I know people seem to think otherwise, but Vivienne doesn't respond to criticism usually. She responds to things that are superficial or even bad faith, but never actually responds to valid criticism. She is actually very capable of keeping her mouth shut and weaponize her fans through passive aggressive tactics, like the Lackadaisy situation. She often uses her likes to manipulate the fandom as well. No one is actually a fan of her show, they are coat riders. They think getting noticed by Vivienne will do something for them when all it does is feed Viv. It's a cannibalistic parasocial dynamic that she fuels by her likes and comments. They think if they pretend to be her friend long enough it'll be their big break. Her fans are not genuinely invested in her any more than she is in them. All of them are just using each other.

In regards to actual criticism she responds to, Idk what you know about the Diregentleman debacle, but the same day they posted their video about how they were no longer watching Helluva and that the writing was terrible, Viv vaguely tweeted about how sad she was and how she was just doing her best, guys :(

Everyone picked up it was about the video, which came out after Exes and Ohs, the actually plagiarized episode of them all. Which she immediately denied as being about them, but we know the truth.

The other thing is, I am sure she uses to read my twitter before I upset her over the homophobic comments she made. Y'know, her story is so powerful and original that calling it fanfiction is just homophobia. Before then, I actually saw several critiques I made about the show get addressed. ALSO Sam Haft targeted me and Quote retweeted me about saying Vivienne was blowing money on celebrities, as well as Viv responding to me with her "No guest voices were paid more than the main cast". She didn't QRT me, but if Sam did you know she saw it.

I also somehow ended up on the HB reddit and people CAME for me lmao. Told me to open my posts to comments, death threats, etc. It was fun.

So anyway, she's much smarter than she seems. Also, hang in there.

This is all very true, and I'm glad you brought it up. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that Viv's a complete bumbling moron in all aspects just because she's one when it comes to writing, merchandising, character design, managing money, and not burning bridges with friends and colleagues, but the one thing she knows how to do extremely well is manipulate people. She'd never have gotten this far if she didn't.

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Nina and Vanessa have been friends literally forever, they were born the same week at the same hospital, their parents used to be friends and they grew up together from the start

Nina used to play make-believe bodega with Sonny when she was little 

She taught herself how to read (with Kevin’s strong encouragement when he found out)

Daniela taught her Spanish, she’s always telling her about her childhood in Puerto Rico they really bond over that

She’s not extremely into fashion/girly things but she always always goes to the salon once a week to spend time with Daniela 

Camila requested her help in the kitchen from the time she could hold a spoon, Nina is pretty good at cooking for that reason

Usnavi and her used to pass as siblings when they were little because he held her hand to school with Abuela Claudia 

Sonny has had a crush on her for a loooooong time, easily years, and even when the crush fades over time (especially once she gets with Benny) there is always this special relationship with him, they have an extra fondness for each other that’s unlike anything else

The Piragua guy LOVES her, she always used to get piraguas for free until she really insisted on paying and supporting him, she always runs late when she runs into him in the morning because they always chat for a solid twenty minutes

thank YOU for all the great posts, friend