angel dust has daddy issues

from /hhg/ - Hazbin Hotel General Thread #283
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Some more:

>>Angel has daddy issues
>>Anyone that gives him paternal affection will end up with him latching onto them emotionally
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>i can see that
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>We've touched on that briefly before; Angel's father rejecting him leaving Angel with a strong draw toward other male authority figures in a futile search for a surrogate father. Might be part of how Valentino manipulates him.
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>Alternatively, it's one of the things Val hates about his job - having to manipulate people as damaged as Angel. What remains of his morality is quietly chewing away at the back of his mind, making him feel like shit whenever Angel's in a vulnerable state, and calls out to him as if he was his dad.
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>I don't think it was saved, but someone wrote a pretty moving little post about Valentino experiencing serious guilt at the sight of Angel suffering through an overdose that would have killed him if he wasn't already dead whilst tearfully begging his father for help
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>can someone find it?

>or if it was saved, does anyone remember the name for it?
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>Unless im getting two student discussions mixed up, I think it was actually part of us talking about what fast food joints the characters would like. Circ it went something like:

>>Angel first realized he wanted to cross dress after he saw a really pretty car hop at the drive-in
>>Angel and Molly got in serious trouble after Angel somehow got caught wearing his sister's clothing/makeup
>>That was the root of the emotional pain that Angel is eternally trying to drown in alcohol and drugs
>>Regularly overdoses when it gets really bad even after decades in Hell
>>Val regularly has to face the idea that he's a right loathsome fuck for exploiting such broken people
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>I'm certain the story is somewhere saved in a pastebin, I was one of the writers for it, and I was there for it getting paste-binned, although I never bothered to check it.

Etc.


And then, a real trooper of an anon found it:
https://pastebin.com/0jq7DC9g
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We also had this at the tail end of things:

>Did we all just forget that Angel Dust has a pet pig? Because I sure did. From what we've previously talked about with Angel, I think his pet plays an important role in his mental health. Specifically, Fat Nuggets provides Angel with a safe, receptive outlet for all the affection he has to give but is afraid of showing to other people.

>>Fat Nuggets is always happy to see him
>>Fat Nuggets doesn't care if Angel comes home wasted out of his mind
>>Fat Nuggets doesn't even notice if he's dressed "correctly" or if he's wearing women's clothing and makeup
>>Fat Nuggets wouldn't freak out and accuse him of trying to cop a feel when all he's really trying to get is a hug

>Angel's little piglet probably serves as an important anchor for his mental well-being, but is also probably a massive vulnerability for Angel. If Val got fed up with trying to be diplomatic and decided that HE WANTS ANGEL OUT OF THAT STUPID BITCH'S HOTEL AND BACK IN THE GODDAMN STUDIO, MAKING HIM SOME GODDAMN MONEY, RIGHT GODDAMN NOW, getting his hands on Fat Nuggets and telling Angel that his pet is going to end up on the breakfast table if he doesn't do as he's told would be a pretty effective way of getting him to cave.