Untangling the Lore of Devilish Hairdresser

[@lispeaks]

If you have a flash-enabled browser (like Palemoon or Waterfox Classic) with a working copy of flash installed, you can still play all of these games! Hairdresser: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/devilish_hairdresser/devilish_hairdresser.swf?gp=1 Pet Salon: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/devilish_pet_salon/devilish_pet_salon_awards.swf?gp=1 Stylist: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/DevilishStylist/devilish_stylist.swf?gp=1 Trick: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/devilish_trick/devilish_trick.swf?gp=1 Christmas: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/devilish_christmas/devilish_christmas.swf?gp=1 Valentine: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/devilish_valentine/devilish_valentine.swf?gp=1 Cat: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/DevilishCat/devilish_cat.swf?gp=1 Cooking: www8.agame.com/games/flash/d/devilish_cooking/devilish_cooking.swf?gp=1 Candy House (broken?): www8.agame.com/mirror/flash/d/Devilish_candy_house/Devilish_Candy_House_130221_1537.swf?gp=1

[@SunsAnimationDump]

I have flashpoint and flash player, but I wasn't aware that flash-enabled browsers are still a thing. Thank you for the links!

[@lispeaks]

@@SunsAnimationDump unfortunately these ones seem to need the browsers; only a couple of the plain .swfs work

[@asmayayo]

Just checked the Y8 browser and they have them on there and they are working!

[@brkh96]

some of these games are also available on Y8!

[@gracekim25]

say what was game 10?

[@dandannoodles5161]

Girlie just made her own fanfiction and we all sat down for an hour enraptured. Ladies and gentlemen, the power of shipping.

[@nyxie2877]

I have definitely done this before to some poor soul who just wanted to ask me about my interests, not knowing I’m like the final boss of high-masking autism

[@kemanebel9018]

Literally made me tear up with that epic love story!

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

​@@nyxie2877I had an entire scene play in my head reading your comment! It went like this: Me: So what kind of things do you like? You: ::pulls out a whiteboard, pointer, and PowerPoint:: Sit down because school's about to start... Why yes, my imagination IS dangerously overactive! Thank you for noticing! 😊

[@claralima1967]

My headcanon is that Devil tried to flirt with Angel before Devilish Hairdresser, but Angels and Devils have, like, different "courting rituals" but neither is aware of the difference, so Angel never understood that she was being flirted with, and Devil thought Angel was rejecting her but was too nice/pitied her too much to say it directly. That's where her resentment starts

[@platannapipidae9621]

so, basically, Devil has black feelings for Angel, but Angel haven't read homestuck.

[@CaeneusTelamon]

​@@platannapipidae9621this is genuinely the most cursed thing I have ever read. It is amazing. You're so right.

[@mayorkoopbob]

@@platannapipidae9621 oh my god. youre right.

[@platannapipidae9621]

@@mayorkoopbob *glub

[@sillyspider]

​​@@platannapipidae9621I HATE THAT YOURE RIGHT THATS SO EVIL OF YOU TO POINT OUT

[@renchiyansan8877]

Tbh I personally think the reason Devil is wearing the fake devil horns is cause her real horns are supporting her pigtail poofs

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Fr thats what i thought

[@RazielSoulshadow]

Looking again, this is absolutely a valid possibility. The poofs are positioned exactly where her horns are... good catch!

[@abyssalnightmare551]

This reminds me of that post that's like "when I was a kid I had a crush on a girl in my class and I didn't know what to do about it so I just sent her a note that said 'get out of my school'"

[@sophialambert6320]

What??😂😂

[@angelsnaiilz]

I KNOW WHAT POST THIS IS

[@_.rainydays._]

this made me start aggressively coughing

[@flywiththebees]

The fact that Neil Gaiman is OBVIOUSLY in the first game was a clear sign of a love story from the very beginning.

[@krussyarts]

*a love story that takes millennia to reach even somewhat of a conclusion

[@gracekim25]

who's neil?

[@krussyarts]

Neil Gaiman, some of his more recently popular works include good omens, sandman and coraline He's also quite active on the hellsite we call tumblr

[@Ewnothank]

Now that you said it i can see a good omen influence in it 💀

[@seattlecryptid]

@@krussyarts i was going to say these two are very crowley and aziraphale!!

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The Devil girl trying to mess up someone's hair while the Angel girl isn't looking until she got caught red handed never failed me to make me entertained as a kid. Those "don't get caught" genre in the realm of Flash games is simple and unique for its time, but it can be downright strange sometimes, especially with those cursed "kissing" games.

[@cinereo_argento]

Lol there's this game where we were a paparazzi photographer to take pics of people making out. Level 1: Woman with the waiter. Level 2: A girl with a guy who fixed her car. Level 3: A painter and female model. Level 4: Woman with the window cleaner. I need to play this xD

[@Lucy-yi9ju]

@@cinereo_argento LOL name?

[@Squibbling]

​@@cinereo_argento YOU JUST UNLOCKED A MEMORY- I REMEMBER ALWAYS THINKING IT WAS SUPER WEIRD- I need to find it again...

[@Daziesandconfuzed]

LOL I remember one where you’re a photographer trying to take pictures of girls in bikinis at the beach and catching up skirt shots when the wind acts up. Those days really were… something.

[@cinereo_argento]

@@Daziesandconfuzed Omg I remember a similar game where we had to shoot for wardrobe malfunctions. The models were in "Vogue Fashion Show" lol

[@curiouskelpie2822]

I always saw Devil as a needy gremlin of a girlfriend who enjoys bothering the prim and proper Angel at work. She’s a demon, so causing mischief is the norm for her, and the sabotage is more out of teasing and wanting attention than actual malice. I saw the look on her face when she noticed the sabotage as more mildly annoyed than anything, and since she’s an angel she was probably able to fix the ruined hair/outfits/pets/etc fairly quickly. Despite the upset reaction, I think she’s just over dramatic rather than being genuinely sad. But I really like your interpretation too!

[@danoneime9872]

Yes same!!

[@gracekim25]

@@hope539 mmmm I definitely don’t see her as evil 😅

[@curiouskelpie2822]

@@hope539 I probably should have been more specific with my wording. I meant it’s the norm in the world of this game since in cartoons and a lot of kids media demons just mess with people and don’t like, torture people or kill them, or any other truly evil stuff. Since the game is aimed at a younger audience, I don’t think that would be a thing the demons would do there.

[@lispeaks]

@@hope539 i’m sorry but why are you acting like demons are an actual demographic that we need to be sensitive about the representation of

[@wiggindorfthemagnificent]

@@hope539 it is boring that's why we should all forgo conjuration for summoning minions and go with necromancy instead. Sure the local peasantry won't be too stoked with you legions of the undead running about but they're just impossible to please and wouldn't have liked demons either. Some will doubt you but you are just ahead of the times and their just jealous that your skeletons stick around while their demons are only rarely summoned for longer than a minute.

[@scout8145]

4:18 It’s strangely mindblowing to realize that flash game websites had normal corporate environments where they did things like making powerpoints. This is obvious now as an adult, but as a kid, stand-alone flash games just seemed to appear out of nowhere. This powerpoint is the flash game company equivalent of seeing your teacher in the grocery store.

[@unknowngirl2714]

Haha, I was trying to think of why it seemed so strange to me too! Your comparison is spot on.

[@okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Tbh instead of Angel being completely stupid and oblivious I sort of interpreted her as playing dumb until the point where Devil fucked up enough to be directly caught and she couldn’t pretend to not notice anymore. She hates Devil pushing things that far and forcing her hand when she sends her to angel prison, and that’s why she’s crying on the game over screen.

[@bluegummybear8667]

i love that you managed to turn a game series from the early 2010s into an enemies to friends to roommates to enemies to lovers 100k slowburn

[@xxpandagalaxyxx5655]

I find it hilarious that that angel getting kidnapped was the catalyst for their break-up when I interrupted that as some weird kinky thing that the girls just do sometimes. (hence why angel didn't give a shit about being kidnapped.)

[@lispeaks]

tbf “angel prison” can also be interpreted this way

[@stars4809]

I jokingly call picking my friends up "kidnapping" all the time and could see Devil especially doing that for a date because it sounds more evil.

[@AverageSeaMonster]

@@stars4809I can totally imagine her asking Angel out with weirdly threatening messages

[@kiki.MAARZZ]

THE WAY I GASPED WHEN I READ THIS

[@kingryuuka7018]

My personally theory all my life was that Angel loved Devil the whole time but they had a teasing sort of relationship. I think Devil is the more airheaded one, thinking she is being slick messing with Angel, but Angel has been here a million times before, she knows what Devil is going to do. She doesn’t just tolerate Devil, she loves having her around. Devil has always added some mischief to Angels “perfect” life, and Angel loves it. That’s why she does that little smirk and eyebrow raise, I see you Angel. Angel has had feelings for Devil the whole time, yes, but Devil herself has a hard time admitting it. She always tries to be around Angel and cause some mischief and at this point she has broken through Angels defenses, she is smitten. I think that the devilish Halloween game actually comes before the hairdresser game. Devil is trying to do her Devil duty and cause mischief, and Angel isn’t having it, at first. (She is still in her perfect Angel era guys, she needs to lesbian lover to show her the joys of life and being ‘bad’) Then by devilish hairdresser she has come around and Devil has broken through her defenses. She keeps Devil around because she likes her and doesn’t mind her mischief all that much, sometimes it’s annoying but she gets more used to it. Then Christmas happens, and they have a little falling out… It all gets better once they reconnect for the next few games. By this point it’s been a year or even more (by immortal standards ofc ofc) so Angel still longs for Devil, but has tried her best to move on. Devil needs a place to stay and so she stays with Angel. She works at Angels new pet salon (if you work at one place long enough living as long as they do, people will start to talk ya know what I mean). She tries to cause mischief again because that’s all that she knows but Angel is less perceptive. It’s at this time that Devil realizes her feelings for Angel, ever so slowly. BUT WHATS THIS? ANGEL HAS A GROSS HUMAN BOYFRIEND WITH THE WORST CHARACTER DESIGN EVER? ‘It’s okay we can just make her jealous by pretending we have a totally cool date- why is this ugly man flirting with me?’ So Devil does what Devil does best to get back at this two timing prick for trying to break her girlfriend- I mean best friends heart! They get into a little fight after this and Angel is rightfully upset about all that’s happening in her life right now, so she does the classic, dyes her hair and changes her style a bit. And so does Devil because she wants Angel to notice her more. And idk devil Angel magic, she can change how her horns look, that’s why humans don’t question them existing (idk). So after a bit more time and a bit more reconciliation, they finally admit their feelings for each other, officially move in together, adopt a cat, and love happily ever after. The end. -sincerely, That one gay dude who reads too much bl and queer fanfic

[@Matheus_Braz]

All I read as a guy guy as gay furry porn 😂

[@CrowCoded]

I read this all and I love it a lot.

[@cryforhelp7270]

I agree with this! She seems like the type who KNOWS what's happening

[@isa.c3909]

my theory is that these girls control everything in my life like a puppet master pulls the strings of its puppets

[@sof_t_]

I always saw them as an enemies-to-lovers story where criminal-Devil is placed under goody-two-shoes Angel's supervision after one too many divine misdemeanors to help her rectify her behaviour. Demonic rehab and community service thru helping Angel with her work as a hairdresser. She legitimately wants to change (thus the insecure body language, she's trying to stop herself from doing bad deeds but it's literally her nature, so she's grappling with the thoughts of "can I even exist without causing chaos" and self-worth). That's how the prison ending made sense - Devil has to go back into confinement because she fails her parole terms.

[@ActuallyRea]

The shipping subtext intro was So Funny your videos are incredible, thank you for posting 💗

[@kawakawaii]

WOW ITS U HI

[@Famously5518]

WAH!? HI JUNE!!!

[@lazy_emmy_art3048]

OMFG GINJANINJAOWO IS INTO THE DEVILISH FANDOM??

[@lazy_emmy_art3048]

@@doghoarde4366 that's their dead name

[@Arch_X69]

Yoo it's June! Btw you've probably heard this before, but you may want to update your handle (not your channel name, they're different [yay, unnecessary KZbin updates]) to your actual name as opposed to it being your deadname

[@bored4033]

A few theories I think angel and devil have a mutual friendly rivalry, Where they both try to get in eachother's way. We don't see this often because angel is almost never the playable character. We know because of devilish cooking that angel is not above doing the **exact** same thing that devil does. But they'll even help eachother when in trouble, such as alerting eachother when the cat is eating their food or devil poisoning angel's scummy cheating boyfriend. It's a kinda "no one hurts her but me!" Kinda deal Also, when angel "locks up" devil... it doesn't seem that bad. The cell is usually full of toys and sweets. I think it's more of a time-out rather than a real punishment. Also, I'm guessing the reason the stores are cannonically called "devilish ____" is because they opened it together. Hense why angel doesn't mind devil being there (aside from the mutually agreed rivalry thing) The different "devil" with the twin drills is a different person, but I imagine her as devil's apprentice. Not a devil yet, hense the lack of horns. She's aspiring to be a devil by learning from the main devil (by making an Angel's life more difficult)

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

nice headcanons

[@vivana1344]

oh my god, little me had an entire fanfiction universe about these girls with multiple installments 😭 basically the devil girl was the cool goth and the angel was the dumb preppy rich kid, but they had to form an uneasy truce to take down the pet salon girls who they were common enemies with (because the lore was that there existed a big empire of these ”intentionally fucking things up” businesses and the pet salon was doing better). the stylist devil was the hairdresser devil’s little sister, and avata star sue was the angel’s bitchy best friend. the girl from the oriental/school/beach flirting games was the devil girl’s best friend. i never gave them romantic interests, and i was super bothered when they introduced a random man for the angel in the games. even at 7, i was lesbian as hell

[@buggi__e6644]

i swear this game is just for budding queer femmes

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

LMAO I DID TOO, I always thought they were roommates and played them more loving each other lol. I miss early GirlsGoGames so much.

[@iluv_nana]

I need to know more about this GirlsGoGames multiverse

[@xirellia477]

I would legitimately read an entire 200k+ word fanfiction series about this ngl

[@TheMaryLoo]

Bro i wanna read this

[@azure-mist]

You did NOT need to go even a PERCENTAGE of this hard to get me on board with shipping these two, but by Lord am I glad you did.

[@sunnyisfictional]

theyre literally girlfriends and i dont care what anyone has to say about it. they are *LOVERS.*

[@lispeaks]

you’re in for a treat

[@Tiny_Koi]

This is me about My Melody and Kuromi LOL

[@sunnyisfictional]

@@lispeaks hahaha i just got to that part!! i audibly gasped when you started talking about it

[@greenthinggg]

Facts

[@soarixchannel5265]

I love that headcanon for you ❤

[@limonprincess]

I remember playing the first games and seeing them as coworkers, where both of them have a different vision of what they want to sell to their clients/genuinely believing their version looks the best. It didn't explain the prison though haha

[@cadeocafeeee]

Came for the devilish games, stayed for the greatest romance story of our lifetime.

[@Jaypupp]

when your time skip designs appeared i quite literally gasped in shock at how much they look like me and my best friend. we are, childhood friends whos parents met when they were pregnant with us, grown up together, reunited as mid-teens and had a short (one-sided from me lol) romantic era together as we figured ourselves out AND WE LOOK EXACTLY LIKE YOUR DESIGNS ITS INSANE DSFJHDSJHFDH the main difference is i havent bleached my hair back to its old blonde yet! i sent screenshots to her of course and she agreed ahh im so happy to see people talking about this game series i used to adore ittt

[@munnybunnyummy4332]

when i was a kid my theory of these characters was that: Angels were supposed to make Devils a better person. So Angels, bc they are very kind they would let Devils stay at their house. And so they would let Devils near were they work so they would know how to do things right. But of course Devils werent easy to change and they will continue with their tricks and stuff. So everytime they wouldnt get caught during their pranks, Angels would thought that they were the ones who ruined their work. But if Devils actually got caught, Angels would had to accept that they wouldnt change that easy and so they will send 'em to Angel Jail ?

[@justradiclesandco]

Ooo, that sounds super interesting! That’s a fun theory

[@Ash_NuggTato]

That's exactly what I thought, and they just kinda became friendemies over time

[@Peregrina]

I like this theory

[@satohime]

i actually NEED to write a comic inspired by your interpretation...i grew up playing these games and i was so happy to hear about them again😭 this story is incredible and these girls deserve the deepest of lore

[@tystotallyradicaltoenail]

I used to make the Angel and Devil in the sims and make them kiss. Half the CC I have is still angel/demon themed because of this.

[@Imstupidandidiot]

Nice :)

[@letsalllovelean478]

I wish someone could buy out the rights to Angel and Devil. I wanna know their backgrounds, true names, what they think of each other and a story!

[@marshiboi2991]

27:10 Another way you can explain humans not changing too much is the possibility that Angel and Devil are in an afterlife, where dead people go to get their hair cut. Maybe time passes faster in heaven than it does on earth.

[@PurpleLightning147]

I didn’t know that I needed Angel/devil fanfiction, but thank you for providing this vital service

[@Batbimbo]

Not the fanfic portion at the end lowkey making me tear up

[@Dani_1012]

It felt so... cathartic to get their story right to an ending. 11 year old me is satisfied

[@kooriicolada]

I need someone to write a Good Omens x Devilish Hairdresser crossover fanfic. (also your time skip designs are absolutely adorable. I love them!)

[@Lua_computa]

Someone must turn your epilogue into a comic in a similar vein to Pinky And Pepper Forever.

[@casir.7407]

*yes*

[@oliviaclove4582]

Okay but now that you said that it would be so cool if she did an analysis of Pinky and Pepper forever!

[@chibitali4]

@@oliviaclove4582 YES

[@thecrazedbunny5407]

yes

[@Azucenary]

Well, I AM an artist…

[@CosmicVoid_S]

The fact that you managed to make your interpretation of the story not romanticize toxic relationships, and you actually address the themes in a nuanced way /pos _and you made me care about a girlsgogames series_

[@HCSAgirl99]

I remember basically rage quiting the salon game as a kid and never returning to their games. Never realized the fandom was so big or there was that much sapphic subtext in it. This video was great!

[@katecattus]

"Oh they were roommates..." I literally almost cried at their hypothetical reunion. I want to draw fanart for these girls now, lol. I also have headcanon names for them, Devil's Azzie, derived from Azazel, and Angel is Sarah, derived from the word "seraphim"

[@kyogreblue21o89]

20:26 I love how the shipping re-analysis symbol is just as compressed as the logo.

[@kingbee5025]

Seeing that Devilish epilogue felt like randomly discovering the conclusion to a story I invested myself in years ago but forgot about for the longest time

[@seattlecryptid]

These two give major Jenny by the Studio Killer vibes. 😭

[@tystotallyradicaltoenail]

You cannot remind me of how I used to listen to that song and imagine a music video literally with these characters like this.

[@samdal420]

💕🎵💫~I WANNA RUIN OUR FRIENDSHIP!!!~💫🎵💕

[@bellapham1140]

I WAS JUST THINKING THAT i want to draw them so bad

[@ayra0114]

i really wish the artist behind these games was active on the internet they seem to have made art for Hot BBQ part as well, and devilish and BBQ was my favorite games ever because of its art style

[@casir.7407]

ngl this would be a really cute webtoon type of thing! personally i feel like (as a tragedy sucker as i am) as much as i would like to see them learning to coexist in a friendly manner, neither one can truly belong with the other comfortably unless they fully change their respective natures... even if Angel constantly forgives her, being kind and patient is just not something someone like Devil could ever be: both of them live in an eternal present, barely changed by cosmetic alterations, with no possibility of true change. unless Devil became an Angel (and losing her own nature in the process, between the choice of her own identity or the potential harmony with a loved one), or if Angel became a Devil (betraying her values and losing her morality for a human-like attempt at a relationship that might just not last), they would have to keep dancing this eternal dance of underlying romantic tension

[@thomaszloi9444]

I drew devilish fanart on instagram because randomly remembered them(it blewed) I even had thought to make fancomic webtoon if og artist won't do idk

[@justradiclesandco]

That could be interesting as well. Not the kind of story I’d normally read, but still interesting. I think I remember hearing somewhere, probably in D&D, that when an angel or devil changes alignment, their form changes too. Not trying to compare your idea with this, and I’m just curious if that’s how your story might work since it sounded similar or if it’s just physically impossible in your idea for the characters.

[@voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix]

Look at that smirk they give while on the verge of turning around. There’s just NO way they don’t hold affection for each other.

[@mermaidpotato]

Your fanfic-writing streak shows hardcore in your massaging the crumbs of silly canon into a heartbreaking, highly-supernatural timeline. And it is a gift. I would read so many words of this. I love the rich inner worlds, and I love seeing you laying out the canon you want to see in the world. tl;dr I ship it

[@Cartoonandanimelove1]

This account is literally the niche I needed to find. You feature all the games I played as a kid that no one irl has heard of.

[@mostlyme7915]

This is literally Good Omens by Neil Gaiman

[@lispeaks]

that’s why he was there in devilish hairdresser

[@googoogaga7986]

UR SO REAL FOR SAYING THAT OMG THE CHARACTERS EVEN LOOK SIMILAR

[@rainy-matcha]

Devil with fake horns could also be the earliest point in the timeline, maybe she grows her horns in after. In timeskip designs, I would love to see functional wings on Angel's back, and bigger horns and a tail on Devil.

[@kindestegg9989]

these games had such a grip on my childhood, the devilish series was one that i could easily identify by just seeing the characters and the art style, and i think even back in my baby "bi-without-knowing-it" years, i always thought that the two would look cute together as a couple. your interpretation of them with the epilogue was so sweet i got emotional!! thank you so much for this video.

[@mackiexoxo8193]

A redhaired demon pining for a blond angel, where have I seen that before. Also godddd I love the ending you gave them

[@ClowncoreisCool]

You mean to tell me I've been playing lesbian Good Omens this whole time? 🤔

[@maxu2758]

What a coincidence because I've been obsessing to these games lately after learning that I can still play flash games! Actually, a very fun fact, the duo had a cameo to the Lovely Mermaid christmas game, which is a spot the difference game (I absolutely love The Lovely Mermaid, which features Gabriella, the blonde GirlsGoGames mascot). Angel and Devil showed up in their island as Santas giving gifts to the mermaids (and Devil tricked them all by the end)! I love the cameo, and the two being together in Christmas implied that they are celebrating Christmas TOGETHER!

[@shart8008]

my god they gay as hell

[@empty7971]

the blonde ggg mascot is named gabriella 😭

[@maxu2758]

@@empty7971 oh yeah! my bad, this comment was before li confirmed the girl's names with her latest video ^^;; ill edit my comment!! thank you for the correction

[@CakeoftheMews]

I got so emotional at your epilogue. The art and redesigns were so good and I genuinely felt like a piece of my childhood had been completed.

[@IasmimLobato]

omg i played those games when i was 8 years old and i LOVED shipping angel and devil, even as a kid i could feel the subtext, and it was a really comforting game for me back then, the artstyle amazed me soooo much and finally seeing some mischief inside girls games with a cute goth icon such as Devil was really cool for me back then nowadays i'm a 22 yo lesbian and i literally cried during your conclusion for Angel and Devil's story, thank you for that

[@xmascritter2383]

Im so glad you covered the one cooking game you can play as angel cause that was the game I played the most and I was starting to think I had imagined the whole "you can play as angel" thing

[@kiricappuchin]

I never played these games as a kid since I wasn’t into those “slacking/do something while another person looks away” games, but i ADORE the designs of the Angel and Devil girls. Also the Devil girl’s design changed from game-to-game and I always thought it was just her wearing different outfits for different jobs. 💖

[@mojyoqueen350]

Davilish series was my biggest inspiration in my character desinger career. Funny thing is, that for many years I had belived that devil's horns were made out of pizza cardboard. Ah...Those lies of childhood...

[@Bruh_Kenzi]

I was so obsessed with the devilish series and it has inspired my fashion sense and my love the cute anime and chibi art stlye and thx li you dont know hard im fangirling right now and i love to hear about the lore behind the games.

[@elffkinnie]

devilish hairdresser was an OBSESSION when i was a young teen. I made a silly video using screenshots of it while I did voices over it. it has caramelldansen playing and some shitty recolours as the intro. I remember getting curious about it a few years ago and I looked to find it had 7.4k views. I can't even access that youtube account anymore but the fact that it exists on the internet has me in a stranglehold of embarrassment for my past self. that entire channel is a blight on my existence ;;

[@Gafafsg]

You are a goddess, Li. It’s hard to comprehend how you’re still a relatively new content creator and yet make such long, in-depth videos about these seemingly untouched subjects. It’s absolutely astounding. Keep up the good work 👏

[@bitchslug5030]

i always thought they were girlfriends, the little animation made me tear up i love them together and i really do think over time devil would work on herself to be with angel

[@krisd2518]

Man, I haven't thought about Devilish Hairdresser in *years,* but you're so right; as a kid I always thought that Devil's idle face was just way too *sad* to not have something else there. Also Good Omens walked so Devilish Hairdresser could run so Good Omens (Prime) could fly. They're both gay angel/devil love stories and you can't convince me otherwise.

[@edithtaylor3423]

They all include neil gaiman too xD

[@mama_mafia9755]

I literally screamed when u brought up the shipping!!! As a kid i ALWAYS thought they we're dating!! I remember even being frustrated in the Devilish Valentine game since it had a "love interest" and I thought they broke up or something 😭😭

[@yourgoodjoodi]

I’m literally so happy that someone on youtube is unearthing the little nostalgia memories buried in my brain of all these old flash games. The way you put so much effort into your research and the video itself, QUEEN LIKE BEHAVIOR 💕

[@LauraAmyWilliamsOfficial]

I miss the 2009 days so much! The Devilish hairdresser games are brilliant! The character designs are pretty neat and the way the music changes drastically when the devil messes up a client's haircut is a nice touch. Sending a devil to prison solely for trying to mess up a client's haircut is pretty harsh though. :P You also brought up a good concern regarding the first game's challenge being too reliant on the angel's uncertainty. I like the way you analyse certain aspects of these games, such as graphics and sound design. Kudos! :)

[@shrekfrog]

neil gaiman 💀💀 little did we know, he and terry pratchett wrote good omens based on his experience from the devilish hair salon

[@pieofchart]

Oh jeez, that first part of the epilogue, the part where Devil realizes she's hurting the one closest to her, the woman she loves, and they break away from each other... that hit too close to home and now I relate to Devil more than I fucking should! I didn't expect to have a legitimate feels trip in my Devilish Hairdresser retrospective today but here we are. Honestly, it made the epilogue all the more impactful for me, so thank you Li ♡

[@eminempreg]

I get so excited every time you post. I hope you cover those japanese flash games were you laser beam guys into loving you. Idk how much content could be squeezed out of those but those feel like a GGG classic

[@ghoulchan7525]

Oh man i played the crap out of those. Those were fun but challenging.

[@stripedpolkadots8692]

Agree! I was obsessed with those games. Especially because of the laser fighting other girls aspect.

[@julietapintor5501]

OH MY HOD, YESSS, WE NEED THAT!

[@flapjackoctopus7282]

I absolutely loved those games and I most especially played the traditional Japanese themed one. I'd love to know some more lore about it, even if its just fanfiction LMAO

[@jungjaehyuns]

it’s so funny how whenever i watch a deep dive on an old flash game the laser game always gets brought up in the comments 😭 i didn’t realise how much of a universal experience playing it was omg i miss that game so much

[@just_a_magikarp]

bro you're such a good Storyteller I love the interpretation you had of these characters

[@milkywayskye]

I remember when I was younger, I thought Devil's horns were cardboard wings (I don't think I played a majority of the games, I mainly remember the human hairdresser game and the cat game) and that Angel was trying to like, redeem Devil and such. And Angel Prison was basically like "go absorb the good vibes and not be evil" considering that it was full of stuffed toys. Also Angel is very forgiving which is why she kept giving Devil a chance. The cat stuff idk I don't remember what I thought of that

[@dianavaldes1696]

As a kid i believed the devil girl was on a sort of rehabilitation program. Like the angel was watching her and making she wouldn't do any wrong but also guide her into being a better person

[@bucca2]

Seeing the thumbnail threw me back in TIME. People always say things like "this unlocks memories I didn't even know I had" but that's truly what this video did for me. Thank you for making such a well-done video, and as a Chinese person, I greatly appreciate you going the extra step to give the Chinese developers as much proper credit as you could. Time to binge all your other videos!

[@kestreldomann2787]

I like that you made a joke about the client looking like Neil Gaiman because I came down here to make a Good Omens joke

[@apolloinjustices]

oh holy shit this is such a weird coincidence. earlier this week i remembered the game OFF and relistened to the soundtrack and had desperately safe (my favorite track that fell asleep to for probably a year straight) on repeat, and now its featured in your video, 14 years after its release and 10 years after OFF became popular in english speaking fandom??? whoda thunk edit: i just finished the video and your epilogue and timeskip designs are ADORABLE ugh 😭😭😭

[@WasabiKitCat]

Hmmm... Good Omens seems a little more... "anime" than I remember... (Unrelated but I really like your voice, it's very relaxing. Idk if that's a weird compliment, basically I mean it's a good fit for these video essay type of videos.)

[@kelly_seastar]

I imagine the reason Angel tolerates Devil's presence in her salon because Devil is using some sort of magic to hide, making Angel and the customer unable to see her. However, it takes a lot of concentration, so it fails when she focuses on cutting hair and Angel is able to catch her in the act.

[@cows_on_a.picnic]

I love the jump for the theory that devil is manipulating angel, she couldve been crying for other reasons (like leaving the client w a messed up haircut) but NO DEVIL IS MANIPULATING ANGEL INTO THINKING THAT SHE DID IT!! So silly

[@nichoenii]

Okay i am OBSESSED with your little epilogue animation thing for these two oh my goddd!! Them growing old together made me so happy! Also I have always loved the devilish games as a kid so seeing this in my notifs BLEW MY MIND. Thank you for making this along w your other vids, i enjoy them so much

[@memelord7567]

Their dynamic is literally Aziraphale and Crowley from good omens, you can't convince me otherwise (especially with the Neil Gaiman looking dude getting a haircut, ita a sign)

[@umxollie]

tbh I did view them as sisters even tho I'm gay as hell bc 1. I probs projected my own relationship with my sister onto it, as she was a blonde and I was some kinda alt kid who loved being a pain in the ass and 2. I'm also aromantic, soooo if you don't clearly present a romantic plot to me I simply won't see it lmao. Personally, I prefer non-romantic relationships, but I totally get the appeal of shipping these two gals, they do look cute together! Especially in your little epilogue, loved that!! 🧡

[@BUNNYZLIVEZONTHEMOON]

Ur gay and aro? I’m sorry… how? Edit: WAIT NVM SORRY I JUST UNDERSTOOD

[@umxollie]

@@BUNNYZLIVEZONTHEMOON oh no worries, ur not the first to be confused at first haha 🧡

[@monthly.girls.digital8728]

Yeah i thought they were sisters too. It just made more sense for me because why else would angel keep around someone who actively was sabotaging her business? Also, I didn't know that ppl could live together if they weren't related lol

[@BUNNYZLIVEZONTHEMOON]

@@moimoiyoop idk read the edit I don’t understand ur question

[@msgirlevev9350]

​@@umxollie I was confused too lol until I realized you said aromantic not asexual

[@anne-mariealalooga5397]

I COMPLITELY FORGOT THIS EXISTED! You just unlocked the deepest memory inside my tiny bean brain.

[@zorinazutella3270]

Hell yeah I just watched a 41 minute video about the gay subtext between two cartoons from a flash game that I've never played, and every second of it was amazing.

[@Eazy_Peazy]

WAITTT WHAT IF DEVIL "KIDNAPPED" ANGEL AND TOOK HER TO THAT COOKIE PALACE PLACE BECAUSE OF THE "NORMAL DEVIL" SOCIETAL STANDARDS ?!?!?!

[@kitaayuh]

The office secret kissing games really pave the way for these genre kinda games. I don't remember if I play this or the office one first, but I do remember going into a deep spiral of the adrenaline the game gave me in my boring, repetitive childhood schedule.

[@musettedybala9557]

I hope this doesn’t make you uncomfortable. But your voice is just gorgeous, it’s so clear and so pretty, and it gives so much energy to my heart. You should absolutely try for voice acting if you’re interested in it!!!

[@charliejude]

You truly haven’t missed. I’m curious if you or anyone in the comments know anything about the website wambie?? I remember I used to love playing the original celebrity makeup games they had, and they also had this really tasteless one of Paris Hilton where she went from very skinny to “fat” by having her catch food in her mouth. Would love to know if anyone else remembers this website too!

[@eatsteas]

i loved that site so much! especially the quizzes

[@erika6423]

yes omg i remember causing some trouble in the threads 😓 it was such a fun site i like to look back at it on the waybackmachine every now and then

[@B.H.-wb9vi]

I've never had any interaction with these characters before, WHY AM I TEARING UP DURING THE EPILOGUE?!/pos

[@CamelSupplier]

I'm not even going to lie, your Epilogue story made me cry. I was so emotionally invested in it

[@Sammithryx]

I didn't knew there was a Good Omens flash gam-

[@caroline_sunshine]

I love your videos. I never played these games but your dedication to the lore has me feeling like I genuinely cared about this content too. Keep it up, great stuff.

[@dandelion-t]

This feels like listening to a friend talk about their headcanons sitting in a café I’m rewatching it for the third time now

[@peachtea7269]

The epilogue is filling me with irreparable joy

[@DakovChan]

I listened to this as a podcast while cleaning at work and having never heard of this games before and was still thinking to myself oh theyre girlfriends and when u braught up the ship theories i felt so validated Also the way you wrote their falling out and their reunion was sooo heart breaking with a satisfying conclusion i was in my feels listening to that while cleaning the McDonald's playplace lmaoo

[@Localbisexual]

I'm so glad you made a full analysis of these games 😭😭 I really wish there were some kind of webseries. What little we got from the spot the difference comics were so cute

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

I only saw the styling games growing up. I interpreted the characters as mentor/student, Angel showing how to be a proper stylist and Devil being less mischievous but more exploring her artistic style and creativity. The insecure look being questioning her career choice/passion because the "right" way doesnt include anything creative or innovative to her. But seeing the other 6 games changes things a bit haha

[@abisnail4888]

Same I always thought that the Devil characters were just bored cuz they weren’t allowed to cut hair or style anything.

[@dokiepkosa]

This was real cute! The change to storytelling took me for a turn, but I was totally invested by the end!

[@thebonk_]

convinced that neil gaiman is using this to plan season 3

[@emiliajones6376]

I remember they made appearances on one of those Girl Go Games spot the differences games, I believe it was the one of the Olympics sports. You think it is just an alternate universe of some sort? I loved this video, please continue with your retrospectives!

[@Gotye5223]

Yeah i remember similar artwork in girls go games tbh

[@cookedhams]

WAKE UP GIRLS AND GAYS NEW LI SPEAKS UPLOAD!!!!!!

[@pineappleinmysalad]

You’re probably not going to see my comment but i sincerely want to thank you for this video. You made me cry because of the shipping version. And yeah i mean true tears. I used to play the first few games of this series with my childhood best friend and we had ups and downs throughout our entire life. Since we were 3 years old until we were 17… the undertone of our relationship was clearly not just platonic friendship… at the time we didn’t know that girls could like girls and i lived in denial until i moved abroad at 21… we fought over the idea that we got “cheated” on due to a new friend entering our life. She was my only friend and if i could i would have spent all of my days just with her. She was my too priority and the other couple of friends that i had throughout my childhood stood nowhere near the importance she had for me. I now understand that this feeling was not just how a friend should feel, and if i knew that you could experience being in love with the same gender i would have absolutely told her that someday… now here’s the sad part we were both struggling with mental health and it got worse amd worse for both growing up. i forgave her replacing me again and again and the last time we got back together was when things went bad… she got hospitalised in different clinics and i couldn’t handle both my problems and hers but i tried as hard as i could. it seemed she got better and when she came back she told me her feelings for me… again i was in denial and i had way too much teen drama at that time and also i had lost that feeling after all the times she dumped me and i got back everytime i saw her hurt… so i rejected her… after some time we stopped talking… we were the same age, now she’ll be always stuck at 22… the only time i didn’t look back because i had to put myself first she left us… all my new friends knew about her and how i pretended to not missing her and wanting her back… she probably never understood that if she felt alone i would have forgiven her again and again. she’s that special and im that stupid to always be waiting for the inevitable time for us to talk again and become best friends again for the millionth time… god i would give it all to be an immortal creature as Devil and Angel to see her again and live the rest of my life by her side… [im sorry if the potential trauma dump(?) and if it’s unclear, english is not my first language and it 3 am]

[@genwatts99]

Thank you so much for this video, man. It's one of the only things I can fall asleep to when I'm doing God awful. Brings me comfort, thinking that I might have the chance to reconnect with the person that I love dearly, but who has also caused so much damage to the relationship we once had. This video is everything to me. (You also put so much work into your videos, and your voice is really calming. Thank you for becoming a content creator and for putting this out into the world. It's done more good than you could ever imagine)

[@natsby4life842]

Season 2 of Good Omens looks amazing.

[@reddiamond2088]

the more you think about it, the more this is pretty much good omens' lore

[@nellieworld8909]

I’m late but I’m so happy you made this video! Me and my best friend at the time would take turns on the family computer playing a round of the game. This brought back so many good memories🩷