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catcatb0y · 24 hours ago

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Every time Helluva Boss or Hazbin Hotel has a glimpse of genuinely GOOD WRITING, I go insane. Both of these shows feel like edging to me, like they will tease me with these bangers and then leave me to dry EVERY DAMN TIME.

#everywhere it's all 'Blitzo and Stolas' character development' 'Stolitz is back baby' 'I love to see them so healthy'#boring. bland. blah.#I mean yeah it's TECHNICALLY ''character development'' but not really?#and it's not good either #their sudden healthy bs came so far out of left field and it makes literally no sense #their current dynamic is SO obviously only like it is because the plot needs it to be that way #there's no actual subtance and their characters haven't GROWN they just Magically Got Better #I DO really like Blitzo learning to really desire a family and working on actually using his ability to empathize #the lovey scenes with him and Stolas would have hit more if they were more clumsy or awkward #he's just... too perfect? which is just so surface level it feels like a cop-out at LEAST give him some paralles #like if he was copying the family they refused to kill? Cinema. if he was awkwardly copying Mox and Mills? Real Good.#suddenly pulling out this gorgeous Perfect Lover rizz? eh. next.#BUT let's talk about the LOOK that Blitzo gave Stolas when he said Octavia hates gim #the realization that Stolas not only gave up his life but the ONE THING that made him happy- and also the ONE THING Blitzo has wanted so #SO badly because he and Loona never really... got that sort of a father/daughter thing since he adopted her when she was almost an adult #the whole ''I love you. dad'' honestly felt out of character for Loona given how awfully she's been towards Blitzo this entire time #it felt so blatantly like an insert to make Stolas realize JUST how badly he fucked up #and he DID like he WON'T admit it but he's always treated Octavia and her happiness like a backburner #she's been simmering in her own feelings this whole time and he forgets about her again and again and again #if Vivian weren't just kind of awful at fleshing out characters and repeating the same storylines until things Magically Get Better #the fact that we as an audience know next to nothing about Octavia would be borderline genius level writing #showcasing just how effort little Stolas actually puts into his relationship with her that a narrative centered around him all but entirely #neglects his daughter and how she was right that she will get older and he will only know her name #because he just does not actually put in that effort (no matter how much he wants to or thinks he does)#but that opening wound isn't just about Stolas it really feels like it's about BLITZO #and I feel like this would be an INCREDIBLE aspect of his character to genuinely flesh out #as well as giving Octavia more actual interaction and interwoven character dynamics #like Blitzo has SEEN the damage that he is able to do with Verosika and Fizzarolli but he still doesn't /really/ understand his own damage #and I think this would be perfect to flesh him out more as well as perhaps FINALLY add some character nuance to the series to finely put:#yes Stolas is right for chasing his heart. but YES Octavia is right for being upset!!!

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