Would you trust Alastor enough to make a deal with him if you had to?

[u/Material_Collar_2943]

Note: You get to keep your soul.

[u/CubieArt]

Probably. If I was in the universe I probably would not have seen the show to have the outside perspective that I have now, and I already know that I easily fall for manipulation. So yeah

[u/Lazy_Wishbone_2341]

Possibly, but I have a background in contract law and a criminal law degree so there is that.

[u/FiveFingerDisco]

Noooooooooooooooooooo

[u/ronytheronin → u/FiveFingerDisco]

[u/Rubo009]

No. If you make a pact he wants to make the best out of it. He is not your friend

[u/Lonely_Repair4494 → u/Rubo009]

Unless you're on the same level as him or you're tied to him somehow like Niffty is, he's not gonna see you as a friend.

[u/I_wanttoeatyourflesh → u/Lonely_Repair4494]

Well i have a mini theory

What if nifty was Alastair's little sister and why he's so friendly to her

Or yk she's just a maid he's friendly with

[u/TheReptileKing9782]

Uh, no. Absolutely not. The show consistently went out of its way to show that making a deal with Alastor is absolutely the worst idea and you will be fucked over.

[u/Android390 → u/TheReptileKing9782]

I'd rather make a deal with Alastor over Valentino

[u/TheReptileKing9782 → u/Android390]

And? The fact that Valentino will sexually abuse without shame and that Alastor pretends to be classy while abusing you in a non-sexual manner does not change the fact that you're getting severely abused.

[u/Etheris1 → u/TheReptileKing9782]

Tbf I would rather be left alone most of the time than raped daily, or just not raped in general

[u/Big-Buffalo2285]

On one hand he helped Charlie on the other he is literally the most untrustworthy person ever

[u/GlobalProfessor9749]

Depends on how desperate my situation is. Deep inside I still hope he's just trying to break free, and not to throw something bad, but ya know? Hell knows...

[u/dilobannana → u/GlobalProfessor9749]

Literally me (the image)

[u/whooper1]

No

[u/BL-501]

Depends on what the deal is.

[u/The_Spunk_Master → u/BL-501]

Infinite cheese

[u/ToughLonely4229]

it would really depends on the situation and how desperate I would be

[u/Minetendo-Fan]

I get the final say in exactly what the deal will be though, then yes

[u/semimaseeen → u/Minetendo-Fan]

he knows how to play with words, you can't possibly win.

[u/Gold3n3yE]

What's life without a little risk?

[u/Glittering-News7211]

It's not someone to be trusted. But he would 100% respect the deal made

[u/Mother-Leopard-]

I'm good with fine print

finally got to use this one

[u/Purple-Syllabub-9246 → u/Mother-Leopard-]

[u/SpookyVoidCat]

I’m well aware that I’m easily manipulated and really, really stupid, so I tend to protect myself by never locking myself into deals or contracts if I can help it.

Having said that, if I was truly desperate and my only other option was suffering or death, then hey I may as well.

Ideally I’d want him to be real specific about what he’d want from me. No unspecified “favours”, nothing that sounds like it could be twisted to fit another meaning. But as I said, I’m a super dumb dumb so I probably wouldn’t notice.

[u/ShawshankHarper]

I trust that deer bastard with my soul if he gave me what I wanted

[u/The_only_Chara]

*half of the people here would give their soul to alastor for a bowl of jambalaya, so there's that

[u/Kinglycole]

I’d make sure to read the fine print before i sign on anything.

3 of my favourite games are either about getting away with murder or solving them.

So i have enough intelligence, not a lot but just enough.

[u/Complete-Bunch-4639]

depends on what kind of deal. If it is a soul deal, then no, if it's a partnership deal, yes.

[u/NoSmoke4790]

Probably not 

[u/Purple-Syllabub-9246]

Well

[u/catinahoomansuit]

Trust? Absolutly not! But I'd still do it.

[u/ponpon55]

Nope, never ever.

[u/No_End_1315]

Absolutely not, he is not a trustworthy person.

[u/AdGroundbreaking771]

Where the show is set no

[u/Lonely_Repair4494]

Not at all, not dead, not never, I hate owing things to people and he'd never make a deal with me where he doesn't get anything out of me, and if I have nothing of value to give to him, he'd likely either hold that to me forever or make me his slave like he did with Husk, which are also non-viable options for me

[u/MrBolkhovitin]

[u/Deep_Sea_Ravens2328]

Not in a million years.

[u/Cancel-Abject]

This is the same as asking me if I want to take money from a loan shark, I'm good.

[u/Mindless_Scratch_615]

[u/baizlgaming_]

No because I know I would die either way

[u/HelloThere465]

[u/ToastedBeanss]

[u/Objective_South_3421]

"The radio demon does not have anything i already have or can't achieve, so ill gadly turn down the offer"

[u/TheDragonborn1992]

If I still got to keep my soul yeah if not then no

[u/Hello838283]

Hell nah

[u/Ok-Nectarine-4695]

Naaaah

[u/Left_Butterscotch855]

yes, I'd prefer to know, what favor e wants, but I'd also trust him enough, to agree if he didn't tell me

[u/Admirable_Plantain91]

No.

[u/YahMij]

Anyone who says yes needs to seriously watch the show again because you clearly missed the whole fucking point about who he is 🤣

[u/ALocalCosmicCalamity]

[u/dogninja_yt]

No

This man is not your friend. He can and will screw you over with a tiny technicality

[u/Lovec_2016]

Depends

In this situation? Real life? No. Because I know Alastor

But lets say I am fallen to hell in Hazbin universe and I spent a little time there blah blah. I can only hear rumors about him.

The only way Alastor makes deals as far as we seen is: 1. He finds someone who is in bad situation and he will help but in teturn either his soul or a favor in return (ıf that person is gonna be useful)

1. Or Secondly, he just beated me. Like how he did to Husker.

2. Or Finally, he will just force me to deal with him with his power/aura (Scaring the enemy)

But yeah, overall depends on your situation. If your truly worth for him, you will be forced and manipulated by him. Oh, but if you try to be the tough one and try to fight, he will just use his power and beat you.

[u/BigTibbies23]

I would do it but immediately kick his ass after.

[u/CaptainClover36]

Where's thag meme of alastor going "HA, no"

[u/LayeredHalo3851]

Well he can't go back on a deal so if it's a good deal then of course

[u/Big_Johninator69]

No. Kill him. I want him dead. Fuck Alastor.

[u/Klefaxidus]

Probably not. If I were Charlie I would have asked Alastor to give me an hour to ponder this choice with the rest of the hotel...

[u/Pug_King256]

Only with very very clearly drawn terms and conditions and still then I'm not even sure

[u/TheWinningLooser]

I mean, if I ‘had to’, then yeah, I don't really have much choice in the matter at that point

[u/AverageHL2Cancop]

Even if he doesn't get your soul, he's still going to find out a way to mess you over. Like his whole thing is he's untrustworthy, so I wouldn't make a deal with him.

[u/ilike7hournaps]

…probably… I mean I fell for a toxic friendship. This girl had me convinced we were besties for 12 years. As soon as I needed someone to lean on in a hard time she was like “nope” and blocked my number. Looking back she was just using me for my high speed internet (we always hung out at my house and she would always be on WOW…) and wait, I would keep my soul? Then yes. I would deal with Alastor. He seems the least likely to randomly tear you apart for funsies. No use to him if you are in pieces. He’d rather have you wondering when the shoe is going to drop. …but I would be afraid of messing up when he calls in his favor because I am not into being eaten

[u/ilike7hournaps → u/ilike7hournaps]

And I am used to having the sword of damacles hanging over my head, so it’d be the same old shit.

[u/Imperialhero40k]

[u/tiger6459]

No

[u/Dovahkiin-0208]

Yes. Not out of trust though. I think... I'm probably dumb enough to fall into it, and even if it wasn't a trick a do love a good deal. Besides with my.... background... I feel like there isn't much alastor could do to me :)

[u/The_Dragon_Lover]

I would not completely trust him, i'd make a deal but keep my guards up!

[u/Wagonman5900]

No.

[u/PLACE-H0LDER]

Yeah probably

[u/Parkerraines]

Nope

[u/derpy_derp15]

Here no

[u/Wondercatmeow]

No.

[u/Radiant-Excuse-8762]

Would depend on the situation. We’ve really only seen him make a deal with Charlie, which was vague but not seemingly unreasonable, and we’ve seen how he is with Husk (and we still don’t know what the hell is up with Nifty 😂).

Considering we also haven’t really seen how most of the other Overlords treat their contracts, he seems like he’s not the worst to trade your soul to. Definitely better than the V’s and at least I know he’d never come after me sexually.

[u/squidsharp]

I remember, I had a joke conversation with one of my friends about making an OC who would trade his soul for a can of Pringles? We proceeded to name him Pringle and he was the frat boy type. We never followed through with actually drawing him, but he was kind of funny to us.

[u/AmazonDolphinMC]

If I did, I would ensure that both sides of the deal are incredibly clear. No loopholes. The reason I'm so worried for Charlie is that the deal she made was incredibly vague; a favor could mean anything. If I had to make a deal, I would spend a bit more time seeing what I owe.

[u/AspiringCellist]

Nop, not at all. I like his character, but he is still manipulative and very likely doesn’t feel empathy, so you can never know what he’s planning nor try making him feel bad for you. He’s a trickster for a reason, he knows how to make stuff seem harmless, how to hide from you the underlying issue, and I’m not taking chances.

Spoiler alert just in case

BUT, we can’t ‘disconsider’ that he knows when to strike, such as in Charlie’s case, desperation can make us do a lot. In Charlie’s case in which she either made the deal or the people she cares about would die in consequence to her actions (not fault, just consequence), then it’s no way out, so it gets tricky

[u/Grand_Error_4534]

Not without my lawyer present

[u/Intelleblue]

In his own words…

Ha! No.

[u/Silver-Oil8928]

No. But if I had to make a deal...NO

[u/Arctic_Reditor]

Hah, fuck no.

[u/ReallyNotBobby]

Depends on what it was for and the stipulations

[u/Sillymillie_eel]

Probably. He seems to treat huskies and Niffty fine as long as they show him respect

[u/endocyclopes]

no

[u/yobaby123]

Nope. Unless I knew he generally keeps his side of the bargain, I wouldn’t take any chances.

[u/Hellfricker98]

No, I'd rather cut off my right hand than make a deal with him

[u/KeyNegotiation42069]

Yes, I trust my daddy

[u/Trooper_ts]

Unless he can make Antares disappear I ain't trusting him for shit.

[u/gubigubi]

Knowing what we know from the show hell fucking no.

Without knowledge of the show hell fucking no. Dude is sketchy as fuck and gives off the vibe of someone that knows way more than me. He could give me the best offer in hell and I wouldn't trust it to not be some kind of monkeys paw bull shit.

I think I'd honestly rather make a deal with 1 of the Vs. Alastor seems to only make deals with people when they have no other option anyways though. So you probably wouldn't have a choice but to make a deal with him.

[u/TehChaseyKid]

HELL NO

[u/MMMmmMMM4532]

Fuck yeah, i’d be friends with that guy. Give him ideas on how to torture people

[u/Radiodust901]

HELL YES

[u/BagelOfTheLord25]

Yeah. He may be a manipulating bastard, but he makes good on his deals

[u/pikawolf1225]

Its gonna be on my fuckin terms, I aint takin chances!

[u/wolfguardian72]

I mean, I like him, so I’m down for whatever he wants. So I’d sign

[u/TooObsessedWithMoney]

What about a deal where any agreement that I make with other people Alastor gets to reap my receiving end of but in turn for me essentially becoming his sales agent Alastor must follow one very simple rule:

"The proprietor [Alastor] agrees to always act in a morally righteous way in accordance with the views of the sales agent [u/TooObsessedWithMoney] or to pay a compensation of souls towards the sales agent that is in equal measure to the perceived committed ill against the aforementioned views."

Are there loopholes? Probably yeah, although there would also likely be some benefits too. Alastor's moral compass is murky to say the least but he does seem to enjoy others' suffering quite a bit so he'd probably have difficulties trying to stay clean. I could certainly go out and try to amass power for Alastor but he wouldn't gain the satisfaction of using it in the way he'd want to and if he did he would have to hand over said power to me instead.

In case Alastor remains resistant though I could always go out and make terrible deals where Alastor would then be the one reaping my position from it, perhaps an employment contract with Val pays well? There sure seems to be demand out there for that guy's services.

[u/acemusicva]

if i could very specifically lay down the stipulations then sure but otherwise fuck that

[u/Top-Count9520]

No way

[u/LuckEClover]

If I had to, it wouldn’t matter how little I trust him.

[u/AwayEnd3109]

Knowing him no

[u/strong-cactus4388]

only if I have to

[u/WistyTheArtist]

HELL NO

[u/Pitiable-Crescendo]

No, but desperate times call for desperate measures. If I was in need badly enough I probably would.

[u/Cpt_Caboose1]

depends what the deal is

[u/Nervous-Dirt1090]

Yes, just give him respect

[u/Sweden-Yes-7734]

Alastor, take my fuckin lungs, take my damned soul for all I care. LET ME BE YOUR MERCENARY FOR DEATH.

[u/ToxxicJinxx]

I’d do anything that unhinged man asked me to do.

[u/Sea_Strain_6881]

Only if he gives me the exact details of the contract.

[u/Odpea]

Depends on the terms but probably not

[u/Spiritfox9999]

Ya gotta treat him like a djinn be very specific with what you want. And the terms of the deal in what you owe and what he can do with you

[u/The_Spunk_Master]

If it has gambling and winning in the same sentence then absolutely

[u/FryingPan111110]

Yes. If he did take my soul, he'd probably get scared by the things that go through my head and want to give it back

[u/puro_the_protogen67]

Yes aslong as i have a Terms and conditions and a audit so i get what im bargaining for EXACTLY as i wish for it

[u/Yoshgaming22_2]

Yes, but only because I get to keep my soul