Is Alastor actually Aro Ace? Solving Hazbin Hotel's biggest mystery

Recently there was a bit of discourse surrounding alastor and his asexuality. I did a short on the topic and it ended up bringing me down a rabbit hole that i think is worth talking about. In this video i’ll discuss the history of alastor and answer whether or not he’s aroace.

Video Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:12 Alastor's History
02:08 Alastor's asexuality
03:27 Hunicast
04:24 Faustisse
05:39 Aro ace or Asexual?
06:39 Solving the mystery
07:56 Conclusion
08:33 End Screen

Credit to @ioxalt for the thumbnail
Credit to @ltcobra. for being the script doctor
Credit to @Jmeph for emotional support

#vivziepop #hazbinhotel #hazbin

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[Gothckstar]

The idea of vox secretly having a crush on alastor and alastor not giving an absolute fuck is actually a hilarious idea.

[PringlestheToast]

As an aroace, I do respect that Vivzie doesn’t confirm whether or not Alastor is Aroace to protect their fans and fandom. But at the same time, It’s stupid how people will either leave the fandom because of it or get harassed because of it. IT’S JUST A CARTOON CHARACTER. HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW ABOUT HIS OWN SEXUALITY.

[thadgaioerdare]

Aro ace people exist. If anyone has a problem with that, they can fuck right off. If you want to ship Alastor anyway as a source of harmless fun, I don’t care as long as you aren’t rude or weird about it

[Saddest_goat]

I like to think that Alastor, due to his time, is not familiar with the spectrums of identity, as even in his time it was a taboo, and for him he simply "didn't find the ideal lady."

[sftie]

As an aroace, it honestly feels dehumanizing in a way? People threatening to leave the random just because hes aromantic. That is INSANE. Just imagine how those people are with real life aromantics😭😭

[rosebreeze]

If alastor being Aro disappoints fans, and vivzie is keeping it a secret SO she doesn't disappoint her fans, then yes he is obviously aroace. she already gave us the answer by saying she doesn't want to disappoint us lmao.

[brelonwy]

You hit the nail on the head when you said that this lack of confirmation is hurting aroace people who are already treated unfairly by people because of their sexuality. Why do we need to protect some whiny shippers who likely won't respect Al's sexuality?

[rainbowtoyfunrandomess]

I like the fact Rosie said Alastor is "Ace in the Hole", which is her way of saying that Alastor is either Aroce or Asexual. But after hearing everything in this video about Alastor's History and other stuff about him really adds up. Also I prefer Mimzy as a friend to Alastor than a love interest for a few reasons.

[mollieT]

Guys it doesn't matter if you're first or not just focus on the video 💀

[sophieknowles]

I would personally say that Alastor is definitely Aro Ace, specifically sex repulsed. His reactions to spicy stuff are always him being disgusted or simply refusing to be involved. But that's just me. ^-^

[MaliceAttention]

Being aroace myself I find this debate so funny. Alastor could be so many things and it wouldn't be relevant to the plot of the original story or most fanfics, since there are several identities within the spectrum of asexuality and aromanticism. It is YOUR take on it what makes it unique. And being aro or ace is not a unique experience per-se. I would encourage fans to explore the many possibilities of aro and/or ace experiences with this character. The main point of making fanart and fanfics is to have fun with your creativity and exploring fantasies and identities you wouldn't (yet or ever) explore in real life.

I don't know how most of the fandom sees their own sexual identity, but first of all not everyone have their sexuality figured out; so they can be one thing and behave differently, especially when you don't even know there's a name and shared experiences for what you are. And secondly, sexual identity (as well as something entirely different that not everyone experiences the same way called romantic identity) depends more of who you feel attracted to and how intense that attraction is, and has almost nothing to do with your sexual (or romantic) behaviour since most of the time there is some societal pressure to behave a way that doesn't necessarily match your sexual and or romantic identity.

[lernreed]

Personally I feel like you can ship Alastor and still be respectful. I’ve seen both Allo and AroAce people explore how Alastor could be attracted to others in very unique and interesting ways that are romantic, sexual, and queer-platonic. Asexuality is a big spectrum with a lot of nuances, and while in Alastor’s case he’s most likely a no sex, no romance ever kind of ace, that’s not always the case for real people who use the label.

I like shipping Alastor but I don’t get how his canon sexuality upsets people so much. Ignoring it or acting like it’s a bad thing that he’s AroAce seems more disrespectful than the shipping, imo. I hope that’s it’s confirmed in the future that he’s aromantic, people who are so worked up about it are asses.

[industrialgoose]

Its worth remembering that Viv said that he's not actually aware of his sexuality yet, and just thinks he hasn't found the one. So everyone fighting over and making a bit deal out of what his sexuality is or isn't really gives off the same vibes as a group that confidently debates that one friends sexuality before they're even interested in pursuing those answers for themselves. Which, even though Alastor is a fiction character, is a really uncomfortable position to witness. Especially since I'm sure a lot of Aro and/or ace people have to deal with these kinds of situations when they're young and the people around them start getting interested in things that they cannot relate to. So, seeing this situation projected onto the character meant to represent the group who falls victim to this situation is a very unpleasantly ironic. Or unpleasantly accurate rather?
Edit: it also feels like people trying to force their opinions of sexuality onto someone, like Alastor HAS to be x, if he isn't bothered about defining his sexuality, why should anyone else be bothered with defining it? Isnt the biggest struggle nonstraight people have is other people getting aggressive about wanting them to confirm to a specific idea of who they're supposed to be? Just let him be as he is, and let other people explore and see themselves in him however helps them understand themselves better.

[x.rivers_wife.x]

I KEEP THINKING THIS IS A HELLUVA BOSS UPDATE 😭😭

[RainBearsthatlikelazytrees]

Not the fans leaving the whole series because their tumblr sexyman isn’t available. True losers indeed😭😭

[aoib]

Remember! Aro/ace is a bit of a spectrum (but also it's own separate term), for example, im demisexual, which falls under the ace umbrella, so tags such as "non intimacy repulsed asexual Alastor" on fics could probably be fine, but also "intimacy repulsed Alastor" is also fine.
From what ive seen online, a lot of aro/ace people use alastor as a example for their own interests in relationships or intimacy.

A lot of aro/ace people online still like things such as queerplatonic relationships or something along those lines.

I, myself have an aro/ace OC who'd probably have a queerplatonic relationship, but would take ages to warm up to it.

(I am not very well versed on the full aro/ace community, so take this with some salt.)
Aromantic people can be in relationships, and asexual people can have sex. People use Alastor as a way to figure this out sometimes.

Any aro/ace, asexual, aromantic or people on the spectrum in the replies, please correct me if I'm wrong with anything, I hate to invalidate you guys.

[lydiaanastasiadou]

As an ace person, I think that all this "shipper protection thingy" is bullshit. Aro ace people exist and they deserve their proper representation. And what if Alastor is Aro ace? It's not the end of the world! Shipping isn't always meant to be canon so you can still ship characters for fun in your own headcannon. But don't be rude and overdramatic cause of that! Please.

[Morgothom]

I personally think they backpeddled on the 'aro' part so hard because there is going to be something revealed in season 2. Because it came right around the time when VA work on s2 started. Since we are bound to get some more backstory, I have a feeling they needed to reign in the chaos before it spread further. I don't think this was to protect shippers or any whiny people on twitter. So unless stated otherwise by the show, Alastor is asexual. Whatever flavor of ace you want him as is dependant on whatever YOU want.

[verycreativeandquirkyusername]

i think he is aroace, as an aroace guy myself, i think people just don’t want to accept it bc it’ll fuck up their ships ..but when have canon orientations ever stopped a fandom 💀 it honestly doesn’t matter that much to me, but it’s still weird how everyone is so fine with every other canonically lgbtq+ character in this show but draw the line at a character being aro.

[ebonyblack]

My partner of nearly twenty years now is AroAce, and I'm on both spectrums too, QPRs exist. Shipping should be about relationship dynamics, not just banging.