Maybe I’ve forgotten, but have you talked about an AU where P!Reader dies first? I doubt her dad would shoot her, but maybe from sickness as she did work in a hospital— I feel like regardless of when in the timeline, Alastor would handle her dying first just as well as she handled his death. Maybe not, destroy all their things and burn down their house levels of melodrama, but definitely going down a dark tunnel of disparity and dramatics.
It’s already canon to PILAD that Alastor was summoning demons while they were both alive trying to get power, so do you think in this world where he’ll left all alone, he’s desperately trying to summon his wife or summon something that can find his wife? Or maybe, he’s just trying to gain more power still so that by the time he’s ready to join her in their second life nothing can hurt her again…
In the story, P!Reader thinks about how she’d never wish the fear and despair of losing your partner onto Alastor (which then happens to him when the hotel collapses on her rip), but to have an Alastor who understood that grief from the get go? I feel like it would change the way he’d handle their separation and the rules thrust upon him. Would he be willing to let them be separated at all?
And perhaps a P!Reader who spent more time in Hell, getting to know other sinners and having to navigate a world where power is everything, but without having any of the Radio Demon’s backing is one who has more power. Maybe not overlord level, I can’t see her caring at all about that, but enough that it’s noticeable in the way she carries herself (maybe she sheds less LOL). More allies, more people owing her favors, more people relying on her to heal them, that sort of thing.
I don’t think it would change their overall dynamic, but I do think it would shift enough to be noticeable and very interesting! This wasn’t really formatted like a request but the concept is yours to do with what you please if you’re interested! I’d love to see your thoughts on this AU, may it be in a small story or just more rambling like me haha
Oh gosh I would absolutely love to make this into a fic, so much so that last night, I drafted it in my head HAHAH. Although,,,,it might take a while to make a whole fic about it if yall are willing to wait. I'm nearing Finals week and the tough gotta start going unfortunately.
I do have a small fic about Reader dying first and Alastor trying to summon her. I'm actually going to make a part 2...hopefully. I want to, but time huhuh. I don't own much of it
BUT this things is, P! Reader is very sheltered by Alastor. This woman has never had to experience the hardships of Hell because Alastor has always been there, the strongest Sinner with both power and influence.
I'd never explicitly said it yet, but I'm hoping to get through it in my fic, but Reader's thread powers comes from the souls she owns. Because as far as I know, souls are like the currency of power in Hell.
And how did she get those souls?
Well, one day Alastor probably came home and was all like, "I just gathered a thousand souls :DDD and it's all yours for the low, low price of one (1) ☝️1️⃣ kiss <3" He would sulk the whole day if Reader didn't accept.
So in the event that Reader dies first, and Alastor isn't there to provide what she wants, then . . . well, she'll get a little creative. Definitely not Overlord level, but Reader gets very diligent when it comes to the things she wants. So not Overlord level, but just enough to satiate her.
So she'll probably work her way up the food chain with a charm that mimics Alastor. (What's the point of seeing the man everyday if she doesn't learn a thing or two from him about charisma?)
Alastor, who is still alive and up on Earth, would go super crazy. I see him as the type of man who would be too prideful to just,,,,join Reader down in Hell by his own doing. Still go super crazy. Gothic horror type of crazy. Her heart in a jar and everything.
Then, once Alastor drops into Hell, she'll probably retire from the soul collecting business and make Alastor do it for her because she dgaf. She just wants her bodies.
It would be so fun to imagine a scenario where these two Alastor's meet: the one who died first vs the one who didn't die first. In an AU where Reader dies first, Alastor would be even more protective and possessive than he already is