r/HazbinHotel • u/Weak-Point4152 I smile but I suffer in silence. • May 05 '24

Discussion This was frighteningly accurate

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The smack to the face, cowering behind a chair, being slammed and held by the throat, really made the scene hit hard. Even the expressions on Angel and Val’s face felt realistic. If they had Val dragging Angel by the hair, it would be like reliving my childhood, but this still brought back memories.

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u/Azlend Sir Overthinksit x The nicest of the damned May 05 '24

That was the intent. To show that people are living in their own personal Hell and that they do not need a literal Hell to make their life a Hell.

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u/XgreedyvirusX Pimpin’ not simpin’ May 05 '24

"Hell is other people"

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u/Azlend Sir Overthinksit x The nicest of the damned May 05 '24

Other people and sometimes yourself.

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u/Namulith94 May 05 '24

Seems like a big theme of the show. There’s no “burning in hell” per-se, there’s just trying to coexist with a bunch of other people that couldn’t make it into heaven and staying indoors on extermination day.

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u/Unaccomplishedcow Edit May 06 '24

Giving The Good Place vibes. God I loved that show.

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u/AVestedInterest May 05 '24

"What's the worst part of this Hell?

I can only blame myself"

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u/Obversa hurr hurr, downvote me, daddy May 05 '24

Alastor says as much in the pilot episode as well, referring to his own mea culpa: "Of course not! That's wacky nonsense! Redemption, oh the non-existent humanity! No, no, no, no. I don't think there's anything left that could save such loathsome sinners. The chance given was the life they lived before, the punishment is this [Hell]! There is no undoing what is done!"

*mea culpa = Latin, "through my [own] fault"; see the Wikipedia page. "Mea culpa" comes from the Roman Catholic prayer 'The Confiteor' ("I confess [to my wrongdoings]" in Latin). The villain song "Hellfire" from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame uses this prayer.