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13.) The end of S2 foreshadows that Rosie/Eve (the "Devil") will enlist Alastor to bring Hell to Earth, with her hive-minded, cannibalistic minions, so that they can launch a zombie apocalypse that starts in the swamps of New Orleans. Rosie smiles when he says "you knew my game the day we met" because he is referring to when he said that all he wants to do is eat and kill people for eternity, hinting that as long as he can do that as part of a quid pro quo, he'll be part of her schemes regardless of any contract. Launching this slaughter on Earth would benefit Alastor for the reasons he already told her and Rosie/Eve wants to do this to secure her power over Earth, kill Adam's human extensions, and also possibly kill Adam again, if he reincarnated on Earth.

This "Hell on Earth" scenario would fit well into voodoo legends of zombies rising from swamps in New Orleans (the place where Alastor reached Rosie from Earth, a swamp backdrop that has recurred throughout the show) and is consistent with Rosie/Eve's entire motivation for everything she does, which is to hurt Adam and his human offspring. Since Alastor would eat humans unrestrained in his monstrous form, that would also play into other Louisiana Bayou monster legends like the rougarou, a cannibalistic swamp creature. The fact that Alastor makes his room look like he is living in a swamp (as if he is literally a swamp monster) and that Helluva Boss shorts featured cryptids like Bigfoot and the chupacabra foreshadows this very zombie apocalypse scenario-- especially since Helluva Boss shows how a portal could be opened to invade Earth, and Rosie/Eve raising the dead from a Garden of Eden-like bayou landscape to hunt down her ex and his children is exactly her kind of humor.

Not only is Orion's Belt a famous star pattern notably consisting of three side-by-side stars referred to as the "Three Kings", alluding to the Vees "star" potential/fame, but it also resides within the constellation Orion, who is a handsome hunter in pursuit of prey with a bow and arrow, also known in mythology as pursuing forbidden love.

The "V" symbol makes sense turned on its side because then it resembles an arrowhead, like those used by the hunter Orion, symbolizing how all three of the Vees pursue love and attention--Valentino via controlling the sexual lives of others and making himself a literal object of attention (especially Vox's, literally performing for his cameras), Velvette through having social media followers, and Vox via building a cult of worshippers whose affection he can accept openly. In the show, the use of a bow and arrow is also something specifically used by Velvette, alluding to her celestial origins as part of the Orion constellation. The arrowheads themselves specifically look just like the "V" symbols they use to represent themselves--another hint that all three of the Vees were part of the same Orion constellation.

Symbolically, Orion's Belt was also thought to represent "a bridge mirroring how love connects entirely different lives", which is strikingly similar to how Vox, Valentino, and Velvette connected with each other, despite being born in different eras, having totally unique backgrounds, and dying at different ages--and with all of those differences being reinforced by a cruel society keeping them apart. I wonder if this may also explain why all three of them led lives of excess where they sought fame and attention and ended up dying young, especially with Vox's design showing how he sought to become "brighter", leading him to a manic state, because this mania was due to an existential dread they all felt, in which they struggled to find their celestial companions since all three of them were separated from each other when they were alive. The happiness they clearly feel when they are together reflects how deep their bond is, to the point that being separated would take a tremendous toll.

Perhaps Vox's behavior as a cult leader was actually him unknowingly seeking out his beloved but missing companions, making himself literally a bright beacon to try to find them among the masses but going insane because he never could (because unknown to him, they had not been born into a living form yet). Valentino and Velvette likely did the same thing.

In Valentino's case, he probably literally tried to form physical connections with as many people as possible to try to find his soul companions (specifically Vox), only to be driven into despair because he couldn't find them, so that he probably died from drug abuse (which is also probably why he abuses Angel Dust because he represents how pathetic he himself was at the height of his drug abuse, and beating on him is a way to hurt himself). I think Vox also hurts Angel because he represents his greatest fear that he himself is something of a twink, and hurting Angel helps him reject that uncomfortable feeling of being sexually submissive--a remnant of the homophobic trauma he still endures from being alive and that made it hard for him to submit to or show "weakness/lose control" to Valentino (a trauma that I think will start to heal now that Vox relinquished control to Valentino in the S2 finale and was okay afterwards).

Velvette looks like she was into witchcraft and often wears skull symbols, making me wonder if perhaps she was trying to communicate with the dead and seek out those in other planes of existence, as well as dig into astrology, as if she was trying to build connections with some unknown celestial entities that, at the time, she didn't know were Vox and Valentino. For her, I think Vox and Valentino are like father figures, since her doll form, and the fact that she can literally put herself back together alone, suggests a neglected childhood--with Vox literally being called "daddy" multiple times and Valentino sometimes playing the stereotypical role of "mom", her doll-form also brings to mind the idea of "playing house". She seems happiest when they are all together and Vox and Valentino's behavior is notably parent-like--with Vox sending her money when she does well and telling her to "behave" while Valentino calls her "my babydoll". Even the way Velvette dresses at times looks like a fusion between her two "fathers"--long, thin stripes and thick black and red stripes from Vox on her pants and on one sleeve, and hearts on the chest and collar and black and white stripes from Valentino on the other sleeve:

11.) Alastor and Zestial are beings of pure evil who will never be redeemed because they would never seek it in the first place, since all they want to do with eternity is spend it hurting, eating, and killing others just because they enjoy doing that and have no remorse.

I would argue that other characters, like Valentino, Vox, Velvette, and others, do horrible things because those acts are coping mechanisms in response to a lack of control, which stems further back to feelings of loneliness and vulnerability in the pursuit of love (which makes sense if the Vees' souls used to be the three king stars of Orion's Belt (see my post #9), since Orion is a hunter constantly in pursuit, the V symbol evokes the imagery of an arrowhead the hunter Orion is using to pursue prey and love, and all three of the Vees notably pursue love and attention in their own way, especially from each other--which may explain why they died prematurely on Earth, desperately trying to find each other without even realizing it by trying to literally make as many connections as possible, only to take it too far since their soulmates were not on Earth at the same time)--this also explains why Vox loves sharks because they are apex hunters, tying back to his soul's roots as part of the hunter Orion constellation. The Vees commit horrible acts not for the sake of doing them, but because they are a means to an end, and also because of their misunderstanding that they are in Hell because of an unfair system where they are called bad for being gay, etc., so that much, if not all, of what they do is therefore performative or even, in their minds, an act of resistance against those who call them "bad".

By contrast, Alastor and Zestial make clear that all they want to do is live out eternity in Hell killing, hurting, and enjoying people's screams as they harm them, because in this system, where making sacrifices to the Root secures your power, doing so is rewarded--the motivation to do that does not derive from character flaws, complex excuses, or righteous intentions, they simply and greedily do those things relentlessly because that's all they want to do with their existences--they are constantly hungry to cause more suffering, which is why both of them constantly kill and harm others. If either of them are aware of what Hell really is (though I don't think either of them are aware of Rosie's identity) then they would also know that they need to play their cards right to avoid "dying" and automatically becoming the next meal of the Root of Evil, since at the end of the day they are still just food to the eldtrich being that watches them at all times. Their soul forms as a deer and an insect serve as a constant reminder that they are prey to a larger entity, regardless of how powerful they become--which probably explains why Alastor visibly panicked when he realized he wasn't as powerful as he thought, since that increases the risk that his soul would be eaten and he himself would end up experiencing eternal suffering, instead of him gleefully doing that to others.

In retrospect, I think that this is why Alastor shows a level of respect for Zestial he doesn't show to anyone else, because they are both solitary predators pursuing an eternal existence of causing suffering, which is reflected by the lime green and black energy of their souls--indicative of the metaphysical force of Evil alongside the green energy of greed--and also by their common behaviors of acting almost aristocratic, which I think reflects how they benefit from the system functioning as it does, to the detriment of others. They don't want love, friendship, or even companionship, they just want to clear the field of threats to their power so that they know their way of existing won't be compromised. I would argue that in both of their cases, any friendly behaviors they exhibited were all part of a careful manipulation to secure the status quo they depend upon to do what they want with eternity. In Alastor's case, he was only at Charlie's hotel because Rosie forced him to be there, which means that all of his excuses to be there were lies, and also, his behaviors in acting gentile and friendly, specifically when he knew Charlie was watching, was all an act that I think was ultimately intended to gain Charlie's trust, so that eventually he could trick her into making a deal with him.

In Zestial's case, I think he similarly used manipulation techniques to influence Carmilla's actions because, while on the surface he seems to show care for her, it shouldn't be forgotten that he has a special interest in being in her ear knowing that she is the overlord given the most power to affect the system--he is self-interested to make sure she maintains the status quo in his favor, and therefore I don't think his motivations to influence her should be mistaken as a genuine act of friendship. When she goes along with Vox's plan because of her concern for the safety of her daughters, Zestial tries to influence her decision but does not offer to protect her and her daughters, despite being one of the oldest and most powerful overlords, so that she doesn't have to make a hard decision--instead, he leaves her to her own devices and doesn't help her until Vox's plan falls apart. I wouldn't be surprised if Zestial saying "she came to her senses" may have given away that the reason her device overloaded was because she designed it that way--I have a hard time believing that she is a genius who made this device knowing that it could easily become a nuclear bomb, unless she did that to sabotage Vox's plan upon realizing that maintaining the system benefits her. In the end, I think this is the actual reason why Zestial showed up suddenly, suggesting he was watching the whole time and yet did nothing, because ensuring his self-interest was the driving motivator for his actions all along, not his concern for her or anyone else. His form as a spider then makes sense--he manipulates and lures others into his orbit, but notably, as seen in his lair, he ultimately stands alone, atop a pile of skulls of his victims--because others are either a means to his ends and/or someone he takes satisfaction in harming, and there is nothing in between, which I think is also the case with Alastor (which Vox tearfully realizes when nothing he does matters, since Alastor only wants to hurt him and nothing more).

The idea of Zestial being an ancient predecessor of evil to someone in a future generation like Alastor then gives a lot of weight to the theory that Zestial is Cain--the first murderer. After all, if Zestial was making "sacrifices" in the form of murdering others at the dawn of humanity, just like Alastor does later to secure a serial killer afterlife, this would tie in somewhat with the story of Cain and Abel making sacrifices to God, but only Abel's offerings were well-received. In the story, Cain lures his brother Abel into a field and smashes him over the head with a rock--this would align with Zestial's design as a spider weaving a trap, and also with Abel's design where his halo is bent as if his head was beaten in.

This would also highlight how the primordial evil that first manifested in Zestial/Cain literally took root in later generations of humanity in the form of solitary serial killers like Alastor, who are rare (even Rosie/Eve is taken aback, which says alot) because they truly embody pure evil rather than the flaws of the vast majority of humanity, who make horrible mistakes but have the capacity for love, humility, and empathy, and as a result form friendships, families, and communities--a nuance that Lucifer at first does not recognize, since he assumes all humans are like Alastor. It then makes sense why Zestial and Alastor are solitary rather than genuine members of family units, because they only care for themselves and their greed, and if Zestial is Cain, then Abel being his brother clearly made no difference to him. Along the same lines, I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that Alastor harmed his family members because those relationships similarly meant nothing to him.

10.) Since the rib storyline for Eve's origins has not been made yet in Hazbin, perhaps the show will instead make an original storyline--that Eve/Rosie was created as Lillith's literal replacement, an identical twin. If my past theories are on to something (see my last posts), and Rosie/Eve is also the mastermind of Hell's design so that it functions as a system that constantly sacrifices humans (the embodiments of her hated ex, Adam) to the eldritch being Roo/Root of Evil that sprung from the apple she ate, then that would mean that Rosie/Eve is both Lillith's evil twin and the secret founder of Hell--and it's definitely not a coincidence that "Evil" sounds like "Eve-il" and is also reminiscent of the word "devil", emphasis on the "ev" part. Now I'm wondering if the showrunners designed Rosie/Eve to be Cruella DeVil-esque/Devil Wears Prada-esque, because that makes perfect sense if my theory holds that she is the founder of Hell ("the Devil") who built it out of hatred for her ex, Adam.

The twin trope is mentioned multiple times across Helluva Boss and something that would account for Rosie/Eve and Lillith's similarities in body shape, eye shape, hair style above the chin (Rosie likely cut her hair to better conceal her identity), and Rosie notably never taking her hat off, perhaps to conceal the same goat-like horns as Lillith atop her head--this is supported by the fact that Lillith's horns are concealed with a similar short but wide-brimmed hat. Incest is also brought up multiple times in Helluva Boss, particularly with siblings, which would make sense as a clue about Eve's relationship to Lillith since Lucifer bragged that he had sex with both Lillith and Eve, and technically he fathered a child with both of them (Charlie with Lillith and indirectly via the apple, Roo with Eve), so that there is a bit of a quasi-incestuous dynamic going on there.

This would also hilariously mean that Rosie gave away her secret identity as Eve from the very beginning--first, when she said that everyone thinks about eating their first husband (a funny pun on an "Adam's apple", since Rosie later tells Charlie her first husband tasted bad, suggesting she tried to take a bite out of his throat--a small glimpse into the violent fights they definitely had before she died) and then again when Rosie introduced herself to Charlie as "Auntie Rosie"-because if Eve/Rosie and Lillith are sisters, then Rosie is, in fact, Charlie's aunt. This would also explain why Rosie has a statue of Lucifer, Lillith, and Charlie--surrounded by a rose garden--specifically in the Cannibal town she openly runs, because it is another easter egg in the show that highlights her relationship to all three of them.

One distinctive feature of Rosie/Eve's appearance also hints at what happened to Eve after Lucifer and Lillith fell--the black angel-like feathers on her neck and the black wing in her hat. I suspect that Rosie/Eve was the first human sacrifice to the Root of Evil, pricking her finger on a rose thorn (from which she derived her new name and the Rose symbol of her energy) and learned that it needed human blood to take root when it consumed her, after which it rapidly grew to form the initial eye-filled "pit" in which Lucifer and Lillith fell. This must be the case because we know that the Root constantly consumes human blood/sacrifices from Earth and at the time Rosie/Eve was one of the only humans in existence from which the eldritch being could take blood from (again tying back to the Faustian bargain in Little Shop of Horrors, see my last posts). Then, after she was eaten and died (which would've happened after she already gave birth to Cain and Abel), she initially became an angel but then fell with her wings becoming black, imbued with the metaphysical essence of Evil, because unlike the good intentions of Lillith and Lucifer, Rosie/Eve chose to embrace her hatred of Adam by building a cannibalistic system designed to torment and sacrifice his human offspring to an eldritch horror, Roo, for eternity. This would then also mean that technically Lillith and Eve/Rosie were the first "sinners", notably two women, twins, who resisted a man they were forced to be with, but while one of the twins (Lillith) simply ran away from Adam and healed by embracing love (with Lucifer), the other twin (Eve) actively sought to hurt Adam and any innocent humans who remind her of him by embracing hate (via the apple with Lucifer). The resulting "offspring" from Lillith and Rosie/Eve's affairs with Lucifer then make sense, because one offspring was made out of love (Charlie) while the other was bred out of hate (Roo).

9. When Lucifer fell, he literally fell out of orbit as one of the seven stars of the Little Dipper (with the other stars being disappointed archangel siblings, making the broken relationship very literal), so that either Sera or the Speaker replaced him as the equivalent of the North Star/Polaris--defined as the guiding star that remains fixed while other stars move around it. Per my #7 post, he is now part of the system of Hell, in which he seems to be most comparable to Alioth, the brightest star of the Big Dipper that makes up part of the "tail" of the Root of Evil along with the 6 other stars that were repurposed to form the Seven Deadly Sins.

This would also mean that at one point the key celestial figures of Hell and Heaven made up the Big Dipper and Little Dipper, respectively, star systems (that are parts of Ursa Major--Big Bear--and Ursa Minor--Little Bear) that mirror one another almost like "siblings", with the system that is part of Hell noticeably "lower" in the sky compared to the system that is part of Heaven.

The contrast between the Big and Little Dipper also evokes the image of the unknown sister-like figures seen in the first Hazbin episode, beings who presumably existed before Adam, Lillith, and Eve, and who seem to also represent the metaphysical concepts of "Evil" and "Good", with a gray region between them reflecting a combination of both. I think this "Evil" entity infiltrated Earth by taking the physical form of a red apple (evoked by the large, circular red eyes) that Eve consumed, giving rise to the Root of Evil--an eldritch being so enormous that it is a system in itself that permeates every ring and continuously eats souls collected from Earth, an ongoing act encouraged by its progenitor, Rosie/Eve, who enables the Root's addiction so that she can spitefully harm the human offspring of her hated ex, Adam (see my last post, #8).

The Big Dipper and Little Dipper in particular show up multiple times in Stolas' room:

The Big Dipper shows up again in Stolas' grimoire, specifically in reference to the Garden and the origins of the Root of Evil:

If the state of the universe is really about souls shifting to form different patterns and stars (the stuff souls are made of), then it makes sense that gaining power in the universe depends upon collecting souls and building powerful alliances--literally building constellations. Perhaps in this universe, relationships between individuals are a glimpse into the large-scale phenomenon of souls connecting to form larger constructs, giving rise to solar systems. This may then explain what is meant by a "prophecy"--perhaps it refers to how Stolas studying the stars allows him to literally monitor celestial power plays, which could in turn help him make predictions about the state of the universe as a whole and maybe even the changing incarnations of celestial beings--who may one day become part of a constellation or were part of one in the past, since there seems to be a continuous recycling of souls.

This idea of soul reincarnation in turn ties into the idea that I think Alastor's soul was or will be part of the giant reindeer constellation Sarva, a form that Rosie seemingly foresaw when he was alive, suggesting that his soul already was part of that constellation in the past (Sarva is also associated with the Big Dipper, see my post #7). The Vees also seemingly found each other in a fateful kind of way perhaps because they are destined to be together, with their souls at one time forming the three side-by-side "king" stars of Orion's Belt, which accounts for their tight-knit, soul-mate-like relationship (and also ties to hunting Sarva, since the "V" brings to mind the arrowhead of the hunter Orion).

8. Rosie/Eve designed Hell not only to feed her offspring Roo (the Root of Evil) but also to abuse her by literally "feeding her addiction" to souls, so that Roo would become an ever-growing, powerful system that Rosie/Eve could exploit to harm both her hated ex, Adam, and his human offspring.

The pentagram in Helluva Boss literally shows how Hell was designed to encompass five key components (humans--the food--, imps and hellhounds--the workers--, and goetia and the sins--the overseers) that together function as a feeding apparatus for the Root of Evil. This suggests that this system was carefully designed to serve one purpose--to maintain the system in perpetuity and ensure a constant source of sacrifices. In other words, the system of Hell is basically an elaborate drug pipeline that Rosie/Eve designed to abuse her addicted daughter, Roo. Perhaps the occasional show references to "infinite suffering" were actually about Roo's constant suffering, all along.

This would mean that this pentagram seal doesn't just act as a binding contract that traps "sinners" in the Pride ring and sacrifices their souls when they "die" in that ring, but it also acts as the design blueprint for Hell itself.

This would tightly align with my last post where this pentagram is associated with the celestial origins of the Root of Evil, because it makes sense that when Roo originated and rapidly grew, Hell was also created to be a feeding system that would sustain her indefinitely--and I suspect this system, Hell, was made specifically by the Root's primordial "mother", Rosie/Eve.

Since this system literally feeds the Root's gluttonous addiction to sacrifices to make the Root bigger and more powerful, perhaps the themes of drug abuse, addiction, and controlling family members in Helluva Boss and Hazbin are actually referring to Roo's own addiction and abuse at the hand of her mother, Rosie/Eve ("stealing" and re-purposing pre-existing constellations to do so! See my last post on page 7). I wonder if the oppressive suffering felt by the enormous, omnipresent Root is felt, unknowingly, by the Sins and other inhabitants of Hell, and it is this constant state of oppression that drives them to excess, self-doubt, and various coping mechanisms (whether that is in drugs, alcohol, food, wealth, violence, or seeking fame).

7. Hell is a feeding construct made for the Root of Evil that was repurposed from the 7 stars (turned into the Seven Deadly Sins) of the Big Dipper constellation.

In Stolas' grimoire, he has it bookmarked on this page: symbols of a pentagram, an unknown but ancient language, thorns, celestial bodies, and the Big Dipper, alongside what I think is the sigil of the Root of Evil:

If the show creators were drawing upon the many myths about the Big Dipper and in particular focused upon this one, then the sigil they clearly created for the show aligns with the seven rings/stars of Hell being like an additional "tail" of the primordial plant-like alien monster that emerged from the apple that Eve/Rosie ate, the Root of Evil:

In other cultures, this constellation is a bow used to hunt a giant deer constellation called Sarva and in others it is associated with funeral processions, clearly linking this constellation to the concept of being simultaneously an afterlife and also a system designed to gather food in the form of souls for the Root of Evil.

Even the unique features of the Big Dipper's seven stars align very closely with how the kings of each Ring have been represented in the show:

6.) Stolas didn't just take drugs to suppress his memories of Blitzo, I think Stolas took memory-altering drugs to suppress his memory of what he knows about what Hell really is. We know that even when Stolas was very young, he was already gaining a tremendous amount of knowledge about the universe, including its eldritch recesses, and about plants, specifically through books rather than other media. This suggests he was digging into ancient texts about creation itself, including texts that may only be accessed by the highest hierarchies of Hell to preserve the truth of it being a feeding system for the Root of Evil--which I think is basically an alien plant derived from the apple of unknown origin that Eve/Rosie ate in the garden (see my previous posts about the Little Shop of Horrors parallels). In Season 1, Ep 7 we see that Stolas' grimoire was specifically bookmarked on a page that showed what I think is the sigil of the Root of Evil (a Little Shop of Horrors-type plant alien), with its flower-like extensions, open mouth, its extensions winding upwards in what I think represents how it permeates every vertically-arranged ring of Hell, a backdrop of the pentagram, celestial events that led to its rise, and even thorns, evoking Rosie/Eve's soul signature, on the other page, next to a constellation that looks like the Big Dipper, which consists of seven bright stars (aka the Seven Deadly Sins) --notably, the sigil only glows when a bottle of Beezlebub juice (the deadly sin of Gluttony) rolls across the page, which makes sense since the Root of Evil is constantly eating:

Even before this episode, in episode 2 Loo Loo Land, there were hints of Stolas having deeper knowledge of what Hell actually is when he is shown stepping inside of a ride that looks like Lucifer's mouth, called a "Fun House", as if it is meant to represent Hell itself--a ride where eyes are on every wall (directly representing the eyes of the Root of Evil), a bloodstream-like tube runs throughout, as if he is seeing souls it ate passing through its bloodstream, thorns, and hands reaching upwards as if they are souls trying to escape, with elements of the room topsy-turvy, as if representing his subconscious, struggling to remember how all of these jarring images fit together:

The ride then transitions to a scene that shows apples partially eaten, with the core containing seeds notably missing--supporting my theory that the Root of Evil grew from the apple that Eve ate. This scene even has the same bioluminescent lighting as demons from the Envy ring, which I suspect is the place where souls sacrificed to the Root of Evil end up infusing water that the Root consumes:

The idea that the souls of sinners that "die" in the Pride Ring, under the pentagram light, are automatically sacrificed to the Root of Evil by being forced down into the waters of Envy, which then flow into the Root of Evil, is bolstered by easter eggs in the surroundings, especially the one that says "Drown the Sinner" that shows up multiple times in the episode (far left below)--which is especially jarring with the wide-eyed, too-innocent apple hat positioned right next to the sign "Poison Apples":

5.) Rosie/Eve is a master manipulator--literally the Mother of Lies--who built the system of Hell in a way that leverages groupthink, misinformation, disinformation, and hierarchies, to sustain and conceal what the system is and why it exists. In setting up this system, she made it so that those in Heaven and Earth depend upon believing that Hell is a punishment for a very wide range of "evildoing", which is a lie: Adam engages in all of the sins and yet remained in Heaven, which convinces me that the reason Rosie/Eve is harming his human extensions is because they have his traits and she hates him. There isn't anything inherently wrong with having a temper/being a jerk/being lusty. Rosie/Eve built this lie so that she could justify harming humans who literally reflect her hated ex. She resents her human children for being living reminders of how her freedom was taken away, something that is reflected by other oppressed, discontent parents like Paimon, Cash, and Crimson. She simultaneously made the system to perpetuate groupthink by convincing those in Hell that they are being punished by Heaven for free will, so that those on Earth, Hell, and Heaven believe lies about what those systems are and why they exist--and not only that, their very sense of identity and power depends upon perpetuating misinformation/disinformation, so that she effectively made a self-sustaining system that protects itself and doubles down on the lies.

This may also be why there are only a few rare cult members (Alastor, Zestial) who know at least some of the truth and are allowed to thrive indefinitely while they keep that truth a secret, because as serial killers they are in a position to benefit from the system being sustained--this is why I think both characters represent and intentionally maintain the status quo (clunkily represented with being "old-timey", with aristocratic-like accents and behavior). The very fact that remorseless serial killers like Alastor and Zestial thrive in this system proves that it is not designed to actually punish wrongdoing, but instead to justify collecting enough souls to sustain Rosie/Eve's constantly hungry and ever-growing offspring, the Root of Evil.

It remains to be seen whether Rosie/Eve is truly in control of the system or if her primordial offspring has become so large and powerful that the system has become its own entity that Rosie can only serve, but either way she clearly has unmatched manipulation techniques. She misled Alastor into thinking she could give him a tremendous amount of power, playing upon his hubris to trick him into fighting Adam. This indicates that the information Alastor has is only partially accurate, and that he literally does not know who he is dealing with or that she is playing upon his egotistical blind spot to basically fatten him up for slaughter, encouraging him to gain more power, via souls, presumably up to the point that she "harvests" him for sacrifice. Because, after all, she can't allow him to gain so much power that he would threaten her feeding system (whether that is because she is truly in control or because her own self-preservation depends upon feeding the Root), and because of his ego, he won't be able to stop pursuing more and more power.

4.) Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss is explained by Little Shop of Horrors--Rosie is like a very complicit version of Seymour and the Root of Evil is like the out of control plant-like monster from outer space literally demanding constant human sacrifices and taking over the world as it becomes larger and more powerful. Seymour realizes it craves and demands human blood only after he pricks his finger on the thorn of a rose. Yes, a ROSE.

When Seymour first feeds the plant blood, script notes from the musical state that this offering acts like sealing a "contract" and that he "slides into evil" upon doing so.