#bee helluva boss

[espio-drawn17]

my new friends ✨

[floralcavern]

Bee’s lava lamp stomach could’ve WORKED. A common complaint on her design is that she’s ridiculously skinny despite her sin and Vivziepop said that “Oh no! Her lava lamp stomach burns calories!” because Viv loooooves confirming and explaining things outside of her show that you would only know if you had access to her locked Twitter. They just had to do something so small. Show Bee chugging a beer or soda or something like that, and highlight her lava lamp stomach activating. It’s glowing, moving around, it’s active. Something so small, so easy to explain it. Uggggh.

[toiletpudding]

Bro was there what’re y’all on about.

[rizegreymon22arts]

Of the many most amazing things about the last episode of Helluva Boss, it was without a doubt finally having the 7 princes of hell, and the internet really full of fanarts of the 7 together, since it is something that many of us were expecting, although not so quickly.

The truth is, I like how various media make representations of the seven deadly sins and their demons. I'm not lying, I was also waiting for the moment to have the 7 together so I could join the fanart, and of course, it occurred to me to recycle the old color wheel challenge to unite the 7 demons using their rainbow colors. That said, it was a shame that since there were seven, a color had to be eliminated, which in this case was light blue.

[scenecipriano]

Lucifer poofing in an hour late to the Blitz and Stolas trial: I’M HERE-

Satan: And you’re too late trial is over.

Ozzie: Late to a trial with an unfair ruling.

Mammon: Watch yourself Oz, don’t want there to be another so soon now would we?

Lucifer: What-

Bee: Hey, Satan why don’t you tell Luci about how you “Ruled the endless dark since long before the golden angels fall”?

Lucifer: OH REALLY? YOU RULED IT HUH?

Satan sweating: Now, Lucifer why don’t we try some deep breaathhhsss-

[yogirt-x-satan-prompts]

[chilipepprr]

They DEFINITELY embarrass Charlie with their pushing for details

[lelet-draws]

Sorry, I had to.

[the-apple-of-her-eye-au]

The city may be run by the mayor, but everyone knows that it's really the "Sins" and "Overlords" that rule this gaff!

Introducing Human Mammon and Bee!

Big Mamm runs pretty much every industry that makes him cash, he's a simple man with simple needs and his one and only true love is money.

Queen Bee is a guru in food and cosmetics, she's an influencer with a heart of gold and can usually be seen tearing it up in The Hive, her nightclub in the Gluttony District.

[Bee's up close design!]

Thank you once again @blitzy-blitzwing for designing these guys!

[profanepurity]

I was thinking about Adam ending up in Hell, but instead of turning into a demon, he remains something closer to a fallen angel. And then I started thinking about Lucifer owning his soul and torturing him with his past along with the other Sins... And then it turned into this lol.

[espio-drawn17]

Charlie is your uncles✨

[miss-alice-evelynn]

Guys...

The food was from Bee 😆😭 don't tell me he fucked her too 😆😆😆😆 or is it because she's dating Tex and he's there?? I need to knowwwww

[sansfangirl24]

I actually loved Bee in this episode omg she was so cool and surprisingly nice and genuine? Such a cool character and I loved her song. I wanna go to one of her parties like what do you mean I get free food and it gets double sized??

Loved to see cute little father daughter Loona and Blitzo

I'm on the first episode of s2 now and I just know its gonna be sad but omg baby Stolas, Blitzo, and Fizz are so figging cute I want to squeeze them all

So far amazing first season and I'm preparing for the tears to come

[jubileemon]

Loona started off as a fan favorite, but as the series progressed, some hate her for being your typical "misunderstood teenage goth girl" who is bratty, temperamental and mistreats others around her as little more than nuisances, even her adoptive father, Blitzo.

Background and Trauma

Loona exhibits a complex personality shaped by a traumatic upbringing. Her behavior is rooted in her experiences at the Hellhound Adoption Foundation, where she was raised by uncaring caretakers. Devoid of affection and subjected to violence for disobedience, Loona's formative years were marred by isolation and mistreatment. This harsh reality of her childhood in the orphanage left her with deep-seated trust issues and an inability to properly give or receive love, influencing her interactions with others, including her adoptive father Blitz.

The so-called "adoption center" looks like a cross between a run-down dog pound and a juvenile detention center, with most of the hellhounds Blitzo sees looking malnourished or deformed. When he sees Loona, her cellmate is threatening her with a bloody nail bat before she flings him at the bars, growling and then she starts crying, looking more like a frightened, feral dog than anything. The social worker's indifferent description of her in her emotionally dead tone doesn't help, saying all this directly in front of Loona's cell, and only highlights how lonely Loona's life had been for almost eighteen years.

Loona's living space gets more tragic the longer you look at it. The back and side walls are covered in tally marks scratched into the tile. And there's a typical "Hang in there!" poster ripped with obvious claw marks, making it clear Loona had long given up hope of being adopted into a family. There are some drawings on the walls of Loona with storm clouds above her head and a giant version of her stomping on a city. Either they were drawn by Loona in which case they show just how frustrated and fed up with the world she has become over the years, or they were drawn by the other hellhound kids who only see her as a vicious monster.

The fact that this place is essentially a pound and not an adoption place paints Loona's situation as much grimmer. They're not treated as individuals but as animals and would normally just leave as rescued dogs. When the social worker mentions that Loona will age out it's implied that it doesn't mean that she's exactly leaving safe & sound.

You can also see that Loona takes a look at her tally marks, and as it lines up with the social worker's statement on her aging out, it wordlessly states Loona knows about this. Whether she's put to sleep or kicked out ownerless, it's a cloud of pitch-black dread she can do nothing about except countdown to.

The social worker's dialogue makes it clear how hellhounds are treated in this world. They're not treated as sentient individuals; instead, they're valued for either being strong laborers or cute family pets. Loona is both strong and beautiful, but being a self-actualized person with internal struggles and self-preservation instincts makes her undesirable. For an imp, one of the lowest creatures in Hell's hierarchy, to be able to adopt a hellhound as a pet or servant shows that despite their strength, they're seen and treated as even lower than imps.

If Blitzo hadn't adopted her, Loona would apparently have "aged out of the system" and been "out of the kennel's hair". This could simply mean that Loona would be kicked out, but given a mix of how scared she looked, the way hellhounds are treated in this setting and what sometimes happens to real dogs when they're deemed too old for adoption…

Personality

Loona's past manifested in various aspects of her demeanor. Her reluctance to perform her job may stem from a newfound appreciation for freedom, contrasting with her previously constrained life. Her agreessive nature, particularly towards characters like Moxxie, can be seen as a defensive mechanism, a way to assert control in situations where she might feel vulnerable.

Blitzo's adoption of her before she aged out ensured her gratitude and was why she didn't leave him. But years of hardship have made it hard for her to open up to him properly. Despite her tough exterior, moments of genuine vulnerability reveal her social awkwardness and desire for connection, which she struggles to navigate due to her lack of social experience.

Loona is shown throughout the series to have a strong aversion to being touched, reacting either with threatening growls or violence. However, her aversion to being touched might've stem from her past in the adoption center, yet she can handle being touched when she's the one initiating the contact, as seen when she allows Octavia to hug her and then holds her hand through the portal. That being said, she never reacted aggressively to Blitzo's affections beforehand, so this felt out of place, even for her.

Social Skills

Loona seems to be hiding some deep insecurities and feelings of loneliness, having never had any friends before meeting Vortex and briefly glancing with visible sadness at a picture of an happy family in "Murder Family", which implies Loona does wish to have good relationships in her life, but is unable to due to her tendency to see the bad in people and vent out her frustrations on others, including (and, arguably, especially) those who try to be nice or fatherly to her, like her adoptive father Blitzo.

However, after having been friend-zoned by Vortex, Loona didn't resent him and kept in touch with him, becoming great friends with him and going to parties with him, which might be making her more open to people and less hostile, as she's gradually becoming less rude and apathetic towards her co-workers.

Father-Daughter Relationship

Blitzo is her adoptive father, but she almost always refers to him by his name since she doesn't like showing the fact that she cares about him. That said, there are times where she slips up: on Instagram, she was so worried about him being kidnapped that she straight out called him "dad", though she immediately tried to walk it back out of embarrassment by claiming she was just upset that food was running low in their home. In "Spring Broken", she was so flustered with seeing Vortex that she almost slipped and called Blitzo "dad" before catching herself.

Once, she showed to be more than capable of both showing affection to and taking care of Blitzo: when he became severely intoxicated at Vortex and Queen Bee-lzebub's party to numb his pain after having rejected Stolas, she drove and carried him back to I.M.P. headquarters, set him on the couch and covered him with a blanket. When Blitzo shared his insecurities regarding loneliness and asked her if she'd be by him once he met his end, Loona promised him she would, showing her seriousness and true care by willingly calling him "dad".

Sisterly Bond

For the longest time, Loona and Octavia never met each other, only being connected to each other through their dads being in a rather complicated relationship with each other. This changed one day when Octavia snuck into I.M.P.'s office to obtain her father's grimoire so she can watch a meteor shower on Earth on her own. Loona actually spots Octavia trying to sneak in, but deliberately chooses not to say anything (partly because of lingering anger from a discussion she had with her father earlier).

As Loona approaches Octavia when she finally finds her, she's incredibly gentle with the girl and even compliments her on her photos. Loona rags on Blitzo at the beginning of "Seeing Stars", even physically assaulting him. But on Earth, she ultimately does do what he wants in finding Octavia, confiding in her that she recognizes that Blitzo is trying to be a good dad to her. It's as close as Loona gets to admitting that maybe things with Blitzo aren't as bad as she's ever gotten.

When Loona asks Octavia if she's ready to go while extending her hand out to her, Octavia gives the grimoire over to Loona and hugs her, glad to have someone who listened to her and can relate to. Previous episodes have shown that Loona does NOT like physical affection, shown most often with Blitzo. Yet here, Loona accepts and even returns Octavia's hug with no resistance whatsoever. It's even better since Loona was the one who initiated the contact. She holds her hand out to Octavia twice as though to help her stand up and looks a little confused when Octavia instead hands her the book the first time.

Conclusion

So far, I can see that Loona's character among fans is kinda mixed. While some viewers are sympathetic with her traumatic past and understand her defensive behavior, others find her attitude off-putting, which is understandable. It's also understandable that due to her recent absence and lack of dialogues during the second season, Loona's VA was probably given time to grieve due to the losing her partner and probably a busy schedule with other projects.

[ghostgrubs]

Just a few bigger illustrations I've done with the backgrounds I fully rendered despite knowing they would be covered up completely

[lanterns-and-lightmares]

Now that I think about it, why DIDN’T Viv make Bee fat?

Not only would it fit her character as the sin of gluttony, but it would ALSO fit her theme of… well… a bee!