tryin 2 remind myself how 2 draw these guys its been way too long :0
As an Alastor fictive, i have been doing this kind of stuff for years so... i truly recommend it. Thank you for enlist such a wonderful tips. //genuine
If it helps anyone... Lately, I add the activity of recording short ""podcast"" to send friends, talking them about thoughts or anecdotes. That puts myself infront of the microphone and gives me comfort — A.🎙
Hello, my name is Alastor. I am a fictive from Hazbin Hotel.
I've been feeling dysphoric about the (female) body recently, so I decided to write things that I do to help those feelings, in case any other versions of me are looking for ways to help themselves.
Wear semiformal/formal clothes. Any colors work for me, but red/black is prefered.
If you can, do crafts that help you feel better (this could be anything you feel you're missing that could be easily accomplished) or buy things online.
Try to make your voice sound more flat when you talk.
There are lots of radio filter softwares, and programs to make your voice sound like Alastor specifically. I've spent a great deal of time just talking through the filters and then listening to myself. I'm weird, I know, but it helps.
Listen to the radio! Doesn't matter what it is, music or just talk stations.
if there's a time when you're talking into a microphone (whether it be theatre, making a podcast or blog, etc), imagine you're doing your radio show. If you actually do radio, even better!
If you can with friends, or when you're alone, refer to modern things in an old-timey way. It's hard to explain, but you know what I mean.
Listen to music. There are many hazbin playlists, or just listen to jazz or whatever helps you feel in the right mood.
And lastly, remember to always wear a smile!
-🎙️
Dont be worry!! Its happended to me sometimes and he will come back at some point! Im sure 😉💙
Loki disappeared in november. Can't feel his presence anymore, should i be worried?
Sí.... Por favor.... TT^TT)
A quien no les gustaria escuchar más canciones de bad luck? (nuevas) por que por mi … seria genail…
*in the groupchat*
Loki: “My dearest beloved fuckos” is a fun, gender-neutral way to begin a speech.
Sigyn: See also: “Esteemed bastards”
Skadi: “Gentlefolk, Ferals, and Domesticated Cryptids”
Thor: “My fellow yees and haws…”
Look who’s getting ready for Halloween !
Also bonus sketch of the finished jack-o lanterns
(Sebaciels dni )
I'm really, REALLY hoping that it was just a VERY well-done fan animation posed as a leak and not actually one. :)
this is so real...
Killing off characters that have struggled with trauma and abuse before getting their redemption gives a really bad message to people who struggle with depression and PTSD.
maruki's reality
There’s already some posts about this, but I still wanted to make my own and dump it. I apologize for not putting this under a cut, but I feel like people will dismiss it otherwise.
Naoto introduces himself as a boy. Naoto/ 直斗 is a boys given name that means “Honest Big Dipper”, likely not the name he was given by his parents at birth since he’s afab. He clearly doesn’t use his ‘natural’ voice, and tries to make his voice sound deeper, but it still sounds off. This implies he’s working on voice training still and hasn’t mastered his range.
From just looking at canon art of Naoto, we can tell he binds. Sometimes he has a very clear bust, and sometimes he’s completely flat. In Line Sticker art, this is confirmed to be done with bandages.
I bring this up because it’s important to establish: Atlus does not know what they’re doing. Safe binding is not a trans only resource. Cis afab cosplayers bind if they want a flat chest when cosplaying either flat chested women or men, so safety on doing this should be known.
Bandages are not safe. Naoto is putting himself in danger just to make himself look flat chested.
Let’s look at his shadow:
Regardless of in boss-form or not, the shadow has a flat chest. If Naoto’s shadow was a part of himself that he was hiding from, and what he’s hiding is that he’s supposedly a girl, why does his shadow fully present as male?
That’s not what his shadow is. His shadow is Naoto’s insecurities. “He’s not actually a boy. He’s childish. He just doesn’t like himself. He’s scared that people will see him differently if he was clearly a girl. He’s just doing this to success.”
Taking these thoughts that Naoto’s shadow expresses, it becomes obvious that he has internalized transphobia. He’s justifying why he identifies the way he does and telling himself he’s not really what he is.
The game portrays these thoughts and insecurities as internalized misogyny that he needs to overcome.
I don’t know how to tell you that telling an afab person who has said that they’re a boy that they are, in fact, really a girl with internalized misogyny is incredibly transphobic, toxic, and harmful.
This exact mind set is the reason I personally and many other trans men are not allowed to start our medical transition until we are able to leave our parents.
For Naoto’s justifications, saying that it’s so he won’t be judged in the work place- His mother was a famous detective. There’s no reason he should have this fear, and even then, why go so far as he has? Voice training, unsafe binding, and for his work place to not know his agab or dead name? He would have had to legally change it. No one who is just pretending to be a gender they aren’t would not go through THIS much trouble.
There’s also the tons of medical themes that Naoto’s shadow talks about, which- again- for a trans person, having medical themes and surgery on the mind, especially a ‘life altering’ surgery, it’s not that uncommon among trans folk who plan to medically transition. Why would a detective’s dungeon be medical themed when he has no medical traits to his character aside from, perhaps, his transition plans?
Something that bugs me and I’m sure many others a LOT is how, as soon as Naoto’s shadow says he’s ‘actually a girl,’ everyone instantly begins to refer to Naoto as a girl. When this happens from a source that isn’t the character themself, it’s blatantly transphobic. If you hear about someone’s “actual gender” from a person who ISN’T that someone, talk to them about it. Ask them how they actually want to be referred by.
Another small thing, but Kanji is meant to be gay but then they pulled “Aha, he has a crush on Naoto, so he isn’t ACTUALLY gay!” which, yeah, homophobic and transphobic. If a gay man likes a trans man, that is still just as gay as if he liked a cis man. Making Naoto ‘actually a girl’ was hitting two birds with one stone, and cishets- and even other queer people, sadly- ate that shit up.
I’ll go over some arena screenshots now, thank you to @covecaller for posting them.
How much needs to be said about this one? It’s very common for trans people in unwelcoming situations to wish they were born as the gender they actually are, and it especially would make sense for Naoto. As soon as he was outed as afab, no one refereed to him as a boy and they never even asked him about it first.
This is blatant transphobia. “You lack confidence in yourself” is word for word what my mother said to me when I came out to her. Calling trans people ‘lies’ or a ‘liar’ for their identity? Also blatant transphobia.
You can look at the other arena screencaps Zach posted here.
You can say all you want that p4 is old, so of course it’s going to be bad, but so what? Letting it constantly get off the hook and never criticizing the creators will give them a message. Letting things like this go hurts the minorities that that character is a part of, and this is backed up even less by the fact that Atlus STILL hasn’t done anything about it. There is still persona 4 content being made, and Naoto is still being sexualized when he is, by the way, 15-17 throughout the series, and misgendered.
Reblogs are highly appreciated, feel free to make your own additions with more proof if you feel like I missed out on something important with explaining why Naoto should not be portrayed as a girl.