As someone who is REALLY into the seven deadly sins, I originally had my doubts with the Hellaverse making the Princes of Hell positive versions of their respective sins (except for Mammon, who is the vice of Greed in its most awful glory). I mean, while the positive message and denunciation of religious madness is appreciated and needed (such as Asmodeus representing the modern, positive and non-religious meaning of lust while posing as the religious meaning of "lust"), it kind of removed something from the fact Hell is supposed to be... well Hell, a fucked up, horrible shit-hole where everything keeps going wrong for people.
But now that Hazbin Hotel is out I am at peace with this, because it was all to better make a parallel between the Princes of Hells and the Overlords. The Overlords truly depict the seven deadly sins in what they have of most horrible and evil, and thus make perfect "evil twins" to the Seven Deadly Sins demons. Valentino is the evil lust to Asmodeus positive lust ; Rosie and the cannibals are a dark reflection of Queen Bee's positive vibes ; Vox, Velvet and Alastor are all much more prideful in a negative way than Lucifer himself. In fact, the battle between Alastor and Lucifer in episode 5 truly highlights the "regular" pride of Lucifer, just misguided self-centeredness and deep confidence issues/self-loathing leading to a massive "I'm the best showman" persona ; to the arrogance of Alastor, the manipulative, ambitious demon who is obsessed with being respected and feared, and who keeps trying to take down seen "rivals" even when they are way above him. (There's a whole thing to say about Alastor being just as much of an "attention-whore" than Vox, but in a different - more intelligent and reserved way, like how he was clearly annoyed by Carmilla shooting down any talk about his mysterious disappearance)
This truly drives well the point that the real evil in the world of the Hellaverse comes from humans and humanity, by showing how the "fallen angel" demons are roughly positive, just not conforming Heaven's strict rules ; but the Overlords are truly depraved and vicious. Thus, in a twist, these over-powered Sinners are better at depicting the cardinal vices than the Seven Princes of Hell themselves.
Except for Mammon of course, 'cause nobody can top him as the greediest bastard.
jack: why do people go to college?
sam: to learn things related to the careers they want to have, and to learn about themselves.
jack: i wanna go to college!!!
sam, crying: im so p rouD
Netflix's Avatar adaptation has its own amount of faults, but one thing I've really noticed is the beautiful use of color.
Most notably, while it is stated a few times that Aang is everyone's hope for the war to end it is also constantly shown through the cold and washed out tones of many of the scenes. These cold colors reflect the hopelessness that the rest of the world is feeling in a war torn environment. And amongst this bleakness Aang's vibrant clothing shines brightly, like a lamp in a dark room. His warm color palette LITERALLY shows him as a beacon of light and hope.
I wish they kept more of his vibrant, childish personality from the original to really make thus difference pop. However, the way they frame him in the center of the screen in many of his scenes presents some beautiful imagery that I wished people would acknowledge more.
I also want to note that the only time Aang matches his environment is when he's with Gyatso.
where Megamind is still doing supervilliany things like trying to take over the city, robbing banks, creating over the top schemes with way too many stages to defeat Metroman
BUT
He’s also a favourite of many Metro City citizens because he is always willing to drink his Respect Women Juice™ and always down to bat for the underdog.
Being followed by a creep? The invisible car is there to offer you a ride home and Megamind’s pointing a weird-looking gun at the creep.
Your boss giving you the chills? All his dirty laundry is all over the web and his entire bank account has been donated to charity.
Trying to escape an abusive environment? Knock on the ‘Secret’ Lair’s door and he’ll get you an entirely new living arrangement, a restraining order and enough money to get you back on your feet.
Need medication that you can’t afford? Megamind just robbed a pharmacy and his physiology doesn’t agree with human medication.
Megamind gives away free mini De-Guns that dehydrate people for half an hour since it acts as an excellent deterrent. (He somehow managed to argue it into legality by comparing it to Mace.)
Roxanne makes exactly one mention of Hal the cameraman not taking no for an answer before she gets a new cameraman the next day who is exceedingly polite towards her and goes pale whenever Megamind looks at him.
Megamind may have been raised by criminals but he was raised by criminals who were mostly victims of circumstance and thus gave him standards.
So in Rise there’s a small running gag where whenever one of his family members try to assume what Leo’s doing it cuts to him doing basically the opposite of what they’ve just said.
Raph: Hey! Where’s Leo?
Mikey: I’m sure wherever he is, he’s trying to save us
Raph: Leo probably talked his way straight into Big Mamma’s dungeon
But the interesting thing about this gag is the reverse isn’t true, when Leo guesses his families actions he’s almost always correct in predicting their actions
Leo: Look I bet the only reason we’re here right now is ‘cause Donnie inputted coordinates
Donnie: After inputting Shredder’s previous coordinates on the X-Y-Z and D for Donnie axis, I have calculated that this is the sight of our final resting spot
Leo: Mikey Razzed his Tazz
Mikey: Whip-o-Rama!
Leo: April finally used her crane license
April: ‘Why would you get a crane license April?’ BECAUSE THIS!
Leo: And Raph is going to put it all together in a plan to defeat that led head with this mystic collar
Raph: Wow Leo that’s remarkably accurate
Leo being able to predict his families actions to a near perfect accuracy shows his skill as a strategist & potential as a leader but the fact that the reverse isn’t true, that Leo’s family CAN’T seem to predict Leo’s actions to a almost humorous degree shows that while Leo has an understanding of his family, his family fails to truly understand him.
I just can’t stop thinking about the fact that Leo knows his family far better than they know him.
glad that Slime has now officially been incorporated into sbi+
but srsly when in other people’s vids he does give me the vibes of ‘friend of the older sibling who’s absolutely down to go along with the younger kid’s nonsense’.
Steven: There's right, there is wrong. . . And then there is you.
Jake: So what am I?
Marc: Nothing short of an absolute catastrophe.
I feel Jake is the kind of alter who only fronts for like 10 seconds if the system is doing something he doesn't like, changes it, and then fucks off again.
Marc Spector: Im going to smoke this cigarette because it helps me fit in with a crowd (he is actually just a dramatic sadboy)
Jake: Yeets it across the room, leaves front
danny: please peer pressure me into finishing my projects
stiles: do it or you’re straight
danny: i said peer pressure not THREATEN