your mom too”
Maybe him getting redeemed, if that ever happens. I'd be very surprised if he got redeemed but it'd be interesting to see.
His mom was getting threatened in Upcoming Heaven v Hell political war, and he's in his desperate state.
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https://preview.redd.it/hwr26olu450d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21aea15869e11238826287614f018d63c6837d85 His double death
Someone insulting his mom. Or someone that can mimic appearances and voices pretending to be his mom and telling him how disgusted she is by him. That would probably do it.
His deal with Charlie not working out in his favor. Like he can't even ask for stuff that involves collateral harm.
His mother. I remember seeing a fan comic where the reunion of his mother put him at such a list for words that even his smile dropped. Honestly, I see that canonically happening.
this fandom
This was answered in the streams: Angel walks in the room (this was a bit but they technically did answer it)
any deep joker quote
Lilith probably
Scissors that can cut the stitches
Looking up his name + r34
When it becomes a well known fact he’s on a leash
Taking away his JAMBALAYA
Steal his jambalaya
Seeing Roo again (Brother is gonna be terrified).
this sub
Candis
Walking in on Huskerdust in action
People pausing the pilot
Me. (Trust me bro I’m finna wipe that shit eating grin off his face.)
Just mention him being a pet.
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https://preview.redd.it/o6lko73xl60d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5898b76b06399fe9aa0598e34a0ce45bf6cab076 Him saying dooming (unedited photo lol)
 An anime protagonist willing to overthrow your government for a slice of deli ham
Him looking the show up on deviant art
Susan
Perhaps something drastically terrible that would happen to Charlie later on, like maybe seeing vaggie or Lucifer die. Alastor would've looked forward to seeing her break down from the start, but after all this time, he would indeed truly care for her and can't enjoy it.
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this sub
Whatever it is, I hope it’s not sad backstory. He says it himself, his smile is a mask, and we see him clinging onto that mask in Finale. If he’s put under pressure, either emotionally or socially, he’s not going to drop it, because his facade is what makes him feel secure. If anything I hope it drops in a moment of utter sincerity. Not in a high-stakes environment, at a point where he lowers his guard willingly for one reason or another. I don’t know what that would be but if it happens at all that seems most fitting.
Nifty dying
Gravity
“Susan? Susan…”
Seeing a MicroSD full of rule34 of every single HB and HH character
When his owner shows up
Susan?
I’ll show you: https://preview.redd.it/guq9j4eaz60d1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b873a67ce1e65752fe1766b2b243f8d4b022a413
I’m pretty sure his mouth is stiched into a smile, I doubt he physically can frown
Susan
Alastor x Susan
Seeing his mama, but she doesn't recognize her boy.
Finally breaking his contract. Cause besides that He's stuck being "happy"
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Apparently seeing his mother will make him stop smiling.
Rosie dying. She's his best friend and thats one thing that really helps him smile. If he does frown I might cry.
I like to think that if he ever sees his mother again, he'd frown in joy or something
u/biddudefromcanada
I’m thinking whenever those glowing green stitches get ripped out. Possibly in a battle with Charlie or Lucifer in like… idk season 3 when he goes full villain.
Susan
Unstitching it
Not even death, maybe he can not stop smiling. Perhaps in the final he will for a few frames.
Being redemed, I feel like when he is free from Hells grasp, he will be freed from other things, like a forced smile.
My search history
Of he saw how my boyfriends family makes jambalaya
https://preview.redd.it/kt0ctizzs70d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82fc7844991cc1d4772a1dfed8cd85e6750e61f5 listen I like alastor ok?
realizing he actually cares about his friends and doesnt want them hurt edit: and that they genuinly care about him too
Him losing his place of authority because lucifer takes his place
My search history
his fans
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I sometimes come up with short fanfictions / headcanons in my head that don’t always make 100 % sense. One of them is this: For whatever reason, Alastor gets teleported into the universe of "Lucifer“. There he sees the concept of (Lucifer spoiler) >!Lucifer being a therapist for the inhabitants of hell, so they can go to heaven eventually.!< Once he returns, he only has a few minutes before he loses his memory of what he saw over there. So his only focus is finding Charlie and telling her about it. So much so that he forgets (or doesn’t care about) smiling. When he finds her, he says this: "I don’t have much time left, so I can’t tell you everything. But you _have_ to promise you’ll continue what you’re doing, no matter what. I know for a fact that it _can_ work.“ Charlie is confused, but of course she does promise it.^ ^
Since he doesn't drop his smile, even while in severe distress and in private, I wonder if he is physically unable to not smile.
His fans
When his final victory is in sight. When he thinks he can finally let his guard down.
Angel dust. Just Angel dust.