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i am pretty sure it is canon that Alastor is Asexual and Aromantic.

Precisely, in French, she said "a rare gem", a really good person.

That hebrew translation is very concerning...

Thats so wierd, most people in The Czech Republic know what an ace person is, and you could call a valuable asset/person an "ace in your sleeve" (eso v rukávu) in czech. Shame the dabbing team couldn't think of a pun. :(

I knew the vid idea was sparked by the italian translation right away, when I found out that was the way it was translated I got so triggered (I'm italian but watched it in english to avoid this thpe of mistranslations)

To be fair Charlie is lesbian, and Alister is male, so she wouldn’t like the idea of people thinking they’re dating regardless of his sexuality.

I always took Charlie’s “relaxed” face as “curious”. I feel like if it was relief of tension, her eyebrows would soften and she would smile. Her eyebrows went up and her little frown barely changed. I think Charlie is the audience and also doesn’t know how to take Rosie’s comment.

I think the Dutch translation does actually apply both meanings, it's just coming at it from a different direction. "Winner" does definitely mean "person who comes out on top" but it's ALSO the term Hazbin uses for "person who has gotten into Heaven". She's essentially calling him a pure soul with, I'm guessing, alll of the judo-christian cultural implications vis-a-vis sexuality that that would imply.

Whats funny is that Charlie is canonically like 200 something years old and I think Al is like 40- 50 😂😂😂

Can I hear the hebrew dub? I know the language & wanna know if it really does translate to "I know you're wrong."

Charlie’s also like 200+ years old so her “being too young” could be another reason she’d roll her eyes 😂

Alastor has been confirmed asexual before the show happened, also she just implied he's a dirty old man, so i'd argue that the meaning of asexuality is more important than the other

8:37 or maybe Charlie was just annoyed because she was saying that they couldn't be together cuz of age,of course that is not the case here but it could very well be,I would also be annoyed of that but eitherway viv did say that alastor is cannonly ace so the translation wouldn't capture the original meaning of the sentence eitherway

5:02 as a Québécois (who doesn’t watch Hazbin hotel, I don’t know why I’m here), that is a great line

As far as I know, there is no official Finnish translation dub, but if there was, it would probably translate something like this: "Don't take it seriously (or; Don't be offended), I know you're not that kind of person." and Alistair would respond, "Kind of what?" The reason is that a similar joke or even a direct translation would not fit into a sentence translated into Finnish, which why it needs trimming and then unfortunately the direct reference to asexuality would be lost but instead would create the assumption that Alistair is a person who doesn't date.

Could Charlie's eye roll be due to heteronormativity? Especially since she's openly dating a WOMAN, she's annoyed that when she's seen with a man, even one visibly far apart in age from her, someone (if ironically) immediately implies that they're a couple.

I really don't think it was intended to mean anything other than asexual. They're stylized as being from a time period where people didn't talk about sex nearly as openly as we do now, so queer people of the time euphemized it mostly for the plausible deniability. It's for that reason that I honestly feel like the Hebrew translation is one of the best of the bad translations: "wrong" isn't exactly a cool thing to call us, but neither is a lot of things we've been called. It's for that reason I feel it's better than any of the translations that focus on his skills

(part one) … okay, I already tried posting this comment but it got deleted. I’m not sure if I broke a character limit or if UA-cam is just that terrified of the word s*x but I’ll try again with a bit more splitting for length and precautionary self-censorship. \O/ Anyway, I really enjoy your videos and how you always try to see things from different perspectives. Here, however, I think I might be able to offer a new one, as well as a bit of context. Context I got from watching interviews with the Hazbin Hotel Italian dub cast, but also from a bit of speculation on my part, connecting the dots between what they were saying and what I had seen watching the series. Now, first things first, two facts to consider. One: as*xuality is not very well known in Italy. If you aren’t at least relatively young and know your way around online spaces where it may be discussed, you aren’t likely to be aware of it at all. As*xual people call themselves as*ssuali, but there isn’t even an equivalent term to ace, so they just use the English word for that. Two: the Hazbin Hotel Italian dub has two dubbing directors, working closely together to adapt both the dialogues and songs. One is Oreste Baldini, in his 60s, famously a bit of an “eccentric and little reclusive artist” type. The other is Rossa Caputo, in her early 30s, a long-time Vivziepop fan with strong opinions on topics under the “social justice” umbrella who’s been very active in promoting the show online. Just from these descriptions, you can probably imagine which one of them knew about Alastor being ace in advance and which one had the double meaning of “ace” here completely fly over his head. When they got to this scene, Oreste reportedly tried finding ways to make the scene funnier in translation, likely because he could see there was supposed to be some kind of pun or witty joke in it but only got the more surface level angle of the humor, which must have seemed not really that funny or clever to him. That’s why he proposed having Alastor reacting with smugness rather than confusion to Rosie’s words, almost suggesting they were doing a bit together. Rossa immediately shot that down, and explained what had been said about Alastor’s s*xuality outside the series itself and why that aspect needed to be kept in. Oreste realized she was better equipped to handle the adaptation of that particular exchange and stepped aside, giving her carte blanche. However, that still left Rossa with a series of problems to consider. A pun using the word “ace” would not work in any way in Italian, while simply having Rosie say “you’re as*xual” would strip her line of all additional meaning, turning it plain and simple and having as*xuality itself be the punchline of the joke. Plus, would Rosie, Alastor’s friend and ally, actually say that to Alastor’s face, not to mention right in front of another character, when Vivziepop had also previously said that Alastor himself wasn’t really aware of or able to put his s*xuality into words?

The fact some translations translate it as "not interested in romance" is interesting, because ace as short for asexual means someone doesn't experience sexual attraction, it doesn't nessercerily mean someone is aromantic. However, Rosie in the original dub is also kindof making the same mistake, the leadup is about Charlie and Alastor dating, not having sex, so really she is saying ace but means aroace, which is technically using the word wrong, but she wouldn't be the first.

At least Italy has garlic bread.

I would like to here that

Not sure if this is on topic but here I go anyway: I've been learning Japanese as a hobby for a while now and i wanted to practice listening and reading while also watching Hazbin so I changed the audio and subtitles to Japanese. The wording lines up the majority of the time, but occasionally the subtitles will be a different translation than what the characters are saying. I imagine this is because different trams are doing each translation and while the dub is trying to match lip flaps at least a little, the sub is trying to be as "accurate" as possible

my second language is Japanese. I assume this is the same in other languages, but the Japanese subtitles do not actually match the Japanese dubbing. The party where Rosie says "I know you're an ace in the hole" in English, Japanese subtitles simply say 「あなたはエース」[anata wa eesu] "You are ace". But her Japanese dialogue for that line is actually 「あなたは隠れたエースだもの」[anata wa kakureta eesu damono], "You are a hidden ace"; to which Alastor responds 「それで？」[sore de?], which can vaguely translate as things like "So?", "What is that?", "And that is?", "Pardon?", things of that energy. It doesn't exactly have a direct translation in this context. The subtitle for that line just says 「で？」[de?], which just reads like he said "huh?" So in Japanese we also got a double meaning. Alastor is the hidden ace, their trump card. The secret ingredient. He is the key to their success, and they will hide him from their enemies until they're ready. But in context of sexuality, what does being a hidden ace mean? Does it mean he's in the closet? If that's the interpretation, then Rosie just outed him and he's reminding her to stfu. Another reading could suggest "hidden ace" means his asexuality is hidden from him. He hasn't figured it out yet. The meaning of this phrase is hidden from him. Which is the implication in English, and makes sense given his response

I appreciate your boldness to open this can of worms. Also well done sifting through all the subtleties. Personally i lose my patience real fast reading subtitles so i rely on others to report back. As for the topic. I have gone back in forth with people both on line and in person. I’m afraid my opinion is very middle of the road. I agree that the line is textual proof that Alistor is asexual. I agree that it is fair that people missed this. It is very blink and you will miss it. Alistor doesn’t seem to register either meaning. And then on to something else. Also the line delivery. I am sure it is the directing. The way the words are emphasized…. Or the speech pattern of syllables…. I don’t know. I have been trying for months to come up with a way to describe what is wrong with it. It just feels forced. Like she is shouting the whole thing so no one can miss a single word. It doesn’t feel like comfortable and playful ribbing of an old friend. Anyone else? The other thing is i agree with others asking for Alistors asexuality to be explored. As stated his behavior doesn’t mark him as particularly different from the rest of the case. He doesn’t like sexual advances and he has some characters he shows physical affection for like mimsy. The journey of him figuring it out could be really interesting to watch. On the other hand the show is constantly horny so there are a lot of ways this could go badly. I hope madrano has people in the asexual community giving her writing advice. You can tell me if i come off as too salty from the Manmon reveal. Also there are the radio apple shippers who are the new Zutara shippers and i mean that in the most exasperated way possible. In conclusion…… 🫠

In the most, well, reliable russian dub she says "Kidding, I know your an ace in a whole eye". This captures two of the meanings, although the "in a whole eye" part is just to rhyme it. "Ace" as a card is "tuz", ace as a master is pronounced [ɑs], and so is short for asexual (although many people wouldn't understand both of the meanings).

Thank you for this analysis! I'll definitely watch the other ones. It's so refreshing to see someone analyze Charlie's micro expressions, normally people just concentrate their analysis in her most obvious character traits and they forget about these little actions that matter just as much to understand her character.

too many meanings for just one word,I guess whoever thought of these meanings really loved the word and went overboard,it's so confusing,was ace someone's favorite word and they were like I want a thousand meanings of this one word,like damn,I don't think any other word has this many different meanings

In Thailand they don't seem to distinguish gender from sexuality when it comes to "toms" and "ladyboys", each of these sexualities is considered a different "gender"

HI team Italian here XDXD i'm happy you like theitalian dub so much eheheh

There are subtle hints throughout Season 1 that Angel comes from a Mafia family. Many families involved in the Mafia are dysfunctional, a dynamic hinted at in "Radio Killed the Video Star." During the morality skit, Angel looks away from the others and appears visibly uncomfortable with his role. This discomfort likely stems not only from being villainized as someone who turned to drugs as a coping mechanism but also from the line about being a "Bad man who hasn't had enough hugs," which seems to hit close to home. Additionally, when Charlie praises Pentious for his part in the skit but ignores Angel, it seems to dredge up painful memories. This could reflect his experience growing up in a family where love and respect had to be earned rather than freely given. As the second son in a family with three children, Angel likely found his accomplishments overshadowed or ignored. Angel is also a homosexual man who died in the 1940s. During that time, any relationship outside the traditional male-female dynamic was considered a mental illness and could lead to arrest or worse if exposed. Men were also discouraged from expressing emotions perceived as weak or "womanly." Angel’s father and brother may have been aware of his homosexuality but would have made it clear that it was unacceptable within the family. Denying his identity, combined with having no outlet to express himself, likely contributed to his substance abuse issues. Drugs like heroin and cocaine were commonly included in medications at the time, further complicating his struggle. Adding to this is the potential racism Angel may have faced as an Italian-American during World War II, especially since Italy was part of the Axis Powers. Even if psychological help beyond institutionalization had been available in that era, Angel could not have sought it. The Mafia demanded strict oaths of secrecy, with lethal consequences for breaking them. His mother and sister would have been excluded from Mafia business, as organized crime was seen as a male domain. While they likely suspected shady dealings, they would have known it was safer to stay uninvolved. As a result, Angel avoids discussing his Mafia background-it’s not something he feels he can talk about. However, he uses subtle methods to hint at his history, allowing others at the hotel to piece things together. For instance, the porn flick he presents for show-and-tell begins with an exaggerated Mafia interrogation scene. Later, in "Masquerade," Angel helps Husk take down loan sharks. Husk appears to realize Angel isn’t just a porn star. Although it’s unclear if Husk suspects Angel’s family ties, his background as an Overlord of Gambling (an industry linked to organized crime) raises the possibility that he may have encountered Angel’s older brother, Arackniss. Angel’s involvement with Valentino might also connect to his Mafia ties. While nothing is confirmed, there are hints. For example, in "Welcome to Heaven," Angel mentions that Val has taken to waterboarding but quickly brushes it off with, "I don’t know, it’s a kink." However, his expression suggests otherwise. Additionally, when Val shows Angel his contract, it is signed only with "Anthony," indicating that Angel may have completely severed ties with his family.

I love what you said about Emily being able to reach angels that would never listen to Charlie just because she's from Hell. I know Em's gonna be a big Heaven-side player but I hadn't looked at it that way before. Also, great analysis of Lucifer warning Charlie about Heaven, and how they'd see her. Even though she's princess of a whole other realm she'd probably be seen as the lowest person in Heaven. That gives a whole other vibe to their interactions. I'm definitely gonna have to go back and watch your other videos on this. Love the content.

love this series! can't wait for the next one

love you hazbin hotel series and also the cosplay! you look great😊

Just a little point of fact: during the musical number, Alastor’s form is given an alternate color scheme - possibly indicating that he isn’t “showing his true colors” during this scene. I know that you essentially said as much in your video, but you seem to have missed that visual cue.

This is not a mistake, it's a major hint about something. That's all I'm going to say.

Charlie put all her points in inland empire, conceptulization, and empathy

8:05 - Katie Killjoy does in the pilot. Alastor's disrespectful towards Charlie as well, but he's Alastor.

Been eagerly enjoying the last 5 Tuesdays for this series! I loved it! Would be cool to see a video on Vaggie someday. But at the top of the list I’m most anticipating Lucifer. 👏

alastor still has moral codes under his belt,I'm glad he's able to help charlie to learn about leadership and her future,whether this is good,bad or even neutruel,that's up to alastor,but for now,he's helping her and push herself to where she needs to be in life

These vids have opened my mind to things I’d been wondering about in the back of my head since season 1 and it’s true. Charlie has succeeded in many more ways then she currently realizes.

This video is so fun

I adored this series! Great breakdown of it

Great series. I would love to hear your thoughts on Nifty. She may not have very many lines, but her non-verbal communication says so much about her. So double check EVERY scene she is in, even in the background. A favourite of mine is the start of ep4 where she is the only one to like Angel's video.

I *REALLY* hope nothing bad happens to Emily in future seasons of Hazbin Hotel, and if she does end up becoming a Fallen Angel, she’s given asylum in the Hazbin Hotel by Charlie and co..

12:55 Such thing exists they're are called worker owned firms & partnerships. The problem with them is they only work in very few narrow cases otherwise they got out-competed by the privately owned companies. And if you have a whole country made of those then you get Socialist Yugoslavia.

so true, like emily really called them out on their shit, though sera clearly didnt see her as anything but a dumb kid who was gonna get herself in trouble

Frrr😊

An amazing in depth analysis!

I am non-binary, and for me my androgyny is femininity, for me ideal androgyny is the land of the lustrous, it is part of my aesthetics, my inspiration but for society it is not. And this prevents me from feeling normal, I am tired of being accidentally called a woman simply because I do not try to fit into the stereotypes of androgyny that exist in society and im femenine. For me, masculinity is not my thing, but I am so tired of misgendering and dysphoria that it leaves me no choice. I would like gender to be only a personal thing that a person himself realizes and decides for himself what it is, and people did not impose their gender model on others.

I agree but it's like disney. Oh our couple is gay and we'll only say it on twitter and not in the show itself or our character is non-binary and we won't say it or show it anywhere except on twitter *favepalm*