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Hazbin Hotel Ships

Huskerdust - Angel Dust and Husk. My Hellaverse OTP! I've talked about them at length in my Huskerdust analysis post. Long story short: they're not perfect people, but they could be perfect for each other. They've both been through bad times and done bad things, but there's a chance they could change for the better now that they have each other. And that's why I love thinking about them together.

Chaggie - Charlie Morningstar and Vaggie. They're a sweet established couple, and it's cute to see how they'll take any opportunity to hold hands or hug or brush hair off each other's faces. Plus, I'm a sucker for pairings where one person is a grump and the other is a ray of sunshine.

Emilute - Lute and Emily. They're both angels, but very different in looks and personality. One is dark-skinned with pastel clothes and compassion for Sinners; the other is pale-skinned with black clothes and a dedication to eradicating Sinners. Emily would want to help Lute see the light, whereas Lute would try to make Emily cross over to the dark side... @carpp had made some great fanart of the two of them, which made me love the pairing!

Emilette - Emily and Velvette. I started shipping this thanks to @dallina17 and their posts on the pairing. I think it's interesting that Emily and Velvette both have musical moments where they stand up to authority figures (Sera in "You Didn't Know" and Carmilla in "Respectless", respectively), but go about it in different ways (appeals to morality vs. brash rudeness) and with different motives (concern for others vs. self-interest). That's got me thinking about what would happen if the two women ever met. Also, Black sapphic solidarity for the win!

MollyBomb - Molly and Cherri Bomb. I just think it would be funny if Angel's sister and Angel's best friend ended up dating. It's as simple as that!

CherriSnake - Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious. Their shift from rivals to crushing on each other felt a bit rushed, but I'm intrigued to see where this relationship goes and what impact they might have on each other.

StaticNeedle - Niffty and Vox. I've talked a lot about my headcanon that Niffty and Vox were married in life. It stemmed from realising that they both died in the Fifties, and kind-of spiralled from there. It's probably the rarest rarepair I ship.

StaticMoth - Vox and Valentino. To be honest, I struggle to wholeheartedly ship Valentino with anyone, given his ... everything, but he and Vox would make a fascinating villain couple. One is camp and sexy and does whatever he wants, and the other is a sleek businessman who's obsessed with projecting the perfect image. Opposites attract, I guess?

Seramilla - Sera and Carmilla. Shoutout to @seramilla for getting me interested in this! I can definitely see the appeal of two mother figures on opposite sides of the afterlife finding common ground in their protective nature.

Zestmilla - Carmilla and Zestial. This ship is kind-of "meh" for me, but it is intriguing that Carmilla and Zestial seem so close with each other. I wonder how that happened?

Alzy (platonic) - Mimzy and Alastor. The way Alastor talks to and about Mimzy, and even the way he smiles around her, is different to how he acts around everyone else. The fact that they were friends in life and this friendship has carried over into death is really fascinating to me.

RadioRose (platonic) - Alastor and Rosie. I like how Rosie highlights a different side to Alastor compared to Mimzy, given that Rosie also seems to have a scheming nature. She's like a work buddy to Alastor, except they have a shared interest in eating people.

Lucilith - Lucifer Morningstar and Lilith. I'd like to find out more about their marriage and what caused it to fall apart.

Baximi - Crymini and Baxter. Neither have appeared in the show (yet), but a furry character and a fishy character falling in love has a cool star-crossed-lovers vibe to me.

Helluva Boss Ships

Owling at the Moon (platonic) - Loona and Octavia. Sarcastic Chorus made a really interesting video about how they differ and what they have in common. They're from opposite sides of the track, but both have daddy issues (to put it mildly), so they both could use a friend who understands.

Fizzmodeus - Fizzarolli and Asmodeus. I think the fact that I already love Roger and Jessica Rabbit made me more willing to accept another pairing with a clown and a sex symbol!

M&M - Moxxie Knolastname and Millie. I'm a sucker for married couples who don't completely hate each other.

Sallie Mayday - Verosika Mayday and Sallie May. One is a celebrity, the other is a country girl. It's another opposites-attract concept that I enjoy.

Marberry - Mrs Mayberry and Martha. This feels like "enemies to lovers" taken to the extreme, but hey, I'm here for it!

Stolitz - Blitzø and Stolas. I'm not sure how I feel about them as a couple, but I do enjoy reading and watching other people's analyses of the ship and of each person's shortcomings.

Colleenie - Collin and Keenie. They're both angelic sheep who seem like they're meant to be parallels to Moxxie and Millie, which intrigues me. If only Keenie treated Collin better...

Characters I Don't Really Ship with Anyone

Hazbin Hotel: Adam, St Peter, Odette Carmine, Clara Carmine, Arackniss, Travis, Katie Killjoy, Tom Trench, the Egg Boiz, Fat Nuggets, KeeKee, Razzle, Dazzle

So... I saw a theory about Niffty and Vox having been married in life since they both died in the 50s and uh, well... I ended up talking to this Vox rper I know and now its kinda gotten out of hand-

The way we've been talking about it has been with Televangelist Vox. Niffty was pressured into being a perfect wife and since Image was Everything it meant that their home had to be Showroom Perfect at all times (which made her kinda insane about cleaning in general but also definitely In Hell). When she made appearances on TV with him, she was supposed to just be nothing more than a quiet prop (hence why she dissociates and goes dead silent when on Camera).

As a half-japanese woman during/after WWII she was probably in the best position she could be in, in a marriage with a rich and influential man who, instead of any actual love, would just use some of the church funds he stole to get her gifts and go on trips together. Which... didn't make up at all for the tremendous pressure she was constantly under. But she would feel Guilty and Selfish for being Unhappy. Especially because when it started out, there Were real feelings there. And sometimes they would still feel it, there would be moments where it was Good, where it felt real. And that would make it Worse when it wasn't. Maybe under other circumstances on a different life it would have worked out. But as it was, she just felt Guilt that she couldn't be happy with what she was given. She would read those housewife novels and fantasize about some bad boy coming to sweep her off her feet and take her away from her oppressive life.

But in the end, the pressure was too much for her and she Snapped one day and just stabbed him A Whole Bunch. She didn't try to defend her actions and admitted to the crime so she was given the death penalty with no bail and she accepted her fate. She just couldn't handle it anymore.

(This little sketch I made was placed here for no reason. I just forgot to post it here back then after posting it on reddit.)

I don’t care, if them being in the 50s isn’t good enough evidence, or that plenty of people from that timeline have died 😭 I love this ship too much to think of the basic logic.

(Look if it’s canon, I’ll be happy. But if it’s not, I won’t complain. Fan works are my happy pills.)

My headcanons for this theory (or canon-connected AU):

Niffty and Vox were husband and wife.—But instead of the common “Vox was abusive/manipulative” headcanons, I think they were both equally fucked.

Niffty was mentally ill and cared more about looking like a prim and proper housewife to her husband and the public, thinking it’s what her husband would want. Vox got bored and emotionally disconnected from her when his wife became more of a domestic robot. He cheated on her, it got caught on the news, Niffty saw it and so she killed him. (But then instantly regretted it afterwards, because she was obsessed with him.)

Long version (Trigger Warning: murder and blood):

I have a little stockpile of these by now because I am unwell-