I've only learned about the creator of this show through the beatboxer drama has she always been a sped?
Most likely yes. Since you are new to this thread, I will try to give you a rundown on the retarded shit Viv has done. I’ll divide it into two parts: criticism of her media and criticism of her character:
Her Media:
- Helluva Boss, an online series set in the same universe as Hazbin, and which started out as a comedy about Imp hitmen and their antics (distinguishing itself from Hazbin, which was always intended to be more of a comedy/drama) has devolved into gay fujo melodrama that has alienated some of the people who were fans of the show (including many in this thread).
- Related, Viv has an obsession with gay male relationships, which often comes to dominate her media.
- Several characters in HB have been criticized for lacking depth or being one-note (namely Loona, Millie, and Stella, all of whom are women which really gets the noggin joggin).
- As I and others have repeatedly pointed out, the above criticism wouldn’t be an issue if she hadn’t turned HB into a pseudo-melodrama.
- Her shows use swearing and sex jokes as a crutch, which has led to the “written by VivziePop meme” where you take a scene from a show and just fuck its shit up with swearing and sex jokes:
- She had said she wouldn’t include trannies in the Hazbin-verse but one of the first couple episodes of HB had a trans Imp show up voiced by a tranny (although they weren’t that intrusive).
- This part of my post ended up being mostly about Helluva Boss, but many of the same issues date back to one of her first major works, a webcomic named Zoophobia (a can of worms in and of itself that others in this thread are probably more qualified to talk about). It namely suffers from a similar issue to HB where what started out with a creative and interesting premise ended up losing sight of itself.
Criticism of her character:
- Viv has had Twitter meltdowns related to just about all of the above criticisms (one particular example is when the video posted above went viral and she started passive aggressively tweeting/seething about the swearing criticism), and is just generally terminally online.
- This is despite the fact that she is effectively the public face of her animation studio, and is making business dealings with Amazon and A24.
- Is a massive
fujoshi who clearly schlicks it to gay dudes, often under the veneer of being progressive.
- Alleged to have replaced the well-liked indie voice cast of the Hazbin pilot solely so she could get Broadway actors in the roles instead (most of whom have been considered a downgrade to the originals).
- Accused of mistreating and underpaying her animators.
- Is a furry.
- Is lol fat.
- A bunch more shit I either forgot, didn’t know about, or are unsubstantiated rumors.
