Okay, @thecrazygamingzombie let me help walk you through this slowly:
Emily and Abel do not represent the entirety of Heaven’s bureaucracy. I’m not denying that good people exist in Heaven, just as they do in Hell, but I’m talking about the ruling council as a whole. And Sera is nothing like those two. She’s a complex character, but she is far from innocent. She has the blood of millions of souls on her hands.
When Charlie tried to present her idea of redemption, Sera immediately wanted Adam to shut her down. The peaceful and reasonable demeanor she displayed in Season 1 Episode 6 was pure performance — it was just to maintain the illusion that Heaven is nothing like Hell. She was the one who greenlit the exterminations in the first place.
Sera is terrified of anything that might challenge Heaven’s authority, because the last time someone did, Lucifer was cast out. That’s not benevolence. That’s authoritarian. It’s a corrupt system. The irony is that Heaven doesn’t even know what actually makes a soul worthy of redemption. They rely on arbitrary, unknown standards. Sera blatantly lies about understanding the criteria just to save face. The entire council is ignorant on this fundamental issue, and the Elders shut down anyone whose ideas they deem too dangerous.
The winners in Heaven — and most of the council — were deliberately kept in the dark about the exterminations by Sera. Adam and Lute’s extreme suggestions were only rejected once redemption was proven to work.
I do appreciate The Speaker of God for showing a more benevolent side of Heaven on screen, but that doesn’t excuse the larger bureaucracy that turned a blind eye to the suffering of sinners and worked tirelessly to protect its own shaky authority. Heaven’s system was never truly just. It was more concerned with preserving its power than doing what was right. The Elders refused to accept anything that threatened their control.
In the end, this authoritarian bureaucracy turned Lucifer into a tragic figure, expelled for daring to question the system. The whole structure needed to be reformed once redemption was proven possible.
I was once a huge Vivziepop fan. Her work inspired me to get back into drawing and start learning animation. The original pilot set my standard for what an indie show could be. But after watching Helluva Boss go down hill and then seeing Hazbin's Season 1, I felt genuinely heartbroken. Viv is undeniably talented — Amazon greenlighting her show proves that — but she is not a talented writer.
