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wolfscarr · 3 months
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Hazbin Hotel S1 Thoughts...
So guess I better be getting around to it, since now it's....suddenly over as quick as it came. So what are my thoughts?
It's.....fine? I guess? It's certainly not anything Earth shattering or groundbreaking it's just.....a show. Which I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, considering how long it's been. But hey if people find it amazing, then fine....not saying you can't, this is only my opinion after all.
I think what bothers me the most is the tonal and pacing issues, everything just seems to rapid fire, one minute it's all serious and the next there's some joke coming up, mainly I guess in the 1st 4 episodes, the others I can't really recall. But it just was very....whiplashing I guess.
Another thing is, I feel like some stuff in this show was just ripped straight out of fans ideas/theories since the Pilot, some years ago. I mean in EP 4, there's clear dialogue that was ripped straight from a fanwork, along with some other stuff...either that or the writing is THAT predictable that people were able to figure stuff out YEARS in advance and if that's the case then just.....wow.
I also didn't feel anything for Charlie/Vaggie as a couple, for like the first 4 episodes Vaggie felt more like a bodyguard at worst and best friend at well....best. Yeah sure the later episodes, did at least give an indication that...yeah they are girlfriends, but I can see that this was really a kind of last minute thing. Maybe S2 will make it better, but I dunno....I mean the couple is there, I acknowledge it, but that's frankly it.
The songs....have to be honest, they were just there and gone for me, at least in the first 4 episodes. In fact in some songs I feel like they weren't sync'd properly? Or something? Because I had a hard time actually following what was being sung by the characters, it just seemed all over at times in some of these songs.
Now the later songs....again, were fine? Frankly the only one I remember at all that's in my head, that I feel many don't talk about or don't like is More Than Anything.
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At least...in a vacuum it's fine, within the show it's.....ok, but again this is where the issue of pacing comes in. The pair haven't seen one another for a long, long time and they sing a song and suddenly their relationship is fine and Lucifer has hope, saying that his daughter turned his viewpoint around.
Now....I'm hoping that this just means, he's in support of HIS daughter, not being in support of the Sinners. Because it just seems really bizarre, that all it took to undo centuries of depression was....a song and reuniting with his daughter. Now I like their interactions/dynamics, it just again was blown by with the problems and issues.
I dunno, everything being blown by so quick is just...jarring and I get it, only 8 episodes and I feel like some say
"You have to look at it, as if it were a Musical."
Which.....just because it has songs in it, doesn't mean I should have to view it like that. Other shows have songs, doesn't mean I also have to view them as Musicals in order to rectify the tonal issues or pacing.
But sure, perhaps it's more due to the fact that it's only 8 episodes....but even then.
Anyway, so the characters are.....fine I suppose. Don't really have a whole opinion on them, because they are just there, some are interesting but I feel there needs to be a bigger push.
I think perhaps my favorite is and this might be an odd take, is Lucifer...now I know many don't seem to like his whole 'sad guy' routine and the backstory. Admittedly I'm not...too thrilled on it, but I'm still sort of open for his character and mayb in S2, things will be different.
Granted yes, I realize making the literal Devil, the embodiment of everything wrong with mankind, evil of evil into sympatric sad guy is....strange, but it's not like this is anything new. Well at least being sympathetic anyway, this has been done in other shows....granted ones with longer episodes that can actually flesh him out, but still.
I'm a little irked at Lucifer and Lilith not being together, buuuuut I'm hoping S2 they can get back together and I hope that Lilith just doesn't become a Stella 2.0. Granted since the start and seeing a bunch of fanworks with Lucifer/Lilith being stupidly in love and wholesome, perhaps that's skewed my perspective, but I also recall it was noted that they were heavily in love at some point....so I'm betting on in S2 some huge romance number for them...hopefully.
Now I see people go on about what S2 could entail since they blew Heaven away so quickly and yeah, I can agree doing that was kinda....sudden. But I don't think it'll be the Vees, they seem more like secondary antagonists more so.
In truth, I feel the S2 main big baddie will be this Root of Evil thing or what have you, that they'll all have to fight against. Which...could be interesting, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Anyway overall the show is...fine, again nothing huge or groundbreaking for me, there's issues with it like EVERYTHING...
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wolfscarr · 4 months
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Legend of Zelda: Knights of Hyrule, are underrated.
So I'm a huge LoZ fan, surprising considering I haven't made many posts about it....but here we are I guess.
You know, I see a lot a posts about Link this or Zelda that, Ganondorf this or basically well....anything to do with actual well known characters.
Now obviously these characters are great and everything, I mean Link is in my Top 5 fav characters of all time. In fact LoZ is in my Top 5 fav fictional universes of all time, I know a lot....and I mean A LOT of the lore regarding it....which brings me to say that....
THE KNIGHTS OF HYRULE ARE UNDERRATED!
(No the Guards we see in OoT/MM/TP are NOT them, they're two different things)
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Just look how they present themselves, fearless warriors despite monsters attacking.
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Even managing to save Link!
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With ease able to take on multiple opponents while injured!
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Defending the Sages during the Imprisoning War, which sealed away Ganon's terrible evil!
Descended from Link himself who founded the Knights(or well one of the iterations of Link), they embody the Courage that the Hero himself has!
I'm waiting for the day that the LoZverse does more with them honestly, giving them a bigger presence or at least just...show them more!
By LoZ lore, they are quite possibly the greatest warriors in Hyrule, considering not only what they've gone up against(monsters, demons and the like), but their reputation is well known and well regarded, ontop of having techniques only they themselves know and can pull off, while also being tasked with not only protecting the Royal Family, but very important artifacts from evil such as the Royal Jewels which enable the ability to access the Sacred Realm in Four Swords.
The Mangas have given them a lot more showcase credit than the games, so that's something I suppose. I guess there is also Hyrule Warriors, at least to some extent.
But I just wanna see them in an actual LoZ game, just to see them in action perhaps in a cutscene or something by comparison to the regular Hyrule foot soldier. Feel like there was an opportunity missed in Twilight Princess, when Zant arrived at Hyrule Castle, Zelda's only surrounded by common foot soldiers in chainmail.
But it's clear that the Knights of Hyrule, wear full steel plate armor(which is actually shown in TP, so it's not like the Devs could have forgotten either, it's also clearly consistent in other games and other material) and carry Hylian shields.
So it's weird that in TP, she doesn't have at least 1 Knight of Hyrule by her side at the time of Zant's attack. Unless by that point during the attack, they were all killed, which I suppose is a strong possibility seeing they would pose the most threat.
But I ramble, anyway yes. Knights of Hyrule, underrated side of Zelda lore.
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wolfscarr · 7 months
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So art is going well, I might be getting close to actually posting some stuff here folks. Just wanting to give an update.
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wolfscarr · 8 months
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GIVE US A NAME!
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I WANT AN OFFICIAL NAME!
Why is this so difficult? You gave names to minor background characters, but you didn't give one to a character that was important to one of the main characters in the show a name?!
WHY?!
Blitz' mother has a name and she has appeared in LESS screentime than Moxxie's mother!
WHAT GIVES SPINDLEHORSE?!
GIVE MOXXIE'S MOTHER A NAME ALREADY! I don't care what it is, just...something! Please give her a name.
You maybe asking, why does this bother me so much? Truthfully? I have no idea why this minor thing is driving me up a wall, I honestly don't know.
But there is ZERO excuse as to why Mrs. Knolastname doesn't have an actual name, when minor background characters get a name, when other mothers who haven't even had screen time get a name.
It'd take like 3 seconds to give her a name.
I WANT HER OFFICIAL NAME!
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wolfscarr · 8 months
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Have this sneaking suspicion that when S2 does get around to Verosika again(or whenever the show does) and her relationship with Blitz, the show is just going to vilify her into being the one totally in the wrong just so that we get more sad Blitz and that everything he did to her was fine, that she never really did care about him, that Verosika used him or something.
Even though S1 clearly shows and implies that isn't the case, but I'm sure many are just going to forget all that, since it's been several episodes by now and so it won't be fresh in people's minds.
I'm not saying their relationship was perfect, or that she wasn't at some kind of fault. But this show nowadays seems to be bending over backwards to try and make it seem like every other relationship(M&M aside) was terrible and I can only imagine in order to make Blitz and Stolas look good by comparison.
Then again, given how there wasn't much planned out to start with, I suppose it's not really a surprise, because it truly does feel like Season 1 is a completely different show compared to what S2 has going on now.
I suppose we'll see of course.
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wolfscarr · 9 months
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LACKADISY SEASON 1 TEASER! LET’S GOOO!
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I’m SO DAMN EXCITED! LET’S GOOOO SEASON 1! The early 20th century aesthetic is my shit! LOVE IT! I can’t wait to see more!
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wolfscarr · 9 months
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Crimson Knolastname: Greedy Loving Heart. Character Analysis.
So been thinking about this for a hot minute and I’m probably guessing that Moxxie’s dad isn’t going to get anything beyond just being shitty....because he’s shitty.
Now given my love for Mafia aesthetic and Helluva Boss(as much as there is left anyway), I figure I would see about adding something to Crimson as a character as it relates to both his relationships involving his wife and son, as well as giving the location of the Greed Ring some kind of purpose, so let’s get into this.
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 So let’s start with the Greed Ring here. I think many overlook the fact of how certain Hellborn are shaped by where they grew up, or at least don’t take into account of certain things., I mean yeah some of it is obvious, such as with Millie being all tough and strong and that’s basically in our face with the fact of her being part of I.M.P, with Crimson....I feel like it’s not as obvious and people just jump to conclusions that he’s just an asshole because....he’s an asshole.
Now obviously yeah he’s an asshole, but folks think for a minute here. The Greed Ring is all about....well obvious Greed, so now Crimson grows up with this lifestyle of making money, getting things, all of this just further fueling his greed which corrupts him further and further.  Then he joins(or was raised in) this Mafia within the Ring, which he eventually takes over. So now his Greed is only further multiplied as not only is he rich from his own ventures, he now controls everything, he now has immense power within the Greed Ring and he has reach throughout Hell.
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^ Credit to Chii(LittleMissChii on Twitter, Helluva Boss Animation Lead).
So at some point, Crimson and his wife meet(still waiting for an official name) and they hit it off, Crimson woos her with that smooth talking and charm of his, he introduces her to the lifestyle that he lives and soon enough they are married. With the addition of having a wife, now his Greedy heart is just further consumed, now he loves his wife....but at the same time it’s also more he’s greedy about it, like he doesn’t want her attention to be on another person. He wants to keep her attention as much as possible, he doesn’t want her to focus on anyone else but him.
Everything up to this point for Crimson is going pretty well, we of course don’t really have any info of his past granted, but it soon all goes downhill anyway. So then we finally get to both Crimson and his wife, having their son Moxxie.
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Now at first Crimson seems fine with Moxxie, because now he has an heir to all the stuff he has built up. He can mold Moxxie into basically a miniature version of himself, to carry on what he had built and maintained. Now surface level, this isn’t a bad thing, it’s not like wanting Family to take over a business is anything new, even in real life this happens. The problem with Crimson however, his heart is basically saturated in Greed by this point, he wants to just keep everything close to him....EVERYTHING, he doesn’t want anyone to leave or make their own choices.
Which leads to Crimson’s wife, trying to steer their son away from the lifestyle that her husband is trying to impose(or at least let him make the choice later on, if he really wants). But even moreso than just that....Moxxie is taking away Crimson’s wife from him, her attention isn’t nearly as focused on him like it was before they had their son. So now this hits Crimson hard, not only is his son being taken away from him, but his wife is as well...a bit obviously unintentional by Moxxie as he’s just a kid. Thus the fighting starts between the parents and eventually well, he ends up killing his wife in order to keep his heir and thus the security of what he has built. No one is going to take away his wife’s attention away, if he can’t have her attention, then no one else can.
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So now years later, we see that Crimson has raised Moxxie and inducts him into the Mafia Lifestyle. For a time Moxxie is just going along with it, we still see at this point Crimson isn’t looking to harm Moxxie, in fact he seems rather proud of him. But then of course....Moxxie ends up leaving his Family and obviously we all know what happens after, with Crimson being obviously pissed at his son for ditching everything.
Crimson is rightfully upset, because he put basically everything he had into Moxxie, to mold him as best as he could into his heir. But Moxxie is clearly not like his Father and Crimson isn’t doing this for Moxxie’s benefit, he’s doing all of this for his own selfish Greed. When his son completely ruins that.....well obviously we see later what happens in the episode.
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The long and short of it, is this folks. Crimson’s heart was corrupted heavily by Greed, I believe that Crimson did in fact love his Family. But he didn’t love them in a manner that wasn’t having something to do with Greed, first and foremost Greed took over any sort of love that he had for them. Which makes sense given where Crimson clearly grew up in, Greed affected him and had him spiral down a destructive path.
I’m not saying this excuses his actions or anything, I mainly went through this character analysis to give something to his character as far as depth goes. Because I have a feeling he’s not going to get any of that sort within the show itself, plus again I’m a bit of a sucker for Mafia aesthetic and I feel like his whole ‘character’ was just wasted and he came across as really dumb.
...Also give us an official name for Mrs. Knolastname already!
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wolfscarr · 10 months
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Asmodean Crystals’ mere existence is the issue.
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^ To see how the Grimoire is now really just a big PAPERWEIGHT and making Stolas a useless character as a result.
Just a small bit here, but I’ve see some try to give an explanation as to why Blitz doesn’t just have an Asmodean Crystal and instead went with the Grimoire. The thing is, even if one of these explanations are true, it doesn’t fix anything. The mere existence of these crystals is the issue. Let’s look here for a moment.
1. “The Crystals are tied to whoever is using them.”
All in all this is a reasonable explanation, hence why Blitz didn’t just mug the incubus for his and forced him to open the portal in the latest episode. But if that’s the case, it just raises further questions. Like why doesn’t Blitz just hire someone with a crystal and do it that way? Let’s be real for a minute folks, you replace Loona as the receptionist with some just random Hellborn with a crystal and what changes other than Loona not being a receptionist?(Just make her part of the Assassin team) Nothing, because we don’t really see her do her job, in fact you can literally just make an offhand comment about this because they hardly ever show I.M.P going through portals anyway in the episode, except for a few times, but you never explicitly need to show what actually opens said portal or who opens it.
Or why can’t Blitz just hire someone to get a crystal for him and deliver it? Because apparently Stolas is going to Asmodeus for one, even though I don’t see why Asmodeus would want to give him one in the first place, considering he has his own means to get to Earth.
So then if it only ties to the User who first uses said Crystal, then all Blitz has to do is get someone who knows how to get one and boom. 
Also it’s logical for these random crystals to be tied to a user, but not an all powerful grimoire that anyone can use? Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but ok.
2. “The Crystals are hard to get.”
Are they really though? Consider for a moment that random back alley incubus had a Crystal and I doubt this person is anyone of importance to actually need one....this suggests that they wouldn’t be hard to obtain. Now for Blitz? It might be considering Fizzarolli, who more than likely told Asmodeus about what happened between them and thus, he wouldn’t get one. (Which also questions, why again would Asmodeus give Stolas one, given Stolas is seeing Blitz.)
But this just goes back to the 1st point, why Blitz can’t just hire someone or have someone get one for him? 
Also Barbie Wire, an imp out of rehab has one. Now sure you could say that perhaps she has a better relationship with Fizzarolli(considering all 3 of them grew up in the circus). But between 3 imps(Blitz, Moxxie n Millie) and a hellhound(Loona), they wouldn’t be able to figure out a way to get one in some form or fashion?
Even moreso folks, wouldn’t it be more interesting to see the first couple of Episodes of S1, in HOW I.M.P got the ball rolling? You could make these first few episodes in showing how these lowly imps and a hellhound, get access to this Crystal that enables them to run a successful company. This also would help with establishing worldbuilding and so forth. But no, instead it’s just....a sex deal.
Edit: Oh and lookiee here, at the end of the episode of Oops, Fizz says that Blitz has “earned a crystal” thanks to reconnecting/saving his life. Sure....yeah, so guess it’s not so hard if all Blitz had to do was reconnect with Fizzarolli. Stolas is a literally pointless character, if all Blitz had to do was reconnect with Fizz...which makes for a far better narrative!
Edit: Another thing, why is Stolas being the one to give Blitz the Crystal? Can’t Fizz or Ozzie just...you know, mail it to I.M.P.? Call up Blitz for it since they have his phone number? Or they can just send one of Ozzie’s servants to I.M.P, or Moxxie or Millie or Loona goes and gets it? Stolas is a useless character at this point, only being shoehorned in to do stuff, but he’s not needed for.
Conclusion
So you see the issue here. There isn’t any real explanation(not just these ones either, I just chose 2 randomly) to just allow these Crystals mere presence to NOT affect the story. The mere existence of them at all, is the issue here, especially when you could write something better as far as both worldbuilding and character building this way.
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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Dragonball Super: Regarding Beerus and Cheelai.
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Funny how this is my 1st post regarding the Dragonball Franchise, when I’m a fan of it. Heh, but anyway.
You know I’ve seen some odd takes about this couple. Personally I’m all for it, mainly because I feel like we need something more for Beerus as a character, rather than just someone who...enjoys food and sleeps a whole lot. Sure I get that he’s powerful, we clearly do see instances of that....but that’s not exactly anything new with all the other characters we have in this series. The way his character is now, with just sleeping or eating just is going to wear really thin, if not already people being bored with it. 
I feel like we need something more to Beerus as a character, to make him appreciate an actual lifeform that brings out another side of his character. Now sure you can say Goku and company brought out a side of Beerus that is more tolerant and chill with them, but at the same time he’s not going out of his way to actually help them out and in some cases actually become a determent to what they were trying to do. Example with destroying Bulma’s time machine and resources, like he didn’t care about Future Trunks or his timeline.
So introducing Cheelai to being a potential love interest for Beerus, someone who he can care about, someone who can bring about a more protective side, I feel would just further expand upon him as a character. Recall that Beerus has lived basically a long time folks, we’ve barely actually seen his life...compared to what were seeing now of him? We’re seeing like a fraction of a fraction of his lifespan, the guy has lived for eons it seems.
Then....in comes Cheelai and for the first time in his life(that we see), his very, very long life. We see that....he can have a heart, that he can do more than just think about destroying things or sleeping or eating. We can see that he can genuinely care for someone, rather than just look down upon them.
This can also be a way to expand upon Cheelai more with her interaction with Beerus, seeing as he offered her and Lemo to stay on his planet. Which by the way he was first adamant about before seeing her.
Of course we’re gonna have to see what later happens and how this all plays out, see how Cheelai responds with regards to any further advancement from Beerus. But these are just my thoughts on these 2 and the potential that can come from it.
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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Helluva Boss: Fizzarolli X Barbie Wire? Fizzwire?
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So obviously I get that Fizzarolli is in a relationship with Asmodeus, or at least that’s what we garnered anyway from the information.
But seeing as the fandom ships characters together who never even met, or have bad blood between them and all this other stuff. I’d figure why not this one?
I don’t really talk about Ships a whole lot with regards to HB or HH, tending to keep that more to myself, though I have made a couple of posts here and there.
But I kinda recently thought about these two characters, especially since we have the episode with Barbie Wire coming up. Now compared to others, I feel like this couple isn’t too much of a stretch because of a few reasons.
1. They both grew up in the circus venue and were friends(Fizz)/siblings(Barbie) to Blitz himself. Honestly I can’t imagine that the 3 of them wouldn’t be close together before Blitz went and screwed things over, sort of a 3 amigo situation kind of thing where they are all hanging out together and doing all sorts of stuff. Maybe even coming up with new circus routines?
2. Both clearly had something terrible happen to them, their most commonality being that Blitz ruined them in some form or fashion. IE: Barbie going to rehab(among other things it seems) and FIzz with the loss of his limbs(something I really doubt he did willingly). So the pair seem to have something in common of disliking Blitz, which I feel like the two could bond over, not like just constantly trash talking the guy or anything. But moreso bonding over what had happened between them, sharing their experiences, being confidants to one another.
All in all with these 2 points, I could see them forming some relationship to one another. Don’t have to agree of course folks, I just figured this could come across as another ship in the many ships that are already out there and having good strong foundation. I kinda do that for many of my ships, if I’m honest, so this is just another.
Plus the ship name Fizzwire, I think is a pretty good one hah.
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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Mineru hearing the 1st, 50th and 100th time of Rauru and Sonia.
1st time
Mineru in her bed, eyes closed as she hears the soft sounds of the two: “This is nice, I could sleep to this..”
50TH time
Mineru in her bed, eyes open, ears twitching as she hears louder noises from the two: “Ooh…my brother indulging his dragon instincts…”
100TH Time
Mineru in her bed, eyes wide and bloodshot unable to sleep for hours, clutching her sheets: “I can STILL hear them 8 ROOMS DOWN!”
Rauru loud groaning and dragon noises!
Sonia moaning loudly! “HARDER MY DRAGON GOD KING!”
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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Rauru telling Mineru about his 1st time with Sonia.
Rauru: “She took the whole thing Mineru! The WHOLE THING!”
Mineru: “I didn’t need to hear that..”
Sonia(who heard from across the hall): “RAURU!?”
Sonia’s smug thoughts: “I sure did.”
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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Rauru, also part Dragon.
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So I know many are just seeing Rauru as a goat, which I can get behind sure. But given the Zonai came from the Heavens and worshipped dragons. Dragons being kind of a huge thing with Japan, can we also acknowledge the fact that Rauru would possibly also be part Dragon as well?
I mean his horns seem more draconic than goat, his teeth also seem a little sharper as well than a goats. Also given the whole thing with dragons, they are seen in Japan as  protectors, wise and benefactors to mankind.
This would fit Rauru and his running of Hyrule to a T with it being the Prosperity Timeline.
Again, not having a problem with the goat part, it just feels like the dragon part of his Zonai heritage is overlooked. That and dragons do kinda play a role in TotK, so it would make sense. So Sonia isn’t just married to a goat, she’s married to a damn dragon too!
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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Hold up, I need more of them.
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Hello Nintendo! When are we getting more of these two?! Ok I get it, the game only just came out, but like....I want more of them. I want more of their history together. Sooo...when?
Doesn’t even have to be in a game, I’ll settle for a book or guide or manga(the TP Manga was excellent, hell all of them were).
Sooooo...yeah, I need more of dragon/goat/beast Hyrule King with Hylian wife Hyrule Queen because...yes. So give it, please...
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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Your blitzo/verosika stuff is just what the doctor ordered
Hm? Oh thanks, know I haven't done a whole lot with the pairing, but the show still hasn't given us anything more to really motivate me.
But I probably should link up my story again, for those who might be interested in reading as it probably got lost in all the shuffle.
NOTE: It's BEFORE S1 even finished, so keep in mind as it also has Stolas/Stella.
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wolfscarr · 11 months
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I’m not sure why I should find the antagonists to be dangerous to Stolas or IMP.
This latest episode turned Stella into being dumb, who needs her brother to do her thinking. Now it’s fine that if Andre is the one who wants everything, but turning Stella into just a whiny bitch just..is annoying and doesn’t offer anything. Feel like you could just remove her.
In fact, you could do just that. Seriously, remove Stella from the show, have her be dead at the beginning. What changes here? Because it's clear Andreaphus wants the power/money and all she wants is Stolas dead....oh but now he's needed alive instead?
Striker.. I know people likes his return, but the guy is supposed to KILL Stolas, not torture him. He’s a terrible assassin despite the fact at the same time he’s supposed to be an excellent one. He’s a great fighter sure but that’s it. He dicks around the whole episode, instead of DOING HIS JOB...
Also no I don't find that bullshit of "she wants the royal treatment for you" to be worth of anything...because it's dumb and Stella isn't even there to begin with. PUT A BULLET IN HIS HEAD, SLIT HIS NECK OPEN...Oh! But just as he's about to do so, the hit is called off....how convenient..
The real dumb part is that, Striker was going for straight kill mode at the cafe, he was literally aiming to kill. But he then ties up Stolas out in an alleyway and instead of plugging him in the head with an Angelic bullet...he doesn't do that at all. Like guy, you were about to kill him in a public area, no need to drag him to your liar.
Fine you want Striker to drag Stolas to a secluded location, ok sure...fine whatever. But why not instead of this dumb torture scene that serves no purpose, have M&M come in a little bit sooner just as Striker is about to off the guy? I mean Striker, you were about to blow his head off in S1 EP 5, with none of this 'filler' bullshit before...but now all of a sudden you're dragging it out?
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wolfscarr · 1 year
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Helluva Boss: The Grimoire. Useless, Pointless, Wasted.
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^ How the Asmodean Crystals really break the narrative.
Alright so this is probably gonna be my last post on this show, or unless something else happens that REALLY gets under my skin.
Now the Grimoire? This....THIS thing has got to be one of the most wasted, pointless and useless plot devices I’ve ever seen. But  let’s go over what it’s supposed to be as per Season 1 hm?
What it’s suppose to be
The Grimoire as per Season 1 of HB, is suppose to be the key in how and why Blitz is able to run I.M.P., he explicitly states in the commercial from the Pilot that this is the reason why the Company is the way it is. That this Company is all about going to the Living World and killing people up top for money and that the only way they can do this, is because they have ‘special access’ to it.
Now in order to do this, Blitz had to go through this monthly deal in exchange for the book. All of this is perfectly fine, it’s set up as something very important and what Blitz needs in order to get a lifestyle that he wants.
What it became
Almost immediately the Grimoire is reduced to nothing more than...a paperweight. Because right at the start of Season 2, were introduced to something called Asmodean Crystals, which enable travel to the Living World and these Crystals can be in the form of various jewelry or whatever that can be worn.
Oh but then it gets even worse as right in EP 3 of Season 2, Blitz states to Crim at least twice that I.M.P. doesn’t do killings in Hell anymore, they used to...but now they don’t anymore. He also says this to Stolas in EP 1 of Season 2 BEFORE he gets the Grimoire that he’s killing people.
These 2 things bring into question the WHOLE point of Blitz’ deal and the entire show. The WHOLE SHOW falls apart because of this. 
A show functions by having a coherent plot/story. Season 1 gave a reason as to why Blitz needed the Grimoire and why he had to be around Stolas. 
Season 2 meanwhile just threw all that out the window, Blitz doesn’t need the Grimoire anymore, he has no reason to be around or even talk to Stolas....so why?
Here’s a thought, remove Stolas and the Grimoire entirely from HB. Aside from no gay stuff involving Blitz and Stolas, what changes overall with regards to I.M.P.?
I’ll tell you...NOTHING.
The characters are still the same, hell you can still basically have all the episodes with perhaps a couple of adjustments, but you could still have them.
 In fact you could make far more interesting episodes, because as I said in a prior post, you could easily make both character building and world building with just revolving around the Asmodean Crystals.
Or I.M.P in Hell? Maybe they take out contracts from Hellborn, maybe lower Nobility, hunting targets throughout the Rings. Because I’ll tell you what, those Earth centric episodes haven’t really been that great to start with. If I.M.P was taking out contracts BEFORE Sinners with Hellborn clients, then nothing changes other than location. Oh and look at this, you expand upon your world building in Hell this way too.
You could even still have male/male stuff too, if you really wanted as well. This isn’t rocket science, if you can remove the Gromire and Stolas completely and nothing really changes because there’s other alternatives that can basically make the story go the same way or in another interesting direction? Then there’s an issue.
The Grimoire in of itself has also not been used to its full potential I feel as well. Here you have this fantastical book that clearly has some powerful magic, yet the only thing it’s used for is....portal opening. There’s so many different ways that the Grimoire can be used for various episode shenangeins and yet on its own, is just wasted.
Despite my last couple of posts, I do like this show. ....For what little I like, I like this show. It’s just stuff like this bothers me and I don’t wanna have to just “deal with it or go with it” because it’s a show made by a small studio and on Youtube. Audiences shouldn’t have to be like that, the studio sets the deadline, the studio does the writing, they have all the time in the world. I mean just look how long we had to wait for episodes folks, stuff like this shouldn’t be happening, at least not something so huge.
Anyway now that I got that out of my system, I can relax and enjoy the show...well as much as I can.
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