Vivziepop was asked if Stella would ever get development. She said that yes, we'll learn more about Stella, but also that Stella will remain a simple and unapologetically evil antagonist, because those kinds of one note villains are a lot of fun to her. She said that a "Cruella" like character is who she was going for.
The problem with tv shows having one note villains (especially when it comes to the main villain) is that more time needs to be dedicated to them then almost any other form of media. Disney villains like Cruella work so well *because* they're in 90 minute movies. Simpler is better for shorter media.
A tv show however has way more time dedicated to it and more time needs to be spent consuming it. And because of that, flat, one note villains with nothing to them can bring down the quality of a show if they're focused on for too long. There's a reason why there was a lot of focus in Avatar on Azula but there was hardly any focus on Ozai. I'm not saying its impossible to make a main villain in a tv show one note with nothing to them but them being evil and that also constantly appears in a show narratively interesting, but a writer that can make that Herculean task work is one in a million. Not to mention that Helluva Boss *is* basically a drama at this point. One note villains work well for comedies (which Helluva boss also is, clearly) but *not* for dramas, and this is already a problem in the show. Stella shines when it comes to the comedic parts of the show but she falls completely flat in the more dramatic parts of the show. Stella is so cartoonishly evil that she's less a character and more a force of nature that's only purpose is to make things terrible for people before being soundly defeated. Which works well enough for Ferngully but not the drama comedy that Helluva Boss is.
However, going back to what Vivziepop said during that interview, Vivziepop had brought up Beatrice Horseman as an example of how getting more insight into a character's own perspective would impact and change our understanding of them, even if they mostly have a one-note personality, and then pretty much said that we can expect that sort of direction for Stella.
I'm thinking... *hoping*, that she means that Stella JUST has a simple personality and a lot of depth everywhere else when it comes to her character. *That* would Stella interesting while having a one note personality. That would make her just like Beatrice Horseman. It would also make her like Azula who I mentioned before, both are cartoonisly evil characters whos depth is linked to their backstory and how their backstory affects their relationships with the characters around them. The way Vivziepop describes what kind of character Stella is really makes it seem like they're going with a "her parents broke a perfectly good child and now Stella is like this" angle. Which makes a lot of sense knowing what we already know about Stella, it would also fit with the "generational trauma" theme
the show has going on.
Problem now is that also would make Stella a *tragic* character like Beatrice and Azula. No one looks at either of those characters now as "horrible people who are were always just like that" nowadays even though pretty much everyone did when their shows first aired. And that's mainly a problem because half the fandom loses their shit if you even think that Stella should have a sympathetic backstory. So that's definitely not going to be a problem on the creators end, but a problem with how people might react to it.
