#helluva boss critique

[nungusposts]

Dare I say I have no mouth and I must scream to TADC is what BoJack Horseman is to Helluva boss.

[lyricamaxing]

The concept of vivziepop making you feel bad for her rapists but not a neglected wife with a cheating husband

[cobbiecrow]

Frankly, as someone who appreciates a well-thought-out script and strong character development, I really dislike the Hellaverse. Rio 2 suffered from the same thing, and I sincerely detested it. The relationship between the feathered married couple in the sequel is written in a way that perfectly suits Vivienne's writing abilities. As the saying goes, "If you hate something so much, laugh at it."

[digitaltrapdigitalcircusocblog]

Goose Gets It With Jax Unlike Viv With Stolas

I love that Goose doesn't let her love for Jax blind her to what a pos he is while Viv lets her favoritism towards Stolas let him get away sexual abuse, emotional neglect, racist, classist, and a domestic abuser. Goose realizes Jax is an asshole with baggage, but has him pay for his actions. Viv on the other hand coddles Stolas so much he's treated like an angel and gets rewarded and babied each time the results of his actions are thrown in his face.

[hill-art02]

Look, I'm not the biggest fan of Vivziepop, and I will gladly criticize her if need be, but making rude comments about her body and clothes is not it.

Calling Viv a "fat bitch" or saying she has "terrible fashion sense" isn't criticism, it's just bullying.

[almacambiondaughterofsaleos]

When I picture Charlie meeting Eve, I’m picturing how Steven and Greg meets Blue Diamond.

Eve, wearing a dark mourning veil, is crying in front of a statue of Adam.

Charlie, not realizing it’s Eve, walks towards trying to be sympathetic but says the wrong thing, Eve rips off her veil and yells at Charlie.

She would say something ignorant about adam.

[3d-model0]

Damn low-key correct tho.

[crazyboy123n]

So, I just watched the first clip from season 3 of Helluva Boss released on the Prime Video channel. Well, ignoring Stolas being... Stolas, I wanted to address something quickly.

Really?

Like, are you serious?

Only now are they deciding to show that Stolas being tortured and almost killed by Striker traumatized him? Now that poor Stolas is a "commoner", powerless, without his position and daughter?

Now, it might seem like I'm being unnecessarily cruel and mean to Stolas, but I want you to think about it with me for a minute.

You all know how Helluva Boss uses Stolas's suffering, right? Stolas suffering from PTSD isn't going to be used to deepen his character, develop him, or anything like that.

No, no, it will only be used for one thing:

Make him suffer so the audience will feel sorry for him and to gather pity.

This is always how Helluva Boss's narrative uses his suffering, as in Mastermind and Sinsmans.

The loss of his power, position, wealth, and daughter was not used to hold him accountable for his mistakes or portrayed as Stolas' fault. It was only used to generate empathy and pity from the audience, so that they wouldn't have to address Stolas's real mistakes and hold him accountable.

It's just suffering for people to look at and say:

"awww poor Stolas ):"

And it's going to be the same thing here, his PTSD will only be used to victimize him and probably even to alleviate or justify mistakes he makes in the third season.

And damn, the worst part is going to be the fandom; they've been given an huge package now to victimize this damned bird, even more than they already did.