Can we really just step back and really analyze just how terrifying Alastor's radio broadcasts were?
Has anyone thought about how entertaining Alastor's broadcasts were? Like if we really think about it, he mocks his victims as we've seen with several characters on the show. Adam and Vox being the ones I want to highlight in this little rant. His "Haha poetry" killed me when I heard it and it's this comment that I come back to when i think about the broadcasts Mimzy(and Vaggie in the pilot) talk about in the show. Imagine being an overlord as well as Alastor's first victim and having someone called the Radio Demon taunting you while you get ready to dismiss him. Imagine thinking you're gonna smoke this newcomer and you get taunted and ridiculed while being tossed around. Imagine not knowing that you're being broadcasted. Imagine knowing that you are and unable to do anything about it because for some reason, this new guy has you on the ropes. Then your screams are ripped from you as you endure whatever pain Alastor has decided is appropriate to get his point across.
Imagine being a sinner and you hear the buzz of the radio, the fade in to the signal as his broadcasts starts. The first time had to leave everyone's jaws on the floor. Hearing the voice of an overlord that you've known to have ruled for however long being broadcasted over the airwaves. The second hand embarrassment, the fear that someone new has entered hell and has already taken down someone you thought as more powerful than you ever could be. Imagine being an aquaintance of this overlord. A best friend. A lover... Imagine your lover right now. Your partner's screams being broadcasted for all of Hell to hear while being mocked and made into a joke as the life, afterlife, or both are going through your mind, the memories. What if it's a really fucked up joke? A publicity stunt maybe. Until the broadcast gets shut off and reality catches up to you. You just heard your best friend, partner, or aquaintance be slaughtered on air and you were powerless the whole time. God, imagine hearing the murder of an overlord that Alastor really didn't like. How drawn out would he make it? How long would he extend it just so he could satisfy his bloodlust? Do you think he planned some and winged others? Both? Does he air out the tea of the overlord while he's doing this? I believe that while Alastor did have a humbling moment in the finale, we should remember that he used the murder of every single overlord he could find to boost his signal. To make a name for himself and while that's pretty badass, it's also incredibly fucked up. I just haven't really seen anyone talking about it and going into detail about how crazy this must've been. I love looking into things like this because the implications alone are only a glimpse of what really happened. He truly is a force to reckoned with. When he went up against Adam, there was no way he was going to win that fight. Alastor's pride was his downfall and that's putting it mildly. It was a learning experience and(for those who love theories) we should be thinking about what he learned from the experience and how he can manipulate that to his advantage. He's very good at learning and he learns quick. He's able to improve on the fly and make a situation better benefit him. Alastor looked scared in the finale song and that is terrifying.
