Hot take (though it really shouldn't be a hot take):
Regardless of how you feel about Vivziepop and her work. The fact that it's become so normalized to demonize her, spread misinformation about her, and openly express wanting to hurt her is genuinely appalling and concerning. Especially on sites like Twitter, TikTok, Reddit, and YouTube
Obviously, I'm not saying that there isn't valid criticism towards Viv and her work. Both shows while fun have some pretty massive issues when it comes to pacing and how they handle certain characters, especially Helluva Boss. But so often I see people resort to just insulting her appearance, making up false accusations of her character, accusing her of every crime imaginable, or bringing up past stuff that she's since apologized for. All the while not actually explaining why they don't like her or work aside from the vague "because she's a bad person" and providing no evidence of it
It's why I can't stand people like Blackishhh. Who poisoned any meaningful discussion to be had about the show because of how often he would be so needlessly cruel towards Vivziepop for no reason, on top of just being an incredibly nasty person with most of his criticisms being used to spew out blatant bigotry. He even went as far as to encourage his fans to draw hateful caricatures of her and even in one video threatened to assault her and the people who were calling him out. I don't need to explain why that's an incredibly fucked thing to do and say about someone just because they made a show you didn't like. Even after his channel was terminated and he had gone full mask-off showing how much of a disgusting bigot he truly is. I still frequently see his videos being seen as actual valid critiques of the show and its creator. The fact that there's even an anti-Vivziepop tag really says it all
It's fine not to like the Hellaverse; I myself think that Hazbin is just overall okay, and I just wasn't a big fan of Helluva Boss's second season. I think there are things to criticize about both shows, and there's definitely room for improvement. And yes, this is far from the first or last example of this type of parasocial behavior, just look at what has happened recently with Gooseworks and Dana Tarrace. But the fact that it's gotten to the point where people are actively wishing to harm creators and fans of their shows, especially female and or Queer creators is disgusting and dangerous. We live in a day and age where people cannot just dislike something, they have to treat it and the people who made it like it's the worst thing imaginable and try to convince others that the creator is secretly an evil person who deserves to be threatened and harassed
