Honestly, I'm so glad somebody made this video, because I feel the exact same

TW: S/A, Misogyny

I too, wanted to like Verosika; even a ton of people in the critical community seem to like her too!

But after what she did to Moxie all the way back in Spring Broken, the questionable ethics of her Succubus powers, and her transformation into a mouth-piece for Stolitz in the new episodes, I just couldn't get on board with her to any capacity.

Does she have potential? Yes! In the same way characters like Stella, Blitz, and many others had potential. But potential can only carry a character so far, and Veroskia's ran out rather quick for me.

While I do still think Veroskia is a good basis upon which to develop complex and revealing conversations about the misogyny and surprisingly conservative values of HB, her character itself is...lacking in many ways.

If you like her, that's wonderful! I personally just can't watch her without rolling my eyes or sighing with annoyance.

PS: Please go check out the guy who made this video! He's really talented and is one of the only shining beacons of hope for the critical community on Youtube.

Hazbin/Helluva's S3x Problem

Mild TW: (S3x and k1nk mention, S/A)

You know, for a pair of shows that appears to be so "s3x positive" and "k1nk friendly", Hazbin/Helluva has a real habit of demonizing/pitying s3x workers.

Angel Dust/Fizzarolli

Both Angel and Fizz's backstories and plots portray s3x work as some tragic industry only filled with abuse. While it is true that the s3x work industry is very exploitative and can be used to put down and abuse people, not every case is like that.

Another big problem is that HH/HB never presents a healthy or fully consensual way of s3x work. Every instance we're given is used so we will either hate/pity whatever character is currently being shown. There's never a representation of someone in the industry that ends in anything other than a spiel about how miserable it is to do s3x work, or how every s3x worker is some disgusting s1ut who deserves nobody's pity. And speaking of the latter...

Veroskia

Verosika sadly falls into the category of HH/HB s3x workers who are constantly villainized as s1uts who can't keep their hands to themselves. This point stings even further when you consider that the only stories of s3x workers in HH/HB who are treated with sympathy rather than apathy, focus around male characters.

Verosika is only treated as a person worth caring about/sympathizing with when her s3x work history is disregarded, which is an honestly disgusting view of this potentially interesting character. It also loosely implies that s3x workers are unsympathetic th0ts, unless they were forced into their position.

And her S/A of Moxie just goes to further demonize her and her position as a s3x worker, by implying that s3x workers will try to get into anyone's pants, whether the person wants it or not.

Glitz and Glam

Oh, Glitz and Glam, my poor girls...

Glitz and Glam (unsurprisingly) fall into the same category of Verosika: that of the brainless, always h0rny, bimbo s1ut who should never be treated as anything but their body. Unfortunately, G&G don't even get the tiniest sliver of sympathy that Verosika hardly gets. All they get is a crappy song number and a fandom of people only enjoying them as characters due to their comedic ability. And even then, that "comedic ability" mostly boils down to jokes about them being hot bimbos.

Anyways, Glitz and Glam deserved better.