Moments Of Stupidity 9

Moments of Stupidity 9

So yeah, I decided that, rather than restarting the numbers or something for each season, I'll just add all of them up. So, for example, the first episode of season 2 makes post number 9 for Moments of Stupidity. Anyways, let's get started on this one because this episode adds more to pre-existing instances of sheer dumb. And I mean in the plot or overall narrative because the writing decisions do indeed get dumber

The Circus -

First up is Paimon, in his delivery over giving Stolas the news of his arranged marriage. Seriously, why show that picture of Stella? Was it really the best picture they could get? And why the hell did Paimon think throwing 'bitch' in 'stop crying' was any better since he was saying that to a distraught child? Really, this instance might be more forgivable if it's ever been established that Paimon actually doesn't spend a lot of time with his kids or just kids in general. Then again, it would bring into question he bothers with having children, particularly so many that he can't keep track of their names

Next up is the decision for kid Stolas to be accompanied with just the butler. Seriously, even if Stolas has never made a debut or anything, he very fucking clearly isn't part of the common masses. What the fuck was the security plan for that outing? If anything, they were just lucky no one tried any mugging or kidnapping shit

Okay, so, Stolas... when he's a kid... while children as a whole aren't actually stupid - stupidity is more of an individualistic thing than anything - but children as a whole are vulnerable to doing stupid things or not catching onto things that an older person could and would. But here, Stolas never picks up on the fact that the things in his house are being stolen. Even if Stolas is abnormally lonely and doesn't know how things works when it comes to socializing, you'd think he'd eventually notice that his shit was being stolen. Especially when kid Blitzo made it a thing to steal everything

Buckzo was rather dumb, too, because he had his son steal shit from the Geotias. Unless they're a traveling circus, it would be dangerous for him to stay in one spot for Paimon to go back to so that he could get revenge for all the expensive shit being stolen. Especially since Paimon at least has seen Buckzo's face and should recognize him. It wouldn't be hard to put two and two together that everything was stolen after the playdate that Buckzo made his son go to. Not that we ever find out if Paimon found out but, regardless, Buckzo is just lucky that he likely never got caught (although I'm sure he was planning on throwing Blitzo under the bus if the need came up). Paimon also probably was racist enough against imps to think they all look the same so Buckzo got lucky there, too, if that's the case

Then Stella. As much as people are saying that Stella was made into an idiot in Western Energy, this episode is where I think she starts getting stupid. Western Energy just merely emphasized it. A vast majority of people have pointed it out arleady but her motivations don't make any damn sense. As a result, it's stupid for her to be pissed over Stolas having the affair if she's truly never loved him. In fact, the woman had all her dialogue be all about how she hates being bother getting made over the affair and Stella bother getting made over the affair and be against the divorce when Stolas brought it up. Like, you should be fucking happy over getting the divorce, not idiotically against it. Actually, you should have tried getting a divorce for yourself! There was no explanation as to why Stella never tried divorcing Stolas, either, like if the Geotia was old fashioned and so denied women the power to divorce. Why the fuck not? They're already so old-fashioned to do arranged marriages so denying Stella the right to divorce because of her gender wouldn't be too out of left field

Oh, and speaking of that, now that we're back to adult Stolas, he gets several moments of stupid. Three in the flashback and two outside it. First, Stolas is a moron for getting fucking ahead of himself when seeing Blitzo again. Viv may have said - for whatever that information is worth - that Stolas can't tell apart fiction from reality but who the fuck just goes straight to 'someone I had one playdate with over 20 years ago and never had any contact with whatsoever has come back to ravish me!'? Seriously, who makes that leap of logic!? Then that damn owl instantly shrinks back when Blitzo starts flirting with him. Seriously, Stolas, you were the one who started this flirtatious shit so why the fuck are you getting cold feet at the fantasy seemingly actually happening?

Second, the gloating of a good memory. Even though Stolas has said that he doesn't know Blitzo's name but then asked if there was an 'o' in his name. Like fuck, if your memory is shit, then don't gloat about it. It'll be noticeable!

Third, after Blitzo and Stolas had sex and Stella found out, Stolas rubs it in Stella's face. Right in front of some friends that she had over for mealtime. Sure, those friends could have just been friends in the loosest definition but still some people Stella felt comfortable enough to invite to eat over in her home. What's more, they could spread rumors. There's no reason why they wouldn't and nothing should be stopping them. So Stolas was even stupider at Ozzie's for caring that he's caught being out with Blitzo when he happily, gleefully gloated that he had an affair in front of others. It may not be the same size of a crowd compared to Ozzie's but it doesn't take away any of this stupidity

Out of the flashback, for Stolas's second to last stupid moment, it was going on in his song that Blitzo led him on and he was the fool for believing the advances. No. Blitzo was a selfish douche but he was still aware of what he was doing. Here, Stolas has apparently been blind and oblivious to how he's at fault, too. He's legit acting like he never forced Blitzo to make that deal in Murder Family. Like he never constantly acted with lustful desire and only lustful desire towards Blitzo. Like he wasn't holding the Grimoire over Blitzo's head to keep up the transactional fucking. And if Stolas genuinely believes that he never did anything to be at fault, then he's being stupid, not just selfishly selective in what to admit. And given how Stolas probably can't tell apart fiction from reality, it does make it possible for Stolas to be stupid that way

For Stolas's very last stupid moment, Stella approached Stolas, berated him, Stolas declares that the divorce is gonna happen, and Stella threatens him with 'what will the rest of the family think' as well as bringing up her brother's name. Now the stupid moment is also something I don't understand, especially when I watched a video of HezuNeutral bringing it up, is why Stolas says that he doesn't care what Andreaphlus thinks. What I mean by that is, Stolas has a purpose to the family beyond providing a heir while Stella is just an incubator and that it's usually women who get in trouble concerning political marriages, which are the points HezuNeutral brought up. Maybe Stella knew this and is trying to rely on Stolas being too stupid to realize that by bringing up that he'll be the one in trouble and not her, although that'd be giving too much credit to the writing. Stella's intimidation tactic doesn't work but Stolas reacts like he really believes it. At the very least, he doesn't deny that he would get in trouble for having a divorce. It's like, are you really blind how much more important to your family you are compared to Stella? How could you not know?

Finally, there's Blitzo in the flashback, as an adult, and he gets three moments himself. 1) getting the idea of stealing the fucking Grimoire from Stolas. Like the first episode showed, it's a valuable and powerful artifact - despite how we almost never see it used for anything. The only exception is Harvest Moon Festival - that will be missed if it's stolen. Yet Blitzo still tried stealing it anyway. Then there's how he tried stealing it. He went ahead and seduced Stolas, complete with biting his neck, and fully planned to just leave Stolas tied to the bedposts while taking the book. You seriously never expected an angry Geotia going after you if you left him like that? What's more, Stolas saw your face. He knows your name. It would be so damn easy for Stolas to find you

2) at the beginning when Blitzo was trying to break into the palace, he actually tried to get Stolas's attention from the window upon seeing him. How in the fuck were you going to explain to someone in the palace, who highly likely is demonic royalty, that you were outside the fucking window and on no doubt private property of demonic royalty? What explanation did you think you had that wouldn't get you in trouble?

3) Blitzo actually tried killing Stolas via neck twist. Maybe Blitzo somehow doesn't know about owls but why the fuck would he feel comfortable just trying to kill off just anyone who's distinctly not an imp or a hellhound? Wouldn't be important to note that maybe he's different from the common masses just by looking at him? If Blitzo doesn't know he's a prince, then why the fuck did he not research this much? Because you shouldn't just be able to kill off royalty and expect to move on with your life. People would notice! Maybe it wouldn't be as big of a deal since Octavia was born as insurance for the family line but someone will still fucking notice. There's gotta still be a reaction, too. Just something!

And now that I think about it, this mistake of Blitzo either stealing the Grimoire or attempting to kill Stolas has put Loona in danger. Seriously, if Blitzo really got in trouble with high-ranking demons, they could have easily wanted to go after his daughter while they were busy with him, should they find out. Even without that, Loona would have been left on her. Yeah, she's an adult woman, but having to take care of yourself after having spent at least some years with at least one person doing it for you, that's bound to be a tough thing for anyone to go through no matter how old they are. And Blitzo would make that happen to Loona should anything happen to him during this really fucking stupid quest in getting the Grimoire. Fuck seriously, even if he doesn't give a fuck about himself as long s plans through, or give a fuck about thinking his plans through, why couldn't he thought about how the consequences of his actions could and would affect Loona?

(Okay, so if Blitzo does wrong by his daughter, it's either because he's stupid and reckless or overprotective. Well, at least it's better than when Stolas does wrong by Octavia because he prioritizes his own shit first and foremost)

My Gripes with the Midseason Special

Yep, another post that I put down my less-than-favorable feelings about Helluva Boss. This time, it'll be about the currently latest episode, the Midseason Special. As always, any fans who love it as is should stay away from this post

So I had my gripes for a while and I finally got around to writing it down. The bummer about this is, it's actually something I would have loved seeing but I got bogged down by the spectacularly bad writing that is Helluva Boss by then. A heavy focus on Asmodeus and Fizzarolli, especially together, and minimal showcasing of Blitzo. (I don't think I'm alone in thinking that he really should have just stayed in the flashback but at least he didn't get shoved in too much outside of it)

Although Blitzo's actual screentime outside the flashback did get to me. First off, him taking his sweet fucking time shooting the entitled, creepy asshole. Seriously, he was there for freaking security; yeah, Ozzie intended Blitzo to talk Fizz out of continuing to work for Mammon but he was supposed to be security, especially as far as Fizz knew.

Yet Blitzo never shot the bastard when he started trash talking Fizz. He never shot the bastard when Fizz was very clearly having a panic attack as the rant went on. Blitzo never even shot the bastard when he gave a damn warning that he would. No, he just flat out punches the creep instead. That feels so lame! And of course, Blitzo let that creep kick the door down to Fizz's dressing room with a knife in his hands. Why would Blitzo let it get that far?

What makes all that even worse is that Blitzo was able to shot a dirty humper off Fizz while they were swooshing around in the air so you know for a fact that Blitzo was more than capable of shooting the creep before he even laid a hand or foot on the damn door. It was like the writers just wanted Blitzo to see Fizz and Ozzie be all lovey-freaking-dovey with each other and do the hypocrites joke on them

Honestly, the fact that Blitzo was so incompetent about shooting this one asshole made me feel pissed off to see Blitzo being caring for Fizz. Seriously, he had the freaking gall to ask if Fizz is okay when he let the creep trash-talk Fizz for as long as he did

That's my biggest gripe with Blitzo in the episode but I did get annoyed at him for that dirty joke at the end because why wouldn't a Helluva Boss episode end with some dirty joke if not melodramatic moment or someone being an unfunny jerkass for the sake of an ending joke? (Seriously, I started building up a decent opinion on Blitzo in Exes and Oohs, only for Blitzo to thoroughly tear it down to smithereens with that last line of his in Unhappy Campers. I seriously hate that I'm stuck with that asshole as the main character as I weather it out for my actual favorites)

My other biggest gripe is, unfortunately, Fizzarolli. Because the thing is, as much as I hated that Blitzo was forgiven by Fizz and that flashback so weakly establishing what beef they had for each other, I did enjoy Fizz's characterization in that episode. I loved that Fizz was a non-combative who needed to be protected from physical danger but he didn't let that stop him from being so damn mouthy and sassy. Seriously, Fizz was duct taped by the fucking Mafia and was threatened by Striker and Fizz still had the guts to call Striker 'fuck face' and heavily imply that his breath was bad. Even then, when he got on the field - so to speak - Fizz still did whatever he could to protect himself. He tried that horn thing he used on Ozzie in the morning, he tried using a banana peel, he ran with as much gusto as possible, and he readily provided a distraction for Blitzo to do his thing. Fizz was amazing! Even though he didn't know how to fight, even though he wasn't good at fighting, Fizz didn't let that stop him from fighting back however he could or from surviving and I loved that.

Then the Midseason Special happens and Fizz is so bizarrely sensitive all of a sudden. He was so non-combative and sensitive that it kept me thinking back to the last episode and wonder 'why is this different for Fizz? Why can he mouth off the fucking mafia but not a random asshole who clearly doesn't have a life?' My feisty jester who didn't let being physical weak stop him from fighting however he could is gone! Seriously, how am I supposed to enjoy a characterization that Stolas has already owned since the beginning of fucking season 2!?

I don't mean any disrespect for people who gone through what Fizz did in the Midseason Special, just so you know. What I have a problem with is that it's specifically Fizz who's the way that he is in this episode. I can get Fizz not being able to do a thing about Mammon, deadly sin and all, but why is he letting this random asshole get to him this much this easily? And Glitz and Glam, for that matter. Why is Fizz just letting him be bitches off stage? Season one Fizz or even just the Fizz from the very last episode wouldn't let it slide, regardless of preparations to beat them in the competition

The last gripe I could have is that Fizz and Ozzie are too soft for my taste now. It's like Millie and Moxxie if both sides were male and they actually get a conflict with some meat to it in an episode they star in, even if the conflict's definitely going to be resolved by the end. Anyways, I was okay with how their relationship was like in Oops but then the Midseason Special happens and now it's too sweet that it legit feels like cringe to me. It actually makes me miss the season 1 portrayals, where Fizz and Ozzie seemed like a villainous couple who not only enjoyed each other's company but also enjoyed being villainous together. They were an awful couple who was more awful to everyone around them but completely loving or at least caring towards each other. That was great! I would have wanted to see that! I'd still want to see the Fizzmodeus show over the Stolitz one but they're still way too sugary sweet

Moments of Stupidity 17

Here we go. Apology Tour. Just... there are so many moments that are flat out nonsensical from a writer's viewpoint but, as previously established, I'm just going over the decisions that don't make sense story-wise.

I guess for starters, Blitzo for going out of his way to talk to Stolas. Maybe it's Stockholm Syndrome or he's getting so desperate for someone to be there to care that he dies and thinks he's not really having that with Loona or Millie or Moxxie and he's burned so many bridges that Stolas managed to be the one that Blitzo will settle for, but I cannot think of any logical reason otherwise that Blitzo would try talking things out with Stolas. After all, Blitzo's got a crystal now; he's even used it in this episode a few times. Blitzo doesn't have to do anything with an owl who coerced him into a sex deal, constantly demeaned and belittled him, and is actively acting like he never did such things or that he's off the hook just because of the initiative to call of the deal. So why the fuck is Blitzo wanting to patch things up with Stolas? He could get another hookup to have angry sex with or have a transactional relationship if that's what he wants, and it'll actually be on his terms that time. (Again, I got my theories but I got no indicator in the show if I'm right on either one and it's the most improbable thing ever that the show will actually go any other route than romantic endgame).

I also don't get why the fuck Blitzo doesn't bring up some damn good points in that argument with Stolas, either. Striker has never been a fucking friend, especially not when Millie and Moxxie, imps that Stolas should at least know are associated with Blitzo, fought Striker to save his fucking life. Why the hell would Blitzo want his declared family to around a guy who wouldn't think twice about killing them? Blitzo's not that callous. Plus, there's also the fact that Stolas was entirely blasé about being kidnapped, gave no useful information on how to find him and Striker, and Blitzo talked about how Loona, his daughter, is finally getting a shot she needs and she can't afford to miss it. Where is that very good memory you gloated about having, Stolas? But again, I don't get why Blitzo never brought any of that up, like how Husk didn't bring up that Angel harassed him and pushed his boundaries when told by Vaggie to go get him. (Is the hellaverse a world you're allowed to sexually harass people if you're not as bad as certain other people and so there's no point even bringing up that you're sexually harassing people like it's anything important, especially when you're upset about something?) But I digress

Finally, I don't get Blitz's fucking apology list. Martha because not only she was a hit, meaning that Moxxie is just as guilty and Millie, too, but also that the bitch tried to kill them. I agree with Millie. You don't have to feel too bad about killing people if they try killing you (I just would rather it was self-defense than killing you back). The Dhorks agents make even less sense because they were the ones who started shit first, with the kidnapping and the later attempted murder. There's also Brennan Ragers, since Octavia is actually the one to kill him even if it was just an accident. Oh, and I rather don't like that Moxxie's name was on that list but there was a question mark next to it, like Blitzo is genuinely unsure if he ever did anything to Moxxie to be sorry for

Finally, there's Blitzo's just showing up at the party where all his exes are. Considering that he apparently has broken up with so many people who thoroughly hate him to the point where they get together every year to hate their mutual ex, then why the fuck would Blitzo not bother with a disguise right from the get go? Maybe to an extent, the partygoers, unless drunk or whatever shit, are too stupid to notice their most hated ex just being at the fucking party

Of course, there's goddamn fucking Stolas. His moments are mostly more subdued but they're still noticeable and it has lasting power. Like I said above, Stolas is actively acting like he was never a condescending prick and it's not entirely his fucking fault that Blitzo sees him the way he does. Like... Stolas... if you mean to tell me you truly never thought you were behaving badly in the sense of looking down on Blitzo... then what the fuck did you think you were doing? There's missing social cues and stuff and then there's fucking social braindead-ness. How the fuck does someone end up this socially inept? Even though Stolas was isolated in childhood save for some imp servants, but then he got to be around more people when he became an adult. Considering how eager for friends he was when Blitzo was bought to be his playmate and how Stolas is stuck with an angry woman he doesn't even like, you'd think Stolas would be eager to try talking to other nobles at the very least. We know that he attends parties even if they're by Stella's design and there's no literally no reason to think that Stolas can't go to other events hosted by others. Yet Stolas remains just as socially inept even when surrounded by more people, even if it's just in comparison to his childhood. So how the fuck does Stolas live his life around others and think that it's flattering to be called a plaything? In fact, just the way he handled breaking off the deal in Full Moon was stupid but I'll get to that when I talk about the post exclusively about the Stolitz relationship (And holy fuck, do I have a list over how much I think it sucks and why and to think, the show's not over yet)

Sexualities of Blitzo Cash

Okay, so this is probably going to offend people and I'm sorry for that but let me explain when I say this: I doubt Blitzo is actually pansexual.

So Blitzo has had multiple people when it came to his sex life or romantic interests over the course of the series and I thought about them all. Then I realized something: they're almost all guys

All the people Blitzo is confirmed on-screen, more or less, to have had sex with: Stolas and Chaz

All the people Blitzo has had sexual interest in: Moxxie, Fizzarolli, occasionally Millie, and maybe season 1 Striker (come on, for that last one, if you watched the episode, you'd at least see how I can see it)

All the people Blitzo definitely has had a relationship with: Verosika

Just to put it all together so that you can see it better -

Moxxie

Fizzarolli

Stolas

Chaz

Verosika

Occasionally Millie

Maybe season 1 Striker

See? Five out of seven on the list are guys. I got no indication that any of them are trans, either, so they were born male and stuck with it

I don't mean anything bad, either, when I bring up the trans thing. What I'm getting at is, if you're going to have a character you say is pansexual, AND give them as many people to be interested in like how Viv and the rest of the writers did for Blitzo, then why not take advantage of your character being pansexual?

If a character had a list even as long as Blitzo's, then the writers should have thrown in a trans person in it, as well as a nonbinary person and a genderfluid one and maybe even whoever else is on the spectrum. Fuck, the Helluva Boss writers couldn't even have thrown in some more women for Blitzo than just Verosika and sometimes Millie

Really, by the time the episode Oops came along, when I saw the fucking 'make out' request that Blitzo made of Fizz, I became convinced that Verosika was only created and that the occasional interest in Millie popped up at all JUST to prove that Blitzo isn't exclusively gay. But instead of making me think that he's pan, I just think he's bisexual with a heavy leaning towards men than women

Establishing Couples of Hazbin

What I mean by the title is that I'll be talking about couples that were couples from the start but were built up to be during the show. Now I put Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss together when talking about how the 'healthy' couples were still problematic as all fuck; honestly, it's like the healthy couples were just called healthy because the people involved are actually happy to be next to each other most of the time. I guess that's healthier in comparison to the messy couples

Anyways, the only built-up couples in Hazbin I can think of are two while Stolas and Blitzo is the only couple really being built up in Helluva. And Stolitz is practically the whole show of Helluva Boss by now so they need their own post.

And the thing is, whether it's stable or messy, all the couples in the hellaverse suck. They suck on some level, in some shape or form. Just, again, the healthy couples are probably just better in comparison to other relationships because the people involved are actually typically happy to be together.

(Also bringing up episode 4 at a couple points and I don't mean any disrespect if I don't have the same opinions as some. Just my own perspective and nothing more)

Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious -

This is pretty short given how there's very little development to their relationship to the point (Seriously, TVtropes says that if one doesn't watch the pilot, it can feel that way, but no. I watched the damn pilot before the show and it still felt like it was out of nowhere). Anyways, there's a serious lack of concern about consent from both sides. Pentious might be the lesser of two evils at best, since he went ahead and stole a kiss from Cherri.

Of course, since I said that Pentious is the lesser of two evils, then Cherri is so much fucking worse. Particularly when she just let people drag an unwilling Pentious into a sex room to have sex. Granted, absolutely everyone didn't give a fuck that Pentious was being forced into sex but in this relationship, why the fuck would I want him to be with a woman who didn't a bat her eye at what was happening at the damn club? In fact, why would I want Pentious to be with a woman who only ever had any visible interest in him when Angel mentioned the 'two dicks' thing? Cherri could have gone to literally any snake demon in Hell if that's what she's going to care about. And if she would have liked Pentious because he's nice, then Cherri might think that he's easy to manage. Considering the shit she did at the club, I can't be convinced that Cherri would never think of Pentious as 'easy to manage'

Husk and Angel Dust -

Considering this was more important to the writers, there's more development but I still think of it as messed up and/or problematic from both sides.

First up, on Angel, he constantly invaded Husk's boundaries and personal space and just kept doing it no matter how blatantly Husk hates it. There's even a possibility that the scene at the bar in episode 4 was even a power move on Angel's part, just wanting to feel powerful or in charge for once. And just because there's a reason why Angel would do that doesn't mean I'll think it's okay for him to do that

I guess Husk takes in stride, while we're moving onto him. For whatever reason, he just cares that Angel is fake that it makes it fine that his boundaries were pushed all the time. I'm getting that impression anyways. But then he starts insulting him in the song and I first had the legitimate impression that Husk was doing it on purpose to get back at Angel for the harassment. Husk also seems to care about influencing Angel however he wants even if it's not consistent. Like how he says that Angel should have pride in being, according to the lines in the song, 'a coked-up dick-sucking ho' but then he turns around and makes it sound bad that Angel is maybe thinking about indulging in drugs

I guess Husk and Angel are fine when the writers didn't have them fight but I still think how they were before hooking up wasn't really all that great, especially if it's supposed to be a good relationship. I mean, I wouldn't consider it good if I got together with someone who continuously acted like they got better things to do than care about if they made me comfortable. The same for someone who makes me feel like I'm being insulted in some attempt to 'cheer me up' after I break down. (I got a little confused about some things that Angel said when he broke down so I didn't take him all that seriously when he went on about it but I digress and the point still stands)

The 'Healthy' Couples

I thought of this a few days ago and wanted to put this up but I realized how all the established couples in Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss that are meant to be healthy and stable... become problematic later on. Like, even though it's obvious the two involved in a couple love each other, it doesn't take away the problems that end up forming regardless of that love. So far, I'm thinking of three canon 'healthy' couples so I'll just talk about them. Also, I'd like to give credit for a youtuber named Sarcastic Chorus because I like listening to his videos and I thought he had good points. I'm bound to word them in my own way since I would up agreeing with Chorus

Millie and Moxxie. Yeah, this is the first couple we really followed, especially when Helluva Boss made way, and they became problematic over time. Their relationship consists of nothing more than Moxxie doing big, romantic gestures for Millie, Millie protecting Moxxie from physical danger if she happens to be there, and those two being attached at the hip. And as for the middle thing, yeah, I put physical danger because Millie does fuck all whenever friends and family insult them. I'm not counting the angry glares and dirty faces because it's not like they're actually effective at getting her husband's bullies to stop picking on Moxxie. Finally, it's seriously sad that Millie and Moxxie don't have much in the ways of family and especially friends (a point I wanna bring up while I'm here). For Moxxie, his family is just his parents and one of them is dead. The mafia members only count as family as people who do crime together so no to them. Then there's Millie's family, which consists of a mom, dad, and a bunch of siblings. Except Millie never mentions them both before and after Harvest Moon Festival and she still lets them get away with treating her husband like shit. Then again, it's worse in the case of their 'friends', who are just Blitzo and Loona. It truly sounds sad to me that there's no indication that Millie and Moxxie ever hang out with anyone outside of I.M.P. or even try to. As a result, Loona and Blitzo, Moxxie's daily bullies, are the closest to friends that this married couple has and of course Millie lets them get away with the shit they do to her husband even though it should be less hard with them than with family. If anyone brings up that Millie and Moxxie will lose their jobs, well, there's always job hunting, which neither of them ever seem to do

Fizzarolli and Asmodeus. Since their characterization seems to differ from episode to episode that they appear in - to me, anyways - I think I can sum it up like this. Ozzie's protectiveness makes Fizz feel like he's being smothered and Fizz gets undermined quite a bit. Like how he's insistent on going to the pageant and Ozzie hires Blitz to talk Fizz out of it, I think it made Fizz feel like he can't handle things on his own. Granted, he was written bizarrely sensitive in that episode (I guess I might as well get to that on another post on a later date) but it's like, has Ozzie ever thought about asking Fizz what he wanted before just doing his own thing? Sure, Ozzie pampers him, praises him, and all that, and if Fizz is the kind to let others take the lead, that's all fine and dandy. However, I think that, even if you're the kind to let others lead and take care of you, you still want things. You still want independence. So I can imagine how frustrating it must be that you never seem to be able to really make your own choices. I don't think there's been an instance so far that Fizz was able to do what he wanted without having to debate Ozzie over it or charm him with puppy dog eyes first. Even though Fizz needed to get away from his horrible work environment, especially since he'll definitely have Ozzie by the end of the day, but Blitzo and Ozzie still seemed a little too take-charge of Fizz that it's like they think they can just tell him what they want of him. Really, all this was just tolerable because Fizz's strangely gung-ho for a stressful situation that he didn't need to be in to start with and that Blitzo and Ozzie just kept their attempts at talking him out of it. There's also the fact that Fizz doesn't seem to have anyone other Ozzie and Blitzo so his social life is severely clipped despite Fizz being a celebrity. Really, that's a problem that couples 1 and 2 seem to have, that their work lives and romance lives are directly intertwined. As unfair as it might be to some couples, there's a reason why people don't want relationships between coworkers and there's especially a reason why people don't want relationships between bosses and their employees

Charlie and Vaggie. So this is bound to be an unpopular opinion but, throughout the show, I kept thinking that Charlie was a grown up child who had a babysitter instead of a girlfriend. Charlie never listened to Vaggie on anything, never took her into consideration at any point (barring their fight or whatever in episode 7), and apparently didn't know a thing about her. Yeah, the past as an exterminator angel is a big secret that obviously Vaggie isn't going to want to tell Charlie, but then I hear that they've been dating for three years. Who dates someone for three years and never wonder about their past or their background? I don't mean doing a freaking background check, either, like if someone wanted to adopt a child. What I mean is, don't people who love each other naturally want to know more about each other? Yet Charlie never wondered about that concerning Vaggie before? Then again, when Vaggie tried lying to get out of going to Heaven, Charlie actually never asked why she would do that to begin with. Then it's not any better on Vaggie's end. She got kicked out of heaven, abandoned in Hell, left for dead, so everything familiar to her is gone. Charlie's the closest bit of heaven that Vaggie's got left so that probably makes it that she wants to protect it with everything she's got. Not just protect but pamper and coddle, too. Otherwise, Vaggie might have issue with Charlie caring more about Vaggie messing up the performance of trust exercises than the fact that Vaggie fell on her ass on the floor or that Charlie legitimately behaved a lot like a toddler in episode 4. Even then, their relationship consists not much more than reassurances and comfort from one side to another

It's funny how these healthy relationships still end up having problems once the story expands enough. Really, they just look healthy and it's just on the first appearance of the couple. Like maybe there could turn out to be problems between Ralphie and Martha but we won't know because they're bound to not show up ever again past the first episode of Helluva Boss. So for now, Ralphie and Martha are just a healthy couple because we have only one episode of them to work with

At least I'm happy for these unintentional problems that the writers created for these couples because it means that we the fans can fix them with fanfiction