Ive Been In Creative Dry Spell When It Comes To Golden Goose And Starving To See More Of It, So I Was

I’ve been in creative dry spell when it comes to Golden Goose and starving to see more of it, so I was wondering if you had any new ideas regarding the pairing. I really hope I don’t sound demanding in this ask, I just thought I’d see if you had any ideas you felt like sharing.

So, with all the stuff we've been taking about recently and that recent community post, I think I finally have enough to say to actually answer this.

Not all of this will be strictly Golden Goose, but most of it will be.

Early into his friendship with Stella, when Mammon first started having deeper feelings for her, he was extremely anxious because he wasn't sure if how deep they were, whether they were just a brief sensation or something more. What helped him embrace these feelings is spending more time around Stella, but also those around her, Camio, Furfur and Octavia especially.

Meanwhile, Stella is also hesitant because she knows that rebounds are a thing and Andre's drilling into her that she has no real experience with forming a romantic relationship.

They're both cutely awkward in this phase and I think there's a lot of potential for some lighter minor conflicts here, including Octavia's fear of clowns.

I think that once they were all in the Greed ring, Via started being a bit more outgoing at social events and actually started making some friends, despite what you might expect, Mam wasn't overprotective of her at this time, mainly because by then he knew her well enough to know she could handle herself. Despite this, Stella often stresses to her that she can openly tell them about any problems and Via takes it as a forgone conclusion that her mother knows how to pick up some subtle things she herself might miss.

Another idea I've been pondering is something happening to Fizz and Mammon dropping his teasing to support Ozzie, and Ozzie himself is taken aback by it. But despite the open dislike that Ozzie has for him, Mam still sees him as his little brother and knows when Asmodeus needs him.

Okay, but consider this:

Todd is an anglophile and gets pissy when no one gets his references to random British media. He desperately tries to get the rest of the brotherhood and basically anyone who'll listen to watch random British stuff with him. Once in a blue moon someone actually agrees.

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Realising we could've had English toad in X-Men: Evolution but they made him American is such a disappointment, do you guys even understand the amount of meme potential we could've had.

THERE WAS A JOKE IN THE SHOW THAT TOAD DOESN'T BRUSH HIS TEETH.

THE BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE BAD TEETH JOKE WAS RIGHT THERE GUYS.

COME ON.

big day today

What were ur thoughts on Black Friday? I think it's super underrated so I like asking other ppl what they think

Well, I'd say it has higher highs and lower lows than NPMD

The characters make a weaker impression than their predecessors and successors, several plot relevant scenes come across as fluff and the messaging is so heavy handed, played out and uninspired that the whole thing comes off as a bad joke you've heard a thousand times before.

A minor point, but one that I still think is worth noting is that its comedic in-universe musical is also the most random and irrelevant.

It does have good moments, a soundtrack that I, on the whole, prefer to NPMD and extremely underrated choreography but it also really shows the growing pains of Hatchetfield as a franchise.

Ngl, I got to your blog because I was looking for someone who loved Stella as much as I do, I got interested in Mammon while I took the tour around the blog and the Stolas and Asmodeus hate closed the deal. Found my new fav place on this site, don't take me away from here 💚🩷

Thanks!

I haven't been as active here as I'd like to be lately but I'm planning on changing that soon.

I'm always happy to see that someone's enjoying my ideas and ramblings.

Helluva Boss The Full Moon Review

So, some episode huh? In all seriousness, I'm glad to say I enjoyed this episode far more than I expected, likely due to the fact that most of the episode isn't about what I expected.

The opening number is among HB's few non-diegetic songs and a really good one, it's packed with good jokes and leads into something we'll get to later.

Bringing back both the cherubs and agents is something I would've likely advised against in a vacuum, but with the way it's done, it feels natural and gives us a lot of great humor. All 5 personalities get a moment to shine in their short interaction and the visuals of the new DHORKS base, with it's captive cryptids and lab grown "battle priests", are very memorable and distinctive.

But easily my favorite thing about the episode is getting a look at the Lust ring through the eyes of an non-exorcist heavenborn. It's one of those ideas that takes full advantage of the setting in the way only my favorite episodes do.

The action scene this time around was incredible and the idea of the rest of IMP stalking Blitz to make sure he didn't ruin their business was both brilliant and hilarious.

Now, what I know you've been waiting for, my thoughts on that ending. I can hardly believe I'm about to say this, but I genuinely don't take issue with anything Stolas does in this episode.... in a vacuum that is, because at this point, his epiphany is too little too late, due to the retconning in The Circus and his awful performance in season 2 up to this point, I can't look past it to focus on his genuine regret, had the retconning not happened, and this scene happened in his first major appearance in season 2, dare I say, it could have salvaged him in my eyes, I wanted to like Stolas, but at this point I just can't. Though the miscommunication in the scene feels a pinch forced but in a way that I can still buy for these characters.

There is one more thing about this scene however, the implications it has for Octavia's character, because it implies that she is going to be a higher priority for Stolas for the rest of the season, which is something I will be keeping a very close eye on.

One last point, given everything that happened in this episode and what little we've seen of Apology Tour, I am slightly concerned that the show will fall into the trap of resolving this plot thread too quickly, but I hope I'm wrong on that.