#gingerisaspice

Hellboy's demeanor in devilyouknow tears my soul apart. To see him go from quippy, to basically sorrowful was heart-wrenching. But to see him not allowed to at least be happy that his friends are still kicking (especially since they're stronger than they've ever been). It's rlly heartbreaking that no check-in from the best friends 5 ever crew was ever deemed necessary enough to focus on (especially after hell on earth). I know it's prolly cus Mignola and other writers wanted to keep the eras separate (like how hb in hb and the bprd wears a shirt ((usually)) but hb in seed of destruction onward doesn't), but to not show any meaningful interaction between the main 3 near the end is so cruel.

They made a point to show that Hellboy's standoffishness bothered Liz too, but that never developed into something more. Hellboy never acknowledged Liz's complete control of her vril, or grew any interest in Abe's new transformation.

Why was it portrayed as business as usual? It wasn't. Their surroundings changed them so much, they're worldviews were so different compared to when they were alive during seed of destruction. To not give them a moment, as friends, to see where each of them were. To give each other a final moment of solace. It's too grim.

We were shown, whole panels, that liz missed hellboy. that abe missed hellboy. and u're telling me, as soon as they saw each other they just talked like nothing new happened? no tears? no hug? moment of silence? I don't care if they didn't have time. No group of friends would ever care if they didn't have time.

How did we go from this?:

to this?:

This wasn't enough.