Her spite and contempt for the religion shows through her teeth. I'm not gonna pretend that I'm God's greatest defender, but someone who merely has critique about it does not make HH and HB into what is today. It is a spite piece, and it shows. Its pitiful.
I actually saw it showing with the constant daddy issues thing. God and other deities and stuff being worshipped are usually viewed as fathers in a lot of cultures. HH and HB felt like they were written by someone angry at that concept in general as in teh patriarchy. Well, think about it. Who's usually been fighting in the wars and going out hunting, protecting and feeding the women and children? The fathers, sons, husbands, grandfathers, and brothers. It's no surprise that some concepts would be portrayed as male deities regarding how they can be personified as protectors, motivators, and providers. Some people just need to get their head out of their ass and accept that hard fact.
That was the whole point of Viv's stuff. They're nasty people acting nasty and getting nasty comeback for their vile behavior. Here's the problem - she made them all lgbtqia+ in some way and they're all demons in hell. Look at the implications of that to her audience - basically, it's saying "fags die God laughs and all guys should go to hell" indirectly. So, she had to make them uwu innocent babies who are actually kind, good, fighting the patriarchy and elitist blah blah. "Fighting the patriarchy," my word. Then why is it always the men getting the character development? The kinky, dirty sexual time? In their context, that'd be sexism because the women aren't being developed and are being portrayed as being incapable of feeling any semblance of healthy sexual desire.
Literally the most compelling aspect of viv's hell is that everyone here deserved it. play into that, make these people assholes who consistently get what they deserve to the viewers enjoyment. You could have I.M.P consistently going after deplorables because another deplorable wanted them dead for dumb, selfish reasons. You could have a joke where all the good, Respectable people are completely oblivious to this, because you know, they're not retarded
In all honesty, I was shocked to find Loona was 22 or something, not even 18, when I first looked at the wiki. I assumed she was actually 15-16, considering the setting is hell and minors doing very dangerous work is most likely the least of their concerns. It was very unsettling, considering one theory mentioned here that they wanted Loona to be a teen but got horny looking at her so they made her an immature 22 year old. Well, I don't think it's too bad a choice, considering Loona drinks and most likely does drugs. That could fuck your brain over.
Actually, no. All of them act like teenagers angry at teh religion, muh parents, the fact that mom has a swear jar, and the fact that drugs and alcohol are bad for the mind and body and that you'd rather not start at all than struggle to quit. That's also why everyone is in hell. The people making the show would rather go to hell and jump around in it like in a sandbox game for being awful than navigate a way to improve themselves.
If Helluva focused on Blitz' weird dynamic with Loona they could make a really interesting father daughter conflict. The fact that she's still acts like a teenager, combined with her dependence on him shows Blitz' faults really well. His poor parenting left her mentally stunted, despite her still being a capable assassin, because he infantilised her. Loona, meanwhile, is frustrated with this, but still unwilling to actually put in the effort to be more independent, showing that she, too, has flaws preventing growth.
The show doesn't really care about this, though, and is fine portraying her as a child when she isn't. Idk, I just think this kind of conflict isn't usually shown in media and it could be good.
Also, about the artstyle, it's too detailed. How the hell are they animating this thing? Like, it's nice to see something that isn't a Family Guy or Simpsons clone, but try and tone down the details for the animator's sake. For example, Husk and his wings. At least be creative and make them a cute, retractable surprise because it's a fictional hell anyway. Another problem is Angel Dust. Each time I look at him, for some reason, it always evokes someone with a slightly turned head 3/4 view.
Don't get me wrong, some of the songs are catchy and sometimes the art is beautiful and with fluid animation, but these shows just aren't the queer, feminist, something-whatever masterpieces many make them out to be.
Hell, I've seen people on Twitter calling both shows out! Remember how Stolas said "I don't look down on you?" I no longer watch HH and HB, but someone sent the clip and I listened to Stolas's voice and it sounded mocking, like how it would be typed out as "I dOn'T LooK DowN oN YOU
." Then someone also complained he didn't see Alastor's horns and that his ears made him look more like a wolf or fox (true enough because I mistook him for a wolf). God, some people can't take criticism, and those were mostly traggots.
