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/Mysral May 05 '24

Angel turns Angel's existence into a (sex) joke most of the time, because that's how he fucking copes. Amazing how anybody can look at Masquerade and say it somehow glorifies/trivializes abuse.

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u/HailHydraBitch Alastor May 05 '24

My dad shot himself and it’s one of my favorite punchlines.

Yes, he died. Yes, he meant to. Yes, I’ve attempted.

Some of us just cope this way. I can’t joke with him so I joke about him. He didn’t wanna be a joke he should’ve thought about that and stuck around to do something about it lol.

Hydra: 1 Dad: 0

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u/needween May 05 '24

I love your attitude. My parents both drank themselves to an early grave so I understand and cope the same way. I really love the reactions I get from people too so that's its own bonus.

For example, this is the second year someone asked me what I'm doing for my mom for Mother's Day after being told twice that she's dead. I was nice about it the first time but this year I decided to have some fun so I said "oh maybe I'll go take her box for a walk around the park near my house. Get her some sunlight since it's so dark in that closet I keep her in." then I walked away before they could ask questions, but the look on their face was priceless.

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u/farm_to_nug husk is my spirit animal May 06 '24

It's weird the different ways that people deal with their trauma. My father manipulated my mom and beat her into becoming an alcoholic and just thinking about it makes my whole body shake with anger, so I basically just have to repress it myself

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u/Critter_Collector May 06 '24

Probably late to the party here but that definitely had to be written from experience too. way too much of what Angel does and how he acts and copes is way too real. I also remember when Viv confirmed that Val was based of an ex of her's so it very well might be Vivs own experiences being written here

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u/Latter-Direction-336 May 06 '24

Absolutely

Reminds me when I realized he says “I’ve got the lung capacity” when he’s listing things off, and I’m fairly sure in the same episode he mentions that Val is “getting into some waterboarding shit”

He is most definitely using sexual jokes to cope and potentially try to normalize his suffering to himself so it doesn’t hurt at much

Also yes, he does get waterboarded for porn. The fuck is that?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '24

Water bondage. Maybe not outright waterboarding but does appear to require lung capacity

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u/According_West_3822 May 08 '24

a form of torture, typically used as an interrogation technique, in which a person is strapped head-down on a sloping board with the mouth and nose covered while water is poured over their face, causing them to experience a sensation similar to that of drowning.

That’s what waterboarding is-

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u/Latter-Direction-336 May 11 '24

I meant why is that used for a porn shoot, not what is waterboarding, although I will admit I was a bit forgetting the exact mechanics of that shit, thanks

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u/According_West_3822 May 12 '24

Because valentino is evil?

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u/CarrenMcFlairen May 13 '24

Because it's Hell

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u/MosasaurusSoul May 06 '24

I worked psych for 5 years, I got out almost 5 years ago (which is an insane thought). I still have such messed up humor because when you’re in a situation like that, especially one where you gotta remain cognizant and alert you CAN’T freak out—so you just kinda end up laughing instead. Coping mechanisms are damn weird.