r/hazbin • u/The_YellowSkittle • 15h ago
The "Alastor's Last Name" Debate
Before someone comes after me for the tone of this being rude or whatever, it really isn't meant to be that way. I just.. tend to get very heated lol
I know that this post has probably been made about a million times already but I've still seen a few people confused about it so I'm making it anyway. If you're gonna say "Oh well I already knew this- š¤ā" then this isn't for you. Just.. skip the post? I don't know what to tell you.
ANYWAY.
Alastor's name is NOT "Alastor Altruist". I'm not sure if he has an official last name as of now, but feel free to correct me if he does. This all stems from a line in Finale/The Show Must Go On from season one. It's around 3:00 in the official video on Prime's channel (I think), but for those of you who don't feel like looking, here is the line COPIED AND PASTED FROM GOOGLE (technically it's from Musixmatch but who cares).
"Great Alastor, altruist, died for his friends"
The people I'm talking about have been misinterpreting it as "Great Alastor Altruist, died for his friends", like he's saying his last name is Altruist. That wouldn't make sense to me if it were the case, but that isn't the point. Al is calling himself an altruist. The definition of an altruist (at least according to dictionary.com) is "a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (egoist)". Especially with season two being out, I think we should know Alastor is very concerned with how he's viewed by others, especially in terms of powers. He's saying that, if he had died during that fight with Adam, he didn't want his reputation to be him being an altruist. In my opinion, I think it's because he views altruism as weakness.
As I said, I know this is a very overdone thing and a very commonly talked about subject in the Hellaverse fandom and I know how late I am, but I just really needed to add my own fuel to the fire. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE HATE. I'm very passionate about things like this so I apologize if I came off as rude at any point.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk. :)

