It’s been something I’ve been thinking about since I heard Alastors line “Once I’ve figured out how to unclip my wings.” In the finale, it got me wondering:

We know that Alastor can “moderate” his radio voice. To me at least, that seems strange considering that when we’ve seen other overlord use their medium, it’s a lot more instrinsic. An example is when Vox can manipulate tech quite literally across the pentagram, but it’s also to his detriment when he crashes due to an overheat of emotions.

With Alastor though, his abilities lean more towards voodoo and eldritch abilities (such as the tentacles) rather than anything sound based, which would make much more sense since he IS the radio demon.

It’s also been stated that he had the most amount of power ever harnessed by a mortal soul.

My theory? He isn’t a mortal soul. He isn’t even in a demon period. The radio demon was a moniker based on his previous position: the voice of god, Michael.

Why did Alastor/Michael get sent to hell? This is what I believe what happened:

We don’t know how long the exterminations have been occurring. We know it’s something that has become standard, but we know that demons experience time similarly to humans because Charlie winced when she said her mom was away for 7 years, which is supported when she rants to Alastor that she spent “three YEARS of my life with her”.

We know that Alastor has been in hell for a considerably long time in hell, and had a 7 year absence the same time Charlie’s mom disappeared.

What I believe is that Alastor/Michael was the original leader/the one who suggested the exterminations, and was banished for it. However, they were permitted to continue because the Seraphim was frightened nonetheless, so she employed Adam, the first human soul to be entered in to heaven to replace him. It would explain why Alastor entered hell with such an immense amount of power. However, he still wanted to return to heaven.

I think that Alastor/Michael made a deal with Lillith in order to gain a bit of her power; enough combined power to return to heaven under the radar, and for several years, both Lillith and Michael were able to.

Until they were about to be discovered, where Lillith made a deal with Adam to send Michael to hell, and Lillith could stay. We know that some appearance changes do occur when a soul goes from heaven to hell (like Sir Pentious’ Color change) which would explain why Adam wouldn’t recognize him.

It would also give reason for Alastor’s beef with Lucifer: not only did lucifer destroy the order he built at the start of creation, but he’s also the husband of the woman who sent him back to hell.

It would also explain why Alastor is so attatched to Charlie/The Hotel. Charlie is a possible way to get out of Lillith’s contract and maybe return to heaven

While there are some plot holes, such as Mimzy “knowing him while they were alive.” I feel this like theory would explain a lot of reasoning for Alastor’s motivation for helping the hotel, endearing himself to Charlie, and hating Lucifer so much.

Let me know that you guys think of my theory :)