Fragments of Thought and Memory

If in Double Entry, FV Adam is actually a sweetheart. He's weary of everything, but trusts Alastor as the first man. He treats Lilith with kindness. Until she treats him as less than, and he decides not to bother with even being near her. He's not sexist, or bigoted. Yes, God told him men were above women. That men lead and women follow. But he's taking a page from Alastor's behavior.

Because God loves Alastor.

Because Alastor is easy to love.

Because the true First Man is someone to admire and look up to.

Because Alastor is perfect.

When Lilith falls, Adam is worried about what that means for Alastor. The man just lost his life partner. To a Fallen Angel, of all things!!!

And maybe it's just the two of them for a while, until God asks Adam for his rib. He knows that Alastor gave his teeth to make the Guardian Angels he views as daughters. But God said that this was so Adam had a life partner too. Adam isn't sure why he can't be Alastor's life partner, but figured they could share Eve. And Eve is loved by her husband. And they both love Alastor.

Eve still is haunted by the memory of Alastor taking a bite of the Apple. Saying that the Garden wasn't where he wanted to be. He wanted to explore Earth, God's creation they were meant to inherit. And though he was angry, God understood.

Adam did not.

This is what started his downward spiral.

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Alastor's Soul couldn't be located in the cycle of rebirth. After hundreds of thousands of years, Alastor was able to conceal when he was reincarnated. Pushing Adam even further into destructive tendencies. The Angels could understand.

They all blamed Lucifer, as well. Even though the Fallen had seemed to have no clue and had been devastated at the news of the missing Soul.

Adam pushed harder for Exterminations, until finally Sera gave in. Seven years of permanently ending the Souls of Sinners had Adam feeling vindicated. The princess talking about redemption made him laugh.

It wasn't until he was face to face against Alastor did he feel regret.

(There's the question of did Adam try to talk to Alastor upon realizing who he was? Or did he realize that Alastor, in all his stubborn glory, wouldn't come easily, and decided to just beat down the 'First Man'?)

I was actually going to have F!Adam as the good version, compared to the asshole Mother/Canon version! Then I changed my mind lol

Adam knowing that, to make humanity, you need a Man and a Woman, and figuring he and Eve and Maybe Alastor with Eve can do that, and all of them can be Life Partners Together! Eve is all for this! The Second Humans invent Polyamory!

Alastor: I'm so glad this Adam is a different one to the one who killed me, he's a good child, he and Eve are very in love, they've started making progress and Eve is even pregnant!

Okay, time to leave the Garden.

Father understands his son wanting to strike out on his own (and invent and explore and create, like Him).

Adam doesn't. What's wrong with the Garden?

Lucifer shows up. Adam and Eve are tricked and tempted.

They leave the Garden, and find Alastor, waiting for them, and for a while, they are happy.

But then they die, and while THEY go to Heaven - Alastor didn't. He's not in Hell.

(Is it because he was the First to Eat the Apple? They wonder. Well, Eve wonders. Adam blames Lucifer.)

Adam is only kept back by his wife and Children, but as time passes, he comes up with the idea of Exterminations. To punish Hell, and the couple that destroyed Alastor's soul (he thinks).

And then he sees Alastor again. And he's a SINNER.

In this AU, would Vaggi have been the one to bring Alastor to the Hotel in hopes of getting him redeemed or did he come to the Hotel himself after seeing the interview and, upon recognising him, she resolves to protect both him and Charlie from Heaven (whose to say they wouldn't harm him as they did her) as well as the King and Queen of Hell?

This is also a world in which they did a radio commercial and a TV commercial. Vaggie listening to his concerns over technology, and finds spyware. Feeling like she has her dad and her girlfriend meeting and doesn't want this ruined. And, she knows that if she recognizes Alastor, so too will Lucifer. And any of the Exorcists.

So she doesn't tell Charlie to ask her dad for help.

Alastor asks Charlie why she doesn't ask Lucifer for help. After all, she's his daughter. He has to care somewhat, right? Vaggie feels like bashing her head in. She tries to tell Alastor he really shouldn't meet the Devil. Is even borderline willing to make another deal with him.

Magne, meanwhile, keeps looking around, senses tingling at the feeling of SOMETHING.

(post s2, Angel is back at the Hotel, dw about it)

Vox shows up being annoying and everyone is expecting Alastor to stop him

and Alastor borrows Angel's phone to call Valentino, drops the radio voice and is like "come get your man. come get him before I do something about him"

and I laugh

It’s my dearest wish to hear that NOLA accent from Alastor at least once.

Code switching is very dear to me and it is so rarely explored and a lot of people don’t understand how seamless it is sometimes.

I just realised that there is a distinct lack of Hannibal x Hazbin Hotel crossovers despite the fact both have cannibalism and a wendigo-shadow-deer-thing.

Plus the MC, Will Graham, was from Louisiana before going to New Orleans like Alastor so I think the latter would have a spark of fondness for the former for that.

Plot-wise, I’m thinking a young Will finds Alastor’s old cabin and accidentally connects to Alastor.

Alastor moved by nostalgia of another scrappy curly haired boy from Louisiana decides to indulge whatever Will desires.

I’m not sure what Will asks but it ends up with him having a connection with Alastor via his dream.

What do you think?

And Will showing his ability to Alastor would be interesting. How Will can read people like an open book when he focuses on them. And Will is so smart but also super oblivious. But it's a coping mechanism. His obliviousness stems from not wanting to see.

Alastor getting called out for being a killer who hunted bad people the second this kids eyes met his would probably stun him, if not spook him, at first. But testing it would probably be something Alastor wanted to do. See how it translated to other things.

Alastor questioning why a fucking child was in his old murder cabin. Why was a child alone, in the woods? And he draws parts of the story from Will, but finds out the rest on his own. William Graham, age 5, only has his father after his mother left. Said father is a drunk with a temper, but hasn't actually hit Will. He was still highly negligent towards his baby boy.

"Dad says Muma left 'cause I'm weird. Bu' I know it' cause he scary. He very scary to her."

Alastor comes to his own conclusions.

Will asks if Alastor could be his friend? Alastor knows a child doesn't have any nefarious motives in such a question. In fact, it's a sad thing to hear. A child desperate to not be alone. Alastor agrees, under the condition he's allowed to follow the boy in Will's shadows.

Alastor is the one to teach him fishing. (And hunting, but the fishing is what is important.)

Alastor has to get use to dogs. There's no if and or but about it. Will needs dogs and is good with them. Alastor gets over his fear. Or heavily respects how Will trains them so well.

I don't think Alastor would be too happy his boy become a cop. Finding out that his boy refused to shoot an armed person because he knew they had no intentions on killing him (that if his police partner hadn't tried to escalate the situation, if the perpetrator knew gun safety) that the gun wouldn't have been fired if not by accident and out of fear. But Will was shot in the shoulder and Alastor put his foot down.

So he became an FBI agent. And hunted the worst of humanity, like Alastor once did, without killing them. And decided that he wanted a completely different change of scenery, so moved to Wolf Trap, Virginia to become a teacher that taught the next generation how to find serial killers.

Alastor, over the years, had changed his form he showed up as to Will. A stag with raven feathers in his fur. He had green eyes like this. Will called him a Ravenstag.

I personally don't think Alastor would let Will walk around with something clearly wrong. I don't think the encephalitis would have gotten as far as it did unless Alastor wasn't there. I don't think Hannibal would have gotten as far as he did in manipulating Will.

I fully believe that Alastor would have to be busy and assume his kid would call him if something is wrong. Alastor may have even been trying to give Will more freedom. He beats himself up over this, saying how he should have known better. Especially with how much he had wanted his Maman when he was a young adult.

Also, he's probably super offended that Will's mind related his form to Hannibal and that Hannibal had his own Ravenstag form in his head. One with red eyes. But, upon figuring out that Hannibal is a cannibal that hunts on a specific code, he understands somewhat. Still fucking offended.

I genuinely don't believe that Alastor wouldn't check in on Will during the run time of the show. I seriously don't believe he'd let things get so far. He'd smell the human remains on the hooks and tell Will to clean house and that someone he let inside is trying to frame him. Upon hearing about Abigail, he'd try to get her to make a deal. Will straight up tells him that he knows Abigail was used as bait and that she was under threat of being cannibalized or SA'd by her father. And Voodoo was originally used for medicine. I 100% believe Alastor would either cure Will, or tell him to go to a real doctor. Because, even if he didn't know about the Hannibal situation, he does know Will needs help NOW!

Unless Will said something, Hannibal would fucking die before Will is put in a cell.

Maybe this translates into Hannibal in Hell as another deer type Sinner? Or maybe, he becomes something else, because that was just Will's brain relating one skilled cannibal to another?

Or, Will asks to go to Hell with Alastor. This world was never for someone so strange and maybe he'd find a home there.

I think I like the second option more. Especially if you have this as an Alastor who would have gone to Heaven if not for his deal. The cannibalism is kinda a coin toss because of the circumstances, apparently. Like eating pig or shrimp. Not a good thing, but it's not the cannibalism itself that is the issue. It's generally the reason why you're eating it and how you got the meat. Alastor was literally starving, he killed only the worst of the worst, it wasn't a Wrath, Gluttony, Envy situation like it is with most everyone. It is a clerical issue like how people eat a dead human in survival situations. As long as you didn't murder what you ate (or if you did they were someone who was killing others), and it was out of genuine survival it could be forgiven.

Which means that Will is also a Winner turned Sinner. Like Alastor.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite tropes for Alastor, lol. You can choose otherwise if this is in the storyline or if only Will is a possible Winner turned Sinner with Alastor as a straight up Sinner.

If Sinner forms are to represent insecurities while alive, maybe he's a fish? Maybe if we went with this version, his object would be a lure? Or a camera!

Though, would be funnier if he's a shark. I'm using Rat's post on characteristics. A lone hunter, with no meaningful relationships, constantly moving because if he stops he dies. Anxiety incarnate. (Though, I will say, saying that sharks don't form meaningful relationships is a stereotype of sharks. Which works well in this context. But sharks have been found to make meaningful relationships, even with humans. We just can't observe this easily in the wild.) It'd fuck with Vox's head. A lot.

Also mildly distressed Alastor when he brought Will to Hell. It could also make for a hilarious situation of Hannibal going to hell and being a deer type Sinner. And Alastor tells Will he could do so much better than that toxic asshole. And Will going, "I know, it's just hard to move on since he was... A friend." And Alastor looks at him with a deadpan expression like he knows what Will really thought of the other man. It gets back to Vox. The shark doesn't know if he should laugh or cry.

He is initially super jealous of Will. Until he finds out that Will calls Alastor Papa.

Though, if we stick to Will being a Winner dragged to Hell by a deal, his form would be different. Because a Winner's form is probably a reflection of their virtues. In which case, I can see Will being a Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog. Livestock guardian dog. Though it has wolf-like traits. Courageous, dignified, calm, and fiercely loyal to its family (though general bonds with only one person), but independent and self-willed. Highly intelligent, bred to protect their herd/flock from wolves and bears. Needs mental stimulation or will end up super distressed and get themselves into trouble.

Alastor calls him his good boy and sweet heart and precious darling. Everyone thinks he's mocking this poor dude and being condescending as usual. While they think this usually smart dude is oblivious to how he's being treated, given he wags his tail when Alastor cups his face to give a forehead kiss or runs his fingers through Will's hair. Angel gets the courage to ask what the relationship between them is and Will proudly declares that Alastor is his dad.

Will lives up to being a Livestock Guardian. He herds the others without them fully realizing it. His higher senses alert him to danger. He fights tooth and nail to protect those in his care, but always walks to Alastor's side first.

If Lucifer initially assumes that Will is a Hell Hound and treats him as barely above the Sinners? Seeing as Hell Hounds are considered the lowest class of Hellborn, Lucifer acting like the stereotype of a white man in Alastor's eyes. And like fuck he's going to let anyone say shit to his kid. He may not know Lucifer can't hurt Sinners, but that doesn't stop him from dragging the tiny king outside to get to toss around. He then threatens from one father to another, not to treat his kid that way if Lucifer wants to survive. Will is a guest at the hotel. Not a lap dog to be used.

Vox finding out Alastor is a dad is a trip in any continuum. But to a Sinner that looks and acts so different, who doesn't seem to hold any power, and is so painfully average (other than having autism)? Like, he feels disappointed.

Maybe he finds out about Will being a good detective and that he already had special abilities? Maybe Will has been learning all of Alastor's skills? Or maybe Vox finds out exactly what happens when you touch something you're not supposed to.

Or a form that would truly fuck with Will's head: the Raven Stag.

Mainly because of the cannibalism, occult, and dying in the woods. Like that Sinner from Helluva Boss. Those are the three ticks to get you to be a deer type, here.

He's all black; hair, feathers, and fur. With only his own red eyes to match Alastor. He never smiles. He's very quiet. Alastor is happy that Will kept his curls. With this, it's obvious he's Alastor's kid. No one knows it's not biological, lol. Will learning more of the occult while in Hell would also be interesting. He's this cool, calm, collected figure on the outside that never lets anyone too close. If he looks you in the eyes he can walk a mile in your shoes through your memories. He makes people uncomfortable being in the same room as them, even though that was the opposite of what he wanted.

This route can be even more interesting if, because of some wonkiness with magic, or on purpose for Will's mental health, Will gets de-aged to the same age as when he made his deal with Alastor, I'm going 6. Plush the seven years hiding. So he's a lanky 13/14 year old. A fawn coming into his antlers. Usually hunched over or curled in on himself. Really insecure. Likes to play piano and guitar. Fishes in Alastor's bayou pocket space, but also Alastor takes him to fishing spots to hang out. They speak Louisiana French. Will helps with cooking.

Will plays the radio for background noise. Says he doesn't like it when the silence gets... Louder.

Alastor reveals he actually did get a camera specifically to get pictures of his boy. And they get shown pictures of a tiny fawn, 6 years old with giant wet eyes. And Alastor tells them he's aging Will through his own magic. He 'reveals' that he was gone for 7 years because he was raising his kid. When asked how he even had a kid if Alastor was dead so long before the kid was even born, and Alastor tells them how Will accidentally summoned him and asked for a friend. And Alastor said yes, because what else are you supposed to do when a baby begs for any kind of positive interaction?

And when Will died, Alastor made sure he wasn't alone, even if he couldn't do anything.

Will gets asked about his life and he says the most concerning shit. Usually on purpose, because living with Alastor made him like chaos.

His original father didn't really want much to do with him, after Mom left because he was mean. And if he refers to Hannibal as an "older man who said he wanted to be friends", but hurt him really bad? Did things that were wrong and that's why Will is in Hell? He tricked Will into eating the meat of a girl. Probably a bunch of other people! He was Will's therapist and a doctor. But he made sure Will got worse so no one would believe him when he told people what was happening.

Of course, everyone assumes the absolute worst. Will is a bit oblivious to how much still, especially since he avoided people's eyes.

(But Alastor knew and didn't correct them. Because they thought it all happened to a child. Not an adult. And yes, the sexual implications are made worse by their assumptions. But he knows that bastard will also go to Hell one day, and he wants as many people against Hannibal as possible.)

Husk asks why Alastor came out of hiding now, when Will still isn't fully grown, if he was so paranoid of something happening? Alastor looks at him and puts on his best impression of a caring father. (Not actually hard because he's pretty decent at it, even if he doesn't believe so.)

"If redemption is possible, I have strayed to far from the light to ever be given Grace. But my son? He is the reason I choose to believe Redemption is possible. And why we're here. I'm only in this for him. I'm doing this for him."

Of course, that's not the whole truth. Rosie commanded him. But it puts things in a different light for Husk. And Nifty if she was there as well.

Which creates a truth bomb for later when Alastor quits. But tells Will to stay at the Hotel since the boy is a guest.

I am so undecided which form would be best. All of them have merits for the story. 

Shark. I like the parallel of Radiostatic and Hannigram in this one. It feels very ironic.

Though I doubt Hannibal would be a deer considering the shadowy stag supposedly representing him only existed in Will’s mind not in real life.

Also let’s give Will a break by not having his toxic situationship and his Papa sharing animal forms.

I remember in fanfictions Hannibal is referred to as a snake while Will is a mongoose due to Will hunting Hannibal’s serial killer persona. Maybe that’s an option?

Dog. This feels like it has the potential for something really fluffy but I might be biased because I love dogs.

It would be really funny to see everyone’s reaction to Alastor(who is normally so prickly and touch adverse) to lavish this random dog “sinner” with affection and positive attention. Husk especially expressing his disbelief because he knows Alastor hates dogs but for some reason this guy is an exception.

It would be extra funny if Will was bigger/taller than Alastor but acts like a big baby/lap dog around him.

(Vox is especially jealous that some rando is allowed on Alastor’s lap and gets forehead kisses)

In season 1, Hannibal fed Will's dogs human meat.

What if because of that his pack ended up following Will to Hell?

Imagine Husk's response to this towering sinner (I'm partial the the ravenstag personally but the dog form is fun too) that he doesn't recognise being followed by a pack of demon dogs of varying sizes, and they're all acting cuddly with Alastor... WHO ALLOWS IT!?

Also, Hannibal fed human meat to so many characters in the series (including Will) so Cannibal Town is gonna get a major population boom.

Or their “regular” form is as big as an adult Hellhound and their other form is as big as Dragon Razzle and Dazzle.

Abigail, being the same height as Alastor. And they both are kinda tall among Sinners. And then, there is Will. Massive and towering. With dogs the same size as the average Sinner when walking around on four legs.

I just realised that there is a distinct lack of Hannibal x Hazbin Hotel crossovers despite the fact both have cannibalism and a wendigo-shadow-deer-thing.

Plus the MC, Will Graham, was from Louisiana before going to New Orleans like Alastor so I think the latter would have a spark of fondness for the former for that.

Plot-wise, I’m thinking a young Will finds Alastor’s old cabin and accidentally connects to Alastor.

Alastor moved by nostalgia of another scrappy curly haired boy from Louisiana decides to indulge whatever Will desires.

I’m not sure what Will asks but it ends up with him having a connection with Alastor via his dream.

What do you think?

And Will showing his ability to Alastor would be interesting. How Will can read people like an open book when he focuses on them. And Will is so smart but also super oblivious. But it's a coping mechanism. His obliviousness stems from not wanting to see.

Alastor getting called out for being a killer who hunted bad people the second this kids eyes met his would probably stun him, if not spook him, at first. But testing it would probably be something Alastor wanted to do. See how it translated to other things.

Alastor questioning why a fucking child was in his old murder cabin. Why was a child alone, in the woods? And he draws parts of the story from Will, but finds out the rest on his own. William Graham, age 5, only has his father after his mother left. Said father is a drunk with a temper, but hasn't actually hit Will. He was still highly negligent towards his baby boy.

"Dad says Muma left 'cause I'm weird. Bu' I know it' cause he scary. He very scary to her."

Alastor comes to his own conclusions.

Will asks if Alastor could be his friend? Alastor knows a child doesn't have any nefarious motives in such a question. In fact, it's a sad thing to hear. A child desperate to not be alone. Alastor agrees, under the condition he's allowed to follow the boy in Will's shadows.

Alastor is the one to teach him fishing. (And hunting, but the fishing is what is important.)

Alastor has to get use to dogs. There's no if and or but about it. Will needs dogs and is good with them. Alastor gets over his fear. Or heavily respects how Will trains them so well.

I don't think Alastor would be too happy his boy become a cop. Finding out that his boy refused to shoot an armed person because he knew they had no intentions on killing him (that if his police partner hadn't tried to escalate the situation, if the perpetrator knew gun safety) that the gun wouldn't have been fired if not by accident and out of fear. But Will was shot in the shoulder and Alastor put his foot down.

So he became an FBI agent. And hunted the worst of humanity, like Alastor once did, without killing them. And decided that he wanted a completely different change of scenery, so moved to Wolf Trap, Virginia to become a teacher that taught the next generation how to find serial killers.

Alastor, over the years, had changed his form he showed up as to Will. A stag with raven feathers in his fur. He had green eyes like this. Will called him a Ravenstag.

I personally don't think Alastor would let Will walk around with something clearly wrong. I don't think the encephalitis would have gotten as far as it did unless Alastor wasn't there. I don't think Hannibal would have gotten as far as he did in manipulating Will.

I fully believe that Alastor would have to be busy and assume his kid would call him if something is wrong. Alastor may have even been trying to give Will more freedom. He beats himself up over this, saying how he should have known better. Especially with how much he had wanted his Maman when he was a young adult.

Also, he's probably super offended that Will's mind related his form to Hannibal and that Hannibal had his own Ravenstag form in his head. One with red eyes. But, upon figuring out that Hannibal is a cannibal that hunts on a specific code, he understands somewhat. Still fucking offended.

I genuinely don't believe that Alastor wouldn't check in on Will during the run time of the show. I seriously don't believe he'd let things get so far. He'd smell the human remains on the hooks and tell Will to clean house and that someone he let inside is trying to frame him. Upon hearing about Abigail, he'd try to get her to make a deal. Will straight up tells him that he knows Abigail was used as bait and that she was under threat of being cannibalized or SA'd by her father. And Voodoo was originally used for medicine. I 100% believe Alastor would either cure Will, or tell him to go to a real doctor. Because, even if he didn't know about the Hannibal situation, he does know Will needs help NOW!

Unless Will said something, Hannibal would fucking die before Will is put in a cell.

Maybe this translates into Hannibal in Hell as another deer type Sinner? Or maybe, he becomes something else, because that was just Will's brain relating one skilled cannibal to another?

Or, Will asks to go to Hell with Alastor. This world was never for someone so strange and maybe he'd find a home there.

I think I like the second option more. Especially if you have this as an Alastor who would have gone to Heaven if not for his deal. The cannibalism is kinda a coin toss because of the circumstances, apparently. Like eating pig or shrimp. Not a good thing, but it's not the cannibalism itself that is the issue. It's generally the reason why you're eating it and how you got the meat. Alastor was literally starving, he killed only the worst of the worst, it wasn't a Wrath, Gluttony, Envy situation like it is with most everyone. It is a clerical issue like how people eat a dead human in survival situations. As long as you didn't murder what you ate (or if you did they were someone who was killing others), and it was out of genuine survival it could be forgiven.

Which means that Will is also a Winner turned Sinner. Like Alastor.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite tropes for Alastor, lol. You can choose otherwise if this is in the storyline or if only Will is a possible Winner turned Sinner with Alastor as a straight up Sinner.

If Sinner forms are to represent insecurities while alive, maybe he's a fish? Maybe if we went with this version, his object would be a lure? Or a camera!

Though, would be funnier if he's a shark. I'm using Rat's post on characteristics. A lone hunter, with no meaningful relationships, constantly moving because if he stops he dies. Anxiety incarnate. (Though, I will say, saying that sharks don't form meaningful relationships is a stereotype of sharks. Which works well in this context. But sharks have been found to make meaningful relationships, even with humans. We just can't observe this easily in the wild.) It'd fuck with Vox's head. A lot.

Also mildly distressed Alastor when he brought Will to Hell. It could also make for a hilarious situation of Hannibal going to hell and being a deer type Sinner. And Alastor tells Will he could do so much better than that toxic asshole. And Will going, "I know, it's just hard to move on since he was... A friend." And Alastor looks at him with a deadpan expression like he knows what Will really thought of the other man. It gets back to Vox. The shark doesn't know if he should laugh or cry.

He is initially super jealous of Will. Until he finds out that Will calls Alastor Papa.

Though, if we stick to Will being a Winner dragged to Hell by a deal, his form would be different. Because a Winner's form is probably a reflection of their virtues. In which case, I can see Will being a Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog. Livestock guardian dog. Though it has wolf-like traits. Courageous, dignified, calm, and fiercely loyal to its family (though general bonds with only one person), but independent and self-willed. Highly intelligent, bred to protect their herd/flock from wolves and bears. Needs mental stimulation or will end up super distressed and get themselves into trouble.

Alastor calls him his good boy and sweet heart and precious darling. Everyone thinks he's mocking this poor dude and being condescending as usual. While they think this usually smart dude is oblivious to how he's being treated, given he wags his tail when Alastor cups his face to give a forehead kiss or runs his fingers through Will's hair. Angel gets the courage to ask what the relationship between them is and Will proudly declares that Alastor is his dad.

Will lives up to being a Livestock Guardian. He herds the others without them fully realizing it. His higher senses alert him to danger. He fights tooth and nail to protect those in his care, but always walks to Alastor's side first.

If Lucifer initially assumes that Will is a Hell Hound and treats him as barely above the Sinners? Seeing as Hell Hounds are considered the lowest class of Hellborn, Lucifer acting like the stereotype of a white man in Alastor's eyes. And like fuck he's going to let anyone say shit to his kid. He may not know Lucifer can't hurt Sinners, but that doesn't stop him from dragging the tiny king outside to get to toss around. He then threatens from one father to another, not to treat his kid that way if Lucifer wants to survive. Will is a guest at the hotel. Not a lap dog to be used.

Vox finding out Alastor is a dad is a trip in any continuum. But to a Sinner that looks and acts so different, who doesn't seem to hold any power, and is so painfully average (other than having autism)? Like, he feels disappointed.

Maybe he finds out about Will being a good detective and that he already had special abilities? Maybe Will has been learning all of Alastor's skills? Or maybe Vox finds out exactly what happens when you touch something you're not supposed to.

Or a form that would truly fuck with Will's head: the Raven Stag.

Mainly because of the cannibalism, occult, and dying in the woods. Like that Sinner from Helluva Boss. Those are the three ticks to get you to be a deer type, here.

He's all black; hair, feathers, and fur. With only his own red eyes to match Alastor. He never smiles. He's very quiet. Alastor is happy that Will kept his curls. With this, it's obvious he's Alastor's kid. No one knows it's not biological, lol. Will learning more of the occult while in Hell would also be interesting. He's this cool, calm, collected figure on the outside that never lets anyone too close. If he looks you in the eyes he can walk a mile in your shoes through your memories. He makes people uncomfortable being in the same room as them, even though that was the opposite of what he wanted.

This route can be even more interesting if, because of some wonkiness with magic, or on purpose for Will's mental health, Will gets de-aged to the same age as when he made his deal with Alastor, I'm going 6. Plush the seven years hiding. So he's a lanky 13/14 year old. A fawn coming into his antlers. Usually hunched over or curled in on himself. Really insecure. Likes to play piano and guitar. Fishes in Alastor's bayou pocket space, but also Alastor takes him to fishing spots to hang out. They speak Louisiana French. Will helps with cooking.

Will plays the radio for background noise. Says he doesn't like it when the silence gets... Louder.

Alastor reveals he actually did get a camera specifically to get pictures of his boy. And they get shown pictures of a tiny fawn, 6 years old with giant wet eyes. And Alastor tells them he's aging Will through his own magic. He 'reveals' that he was gone for 7 years because he was raising his kid. When asked how he even had a kid if Alastor was dead so long before the kid was even born, and Alastor tells them how Will accidentally summoned him and asked for a friend. And Alastor said yes, because what else are you supposed to do when a baby begs for any kind of positive interaction?

And when Will died, Alastor made sure he wasn't alone, even if he couldn't do anything.

Will gets asked about his life and he says the most concerning shit. Usually on purpose, because living with Alastor made him like chaos.

His original father didn't really want much to do with him, after Mom left because he was mean. And if he refers to Hannibal as an "older man who said he wanted to be friends", but hurt him really bad? Did things that were wrong and that's why Will is in Hell? He tricked Will into eating the meat of a girl. Probably a bunch of other people! He was Will's therapist and a doctor. But he made sure Will got worse so no one would believe him when he told people what was happening.

Of course, everyone assumes the absolute worst. Will is a bit oblivious to how much still, especially since he avoided people's eyes.

(But Alastor knew and didn't correct them. Because they thought it all happened to a child. Not an adult. And yes, the sexual implications are made worse by their assumptions. But he knows that bastard will also go to Hell one day, and he wants as many people against Hannibal as possible.)

Husk asks why Alastor came out of hiding now, when Will still isn't fully grown, if he was so paranoid of something happening? Alastor looks at him and puts on his best impression of a caring father. (Not actually hard because he's pretty decent at it, even if he doesn't believe so.)

"If redemption is possible, I have strayed to far from the light to ever be given Grace. But my son? He is the reason I choose to believe Redemption is possible. And why we're here. I'm only in this for him. I'm doing this for him."

Of course, that's not the whole truth. Rosie commanded him. But it puts things in a different light for Husk. And Nifty if she was there as well.

Which creates a truth bomb for later when Alastor quits. But tells Will to stay at the Hotel since the boy is a guest.

I am so undecided which form would be best. All of them have merits for the story. 

Shark. I like the parallel of Radiostatic and Hannigram in this one. It feels very ironic.

Though I doubt Hannibal would be a deer considering the shadowy stag supposedly representing him only existed in Will’s mind not in real life.

Also let’s give Will a break by not having his toxic situationship and his Papa sharing animal forms.

I remember in fanfictions Hannibal is referred to as a snake while Will is a mongoose due to Will hunting Hannibal’s serial killer persona. Maybe that’s an option?

Dog. This feels like it has the potential for something really fluffy but I might be biased because I love dogs.

It would be really funny to see everyone’s reaction to Alastor(who is normally so prickly and touch adverse) to lavish this random dog “sinner” with affection and positive attention. Husk especially expressing his disbelief because he knows Alastor hates dogs but for some reason this guy is an exception.

It would be extra funny if Will was bigger/taller than Alastor but acts like a big baby/lap dog around him.

(Vox is especially jealous that some rando is allowed on Alastor’s lap and gets forehead kisses)

The one thing I’d love to see, especially in this crossover, is more Magical Realism. Metas/analyses in the Hannibal tag could explain it better than I can, but the TV show has quite a bit of magical realism in it (even if it’s not classified as such). I’d love to see that explored more/played with in this crossover.

It could also lead to interesting scenarios and situations. For example, I saw someone theorise (with quite a bit of evidence) that Will’s Ability isn’t psychology related (e.g., empathy). It’s more akin to psychometry. Depending on how you want to play with that, Alastor adopting Will at age 5 could lead to Will having a better quality of life than his show’s counterpart.

Like in the first season, it’s brought up constantly— by multiple characters— that Will’s Ability is always passively active to some degree and that it affects his interactions with people (and, as a result, his quality of life). If we decide to go the psychometry route and that it could be controlled and/or trained (at least to some degree), then we could have Alastor realising what Will’s Ability actually is and help him with it.

Even without that, Alastor adopting Will can easily change how the events of the show transpire for one simple reason: this version of Will has a support system before the show even starts. His canonical counterpoint did not. It’s perhaps not obvious, but part of the catalyst of everything snowballing in the TV series is that Will had no support system. Then Hannibal became his support system. In this crossover, Will isn’t limited to relying solely on Hannibal. He can talk to Alastor.

Also, depending on how the dream visitations and following in the shadows work, other things could change easily as a domino effect. To use an example that got brought up: the encephalitis could get diagnosed sooner. If the shadow is somewhat sentient and brings things to Alastor’s attention and/or alert him when Will is in danger, then Will can find out about the seizure and/or clock scenes. Or Will being able to contact/summon Alastor when he walks in to find all but one of his dogs chewing on a corpse.

(Also, if we ever need a reason why Alastor wouldn’t intervene when he otherwise would, I present to you: both series happening simultaneously. Why wouldn’t Alastor help Will with X? Recovering from Adam’s attack. Why isn’t Alastor intervening with Y? Currently stuck with the Vees.)

Also, poor Abigail is 100% in Hell (I feel like her sin would be too close to Sir Pentious’ not to be). As sad as that is, I’d love to be a fly on the wall when Will tells Alastor “by the way, you have a granddaughter” and then panicky telling him that she died and is probably in Hell. Then Alastor lowkey running around Hell trying to find Abigail (who he may have never met/seen) and convince her (who probably doesn’t know who he is) to trust him and that he knows Will. I’d also love to be a fly on the wall when he brings her to the Hotel, introducing her to the Hazbin crew as his granddaughter and not explaining anything to anyone (other than maybe Abigail because the poor woman’s been through enough).

More magic surrealism and Will learning magic.

Yes. Will is completely different because he has a support system. A huge part of the show is that he doesn't have that. Alastor adopting him gets him the help he needs earlier.

Abby getting support too! And is very much going to be loved to fuck and back.