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Moral Orel and Tuca & Birdie didn’t portray victims of SA as sex objects, you weirdo.

You can’t have it both ways, either put in some actual effort into writing serious issues or don’t.

There is no middle ground, you can’t just have blatant fan service in your show and then turn around and say “Oh no guys it’s totally okay, this character has a tragic backstory. They’re not just eye candy!”

If Family Guy or Velma did this shit, you’d all be condemning the writers of those shows, but because it’s Hazbin Hotel, you all have to rush to Viv’s defense because you literally cannot handle any criticism that’s directed at Viv.

This shit is fucking exhausting.

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Witnessing the toxicity of OFMD and Hazbin/Helluva fans on Twitter are no different which is pretty unsurprising (same with Good Omens fans)

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So you are aware that a lot of the same criticisms that are frequently leveled at Viv can also be brought against Brandon Rogers right? His videos have bestiality, incest, racist sterotyping, misogyny (find me a single female character he plays that isn't a screaming harpy), and excessive swearing amongst countless other forms of tasteless humor.

And he's also one of the main writers for Helluva Boss who clearly adds a lot of his own humor to the script (the video he did with the Blitzo and Moxxie puppets really highlights this), yet no one ever blames him for how HB is written. It's always Viv that catches the blame, Viv that gets thrown under the bus.

Why is that? Why does she get held to different standards than Brandon Rogers does?

For me personally, I do mention Brandon frequently when I talk about how bad the show is. (And I won’t speak on his personal content cause I have no desire to watch it so don’t take me as a legitimate source if this stuff is true) but I will say the reason why Viv gets blamed the most is….well…she’s the creator, and in charge writing wise. She has the power over everything because it’s her show, so even if she wasn’t the one to write an episode, she’s still the one who decides what to keep in and what to take out cause it’s her story. She’s the one who goes over the scripts and decides “yes, let’s publish it like this”- and she’s the one who makes the decisions.

Not to mention that…let’s be honest, Brandon seems to be REALLY absent in the writing department, especially for season 2. Viv wrote episodes 1, 4, 6 and 7, while Adam Neylan wrote episodes 2, 3, 4, and 5, all of season 2. Throughout this entire season so far, Brandon hasn’t gotten anything but a story credit. He hasn’t written a single episode that was purely him or even collaborated with Vivzie or Adam to. The last time he had a writing part was back in episode 6 of season 1, and so far in season 2, all we’ve been getting from Brandon are mere ideas and concepts, while Viv and Neylan are responsible for the dogshit execution and writing.

Brandon handles the comedy aspect of the show, (or…at least he did in season 1) so don’t get me wrong, whenever I talked about season 1 episodes I always shitted on the humor, cause it’s really bad. Like…REALLY bad. But while Brandon isn’t a perfect writer either, people are pinning the blame on Viv and Adam recently cause they’re the ones writing season 2, not Brandon.

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Helluva Boss should stick with posting teaser clips and posters for promoting next episodes instead of posting random GIFs on Twitter

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Y'all seem to really like it when I criticize this show huh? Well...I guess I could talk about the comedy in season 2.

It's bad.

Not saying that season 1 had amazing comedy or anything but there were funny jokes in the season (my favorite was this one from episode 2). For season 2 (from what I remember anyway I think I need to rewatch this season to be sure) the comedy seems to have just boiled down to "Hey a character said/did something inappropriate, LAUGH!".

Like ya season 1 had sex jokes as well but they weren't the show's ONLY form of comedy. Not saying that season 2 doesn't have any funny jokes but...the season mostly relies on sex jokes to be funny and it gets old quickly.

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Helluva Boss S2 E7 review

Lemme guess, Mammon is Vivzie’s self projection. Her alleged attitude that was called out by former workers displayed similar attitudes with Mammon in the show. Other than attitude, his comment on Fizz’s body type makes sense since he told Fizz that people like it skinny (most characters she designed are skinny and Viv thought skinny is great). He was voiced by Michael Cusack, the creator of Smiling Friends and Koala Man.

For Fizz, he’s an unproblematic fav of the fandom or one of the unproblematic characters in HB. His backstory with Blitzø should have an episode on its own (from childhood to their falling out). At least we got to know why he’s uncomfortable with people thirsting over him (it was hinted in Ozzie’s). His relationship with Ozzie was alright. It reminded me of Hades x Persephone in Lore Olympus but maybe better.

Music was alright. Glitz and Glam segment should have its own music video. I didn’t expect Tom Cardy to be in the show but I liked his segment (I liked his songs and his comedy style and this dude covered a Flight of the Conchords song).

Overall, it’s not a 10/10 but I’ll give it a 8/10. The swearing jokes and circus stuff are getting older already.

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Helluva Boss redesign/rewrite: Stella

Like Stolas, Stella is going to have major changes when it comes to her design and her character. Stella is going to be a Goetian marquise named Shax but name Stella is used for her human disguise. Her design have major changes by changing her from a peahen to a stork that resembled Shax, a marquis from Ars Goetia. Like Stolas, she is a fallen angel of similar age of more than six thousand years.

Both Stolas and Stella were lovers and later turned to rivals later years (their rivalry was a bit slowburn). She was disliked by Blitz's department for infiltrating their missions (and they compete a lot).

Shax/Stella's redesign is based on Shax from Good Omens with 1900s-1930s fashion and makeup. Her outfit is based on equestrian outfit since Shax leads her legions with horses. Her usage of eyes as jewelry is based on one of Shax's ability to pluck eyes from her targets.

Inspirations

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I’m gonna redesign Stella next but she might go in a different name (except her name is used for human disguise). She’s gonna have more major changes than Stolas based on their relationship (they’re just exes who became rivals and she’s a stork instead of a swan). This is also inspired by a Good Omens character (she’s a pre-existing Goetian).

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Gooseworx telling the circus show fandom not to act like dicks to the people who don’t like it is a great example of how to deal with criticism as a creator.

Compare that to Viv, who views all criticism as bad by default and is constantly vague posting about her haters on Twitter.

I’ve always hated this notion that once you create something that’s popular then it becomes impossible to control your audience, as it seemed like a bullshit excuse to enable toxic behavior.

If you create something that’s popular, you should be pushing back against toxic behavior instead of letting it fester.

The reason why Viv’s fanbase is so fucking toxic is because she encourages them to be toxic.

How many times have we seen her fans go after her critics? Too many to count, and as long as her fans continue to worship the ground she walks on, then that’s all that matters to Viv.

I worry that one of these days, Viv’s fans are going to harass someone to the point of suicide, and if that ever happens (Hopefully it won’t.) Viv is just gonna shrug and say something along the lines of “Oh, that’s unfortunate. But I can’t control who my audience is.”

As someone who works in a creative field, you have to learn to deal with criticism.

Not everyone is gonna like your work, and you know what? That’s perfectly fine.

All that matters is that you had fun working on it.

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Stolas is one of the reasons I almost got into the David Bowie/Jemaine Clement rabbit hole bc of his singing voice (I always imagine Jemaine singing his musical numbers ngl)

Hi helluva critical communicaty. I seen this trend in lore olympus critical reddit, and I thought it would be fun to do here. I know y'all hate him, and I also have negative feelings to him.

I dare you to say anything nice about this man.

Im going to try myself: He has nice voice acting, and I always love his songs.

(this is not to erase his flaws or anything, just to see what you can come out with)

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Helluva Boss Redesign: Prince Stolas

His redesign is heavily borrowed from Paimon’s design than Stolas’. I decided to add some glam and Bowie themed motifs since Stolas is more space oriented (which explains the cold palettes, his forehead, his eyes and his collar).

Without his cloak, Stolas has a waistcoat (or spacecoat) underneath which is inspired by the Thin White Duke, one of Bowie’s personas.

His human disguise/form still have glam and Bowie motifs but his appearance is based on Jemaine Clement. He won’t wear cloak in his human disguise but it depends on the time period.

Inspirations: https://pin.it/6wrhEji

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see I don’t even mind that Viv’s shows have more gay male characters than other lgbtq identities. It’s perfectly fine, and no creator should feel compelled to create characters solely for the purpose of saying “see! We have X type of character too”. The issue comes when Viv’s fanbase acts like her show is THE premium queer rep for ALL queer people, and we should be happy for it. Like, no. Most queer people aren’t represented in HB. But okay, you can still be happy for other queer people being represented in this show, right? Nope. It’s not even good rep for gay people, the main lgbtq identity portrayed in the show. It’s just fujoshi bait disguised as ‘representation’, and the writing isn’t compelling either. Yes, sex is important to a lot of people, and queer people should be allowed to be sex-positive without being labelled as deviant perverts. We shouldn’t have to be fucking celibate to be seen as a ‘good gay’. But here’s the thing: there’s no issue with gay characters being lustful. There’s an issue when nearly ALL your gay characters are lustful. Not to mention, the primary queer rep (Stolitz) is inherently based on a power imbalance and sexual coercion that’s been romanticised by Viv. That’s not representation, that’s a horror story. That’s not sex positivity, that’s harassment. Conflating these things is extremely damaging and it’s weirdly reminiscent of homophobes who like to spew the same rhetoric, that gay people are predatory weirdos who will coerce you into sex. This would be fine if Stolitz was MEANT to be seen as unhealthy, and our other queer characters were used as a contrast to them to display what a healthy gay relationship looks like. But that’s not what we got. Instead, we get this fetishising mess that dares to tell us that Stolas catching feelings for the man he COERCES INTO SEX is somehow ‘romantic’ and means he’s not an abuser. This is what gay men loving each other looks like to Viv, and it’s fucking disgusting.

Well said anon. Worst part is that Vivziepop also has this mentality of "OUR SHOW IS THE BEST" and lets (hell, ENCOURAGES) her fans to call people homophobic or transphobic if they HAPPEN to dislike the series.

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Helluva Boss Rewrite (WIP)

Disclaimer: I have no harsh intentions regarding rewriting HB. This is just some headcanons coming from an ex fan who is currently a critic of the show.

The Lore

Hellaverse rewritten lore gonna be based on the worldbuilding of John Wick and Good Omens (Helluva is action oriented)

The concept of human sinners being Overlords doesn’t exist in the rewrite but Hellborns can be Overlords.

Hellborns (like Imps, Succubi and Hellhounds) are middle class, Goetians are upper class (aristocracy/nobility) and the Seven Deadly Rulers are higher and more respected than Goetians despite some of them are Goetians (e.g. Asmodeus)

The imps are the soldier class in Hell’s system and known for their various combat skills

The succubi and incubi are used seduction as a form of distraction for the target

Hellhounds’ appearance are similar to werewolves but they can shapeshift to a literal canine

Hellborns usually age slowly, resistant to fire and wouldn’t be eradicated by gunshot unless if they’re in contact with Holy water

Holy water is fatal for Hellborns but they’re used to make fuel for deadly weapons

The Characters

Soul Trading Department

Instead of being an assassins for trade, the IMP is part of Stolas’ legions where they’re responsible for targeting souls for Stolas’ soul for trade

Their main nemesis are Shax and her legions

Blitzø Callisto

Pronouns: He/him

Age: approximately 700 (mental and physically late-20s to 30s)

Gender: Male

Species: Hellborn Imp

The sergeant of Stolas’ Soul Trading Unit and boss of Millie and Moxxie

Trained with any kind of combat skills (close range, long range, melee, etc.)

Maximilian Grimson

Nicknames: Max, Moxxie

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 600 (mid to late-20s)

Gender: Male

Species: Hellborn Imp

Skilled with long range combat and assassinations

Second Generation for being in Stolas’ legion (his father Sniper Grimson is part of his legion who is stationed in Greed)

Distanced his father to Wrath where he met his childhood friend Millie (he relocated to Millie’s family who welcomed Moxxie instead of despising him in the show) until they’re both stationed to Gluttony for the unit

Mildread Grimson

Nicknames: Millie, Melee

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 600 (mid to late-20s)

Gender: Female

Species: Hellborn Imp

Skilled in melee (hence her name) and close combat

Trained with mixed and various martial arts

Originally in the Wrath Ring and moved to Gluttony along with her husband when they were stationed to the Trading Unit

Luna Nogood

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 400 (early 20s)

Gender: Female

Species: Hellhound

The youngest of the Trade Unit and Blitzø’s foster daughter

Goetians

Most Goetian demons are usually fallen angels and their abilities weaken a bit when they’re in contact with Holy Water (a fuel used for deadly demonic weapons)

Goetians tend to bid their conjurer for a soul (like literal soul) to do the bidding they wanted (other than souls, they were offered with things they associate with)

Similar to Good Omens, Angels and Fallen Angels are usually agender or non binary at the time they were created and most Goetians identify as non binary or transgender (e.g. Stolas being trans masc)

Some Goetians are hellborns

Prince Stolas of Lust and Greed

Alias: Stephen, Steven and Steve

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 6000~ (mentally and physically 40s)

Gender: Trans masculine

Sexuality: Bisexual

Species: Owl demon (formerly fallen angel)

Voiceclaim and Human form faceclaim: Jemaine Clement

Inspirations: Winston Scott (John Wick), Oliver Bird (Legion), Lord Joseph Banks (Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium), Jemaine Clement’s DILF form, Paimon’s owl form, 70s fashion and Bowie-esque outfits (specifically his forehead and his outfit which is based on The White Duke era)

Known for his various knowledge of astronomy, botany, herbs, poisons, and any sorts of traditional medicines

Usually responsible for the economic rise of herbs which leads demons in Gluttony to indulge with his mixture of herbs in the 60s

Adopted young Andrealphus after his father’s death (OG Andre was close with Stolas)

Lord Shax, marquise of Wrath and Greed

Alias: Stella

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 6000~ (physically and mentally 40s)

Gender: Trans feminine

Sexuality: Bisexual

Species: Stork demon

Voiceclaim: Olivia Colman

Inspirations: Shax (Good Omens), The Adjudicator (The Continental), Lord Shen (Kung Fu Panda 2), 19th century to 1930s fashion, and equestrian wear

Combat skills are inspired by Lord Shen

Responsible for lootings in the Mortal Realm

Stolas’ former lover and current arch-nemesis (lovers to enemies)

Professional liar and gaslighter (unless placed in a magic triangle)

Has an ability to lose memory and knowledge of a person (her abilities opposes Stolas’)

Known for plucking eyes and used plucked eyes as different forms of jewelry

Would accept an exchange of vial from horse liver from the conjurer’s horse

Lord Andrealphus the Younger, marquise of Lust

Alias: Andre

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 2000~

Gender: Male

Sexuality: unlabeled

Species: Peafowl demon (Hellborn)

Stolas' adoptive son and apprentice

Takes Octavia’s role in the rewrite

His biological father is the OG Andrealphus (but he died after being exterminated)

Not to be confused with Stella’s brother with the same name (aka Canon Andrealphus)

Lord Andras, marquise of Wrath

Pronouns: She/they

Age: 2000~

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Unlabeled

Species: Owl hybrid (Hellborn)

Stolas’ daughter with Shax

Andre’s younger sister

Human Sinners

Human sinners are the lowest class in Hell’s system since Hell is meant to punish sinners

Yet there are some sinners who are part of a Goetian legion (like Shax’s)

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Would you consider yourself more of a Hazbin Hotel or a Helluva Boss fan, or are you into the entire Helluvaverse fandom as a whole?? I've known some folks who are fans and care more about Helluva than Hazbin and I've met others who care and love Hazbin more than Helluva, I'm someone who falls into the second category and even when I was a HB fan, I've honestly always loved Hazbin and it's characters more, IMO. I also wanted to ask if you have any concerns and worries for HH since it's not that far from release and we only have a couple of months, HB S2 hasn't been the best and some have expressed their concerns for HH as HB hasn't been the best honestly, I honestly wanted to know your thoughts if you don't mind responding and answering, it's up to you! 💗

I don't mind answering questions at all!

When Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss both released their pilots these were my first thoughts

Hazbin Hotel: I was awestruck by the pretty and unique art style and animation, I thought the jokes were pretty funny, and it seemed to have a lot of heart. I loved Charlie, she makes a perfect protagonist for taking place in hell. She's clever, optimistic, good hearted, but not afraid to throw a punch.

Sir Pentious was so silly, and had such a fun, hilarious dynamic with Angel Dust.

Alastor drew me in with his goofy, non chalant subtle sadistic personality, along with his old times radio voice that sounds straight outta the 30's.

I enjoyed the pilot and had a lot of hope that it would be a good series. An adult comedy with an appealing art style, an lots of heart is hard to find.

Now let's talk about Helluva Boss

I decided to check out the pilot, but it's whole existence weirded me out. I was like, "Why are you making a pilot for another show right after just making one? Why not just make episode 2? Isn't it a bit early to be making a spin off of a show that has barley started? The view count also said a lot, with Hazbin Hotel Pilot having almost double the views of the Helluva Boss Pilot. And I can see why.

The characters... aren't all that likable. They are all just mean to each other. I know Millie loves Moxxie, she gaslights him when he's rightfully upset.

There's a noticeable difference between the main couple in Hazbin (Chaggie), and the main couple in Helluva (M&M):

For example

Chaggie:

Vaggie: *Is rightfully upset at Angel, but is getting a little too worked up*

Charlie: *Agrees with her and tells Angel what he did was not cool, tell Vaggie to try to relax, things will be okay.*

Meanwhile M&M:

Moxxie: *Is rightfully upset at Blitz for stalking and filming him and Millie , but is maybe getting a little too worked up*

Millie: "It's not that big a deal" "Calm down, you're gonna have another panic attack"

👁👄👁 Millie wtf. How do you not validate your husband's concerns and condem Blitzo's action.

The whole Helluva Boss Pilot has terrible pacing. We have a flashback within a flashback, the first few times seeing it I was so confused. When Loona says "Come on, you know why", I expected the next flashback to explain the "Moxxie is fat" joke. But there's no explanation. Just another scene of Loona being mean I guess?

The next scene is of Loona telling Blitz he has a phone call. These flashbacks are supposed to show us how mean Loona is. But the Stolas phone call... doesn't show that. It just shows how Blitz has another problem because this one night stand is acting really clingy. We then get the flashback, within the flashback, of Blitz stealing the book.

Blitz says the line "If I hadn't slept with that privileged asshole, non of us would have access to the living world." Nothing wrong with this line, but the way it's delivered makes it seem like having access to the living world is a bad thing?? Maybe the line would make more sense if he said "Sleeping with that privileged asshole is the ONLY reason we have access to the living world." It still works even with Moxxie saying "You what?😶"

There are a few funny lines in the HB Pilot, but a lot more gore. The only "gore" in Hazbin egg yokes and some blood from an insect Katy kills with her pen.

The gore in Helluva is amped up and a bit disturbing. A child is shot, then mutilated. That scene made me sick to me stomach.

The kid wasn't even that mean. He said to Moxxie "If I wanted to hear from a spineless jackals, I'd Rio out your spine." Implying that Moxxie DOES have a spine.

Speaking of the kid, how did he enter hell without turning into a demon? How are they able to shoot him without him responding back into Hell? Why did I.M.P. even take him with them? Give him back to his mom or just leave him where you found him! It's weird to think they cared enough to take him with them, yet they'd kill him despite not getting any money for it.

I'd love to get into the other Helluva episodes, but maybe if I get another ask about it.

There are some thing I like about Helluva, but a lot of things I dislike. So, yeah I'm more of a Hazbin fan, but I still somewhat enjoy Helluva and look forward to new episodes coming out. (No matter how disappointing some of them have been)

Do I have any fears about Hazbin Hotel coming out?

I'm glad it's finally coming out, but I'll be honest, I wish it were under better circumstances. This is not the way I wanted it to happen. The entire voice cast has been replaced, the animation style has changed, the main characters all received major downgrades with their redesigns, and major characters that were part of the original lineup (Baxter, Mimzy, + Crymini) all appear to have been dropped from the series. So much for female focused.

I'm still excited for it tho because it will still have Charlie and Vaggie, and we will hopefully get to see more concrete proof that they are a couple within the series.

I'm hoping the new voice actors will do the characters justice, but I'm still not over how Viv screwed the pilot cast over in the way that she did.

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Nifty and Angel Dust Redesigns

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Lore Rekindled; The Lore Olympus that should have been

To be honest, I checked out the rekindled version before the original one and now having reading the original as well, it's extremely odd. Y'know goodbye volcanic high where the original was a mess but a group of 4chaners made a parody game which turned out to be of better quality than the original? This is like that but replace 4chan with tumblr users, mainly @genericpuff whose series is pinned in their tumblr blog where you can check all of the episodes, especially updated ones. In this post, I will be praising this series of how it fixes the problems of the original

The Pacing

One thing I notice about lore olympus and lore rekindled is the pacing. Not just the flow of the story but where it chooses to focus on. Now in lore olympus, the pacing is kinda a mess and its mainly to do with what it focuses on. An example is the magazine plotpoint; in the original, its basically kinda there in between doses to focus on other stuff like persephone and hades together, persephone's sa (i'll get to that later), eros story, zeus and hera etc...The flow generally isnt that bad per say (except for persephone's sa cuz that was way too quick) but for a story meant to be a romance between hades and persephone, you'd think it idk, it would focus on persephone and hades specifically, not eros which is another example of; its flashbacks. Eros specifically has such a dragged out flashback in episode 12 which we didnt need or at least with that much exposition when it should've naturally expand in the story and that's what rekindled does. The magazine plotline has turned into the first conflict of persephone and hades as we see how it affects their lives and relationships. This works for its pacing better because it doesn't give you too much stuff to jumble with, making the narrative more concise and easier to understand where the story is going. And with the flashbacks, rekindled cuts out the fat in the flashbacks from the original to a perfect balance where it gives exposition of the characters while also leaving mystery for the audience to be intrigued, my favourite one would have to be this (though it more of a nightmare than a flashback specifically speaking);

It's of persephone in a greenhouse her mother placed her in with this red eye thing following her from outside the greenhouse. I have no idea of this lurker if its her metaphorical rage or a danger in her life but either way, i am intrigued by its presentation.

The Characters

When reading lore rekindled and lore olympus, the characters are definetly an odd experience. For lore olympus, the characters arent exactly uh....great per say. I think the main reason for this is how their ultilised, with characters like eros, hera, hectate etc being there to mostly be a matchmaker for hades and persephone even if it was initially seen as wrong like with hera and hectate, be antagonistic as a way to have conflict between hades and persephone like minthe, demeter and recently leuce even if ones had reasons too like minthe with hades emotionally cheating on her and demeter because lets be honest, she had a point. Then there's hades and persephone, whoo boy where to start with them.

Hades starts off as a creep eyeing at persephone during a party, specifically at her body and still lusts persephone even being aware that shes 19 and he's 2000 years old. Also is a shitty boss, father AND contributes to slavery with it while being adressed in some way, doesnt change him which isnt good for a character that's meant to be the main protagonists love interest.

Persephone though, I can get the self insert vibes. From favouritism towards the story, being who most of the men in the story are attracted too, portrayed as a 'cinnamon roll' (they actually said that early on in the story, im not kidding) who cant do no wrong. She acts like a teenager rather than a young adult which makes the scenes where shes sexualised just more uncomfortable (and they already unnecessarily were) along with adding that uncomfortability to the romance

But with rekindled, they expanded on the characters much more than they originally were. Persephone for instance has turned from a 'sexy baby' legal teenager to an actual young relatable adult with agency and allows her to screw up (e.g, getting drunk on her own rather than eros drunking her). Her adult attitude makes the romance between her and hades not only more palpable, but also strays away from the infantilisation/uncomfortable sexualisation of her character which is nice to see. Hades also is written well in the series from how it acknowledges his faults while still making him likable. And thats the same for every character really, their personalities are much more fleshed out and nuanced which makes their characters feel real to life, gaining effectiveness for more emotional scenes with them. An interesting thing too is that they even expanded the magazine guy's character from making fake news for profit into feeling guilt over what they done, standing up for persephone which is a pretty nice change.

No Sa Plotline

Not like you cant have sa in your story ever but if you never planned it from the beginning and only did when people tell you that the scene you drew from your comic was sa then....maybe just not do it. Lore olympus does exactly that where while an attempt was made, it goes on to retcon it into making apollo (the guy who sa'd persephone) into a lesser evil like that would made a difference instead of just cutting it out from the very beginning. Lore rekindled thankfully just made apollo into his pilot version, a shitty bf but more likeable and expanded upon (which should have been his portrayal from day 1). His shittiness doesnt come up in the story, more like self absorbness/egotisticalness although with its recent chapter of the magazine guy offering persephone lunch, it might reveal some cracks or at least further down the story it will be revealed to us which futhers how effective rekindled character writing is in how its expansion of characters would give us the feels. That or portray him as not a good match for persephone, either way much better than the original.

Artstyle

Lore olympus has a pretty good artstyle (at least in s1/the early episodes, s3 is just kinda goofy) but lore rekindled has got a good artstyle which is on top, more consistent too. Here's some examples;

Comedy

It's objectively funnier than lore olympus, no question asked

All in all, if you want to read lore olympus, i recommend you to read the lore rekindled one instead as it's better in every way. Give it a read.

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Unhappy Campers rewrite

Note: This is just a headcanon and I’ll be focusing more on the Moxxie and Millie part but it’s a WIP

Instead of Moxxie blindly follows Blitzø’s orders, he has to wait for his response on leading the mission. He assigned Millie to lead the mission since he focused on finding his sister.

The M&Ms entered to the human world and stumbled on the same camp on the episode where the mission took place. Moxxie and Millie disguised as childhood friends instead of siblings. Both Moxxie and Millie wear matching outfits (similar to Millie’s fit but Millie isn’t mistaken as a masc) and Moxxie introduced himself to the girls. The girls asked Moxxie to film a Tiktok dance instead of replying some mean comments on him (maybe HB writing relies on outdated tropes or lack of subversion ig). Millie was disappointed of Moxxie being distracted from the mission and tried to find the perpetrator.