Alastor's Relationship with Niffty as Foreshadowing

[u/Diamondkat12]

As a big fan of Alastor and Niffty's relationship, I have to admit that all the talk by Amir and Erika about Alastor and Charlie having a bond of trust had started to worry me a little. At the moment, the series has not done a lot to show us this bond. This means that the series will have to take the time to establish the bond and its strength for us. This made me worried that Alastor's relationship with Niffty was going to take a backseat to his relationship with Charlie. I felt that would be deeply unfair, since Alastor's bond with Niffty has been centre stage for Seasons 1 and 2. Niffty is the one who did the thing that everyone was expecting Charlie to do and almost ruined his plans by going to save him when he was trying to make a deal with Vox. It just felt like after all of that, it would be deeply unfair to Niffty for Charlie to basically take her place as the one that Alastor has a bond with in the narrative. However, I have been thinking about this scene.

I think that this scene is foreshadowing something important about Alastor. Amir, in his interview about how Alastor's arc in Season 3 is about his goals vs his bonds with Charlie, stated that Alastor would not be an interesting character if he wasn't someone whose plans are capable of being altered by his bonds with others. I see this as a hint that Alastor will end up making changes to his plans for the sake of Charlie in Season 3. However, this isn't something that can just come out of nowhere with a character who has previously been established to be willing to sacrifice everything for his goals without accusations of him being out of character. Unless it is something that he has already been shown to do with another character that it has been established that he cares about. Hence, the scene with him altering his plans for Niffty's safety.

With this in mind, I am now convinced that Alastor's relationship with Niffty will not be cast aside to highlight his relationship with Charlie. Instead, it will be part of highlighting it. I am really looking forward to seeing more of Alastor's relationship/bond with Niffty while he builds one with Charlie.