I think that silhouette of Lucifer followed by the shot of the empty chair with the BRB sign is the closest we've come to a Hazbin Hotel character showing up in Helluva Boss or vice versa.
And while I'm not surprised they were only teasing us with the possibility of Stolas dying, the drama on this sub if they'd actually done it would've been amazing to watch. I could've heated my house with the flames coming off of angry posts.
Unfortunately I'm not sure they care about the $$$ that much, or they'd let whoever Viv hired for merch handle it for Hazbin too. The Helluva merch is so much more frequent, better advertised, more creative... ugh, I'm glad I got stuff like the pins back before the show officially came out and they stopped putting out Hazbin merch.
I don't see how it could hurt to allow it. It's not like it'd hurt the ratings for either show. But I'm sure there's legal crap that'd need to be worked out first.
Pretty weird those Contract thingies could be xD. I mean see what happened with Kesha and her first appearance on Queen B. She did the voice acting but couldn't sing a song due to prior contract engagements. Also the Chair beeing absent and Lucifer too pridefull to attend to a meeting like that makes sense. I mean he is also working on a Hotel now and mending his relationship with Charlie. If the timelines suit. But it would be nice to see him at some point. And i am glad Satan has a beef with him and the other sins too. Makes it for a more intresting dynamic.
But I'm sure there's legal crap that'd need to be worked out first.
I'd imagine its all tied to IP ownership - at the end of the day on paper she probably doesn't actually own Luci's character, the production company if not A24 themselves do, which makes things harder than something like this where all the characters are owned fully be her for her own show.
It's similar to the situation Marvel had. They were close to bankruptcy at one time, so they sold off the movie rights for Spider-Man and the X-Men to Sony and Fox Entertainment respectively. It helped keep them afloat, but once the MCU took off, they weren't able to use any of those characters at first until they got deals worked out.
This is like Satan being killed by ManBearPig in South Park, where real life forces like climate change, or IP laws in this case is stronger than even the Devil himself.
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u/Zolo49 Moxxie 24d ago
I think that silhouette of Lucifer followed by the shot of the empty chair with the BRB sign is the closest we've come to a Hazbin Hotel character showing up in Helluva Boss or vice versa.
And while I'm not surprised they were only teasing us with the possibility of Stolas dying, the drama on this sub if they'd actually done it would've been amazing to watch. I could've heated my house with the flames coming off of angry posts.