#AND I LOVE VORTEX SO MUUUUCH

[techmaturgy]

i love im? i love him? im love him? i m gove lhim? 

#i hate him. i love him #i hate him???????? so muuuuch?? #there is a vortex of unfathomable emotion within me breast rn #lee sin

[ladykakata]

Helluva Boss Episode 5

MUUUUCH better than Cherubs. Got a couple of thoughts under the cut

Stolas is going to die. His lullaby to Octavia has that lyric about ‘when I’m gone’, and I have a feeling that Octavia’s interest in taxidermy is going to factor into that. I’ve made a ton of inaccurate calls, but that’s one I’m thinking of right now.

Moxxie really doesn’t get a goddamn break. I want a moment in a future ep that showcases his strengths. We know Millie is a bruiser, and we know they genuinely love each other, but damn let the poor little guy show why Millie picked him over some over-macho meathead.

If Moxxie is also from Wrath, I really want to see his parents. I’m getting the idea of more genteel Old South parents for him with, y’know, the vile slavery overtones.

I saw what you did with Carmine carvings there, very nice.

I love Striker’s sound design, with the snake rattles and crocodile/alligator hissing. Very nice.

I always wondered why Blitz looked so different compared to other imps. We’ve seen very small and ‘simple’ designed imps like the ones in Loo-Loo Land, we’ve seen intermediate design and size imps like Millie, Moxxie and Millie’s parents/Sallie May, and we have Blitz plus Striker, who are much taller and more elaborately designed. Striker has complex eyes and longer spines on his tail, and Blitz has his very elaborate horns. There’s a theory that Blitz is born in Lust due to his headstamp, and I’m curious if there is any particular reason imps vary in size, other than purely design reasons. Don’t get me wrong, there are common design rules, like red skin of various shades (Striker is quite pale, Millie is a lot darker), white blotching on their bodies in various places, a spade tale, female imps seem to have dark hair and dark horns with white thin spacing, whereas male imps have white hair with black and white horns in which the colour ratio is even. Legs seem to be split between goat hind legs (Moxxie, some bg characters) and straight legs (Millie, Blitz, bg characters). I personally like the idea that those with goat hind legs have fallen Cherub ancestry. But when it comes to size and elaborate design, there seems to be big differences, and I want to know why.

‘His Hellhound’ made it sound like Loona ‘belonged’ to Blitz, which I’m not surprised she took exception to. Verosika referred to Vortex as ‘my new Hellhound’, and Vortex referred to their relationship as purely professional when talking to Loona about her beef with Blitz and how he didn’t care.With Verosika, her reference was sounding like ‘new Hellhound’ was the same as bodyguard, and Loona isn’t just an employee or someone disposable. Still frustrated she ruined Moxxie’s chance to be cool.

Stella berating Striker for failing to kill Stolas IN FRONT OF OCTAVIA is fucking cold man. Sure, Octavia had her eyes closed bopping to her music and clearly couldn’t hear or see what her mother was talking about, but jesus christ. Fun fact; I skipped a little to see the end whilst in the middle, and thought Stella was arranging to have BLITZ killed before I got the context for the gun. I mean, some people theorize she’s doing it in front of Stolas to prove he doesn’t listen to her (which ... I think he might have twigged when she was staring at him, but that’s just me) but doing that in front of Octavia, who loves and respects her dad, is stone cold. You’re a bitch, Stella, I said it. I’ve seen enough Snapped: Women Who Kill and Deadly Women eps to know your game.

We know we’re going to Lust later, and we know that there’s that shot of Stolas sadly eating breakfast. I am wondering if it’s a flashback to how he MET Bltiz, rather than going to cheer himself up. We’ll see. I’ll also need to check the frame where Blitz is on the ground and someone is standing over him, because before people thought it was Verosika, I am wondering if that’s Striker instead.

EDIT: I spelt Millie’s sister’s name wrong, it’s Sallie May not Sally Mae as I assumed

#Helluva boss #Hazbin Hotel