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How the fuck do you vote against slavery and involuntary servitude

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AGAINST raising minimum wage fr???? In THIS STATE WHERE EVERYONE COMPLAINS ABOUT PRICES???

And voting against incarcerated peoples rights AND voting to increase penalties for crimes? Fucking disgusting

My own state is a fucking disappointment

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My own state is a fucking disappointment

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Spoilers for Ghostfuckers -

*these are mostly just the thoughts off the top of my head after finishing the episode- may or may not post a full review but whatevs

In between what I consider to be the worst parts if Helluva are some actually well-written bits and really interesting character work

Finally, some Blitz/Millie content. Pushing my polyam agenda here for sure (MILLIE LOOKS SO SAD WHEN BLITZ SAID HE WOULDN'T TRY TO BE THEIR THIRD ANYMORE). But they're also wonderful friends. I guess-

Could've done without the weirdly placed and. Never addressed again abelism joke? (The bellhop. I just. What was supposed to be the joke there? "Haha he looks weird and inbred" like be fr.)

Brandon's performance in this was peak. So was the insight into Blitz's character. The expression work, voice acting and the replaying of Blitz's backstory- all really fucking good

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Hello,

I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. I hope that by sharing this, we can help you reach your goal.

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To anyone who's able; please consider liking, sharing, or donating. Anything to help Mohammad and his family.

Thank you

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Apology Tour Symbolism

This frame perfectly symbolises the fact this Anti-Blitzø party is Verosika embodying her sin of gluttony. The party she is throwing here is what she wants, not what she needs. Beelzebub describes her sin in this way, and the party has her explicit sign of approval.

Representing Blitz as a cake Verosika consumes each year symbolises this perfectly.

Which shows to me Bee is not a good person by any means, she is fully fine with enabling the addicts of hell—in my opinion she has a nice business partnership going with Belphegor. Bee creates addicts like Verosika and makes money off them, then they go to Bel for rehabilitation, she makes money off them too. Exactly what Verosika did. This is perfect writing for deadly sins residing in hell and oppressing the hellborn.

Similar to Verosika, Fizz embodies his own sins: sins of greed and gluttony in how he chooses to go through life. These are represented by their spotlight colours. Stolas is symbolised by Pride and Envy as his spotlights are shades of red, and his flames are purple.

The three are arrogant in their insistence that they are completely in the right. Or if the color is pink, they are indulging in sloth. Making a complex situation simple by taking the lazy, easy way out and blaming one person. (Or it’s just a magenta light without the symbolism—the yellow green and blue lights I believe, are fully intentional though)

Moreover—Tex being there is symbolic in itself. He is the consort of the sin of gluttony and Verosikas bodyguard. Spring Breakers in a simple exchange introduced a lot of themes: Beelzejuice, Blitzos ex, Beelzebub was hinted at, Tex, Barbie Wire is mentioned, and addiction and rehab in hell.

Apology Tour, Queen Bee, and Spring Broken are all closely connected in this way. The juice is toxic and it is their downfall (Blitzø and Verosikas) in these episodes. There is a lot of story potential here especially in the fact Loona is connected to Tex, Bee, Verosika, Blitzø. And by extension Ozzie, Fizz, Barb. In the addiction department and in Oz being the brother of Bee and friend of Blitzø. This could be a solid episode expanding on the settings world building and Blitzøs family and past.

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Full Moon

Thoughts and Review- these notes are a combination of my initial reactions to the episodes and some more thought-out critiques

Formatted chronologically, organized by scene. Overall Thoughts are at the bottom

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Stolitz Duet

Seems like Stolas is understanding his role in manipulating Blitz, the power differential, and Blitz’s discomfort

Blitz seems to use his sexuality to mask his nervousness- personally, I think most of his nerves are attributed to feeling indebted to Stolas, having mixed feelings about their relationship and his growing feelings, as well as his job security with Stolas still supplying him with the grimoire

Furthering Stolas’s hesitation of giving Blitz the Crystal, but knowing it is something that needs to be done- so far looking like good character development

Taking note of Stolas being out of his medications, unsure if that information will actually be important and referenced again or if it’ll be forgotten; regardless, that context doesn’t excuse Stolas’s later actions

CHERUBS

Glad they’re being utilized again

Is Colin new? He seems to know less than Cletus and Keenie and is more easily manipulated- this also seemed to be the case in C.H.E.R.U.B 

 Good to see Agents 1 and 2 again

Office

Finally, more crumbs of the IMP business

Blitz clearly states how he’s wanted a break from Stolas and has been taking advantage of Stolas being more lenient with the deal- Blitz is prioritizing his comfort- with, seemingly, Stolas’s “permission”

When Loona makes her comments about Stolas getting bored of Blitz, his first thought is that he’s going to lose his ticket to the Overworld, jeopardizing his company and employees- another product of the unhealthy power differential between Stolas and Blitz

The “overdue paperwork” gag made me giggle

Interrogation Room/DHORKS HQ

The Cherub/Dhorks team-up makes sense; I’m just really not that interested in it- they allude to bigger issues of the government being involved, but I doubt any of these lines/themes will be used or referenced later on

The Cherub battle suits being based on the IMP squad feels a bit lazy tbh- It is also just a little too on the nose for me for the parallels of the role each Cherub plays in their group - Cletus/Blitz, Colin/Moxie, Keenie/Millie

Wondering about what the lore explanation is for angelic beings existing in Hell and demons existing in Heaven- is it a mutual thing? Do angels or cherubs have more power? I assume (in reference to the Hazbin lore) that cherubs are like Imps and are lower-ranking angelic beings? I could be wrong though- unsure if something else has been confirmed

Lust Ring

Not really interested in the Cherub gags while following Blitz. they all rely on the "innocence" trope, which I personally find a bit boring/overdone

FIZZ CONTENT- LOOK AT HIM- HE'S IN COLORFUL PANTS

No way Blitz is over Fizz. Look at the way he reacts when he’s blindfolded- like, come on

Fizz’s just so great in this whole scene

IMP/Cherub fight was pretty good

Stolas's Home

Right off the bat, why’s Blitz gotta be so cute? Damn

When Stolas asks for the grimoire, he does not give any words of reassurance to Blitz that his job, livelihood, and friends/employees will be safe. Blitz hears that Stolas needs the book back and goes into panic mode because he’s worried about fucking up Loona, Moxie, and Millie’s lives- he also assumes this is Stolas retaliating against him- not the healthies assumption, but a reasonable one, given what their dynamic and agreement is

Stolas lets Blitz speak but never intervenes to reassure Blitz, leading Blitz to default to what he knows Stolas usually wants- sex

Stolas gets up and walks away, saying he’s made up his mind, AGAIN being vague and Blitz’s panic only gets worse- he literally begs Stolas for the grimoire

Good on Stolas for giving Blitz the crystal and explaining- again, it really seems like he’s coming to terms with how he’d been treating Blitz and understanding that their dynamic isn’t healthy

Honestly, Stolas’s apology and explanation here was the best part of the episode

Blitz’s reaction, while I don’t support it, is still understandable. I don’t think Blitz has a ton of context for what's happening. From his perspective, this is all very sudden, and he was clearly trying to ignore this issue earlier in the episode- now that he’s confronted with it, he’s scared and, again, defaults to sex as a means to appease Stolas. This is a pattern that developed BECAUSE Stolas kept sexualizing and belittling Blitz

Stolas, taking this reaction at face value, I can understand—it’s hurtful to be so open and then be met with sarcasm and insincerity—but then to close off the conversation? My Man, can you really blame Blitz for also being confused, hurt, angry, and scared?

 Stolas is confused that Blitz thinks he only wants sex?? Stolas!! Your agreement literally hinged on the fact that Blitz was willing to prostitute himself to keep his business going

Blitz, they could never make me hate you. 

His lashing out isn’t healthy at all, and he has some serious emotional development to do, but I honestly can’t blame him. All of this has been building up for so long- Blitz isn’t good with handling big emotions, this was all just sprung on him, and Stolas took his angry outburst at face value without giving Blitz time to process

I can’t tell if this is good writing for a miscommunication trope or negligent writing that victim blames one character while painting the other as a saint

Overall

The composition of this episode was cohesive enough, but definitely has some weak points.

The inconsistency and one-off gags that are introduced are funny but sometimes frustrating, as they can allude to larger themes but ultimately go nowhere

I really enjoyed finally seeing more of Moxxie, Loona, and Millie. It's frustrating that they're being sidelined in favor of Stolitz, which probably should have been more of a B plot than the main one.

Currently torn about the writing for the Stolitz dynamic because there are multiple lenses that their content can be viewed through. I want to try using the Reparative Lens Theory, but honestly, the writing just seems to get more inconsistent and is meant to cater to Viv’s ideas of “good” and “bad”

re-watching this episode after Apology Tour is so, so frustrating because any character development Stolas might have gone through is scrubbed and retcons everything just to make Blitz the "bad guy"

If you made it this far, thank you for your time

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PSA: we need to save the bali myna

today i got really mad out of nowhere about this and decided that if nobody is going to talk about these birds and their conservation, i will. the bali myna is a small bird found only in bali. they are critically endangered -  fewer than 100 adults exist in the wild. (and there’s around 1000 in captivity) the biggest threat towards the bali myna is likely its demand in the captive bird trade - they can fetch extremely high prices on the black market.’

plus, they look like this

so how can you help?

donate to bali safari marine park - currently maintaining a captive gene pool of bali mynas + boosting their population

donate to begawan foundation -  breeding and releasing bali mynas, and educating local communities on these birds

educate others on responsible pet purchases + avoid feeding into the pet trade that endangers so many beautiful species.

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yall better be just as outraged about this as you were about notre dame

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Gaza is a feminist issue, children's rights & human rights issue

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◾Most dystopian story of 2024 so far:

A US prisoner doing slave labour for 13 cents an hour donates his $17.74 paycheck to help Gaza while the government that uses him as slave labour sends billions to Israel.