Hey everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster! 

We all call Fraud-aster the potential man of Hellaverse, but I want to talk about the real potential man: Angel Dust. 

If you want to skip the (borderline) fanfic and get to the fucking it up, I'll write a TL;DR at the end. Also, I've watched S1/2 of Hazbin and watched Helluva Boss until Stolas and Blitz confessed their love to each other so if I've got something wrong lorewise...you can curse me to be a fraud in Hell for eternity. 

So, why do I think Angel Dust is 'potential man'? Because I feel like there's a chance to do an actually interesting story with him. 

Bare with me, 

In S2 of Hazbin, Angel Dust is revealed by Vox to be a murderer and on top of that a spy for Val leading to Angel Dust going back to the Vee's. 

Why does Angel Dust care? 

Everyone in the hotel has probably murdered or done something even worse and on top of that the gang forgive Angel for being brainwashed, so why go back to the Vee's? 

Because Angel Dust thinks he deserves it and it reminds him of his time alive. 

My theory rests on the idea of Angel being the son of a mob boss. No shit, right? 

But, critically I don't think the murder was some random goon. I think it was Angel Dust's son. 

His dad made the mob keep a close eye on Angel to make sure he didn't get into any trouble, even as an adult and it got worse when he got married as his wife reported everything about Angel to his dad. 

His wife? Remember the episode of Helluva Boss where Moxie's dad forced him to marry someone? That happened to Angel who was forcibly married to a woman, and had a son in said marriage.  

He liked his son, but due to a disability, an accident, a bad illness, anything because this was the 1930s and kids were huffing lead paint for fun, he was forever bed-bound. 

So, Angel Dust kills his son as a form of mercy and when his wife found out, he told Angel's dad, who killed him. 

How does this all affect Angel? 

I hypothesis, that Angel basically has a super severe case of internalized homophobia, mixed with the reality of finally being in hell. 

Imagine your whole life, your told your sinful for existing, and when you die, you get sent to hell? 

Wouldn't that be the most confirming thing, but also the most liberating? 

It makes sense why Angel puts up with Val's abuse, why he became a pornstar, why he offers himself so freely to the men around him or why he's seemingly so casual about his sexuality despite being a man from the 1930s. 

What about the drug abuse? 

I imagine that Angel's Dust and his family were a "Don't get high off your own supply" kind of outfit. 

How do these tie together? 

Angel being sent to Hell, means he can indulge in all the crap he wasn't allow to on earth, both out of hedonism, but also out of a self-loathing that guarantees he's forever stuck there. 

It's sort of like how Jax from TADC became a flat representative of what he thinks a cartoon character is like to cope. Angel Dust became a flat representative of what he thinks a gay guy is like to cope. 

It also explains why he's the first to join the hotel but also the most resistant to it, Charlie's offering a chance at actual redemption and love, things Angel craves. But, that also means confronting his actual, internalized beliefs about himself and what he's done. 

This all comes together for why he defends Husk so deeply and obviously loves him...but can't bring himself to do so, because he's so entrenched in thinking he's a "Homosexual Degenerate" that he can't comprehend that he can be happy in a 'normal' relationship. 

This would make Angel an interesting, flawed character and abuse survivor that doesn't take away from his trauma or character arc in my opinion. 

**...How would the writers ruin it?** 

I think they'll fuck it up in two ways: 

1. Introducing Angel's former wife.

2. Make Angel DL on earth / be at peace with his sexuality. 

This ties into my broader theory that S3 will involve finding Lilith, and tie into a potential ring / circle we haven't seen but is mentioned in a famous Italian man's poem: Betrayal. 

Lilith betrayed God and Adam, and Angel Dust's wife is a sinner who betrayed Angel. 

How so? 

By being a classic 'Hellaverse' evil woman to excuse our main (always) male character uwu.  

It'll turn out that Angel's son became disabled because of her, like she drank or smoked during her pregnancy or let their son ride a horse a 2 years old and he immediately fell off.

Then, it'll turn out that Angel Dust didn't even kill his son, it's just him being self-loathing. 

What actually happened was Angel thought about mercy killing him, told his wife about this thought...who immediately did it and pinned it on Angel Dust, who was murdered by Angel's dad. 

With Angel thinking he'd murdered his son this whole time because he wished it into reality or some shit. 

Also, to add to this it'll turn out that just like there's no racism in hell from the sinners outside of quirky "lol Vox told Val to stop speaking his island language XD", Angel's not only at peace with his sexuality, but he was also doing tons of drugs on earth too! 

Also, don't forget we gotta include an uninterrupted scene of Angel being abused to make us feel bad only for one of the Hotel Gang to save him just before he dies. 

Probably Husk, who swoops Angel up in his arms and immediately kisses him. Just like Blitz and Stolas where Blitz rescues Stolas from his evil bitch ex-wife. 

Like Angel could be incredibly interesting if they did something to flesh out his character into something that wasn't a punching bag / a character we're meant to fawn over or laugh at. 

Look, this is probably all wrong, and I've probably got some details / lore shit wrong but I'd love for someone to tell me if I'm crazy or if this sounds plausible?

***TL;DR:***

Interesting but probably won't happen: Internalized Homophobia & being repressed your whole life is a helluva drug. 

What will probably happen: 

Bitch ex-wife & 'Angel gets smacked around a room (NO CUTS) (NO ZOOMS) funny moments compilation' 

How I think they'll write Angel Dust's backstory...and immediately fuck it up.