Hah, a fanciful thought, but if we go along with Viv's argument that pilots are non-canon and subject to change, imagine if Charlie and Vaggie's lesbian pairing is cut from the full show. As far as I can tell, characterization remains exactly the same because the pilot doesn't present anything about them that friendship doesn't encompass just as well. Even the mean news anchor is portrayed as being so dismissive that she can surely find any number of alternate reasons besides "I don't touch the gays" to demean Charlie.
Why would anyone admit to liking Seth Rogan?
Considering he died in the 70's and was in his 60's-70's, I'd like to hear him mention, even once, "I was too old to play James Bond but it is what it is..." as an interest beyond drinking and gambling. That of which fits 007 to a degree, but might be a tad too clever of a reference for Viv.
You gotta realize, these people live in another dimension to us, where their good is our bad, and our good is their bad; a scary bizarro mirror-world called California.
That's no excuse. I live in that shithole and I hate Seth Rogan.
And yet, there's that HB episode that spends all it's time shitting on Hollywood, having Blitzo say "this place isn't really different to hell"...
yep:
Have to admit, this is a much more interesting and funny dynamic. But lesbian coomers gotta be lesbian coomers I suppose.
Ah, so I see that I'm just retreading old ground when I point out that the lesbian coupling is worse than useless in itself, but further impeding on more interesting relational narratives.
On paper HuskerDust isn't terrible (Alastor/Angel is a much shittier ship that was significantly more popular) and could easily work with a competent writer who takes their time in setting up a relationship. But considering Viv is writing this I fully expect these two to be all lovey dovey by the halfway point of the first season.
I wish there was some worldbuilding tension that comes from Vaggie and Charlie's relationship. Like there's a bit of a scandal that Charlie is dating a Sinner
I'm afraid it might be too late, now here come the real demons to show that Hell rightfully belongs to them, instead of those Hazbin/Helluva and Doom demons:
Maybe it's just me, but I'm not the biggest fan of a man in his 30s getting in a relationship with a man who's in his 50s or 60s. I know, they're consenting adults. And once you're in hell, you're pretty much just an ageless being. Doesn't mean I can't still find it a bit weird.
No one has chemistry in this gay fujo Tumblr hellscape Viv has created. Melodramatic bullshit that no one cares about as far as the eye can see and I genuinely don't know why you or anyone else expected more at this point.
It would have been nice to see a close relationship that's not romantic (God knows it would provide give us a one where constant sex jokes aren't thrown around), however I agree that she's going to be shafted, the best case for her is they're just waiting for season 2 to introduce her, but my money is on being replaced by an already known character like Baxter was by Pentious.
