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Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Megathread for all things Vivziepop, aka Vivienne Medrano, an American animator, illustrator, comic creator and voice actress. She is best known as the creator of the adult animated series Hazbin Hotel (produced by A24) and Helluva Boss (can be found on Youtube). Warning, these shows are super not for kids, so tread lightly.:nws::nws:



From Wikipedia

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Medrano launched her YouTube channel under the screen name "VivziePop" in 2012, building a dedicated online audience, who enjoyed her fanwork and original creations. In 2013, she started a webcomic titled ZooPhobia, which ultimately ran until 2016, ending so that she could find more time to develop Hazbin Hotel. Medrano directed her first short animated film, titled "Son of 666" in 2013. Medrano released her fourth year thesis film entitled "Timber" in 2014, for which she won a Dusty Award in "Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation". Medrano named the film after the song by Pitbull and Kesha, and its score had homages to the song as well.[15] In October 2014, she released an animated music video for the song "Die Young" by Kesha, which accumulated over 50 million views by October 2019. As a result, she became "relatively well-known" online for her animation and artwork, some of which she shared on her channel.

Medrano founded the animation studio SpindleHorse Toons, under which the pilot for Hazbin Hotel, the pilot and first season for Helluva Boss, and several animated shorts would be released.[19] Medrano serves as the director, writer and character designer for SpindleHorse Toons.[20] In an interview with Cartoon Brew, she said that much of the Hazbin Hotel pilot was funded by money from her Patreon, rather than income from YouTube's algorithm.[8] The company Horseless Cowboy assisted Medrano with voice casting during the first season of Helluva Boss, with Richard Steven Horvitz serving as the voice director.[21] Cartoon Brew described her as a "paragon of indie success in animation"

THE SHOWS


HAZBIN HOTEL (Available NOW on Amazon Prime) :devil:



from Wikipedia

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The series follows Charlie Morningstar (voiced by Jill Harris), the princess of Hell, as she sets about fulfilling her seemingly impossible dream of opening a hotel called the "Happy Hotel," which aims to rehabilitate sinners. Due to overpopulation, Hell goes through an annual purge once a year, where angels descend from Heaven and kill demons. Charlie finds this upsetting, and wants to find a more peaceful solution to the overpopulation problem. Her goal is to have her clients "check out" from Hell as redeemed souls and be accepted into Heaven.[10]

With the help of her devoted manager and girlfriend, Vaggie (Monica Franco), and their reluctant first patron, pornographic film actor Angel Dust (Michael Kovach, pilot), she's determined to make her dream become a reality. But when her proposal on live television goes awry, her plan attracts the attention of the powerful "Radio Demon" Alastor (Edward Bosco) who, despite finding her belief in redemption laughable, wants to help Charlie run the hotel for his own amusement. To help out with the hotel, Alastor summons Niffty, the hotel's housekeeper, and Husk, the hotel's bartender.[11]


HELLUVA BOSS :devil:



from Wikipedia

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The series follows the employees of I.M.P (Immediate Murder Professionals), an imp-run assassination company in Hell, on their many different jobs.[8][9] The members of I.M.P include Blitzo (pronounced "Blitz"), the boss of the venture, along with weapons specialist Moxxie, powerhouse Millie, and receptionist hellhound Loona. With the help of an ancient book obtained from Stolas, a Goetial demon of Hell, they access the human world to complete their tasks on order from demons in Hell.

The show features a different cast of characters and a different storyline than Hazbin Hotel, another show created by Medrano, despite taking place within the same universe.[10] As Medrano described it, while both shows share the same setting, Helluva Boss follows "characters and societies that already exist in Hell", with the main focus being on interpersonal relationships between characters, while Hazbin Hotel is about redemption and consequences.[11][12]

Spin-off from Hazbin Hotel which to date has 14 episodes, including a pilot. Episodes tend to run anywhere from 11-25 minutes. You can watch the whole series on Youtube
(note: there is a Pilot episode but thread consensus is to skip the pilot episode. It's not bad necessarily, but it's a Pilot episode, there are wrinkles that are smoothed out in episode 1. If you like the series you can definitely go back and watch the Pilot later, but we definitely recommend just starting with episode 1)

:devil:Important links!!!:devil:

Watch the Hazbin Hotel pilot HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlmswo0S0e0

Watch Helluva Boss HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el_PChGfJN8

SpindleHorse OFFICIAL Twitter https://twitter.com/spindlehorse?lang=en

SUPPORT Spindlehorse on Patreon HERE https://www.patreon.com/VivienneMedrano/posts

Hazbin and Helluva OFFICIAL Merch HERE https://sharkrobot.com/collections/hazbin-hotel


Happy Landfill posted:

Click spoiler for a surprise.



Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Feb 6, 2024

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Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Kaiser Mazoku posted:

Episode 5: Nice to see Millie get to be something other than hyperprotective murderwife. I wouldn't be surprised if this episode was a meta-commentary on that, since that's a particular criticism I've seen lately.

I loved that whole number! So glad we got to see more Millie and I can't wait to see more.

Also, Barbie! Please more Barbie! :swoon:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
I loved whoever they got to do Barbie's voice. A+ all around. I really hope she'll be a more recurring character. i'd really like to see more back and forth with Blitz.

Also, did anyone else think Blitz was sneaking in to see Stolas? I thought that was a pretty good fake out

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
I'm starting to feel like there are a lot of people that need to pick something that isn't the R rated cartoon to watch :shrug:

Like, did they have the same complaint for episode 1 when the elementary schoolers saw two adults loving and then the subsequent murder/suicide?

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

It does feel like some of these people have graduated from MLP and Owl House and the like and are suddenly learning that crude adult humour exists. It's not even the most egregious example, there's plenty of moments in South Park and various Adult Swim shows that go way harder.
It's gotta be a combination of this and a bunch of other bad fandom habits that have only gotten worse over the years. Like, the stuff in here is less tasteless than an episode of Family Guy

mycomancy posted:

A South Park episode exists where the whole punchline is that environmentalism and working towards a better future is gayer than a huge pile of dudes all loving each other. Nothing Viv has ever made is as controversial as a mid South Park episode from 15 years ago.

I feel like most bad faith HB criticism falls in to one of several categories

1)Why did a funny thing happen in this comedy show?
2)Why does this character act in a way I don't like?
3)Why was this plot point not resolved immediately?
4)Why did conflict happen?

And my new personal favorites that I'm seeing pop up more and more recently

5)Why does this R rated comedy have R rated jokes?
6)Why is this show not a completely different show that I made up in my head and am now attached to?

I've seen more than one Helluva Boss Rewrite posts which, like, fanfiction is fine but this carries an air of, "here's how I'D write the show in which it would be BETTER," in which case, I dunno girl, just watch something else?

Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Jul 10, 2023

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Click spoiler for a surprise.

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

This is the absolute last thing any of those two need. Jesus loving christ :cripes:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Honestly, he deserves it

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Yeah he's incredibly talented. Dude kills it in everything he's in

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
I have a friend who's taken VA workshops with Horvitz, and he really is just a master at his craft.

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Viv posted a preview for an upcoming ep featuring on her Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu2_4s-pd6-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==


Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
HB's been nominated for a Streamy :yayclod:

https://twitter.com/VivziePop/status/1683624076781436928?s=20

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Look at those guys :kimchi:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Macaluso posted:

I need Helluva Boss to get big enough that they start making Helluva Boss Nenderoids, I need one of each of the main 5 immediately

Yeah I'm gonna need a Moxxie nendo immediately

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Already deleted. What did they say

drat,, can Viv ever catch a break?

Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Jul 28, 2023

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
jfc :cripes:

Dapper_Swindler posted:

Yeah that person is probably fired. Like I like both shows, I am probably gonna add more money to my backer kit. But like how can this dipshit be so dumb.
Would love to be in on that work call

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Makes you look real professional, too :thumbsup:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
If you blindly hate someone so much that you see them donating to the project you're employed on as some sort of dunk maybe it's time to find a hobby that doesn't involve a screen.

Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Jul 28, 2023

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
I'm glad it seems like fans are mostly really positive and supportive, but man the assholes are just relentless at her. Like that idiot that would not stop hounding* her because she didn't actually name the jock hellhound with three lines from Bee's party. Like, she blocked them and they just started a new account to continue harassing her until she gave the hellhound some bullshit name just to get people off her back.

like, gently caress, go outside!

*pun intended

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
I'm loving stoked for 207 holy poo poo

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
The amount of times I want to shake people and say, "the show isn't done yet!!!!!" when they start complaining about dropped storylines in a show that's still ongoing is too many to count.

Dropping entire seasons of a show in one go was a mistake

edit: also, really, the cannibal family??

Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Aug 3, 2023

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
It's shocking how much media literacy has gone down the drain. I know parts of this fandom skews a little young but it's like, have some of you never experienced any form of serial storytelling? Ever?? One of these episodes are going to end on a legit cliffhanger and people are going to be insenced, like, "what do you mean they just cut the episode off like that???"

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Dawgstar posted:

Feelings of the show aside, it was wild to watch people go out of their minds at WandaVision being very basic sequential storytelling that debuted every week. And some of the people complaining were absolutely born before everything tried to be 'binge worthy.'

poo poo, look how popular Dracula Daily is--a 100 year old novel being emailed to you in chunks (based on the real dates in the book) had Dracula trending in tyool 2022. The people crave serial storytelling

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
It's like, have any of you ever had to wait for the next book in a series you like? A new chapter of manga? Anything?? Are you even old enough to had to wait for Steven Universe Bombs? The hostility of this fandom absolutely baffles me. The fandom for a two year old show should not be as jaded and aggressive towards the creator as the ASOIAF fandom is towards George RR Martin

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Did they listen to the song Striker sung in the Harvest Moon ep? Dude's a total douche. A dangerous douche, but still very much a petty douchebag

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
That's amazing lol Now I'm going to have that stuck in my head

Sorry for the reddit link but Viv posted another preview featuring Fizz, happy and whole, and I'm sure nothing bad will ever happen to him

https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/15lr3a0/wake_up_it_looks_like_more_helluvaboss_can_come/

Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Aug 8, 2023

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Seeing this has me flashing back to this absolutely idiotic post from the subreddit from a few days ago



Please add "getting mad at episodes that are not even out yet" to the pile of Helluva Boss Fans Making Up Reasons To Be Mad And Then Making A Post About It




I like this. More of this

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Like, one of the episode titles is Full Moon...how does that not sound like Stolas episode

Also, what does that even mean?? Does Loo Loo Land sound like a Stolas episode? Ozzie's??

Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Aug 14, 2023

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Dapper_Swindler posted:




got the new plushes today. will take a pic of stolas later


Ralsei totally doesn't look out of place between the two of them

Das Boo posted:

Haaa! That's my BG! :3:

Yooooo!!!! :kimchi: :kimchi:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Twitter was a mistake

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Looks like both Helluva and Brandon Rodgers came away with Streamy Awards. Brandon posted an unhinged video to celebrate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcscjJjzrHk

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Oh boy oh boy oh boy

:ohdear:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
That was an excellent episode! was cool to see Crimson back so soon, and the team up with Striker felt really natural.

loved seeing Blitz and Fizz reconcile :unsmith: hope that means Fizz and Osmodeus will be back again soon

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Funky Valentine posted:

"YOU'RE STILL ON THE HORSE THING?!"

loving loved that part!

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Dapper_Swindler posted:

i also like stolas is little "my work here is done" florish at the end.

got some of this vibe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTpl93q3Bc
This is totally stolas

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Dapper_Swindler posted:

Lol. People are still really mad that The show isn’t as edgy as THE IMP GANG DOES A COLUMBINE. Thought to be fair. I do want to see stolas wreck some fools.

Helluva Boss fans mad that the comedy show does jokes, more at 11 :nallears:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Good news everyone! According to the closed captions, all of Fizz's dogs made it home safe :kimchi:

also they're called quieves

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Pyrotoad posted:

The seeds for Verosika getting her turn have definitely been planted - "A reckless heartbreaking freak" was not how I expected her verse in Ozzie's song to end. She starts out exclusively mocking his bedroom failures, but by the end the real source of her anger and hurt comes through.

This new episode gives me hope that Verosika's follow-up will be really good. Seriously, I love all the character work being done this season

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
An animator posted a new preview for the next ep already

https://twitter.com/0Nonie2/status/1705032862972440875?s=20

:3:

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Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Oops, nevermind, didn't see the animation test tag :doh: it's still super cute!!

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