well that Hazbin Hotel announcement video just dropped and I have feelings-
cause on one hand I still want to be proven wrong about it and have this show be enjoyable and fun- I still want Viv to improve and actually grow as a person and a writer- but it’s really hard after everything that’s happened involving the run of Helluva
as a critic who enjoys *enjoying* media I am worried, basically
also was it just me or did that announcement feel a bit condescending? With the “no, seriously” and “[and] guess what, bitches” after everything else these last few years just feels like a slap in the face to anyone who is critical of Viv and was concerned about how little Hazbin was talked about and advertised. Especially with people not thinking it would get a season two, it just feels like Viv taking this as an opportunity to be a bit hoity toity about it (that is if she has any hand in this announcement video)
idk some of the animation looks nice given Viv’s designs and I’m gonna hope for the best but prepare my documents to start writing analyses on a show with a messy production.
I think one possibility is that the show might actually be good. I certainly don't have high hopes, but it might be, especially if A24's been holding Vivzie's hand/telling her "no" along the way. Sometimes reprehensible people do create good things.
But...yeah, really don't think it will be. For people who would give Vivzie 6/10 stars if she kicked them in the mouth yes, but for the rest of us, those leaks just don't bode well.
And you weren't the only one; that announcement was insufferably smarmy and condescending. There's not a whole lot of information about the actual show in it, so she essentially kept people waiting four years just to squander it on "Suck it, haters." Oh Vivzie, you never change.
