#so helluva boss core

[achillesunly]

Istg this episode is the prodigal son, perfect amount of funnying and heartwarming AND heartbreaking

[doodle-empress66]

I like how Ozzie explained how lust should never be about force and it’s something that should be earned. He’d hate Val and everything he stands for.

[sweet-marigold]

Fizz not so much

Bonus

[2minutesnotice]

From now on, everytime I'll get a complaint about my Blitzø being too buff, I'll just post this. No words. Just this.

[squeaky-potat]

Cat-Lizard Demon boyfriend to the rescue 🐱

[classicalartist]

PLEASE give me more of them. I am literally foaming at the mouth AHHHHHHHHHHH

[a-h-li]

Some…. Opinions….

An edit I made where I added some rare pairs mixed with some other popular ships!!

Bonus:

the ones before fav of all time with multiple colors I got stuck between or I feel like would have the most potential unrequited

[ethereal-w0lf]

If you’ve been on my page before you probably know, I have a very complicated relationship with Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel. And I think it’s time I clarify how I feel about the series.

It’s a very love-hate relationship, I love the animation a lot of music, The humor I get at least one good laugh out of every helluva boss episode, some of the story beats, and i have real connection and care for some of the characters.

But I hate Viv she’s a terrible person irl, a lot of the characters have some stereotyping issues including my favorite characters Stolas, Fizz and Angel, sometimes the writing bounces between mediocre to downright offensively bad, the show can’t seem to choose a good episode as a finale and I know Hazbin is a musical but I really hate how it treats it like all of angels trauma is cured from one song with husk. I hope they fix that in later seasons.

So yeah, I do. I still watch. Both shows? Yeah. Do I admittedly have merchandise for the show? Yeah-

So yeah, that’s my very complicated and weird relationship with Hazbin Hotel and Helluva boss

[jajanvm-imbi]

UM??????

UM????????

Bryce Pinkham is so fucking talented?????

[hellaverse-critical-confessions]

Fuck it. Here's the oneshot I've mentioned

Summary: We're two weeks after the events of "Exes and Oohs", and Millie has been kidnapped. She's grudgingly enjoying solitary confinement in the world's dustiest yet simultaneously most pristine dungeon when an unlikely face from her past comes sauntering in; against her protests he decides to stick by like a leech, and they end up having a surprisingly genuine conversation years in the making.

Not a confession and… kind of critical?? Might qualify as a fix-it?? Honestly just wanted to give Millie the lore she was robbed of in that episode, as well as do a fun little show-don't-tell exercise. (Also, Chaz has a character now beyond walking penis gag. Sort of.)

[pamithebunterfly2007]

Unrelated or Related idk. . . . But I swear to fucking Satan he has my personality. Just LOOK AT HIM COMPARED TO MY SONA!!!! (Sorry for being cringe btw💀)

Ummmmmmm IDK what happen to these two?? 👇👇👇

"I will bathe you, build you a nest of my finest horse plushes, hunt down prey for your nourishment and if necessary regurgitate into the mouths of our young."

[tealvenetianmask]

Inevitable Social Class Take/Why Ghostfuckers Solidified My Need for Blitz to Be "Just an Imp"

There's been discourse since . . . before I ever watched Helluva Boss, on whether Blitz might be half or one quarter incubus, based on a family portrait where his mother, Tilla, looks unusually tall, and her horns lack the thin white stripes usually seen on female imp horns, making them look more like succubus horns. After Ghostfuckers, where Tilla appeared with the stripes on her horns, people are saying that the theory is unlikely. I say GOOD.

Now, let me solidify before I get into this that it's not that I think hybrid imps in Hell aren't also looked down on or treated like shit (look at Striker and the number Hell's society has done on him). It's that Blitz being an incubus hybrid would suggest that he has magical powers of a sort, and that takes away a bit from what I think is so awesome about him.

He has no powers. Only his skill, creativity, spontaneity, optimism, intelligence, and heart. What he does, and what he is at his core, utterly disproves Hell's prejudices about imps and their "purpose."

In the flashback to the time when Blitz and Millie met, Millie flat-out refuses to believe that Blitz works for himself. Because imps work for demons higher in Hell's hierarchy-- it's how the society works.

Blitz could so easily present himself as an exception here (special parentage or no), but instead he presents his worldview as an alternative to what he and Millie have both been taught. Essentially: I can do it. So WE can do it. SO LET'S CHANGE OUR WORLD.

Later, he gives Millie a pep talk that solidifies this worthiness idea.

The idea is really deeply ingrained . . . yikes. But Blitz will have none of it.

And that's what makes him special. Not that he's better than anyone else. The way that he can see beyond prescribed roles and defy society's expectations. And help others see themselves as worthy of doing this too!

Also. ALSO Blitz says he's as fuckable and business savy as any succubus. Which one COULD argue means he's similar to them or has some of their powers. OR it's essentially "I can do what they do without their powers hahaha FUCK LIMITATIONS." (The second is the more empowering option in my opinion.)

He's breaking down society's prejudices one imp assassin at a time! Would this be possible if Blitz were a hybrid and had special powers? Sure. But I definitely think it's more powerful FOR MILLIE without that. If Blitz can be this capable and confident, so can she.

Okay-- that brings us to the final confrontation with Rolando. This guy seems to really buy into Hell's typical attitude toward imps.

Thematically, he's throwing the typical prejudices at them and using his "higher demon" powers to intimidate and seemingly easily defeat them.x

But what defeats him?

Millie's confidence that Blitz inspired, that she believes at her very core, even if she still carries some insecurities.

And Blitz . . . well . . . thinking outside the box and dropping the vacuum cleaner ghostsucker thing in the pool.

Rolando gives Blitz a look like "nice display of confidence- you've got nothing."

And Blitz notices something he can use . . .

And frankly obliterates the guy.

So what's the antidote to the racism and social class issues in Hell? Well they'll probably be around for some time, just like the ones in our society. But they can be challenged for now by the gang just being their fantastic selves- Millie being strong and self-assured, and Blitz being innovative in the moment. And Loona and Moxxie doing SOMETHING when they come back into action. xD

And all of them believing that they're worthy.

[carto0ncritter]

The reason why there's so much hate for Helluva Boss is that it is, at its core, a hateful show. Just like there are people that are rotten to the core.

Sure, the writing is shit, but I'm 100% sure that more people would let the poor writing choices slide if it weren't for the terrible morals, terrible representation, and terrible creator.

That's why there are so many passionate antis in the HB community; the show lays down everything wrong with humanity right in front of our eyes. Of course we'll be furious. This has nothing to do with hate-watching.

[artyphex]

Mate the issue isn't that Stolitz got together the issue is that Stolitz is now 90% of the show

And why is that an issue?

I'm not trying to be dense, I'm not trying to gotcha. I'm asking: why is that an issue?

Because the relationship between Stolas and Blitz has been there since the show started, literally the first episode it's established as a thing, the second episode has Stolas flirting with Blitz the entire time, episode 5 has Blitz save Stolas from an assassin.

Their relationship was literally always a center of the show. It is not NEW. This is why I'm so baffled that people are acting like it is. As the show continued, and both Stolas and Blitz got more development... of course their relationship was gonna play a big part? As the show leaned more into themes of classism and unjust systems... naturally the already sexual relationship between the dude from the lower class and the dude from the higher class was gonna be fleshed out? One way or another?

And sure, if you wanted an episode show about demons killing, it certainly stopped being that and I get being disappointed about that. But saying "It's all about STOLITZ" is just so weird to me. It's always been about Stolas and Blitz, they're just more focused this arc

And that's another thing. This arc. This is season 2 of (I think) 4. The midpoint. Time for big change. If they want Blitz and Stolas to get together before the end of the show, now's the time to do it. It will involve heavy character development on both sides, the only way to do that is to center them and their relationship. But it doesn't mean they'll be the center of every single arc going forward.

They've established they want to be together, but they've still got things to sort out separately. I'm fully expecting Blitz and Stolas' relationship to take a back seat to their individual growth. It'll still be there, and some episodes will be about it, but the next season won't be so much about their romance as it about them and their relationships in general.

And before people say "Well, I don't trust Helluva Boss to do that" I do! Genuinely! Why do I? Because every single thing I've said I think will happen that will make for a competently told story in season 2 has happened

I've literally been saying since Full Moon that I expect season 2 to end with Blitz and Stolas together, but Stolas estranged from Octavia and Blitz still estranged from his sister, so season 3 can have mending those relationships as its emotional core. And... that's what happened. That's exactly what happened. I have no reason to believe they won't follow through with what they've set up because they already DID

I don't know man, the longer I'm in this fandom, the more forced a lot of the "criticisms" seem. Sure, there's critique to be had, I still think I could file a whiplash claim from the tone of this show, but "The writing is bad!" "The storytelling is bad!" Just... isn't that true. Not when I sit down and look at it from an objective standpoint. It's not perfect, obviously, but it's competent. This is a show that knows what it's doing.

You can not like what it's doing, that's fine, but it doesn't make what it's doing BAD. "Bad writing" has been so skewed lately to mean "any writing choice I don't like." They don't equate. They never have

Anyway. Stolitz makes perfect sense to me, yes my main engagement through fandom has always been shipping, but if you know me you know you can't force me to care about a main ship without reason. I have reason. Stolitz is a well-done relationship in my book, and I was very satisfied with the end of season 2 for it

[us3rn4m3n0tf0und1170]

WOO THX FOR THE TAG!! :D here we go this is gonna be a long list:

Past stuffs: •Solar systems and space in general because of Sailor Moon •Puppets phase because of Sesame Street •Horses/Unicorns phase because of MLP •Magic loving phase •Dinosaurs phase because idk why, probably Dinosaur Train •Barbie because my mom got me into it •Ninja phase because of Lego Ninjago •Pokémon phase, this lasted for a WHILE, my mom got me into it and it was popular at the time •Wings Of Fire, this was so popular at my school and my neighbor got me into this •FNF, I just got out of this fandom before I got a tumblr account, I was in it for THREE YEARS and I basically hate it now, some of the music is still fire tho, my cousin got me into this Now the current things: •Sonic phase because of the movie •Fnaf because my friends got me into it •Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel also due to my friends lol •Undertale because my cousin was playing it and I fell in love with the game/fandom •Weirdcore, idk how I got into it but now I can’t get out. •Evolution SMP, I am IN LOVE with the watchers another one of my friends got me into this :)

Now the tags:

@bowtothesupermoon @idkisaccmoon @gloomohotelreceptionist @virtualmc @gskay7492 @baileythecapybara

New tagging game I wanna start

My love phases in my life because of my favorite childhood tv shows/other reasons:

• Dino loving phase because of Dino Dan (I still love dinosaurs. T-Rex’s and raptors are my favorites)

• Apple loving phase because of Applejack from MLP

• Animal loving phase because of Wild Kratts (I still love both of them)

• A spy loving phase because of Kim Possible

• Science loving phase (I don’t know the reason. Maybe because of Twilight Sparkle)

• Magic loving phase (And I still do)

• Ninja loving phase because of TMNT 2012/LEGO Ninjago

• Barbie loving phase (just anything Barbie)

• Vampire loving phase because of Mavis

@dead-dog-dont-eat @drama-glob @corffee @enbydemirainbowbigfoot @thebluebafoon @cjandxenaxenomorph2 @fictionalfish @askgemtale @it-gal888 @sparklijam @gloomycherub-mysterious @tranquil-slaughterhouse

[critical-velvet]

So today I’ve decided I want to spread some positivity in the critical community and recommend different shows/movies that I think are good alternatives to the helluvaverse shows;

If you were drawn to Hazbin/Helluva because of the animation and religious themes, I would recommend my personal favorite movie, The Prince Of Egypt. I’m sure all animation fans have heard of this movie but incase you haven’t, The Prince of Egypt is beautiful animated retelling of the story of Moses from the Book of Exodus created by Dreamworks (Yes, THAT Dreamworks). It has nuanced character writing, beautiful animation and a wonderful soundtrack. If you haven’t seen it already, I recommend you do so.

If you were drawn to Hazbin/Helluva because you like media with dark themes that also have a lot of genuine heart put into them, I recommend another favorite movie of mine, The Crow (the 1994 version starring Brandon Lee). It’s the story of a man rising from the dead to avenge his fiancé after her brutal murder. It’s dark and violent but at its core it’s a story about grief and moving on. It’s a beautifully tragic yet hopeful film. I would also recommend the comics the movie is based on.

If you were drawn to Helluva/Hazbin because of its dark humor and you like adult animation in general, I would recommend The Venture Bros. It’s an unapologetically edgy yet clever animated series that parodies many famous people, media and characters such as Johnny Quest, Scooby Doo, Andy Warhol and a lot, lot more. It has surprisingly interesting and deep lore as well, and has mentioned previously the writing is insanely clever and witty. Highly recommend.

If you were drawn to Hazbin/Helluva because of its character design, I would recommend any work by Jorge R. Gutierrez (Who, fun fact, cameoed in one of the helluva boss shorts) He’s created shows such as Maya and the three and El Tigre and created the movie, The Book of Life. Jorge has a very distinct art style and his character designs are vibrant and packed with detail in the best way possible, nothing feels too much or too plain. His work often has interesting takes on figures from Mexican folklore, and his show Maya and The Three has a very big focus around mesoamerican gods, specifically Aztec and Mayan. I recommend his work.

Anyway, this is what I have written down for now, I’m well aware there’s tons more media I can put on the list and when I think of them I’ll definitely add them in a reblog. But also, what do you guys think are good alternatives to Hazbin/Helluva? I’d love to hear from the community, feel free to reblog or reply with your own suggestions and recommendations!