So here is the reason why I keep on harping on Viv’s poor planning skills.
There are two different types of shows. You have shows that are episodic like Spongebob or Regular Show. Then you have shows that have a overarching story line via Gravity Falls or even Bojack Horseman. Now you can combine these two say like Adventure Time. Adventure Time could be episodic but it did have a story, a plot and they even had mini series that focused on one part of the story.
One of the issues with Hazbin is that I’m not 100% percent sure Viv knows what kind of story she wants to tell. Does she want Hazbin to be more like say Family Guy where there is no plot and it’s just random adventures? Or is Hazbin going to have a realized end? Now of course, we don’t need to know all of this now but here’s the thing.
Viv has stated she has no plan for Hazbin.
Now not every single show has to be planned out to the letter but when a show feels like it’s not planned or it’s just not, it ends up fizzling out. Look at what happened with Star vs the Forces of Evil. People hated that ending! And let’s not even mention Game of Thrones.
Viv’s problem is two fold.
1. Like previously stated, she has nothing planned for Hazbin. She doesn’t have to plan out every single episode but she should have basic idea of what the story is going to be and how the plot progress. Is the hotel going to actually succeed? Will there be people who will try to stop Charlie? Why? Is it bad if hell has more room? Or is the show just going to be nothing but random adventures? There is nothing wrong with that but it seems like Viv wants to have a clear story for the entire show. But according to her, she doesn’t even have a second episode planned. After the pliot, her focus changed and she even admitted she wouldn’t work on the second episode of Hazbin until it got a studio. Now I can understand that but she could at least be writing scripts and spit balling ideas.
2. Viv has problems managing her time and following up on what she promised.
She stopped writing Zoophobia, her weird webcomic, in 2016 but she promised there would be some type of video for it. That never came to be. She also had that Alice in Wonderland project which also never saw the light of day. Right now, Helluva Boss is supposed to have five more episodes and only the voice acting is done. Of course, she shouldn’t even had released a pilot for Helluva Boss because Hazbin should have been the priority. You don’t start a major project and then immediately start another one. The first episode of Helluva Boss was released on November 25th of 2019. In two months, it’ll have been a year since Viv has produced the second episode.
Now before anyone says, “Animation takes a long time to make.” that excuse doesn’t work here. Yes, I know that art takes a long time. I’m a writer and trust me, I wish my novel could just finish itself. I get it, art isn’t easy but here’s the thing. Instead of working on Helluva episode 2, Viv had the crew work on Addict. You know, the music video no one asked for? Instead of like showing new storyboards or talking about what the second HH episode could be, the crew instead worked on a music video.
This doesn’t seem like the best use of time and resources. Like at all. And again, I don’t think people would have an issue with this if Viv was being consistent and keeping up with her promises. This isn’t the first time she’s done this. Zoophobia, the Alice thing, the other Hazbin comics, all of this stuff has been promised and yet there isn’t much to show for it. Only one comic has been finished and they just now announced that they’re still working on the Alastor comic.
They even admit here that the delay is on Viv, not the artists.
This doesn’t bode well for the future of Hazbin Hotel. Now if it’s true that A24 let’s their producers do whatever, that’s all well good but here’s the thing: no studio is going to allow for missed deadlines. That’s just bad business. If Viv can’t set deadlines, can’t meet them, keeps getting distracted and can’t fulfill her end of the bargain, she’ll get dropped. Like I honestly don’t think we’ll get to see the next episode of Hazbin until 2021.
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