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I'm overjoyed that the culmination of tumblr, electroswing, post-Cartoon Network, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends aesthetics resulted in something this loving, musical, and expressive.

Helluva Boss has some great moments but has large swaths that don't resonate much with me, but here everything miraculously clicks. The web of backstories and plotlines are all juggled surprisingly deftly with a great balance between intimate character moments and larger scale worldbuilding (something I've always struggled with in these sorta fantasy shows but I think flows in a very engaging way here), the characterizations are all handled with real sensitivity (and with fitting nuance given the central conceit of the show), and ill go out on a limb and say all the musical segments do wonders for me (the recasting of the voice cast with seasoned musical theater veterans was an essential choice in this regard).

Ive been thinking lately about how i used to lay in the back of my parents car during road trips and close my eyes and imagine these rly vivid music videos in my head while shuffling Beatles songs on my MP3 player, usually focused on characters from MLP or Ruby Gloom, and have lamented that I haven't been able to do that in years. The other day I was chillin listening to Tricky's "Suffocated Love" and I saw this whole Hazbin Hotel lookin music video in my head so vividly jus like when I was a kid, and for that alone I'm deeply grateful for this show.

Sure it's a very easy thing to dunk on, but as a cultural object for someone who grew up watching ridiculous amounts of cartoons, this has been exactly the shot of inspiration I've needed at the start of the year.