Who's your favorite Hazbin Hotel character and why?

hazbin getting the schnee treatment?? oh this is a good day

You just indirectly answered the answer “who is this show for? Who is its audience?” It’s for every adult/young adult that loves animation but feels like the medium has left them behind because animation as a medium is beautiful and can potently evoke any emotion but it has been confined to sanitized children media for a while now because they believe there isn’t an audience for it but there is

Ur point about Hazbin “welcoming back” an audience that has been left behind by kids animation is why I believe Hazbin is so popular with teenagers (demographic often left behind by media bcus they exist in the awkward middle ground between childhood and adulthood that tv notoriously has trouble pandering too)

Schrodinger’s Alastor: while not observed Alastor will be in a supermoralitycircle state. He’s an outright evil sadist and just some dude who likes helping, once observed, he will take one of the two states.

The collective word for nieces and nephews is niblings!

It is a fascinating showcase of why I like Hazbin Hotel more than so many other stories that try to go "what if this childlike, innocent thing was filled with gore?" It's not just fairy tale + violence, it's asking how would those same messages of hope and morality interact with a darker reality. Characters have flaws a lessons to learn, but those lessons aren't going to be as easy or simple as heaven = good, hell = bad, and Charlie is a great example of a character who both has to learn that life is not innocent but she should still be motivated by those innocent ideals to make the world around her better. It's funny comparing Charlie with Alastor, who doesn't believe in the power of friendship or the aim of her hotel, but ends up struggling in the finale where others (e.g. Angel Dust) don't because he refuses to rely on other people and accept the ideals of change and support. It's like the way he's established himself as the Radio Demon, never changing since the popularity of radio shows in the 1920s..

never thought id see a video essay praising hazbin hotel

""It's welcoming you back" is such a perfect way to encapsule how I feel about Hazbin Hotel. I rewatched it so many times at this point and could never put my finger on why. This is why. It brings me back to the hopeful world of my childhood I got ripped out of.

Another great example of this is 'Don't hug me I'm scared' (Puppet TV plus horror) and found footage / amalogue horror like 'Blair Witch Project' and 'Greylock' (mixing the comfiness or nostalgia of old footage with horror)

something i picked up on when you mentioned "rebelling against heaven" was that the ONLY THE EXORCISTS were committing genocide and everyone else in heaven had no idea (other than the archangel), but even then there are angels like Emily who fundamentally understand how wrong it is to punish hell further once they do find out it creates this dynamic within the very group of heaven that should be "perfect" and "unified" and shatters it into these 2 distinct sides

This video helped me see why I appreciated Hazbin as much as I did. As flawed of a show as it is, theres always been so many aspects of it that kept me invested and excited to see what would come out of it, and has helped me get mlre insight on how to approach my own story Really love the video- I've been watching your essays for quite some time now, keep up the good work :>

i loved that the main cast is 80% sure nifty is harmless

Love Lufficer. Just his pathetic but kind heartedness is so endearing. Especially when he finally comes around to support or comfort Charlie after “More than anything” & in the Finale song he picks her up and helps her continue with her dream.

Im glad Hazbin is getting positive attention for something different than whats already been said. People either praise Hazbin for the music or the characters or the art style or gets torn to shreds for the humor or the pacing or the way it handles sensitive topics. But seeing someone dissect an aspect of Hazbin that hardly anyone has talked about is really refreshing!

I wasn't expecting this video, bc I see schnee mostly talking about flawless tv shows and as much as I love Hazbin, it's... not flawless, let's put it like that. However that was still something about this show that just makes me love it and I can't express how glad I am that someone who understands what they are talking about is finally putting my feelings into words. And who's better for this than my favorite youtuber?

Three major examples by Disney worth looking at: "Treasure Planet" and "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" for a steampunk story and aesthetic, and "The Haunted Mansion" ride for a story and experience that balances "grim" and "dark" with "funny" and whimsical". Disney spent years trying to find the right balance between "grim" and "funny", resulting in a fantastic ride.

I did think really really hard about how cool it would be for schnee to like Hazbin and talk about it. So maybe i manifested it idk Also Charlie is my favorite character ! I find her hopes and dreams incredibly compelling, and i think she has a really strong sense of self and of her values, that allows her to be relentless in her compassion and benevolence. She truly, 100% sincerely, loves her people, and wants to save them. I love her. I realised all this for the first time during "It starts with sorry".

honestly the way hazbin embraces the weirdness of being a human is my favourite thing about the show. and you really put it into words how exactly it attracts so many people in. i really don't like it when people frown upon young people being edgy and emo because like. they're experiencing life with its wars, drugs, sex, abuse and everything else and NOBODY is telling them that it's ok. it's just the way world is. and it's ok because it's not just you - many people are like you. many other people are gay, many other people are in an abusive relationship, many people are struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction. you're not alone. hazbin accepts you and embraces you. that's why i appreciate it so much. hazbin is the quintessence of being a weird edgy emo human in a big scary world and trying to find the whimsy in it.

I understand it's flawed but I really think it's such a fun and enjoyable show with so much love put into it that I can't bring myself to hate it. I love this show

Hazbin totally deserves praise

This video is not only a great deconstruction as to what makes Hazbin, Hazbin. But it also provides a lot of inspiration and insight in how to create a world for your own stories, which is something I always love about your channel. It’s as much of a learning opportunity as it is a video essay

Didn't expect to see you covering topics about the indie space... I'm actually quite happy that you did!

variety is the spice of life! adult animation hits as a deeply satisfying connection to animation we don't often get anymore, let alone adding debauchery or modernity to it.

i enjoyed hazbin hotel and it saddens me that so many people have such shallow criticisms of it regarding tone. thank you for taking time to analyze this indie project despite it having a different taste from the shows you typically analyze. i love the term "grimsical". i also like the yin and yang approach you took to analyzing the show. hazbin hotel does a great job at using mythology to set up a system, only to break it with characters and concepts that completely contradict it. the grimsical tone is warranted through the themes that the show presents regarding morality and ethics. the good place is another show with the same themes, but the tone is less "grimsical" and more weird. i think this is because the good place is tackling the themes of morality and ethics from a more logical position than an emotional one. i also think that one being a cartoon and the other live supports their individual tonal approaches to theme.

Rare to find a video essay that isn’t raving about how Hazbin Hotel sucks. I really appreciate it, I’m tired of seeing all the criticism. Ever since the pilot there’s just something that has kept me obsessed with the show. Maybe it’s the mystery of what’s next, or maybe it’s because it’s in hell. In a weird way, I guess it’s comforting that you’re at rock bottom.

WOAH? SCHNEE, THE ARCANE MASTER VIDEO ESSAYER. IS DOING AN ESSAY ON HAZBIN HOTEL?? WE’RE EATING GOOD.

This essay is EXACTLY what I NEEDED! As somebody who absolutely loved the season, the story, the characters and tone, I am kinda tired of hearing bits of twitter drama, instead of an actual analysis and/or review. Don’t get me wrong I am open to criticism of the show and to those particular arguments too. But this analysis that is very focused on writing is what I genuinely want more of.

Hazbin may not be perfect, but it truly is something special.

Ah a Schnee analysis on the themes of Hazbin. Fantastic. Now if only Sideways would come out of retirement and do a 3 hour piece on the music my life would be complete.

OH MY GOSH, So excited to see you posting about hazbin! Your great by the way keep up the good work!

I haven't watched the show but this was a very helpful synthesis of what Tone actually is and how to craft a consistent one and use it to deepen and enrich a story.

i think another thing that has really made hazbin explode is the grimness of our world? hazbin empowers us to be the whimsy in our reality, in the midst of the dark, and make the world a slightly better place that way.

So THIS is where the animation kids have been getting the audacity

I hope Twitter doesn’t find this video

Your video style is super important these. Its super easy to find the things that are wrong with a show, but being able to figure out why it works and how to formulate those things to be more broad is amazing! If you get the chance, I've been thinking about Murder Drones and how to make a video on its excellent use of setups and payoffs. It feels like every thin that happens in thst show already happened on a smaller scale earlier in the episode. It makes me wonder if creating a show from end to beginning could be a valid and worthwile way to create those payoffs and then fill in the rest of your story with setups

Finally Hazbin Hotel getting the respect it deserves 😭

The artstile and music touching my leftbehind childlike nostalgy. While the abuse and violance is stilling my grown up need for realism. Never thought of that.❤

Oh my god. Please never delete this. You’ve articulated exactly what we all have felt in connecting to Hazbin. I literally started crying by the 20 minute mark. THANK YOU ❤

I literally got into both Hazbin and Helluva three days ago, this is godsend after seeing how much hate it's received from video essayists

Fun fact: Alastor was actually one of the first characters that Vivziepop ever created. He and Mimzie are holdovers from Zoophobia, Viv’s old webcomic.

What I love about this show is that despite all its flaws it is jam packed with SO much personality. More than almost any other piece of media Ive ever seen. It feels so alive and vibrant, everything from the character designs to the voice acting and personalities... its so refreshing to see

You really hit the nail on the head with 'my favorite thing doesn't want me anymore'. Its even worse when that Thing is a multi-part franchise, where you _were_ once the target audience... but you grew faster than the franchise could keep up with, and now its trying to preach lessons about 'growing up' that are a decade too late. We've already experienced all this, now it just feels patronizing, especially with the glut of films in the last few years where they split up the main cast for a cheap tug at the heartstrings. Yes, we the previous-target-audience _know_ friends can drift apart, and the secret is: its not deep, its not meaningful, its not 'bittersweet', it fucking _sucks._ And maybe a franchise where friends _can_ stick together is the story we actually wanted to see, not 'All the magic goes away forever F*** you, its time to be an Adult(tm)'.

This is such a nice review, I personally love Hazbin and didn't expect to fall in love with its world building and characters so much when I first saw it. So thank you for this because it expressed my thoughts perfectly.

Schnee always with the most goated takes

It’s such a breath of fresh air to see an overall positive review of this show. Hazbin gets way to much hate and it feels like people heavily exaggerate the flaws or just use their own opinions to justify that hate. I’ve even seen popular KZfaqrs fall in this category as well.

Your commentary is everything I love about art. Your dissection and deep understanding of how parts go together to make things work is genuinely inspiring, motivating, and makes me strive to make deeper, stronger work.

schnee praising hazbin?! this is a good day

"They don't love the way I love"😏 We see you Shakespeare

first positive video essay about hazbin hotel

My guy this is university level of education you’re dropping here on tone and writing!!

How does this channel ALWAYS cover my favorite interest at the moment. Arcane, the last of us, and hazbin hotel etc etc. Love your videos man 💜💜

It really feels like Viv listened to the criticisms that Helluva got in terms of its inability to handle quick tonal shifts well, and implemented those in Hazbin. I think this is mostly thanks to Alastor; he's such a mysterious character that all of his plays keep you questioning. Alastor can go from threatening your very soul in one second and then being cheerful the next. And it helps balance out Charlie's overflowing positive nature.

i was NOT expecting schnee to do a review/analysis on hazbin!! absolutely great! thank you so much!

Examining a grimsical show by looping in seemingly unconnected steampunk, anti-heroes and overall life views and making it make sense. This is exactly what I love about the schnee channel!

another eloquently put take. I should've known you'd love Hazbin like I do. Love your word choice and emphasis, it's like watching my thoughts with visuals, keep at it, my friend

I cried watching this (still shedding tears). I feel seen by someone else also being able to see what I see in a show that resonates so much with me (that's a lot of sees haha)

This is so deep. Truly helps to understand the popularity of this show.

Speaking as someone who loves your videos and generally enjoyed Hazbin Hotel: I'm not sure if I really vibe with the idea that "dark + whimsical" is enough for a "tone", like I don't know if that's the right word. Any show can include dark or light subjects and portray them in any which way, and many do, but tone depends on how the subjects are handled, doesn't it? Perhaps I misunderstood this point. I certainly enjoy combinations like that, the "grimsical" as you put it, but I feel like the way you described these combinations, especially when including stuff like "good+neutral" and "bad+neutral", it kind of gets too broad and just covers any possible character? I don't know if I understand the point of highlighting that either. ^^; I did, however, adore your third point about how shows like Hazbin Hotel appeal to people who feel like their favorite childhood shows have abandoned them. I've never thought about it that way, but "my favorite thing doesn't want me anymore" really speaks to me.

schee's working that Hazbin's shaft rn.

"They don't do like I do, but Hazbin hotel does: They curse, they have badass fashion, they DO DRUGS..."🤔

This is probably the best Hazbin analysis I've seen, wonderful job!!! ♥

I really enjoy the Hazbin Hotel show (and Helluva Boss series,) and your video essays so this was a perfect pairing. Thank you for your insightful analysis into the show and awesome to hear you enjoy the show too. 😊

I doubt this'll get seen, but if it does please watch Blue Eye Samurai. It's Amount of depth, story telling and nuance is easily just as much Arcane's and I feel like there's a lot there to explore.

Thank you for encapsulating why I love this show so much. The nuanced grey of the characters and story, and how it just accepts itself As It Is is part of why I like it so much. It's contradictory, it's messy, and yet it still loves exusting. (Loser Baby is amazing for this reason)

I’d never thought I’d see Schnee cover Hazbin Hotel, but here we are.

Schnee and TB are bringing the lol audience to HB and I’m loving it.

The thing you mentioned about why Steampunk works, the rigid Victorian culture vs the limitless potential of the new technology of the era, I think I tapped into that without realizing it when I tried writing a steampunk story myself. I thought it would be cool to combine steampunk aesthetics with Greek mythology and tried writing a story about a demigod daughter of Thanatos acting as a hit man for her father, sending reincarnated villains from Greek mythology back to Tartarus, but eventually I started writing a story about a city locked behind a wall, a repressive society trying to protect itself from demigods, while the Gods who spawn these children don’t pay any mind to these arbitrary lines drawn by puny humans, and the main characters gathering demigods together to come out of hiding and change society’s perception of them

Yesss I've been waiting for you to make a commentary on the show!

if charlie is the white dot, adam is the black dot

"grimsical" is such a great way to describe what hazbin hotel is /gen

This is why I love anime. They have so many shows that touch the dangerous topics that children's media can't touch, but in a beautiful art style.

Loved this video!!! Hope we get more Hazbin Hotel Analysis from you, there is just so much to dissect. The characters, the lore, everything!!!

An essay I did not expect but am extremely hyped to see :D

This video has been so helpful! I am writing several stories and was struggling to turn the “feel” or “aesthetic” which inspired it into a story. This helps greatly with that so thank you ❤

It feels like the idea you’re talking about is also reflected in Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. Could be wrong though

HELL YEAH THANK YOU!!!! This made me emotional bc you so get it and it's my favorite thing and the fact that you get it and made this video about feels heartwarming and like a hug somehow idk, thank you sm🥺🥺🥺🥺💖

I think I needed this video❤Thanks for doing what you do man

When first watching the pilot episode on KZfaq, I thought it was awesome. But the story they went with in the end when it came to Netflix, just didn't hit for me, and I'm struggling to understand why. In the pilot, it seemed Charlie's Hotel was meant to show that redemption was possible, to rebel against the idea that once you're in your place that's it, and that you can in fact make it to heaven with enough effort. But the show ended up just being what just felt like "Heaven actual bad guys hehe", and I think that was, for me at least, too shallow an idea that I couldn't get over that choice? Like, Rebelling against the Common idea in Hell that Redemption is impossible, go through the effort to prove them wrong, arrive at the pearly gates in the last episode to have Heaven themselves, be literal gatekeepers and setup for season 2, wherein the crew have to meet higher and higher goals in order to finally get in, only again to find that Heaven isn't so different and they don't want them in, leading to having to try and fight there way in, by which point, everyone in hell has been made aware that "Hey you've been lied to your whole afterlife", bingo bango season 3. I don't know, something doesn't sit right, maybe just a longing for something...more? Something else? What could've been?? Who knows. Very creative non-the-less! Animation was great regardless of story. Unrelated note, I'm not religious and just thinking about the logistics of world where all souls, old and new go to after death, hurts my brain. Even if the requirements to heaven are super stringent, that's still A LOT OF SOULS. Just 0.01% of ALL humans EVER, its still a 1 Billion People. How big is Heaven? Is Heaven as big as Hell? Does Heaven conduct purges too? What if there other Sapient animals too, do they go to Hell/Heaven? Elephants show signs of a higher intelligence, same as dolphins? Do ALL elephant souls add to the list? What about Aliens? Or Dinosaurs? If it is just Human souls, what if in the future, a Human-Alien halfbreed, would they get to go? Very intriguing, but a slippery slope for sure, anyway. Thanks for reading. bye?

This. This type of videos is what I want to see about this wonderful show, not the hateful ones that hate it as much as they can. You are the first person I have seen that made a video about understanding what the show is and talking about it. I hope to see more Hazbin related videos from you in the future

Saw Hazbin Hotel, saw that it was a video by schnee, could not have clicked faster. And of course the video was superb. Keep it up!

"Gobbled up the characters themselves" as a guy was being eaten in Cannibal town got me.

As always lovely video! And YES Hazbin getting your attention is AWESOME! What you said in the end about going back to watch your childhood shows but not feeling invited anymore resonates a lot with me, and I think you’re definitely not alone. It reminded me of this experience I had at a medieval fair where I bought some apple mead (mead as in honey-ish alcohol, it’s great) and was told that it tastes like grandmas homemade apple juice USED to taste like, when you were a kid. Even though it’s the same beverage, it doesn’t taste the same because the receiver has changed. But adding that honey and 6% alcohol in it makes that taste as amazing for adults, as the nostalgic taste was as a child Always love to see your videos, and love your breakdown of grimsical and just why this story appeals as it does!

I really really appreciate the parts of the show you cover in both your new videos. Analysts undersell all of this and oversell the issues in the writing. You are covering everything I want to achieve in my media that I unconsciously loved about HH. This has been a gigantic eye opener. Thank you, I have a lot to think about now.

ive been thinking from the moment i finished the show last week this is perfect for schnee, i *need* a video of him! And here it is!!

Once you said it, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Yes the cartoons and media we grew up with did leave us, and we are no longer welcome. But also when I was a kid, there was just too much I didn't like about the sanitized and ruled over world of animation that continued to persist from childhood to tween to teen to young adult. It was why I found a certain comfort in animated media like anime. It was my favorite type of media, being animation, being used to tell less sanitized stories that really made me connect. I cannot tell you what a paradigm shift it was to go from watching Ben 10, to watching Naruto. Fun semi-sanitized cartoon that ended up as always pretty lighthearted, with very little fear of the hero saving the day, to (at the time) watching the Chunin exams and the forest of death, where people died, were cursed, hurt etc. What I mean to say, is that going from something cartoony with little stakes, to something with real stakes, characters lives literally on the line, and blood being shown. As a kid I couldn't get enough, it felt like I wasn't being treated like a kid anymore and I loved it. Now as an adult I need more animation to bring back that feeling of not treating me like a child anytime I try to enjoy it. Obviously there's stuff like Invincible, but I want the more cartoony style like Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss.

So glad you are doing content on this show

I was not expecting schnee to make a video essay on hazbin, but I am very pleasantly surprised :D

Your analysis and breakdowns are always so so good! I love your content and listening so much!!! Amazing !

Fucking love your analysis, youre so good with pacing and structure

I'm glad Hazbin Hotel is getting the respect it deserves.

So insightful and what a beautiful reading of the show! Thank you, I’ll totally use this to write tone more skilfully in my next story 💗

Ok now I have time for a proper comment. Very glad you are taking a look at Hazbin Hotel I have really started to love that show since it was recommended to me. Great points all around. As always spectacular insight. One thing you did say was that in Loser, Baby they managed to find their way out of their predicament (or something like it, I watched the video 2 days ago) and I wanna say the point is that they don't! They are both in a literally hopeless situation, however Husker makes a show that there is an alternative to sinking to desperation even without hope. And that is letting your guard down, letting good people in so even when you can't fight the dark you make your life brighter still. One thing I have noticed about the show is that despite the big final battle scene and the genocide and the resistance and what not it is NEVER about fighting. At least never directly. Carmilla refuses to fight because all she would fight for is saving her loved ones and a war endangers them. In Out For Love Vaggie needs to learn not to fight out of hatred or for vengeance but to protect, to defend. It is not a training montage per se but rather defining the focus of the WHY of fighting. When Charlie goes to recruit the cannibals she is horrified by their casual glee for violence even though she is recruiting them to fight a battle. Also the very song Ready For This is never about being ready for battle but about being ready for leading her people, giving them a chance, not letting them down when they need her. Interesting contrast to the highly violent setting aka Hell with yearly genocides and to the sister series Helluva Boss where the violence is way more in the forefront (god Helluva's action scenes are gorgeous)

Finally a video that tackles why the show is so beloved instead of going "ew, problematic :///" I think this finally helped me understand why I like Vaggie so much despite how unpopular she seems to be with the fandom. She's that bit of normalcy that points out how absurd everything around her is. It's like she doesn't belong in that world (wink wink) and that makes her clash wonderfully with characters like Angel and Alastor. Plus I love cute gays :)

Another schnee banger

Further confirmation that Schnee and I have the same tastes, which are excellent ☕️

Alright. I need a video from you on Alastor and Charlie please

Great video. A lot of what you said resonates so much with me. I love it when a piece of media is so earnest in what it's want to achieve. Some of my favorite stories so exactly that ( like Kingdom Hearts ( which a lot of what you said in this video could apply to that series ), or anything by Hideo Kojima, or a film like Everything Everywhere All At Once ). So Hazbin Hotel ( and Helluva Boss ) is right up my alley. And this video pretty much sums up why that is.

YK ITS A GOOD DAY WHEN SCHNEE POSTS !!!!

Dude, THANK YOU. I adore this show and it does have very strong writing points (not to say it's perfect calm down) but I rarely see people seriously talking about it. This is wonderful. Thank you!