driving home from road trip… time to binge watch (half of) season 2!!
the circus:
this episode is really engaging. is it good? ummmmmmmmm… i think stolas and blitzø being childhood friends is possibly the most stupid decision in this whole show, and these writers do a lot of stupid shit. i just don’t get why??? i feel like their dynamic would’ve been a lot more interesting if they didn’t know each other until after blitzø steals stolas’ grimoire. and the worst part??? i love the kid character’s shenanigans 😔 i’m a sucker for showing the main characters in a show as younger versions of themselves i think it’s always really cute. “it’s call laminitis :((((“ baby stolas i would kill for you !! also stolas and blitzø’s interactions after meeting for the first time in three decades is so weird, bordering on creepy. i won’t defend either of their actions but people need to understand that in the show’s context, it makes sense. bryce pinkham as always is such a great voice actor. he and georgina leahy (stella) have such good chemistry !! the final scene with them is probably the best scene in both helluva & hazbin (so far), the writing, the acting, THE ANIMATIONNNN!! peak! anyway fine episode that i enjoyed. has a lot of pretty strong writing on the surface, but when you think about it for a few minutes, it kinda crumbles. (except the last scene, that one is perfect to me)
8/10
seeing stars:
octavia continues to be helluva boss’ most confusing character. i genuinely do not understand how she thinks. and i think she’s so far gone that the writers cannot fix her because she’s changed so many times that it just won’t work. i’ll post my rewrite of her character at the end of my next review after sinsmas. i think the writers wanted another good conversation after stolas & stella’s in the last episode, but that’s not what octavia and loona’s is at all. i think i actually hate their scene. it makes no sense for either of them, ESPECIALLY LOONA. she was literally fighting blitzø earlier this episode. it’s just odd. stolas laughing at blitzø’s jokes is always nice though.
6/10
exes and oohs:
i hate chaz. least favorite episode of the hellaverse. let’s move on
4/10
western energy:
striker’s return!! ooh!! ah!!! but no norman reedus. edward bosco (pilot alastor for those who didn’t know) does a fine job but i still miss norman reedus :((( yall dont understand how it felt being a stolitz shipper after this episode- “..he can’t get hurt?” HOLD ON SAVANNAH.
7/10
unhappy campers:
honestly a really overhated episode. i remember not liking this one when it came out, but it’s not horrible. but you know what i do hate! incest jokes! what are we doing adam neylan! hate when people always just blame viv for a not very good episode when there are other writers. by the way this is no hate toward adam neylan, i think the other episodes in the hellaverse he has co-written are really good (s1/e4 of hazbin is a good example) recognize the four other hellaverse writers, whether it’s for compliments of complaining!! it’s not just viv behind the scenes no matter how much some people think that. also barbie calling blitzø “blitz”?? when basically everyone else from his past still calls him blitzo?? very interesting.
5/10
oops:
don’t ask me my opinion on fizzarolli, i can’t give you one. i can’t give you my opinion of most helluva characters, which is odd because i have very normal feelings on most of the hazbin characters (emily & peter are the exceptions) but fizz and blitzø have a very interesting dynamic, but i kinda dislike that their hatred toward each other was fixed in literally like 10 minutes. hope that doesn’t happen with barbie & blitzø.. please.
7/10
mammon’s magnificent musical mid-season special (ft. fizzarolli):
when they said this one was a musical they weren’t lying!!!! i love juggling iz cool & klown bitch, two minutes notice is fun, but vocals are kinda weird in some places. i have an irrational hatred for crooked. i just really don’t like it. ALSO i hate how hell was just.. okay?? with fizz & ozzie being together but stolas & blitzø have to be a secret?? i know fizz is famous and all that but likeee he’s still an imp. in hell’s hierarchy, imps are the second lowest class-wise, being higher than hellhounds, and lower than sinners and all other hellborn. but everyone is just like “yippee ozzirolli!!1!” HUH??? you’re contradicting your writing, and i will blame viv for that because she was the sole writer for this episode (funny joke in the beginning of the episode abt that though)
8/10
wanted to watch the full season like i did with season 1 last week, but i can only handle so much helluva boss.
mid season avg: 6.4
driving home from road trip… time to binge watch (half of) season 2!!
the circus:
this episode is really engaging. is it good? ummmmmmmmm… i think stolas and blitzø being childhood friends is possibly the most stupid decision in this whole show, and these writers do a lot of stupid shit. i just don’t get why??? i feel like their dynamic would’ve been a lot more interesting if they didn’t know each other until after blitzø steals stolas’ grimoire. and the worst part??? i love the kid character’s shenanigans 😔 i’m a sucker for showing the main characters in a show as younger versions of themselves i think it’s always really cute. “it’s call laminitis :((((“ baby stolas i would kill for you !! also stolas and blitzø’s interactions after meeting for the first time in three decades is so weird, bordering on creepy. i won’t defend either of their actions but people need to understand that in the show’s context, it makes sense. bryce pinkham as always is such a great voice actor. he and georgina leahy (stella) have such good chemistry !! the final scene with them is probably the best scene in both helluva & hazbin (so far), the writing, the acting, THE ANIMATIONNNN!! peak! anyway fine episode that i enjoyed. has a lot of pretty strong writing on the surface, but when you think about it for a few minutes, it kinda crumbles. (except the last scene, that one is perfect to me)
8/10
seeing stars:
octavia continues to be helluva boss’ most confusing character. i genuinely do not understand how she thinks. and i think she’s so far gone that the writers cannot fix her because she’s changed so many times that it just won’t work. i’ll post my rewrite of her character at the end of my next review after sinsmas. i think the writers wanted another good conversation after stolas & stella’s in the last episode, but that’s not what octavia and loona’s is at all. i think i actually hate their scene. it makes no sense for either of them, ESPECIALLY LOONA. she was literally fighting blitzø earlier this episode. it’s just odd. stolas laughing at blitzø’s jokes is always nice though.
6/10
exes and oohs:
i hate chaz. least favorite episode of the hellaverse. let’s move on
4/10
western energy:
striker’s return!! ooh!! ah!!! but no norman reedus. edward bosco (pilot alastor for those who didn’t know) does a fine job but i still miss norman reedus :((( yall dont understand how it felt being a stolitz shipper after this episode- “..he can’t get hurt?” HOLD ON SAVANNAH.
7/10
unhappy campers:
honestly a really overhated episode. i remember not liking this one when it came out, but it’s not horrible. but you know what i do hate! incest jokes! what are we doing adam neylan! hate when people always just blame viv for a not very good episode when there are other writers. by the way this is no hate toward adam neylan, i think the other episodes in the hellaverse he has co-written are really good (s1/e4 of hazbin is a good example) recognize the four other hellaverse writers, whether it’s for compliments of complaining!! it’s not just viv behind the scenes no matter how much some people think that. also barbie calling blitzø “blitz”?? when basically everyone else from his past still calls him blitzo?? very interesting.
5/10
oops:
don’t ask me my opinion on fizzarolli, i can’t give you one. i can’t give you my opinion of most helluva characters, which is odd because i have very normal feelings on most of the hazbin characters (emily & peter are the exceptions) but fizz and blitzø have a very interesting dynamic, but i kinda dislike that their hatred toward each other was fixed in literally like 10 minutes. hope that doesn’t happen with barbie & blitzø.. please.
7/10
mammon’s magnificent musical mid-season special (ft. fizzarolli):
when they said this one was a musical they weren’t lying!!!! i love juggling iz cool & klown bitch, two minutes notice is fun, but vocals are kinda weird in some places. i have an irrational hatred for crooked. i just really don’t like it. ALSO i hate how hell was just.. okay?? with fizz & ozzie being together but stolas & blitzø have to be a secret?? i know fizz is famous and all that but likeee he’s still an imp. in hell’s hierarchy, imps are the second lowest class-wise, being higher than hellhounds, and lower than sinners and all other hellborn. but everyone is just like “yippee ozzirolli!!1!” HUH??? you’re contradicting your writing, and i will blame viv for that because she was the sole writer for this episode (funny joke in the beginning of the episode abt that though)
8/10
wanted to watch the full season like i did with season 1 last week, but i can only handle so much helluva boss.
mid season avg: 6.4
