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“is alastor capable of genuine attachment?” interesting clip from a new interview w/amir 👀 i truly wonder if alastor’s character will go in this direction where he starts to prioritize relationships w/others in his life

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There are so many subtle, but deliberate, animation choices with Alastor’s expressions during this scene that shift it from just a brutal, cruel rejection into something more complex. On the surface, the rejection is theatrical, performative. It’s too over-the-top with its mockery, so much so that Vox is taken aback by Alastor’s reaction, even tries to laugh along with him at first because it’s so seemingly misplaced. His body language is a contradiction: he hides his face initially, hiding that initial reaction from Vox and the viewer — almost as if he’s recalibrating, trying to reposition the hurt of thinking Vox was also just attempting to use him for his power. It’s a quick withdrawal from a character usually so present and visible. When he turns back to Vox, his eyes read wounded and confused at the suggestion. Canonically, Alastor is fixated on autonomy and control, both in life and in Hell. The partnership Vox poses, to Alastor, is interpreted as a transaction, one where he is reduced to a tool, an asset, a resource. His laugher is more defensive than genuine here — it’s the sound of Alastor refusing the premise before Vox can further define the relationship for him. He grabs at his hair, something we’ve only seen when he’s stressed and seemingly losing that control. It’s one of those rare moments where Alastor’s invulnerability shatters, where something has truly gotten under his skin, and where he’s felt it all. Alastor’s perpetual smile means that every small, physical shift is amplified as a more emotional tell. Especially here.

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We’ve seen Alastor work to manipulate the actions of others through hitting their vulnerabilities before, but his conversation with Vox here really showcases it tenfold. Alastor knows Vox extremely well — knows him well enough that his ego isn’t just ego but a wound, that he’ll never truly fill his cup without recognition, especially from Alastor. He breaks him down by framing every victory Vox has as borrowed, derivative, or dependent on someone else, pointing out that Vox needed allies, spies, Carmilla’s technology, and will need Charlie’s public validation before he can feel like he’s truly won. Alastor plays this card because Vox’s whole identity is built around being modern, dominant, untouchable, and better than Alastor, so when Alastor suggests that none of it counts, Vox can’t resist chasing that validation, chasing something bigger & brighter. Alastor’s “Oh, he is too easy” is such a brutal character beat because it shows Alastor was never improvising from weakness or desperation even while kidnapped. He knew exactly which nerve to press. Vox’s fixation on Alastor is still intimate enough, despite the hatred threaded through, that he listens to him, reacts to him, measures himself against him, and lets Alastor define the terms of his victory, because he is still caught in the same loop, desperate to prove himself to the one person whose opinion can still make him lose control.

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Alastor’s skin tone is very important to his perspective as a character, let’s be SO real right now. He was someone discriminated against in life who had to work all the harder to succeed - while the entertainment industry catered exactly to the exact types of people America did: rich, white men. Alastor wasn’t afforded ANY of that privilege, ESPECIALLY in the South. He started life that many systemic steps behind, while others he often interacted with had a head start. He learned that brilliance and talent was not always protection, not when his legitimacy was withheld, how his voice could be celebrated while his body remained suspect, his presence tolerated only when disembodied and entertaining. So what did he do? He made sure that he wouldn’t start in the afterlife at the bottom. He conducted rituals, murders, research - all to reach the other side, and essentially plan his OWN head start. Even in his dialogue, the reference to “I know what awaits a man like me,” “exist in Hell a tortured soul,” “I want to secure myself amongst the highest demons” — all can be read as metaphors of counter-containment and oppression. Alastor is far aware of how he is received in spaces on Earth, and how he wants to secure himself much higher & outside of those preconceptions - his own special privilege. Let’s not forget this critical part to Alastor’s character - it gives further context to how we see him navigate his afterlife. He has already lived inside hierarchies that assign punishment in advance, and he refuses to let that happen again.

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