Upon watching every episode released thus far, I find it particularly interesting that nobody has picked up on the deeper theme of rejecting normalcy as pathological. Reminds me of how in American Beauty the two straight families were pathological and the homosexual couple were in full self-acceptance. Here we have a similar situation.
Almost all of the villains of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel represent facets of society which are normally deemed to be healthy, with a few notable exceptions. The show's protagonists are shown to engage in everything from perversion to adultery, however the show downplays this in favor of vilifying tenets of society such as the nuclear family, traditional marriage and masculinity. There's even an episode where the antagonists are literal angels.
Fans hate the character Katie Killjoy not only because she is more traditionally attractive than Charlie but also because she's averse to her lifestyle. Verosika Mayday and Striker strawmen of hetero-normative traits which are played off as "toxic" for the in-crowd. All the while Stella is played off as evil for not being enough like her narcissistic husband.
Whatever "strong moral center" the show was aiming for seems to have been derailed purely on the fact that it is explicitly anti-moral. To put it more simply, all the characters with moral centers are literally demonized!
Upon watching every episode released thus far, I find it particularly interesting that nobody has picked up on the deeper theme of rejecting normalcy as pathological. Reminds me of how in American Beauty the two straight families were pathological and the homosexual couple were in full self-acceptance. Here we have a similar situation.
Almost all of the villains of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel represent facets of society which are normally deemed to be healthy, with a few notable exceptions. The show's protagonists are shown to engage in everything from perversion to adultery, however the show downplays this in favor of vilifying tenets of society such as the nuclear family, traditional marriage and masculinity. There's even an episode where the antagonists are literal angels.
Fans hate the character Katie Killjoy not only because she is more traditionally attractive than Charlie but also because she's averse to her lifestyle. Verosika Mayday and Striker strawmen of hetero-normative traits which are played off as "toxic" for the in-crowd. All the while Stella is played off as evil for not being enough like her narcissistic husband.
Whatever "strong moral center" the show was aiming for seems to have been derailed purely on the fact that it is explicitly anti-moral. To put it more simply, all the characters with moral centers are literally demonized!