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A big issue with Vivvians writing is she gives too much of the actual world/character building in podcasts, and then chooses to not to write it into the show

I’m gonna say it, but inserting the war on heaven in the first season would be the equivalent of having Weirdmaggedon in the first season of Gravity Falls.

I feel like Hazbin Hotel is one of those shows that would actually BENEFIT from having filler episodes, it just needs to slow the hell down and dedicate episodes to the characters, their relationships with other characters, etc etc.

"Great concept, poor execution" is pretty much Viv's brand now.
They desperately need a strict story editor who can keep things tightly focused (especially important given the limited number of episodes).

The funniest thing about Adam’s characterisation is that they had a perfect way for him to parallel Charlie. He could’ve started off as being a really nice, well-intentioned Angel who did the genocides as a last resort, but over time he grew more and more corrupted and cynical. Whereas Charlie still believes redemption is possible, Adam could’ve deluded himself that it’s impossible due to his own failings in his attempts, and the death of the Angel would’ve sent him over the edge. Hell, if they wanted to keep the “first human arrogance” angle they were going for, have it so Adam blames the failed redemptions on the demons rather than his own failed methods. Sure his hatred wouldn’t be wholly unfounded since the majority of demons act like that, but it could’ve been made clear that even with nicer demons he did a horrible job.

Hazbin Hotel really opened my eyes to how genuinely screwed up the pacing for serialized cartoons are nowadays. It's like they're afraid that if they don't get every plot point in a single season, their show will immediately get cancelled. Which while that's a pretty sad possibility in this day and age, it makes the experience way less satisfying because we're blowing past important, emotional events that could have hit harder if more time was given to them.

It's the way Vivziepop keeps throwing away interesting ideas all the time. Like, Vaggie being an ex-angel should be a HUGE deal. It has massive implications for what Charlie's trying to accomplish, because if people who were born in heaven can be thrown out (and for fairly petty reasons), shouldn't it be a hugely demoralising blow to the sinners? Shouldn't they shun Vaggie for killing so many demons before she became one herself, and for not telling anyone until she was forced to? Shouldn't it put pressure of Charlie's relationship with her because she's dating a woman who used to kill her own people? But no, Charlie's mad about it for like half an episode, then it's "Let's go home" and everybody is just fine with it - like the person who has most beef with Vaggie is Lute for some reason. It's like Vivzie just can't have something disrupt her OTP so she ignores any potential conflict so she can back to them going "Omg I must protect you! I support you! You're so important to me!" over and over.

Yea even when watching the show originally I didn't notice the plot holes or bad pacing. But I did notice how Angel Dust's redemption was speedran and he suddenly was already a better person just in time for Charlie to show Heaven her program works. But Angel Dust's been under Val's control and has been addicted to drugs and sex for so long so his redemption should NOT have been that fast

I think Hazbin Hotel having such a big fandom this early is part of what's so detrimental to it.
I think a big part of the "slice of life" content of HH is understood to be "canon" as Vivzie is so happy to declare so anytime she finds fanart/fanfic/fanwork she likes...
It's like... like it's not actually a series but rather a multimedia franchise relying on the fans making up funny interactions between the cast while the cartoon gives big situations to shake things up.

My main problem is the show became a Heaven vs Hell story, rather than focusing on the characters actually redeeming. I honestly didn’t know the characters were dead humans and not naturally born demons until I read it online. There’s basically no way to tell the two types apart, because the characters’ lives as humans is never even mentioned in the show. Really weird that this is treated like just a fantasy world rather than the afterlife.

If you told Vivziepop to write the SpongeBob pilot, Help Wanted, she’d find a way to have plankton, Sandy, boating school, and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy included in just the first episode.

Charlie not knowing what she's doing is symbolic of Vivzie not knowing what she's doing either.

Something that is really hard to accept when making a show is that you can’t do everything you want to. If you’re making the show yourself then you can but in most cases you’re not gonna be doing that. You’re gonna have to sacrifice some things. Hazbin only had 8 episodes and way too much was shoved into those episodes, which made it suffer immensely. Viv needed to realize that she couldn’t do everything she wanted and that she needed to cut some stuff

I remember Vaggie was originally in Hell because she took her own life. Imagine if Charlie tried to redeem/convince Heaven that someone like that deserved a second chance. How would Charlie react if she Vaggie was so desperate to escape her old life, only to end up in Hell. How depressed was Vaggie on Earth? Why was she depressed? Had Vaggie self-harmed or isolated herself during depressive episodes? Was Charlie aware of any of this? How would Charlie react if Vaggie got redeemed? Could Charlie visit or would they break up?

All that potential, but nope. Vaggie’s an angel now. And I genuinely doubt we’ll ever get another sinner who unsubscribes from life.

I think the way they portrayed Sir Pentious's sacrifice for the Hotel was also really bad. The fact he just gets backhandedly oneshot by Adam who then drops a one-liner is so anticlimactic, I don't even know how they thought this would be appropriate.

Ever since Zoophobia Viv likes to do those kinds of stories I call "an OC showcase"
You got an environment full of bizarre characters
You got the kinda main one but mostly introductory to the cast, so you have reasons to know the bizarre cast better
You dig into their backstories
The backstory takes more place than actual story

Biggest problem is the show basically bends over backwards to try  and justifiy Charlie's whole Redemption thing and makes it look easy when it's not. You can't just take someone whose a murderer, rapist, or some other horrible thing, have them apologize and shit and just magically redeem themselves to where they can get into Heaven.

I am so glad you brought up how overlooked it is that we never really go over what sinners did when they were alive. Critics rarely bring this topic up, which I find baffling since you'd think that'd be an easy avenue to better explore characters like Angel Pentious. It would give the audience a better gauge of where they sit as well in terms of if they can be redeemed or not.