Two weeks ago there was talking about the Amazon Prime show Hazbin Hotel. I had some ominous meditations on the show that I thought were worth sharing – divination said this was a good idea.
To repeat, the show is set in Hell and its cast consists of souls condemned to Hell and the demons that reside in Hell. Its creator, Vivienna Medrano, identifies as having been interested in the occult and demonology in her early years, although she appears to be an atheist and a complete disbeliever in the reality of those realms. Her show includes depictions of several of the well-known named demons listed in grimoires. I’m not naming them here. What’s troubling is Vivienne doesn’t depict these demons in their rather unsavory depictions as recorded in past grimoires and lore, but with relatively appealing character designs, notably designs that are inspired by “furry fandom” artwork that features voluptuous or otherwise attractively-designed anthropomorphic animals. Briefly, furries are a niche culture of people that usually have a sexual fetish for these anthropomorphic cartoon animal characters, and regularly masturbate to imagery of them. They’re not an insignificant culture – a furry convention last year in the Midwest had over 15,000 attendees, and the fandom is a largely online phenomenon as well, so even more people participate online in its culture than offline.
Now place an image of an attractive anthropomorphic cartoon fox-like or owl-like being in front of these furries and furry-adjacent people while they are in a lustful state on mind, but also give it the name and some qualities of a well-known demon, and given the strong spiritual and energetic qualities associated with ejaculating semen and directing it towards specific astral imagery… well, I think you can understand why I consider this show a very bad presence in pop culture. It’s very popular – tens of millions of views of the series and pilot and a sister show on YouTube, an active fanbase producing custom merchandise and fanfics and artwork for it, etc.
On an individual level there doesn't seem to be much that can be done to stop this dumpster truck driving through the culture and attracting viewers, but I’m curious if you, JMG, or any other Ecosophians have any thoughts on the matter. For my part, I’ve gotten pretty strong indications to stay away from imagery of the show.
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To repeat, the show is set in Hell and its cast consists of souls condemned to Hell and the demons that reside in Hell. Its creator, Vivienna Medrano, identifies as having been interested in the occult and demonology in her early years, although she appears to be an atheist and a complete disbeliever in the reality of those realms. Her show includes depictions of several of the well-known named demons listed in grimoires. I’m not naming them here. What’s troubling is Vivienne doesn’t depict these demons in their rather unsavory depictions as recorded in past grimoires and lore, but with relatively appealing character designs, notably designs that are inspired by “furry fandom” artwork that features voluptuous or otherwise attractively-designed anthropomorphic animals. Briefly, furries are a niche culture of people that usually have a sexual fetish for these anthropomorphic cartoon animal characters, and regularly masturbate to imagery of them. They’re not an insignificant culture – a furry convention last year in the Midwest had over 15,000 attendees, and the fandom is a largely online phenomenon as well, so even more people participate online in its culture than offline.
Now place an image of an attractive anthropomorphic cartoon fox-like or owl-like being in front of these furries and furry-adjacent people while they are in a lustful state on mind, but also give it the name and some qualities of a well-known demon, and given the strong spiritual and energetic qualities associated with ejaculating semen and directing it towards specific astral imagery… well, I think you can understand why I consider this show a very bad presence in pop culture. It’s very popular – tens of millions of views of the series and pilot and a sister show on YouTube, an active fanbase producing custom merchandise and fanfics and artwork for it, etc.
On an individual level there doesn't seem to be much that can be done to stop this dumpster truck driving through the culture and attracting viewers, but I’m curious if you, JMG, or any other Ecosophians have any thoughts on the matter. For my part, I’ve gotten pretty strong indications to stay away from imagery of the show.