I think that while still a selfish and horrible person, the line of "Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends" is indeed a mockery of what the situation would seem like if he'd died, this doesn't mean that he isn't developing some sort of attachment towards some of the gang. That said, for someone like him, considering another a friend doesn't automatically mean "I will care for you", at least not in the traditional sense. He is still going to manipulate them, use them as he sees fit and, if necessary sell them or betray them in any way. But while this isn't the scene that conveys it for me, his little conversation with Niffy, when he says "One certainly could get used to this" is where I thought: "Huh, so he is warming up to them". Again this doesn't mean a "caring, loving friendship" like other people could have, just that he won't consider them easily expendable, and more of a "well, as long as I have other means of attaining my goals, I won't dispose of you for them" Also, it is pretty clear that him fighting Adam wasn't for the rest of the gang, I'm not sure if him fighting Adam was purely for him (Maybe wanting Adam's soul, or just making a statement of his power) but the deal "keeps his wings clipped" so he's not at his stronger, or if on the other hand he was somehow forced to confront Adam because of the deal, and having been so close to death because of it is what reinforces his desire to break the deal and unclip his wings, thus not having to risk his life like that again
Nice teory, I think he will betray, but I think he will help again, after all, he is not that characterless, he also has a certain sincerity. It was obvious that Alastor did not or could not use his full power even in the war in which he was injured. He will definitely get a power-up in Season 2 or we will see his true power because as he said to Adam, *"He is stronger than him"....*
@@GotoMaki4Micahthe reason he stayed and fight was because of his deal and thats what made him go mad in this song because he almost died and people would think that he gave his life for his friends
*It's a Severus Snape situation all over again, isn't it?* I swear, if it will be revealed later in the show that Alastor was secretly in love with Lily... I mean, Lilith, I will scream.
“He secretly cares for them as friends” Are you all forgetting about how he literally threatened Husk with torture and murder and expressed his desire to use Charlie’s untapped potential for his own ends?
With sinners it could be both. I believe he does see them in some positive light, Friend probably too strong a word for now. Personally I see him being a villain of a season. Getting free from his deal causing lots of mayhem but in the end Charlie convinces him to stop. Maybe only temporarily but he does decide to hang around the hotel. I do not believe he will ever go to heaven though.
my take on it: he says "great Alastor, altruist, died for his friends" but only to mock what people wouldve thought if he died on the battlefield. If it werent for the deal he made, he wouldnt help the hotel at all - the stuff about "its just for entertainment" was a lie to cover up that he's forced to be there. That's probably also why he shut Husk down so harshly - if word got out about Alastor being under a deal, people could use it against him. He probably is hoping to use his favour from Charlie to find a way out of his deal, especially now that it almost got him killed, but tbh I hope he has a change of heart and ends up friends with them for reals eventually
I don’t think he wants to use it for himself, I think he wants to guide her in a direction of evil that could *possibly* benefit him or even Rosie in some way, wich is a parallel to how vaggie wants her to use her power. Vaggie is helping her and encouraging her to do good, while alastor is encouraging her and waiting for her to do the oppsite, although it’s not working very well. Both of them are quite literally the angel and the devil on her shoulder.
He did admit to Nifty that he might've grown accustomed to them a bit. But he's still not one who would selflessly sacrifice his soul for others and still has ulterior motives to fulfill.
I agree I think a lot of people are still not getting that Alastor isn't going to be redeemed or friendly for much longer, the dude wants 2 things freedom and entertainment and once he's free(probably from Lilith) then he just needs entertainment and if the hotel works that might actually be a threat to his entertainment in hell since if people actually start becoming better than a lot of mindless fighting and killing he likes watching/doing would start to stop
yeah, the tone of it seems to me like he is mocking the idea that people wouldve had if he had indeed died on the battlefield - they would have thought he was an altruist, honourable, died for the people he considered his friends. Instead, and perhaps to the disappointment of all who would think him to be acting in good faith, Alastor is only doing this because he made a deal with someone, presumably something along the lines of protecting Charlie in exchange for him receiving great magical power. Most likely a deal with Lillith, but who knows. And now that this deal has forced Alastor into a situation where he almost died, he REALLY wants out, he wants to find a way to escape his deal asap so that he can return to his position of power in full.
They are his friends according to the creator he is capable of making actual friends just with those he finds funny, in a negative way. But at the same time he totally wouldn't just die for them he would absolutely let them die and find it hilarious
@@darkespeon64 I think he genuinely has a good view of them. and is fond of them. however i do agree he would let them die at the drop of a hat. alastor likes them, but he primarily only cares for himself
Alastor definetly sarcasticly says "Alistor altruist dies for his friends" and doesn't mean this in a literal sense. He wants freedom and someone binds him to help Charlie. He would go insane if he had died and people said about him that he died altruistically for his friends. He wants power and freedom nothing more currently. Maybe he has minimal simpathy for Charlie but not enough to overshadow his ambitions
Exactly! He mentioned that he WAS starting to like them as friends in the beginning of the episode, but now, after his brush with second death and fearing those feelings are going to make him weak, he is willing to shove those blossoming good feelings away to focus on his own goals of freedom and taking over Hell for himself. This breakdown was the result of him literally being SCARED for his life and the realization that feeling those emotions nearly killed him, resulting in an Ignored Epiphany moment and doubling down on his mask of sanity and veneer to get Charlie to likely help free him.
Exactly. The point is he just STARTED to like the cast. Definitely not enough to sacrifice his life for them. He doesn't even consider them as friends as of now. His only goal is to find a way to weasel his way out of the deal, that restrains him. I really cant understand why people think that HE of all people is changing for the better. The man is literal monster.
@@jacobkusnerik8809 No, he said that he started feeling fond of seeing them celebrate before the inevitable death battle. Not really that he grew to like them as people.
@@vtnk7597 Multiple times in the pilot, he doesn't care about the hotel at all. He thinks it's a stupid idea, but he made a deal with someone to help Charlie for something in return. He only JUST started to like everyone at the hotel except Husk and Nifty who he's known previously. From the looks of it he doesn't want to work for the hotel anymore since he almost died for it, something that disgusts him.
@@vtnk7597He is under some sort of deal and has been, as confirmed with his conversation with Husker. He has no reasonable motive for helping Charlie beyond his meager excuse. Both he and Lilith have been absent for a few years for reasons unknown. It is not hard to put together that he’s likely under a deal with Lilith to help Charlie out. Here in this clip he is downright going mental that he almost freaking died because of that deal and is desperately trying to find a way out (through his deal with Charlie against Lilith no doubt). Additionally in the pilot, he appeared suspiciously just after Charlie’s phone call to Lilith.
It will be cool, because his motives, his ego, his smile, everything refers to the fact that he would not be bad at being a villain, but if this happens, it will be fantastic
@@Nightmare704RY It's not even remotely secret. From his introduction the show has made it exceedingly clear that he's only helping the hotel because he has ulterior motives.
I'd suggest looking at the eyes and body language. The bit where he was grabbing his face, at 0:16 for example, the look in his eyes tells me that he's scared and maybe even confused as to what made him risk it all for a place he honestly didn't believe in at the start.
Just like he told Charlie: A smile is the best tool you can use as it inspires friends, keeps enemies guessing and no matter comes your way, you're always in control.
I love how Alastor's earlier "what would the papers say???" Comes back in this song. When he talks about dying for his friends, he's imagining what the headlines would say if Adam had managed to kill him. His legendary rise to power and his overlord hunt would be forgotten, and his legacy would be that of a kind-hearted martyr who died helping sinners redeem themselves. That's unacceptable. He's the legendary Radio Demon, and he wants to make all of hell remember that they should fear him
Am I the only one who sees him calling them "friends" as a mock? he evens calls himself altruist, almost like emphasizing what a dumb way of dying for such a trivial thing as "friends" that would be for him
I see it as the opposite, he's scared. You can see it in his face, he's terrified that he's actually getting attached and showed visible horror in the fact that even for a brief moment, he was really ready to die fighting Adam for Charlie and the gang. At this point he's even more desperate to find an exit from this deal he made because now he thinks that once he regains his "freedom" he can abandon Charlie with no consequences and go back to his sadistic ways.
It can be both. Whether he does like them or not, playing pretend friend by helping them helps his goals and influence with them, and their wellbeing is convenient and useful by proxy as assets, which is in a twisted way is kinda how friendship actually works. Whether or not he actually admits that he cares, he DID almost die for them, and the whole 'greatest dad' song doesn't really make too much sense if he doesn't care, he was waaaayyyyy too antagonistic to Lucifer for having just met (Unless Lillith is relevant to his backstory, but hopefully we find out soon!).
@@venusstar2963 Youre right that hes terrified, but not that hes attached to them as friends. Hes terrified that hes attached to them through his deal. Charlie is stirring up trouble beyond even his power and he is forced to be a part of it, which might get him killed. Hes trying to make the most of it though, and once he can find a way to circumvent his deal hes planning on using these "friendships" hes formed to his advantage.
I like to think the way he says “Great Alastor Altruist” as if it was just a title means he’s just pretending to be an ally purely to get in the good graces with Charlie
100% I saw it as the ‘good guy’ face he was putting on is finally coming off, he’s had enough. I guess nearly getting killed for something he really doesn’t care for is his breaking point, he wants out now.
@@wr5488 Personally I can believe that, I like to think he was like “What would a good guy do” and had been comfortable punching at his weight class for a while So he takes a shot at a bigger fish and nearly gets mauled for it, wounding his massive ego in front of everyone in Hell for a cause he didn’t even believe in and was only using for a means to an end
It is much more complciated than that i think. He said it like the title of a news boarcast. He's admitted to nifty he likes them, nifty being far, far closer to him tahn anyone else, and nifty is als ofond of them. But that is not what he wants to be known for, he is not selfless and does not want to be thought by such a meager title despite developing fondness for them. He wants to be the mastermind not the martyr in someone else's plan. But that is also it. He is actually all for whatever plan he's been forced into, which seems to be to manipualte charlie into becoming... something. But HE wants to be the one to benefit from it at the end, not the holder of his leash.
He says it like he's reciting what someone else would say if he actually died right there, so basically even if he were to die he does not want to go out because he was helping someone else
@@Pyromic In past live streams it was stated that he only thinks of a smile as power. He is capable of frowning, he just doesn't bc he thinks the moment he stops smiling is the moment he lost. the stitches on his face don't represent a forced smile in fact the way they're angled it would be to stop his smile from going any further. It's just a design to show his connection to voodoo. Like a doll. If the stitches were to represent a forced smile it would go from the corner of his mouth and head up, not crisscross like your sewing something shut.
@Yugee Charlie got 0 fighting xp, she's stronger than this version of Alastor for sure, but if we compare Alastor ( without restrictions ) and this Charlie without xp, there's a clear gap, both in skill and control over its power. If we're talking about a Charlie with xp then she blitzes hell except for daddy Lucifer
Alastor is slowly but surely losing what little sanity he has left. He can't stand the fact that he actually took a liking to Charlie and her friends. He doesn't want to be seen as a hero, he wants to be feared.
He's more losing sanity over the fact that, in spite of being one of Hell's most powerful beings, he's on a leash to a currently unknown entity (many say it's Lilith, but since she's in Heaven, I don't how that's possible) and wants to get out of it asap and then strive to become THE most powerful force in all of Hell and if Charlie and the Hotel are his way of achieving that, then he will use them until such time he no longer has any need of them.
@@Big4ofThrash I'm betting that it's Roo (an upcoming antagonist Vivziepop teased a few years ago) that he's tied to. She also probably has something to do with Lilith's deal with Adam
@@walkingmemetichazardI agree also his tentacles remind me of roots like from a tree or smth cause is root (of evil) because why would a deer have tentacles? Also there was no connection between Lilith or eve and the fact he became strong overnight root probably made a deal when he died? Idk and sorry English is not my first language I tried
I have a theory that Alastor physically can’t stop smiling like he said in the last episode “just because some is smiling doesn’t mean that how they feel” or something like that and when he made a deal with Charlie you can see that is mouth looks like it was stitches into a smile so he probably can’t stop smiling even when if he doesn’t want to smile so take that theory how you will
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@@erikbulux4793Narcissists put themselves above others and have a fragile sense of self + fragile ego. Megalomaniacs crave power to an obsessive degree. How are they identical?
Jack Skellington vibes kick in whenever Alastor sings omg.. (EDIT): Omg thank u so much for all these likes! I’ve never had this many comments and likes before!
@@copfrown2397Only because he doesn’t have a choice. When he made a deal with Charlie, it’s revealed that he has stitches all over his mouth. He is literally INCAPABLE of NOT smiling.
I don’t think people understand what Alastor means here. When he says “Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends” he isn’t talking about himself, it’s what other people would say about him if he had died. They would think he was selfless and that he cared about the others, but here he flat out says they’re not friends. He doesn’t want people to view him that way, hence why he says “that is not how this ends”. I think deep down he cares for them, but he isn’t admitting they’re friends unfortunately.
@@Ilovekaiju yeah i think it’s hard to believe he cares about them, but the fact he’s a killer/cannibale has nothing to do with it. Angel is a killer and Rosie is a cannibal and they’re both sweeties. It’s just that he prides his power above any possible relationships.
I feel like they’re absolutely building Alastor as an antagonist. an EXTREMELY rare occurrence in film, a protagonist to turn to an antagonist of this degree. he mocks his friendships and calls himself an altruist in a very sarcastic manner.
@@Manuelaiello204 I mean he is a serial killer, sadist, psychopath, killed many overlords with a lot of pain. Makes one wonder how "chaotic neutral" he actually is, even when Viv said it herself
It's just an expression meaning to become free again, someone "clipped his wings" (aka put him under their control) and now he needs to "unclip them" (gain freedom) which would apparently make him more powerful because he's talking as if he's gonna be the mastermind after he becomes free again
alastor is a villain, you cant convince me otherwise, while giving us nothing the series hinted towards it a lot w stuff they showed or said homelander from the boys was the scariest villain for me for a while, alastor has taken that spot easily, because he can be scary on a leash, imagine without
I think what's most interesting is that this is the first time we see alastor alone. Every other piece of dialogue is him most likely manipulating/lying to people. So this monolouge is the first time i think we see the "true" alastor.
Правда, так непривычно видеть его таким.. эмоциональным? Есть явное ощущение того, что ему трудно держать улыбку в этот момент. Она выглядит больше как гримаса боли и безумия.
I’m surprised nobody is talking about the beginning of the episode when Alastor and Nifty are watching the others. It’s like you could see a slight genuine smile on his face. Alastor probably sees any emotional connections as a huge weakness which is why he immediately shuts down anything about friendship. It’s really sad but still a cool character trait
Somewhere deep deep Alastor does care about his friends at first he saw them as tools and entertainment and Charlie as a possible solution to regain his freedom but now he knows he cares about them no matter how little it is and it terrifies him because Alastor was always selfish and the big man in hell but now he knows that Adam almost killed him and he died for his friends almost Alastor cant stand that thought but mostly that he knows he cares about them there is a possibility for him to be redeemed even if he didn’t know Pentious is send to heaven redeeming is just out of the question for him
I don't think he currently really considers them friends or anything at all. He seems to want to be free and not die due to his comittment and bindings. The "died for his friends" is clearly quite sarcasticly spoken
@@rct3LPbut he has a conversation with nifty and is clearly growing to be fond of them, he wouldn’t say that to them because then they’d see it as weakness but nifty is insane and is probably something for him to vent to
@@rct3LPAgreed. The breakdown was basically the result of realizing that he nearly died (which would have resulted in him losing himself to whoever is holding his leash) and the fact he had grown to care for the group as friends, which nearly led to him being killed by Adam defending a place he had originally had no faith in. He DOES care for them, but now he's too selfish about his own goals and scared for his own life. As such, he is willing to push those blossoming feelings away (maybe for good), buckle down on his mask of veneer and sanity he has exuded (remember what he told Charlie about smiles being valuable tools), and doubling his efforts to break his bonds and take over Hell for himself.
How did you think he died tho? We basically get confirmation that he isn't dying, by his own words. "Radio's not dead, but it is ending this broadcast." He is the Radio Demon, he is "radio", and he's just tapping out of the fight
Love how the animators worked so that even tho he's constantly smiling, you can tell his real emotions with the rest of his facial and body movements. Incredible
It is meant as a headline on a magazine. He believes it to be ridiculous and outright hilarious that he out of all people would do that, because he doesn’t want to. He is selfish and he has ambition. He wants to use Charlie to break out of his deal with… someone. Probably Lilith. The prospect that he nearly died right here and there despite his ambition and that OTHERS might have considered this to be a „noble sacrifice for his friends“ is just hilarious to him. I don’t want to say that he does not consider them to be friends, but I would rather say that he regards them more as tools than actual people he loves. He is a psycho in all it’s fabulous glory and he owns it. Sadly I don’t think that he is capable of true love, because he won’t sacrifice himself for anyone at this point in the story. He might get some character growth in that regard and sacrifice himself at the end of the story for… something? But I doubt that, cause I want him to be the final villain 🫎🫎🫎
@@gadreel5463but he put his own safety on the line for them. Knowing that his actions almost got him killed is why he gets so unraveled halfway through the song. He’s realizing he fucked up big and it almost cost him.
Does anybody even realise that Alastor somehow survived a huge slash through the chest down to the waist and survived while standing like a normal sinner?
Bro said "I barely escaped being killed by a hair" and next time we see him he's completely fine, like he probably could've jumped right back in the fight if he can heal that quickly
This scene and the scene where he was with Nifty talking I think is showing some cracks in Alastor. He might be going a tad bit soft but is still evil and self focused.
Analysis: The first two lines of this part are simply describing the atmosphere. "And I barely escaped being killed by a hair" Pretty self explanatory since bro almost died cause of Adam "Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends" I think this is implying on how people will see him if they found out he almost died. Because he's image-conscious, he looks like he's panicking. I mean, imagine, one of the most powerful and heartless beings, almost died trying to defend the hotel. Everyone would think that Alastor had a soft spot for them, and maybe he did grow one, but didn't realize it. "Sorry to disappoint, that is not where this ends" Also pretty self explanatory. He simply says he ain't gonna die yet and that Alastor will ensure his reputation won't change. "I'm hungry for freedom like never before" Now, personally I think he made a deal with someone(Lilith or maybe Charlie), which to Alastor, hindered him, leading to his almost-death. "The constraints of my deal surely have a back door" This is basically saying that the deal he made with someone backfired on him and now he's suffering because of it. He also is trying t be optimistic, that there's a way out for this "mess". "Once I figure out how to unclip my wings, guess who will be pulling all the strings" Once he gets out of his mess, then he'll go back to being even more psychotic than ever
Now I love Alastor. He's my favorite character. He is fun as hell (pun intended) to watch and he steals the show every time he's on screen. But I'm not pretending he's a good person. As he said, his smile might be hiding his true intentions, but I can almost guarantee that those intentions are nefarious. Especially since "Great Altruist Alastor died for his friends." He's going to do absolutely anything to get out of that deal, and he's the kind of guy who doesn't give a damn who gets hurt along the way, even if they've shown him kindness in the past. He is a demon, through and through and he loves it. There are some irredeemable monsters out there, and he is one of them. I personally can't wait to see what he does next.
I love how people are acting like Alastor secretly cares for the members of the hotel, even though this is clearly him having a breakdown at the idea that anyone would think such a thing and that if he HAD died that’s exactly what they would think. He doesn’t care about these people, he’s trapped there under contract and almost died for said contract
He is not in control at all. He is outclassed by an angel and nothing he can currently do about it. Him smiling here is just him trying to feel in control of the situation.
I dont think Alastor meant that he actually sees them as his friends or cares "Great Alastor altrulist, died for his friends" An altrulist is someone who is selfless, who does things for others without expecting anything in return. He doesnt want to be remembered as that, he wants power.
YES, people really seem to not notice the ( " " ) in the text indicating that it's some sort of narration. It's what people could've remembered alastor if he actually died
'Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends'. He's sickened by the idea of having friends and even more disgusted by the concept of him dying for them.
i don't think it is even about power though. About image.... He';s manipulating charlie under lilith's orders. everyhting he's doen is because of lilith's designs, aside for making that deal with charlie. BUT he's actually all for this plan..... but he wants to be the man behind it all. the mastermind, not a meager pawn that was nearly sacraficed to take out the king.
I love how Alastor's smile and charisma is able trick half of the fandom into thinking he's a good person. His only goal right now is free entertainment and to be freed of his chains. He most likely wants to take over Hell or even to take over Heaven too. He might have a heel turn later on, but for now, Alastor could give less of shit about the others. He literally left in order to save his own skin and that led to Sir Petinous dying. Then again, there wasn't much he could've done with his cane broken.
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I think that while still a selfish and horrible person, the line of "Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends" is indeed a mockery of what the situation would seem like if he'd died, this doesn't mean that he isn't developing some sort of attachment towards some of the gang. That said, for someone like him, considering another a friend doesn't automatically mean "I will care for you", at least not in the traditional sense. He is still going to manipulate them, use them as he sees fit and, if necessary sell them or betray them in any way. But while this isn't the scene that conveys it for me, his little conversation with Niffy, when he says "One certainly could get used to this" is where I thought: "Huh, so he is warming up to them". Again this doesn't mean a "caring, loving friendship" like other people could have, just that he won't consider them easily expendable, and more of a "well, as long as I have other means of attaining my goals, I won't dispose of you for them"
Also, it is pretty clear that him fighting Adam wasn't for the rest of the gang, I'm not sure if him fighting Adam was purely for him (Maybe wanting Adam's soul, or just making a statement of his power) but the deal "keeps his wings clipped" so he's not at his stronger, or if on the other hand he was somehow forced to confront Adam because of the deal, and having been so close to death because of it is what reinforces his desire to break the deal and unclip his wings, thus not having to risk his life like that again
I ain’t reading all that
@@AltoGrab It's two paragraphs. Actual Tiktok attention span
@@AltoGrab Man and I thought my attention span was wrecked. compared to yours mine is just a bit dented lol
I almost read all of it
Nice teory, I think he will betray, but I think he will help again, after all, he is not that characterless, he also has a certain sincerity. It was obvious that Alastor did not or could not use his full power even in the war in which he was injured. He will definitely get a power-up in Season 2 or we will see his true power because as he said to Adam, *"He is stronger than him"....*
Alastor has so much charisma that he continues to fool an entire fandom into thinking he’s secretly a good person.
Lol, fr xd
@@GotoMaki4Micah He did not know. As he said “he barely escaped being killed by a hair” meaning he saw no choice but to flee at that moment.
And where’s the proof he isn’t a good person?
@@GotoMaki4Micahthe reason he stayed and fight was because of his deal and thats what made him go mad in this song because he almost died and people would think that he gave his life for his friends
*It's a Severus Snape situation all over again, isn't it?*
I swear, if it will be revealed later in the show that Alastor was secretly in love with Lily... I mean, Lilith, I will scream.
“He secretly cares for them as friends”
Are you all forgetting about how he literally threatened Husk with torture and murder and expressed his desire to use Charlie’s untapped potential for his own ends?
With sinners it could be both. I believe he does see them in some positive light, Friend probably too strong a word for now. Personally I see him being a villain of a season. Getting free from his deal causing lots of mayhem but in the end Charlie convinces him to stop. Maybe only temporarily but he does decide to hang around the hotel. I do not believe he will ever go to heaven though.
my take on it:
he says "great Alastor, altruist, died for his friends" but only to mock what people wouldve thought if he died on the battlefield.
If it werent for the deal he made, he wouldnt help the hotel at all - the stuff about "its just for entertainment" was a lie to cover up that he's forced to be there. That's probably also why he shut Husk down so harshly - if word got out about Alastor being under a deal, people could use it against him.
He probably is hoping to use his favour from Charlie to find a way out of his deal, especially now that it almost got him killed, but tbh I hope he has a change of heart and ends up friends with them for reals eventually
I don’t think he wants to use it for himself, I think he wants to guide her in a direction of evil that could *possibly* benefit him or even Rosie in some way, wich is a parallel to how vaggie wants her to use her power. Vaggie is helping her and encouraging her to do good, while alastor is encouraging her and waiting for her to do the oppsite, although it’s not working very well. Both of them are quite literally the angel and the devil on her shoulder.
He did admit to Nifty that he might've grown accustomed to them a bit. But he's still not one who would selflessly sacrifice his soul for others and still has ulterior motives to fulfill.
You ignored his conversation with Nifty?
bro got friends on the other side
fun fact (u probably know) Voice of Husk is the guy who sings that
Bros got voodoo, bros got hoodoo, bros got stuff he hasn’t even tried 💀
@@Gamer_Ange143 and he done got friends on the other siiiIIIIIIIIIIIIDEe
heads on the wall: “he’s got friends on the other side.”
@@afridnishad6617 Keith David also voices the Rick and Morty president
damn Alastor really be stealing the spotlight for all these good songs we can't stop him lol
honestly his songs/song parts wouldnt be half as god if his whole character/personality wouldnt be that cool ;D
He looking for freedom as in his contract
Am I the only one who thinks of rumplskilskin from once upon a time when seeing alastor character
well, he doesn't just steal the spotlight in songs...he ALWAYS steals the spotlight.
Well, he’s the radio demon for a reason.
When he's saying great Alastor altruist died for his friends, he is merely reciting a narrative, not saying they are his friends.
I agree I think a lot of people are still not getting that Alastor isn't going to be redeemed or friendly for much longer, the dude wants 2 things freedom and entertainment and once he's free(probably from Lilith) then he just needs entertainment and if the hotel works that might actually be a threat to his entertainment in hell since if people actually start becoming better than a lot of mindless fighting and killing he likes watching/doing would start to stop
Agreed
yeah, the tone of it seems to me like he is mocking the idea that people wouldve had if he had indeed died on the battlefield - they would have thought he was an altruist, honourable, died for the people he considered his friends.
Instead, and perhaps to the disappointment of all who would think him to be acting in good faith, Alastor is only doing this because he made a deal with someone, presumably something along the lines of protecting Charlie in exchange for him receiving great magical power.
Most likely a deal with Lillith, but who knows.
And now that this deal has forced Alastor into a situation where he almost died, he REALLY wants out, he wants to find a way to escape his deal asap so that he can return to his position of power in full.
They are his friends according to the creator he is capable of making actual friends just with those he finds funny, in a negative way. But at the same time he totally wouldn't just die for them he would absolutely let them die and find it hilarious
@@darkespeon64 I think he genuinely has a good view of them. and is fond of them. however i do agree he would let them die at the drop of a hat. alastor likes them, but he primarily only cares for himself
Anyone gonna talk about how it was revealed that Alastor is actively being weakened by whatever deal he made
Cool comment)
I am from Russia and only learning languge.
I want to brag, I understood 70% of what I read
Я нихуя не понял.
@@LibertarianLiberall I wish you the best of luck in learning English then
Вкратце говоря тут говорится что тут показывают что его активно ослабляет совершëнная с кем то сделка@@LibertarianLiberall
But if it made him weak,why did he continue to make more deals?
Alastor definetly sarcasticly says "Alistor altruist dies for his friends" and doesn't mean this in a literal sense. He wants freedom and someone binds him to help Charlie. He would go insane if he had died and people said about him that he died altruistically for his friends. He wants power and freedom nothing more currently. Maybe he has minimal simpathy for Charlie but not enough to overshadow his ambitions
Thank you. That's it! Why does everyone think he has gone soft all of a sudden? :D
maybe its lucifer seeing as to how they hate eachother and how you said the deal binds him to help charlie
Exactly!
He mentioned that he WAS starting to like them as friends in the beginning of the episode, but now, after his brush with second death and fearing those feelings are going to make him weak, he is willing to shove those blossoming good feelings away to focus on his own goals of freedom and taking over Hell for himself.
This breakdown was the result of him literally being SCARED for his life and the realization that feeling those emotions nearly killed him, resulting in an Ignored Epiphany moment and doubling down on his mask of sanity and veneer to get Charlie to likely help free him.
Exactly. The point is he just STARTED to like the cast. Definitely not enough to sacrifice his life for them. He doesn't even consider them as friends as of now. His only goal is to find a way to weasel his way out of the deal, that restrains him. I really cant understand why people think that HE of all people is changing for the better. The man is literal monster.
@@jacobkusnerik8809 No, he said that he started feeling fond of seeing them celebrate before the inevitable death battle. Not really that he grew to like them as people.
Bro is only playing nice cause he’s *contractually obligated* to
I could swear I saw this comment soemewhere else and someone replied that he's not obligated to be
where did you got this from? i don't remeber been stated anywhere in the show that he is forced to play nice
@@vtnk7597 Multiple times in the pilot, he doesn't care about the hotel at all. He thinks it's a stupid idea, but he made a deal with someone to help Charlie for something in return. He only JUST started to like everyone at the hotel except Husk and Nifty who he's known previously. From the looks of it he doesn't want to work for the hotel anymore since he almost died for it, something that disgusts him.
@@vtnk7597He is under some sort of deal and has been, as confirmed with his conversation with Husker. He has no reasonable motive for helping Charlie beyond his meager excuse. Both he and Lilith have been absent for a few years for reasons unknown. It is not hard to put together that he’s likely under a deal with Lilith to help Charlie out. Here in this clip he is downright going mental that he almost freaking died because of that deal and is desperately trying to find a way out (through his deal with Charlie against Lilith no doubt). Additionally in the pilot, he appeared suspiciously just after Charlie’s phone call to Lilith.
maybe i need to see the pilot again, thanks
Alastor seriously about to go on his angsty villain arc 😭
If that happens.Them my chair is gonna be dead from all the emotions
I’m pretty sure he’s already got a villain arc
It will be cool, because his motives, his ego, his smile, everything refers to the fact that he would not be bad at being a villain, but if this happens, it will be fantastic
Isn't he already in one? He's going for the "secret bad guy" for a while now.
@@Nightmare704RY It's not even remotely secret. From his introduction the show has made it exceedingly clear that he's only helping the hotel because he has ulterior motives.
that damn smile never lets me know how he really feels
I'd suggest looking at the eyes and body language.
The bit where he was grabbing his face, at 0:16 for example, the look in his eyes tells me that he's scared and maybe even confused as to what made him risk it all for a place he honestly didn't believe in at the start.
Means that his intention for keeping it no matter what is working perfectly
Just like he told Charlie: A smile is the best tool you can use as it inspires friends, keeps enemies guessing and no matter comes your way, you're always in control.
@@AnonEcho98 And his tone, there's that too.
You gotta look at body language
I love how Alastor's earlier "what would the papers say???" Comes back in this song. When he talks about dying for his friends, he's imagining what the headlines would say if Adam had managed to kill him. His legendary rise to power and his overlord hunt would be forgotten, and his legacy would be that of a kind-hearted martyr who died helping sinners redeem themselves. That's unacceptable. He's the legendary Radio Demon, and he wants to make all of hell remember that they should fear him
Am I the only one who sees him calling them "friends" as a mock? he evens calls himself altruist, almost like emphasizing what a dumb way of dying for such a trivial thing as "friends" that would be for him
yeah I think hes doing that too. I think hes going to distance himself. Yk him being the sadistic scary radio demon.
I see it as the opposite, he's scared. You can see it in his face, he's terrified that he's actually getting attached and showed visible horror in the fact that even for a brief moment, he was really ready to die fighting Adam for Charlie and the gang. At this point he's even more desperate to find an exit from this deal he made because now he thinks that once he regains his "freedom" he can abandon Charlie with no consequences and go back to his sadistic ways.
It can be both. Whether he does like them or not, playing pretend friend by helping them helps his goals and influence with them, and their wellbeing is convenient and useful by proxy as assets, which is in a twisted way is kinda how friendship actually works. Whether or not he actually admits that he cares, he DID almost die for them, and the whole 'greatest dad' song doesn't really make too much sense if he doesn't care, he was waaaayyyyy too antagonistic to Lucifer for having just met (Unless Lillith is relevant to his backstory, but hopefully we find out soon!).
@@venusstar2963 Youre right that hes terrified, but not that hes attached to them as friends. Hes terrified that hes attached to them through his deal. Charlie is stirring up trouble beyond even his power and he is forced to be a part of it, which might get him killed. Hes trying to make the most of it though, and once he can find a way to circumvent his deal hes planning on using these "friendships" hes formed to his advantage.
Altruist is capitalized and his name is his name on the wiki is Alastor Altruist so I assume its his last name
I like to think the way he says “Great Alastor Altruist” as if it was just a title means he’s just pretending to be an ally purely to get in the good graces with Charlie
100%
I saw it as the ‘good guy’ face he was putting on is finally coming off, he’s had enough. I guess nearly getting killed for something he really doesn’t care for is his breaking point, he wants out now.
@@wr5488 Personally I can believe that, I like to think he was like “What would a good guy do” and had been comfortable punching at his weight class for a while
So he takes a shot at a bigger fish and nearly gets mauled for it, wounding his massive ego in front of everyone in Hell for a cause he didn’t even believe in and was only using for a means to an end
It is much more complciated than that i think.
He said it like the title of a news boarcast. He's admitted to nifty he likes them, nifty being far, far closer to him tahn anyone else, and nifty is als ofond of them. But that is not what he wants to be known for, he is not selfless and does not want to be thought by such a meager title despite developing fondness for them.
He wants to be the mastermind not the martyr in someone else's plan.
But that is also it. He is actually all for whatever plan he's been forced into, which seems to be to manipualte charlie into becoming... something. But HE wants to be the one to benefit from it at the end, not the holder of his leash.
He says it like he's reciting what someone else would say if he actually died right there, so basically even if he were to die he does not want to go out because he was helping someone else
He’s clearly bound by a deal to help Charlie out (my guess, by Lilith)
Alastor really said "they nerfed me, and put me up against a final boss" 😂
The saddest bit of Alastors lore is that he is incapable of not smiling
It's been resolved, stop telling me I'm wrong
he's not smiled before
explain
@@rainbowsong909 only when talking
@@h.k8063 rewatch Charlie and him making the deal. His mouth is sewn into a smile
@@Pyromic In past live streams it was stated that he only thinks of a smile as power. He is capable of frowning, he just doesn't bc he thinks the moment he stops smiling is the moment he lost. the stitches on his face don't represent a forced smile in fact the way they're angled it would be to stop his smile from going any further. It's just a design to show his connection to voodoo. Like a doll. If the stitches were to represent a forced smile it would go from the corner of his mouth and head up, not crisscross like your sewing something shut.
i love how in order to understand Alastors true feelings you have to read his eyes and hand gestures since he is always smiling.
The dude almost went mad on the thought of people looking at him as nice person who sacrificed himself for his friends
Bro acts cool all season, almost dies and goes crazy 😂
Y'know that could've been avoided if Alastor did act so cocky and had just kept an angelic weapon on him.
If he didn't had a pact that sealed his power he would've blitzed Adam
Geto Treatment
@YugeeTo be fair she like never fought in her entire life and she even got a power up at the end.
@Yugee Charlie got 0 fighting xp, she's stronger than this version of Alastor for sure, but if we compare Alastor ( without restrictions ) and this Charlie without xp, there's a clear gap, both in skill and control over its power.
If we're talking about a Charlie with xp then she blitzes hell except for daddy Lucifer
This gave me heavy Nightmare before Christmas vibes
To me, it makes me think of Les Miserables
Same!! I'm trying to think which song it gave me vibes of...maybe Poor Jack?
@@SkittyDangerzne For me it was a blend between that one and Jack's laments.
@@colorbenja6163 exactly!
Literallyyyy even when he touched his face I was like "I feel like I've seen this in a skeleton form before"
Alastor is slowly but surely losing what little sanity he has left. He can't stand the fact that he actually took a liking to Charlie and her friends. He doesn't want to be seen as a hero, he wants to be feared.
He's more losing sanity over the fact that, in spite of being one of Hell's most powerful beings, he's on a leash to a currently unknown entity (many say it's Lilith, but since she's in Heaven, I don't how that's possible) and wants to get out of it asap and then strive to become THE most powerful force in all of Hell and if Charlie and the Hotel are his way of achieving that, then he will use them until such time he no longer has any need of them.
@@Big4ofThrash I'm betting that it's Roo (an upcoming antagonist Vivziepop teased a few years ago) that he's tied to. She also probably has something to do with Lilith's deal with Adam
@@walkingmemetichazard It could be eve
@@walkingmemetichazardI agree also his tentacles remind me of roots like from a tree or smth cause is root (of evil) because why would a deer have tentacles? Also there was no connection between Lilith or eve and the fact he became strong overnight root probably made a deal when he died? Idk and sorry English is not my first language I tried
So true!
Even when Alastor is in a bad state he never stops smiling..
I have a theory that Alastor physically can’t stop smiling like he said in the last episode “just because some is smiling doesn’t mean that how they feel” or something like that and when he made a deal with Charlie you can see that is mouth looks like it was stitches into a smile so he probably can’t stop smiling even when if he doesn’t want to smile so take that theory how you will
Yeah, I don't think he can stop smiling like physically
I read that he is smiling for his dying mother
He calls them his friends. I love that detail. He likes them and sees them as friends but he is still selfish af.
I still hope this psychopath has a conscience and Charlie won't get hurt by him.
he is quoting an imaginary news title
@@saulgoodmanactionfigurehe is still clearly fond of them just not enough to die for them or enough to give up on his ambitions
I think he meant friends in a mocking way
I see it as like a headline in the news, like what other people would see and he doesn't want to look weak like that
Megalomania is characteristic of maniacs and great people!Alasor is a vivid example of both the first and the second.Thanks to everyone who watched this video, wherever you are from!Stay in touch
You should've said "Stay Tuned".
bro alastor's wound is the same position to sans defeat in undertale
Megalomania is nowadays known as Narcissistic personality disorder by psychologists
@@erikbulux4793Narcissists put themselves above others and have a fragile sense of self + fragile ego. Megalomaniacs crave power to an obsessive degree. How are they identical?
@@caki4695 my bad for thinking they have the same characteristics, but they do share some similarities of symptoms. My apologies
I am not prepared for the moment where Alastor stops smiling…
If that does happen everyone will probably flip their chairs and i will be there laughing my butt off
If he stops smiling
Then we'll
Let's say he will make hell what people think it is
@@RoSe_SnOw okay, vox
@@saulgoodmanactionfigure I’ll just be taking that as a compliment
0:36 The trumpets made the scene exquisite for me
Jack Skellington vibes kick in whenever Alastor sings omg..
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Omg thank u so much for all these likes! I’ve never had this many comments and likes before!
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I was about to comment that, it really gave me Jack vibes
Yes! 100%!!
In Stayed Gone, at the side profile when he starts to transform, it's very clearly Jack Skellington inspired.
Yesss, it’s very poor jack and jack’s lament coded, and if it’s not a reference, I don’t know what to think
Of course Bandicut is Alastor’s master, it all makes sense now.
Ну наконец-то кто то догадался!!!🤝
@@LibertarianLiberallвтф рашн
Bandicut?
Who is Bandicut?
He’s crazy, but his little laugh at the end was adorable- pftt!
how aren't more people talking about it!? It's incredible
Not Alastor having a mental breakdown while everyone is celebrating 😭 ✋️
Edit: first time I got 1k likes on a comment- thanks
But he’s smiling while doing it
@@copfrown2397Only because he doesn’t have a choice.
When he made a deal with Charlie, it’s revealed that he has stitches all over his mouth.
He is literally INCAPABLE of NOT smiling.
@@DamontheDemon7 I though he always smile to show only confidence and dominance wherever he goes and however he feels
He's a cannibal serial killer bruh he's a villain
how the turn tables
I like that he’s completely disgusted by the fact of dieing for his friends
The raw emotion in his animation coupled with his singing. Had my jaw on the floor at how well they matched this to his VA
I love how a few verses create so many diverging views on Alastor, he is just that kind of character so hard to read! Cannot wait to see more honestly
He may refuse to stop smiling, but his eyes express a lot.
I don’t think people understand what Alastor means here. When he says “Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends” he isn’t talking about himself, it’s what other people would say about him if he had died. They would think he was selfless and that he cared about the others, but here he flat out says they’re not friends. He doesn’t want people to view him that way, hence why he says “that is not how this ends”. I think deep down he cares for them, but he isn’t admitting they’re friends unfortunately.
I refuse to believe that Alastor genuinely cares about the gang, bro is a whole ass serial killer cannibal.
@@Ilovekaiju yeah i think it’s hard to believe he cares about them, but the fact he’s a killer/cannibale has nothing to do with it. Angel is a killer and Rosie is a cannibal and they’re both sweeties. It’s just that he prides his power above any possible relationships.
@@IlovekaijuRosie is a cannibal and she’s one of the most wholesome characters in the show lol
nope, i’m pretty sure he gives no fucks at all about the rest of them
I feel like they’re absolutely building Alastor as an antagonist. an EXTREMELY rare occurrence in film, a protagonist to turn to an antagonist of this degree. he mocks his friendships and calls himself an altruist in a very sarcastic manner.
I really wish this part was a full song, the mask slipping it's so good
Everyone: Yay we won against the angels!
Alastor: genuinely tweaking out and plotting
Alastor's creepy solos (this and "Let's Begin") are my favorite parts of these songs.
Alsator is Becoming Villain Season 2
He was always the BBEG of the series, whether Charle has to confront him in Season 2 or Season 10, he is THE bad guy.
I don’t think so since vivziepop described him as chaotic neutral
@@Manuelaiello204 I mean he is a serial killer, sadist, psychopath, killed many overlords with a lot of pain. Makes one wonder how "chaotic neutral" he actually is, even when Viv said it herself
Y’all better chill out with Alastor💀 it’s pretty obvious Lilith is gonna be the next villain for season 2
@@PenksterI want to see alastor be the bad big villain in the future seasons.
The eyes always tell the story..
He looks SUPER stressed
Is nobody else going to talk about him singing about unclipping his wings
It's just an expression meaning to become free again, someone "clipped his wings" (aka put him under their control) and now he needs to "unclip them" (gain freedom) which would apparently make him more powerful because he's talking as if he's gonna be the mastermind after he becomes free again
Metaphor
Not Alastor going insane while everyone else is celebrating- 😭🤭✋
Alastor is the best character you can't change my mind.
True
alastor is a villain, you cant convince me otherwise, while giving us nothing the series hinted towards it a lot w stuff they showed or said
homelander from the boys was the scariest villain for me for a while, alastor has taken that spot easily, because he can be scary on a leash, imagine without
0:37 Bro, this part is wonderful AF
i loved this part because we actually got to see some emotion from him, like, he looks WORRIED and i love that
I think what's most interesting is that this is the first time we see alastor alone.
Every other piece of dialogue is him most likely manipulating/lying to people. So this monolouge is the first time i think we see the "true" alastor.
0:29 Наверно это самый удивительный момент, где можно увидеть столько эмоций Аластора! Волнение, безумие, жажда! Просто вау!
Для меня честь видеть много русскоговорящих людей , знающих этот мульт и умеющих грамотно поставить свою речь
@@LibertarianLiberall Имба c:
Правда, так непривычно видеть его таким.. эмоциональным? Есть явное ощущение того, что ему трудно держать улыбку в этот момент. Она выглядит больше как гримаса боли и безумия.
I’m surprised nobody is talking about the beginning of the episode when Alastor and Nifty are watching the others. It’s like you could see a slight genuine smile on his face.
Alastor probably sees any emotional connections as a huge weakness which is why he immediately shuts down anything about friendship. It’s really sad but still a cool character trait
"Sorry to dissapoint,"
Me"who has you on a leash? I wanna set you free sir."
Even while he's having his mental breakdown, his smile still leaves us guessing...
I love the unsure expression on alastors face when he says in "The constraints of my deal surely have a back door".
Dude realized he was becoming a good person and was like “Oh Naw!”
I like how Alastor chokes on “hair”. It’s both creepy and indicative of how injured he was, being so close to death.
Да,этот маньяк не хочет умирать
Me as a kid arriving for my least unpleasant day at school.
Its giving so much Tim burton, like Jack skeleton vibes.
this is truly my favorite scene in all of animation history
0:14 that face looks like saying: ARE YOU FÜCKING SERIOUS?
So true
Somewhere deep deep Alastor does care about his friends at first he saw them as tools and entertainment and Charlie as a possible solution to regain his freedom but now he knows he cares about them no matter how little it is and it terrifies him because Alastor was always selfish and the big man in hell but now he knows that Adam almost killed him and he died for his friends almost Alastor cant stand that thought but mostly that he knows he cares about them there is a possibility for him to be redeemed even if he didn’t know Pentious is send to heaven redeeming is just out of the question for him
I don't think he currently really considers them friends or anything at all. He seems to want to be free and not die due to his comittment and bindings. The "died for his friends" is clearly quite sarcasticly spoken
@@rct3LPbut he has a conversation with nifty and is clearly growing to be fond of them, he wouldn’t say that to them because then they’d see it as weakness but nifty is insane and is probably something for him to vent to
@@AdamSlander888 Alastor at the beginning of the series definitely wouldn't have let Nifty put that roach crown on his head.
@@AdamSlander888 he might grow fond of them but his overall goal is still way more important to him than any of them in any way
@@rct3LPAgreed. The breakdown was basically the result of realizing that he nearly died (which would have resulted in him losing himself to whoever is holding his leash) and the fact he had grown to care for the group as friends, which nearly led to him being killed by Adam defending a place he had originally had no faith in. He DOES care for them, but now he's too selfish about his own goals and scared for his own life. As such, he is willing to push those blossoming feelings away (maybe for good), buckle down on his mask of veneer and sanity he has exuded (remember what he told Charlie about smiles being valuable tools), and doubling his efforts to break his bonds and take over Hell for himself.
His facial expressions make me think he's desperate to alleviate whatever deal he made. Almost like he's going crazy over it.
Man litteraly lost but still is the best
Why does every cut off the final laugh he does, it’s literally so perfect
I WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO CRY WHEN I THOUGHT HE HAD DIED😢😢
How did you think he died tho? We basically get confirmation that he isn't dying, by his own words. "Radio's not dead, but it is ending this broadcast." He is the Radio Demon, he is "radio", and he's just tapping out of the fight
@@mist0804they could mean after Adam hit him but right before he escaped
Love how the animators worked so that even tho he's constantly smiling, you can tell his real emotions with the rest of his facial and body movements. Incredible
i have to wonder if alastor is just physically incapable of frowning.
like, his face is permanently stuck in that grin.
Alastor having a mental breakdown that he really was ready to die for his friends is hilarious.
He doesn't want people to think that he died for his friends if he did die.
you clearly did not understand the song
It is meant as a headline on a magazine. He believes it to be ridiculous and outright hilarious that he out of all people would do that, because he doesn’t want to.
He is selfish and he has ambition. He wants to use Charlie to break out of his deal with… someone. Probably Lilith. The prospect that he nearly died right here and there despite his ambition and that OTHERS might have considered this to be a „noble sacrifice for his friends“ is just hilarious to him.
I don’t want to say that he does not consider them to be friends, but I would rather say that he regards them more as tools than actual people he loves.
He is a psycho in all it’s fabulous glory and he owns it. Sadly I don’t think that he is capable of true love, because he won’t sacrifice himself for anyone at this point in the story.
He might get some character growth in that regard and sacrifice himself at the end of the story for… something? But I doubt that, cause I want him to be the final villain 🫎🫎🫎
@@gadreel5463but he put his own safety on the line for them. Knowing that his actions almost got him killed is why he gets so unraveled halfway through the song. He’s realizing he fucked up big and it almost cost him.
@@carnage0685 He expected to win, thus the line„What just happened?“ from him.
Him realizing that it almost costed him and all of the above… ye
“Alastor, altruist, died for his friends!” It’s the fact that such an idea is utterly ridiculous to Alastor that makes it so chilling.
Does anybody even realise that Alastor somehow survived a huge slash through the chest down to the waist and survived while standing like a normal sinner?
The spin he made at the end 🤌 Cheers kiss
Even if Alastor smiles, you could still see the panic, stress and turmoil in his eyes
I legit laughed out lad when the Bandicut logo faded in
How it feels during algebra:
There is so many humanitarian people all arond the world.
Proud , i am not alone❤
And then he just teleports to 'celebrate' with others XD
Bro said "I barely escaped being killed by a hair" and next time we see him he's completely fine, like he probably could've jumped right back in the fight if he can heal that quickly
@@mist0804 tbh, first time I saw that song I thought it was an animation error xD but dunno if him healing so fast is a better explanation --
@@mist0804 I'm assuming that he just fixed his coat or something
@@mist0804he most likely needed to fix the staff.
Maybe he has a big scar of his injury but hides it.
“And I barley escaped being killed by a hair” ❌
“And I barley escaped being killed by a hare” ✅
Rewatching this after the leaks makes me think more into it 😂
I love how both Vox and Alastor scratch the table when frustrated or angry.
This scene and the scene where he was with Nifty talking I think is showing some cracks in Alastor. He might be going a tad bit soft but is still evil and self focused.
He’s such a terrible, terrible man and I love him for it. He’s going to cause so many problems down the road
Just because he's fooling people into thinking he's good, doesn't mean he doesn't have potential to be good.
Omg his ears are so fluffy and cute! Al's cute ass ears give me life.
Analysis:
The first two lines of this part are simply describing the atmosphere.
"And I barely escaped being killed by a hair"
Pretty self explanatory since bro almost died cause of Adam
"Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends"
I think this is implying on how people will see him if they found out he almost died. Because he's image-conscious, he looks like he's panicking. I mean, imagine, one of the most powerful and heartless beings, almost died trying to defend the hotel. Everyone would think that Alastor had a soft spot for them, and maybe he did grow one, but didn't realize it.
"Sorry to disappoint, that is not where this ends"
Also pretty self explanatory. He simply says he ain't gonna die yet and that Alastor will ensure his reputation won't change.
"I'm hungry for freedom like never before"
Now, personally I think he made a deal with someone(Lilith or maybe Charlie), which to Alastor, hindered him, leading to his almost-death.
"The constraints of my deal surely have a back door"
This is basically saying that the deal he made with someone backfired on him and now he's suffering because of it. He also is trying t be optimistic, that there's a way out for this "mess".
"Once I figure out how to unclip my wings, guess who will be pulling all the strings"
Once he gets out of his mess, then he'll go back to being even more psychotic than ever
Now I love Alastor. He's my favorite character. He is fun as hell (pun intended) to watch and he steals the show every time he's on screen. But I'm not pretending he's a good person. As he said, his smile might be hiding his true intentions, but I can almost guarantee that those intentions are nefarious. Especially since "Great Altruist Alastor died for his friends."
He's going to do absolutely anything to get out of that deal, and he's the kind of guy who doesn't give a damn who gets hurt along the way, even if they've shown him kindness in the past. He is a demon, through and through and he loves it. There are some irredeemable monsters out there, and he is one of them. I personally can't wait to see what he does next.
They’re building him up to be the villain I can feel it
Alastor is a literal red flag telling you exactly what he is doing and what will happen.
One of these days, alastor is going to stop smiling. And when he does, I don’t think anyone in the immediate radius of him will survive
THANK YOU !!!! This scene has been living in my head rent free since the episode aired.
Thank you for wathing.
Now i am not russian teen-nerd, I am RUclipsr, Chad
Theres so much to disect in this scene i truly love the animation and the voice acting the laugh too!
I love how people are acting like Alastor secretly cares for the members of the hotel, even though this is clearly him having a breakdown at the idea that anyone would think such a thing and that if he HAD died that’s exactly what they would think. He doesn’t care about these people, he’s trapped there under contract and almost died for said contract
The fact that he’s still smiling showing that he is still hiding everything from us and is still in control
His eyes say he's a bit anxious and furious though.
He is not in control at all. He is outclassed by an angel and nothing he can currently do about it. Him smiling here is just him trying to feel in control of the situation.
I dont think Alastor meant that he actually sees them as his friends or cares
"Great Alastor altrulist, died for his friends"
An altrulist is someone who is selfless, who does things for others without expecting anything in return.
He doesnt want to be remembered as that, he wants power.
YES, people really seem to not notice the ( " " ) in the text indicating that it's some sort of narration. It's what people could've remembered alastor if he actually died
His laugh at the end 😨gives the chills ngl
'Great Alastor Altruist died for his friends'.
He's sickened by the idea of having friends and even more disgusted by the concept of him dying for them.
Brothers and sisters!
Thank you for Everything
“Once i figure out how to unclip my wings. GUESS WHO WILL BE PULLING ALL THE STRINGS!”
This part of the song deserves its own song. Its just too good
My man is too lost in his ego as the “radio demon” to have friends
There is a theory that Alastor sold his soul to Lilith.This song literally shows that it's true.That is why he helps Charlie.
He just want power
I think it has merit if the pilot is canon since as soon as Charlie called Lilith saying she needed help Alastor showed right after
There is a theory about Loa spirits
i don't think it is even about power though. About image....
He';s manipulating charlie under lilith's orders. everyhting he's doen is because of lilith's designs, aside for making that deal with charlie.
BUT he's actually all for this plan..... but he wants to be the man behind it all. the mastermind, not a meager pawn that was nearly sacraficed to take out the king.
Well it doesn't prove that it's Lilith he sold his soul to, but he did sell it to someone
I love how Alastor's smile and charisma is able trick half of the fandom into thinking he's a good person. His only goal right now is free entertainment and to be freed of his chains. He most likely wants to take over Hell or even to take over Heaven too. He might have a heel turn later on, but for now, Alastor could give less of shit about the others. He literally left in order to save his own skin and that led to Sir Petinous dying. Then again, there wasn't much he could've done with his cane broken.
Steven Universe fans SOBBING when they see a bad guy will stay evil until the very end.
When this guy does someone truly evil imma laugh because half of the fandom are gonna be like “but…I thought he was good guy 😢”
“unclip my wings” I guess Alastor is an angel