Helluva Rewritten Musical

Helluva Rewritten Musical

I may not talk about it much here, but I am a massive fan of Team Starkid, there musical's make up basically my entire top 10 list and ever since I discovered them through Twisted I thought about the prospect of chipping away at an idea for a musical of my own.

However, it wouldn't be until recently, after several asks exchanged between myself and @pinkandpurple360 that it would occur to me how perfect HB could be if reimagined as a musical, or rather a series of musicals.

It all started with the simple idea of a stage adaptation that would use Stolas as the villain he was originally conceptualized as, with a focus on the episodes involving his affair, rewriting most of them to adapt the story to the plot shift and to make the production flow better.

Now, this is, at present, a purely hypothetical venture, an elaborate writing exercise being done by someone whose writing experience extends to a private, skit-based homage to British comedies from the turn of the millennium. (There is a non-zero chance I will refine that into something more substantial in the future) However, I would like to eventually realize HRM as an actual stage show.

For now, I'll be posting about individual aspects of it that I've thought about and discussed with others so far. If you're interested in what ideas have been developed so far, I suggest you start with these threads: one , two

Beyond that, I'm am more than willing to answer asks pertaining to the project, so if you have a specific thing you'd like clarified feel free to ask away!

Hii! Something that’s been haunting me for a while now is how would an analysis of Mammon would go down in relation with Tom Cardys song “your love is not enough” (if you’ve listened to it) and I’d love to get some other viewpoints on this :}

I haven't listened to the song but have seen at least two people say it fits Mammon, so I might check it out.

One song that I personally associate with Mam is Kick It Up A Notch, it nails the vibe him manipulating Fizz to work for him. The fact it's sung by a giant scorpion also helps. (I know scorpions aren't actually that close to spiders, but the general mood is there)

Also, I don't care what anyone says, this is the anthem of the Greed ring.

HOLY FUCK!!! I never thought about how awful that would be for her. Poor Stella... :(

I think the root of Stella's more toxic behaviors is that, with the possible exceptions of Andre and Octavia, literally no one has ever valued Stella as an actual person. I'm pretty sure if Octavia ever hugged her and told her she loved her, Stella would just started bawling.

And if Stella really was a fussy kid, it's possible she's so bratty because her parents were so emotionally detached and neglectful that they just gave her whatever she wanted to avoid provoking her temper instead of teaching her to manage it and channel it into something positive.

Fuck it imma be the one to say it Vivi you can use as many excuses as you want try and justify it as much as you like but it wont change the fact Stolas still cheated !!!

I'm fucking astonished, not by all this being the case, but by the crew publicly confirming it all with smiles on their faces and not a shred of self awareness anywhere to be found. Un-fucking-believable.

Just saw that during a panel the crew says

“Bryce messed up the plot by being too adorable”

Guys. Bryce is stolas’ voice actor, they’re all admitting the story of toxic power dynamics and classes was railroaded to yaoi woobification, BLATANTLY romanticising Quid Pro Quo, sexual abuse, and racist allegories, with many fans alienated by its new melodramatic direction, just for this one characters sake because he was cute? What the fuck is next in this creative verse Valentino tragic backstory???

This is why they should have kept the sinister voice from the pilot. It’s the voice of an abuser. Which stolas undeniably is. And btw Bryce says in his stolas voice “I did it for you Blitzy”

My genuine reaction:

The theory that all critics have been saying, that the Stolas writing alone is completely changing the direction of the show, destroying it, and retconning him to be the victim is fucking confirmed. I am disgusted by these people this is such a sick message to put out

When you realize you only have half a tub of cream cheese so decide to get some because you remember it being on discount but when you get to the store you find out the discount already ended:

TFW you realize Flashback!Mammon's shades are likely based on Greedler's...