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Kevin
@scribblesscript.bsky.social

Hazbin Hotel discourse is so weird because it seems to be far more people complaining about the problematic unhealthy sexual dynamics - the most interesting choices in the damn thing - and far less people pointing out the storytelling is actively incompetent.

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危険soy物
@soyrwoo.bsky.social

I've held back on criticizing it because the fandom/hatedom are so exhausting. The sister show on YouTube is better though, so I have to wonder how much of the problem stems from it being a DeviantART teen's dream project vs from them working with Prime and not knowing how many seasons they'd get.

危険soy物
@soyrwoo.bsky.social

It's like every episode has another Glup Shitto with their own fan base going back years, haha. Ironically, I thought the pilot handled it just fine! So it was a real surprise when the first episode opened with 2 monologues of set up and SO many characters at once.

Marquis
@resurrectedmarquis.bsky.social

I'm reminded that the loudest Hazbin Hotel fan I know is a guy who otherwise only watches shows for children, and thinks they're morally righteous for not watching shows like Breaking Bad. And that sounds about right for Hazbin Hotel fans.

Marquis
@resurrectedmarquis.bsky.social

Because there's just that whole sub-genre of adult animation where it feels like it's written for 12-year-olds instead of actual adults, and they just say "fuck" in every sentence to compensate for that.

Kevin
@scribblesscript.bsky.social

Characters don't just turn up to fill roles in the narrative. Clusters of them do. It's not just one media demon, it's several. Why? I dunno, aesthetic? It's like keeping track of seventeen polycules as they move around a bar, occasionally swapping members, and some of them have beef.