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I REALLY LOVE THE PUPILS I REALLY HOPE THEY STAY

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These screenshots would have sent me into a coma 5 months ago

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his light

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screenshot redraws

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He’s such a mood

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this.... this is a lot of pills.

when i first watched the episode, i assumed those were empty bottles stolas was saving for some reason. but the caption as octavia moves them specifically reads "pills rattling", so i guess they're all full.

the thing is. "sinsmas" canonically takes place 2 months after "the full moon". and in "the full moon"?

stolas ran out of pills.

in "mastermind", one month post "the full moon", we don't really see what stolas has been up to. but we do see he graduated from absinthe (pretty strong liquor) to beelzejuice (a supposedly even stronger liquor).

and apparently, at some point during that month, he restocked his pills. and then some.

we already saw stolas being inconsistent about when he takes them and just how much he takes. i won't be surprised if during that month he'd been popping them like the candy they apparently are.

i'm still not sure if those pills are actually helping him or if they were just given to him to numb him to how shitty his life is, but either way, there is very strong evidence he'd been abusing them, and immediately going cold turkey after that? i'm surprised his meltdown wasn't even worse.

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You gotta wonder..What are the events that lead to Via and Blitz having each other as contacts on their phones?

Blitz had Stolas in his phone as early as the first episode, probably out of Stolas' persistence in the aftermath of stealing his book. One might assume, maybe one day Stolas grabbed his phone; "Blitzy, let me add my daughter to your contacts!" which could be slightly odd, but not completely ooc in his mannerisms.

Having it labled: "Via (Stolas Bird Daughter)"..(how many different species of daughters do you think Stolas has, Blitz?!) seems like Blitz added it, or at least edited it later.

I could see, during the events of Seeing Stars, Blitz would have a good reason to add her as a contact. (assuming Stolas was already trying to call Via's phone prior to everyone trying to find her. I'm assuming a lot of stuff that isn't shown just so everything will make sense) By why Via?

And circling back to Seeing Stars, how or why does Via know where the IMP office is, or that her dad's book is there?

Obviously Stolas knows the location, he shows up at the office next. Did he have to explain to her one day, "Oh no, I don't have the book...uh, you remember our Loo Loo Land bodyguard? Well, he's borrowing it for his business..Oh say, why don't we pay him a surprise visit?"

Back to the original phone issue at hand, I can't see Stolas grabbing Via's phone to add anything (Stolas: "Oh, there's a message on your phone saying to click this link for a 'Mal-icious surprise!" Via: "Dad, no."). Going back to headcanon land, even if Blitz attempted to call her during the events of Seeing Stars and she answered, I'd see her blocking the number after finding out who it was instead of saving.

And Via already had the contact labeled "Dad (Calling From Shitty Bodyfriend's Phone)," (note the use of parentheses in both cases) complete with picture of Stolas in his This-Is-As-Dressed-I'm-Getting-Robe. If she hadn't blocked Blitz's number before, maybe she did find the number and edited it after her father was banished, knowing he didn't have access to his phone and that would be the only way he could contact her.

That's probably the most likely option I can find. Unless Stolas did manage to call her from Blitz's phone one day (prior to the events of Ozzie's). Again, I'm struggling to find a reason for that. "Via, it's daddy! Did you remember to take the reading materials for that history assignment to your mothers?", Via: "Where are you calling from?!" Stolas: "Oh, I just had to borrow Blitzy's phone while mine is...unavailable." Blitz: "I really didn't think it would fit up there."

There just seems to be a lot of character development or events unseen. Which makes sense, the show doesn't have time to show every stinkin' detail, while focusing on all the main cast. But some of these missing pieces might give more reason to why Blitz already feels bonded to Via, in addition to his relationship with her father, but despite them only sharing scenes in two prior episodes.

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Guys, when Octavia walked by the room where Stella and Andrealphus were talking about Stolas, she had her earphones on

And she didn't take them off until after Stella had finished that sentence

Via didn't hear her say it.

Considering Stella took her phone and has been watching every time Stolas has tried to call, the most likely thing is that Via had no idea Stolas was still trying to reach her all that time.

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HAPPY DL-6 DAY !!

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Is anyone else worried that this

Is the beginning of Andealphus deciding that something needs to be DONE about Octavia?

Presumably, the time when she comes of age and her psychopathic uncle loses power is looming (whether that's at 18 or 25 or whatever...). And I think it's possible that he would be fine with that if Via were able to be molded and used as a puppet for some time. (Although his ultimate goal is clearly to be SEEN as powerful. Did you see all those ice sculptures he made of himself?)

But Via is not moldable. Not in the way that Andrealphus needs her to be- she'd need to be easily intimidated, and she'd need to value conformity, because that's honestly all that he and Stella have when it comes to getting her on their side.

Stella let Stolas raise Via. Stolas raised her to think for herself, to pursue her own interests, to speak her mind, and to love herself. And among other great things, that produced a snarky kid who can't be easily bullied.

So Andrealphus leaves the scene upset.

He goes from speechless to falling back on classism to malice very quickly. I think that "you will regret this" applies to every single character present.

But even more, I think he's starting to see Via as an obstacle, and this will only increase as they keep spending time in the same household.

Octavia is not safe, and this will be a huge threat in Season 3.

(@akirathedramaqueen your fic hits all the notes)

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the contrast between two these scenes of Stolas waking up

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Octavia. 🥺🥺

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I don't know what is more precious, that moxxie made cookies based on blitzø's scribbles of them as horses, or that he made one to include stolas because he's family too.

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Stolas:

Everyone watching:

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By the season 3 finale, they’ll get hand-holding right.

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Blitz always getting this poor owl into trouble.

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all of the ire i’ve swallowed, all of the coals that still sit in my gut, i am always burning up