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"Commission: Happy Birthday to Liz & Sonya"

Hey, Hellaverse fans! Here's a special commission of Charlie and all of her friends and family celebrating her favorite cousins Liz and Sonya's birthday for my best friend, @kiddoryder. It took me a long time, but I had a blast working on it for her. I hope you like it as much as I do and Happy Belated Birthday, Ryder. ^u^

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss, Charlie Morningstar, Vaggi, Angel Dust, Husk, Niffty, Baxter, Cherri Bomb, Razzle, KeeKee, Fat Nuggets, & Lucifer Morningstar (c) @vivziepop

Blitz & Sophie McNight (c) me

Sonya & Liz, Zella, Azrael Morningstar, Raina, Frost Bite, & Rimfire (c) @kiddoryder

current hotel lounge background (c) Amanda heard and Ryan McKone

I'm not sure if mad is the right word here.

I mean, if Charlie was a real person, then yes. But as a fictional character I found it interesting watching her spiral and make decisions that anyone watching from the outside would know are bad.

Like, at most I would've been mad if the narrative had treated Charlie's actions as a good thing, but it clearly didn't.

Honestly, I have no doubt he tried to be the best dad he could and did his best to raise Charlie. We know Lucifer loves his family canonically. He unquestionably loves and cares for his daughter.

Therefore, I’m assuming Lucifer, as an angel, never had the experience of being a child and being raised by any kind of parental figure. Even if God was a parental figure to him, it would be a very different experience and relationship than is typical between a child and parent. I also doubt angels have children in heaven, so maybe he naturally doesn’t have that parental/nurturing instinct.

As such, it wouldn’t be surprising if Lucifer just... doesn’t understand how to properly be a dad. How to talk/play/feed/take care of young Charlie. What’s safe or unsafe. What’s age appropriate or not. Not understanding the needs of baby, toddler, child, teen, or even young adult Charlie. I’m sure he’s been overprotective and too sheltering. I bet he’s said things or spoken in certain ways that were upsetting to Charlie, not because he was being cruel, but because he just doesn’t understand the impact he has on her as her father. I could see him standing there scratching his head and wondering why Charlie was overreacting so much to a comment he made, not realizing he had been insensitive/blunt/rude/etc.

I think the best comparison I can think of is in Steven Universe. How Rose Quartz didn’t understand babies, that they don’t think like adults do and have to be treated differently.

IT WENT WELL AND IT IS DONEEEEEE (big thank you to everyone for joining my cleanup streams earlier!)

“It’s coming out this year in fall!”