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Video Art By: @amir_foo
Music: Leonard Cohen- You want it darker
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Parque nacional Alerce Andino
I don’t know what possessed me to make this because I had no idea how to tween before today—
I TRIED TO CONVERT A NON-FUNCTIONING VIDEO IN VEGAS AND IT FUCKED UP
As I am a writer, I may have a slightly different outlook from a viewer, so maybe my input won't be as helpful. However, I believe the intent in this scene is to show that Charlie is hung up on the death of Pentious. Personally speaking I believe this could have been done better, the dialogue is very on the nose, but that is what I believe the scene is trying to communicate.
Largely though I take issue with that as well. Perhaps I'm being uncharitable and maybe this will be made better with the whole season, but I distinctly remember the entire cast singing an upbeat song about rebuilding the hotel shortly after Pentious died. It's a bit difficult to believe Charlie truly does miss Pentious and is gravitating to this different but vaguely similar person out of grief and a need to fill the hole in her heart when she, along with the rest of the hotel residents, sang a cheery tune about rebuilding the hotel and her concern over Pentious pretty much up and disappears.
As for how the scene as a viewer feels? Given Charlie's constant ignorance of her few residents' issues and her general lack of real empathy, this scene feels more like it's telling me that Charlie truly doesn't care to know the sinners she purports to care for, instead treating them all as interchangeable names and faces for her to save. It wasn't as obvious in the previous season as you had to be more willing to pay attention to the subtext (unintentional though it was) of her behavior, but in this scene it's put front and center.
Hazbin struggles with this constantly, where the writers clearly have an intended reading, but as a result of poor writing, poor characterization, and a lack of real consideration for actions and consequences, the opposite effect is achieved. It's telling me one thing but showing another and insisting that what I'm shown is actually exactly what I'm being told. The disconnect is frustrating.
This clip was eye-opening to me because it proved that Viv and Adam absolutely can write a scene in an adult cartoon (Viv did Zoophobia so I know she can do family-friendly stuff though Zoophobia wasn't that funny) with good jokes (not great but I can at least understand why some would laugh) without relying on swearing or sex jokes as punchlines, setups or even undertones. It just makes the first season's lazy humor look even worse cause apparently they do know how to do it right.
Like, this isn't amazing comedy or anything, but hell, at least I can see they're actually trying here. Decent comedy is all I'm asking from this universe.