#helluva stryker

[allastoredeer]

I found a fanart of Alastor being kidnapped by Striker, like Stolas in the episode "Western Energy" and I thought it would be a very good idea to develop.

Alastor is seriously injured by Adam's angelic powers and based on what he himself said in his musical breakdown at the end of the season, his powers seem to be restricted by his contract. The power scaling for Overlords is seemingly connected to how many souls they own and he hasn't taken an souls since his return, so it would be fair to assume that he is getting weaker. He's not the same Radio Demon from seven years ago. He would be an easy target, especially for a hitman who holds a deep hatred of powerful hellish entities such as Overlords and nobility of Hell.

Now, who would want to hire Striker for that? The Vees maybe? They are the only ones who could easily guess about Alastor's true state bc they saw the fight like it was a sports game. And it wouldn't be the first time they sent someone else to do the dirty work either, Sir Pentious is a good example of that.

If we combine this with Radioapple it would be even funnier bc Lucifer would fly out of the hotel in his seraph form to save his queerplatonic partner saying something like "nobody fucks that deer but me"

This is the fanart by the way: https://twitter.com/yume100_asu_HH/status/1763209962078257507?t=xl4vXZGCAcGOgWLR92nr5g&s=19

Love it. Yes. No notes.

So long as Stryker and Alastor get to bond over their exasperation for how sex-centric everybody else is.

Thank you for sharing the fan-art! It's so good!

[eat-a-dicker]

[rosenrot234]

Yall think Stryker went thru with the trial because immunity meant he could afford to take his horse to the vet? Court costs ain't cheap.

Yes yes I know he likely super did it because he wanted Blitz gone ( Which makes Blitz being a new class hero DELICIOUS when it comes to karma )

I could just totally see Blitz going "..........okay that was still fucked up but fair" if it was for Bombproof's benefit

[deandraws]

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[the-failed-dictator]

[axiom06]

This new Helluva Boss episode has got me feeling things but also I really really enjoyed it!

This won't be the last time we will see Crimson and Stryker. Stryker is definitely losing his goddamn mind with each loss!

[socksenjoyer]

im not really a big helluva boss fan but that guitar playing cunt with the rifle was absolutely gender

[our-inspire-verse]

9D 44M alive. Stood in the rain today as the sun set. And then today i made some art

-Striker 🦒 (sketch under cut)

Boo! I love giraffes. Turns out. And im here to leave information so. Whatever. I also lovee corned beef hash with eggs and bland oatmeal, as well as dark coffee and bitter fruit. My hair is longer and longer every day and im stoked for it. My tiny thin soft ass mustache is faint as hell you can barely see it, but it gives my trans ass euphoria.

Been a week into the system and its. Yeah okay alright. It still sucks and im gonna bitch and moan the whole time (the others say thats a big part of it and praise me for it)

I just. Arrived out of nowhere! I like. Blinked and had the thought "oh shit, wait fuck this is me- Striker. I'm here? I'm in the system? Why do i understand that- oh. Oh."

And it's taken all 9 days to be as docile as i am and this isnt even the best ive felt. I know its gonna get better and i press onwards with that in mind and will ye look there? We made this!!

[ithinkimightbeagoose]

ok so (Full Disclosure)

I haven't told anyone this, but…

I'm going to be voice acting in a series that may or may not be canon to the Vivzieverse!!

My character also (if Vivz accepts) will have a crush on Octavia, meaning…

I MIGHT GET TO WORK WITH BARRETT WILBERT WEED MY BELOVED CELEBRITY CRUSH

[romeowho]

I love watching Blitz be good at his job

[doomalade]

Hi this is still annoying me how Helluva picks up new villains and tosses them away like they’re nothing

Murder Family - Had a chance of returning as sinners that wanted revenge against IMP for killing them.

Robo Fizz - While a good set up for the real Fizz, could have played with Robo Fizzes being everywhere and Blitzø having to deal with a constant reminder of Fizz.

Verosika - She’s returned a couple times but really has been mostly just Blitzø’s ex. Idk, she serves her purpose I guess.

CHERUB - Where are they? What happened to them? What are they up to? What is going on? Wouldn’t IMP showing up on Earth again set off alarms for them to try and get revenge?

Stryker - He’s returned the most I would say. Not a huge issue so far, he works as is.

DORKS - Where are they? What happened to them? What are they up to? What is going on? Wouldn’t IMP showing up on Earth again set off alarms and they would try to capture or kill IMP?

Ozzie - He’s alright and serves his purpose. Not much to say here.

Chaz - Dead. Lol.

Moxxie’s Dad - Hoping to see more of him and the crime organization making it harder for IMP to operate…I am doubting that is gonna happen

Andrealphus - Can’t really get a read on him yet but he adds onto the issues of…

Stella - Oh you sweet summer child how all of your character nuance was stripped away from you to make you a dumb selfish murder happy character to increase sympathy for Stolas

[miki-13]

Helluva Boss season 3 speculation: Family and Addiction

Loooong post (and several opinions) underneath

Blitz Buckzo

There’s no way Blitz’s shiffty sperm donner Cash isn’t gonna try to mooch off of him. There’s just not. And I will bet money he’ll try to guilt-trip Blitz into giving him money because he was “the one who burned our livlihood”. (Stolas overhears this)

But Blitz is able to hold his ground and cut Cash out of his life.

As for if Barbie Wire shows up… she could be strong-armed by Cash into coming with him because she needed money; we also don't know how her relationship with Cash is. And while she’s still mad at Blitz, she does see that he’s changed so much, especially if/when he says he won’t go after her anymore.

Stolas

Stolas’ alcoholism has been talked about enough already, as well as potential addiction to smoking,so I see no need to add that.

I will however be speculating a different addiction he could have:

Anger.

I speak from experience: anger can feel so good, can make you feel so powerful. But it harms so much more than it helps when you immediately turn to it as an excuse not to feel despair, sadness or depression

I have been prepared for Blitz to be the more affectionate and romantic one since Stolas lost everything,

But it is nothing compared to the hype I have to see Stolas more bitter and closed off. The fandom has a habit of infantilizing one half of Stolitz, but Stolas takes the lion’s share of this. So this makes me so excited to see Stolas lash out and act and react in anger that can’t be infantilized.

Hell, Stolas could see Blitz acting so gently around him and protecting him could make him even angrier and lash out, which contradicts his fantasies of being protected by someone he loves.

“Are you trying to patronize me?! I am not a child that needs to be constantly coddled!”

Similar to Sebun/Seven from Beastars, both are furious at being protected/ stood up for (albeit the context is different) due to pride and their protector able to do so much more easily than they can.

And it doesn’t help that he’s working for an assassination company and has knowledge of (potentially) poisonous plants.

sidebar:

Stolas: Aren't you tired of being nice?! Don't you just want to go apeshit?!

Blitz: Aren't you tired of going apeshit? Don't you just want to be nice?

Moxxie+Millie

The fanart for these two’s potential child has been in the fandom for as long as I can remember. But I’m gonna be honest… I will be VERY surprised if Moxxie and Millie decide to abort this child.

HEAR ME OUT

1. Both the M&Ms have issues with their families: Moxxie with Crimson’s expectations in doing what he says, and Millie with her family’s expectations of having a family of her own. These issues alone would give pause to them both and wonder if they were ready for this.

2. Their lifestyle is incredibly dangerous, given they’re assassins. If they chose to keep the kid, that would mean that they’re down an incredibly capable warrior in Millie. This could always be a reason for Loona to go on more missions, but they’ve still got people gunning for them (Andrealphus, Stryker, Crimson, DHORK, etc.) and Millie pregnant would be a massive target on her back whether to attack or abduct.

3. Moxxie and Millie have only been married for a year since Ozzie’s. They’re still very early into their relationship, and a baby is a massive responsibility even for couples who’ve been married for years.

All of and even just one of the reasons justifies potential abortion.

And even if they do abort this one, nothing is stopping the M&Ms from trying for another child once things settle down.

Sallie Mae and Crimson

That’s not something I thought I’d write. But it branches off from the above.

Sallie Mae coming in to cover for Millie during her pregnancy is a realization I had only very recently, and it’d be pretty cool to see that. But it could also be her trying to get away from the family as well and try something new in life.

It could also lead to her bonding with her brother-in-law Moxxie, as he is her family as well.

Crimson being involved is all but inevitable considering Millie’s pregnant. He has no true heir, and he’s got a helluva grudge against Moxxie for standing up to him.

Crimson is already addicted to his need for control and anger, leading him to pursue revenge… and what better way to get revenge than to take M&M’s child and raise it to be his heir?

And this would lead to Sallie Mae clashing with Crimson as well to protect her sister, brother-in-law and potential niece/nephew.

Octavia Goetia

OCTAVIA COULD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POV CHARACTERS FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH SEASONS

Think about it: Vivz said we’d be getting more info on the Ars Goetia come next season, and I realized that that would mean Octavia would get a front row seat- along with the audience- on just what the duties of Ars Goetia/Stolas are meant to take on.

(SIDEBAR: I am so fucking excited for Ars Goetia Lore, be ready for posts of hcs regarding the lines coming soon I have so many theories on how the Ars Goetia are separated by caste and Andrealphus being a dick is him trying to climb the ranks since he’s almost at the bottom of the Marquis caste. Vassago is not only a prince, but he’s the highest ranked prince which explains him being in Stolas’ corner here- at least rank-wise)

(Also have a theory Goetias have recursive immortality but that’s neither here nor there)

That said, Stolas shielding her so much is gonna backfire HARD as she enters the treacherous world of Goetic politics and plans.

Vassago is mostly likely gonna be Octavia’s greatest ally in this cesspool and is the one who is able her to weather to the worse truths that she’s going to uncover.

The likelyhood of Octavia being all but immediately married off is high, but Vassago offering to be her fiance as a way to shield her from other worse suitors could happen. OBVIOUSLY, THEY’RE NOT GONNA END UP TOGETHER, AND VASSAGO REMAINS A MENTOR FIGURE TO OCTAVIA

After all, he is known for being “just and true in all his doings” as well as revealing hidden treasures. He’s already on the track to finding the truth behind Stolas’ “trial”, but he and Octavia could both be working together to find the truth behind Stolas’ life and why he did what he did.

(I know there’ve been a lot of hcs and theories that Vassago is older than Stolas, but it’d be really interesting if he was actually younger. I’m good with either, just wanted to throw that out there. I will also say I am very worried about the “inciting the love of women” detail in Vassago’s entry, because I’m certain Stella is gonna try to hit on him.)

And to cope with this all, Octavia starts taking the leftover happy pills to cope with her new life. As more and more pressure mounts, she takes more and more each time.

On the note of Stella, the reason for Octavia not reacting as much to Stella showing more and more of her true self is pretty simple: Octavia assuming that her mother changed due to her father’s affair.

How many times have we seen an argument where one party is incredibly angry and screaming? What possibility of the argument comes to your mind first? That the screamer is acting irrationally, or that the quieter of the two did something to provoke such rage?

For me at least, who grew up in a dysfunctional household post-divorce, the assumption of the screamer being the one provoked into such a state and that they were right to be angry was normal. It’s what made me try my damndest to make sure that the screaming never happened, even if it meant forcing others to behave a certain way.

That is not normal. None of that is normal. But it’s all we both knew, and we both assumed it was because of the other parent who brought it on.

Octavia has yet to realize that Stella didn’t need a reason to act the way she did to Stolas, because she always acted like this towards him: the only difference is that Octavia never noticed until the affair.

But I have a feeling that when she learns the full truth, that will be THE breaking point for Octavia… and it causes her to overdose on the happy pills.

Stella+Andrealphus

If you know me, you know what’s coming

I have already made my case for Stella’s backstory: she��s the product of her mother having an affair with someone not of Goetia nobility. Not only does this mean Stella does not have Goetian powers, but it also alienates her from other nobility as a bastard and affair product. This leads to her anger issues seen in the photo little Stohls was shown.

(Also just realized that if the above comes to pass, Stella and Octavia have in common a parent that made things harder for them to interact with Goetian Nobility)

And the reason she is so close with Andrealphus is because he saw her as someone useful to him. Stella was happy to have someone who gave her the time of day and didn’t immediately look down on her. She was happy to help her brother, the only one who cared about her.

Which made her despise Stolas all the more, because how dare this meek owl have higher standing than her perfect brother? And considering that he was pacifistic in nature, this meant that despite not having powers, Stella had much freer reign in the household.

Andrealphus meanwhile is driven by the pursuit of power. He was nearly born a count but was lucky enough to be a Marquis, albeit near the bottom of the caste. I assumed he targeted Stolas through Stella due to thinking he was an easy mark to take what he has…

But frankly, the idea that that is also a reason, but that Andrealphus set them up so he could be Stolas’ hero and take him into his arms to protect him from his evil sister is absolutely something I can see happening.

And I will be extremely tickled pink if Andrealphus catches lust for Blitzo as well (That pull of his robe was not needed but very appreciated) and tries to take them both for himself. Obviously, he’s going to fail. (On that note, I do not like Andralphus x Vassago. The angel parrot deserves better than the icy cloaca)

Lemme know what you think!

[chaifootsteps]

Sometimes I really can't get past the "Rich people good. Poor people just don't get it." Undertones of Helluva. Never was this more apparent when Stryker was called a supremacist for his pretty reasonable outlook on the class system. Hell, Verosika, one of the ONLY female characters with an iota of depth (being that it seems she was abused by Blitz) is a rich popstar. Something in me can't help but feel Vivzie is projecting way too much into the show given her place of privilege.

Oh, it reeks of Vivzie's extremely privileged life. Helluva's been a slow, horrifying slide from "Fuck the rich" to "rich people have problems too" to "Actually it's poor people who are the problem."

[phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess]

Fun headcanon / concept to play with:

Stryker (Helluva Boss) uses the divine rope and blessing-tipped weapons to capture both Alastor and Vox, having been contracted by an upcoming OVerlord who felt that this would even their odds to kill them.

Whilst trapped together, they bicker.

Not to mention, drive Stryker half-mad with their jabs at him.

The rope keeps them trapped, it would hold down a Goetia... but maybe not a sin. But it doesn't really sink in that they're in danger until they piss the assassin off enough that he starts to use angelic steel against them

And that's... when their so-called sundered bond is called into question. One yells in outrage as the other shouts in pain, threatening and growling, desperate to transform despite the bindings that holdfast their forms and powers. Then the other takes their turn.

Still, an overlord who relied only on power is a dead overlord.

They finally create enough space to get possession of the dagger and snap the ropes. Deciding how best to tear the little hellborn apart in rage, as their forms swell.

Stryker has a contingency, and fires upon them with his sharpshooter focus, filling the pair with angelic bullets at key junctures to weaken them. Snarling and vowing that he WILL kill them next time.

And that's about when at least one of the other Hazbin team kicks open a wall, shadowed by unlikely allies as Vel and Val descend on the imp. Blocking his escape.

Charlie and Vaggie move to the overlords, trying to convince them to shrink as her 'I was conned into coming by those big sad baby eyes' father strides in behind Angel and Husk.

"Just the one little imp? Really? Two overlords defeated by an imp with-... hang on, where'd you get that rope from?" Lucifer panicks, mentally trying to recall if he and Lillith locked their Fun Time Box before she left... how else could such a thing exist in Hell?

Hah, the deer was going to freak if he found out they'd been trapped and nearly killed thanks to the contents of Hell's oldest Pleasure Chest...

Charlie manages to get the overlords to shrink before they collapse in a pool of blood and bulletwounds. Healing trying to help but the angelic steel was simply far too persistent in trying to keep the wound open, infecting it.

Husk and Angel Dust have to dig the metal nuggets out before they can be healed properly by a reluctant Lucifer.

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Etc.

[allastoredeer]

"Considering Pentagram City is boxed in by mountains, and the Ring doesn't expand past those mountains (well, as far as we've seen), I can't see there being more to the Pride Ring beyond what we've already been shown. I feel like if that were the case, it would've been alluded to in either Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss by now."

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't one of the main reasons for having two shows set in the same universe supposed to be so each show could explore different parts of hell? Like, Helluva Boss is meant to explore the other six rings while Hazbin Hotel is meant to focus on the Pride Ring?

Yes, the main characters of HB all live/do business in Pride, but it's rare that we see any Pride Ring locations in Helluva Boss outside of the I.M.P office and Stolas' palace.

Sure, we've gotten brief glimpses of other places,

-Blitzø and Loona's apartment

-The M&M's apartment

-The fancy cafe, the abandoned mine, and Andrealphus' palace in Western Energy

-And the various locations Millie and Sallie May visited in the Hell's Belles short

But aside from the main characters' apartments (which are most likely in Imp City) it's very nebulous WHERE in the Pride Ring the other locations are. We can't even be certain where in Pride STOLAS lives. Helluva Boss isn't meant to explore the Pride Ring, that's supposed to be Hazbin Hotel's job. The other circles just haven't been as relevant to HB's plot as the other Rings have been.

Unfortunately, Hazbin Hotel also hasn't gotten to really explore the circles due to season one only getting eight episodes. There was no time to for any in depth world building that wasn't vital for telling the main story HH wanted to tell. It seems to be the same for even small background Easter eggs. All visual Easter eggs being reserved for either giving clues about Hazbin character lore or vaguely referencing the other Rings/Sins in ways that won't break copyright.

That's something else you have to take into consideration. Copyright.

I think it's safe to say that there will never be a Helluva Boss episode where the I.M.P. gang visit the Hazbin hotel. And I doubt we're ever going to see Charlie and Vaggie go on a date to the Lust Ring. Any location featured in detail in one show is automatically off the table for the other.

Since the I.M.P. gang and Hazbin crew all live in Pride, the Spindlehorse crew would have to be careful deciding which show gets to focus on which Circle. If an episode of Hazbin Hotel takes place primarily in, say, the Third Circle, that would eliminate any opportunity for Helluva Boss to have an episode that also visits the Third Circle, wouldn't it?

Yeah, I know the copyright thing will get in the way of what can and can be put in Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel, but there have been instances where the same thing/characters have shown up, like Katie Killjoy, who shows up in Hazbin Hotel and a billboard in Helluva Boss. I don't know if that just slipped under the copywrites nose, but it's there LOL

But to refute the concept of I.M.P being in Imp City, and Imp City being a circle outside of the Pride Ring, a comment on one of my previous asks (thank you @tomboy014) brought up the fact that I.M.P has to be in the Pride Ring because their job is reliant on Sinners. They're whole marketing scheme is killing people on Earth that Sinners still have beef with. Furthermore, we've seen clients in their office building, like Martha Mayberry and Loopty.

I.M.P (and thus Imp City, where I.M.P is canonically set in) HAS to be set up in Pentagram City for Blitz, Moxxie, Millie, and Loona to even get clients, which then implies that the 2nd Circle is there too.

Additionally, we see that Pentagram City is boxed in by mountains, and when Stryker kidnapped Stolas, we saw those very same mountains. So either they were in Pentagram City, or every other Circle is also surrounded by mountains (perhaps as a means of keeping them separated if that is the case).

If we look at Andre's castle, that theory could hold up, unless his castle is merely set up somewhere within the mountain ranges surrounding Pentagram City.

I mean, the area around the castles does look barren as fuck. There are no other buildings, no people outside of Andre and Stella (not even any servants while they're having tea), and no hint of life whatsoever. It could be that since snow is just a drastic change from Hell's normally blistering hot temperature (or, at least, the Pride Rings hot temperature), he had to distance his castle from everyone else, which could explain why it looks so isolated and empty.

But even disregarding all of that, there are more ways to world-build outside of the characters explicitly going somewhere or saying something. Like the sign for Imp City telling us it's in Circle 2, no one outright said that, it's just a background detail that was there and then gone. There are plenty of opportunities to show us more about the world, and the 9 Circles, even if its something as simple as a poster on the wall.

I also disagree that it's Hazbin Hotel's job to be the one to explore the Pride Ring, but that's only in the case that the 9 Circles actually exist. I can't see the Circles coming up as often, considering most of the characters we meet are Sinners and they aren't allowed outside of Pentagram City, thus there's no reason for it to come up as its not even an option they can explore.

(I know the rule is that Sinners can't leave the Pride Ring, but if the other Circles do exist, and are part of the Pride Ring - and thus places the Sinners are allowed to go - there's no reason they couldn't have explored the other Circles while we were in Hazbin Hotel, even a little. Even if it was a passing glance. A split second blink and you'll miss it moment.)

Charlie and Lucifer would be the perfect characters to explore it for us, but they never do. Our first introduction to Lucifer would've been a fantastic place to sneak in the information that Lucifer lives in one of the other Circles, not Pentagram City. It could've been something as simple as a passing comment or a note on his desk.

But that never happened.

Helluva Boss, however, is the perfect place to explore the 9 Circles especially because their main base of operation is in the Pride Ring. Not only that, but they're the ones who have the freedom to move around and travel to different areas of Hell. They are the audiences' ticket to seeing more of the world, which has worked, because they're the reason we've seen more of the Rings at all. Blitz and Co are the perfect choice to explore the Circles, especially if they've already visited the other Circles.

But they never expand on it which leads me to doubt that the Pride Ring is made up of all 9 Circles, otherwise, why not expand on or allude to it???

[faberown]

Hi! I'm a fanfiction author that has just start to use Tumblr to sponsor his work. This is the first chapter of my current on-going Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss fanfiction "If Hell is forever than Heaven must be a lie", personally one of my best work. The publication takes place at 6:00 pm (New York City local time), one chapter a day, and is currently close to the conclusion of the first arc. Here is the description:

A week has passed since the angels were forced to retreat and the Extermination was cancelled; the Hazbin Hotel has been rebuilt, peace reigns again, and although the demons still seem reluctant to embark on the path of redemption Charlie is optimistic about the future. That is, at least until an unexpected guest shows up at her door asking for help, revealing the first of a long series of secrets that Heaven and Hell have kept for centuries. With the discovery that redemption is possible, the return of an enemy who was thought to be defeated, the emergence of new threats, Hell which increasingly descends into chaos where the most evil are the masters, and more and more hidden truths that come to light, what will happen to the Hazbin Hotel? Will Charlie and her friends be able to at least save themselves, or will they be consumed by the anarchy into which the entire cosmos is slowly sinking?

This fanfiction for now has:

-) a lot of Bible lore;

-) a lot of Adam development;

-) a lot of Charlie development;

-) Emily development;

-) Adam backstory (a lot!);

-) Exorcists' backstories (they will be sad!);

-) Adam WON'T be a sinner;

-) some Blitz develompment;

-) Sir Pentious' backstory;

-) a further explanation of how it works social structure in Hell;

-) same for Heaven;

-) we will see a lot of new angels, and of course Michael;

-) Michael will be a good uncle;

-) all the Sins will be good aunts and uncles, but netherless they will be the scary power-hungry ruler that they are;

-) Lilith will appear;

-) the Vees will be villains;

-) Stryker will be a villain;

-) and many other things that would be too long to list. If you want to know more, go and read the story. Trust me... you won't regret it. I will constantly post updates for each chapter and possibly answer some questions regarding the lore. Stay tuned!