Would Have Tried Dragon Fruit Soda But I Would Have Wanted Sugar To Go With It. At Least Its A Nice Pink

Would have tried dragon fruit soda but I would have wanted sugar to go with it. At least it’s a nice pink color

My Thoughts on Chaz's Purpose

So I found out that Chaz, the horny-ass shark demon in Exes and Oohs, was created solely, if not mostly, to prove that the creator wasn't afraid to kill off their characters. I instantly disagreed.

I'm not sure if anyone's ever said this before - and I mean everything that I'm going to say, not just the rest of this sentence - but Viv has killed characters before. Multiple times. The whole premise of her show is that a group of imps go to the human world to kill off people for the citizens of Hell who pay for such services. Even if Viv strayed away from that to focus on a romance between two characters I don't really care for, she at least started off with that premise.

Was Chaz and his fate just to prove that Viv can kill off named characters? Well, that's rendered a moot point because, right off the bat, we have Murder Family, the very first episode of the series proper. There's Martha and Mrs. Mayberry, who died in their debut episodes and we at least feel more for Mrs. Mayberry than we can for Chaz in his own. And hey, as much as we learn little about those two ladies in their debut episode before dying and never coming back again, at least they just seem to be intended to be one time characters so they have that excuse.

Even before the Helluva Boss series starting officially, there's Eddie in the pilot, who also died in his debut episode. So Chaz really doesn't have any significance to the whole 'proving-I-can-kill-characters' thing. The only significance he really has is adding more to Moxxie's backstory. Millie's, too, if that was scrapped. Because yeah, I heard that was going to be included, Millie's backstory with Chaz, but it was taken out when the episode was made.

(Funny thing, Chaz is meant to be hated for being a hyper-sexual jerkass and I enjoyed him far more than I ever did Blitz, who is basically the same thing as Chaz but with more backstory and in a protagonist spot)

Wanted to include a mug that my family also gifted me. Really cute!

Moments of Stupidity 3

Surely by now, people get the gist of this so one last quick reminder before I stop doing it - I'm deciding to list characters being stupid throughout Helluva Boss because I'm thinking it's an universe full of idiots and I'll be posting these episode by episode. Now here we go!

Spring Broken -

Blitz when first encountering Verosika, by not opening the door on his way out of the van. It's not often that people legit forget to open the car door before leaving the vehicle

All of the imps of I.M.P. for not knowing that they needed disguises when doing their jobs up in the human world. Yeah, it ultimately doesn't matter whether or not they're disguised - and I think I'll cover that in future Moments of Stupidity posts because, yeah, the fact that disguises don't matter rely on characters being stupid - but here, in this episode, it matters. So how the fuck did Blitz not know that a masquerade needed to be upheld if he's the one who started this business? One would think that, if there's supposed to be consequences for being careless, then Blitz would make sure that he wouldn't be careless and would learn about important facts like a masquerade needs to kept so that he doesn't get fucking caught. How the fuck did Moxxie not know, since it's supposed to be established that he's a brainy assassin and is a stickler for rules? And how did Millie not know, either, since it's probably basic common sense to know about the laws of your society so that you wouldn't get in trouble? (Then again, that one also applies to Blitz and Moxxie, I just needed something for Millie). And they still don't get disguises when they go to the beach. They're just incredibly lucky that a good chunk of humans were already drunk or panicking from the fish monster to really think about imps on the beach or just really stupid themselves

I don't think I'll count in Loona because she sounded like she thought everyone else already knew and thought they were more intelligent than they actually were. Plus, she's more apathetic to anything that's not her phone or her other interests so I'm not counting moments that continue the plot due to apathy. Maybe the most stupid Loona gets here is not thinking about how she could get in trouble for her adoptive dad being so careless and she should have remembered what kind of man Blitz is and should have doublechecked if things were, so to speak, up to code. Loona's had at least 5 years with Blitz so she should have learned a thing or two about him by this episode or even by the first episode of season 1

Okay, so Verosika's gotten the most stupid moments, although her crew and Vortex are in on it, too, despite not thinking or realizing they were. But let's start with Verosika's first and biggest stupid moment, which is starting up an orgy on a public beach. Seriously, it wasn't a private beach or even a nude one. It was an ordinary public beach. As a result, it got the attention of the police and apparently, by the sounds of it, Verosika and her crew had to do sexual favors to avoid getting in trouble. What makes the stupidity even more pronounced is that Verosika, Vortex, and the crew know that they needed disguises, so they gotten them. Unless this episode is legit their very first time in the human world, they should know that humans don't just have sex out in the damn open. Even then, this stupidity is probably still more pronounced because any demon going to the human world probably has to learn about the basics do's and don't's so that they wouldn't get in trouble. They looked like it was a surprise when the police came, too, so it's like, did they not even plan a quick getaway before they got caught? Geez...

Verosika's next moment of stupidity, tossing the demon juice bottle into the ocean. Again, unless it's the very first time it's happened, Verosika should have known better than to toss demon substances where anyone and any creature of the human world could get fucking mutated. And if they get mutated, then it's incredibly obvious evidence that demons have been there. Seriously, if there's anything smart that I.M.P. has always done, especially in regards to their business, it's killing their targets like how any other human would, which makes it harder to pin down on anything demonic should the murders get noticed. A freaking demonic kaiju-sized fish monster that was caused by the Beelzebub juice was even harder to dismiss as anything other than it came from Hell and Verosika should have expected that and so shouldn't just carelessly toss her hellish alcohol

Third moment of stupidity on Verosika's part, trying to blackmail Blitz about the fish monster being killed by Millie. Sure, it was luck that Millie found the bottle but she got prompted by Verosika to turn the blackmail around. It probably wouldn't have ended on a sour note for Verosika if she never tried to blackmail I.M.P. Even without that, I.M.P. likely could have still gotten the cubi in trouble with the police and use that as the blackmail

As for Verosika's crew and also Vortex, they were stupid for the same reasons as Verosika herself when it came to holding an orgy on an ordinary public beach. And they should have told their boss that the way they were going about it was stupid. The fact it still happened the way it did indicated that they never even tried telling Verosika that the execution was stupid

Millie and Moxxie for just going ahead and killing humans without Loona or even Blitz. I mean, they were relying on Loona to find all the targets so I'm assuming they didn't know. Blitz even asked at one point if some random guy was on the list. So Millie and Moxxie are just being fucking random in their kills and it makes it pointless when Moxxie brings up that they're not meant to massacre. yet that's exactly what he and his wife did when they took initiative

Finally, all the fucking humans in this episode. Sure, they were drunk, and that makes it lucky for I.M.P., but would someone really confuse an imp for a possum or a leprechaun? Also, were all the humans on the beach drunk? Is that why all the humans around who saw Moxxie just thought of him as a possum and why the random guy who saw Blitz thought he was a leprechaun? Also, would you be able to confuse an imp for a possum or a leprechaun if you were drunk? I legit don't know how it's like to be drunk so could that happen? (And seriously, it's so stupid, the leprechaun thing. Blitz doesn't even have a single trace of green on him! Possum is already one thing and it already sounds so stupid! But leprechaun? What about Blitz's design that could resemble that?)

Moments of Stupidity 6

Well, things are still going strong and I don't got much to say so here we go!

Truth Seekers -

First up, I.M.P. not wearing any disguises. Yeah, eventually disguises won't matter in the grand scheme of things but I guess I'll bring up ultimately irrelevant things when it makes a difference to the plot. And if I.M.P. had worn disguises, then this whole damn episode was bound to have never happened. In fact, all the images that D.H.O.R.K.S. had were images of before I.M.P. bothered with disguises so that just increases my sureness. There isn't any throwaway line as to why there's no disguises this time, like how all of them were destroyed and they can't afford more or that all the disguises were rented and they didn't have it in the budget this time

Millie for letting her emotions entirely dictate her actions and so demand that Loona opens the portal and likely demanded Loona's help, since Loona went ahead and packed up and did more help than open up the portal. Not that Millie can't do anything - it does feel unfair to just want her to wait for her husband to maybe come back - but there's no point in helping people if you're not gonna think it through. I know that Millie never thought of anything beyond just kill and she's lucky that her opponents are just as stupid or even stupider. And of course, it's because of Millie not thinking that she, her husband who she was so damn worried about, and the other two members of I.M.P. were in trouble at the end

Moxxie and Blitzo when they were antagonizing Agents One and Two. Sure, they shouldn't have been cooperative since they were impnapped, but they did suffer the effects of the truth serum because they angered One and Two so much and ruled out physical torture as an interrogation tactic. Really, Blitzo and Moxxie were lucky that they angered their captors so much that they forgot to ask questions while the imps were under the effects of the truth serum

Agents One and Two when they went about their investigations. Like Moxxie said, physical torture would have just gotten him and Blitzo to say anything to end the pain. And Agents One and Two don't have anything to confirm what's the truth and telling it apart from the lies regardless. Are they really supposed to just take their captives at their word? Then they don't interrogate them at all when unleashing the truth serum or while the serum was still working on Moxxie and Blitzo

Agents One and Two and their fellow agents when it came to their organization and how it runs. They thought of a password consisting of one number and one number only, they use impractical weaponry against more experienced assassins or assassins with firearms just for the sake of being cool, and no one ever brings out any guns until only two are left and those two are just incredibly lucky I.M.P. was completely tapped out at that moment

Stolas for fucking sparing the last two agents of the organization. Or, if you're so convinced and if you're actually right about how One and Two are kooks who'll never be believed, then fucking check if there's any damning evidence, like video cameras that's been recording the whole damn massacre. Just because Viv will take for-fucking-ever, if at all, to acknowledge D.H.O.R.K.S. again doesn't mean it wasn't incredibly stupid to leave some loose ends laying around

Oh, and Stolas was stupidly hypocritical chewing Blitzo out for not being careful. You're the one who took until Blitzo was gonna die to fucking do anything! In fact, how long were you fucking watching? The further back you go, up to the very start of this episode, then youu cared more about watching Blitzo deal with the D.H.O.R.K.S. agents like you thought it was just your favorite show. It's still the same even if you just watched as far back as the start of the massacre. Yet you criticize Blitzo and the others for not being careful? And you're still the one who gave Blitzo the fucking grimoire so you're stupid to act like it wouldn't be your fault whatsoever should you get in trouble (Not that it has ever mattered before. Seriously, the whole thing about Stolas and Blitzo dating or having an affair has mattered for one episode, even if it's just been one; there hasn't been a single episode yet where it matters that Stolas lent Blitzo his grimoire and no, I'm not at all counting the vague threats or consequences Stolas says in this episode and maybe Seeing Stars)

Stolas-Related Thoughts

And now it’s Stolas’s turn. Now kind of like the one concerning Blitz, this post is NOT for Stolas fans. Not that I really dislike him, especially not as much as I do Blitz, but I doubt my opinions are gonna be all that positive. The same thing can be said for Stolitz, so you’ve been warned

So Stolas at the start was fine to me, too, and it does help me, even now, that Stolas is of a nicer demeanor. Really, my opinion of him was neutral throughout season 1. The most that changed was that my dislike for Blitz grew and grew so I figured, if Stolas really wants to deal with that mess, then let him. Maybe at least then Blitz will be inspired to change. Because like I said, Blitz needs someone who won’t abandon him so that he actually deal with the worst aspects of himself and change for the better

Then I read posts on tumblr about people’s thoughts - it’s something I like to do and I’m sure I’m not alone in making that a hobby - and I see people’s thoughts about Stolas. I have liked a couple more posts, this time ones relating to Stolas, and you can probably find them if you get to my likes. (I’m still not sure exactly how it works since I’m not very big on using social media)

Anyways, two posts I have agreed with. One was super long but it got into detail how Stolas isn’t as good of a dad as the show and a large chunk of the fandom liked to believe. The biggest offender that I’ll take from that post is when Stolas took Octavia to Loo Loo Land even though she didn’t want to. The thing is, another fanfic writer I know, they like to write Stolas as this loving, dedicated dad who is entirely. Not that I don’t enjoy reading that version but it doesn’t feel like it’s really Stolas; I just feel the disconnect less than I do with kinder, nobler versions of Blitz. In any case, this fanfic writer saw that canon Stolas only really acted lewd because he thought it’d draw Blitzo in and I can see that. The fanfic writer also made a post about how Stolas lived, the kinds of indirect people he’s dealt with his whole life, and how it’d make an impact on his overall people skills, as well as how he’s impacted by the marriage to Stella. I agree with all that, too

I can still think of a problem if I were to take the fanfic writer’s post into consideration, though, the specific part where Stolas is just pretending to be slutty for Blitz. Because the post talking about Stolas not being as good a dad as people think can apply, since it means that Stolas is so desperate for companionship that he doesn’t even try restraining being vulgar right where his daughter can see and hear him. In fact, Stolas even twists his hanging out with his daughter to distract her from the problems at home to his liking, since he WANTED the most painful physical reminder of the problems at home to come along with them

As much as the fanfic writer write about how Stolas can’t read people and so missed how Octavia wasn’t having fun, Stolas did something stupid. Stolas isn’t a stupid person but you know, just like all of us, he’s not immune to making stupid decisions or having moments of being stupid. Even if you insist that he just didn’t think it through, that’s just it; if you don’t think it through, then there’s not a lot of intelligence attached to whatever you were thinking. You’d be hard-pressed to call it smart if you did something without thinking it through

And here, Stolas made a stupid-ass decision or had a moment of being a dumbass by not only wanting to invite the most painful physical reminder of the problems at home when the whole fucking point of the trip is to distract her from the problems at home, and did, but also unabashedly flirted with said cause of family drama right where Octavia can see and hear him do it. Really, if Stolas was really just clueless about how social stuff is supposed to work because of how isolated he is, that doesn’t make it any more okay to me that he basically rubbed in his affair in Octavia’s face for practically a whole damn day, all without ever realizing how messed up it was for him to do so until Octavia exploded. And that’s the best case scenario! At worst, and like I said, Stolas is being so starved for love and affection in a way that doesn’t come from his daughter that Stolas doesn’t even think to control himself or his sexual performance AT ALL whatsoever around his daughter, let alone actually do it. As sympathetic as Stolas’s circumstances are, I can’t look at his behavior as good anymore or even all that funny.

Then the other post about Stolas’s behavior was actually a short one relating to his wife. Stolas said in the first episode of season 2 that he would have felt bad if he had hurt Stella but she didn’t feel hurt. For a while, I believed it, being a little annoyed that she was acting so one-dimensional. Then the post said that she did get hurt. She just didn’t hurt in the way that Stolas thinks would count. The very fact that she did send an assassin after Stolas’s ass for the cheating means that she had a reaction to the cheating. Having a reaction to the cheating means that she had felt something. Even if it’s bruised ego, it’s significant that it even got bruised to begin with. In fact, if Stella truly didn’t care, then she should have done absolutely nothing in response to Stolas’s actions, since apathy is the true opposite to love, or even hate

Then Western Energy comes along and Stolas claims that cheating implies a betrayal and that his marriage to Stella was very much arranged. The second part’s true but the first part, isn’t being legally married commitment enough? The fact you just go and have sex with someone who’s not your spouse without said spouse knowing about it, that’s EXACTLY what an affair is. That’s EXACTLY what cheating is. I mean, the same applies if you replace ‘spouse’ with ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’ but surely you get the gist. It really feels like, now, the writers are trying to deflect as much blame from Stolas as possible when what he did was cheat on his wife and put his daughter in an uncomfortable situation thanks to it. Not that I’ll deny that Stella’s a horrible person but I don’t like the idea of deflecting blame when someone clearly did something bad just because another person who’s involved is blatantly worse. Really, if we were supposed to be forgiving like that, then we would forgive all the abusive parents who were abused by their own parents. Like maybe Crimson became a sociopath because he had sociopathic parents growing up - it is the mob - but are we really supposed to look at Crimson in a better light now that we got that possibility in our heads?

Really, my best guess on how Stolas, character-wise, would have such a narrow-minded perspective on what cheating and betrayal is is that he really doesn’t have much social know-how to understand the more complicated stuff. That he’s really. It still comes off as a little self-righteous, especially since we got no indications whatsoever that Stella actually cheated on him. Maybe she did, and I wouldn’t be surprised, but I’m going with the ‘innocent-until-proven-guilty’ thing so Stella’s never cheated on Stolas and he comes off as bad for trying to deflect blame in what he did.

And honestly, even if Stella’s feelings were never taken into consideration, there’s still the fact that Stolas so dumbly broadcasted that he slept with an imp, which could reflect badly on the family name, at least more so than Stella does already at those parties (but maybe it’s the kind of besmirching that will leave the Geotia family respectable enough even after all is said and done). Honestly, it’s amazing that it was big shocking news at Ozzie’s since Stolas never kept it a secret to begin with. Maybe it’s different for Beelzebub because, as the sin of Gluttony, she’s supposed to just take what she wants and if it happens to be an ordinary hellhound so be it. But yeah, Charlie trying to pitch her idea in the pilot meant that not even the princess of Hell is given respect as long as she doesn’t seem mean and tough. So maybe Stella would still be right for trying to punish Stolas, the problem is that she chose to do so in a method that would leave a heartbroken Octavia. Stella would definitely still be right for worrying if people will start giving her shit because she’s not seen as respectable enough to not start shit with her. I can’t blame Stella for being worried about whether or not she’ll survive and Stolas going about his affair definitely jeopardized that. Even if we don’t give a shit about Stella PERIOD, there’s still Octavia; Stolas jeopardized Octavia’s standing in society because the way he went about the affair

If the writers keep deflecting blame off of Stolas - which is a shame because he really was more interesting, especially in the narrative, if he had cheated and it wasn’t ignored that he did something bad - then he’s becoming a perfect match for Blitz. He’s becoming someone who just goes about getting what he wants, he doesn’t suffer as much as he should and even avoids guilt or other bad feelings from it if he’s really gonna say things like ‘cheating implies a betrayal’, and I’m caring for him less and less as the show goes on. Maybe not as strongly as Blitz but it’s not like some parts of the new behavior is making him more endearing to me