Reuploaded cause Tumblr decided that my posts just weren’t gonna show up in the tags :)
All the pieces I did for Angelhusk/Huskerdust Week
For those of you wondering wtf ive been working on this week….here it is.
Apologies to my SU fans. T^T But AngelHusk has my heart in it’s grip & I’ve been wanting to draw some sort of comic for a while now from part of one of my fave fanfics for the ship: Old Soldiers of Different Wars by AngeliaDark ( @angelia-dark here on tumblr)
ignore the green/red void beyond the bar/desk pls ^^;
QUEEN BEE, BEELZA!!!!!
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As a shipper and a writer, I pride myself on finding the meat in shipping material, and despite how little official content for it is available, Hazbin Hotel’s juiciest pairing (by my observation, and not counting Charlie x Vaggie cuz that’s already canon) is Huskerdust or Angelhusk, the main mlm pairing in Hazbin Hotel between Angel Dust and Husker. While I’m a big fan of any mlm pairing no matter how small the serving size, this one is an absolute feast, and I want to explain why I think that is, because Angel flirts with multiple men in the first episode, namely Sir Pentious, Alastor, and Husker. So he just comes across as a relentless flirt, but I believe his destiny truly lies with the grumpy sourpuss bartender.
Given what we’ve learned about Angel Dust from the Addict music video and the prequel comic, it’s becoming clear that Angel doesn’t exactly love his situation. He pretends it’s fun and glamourous for his image, but it’s all an act. In the very last pannel for the comic, we can even see a box of dildos in his room with the words “for fun” crossed out, and the box being relabled as “work stuff”. I believe that Angel’s arc and character growth will be strengthened by having a love interest who cares about Angel as something beyond a sex object. Travis and Valentino clearly only see Angel as a piece of meat. Even Tom Trench one of the… less horrible denizens of Hell we’ve met, only recognizes Angel as a porn star, implying that he too only values Angel for his body. The creators have even verified that Angel will have a love interest in the series. So, that’s the easy part. Angel’s very clearly a gay man, and him having a love interest will help put the romance back in relationships with men for Angel. No surprises there. So why will/should it be Husker who fulfills that role as Angel’s redeeming lover?
In the simplest terms, it’s because their needs fit together perfectly. Angel needs someone to care about him romantically that also values his emotions, mind, and autonomy instead of just his body. Husk has likewise pretty much spelled out the flaw he needs to fix. He lost the ability to love years ago. Whether he just shuts out his emotions, someone broke his heart and now he’s jaded and bitter, or he freezes out his feelings so he won’t get hurt again, Husk has rejected love and his feelings. Learning to love and open up to Angel helps Husk to overcome those toxic coping mechanisms. Especially because his other vices such as drinking, are an extension of his core issue. His hang-ups with love. He drinks to forget and suppress. Overcoming his issues with his emotions will help Husk free himself of other sins in the process. Now the important issue though, does Husker even like boys? Yes, he does. Husker was confirmed by members of the crew to be pansexual, so he is capable of finding Angel attractive. Also, on a related note, Alastor is both Asexual and Aromantic, so he’s very unlikely to give Angel the core thing he needs, the tender appreciation of his romantic partner. That’s not to say Asexuals and Aromantics can’t date, it’s just less probable. And all the other males are either villains, or objectify Angel already. Which kind of leaves Husker as the best candidate for Angel’s love interest, at least currently. In fairness we know very little about Baxter, but that’s the thing. Without knowing anything about him, we can’t really weigh him against the other options.
Character design is very important, as it can provide visual cues about a character. Looking at these two, they share a lot of similarities. Starting from the top, while not visible here, there is a heart-shaped spot on the back of Angel’s head, and this heart appears as well on Husker’s forehead, palms, and wings. More importantly, I may be wrong, but I believe the only characters with hearts in their design are all connected to Angel. Only Travis and Val share this heart motif, two men Angel has had sex with, though in Valentino’s case, it’s not always willingly. They share their wearing of a bow tie, but to be fair, Charlie wears one too, as does Sir Pentious, so it’s a weak connection. Color theory also matters. Firstly, they are Yin and Yang. Angel is mostly white with a few dark accents, while Husker is mostly dark gray/black with white accents. Angel’s left eye, bow tie, and shorts/skirt are also the same color (or pretty close) as Husker’s darker fur patches on his forearsms, ankles, ear tips, and whiskers. The stripes on Angel’s top also repeat in Husker’s ears. Finally, while not repeating on Angel’s design, Husker’s fur on his ankles resembles spats, a fashion trend from the early 1900s. Although this trend was pretty dead in widespread use by the 1940s, it remained popular with gangsters and mafia, so much so that it’s almost a streotype of mafia. Angel’s family was an Italian crime family involved with mafia dealings. So while it makes little sense for a man who died in the 1970s to be wearing spats, it connects him to Angel’s ballpark of time as well as drawing connections to Angel’s past and his family.
Hazbin Hotel has Instagram accounts for the characters, and using Husker (bar_cat75) Angel Dust (angie_fluffy_bootz) and Niffty (babyfeathrdustr), we can put together further developments in their relationship off-screen. Starting with one of Husker’s posts, we see Angel leaning on the bar offering him a ticket to his “peep show”. The next post shows Husker still at the bar, but now there’s drool on the counter, and we can see the back of one of Angel’s legs and the red smoke from the Addict video trailing behind him with the line “Fuck, I passed out. Did I miss something?” Next, there’s a post from Niffty of Angel leaning on the railing smoking as he does in the post-credits sequence of the Addict video. Granted, I can’t tell how much of Addict is prequel and how much is happening in real time following the pilot, but we know at least the ending is canonically after the pilot episode. Seems like Angel wanted Husker there (we don’t know if he offered tickets to anyone else) and he seems bummed that he didn’t go, with a later message from Husker (that I can only seem to find in Tumblr posts) with Husker realizing that he missed Angel’s show and feels bad about it. As “owing” Angel a favor for missing his show, Angel leaves his beloved pet pig Fat Nuggets in Husker’s care, who proceeds to eat all of Husker’s limes and cherries. Now it is very important to point out that Fat Nuggets seems to fill the dual role of “purse dog” and emotional support animal for Angel, so leaving him in Husker’s care shows a lot of trust because this animal means a LOT to him. There’s also apparently rumors that Alastor keeps trying to eat Fat Nuggets which… I haven’t found a credible source for. But if Angel is worried about Fat Nuggets’ safety, him trusting Husker to protect his pig only further demonstrates his trust in the grumpy old booze cat. Upset about all the fruit Fat Nuggets ate (because it’s not easy to get in Hell) Husker wants Angel to pay to replace what the pig ate, but Angel argues that because Husker owed him a favor it’s not his responsibility. Angel says he’ll pay him if Husker agrees to come to his next show, and they compromise to get milkshakes instead. The creators said Husker was a Tsundere, and it shows. Someone called their outing a date, and Husker was QUICK to shout that it wasn’t a date, just settling up on a favor. This almost plays out like an episode 2, turning the Addict Video into the jumping off point for a second story in the hotel. I don’t know how many full narratives will come out of the Instagram accounts like this, but it’s really cool how they’re approaching this almost like a multi-media story, and I’m curious to see if this will continue when the show starts airing on television. One last thing of note is that in Angel’s latest post, there’s pictures of Fat Nuggets, Cherri Bomb, and Husker on his bedroom wall, much to Husker’s annoyance. In all of these Instagram posts, Angel seems to now be training ALL of his attention on flirting with Husk, to the point that unless another character sweeps Angel off his feet or causes Angel to start flirting with them instead of Husker, I think this pairing is sailing quickly and unopposed toward the canon zone.
I hope I’ve provided sufficient proof to back up my wild accusations, but I sincerely believe all of the building blocks have already been assembled to create a compelling romance between these characters. The flaws they need to overcome interlock with each other perfectly, their designs draw connections between them, and their Instagram accounts weave together a narrative for a soft Episode 1.5. I believe all of this together points that these two are meant to become a romantic couple, and if they aren’t, then maybe the showrunners should consider it.
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Tenía que hacerlo HOY- xD
Thanks for the idea @faith_w_official_23 ♡
I beg for an AngelHusk fanfic on a mafia Au- ♡♡♡
I needed to draw this TODAY, my classes start tomorrow and I don't know how much free time I'm gonna have.
I know Angel is a really "open" person(demon) about sex and all, but, I think sentimentally, he is just shy because, well, we all know, neither of them had much luck talking about love
I dearly want these princesses to be cousins
Husk’s first post on Instagram, Angel lovingly asks for a picture with him as well. Husk’s response? “😾” but… not a no?
Angel, looking completely exhausted after a long day, complains about his hunger-
Valentino is quick to point out in the comments that he forgot about Angel completely, so Angel asks to be picked up again as well as bring some food because he’s starving.
Rat man reluctantly agrees to after he’s done filming, but he wouldn’t bring food because he already ate. Angel begs again, but to no response. So I’ll take that as a no.
Husk was the one who went out of his way to get Angel something to eat.
Look at Husk’s face and tell me that isn’t the typical tsundere ‘It’s not like I like you or anything, b-baka!!’ look.
The situation probably went down like this:
Husk: “Here.“🙄😾
*Shoves food in Angel’s arms*
Angel: "Huh? For me?? Husky you shouldn’t have~💖”
Husk: “Hmph. I-It’s not that I care or anything, don’t read too much into it! I just happened to buy extra. Don’t think you’re special, w-whatever just fuck off already🖕.”
okayyy maybe not exactly like that but I can imagine 😌
Angel of course is grateful for this considerate gesture, especially coming from someone like Husk—So much in fact he continuously teased Husk about having a good time together.
But this goes to show how much Husk cares about Angel’s well-being and isn’t in is own little world despite pretending he couldn’t give a fuck.
I meeean Husk didn’t have to make a whole ass post gushing about the fact his crush gave him a ticket to his private show but.. 🤭
Unfortunately though due to Husk’s heavy drinking he ended up passing out before he was able to go to Angel’s show. However it actually seemed like he wanted to go? Husk didn’t shrug it off like, “it’s whatever” instead “Shit”, he genuinely seems regretful he missed it.
But because he feels guilty about missing the show, he allows himself to make it up to Angel by watching their son Fat Nuggets.
Now despite Husk not being “a fuckin babysitter!” he still chose to watch Nuggets while Angel went out in order to make it up to him. He didn’t have to, but he did anyway. Took care of him pretty well though, despite Nuggets being “a pain the ass” letting the pig eat literally all the cherries and limes.
I mean I dunno about you but this is some domestic co-parenting bliss right here. mhm.
Honestly if anything Angel is testing out to see how good of a dad Husk would be to Fat Nuggets change my mind. Angel could have asked a more responsible person but he chose the love of his life the drunk cat out everyone else to watch his beloved baby.
Husk wants some sort of reimbursement for his troubles and Angel points out that watching the pig was the favor he owed him but Husk complains though, asking Angel if he knows how hard it is to get the drink materials in hell. Angel gushes about the fact Husk uses his first emoji, and that he’s willing to pay him back for his troubles with a private show just for him❤️
Husk declines the offer of course but in a “…I’m not doing that.” sort of way, see now imagine him trying to hide his embarrassing blushing face while typing that out.
(Also he allows the nickname daddy but not Husky…k)
Angel acts a bit offended claiming he’s worth it and Husk’s response is just “Jesus fuckin Christ…” but not denying it??
He’s not shutting him down completely, or telling him to fuck off—he’s just saying no to the sexual stuff in the most unconvincing manner. Which leads us to the most jaw dropping conclusion.
Angel Dust asks Husk go grab some shakes with him instead, and Husk actually agrees.
It’s literally a date.
Now I wanna take this moment to talk about why this is so important and special.
Every time Angel has made any sort of sexual comments/advances towards Husk either on the show or Instagram, Husk shuts it down. Because he doesn’t want Angel for his body, he doesn’t just want sex from him or to become some fuck buddy like Angel assumes everyone wants from him.
In fact it seems like they’re both building up a genuine relationship between them from what we’ve seen from the posts, I feel like Husk doesn’t to ruin it by sleeping with him. They seem to be getting closer and much friendlier than from what we’ve seen from pilot as of right now, but I believe Husk is still hesitant because he’s terrified of the idea of love, being loved, again. So he keeps shrugging Angel off like a thorn in his thigh when in reality Angel is the closest chance he has at love again. But due to a horrible past, he drowns his sorrows in alcohol which leaves him closed up.
He’s in denial of his buried feelings he’s hid away because drinking is much easier than facing your harsh reality and emotions. Which is why it’s up to Angel to break down these walls he’s built up. To prove to Husk he’s actually serious about him–So far Angel has taken serious initiative to show Husk he’s interested in him, not backing down even when Husk tells him to fuck off.
As it’s much easier to tell someone to fuck off than it is to admit you have feelings for them.
However instead of rejecting Angel’s milkshake date invitation, Husk accepts.
He’s opening up to the idea of having someone close again, he’s letting someone be close to him.
It’s important for both of them to experience love before sex with each other. Angel probably has never had sex with someone “out of love” and Husk had “Lost the ability to love years ago” which is why they both need to learn what it truly means to love someone before stepping into the bounds of physical intimacy. It’s why its makes it all the more special for them.
THE DATE
They end up going on the milkshake date, things turn a bit messy than romantic—but hey look at fat nuggets cute lil tongue (´・(oo)・`)
Angel straight up said “💖🕷️🐷😺💖”
I need wholesome domestic moments with Huskerdust or Pentniss please!
I'll go with Huskerdust since I can write it a bit better. Thanks for the ask Anon, always love me some domestic bliss with the ships.
They always share the chores, unless one is unable to do them for some reason in which case they will each do the chores for a day
Both love to cuddle with each other, they're both very soft and warm
Angel likes to make Husk purr because its cute and it makes Husk flustered
Sometimes while Husk cooks Angel will come up behind him and wrap his arms around him, it can get a little frisky if they're both in the mood in which case Husk will leave the cooking for later
Husk will carry some of Angel's bags when they go shopping for clothes
They love playing with Fat Nuggets
Fat Nuggets sometimes sneaks into their bed to sleep between them
Husk likes to drape one wing over Angel when they cuddle
Angel insists on tying Husk's tie when they're dressing for something more formal
Angel doesn't want Husk to drink just cheep booze so he likes to give him something more expensive for special occasions
Husk doesn't like t take long baths but sometimes will because he knows Angel enjoys them
Angel likes to wear Husk's clothes because its always just a little big on him and he finds that very comfy
Angel usually wakes up first so he makes coffee for himself and Husk
Husk handles cooking most of the time but Angel likes to surprise him and share some of his favorite Italian dishes with Husk
BEAUTIFUL
“A collection of common glyphs of the poorly understood Memeorite civilization of the Second Silicon Age. Memeorite glyphs possess multiple conflicting interpretations and a complexity of meaning impossible to capture in a few short words. These are rough translations only.”
Source: https://twitter.com/beach_fox/status/1325668490431246336 (which include more “memeorite glyphs”
do you ever think about how a series of tiny choices like "I guess I'll watch that show" can like totally and entirely change huge aspects of your life
A compilation of all my Hazbin Hotel redesign color breakdowns:
Charlie Morningstar
Alastor (The Radio Demon)
Angel Dust (Quite literally, everything but his hot pink eye color changed lmaoo)
Vaggie
(This is less of a color comparison breakdown than the others, because she had a more obvious (outfit change) redesign than the others. I hope this is still helpful!)
So we now know that at the root of most of both Stolas & Blitzo’s issues are their shitty dads, both of whom are voiced by Jonathan Freeman.
get away from him, girl. get a job.
If this is that Family Guy style animation people were worried about...then damn. When did they get an upgrade? X3