Do You Ever Look Back On Your Life And Wonder

Do you ever look back on your life and wonder

"Wow... I'm surprised I haven't killed people yet..."

Yes Alastor is a psychopathic cannibal with a moral compass that spins like a roulette wheel but he’s asexual and idk about anyone else but I am enjoying seeing an asexual on screen that way

to quote someone’s post (can’t remember who but it was the wholesome enby character post): “I don’t want wholesome [asexual] characters, give that motherfucker a gun”

Reminder that people have been screaming in outrage about every episode of anything Vivziepop has ever done for literally years, broadcasting to anyone who will listen that she's a terrible person and if you want to be accepted on social media you have to announce that you don't like her. Every single time it turns out to be either lies or wildly overblown, and the furor dies down and people forget about it. Until the next episode drops and there's a new accusation and a new wave of screaming. So what is it this time?

Hazbin Hotel has a major character who is a sex worker struggling to free himself from manipulation and abuse. Angel Dust's situation was made very clear in both the pilot episode and the "Addict" music video, which includes brief nongraphic but upsetting clips of sexual assault and has warnings at the beginning. These have been out for over three years now. As I understand it, someone leaked a 10 second clip from a musical number by Angel in the upcoming episode four, which is about his relationship with Valentino and includes a brief scene of sexual assault. It's similar to Addict in theme: a sympathetic portrayal of a victim in a complicated situation. Several people have said they feel seen and validated by the way the creators have handled the subject, and that it's tastefully done. It is helpful to some survivors to see abuse depicted, while others would understandably rather not see it at all, or not in what's undoubtedly going to be an intense and uncomfortable sequence.

Either way, there is nothing unusual about this. Many shows and movies depict sexual assault, some much more graphically and for reasons that amount to titillation. This includes animation. The only reason for the outrage in Hazbin's case is that it's Vivziepop. After being in the fandom for over a year I can guarantee you that a month from now this will be forgotten and people will be screaming on twitter about something else. (Maybe character heights, IDK, they've already been angry about voices/weight/gender/skin color/Biblical accuracy/screen time/the sanctity of marriage/respect for Italians.)

If you find the idea of a work of art depicting sexual assault at all to be upsetting, then you should definitely not be engaging with either show or with the fandom, for your own health. It's important to curate your own media experiences. And it's important to be skeptical of callouts in general. Misinformation is everywhere, on every subject, and the angrier a person is and the more charged their claims the less likely it is to be true.

2015???

Why is my comfort show making me feel old!

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Why is my comfort show a crime show...?

Me: I hate songs about sex

*later*

I kinda like this song

?: thought you hated sex songs

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God dammit

Here's a random thought I had in the shower...

Can Charlie also buy human souls?

I would make sense if she could considering the overlords can

And if she could, would the overlords even fight with her on it? Cause she could definitely save Angel and others from their fates...