hazbin hotel s1 live watch archive
this is an archive of my aethy and twitter liveblogging threads for hazbin hotel from january to february 2024.
i honestly have no idea how to explain what i think of this show... this is a largely positive liveblog if you scroll through, but i wouldn't consider myself a fan of hazbin hotel. i was pleasantly surprised by the songs, and the animation is clean, but i think the writing is only marginally better than the pilot or viv's other show, even putting aside how incompatible the show's humor is with my own.
however, i am not above characters designed specifically for weird teen girls on the internet, and owe a lot of my interest in this show to fans who made interesting, well-thought-out transformative work about them (or just pretty, sexy fanart of vox). i also think it's cute how enthusiastic the cast is about the show—i think they did really well, and their ability to voice act does a lot of heavy lifting in some scenes. i'm super impressed they got this cast at all LOL
ultimately, i did end up watching the show all the way through and memorizing some of the songs so i can't call myself THAT much of a hater! it was okay. i love christian borle. the loser baby sequence was very nice. please give your characters to a creator who respects them.
Jan 19, 2024, 13:55
i watched the first episode with my sister so no livetweeting for that but some thoughts
- i'm unsurprisingly lukewarm on how the angels act, but having that one viv-typical edgy angel turn out to be adam makes a bit more sense
- you wouldn't have guessed any of that from his design though, but i'm nitpicking
- the music is still good, love erika henningsen
- soooomething about the commercial and alastor's general vibes made me squint but now i can't remember, so i'll go back to it later (note: i went back to it later)
Jan 19, 2024, 13:59
VOX TIME..... RAAAAAH HE SOUNDS SO GOOD
i feel i've been misled by fanart re: what kind of personality velvet has bc i was surprised by her first appearance lol
Jan 19, 2024, 14:16
OOOOH THE VOX ALASTOR SONG IS SO GOOD ohhh shit. it’s so hard to rewind on this player but i’ll just rewatch immediately after. help. was he wearing a priest outfit. hello
Jan 19, 2024, 14:26
awww angel :( also two songs in one episode? let's go!!! sir pentious is so cute...
Jan 19, 2024, 14:44
went back to take some screencaps. what a showman, i love this guy
Jan 19, 2024, 14:46
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Jan 19, 2024, 14:48 / 16:19
he's SO the exact flavor of guy i like it's absurd. i love when a guy is in distress kiss kiss kiss im so into this flat fuck
Jan 19, 2024, 15:00
oh did they get daphne rubin-vega for carmilla?! she sounds like her
Jan 19, 2024, 15:12
kinda sad that these episode 3 songs go hard but the characters are less relevant so there was not an attempt to animate it equally as hard...
also i bet it's hard for stephanie beatriz to balance her vaggie voice + singing voice. she's excellent at both, but i Was wondering when they cast her how vaggie would sound with a higher singing voice and idk how to feel about it
Jan 19, 2024, 16:01
oh. episode four was good... the voice acting for angel is EXCELLENT and ugghhh keith david's voice! soooo smooth!!
for the past few years i've been indifferent to any angel ships but i think i can hop on the huskerdust train after this... so cute...
Jan 19, 2024, 16:12
it’s kind of regrettable that the female characters are the mains but i have no interest in either of them and find them quite tropey… i know that people won’t let that stop their obsession with even blander male characters and i should examine my biases but man! i just wish they were more interesting/better written!
Jan 19, 2024, 16:20
cute penshies...
Jan 19, 2024, 16:22
bonus mouthless angel bc what a cute face!
Jan 19, 2024, 16:26
ok i'm done! i think already i can tell their writing team benefited a LOT from having a studio step in, although i also did enjoy the first five episodes of helluva boss, so maybe they always just start off fine...
i'm enjoying it with reservations :) 👍
Jan 20, 2024, 20:37
why are u, a grown ass powerful tv head man, spinning down the hallway to hug ur friends
Feb 2, 2024, 23:48
continuing with episode five! the writing + shots have sure uh. well. ok! the transition into the first song was kind of abrupt (but i do like this song, and lucifer)
Feb 2, 2024, 23:49
i've never seen jeremy jordan in anything but am enough into musical theatre to know it's a Big Deal they got him... i predicted he'd deliver n he did! yay!
Feb 2, 2024, 23:58
extremely small thing and maybe it's in character but the mixing up of "majesty" and "highness" ouuuugghhhrrhrh...
Feb 3, 2024, 1:03
lol the line delivery for when alastor says "who's joking?" in e7 was quite cute. and this face
Feb 3, 2024, 1:04
the kickies!
Feb 3, 2024, 1:08
^__^ cute...
Feb 3, 2024, 1:28
VOX IN EPISODE 8!!!!!!!!!!!! a win for me
Feb 3, 2024, 1:30
he really gives me donnie vibes sometimes. eeheeheevil lahahaugh
Feb 3, 2024, 1:31
silly tv man
Feb 3, 2024, 1:32
PENSHIE HAIR VENTS... oh my lord........
Feb 3, 2024, 1:37
noooo what in the world.. he's too cute.....
Feb 3, 2024, 1:40
a small detail but whoever did the character layout for this shot did so well... everyone is visible and i particularly like how well they drew charlie in that angle
Feb 3, 2024, 1:43
GOSH they always draw angel so cutely... everyone loves him at that studio i just know...
Feb 3, 2024, 1:50
casual fit!!!!!!! jacket off!!! sleeves up!!!!!!!!! silly little bowtie still on!!!! no one else cares but him!!!!!
Feb 3, 2024, 2:00 
(daddaughter implied)
where is lucifer's hand. where is he holding her. hello
Feb 3, 2024, 2:10
i'm kind of impressed that despite lucifer looking passably as young as charlie, they were able to give him the appropriate dad energy (exhibit A: this shot)
(jeremy jordan also carries the energy vocally but it's nice to see it too!!!)
Feb 3, 2024, 2:15
ha-cha-cha
Feb 3, 2024, 2:18
oooooh hellooooooo
Feb 03, 2024, 02:35
ok i finished. kind of a lot for eight episodes but i do love a good ending musical number :) the omakes of pentious and lilith are cute and intriguing, and i want to know what alastor's whole deal is. i like that the Vs are kind of... team rocket-ish... sillies.....
Feb 03, 2024, 02:38 (addendum)
i am in danger i fear. the bragging......... (extremely charmed)
