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I finally watched The Sound of Music and like I get it now, I get it. 

It’s a beautiful two hour love story of a strict man finally opening his heart again and then a fifty minute public service announcement to hate the nazis. Brilliant.

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Absolutely adore how the word "Hero" in Fable means "person with extraordinary abilities with the potential to do great things, for better or worse."

Case in point: Reaver is classified as a Hero, yet is no such fucking thing lmao.

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simply incredible how a good comedian turns to utter shite as soon as you put them on SNL

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Went to new york for 4 days saw three musicals here's my ranking. Lmk if you want more interesting thoughts

1. Hadestown: id literally never listened to it Ik it's like 5 years old but it's sooo good I loved it I'm gonna be listening to it all the time GOD and I love Jordan Fisher

2. The Outsiders: this show is so good listen ok trust ill say I don't get why they changed some things but the music, the staging, the lighting and sound??? Beautiful

3. The Great Gatsby: OK I know this is a controversial show but I liked it. It changed alot but I still think it holds the big part of the green light being unobtainable, even if they turned it into Daisy's and Gatsbys love. Dancing was phenomenal, could've used the stage a little better at some places. Most of the music is catchy

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we did it tumblr

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>Blitz criticizes Stolas for not understanding the societal gap between them

"Omg, you're just like that guy that tried to kill me!"

wat

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so tired of the stolas sympathy hour (apology tour spoilers)

i just hate him so much. he's done everything wrong in his relationship with blitzo and apology tour makes him out to be the good guy. why? he neglects his daughter to coerce someone who has zero power over him into sexual favors for his grimoire. and i don't care if he gave him an asmodeus crystal. the fact that stolas made blitzo have sex to keep his business active at all makes him a terrible person. (terrible bird? whatever.) and when he said "you speak just like that vile striker friend of yours!" i was pissed OOOOOFF - striker is the only one calling the upper class out on their bullcrap! if stolas gets made out to be the good guy for all the shit he put octavia through, i am gonna lose it. i understand why stolas cheated on stella, but that gives him no right to make his daughter miserable in the process. (also, why does stolas even let stella have joint custody of octavia if he knows she's horrifically abusive???? would he not have the power to deny her that????? he's a prince ffs) maybe i'm just projecting because i've been in a similar situation to octavia, but her whole relationship with stolas really upsets me because i know the writers won't treat the situation with the respect it deserves.

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Stolas what the actual FUCK do you mean "when have I ever talked down to you?" Did I fucking hallucinate all the times you've referred to Blitzo as "my little imp" Was Blitzo supposed to suddenly realize that all your insistent sexual advances towards Blitzo that he was only accepting so he could keep his fucking job were suddenly romantic advances? Why is the show trying to treat Stolas like he's "the bigger person" when for 99% of his relationship with Blitzo he's been the one playing the role of instigator? Why does the show try to make Blitzo feel like complete shit when the entire original point of his character is that he feels like shit because he's treated like shit. You're telling me that NONE of the DOZENS of people know his history? Trauma isn't an excuse but do you REALLY THINK that all of these people would still behave in such petty and cruel manners towards Blitzo is they actually knew how he felt? Do you ACTUALLY THINK that these people would be 100% in support of Stolas as the "freshest ex" if they knew that Blitzo fucking Stolas was the only way he'd be able to keep his fucking livelyhood??

This show is doing all the right things for the wrong reasons. I don't think Blitzo is in the right at all, but I cannot STOMACH the way the show is treating him like he's the bad guy when he's been through so much shit and NOBODY FUCKING CARES. NOBODY CARES ABOUT HOW HIS MOTHER DIED IN A FIRE THAT EVERYONE BLAMES HIM FOR??? NOBODY CARES ABOUT HOW STOLAS'S BOOK WAS THE ONLY WAY BLITZO WAS ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING IN THE FIRST PLACE??? Absolute fucking insanity. This show sucks.

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Seeing how stolas was acting in this episode Vivzepop should of never created Octavia because what’s the point of this mf having a 17 year old daughter if you write him like a 20 year old that just got married to someone he doesn’t like

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wanting to strangle stolas so bad. seriously have never felt more hate in my heart for a fictional character. brother fucked over the entire narrative of the show and for what? a dumb fuck who uses everyone around him then throws a pity party while thinking himself the victim. fuck this show

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Vivziepop's unintentional ability in making stolas more unlikable is actually impressive

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Okay. So the new ep. I was so mad about this line from Stolas I can't lie: "I didn't realize you think so low of me"

Oh really? What reasons have you given him to think highly of you Stolas? You:

A) Gave Blitz a choice between his career or having sex with you (Blitz's career also supports his daughter and the other IMP employees, their well being was on the line too). And to boot, this proposition took place while Blitz was in a high pressure scenario being hunted down by a crazy serial murderer human trying to kill him. Which Stolas was aware of and watching. He chose that moment to make his proposition and laud the grimoire over Blitz's head.

B) Constantly make weird fetishy remarks about Blitz's species/race, calling him an impish little plaything and "itty bitty". Also while being weird towards other imps too, using your butler as a stress toy and calling Moxxie, Millie and other random imps "little ones" all the time.

C) After the power imbalance of controlling his business was set up by you, you proceeded to constantly toy with Blitz despite how much he resisted and showed he clearly doesn't like it. You give him an annoying demeaning pet name he didn't ask for with the "Blitzie" shit. You make crude sexual remarks that make him uncomfortable and make them in front of others too, humiliating him in front of both strangers and people he is close to. You grab at his face condescendingly. You idly use him as an ash tray. You treat him with a completely disrespectful degrading demeanor and there is nothing he can do or say about it that will make you stop - in Loo Loo land when Blitz expresses that he does not want you to attempt to solicit sex that day from him you respond "You are so cute when you are serious" like its funny hes mad about that. All of this unwanted sexual attention is to the point Blitz has a panic button for when YOU specifically show up at his office like what else is there to say really.

D) You also treat your daughter like shit. You chase Blitz instead of focusing on her even though shes clearly very mentally ill and struggling. You make weird sexual remarks about Blitz, the guy who you're cheating on your wife with which is causing chaotic familial breakdown in the home Octavia has to live in (and Octavia KNOWS its Blitz specifically that you're cheating with she is very aware). She is clearly constantly uncomfortable and yet you put her through that several times Stolas.

Then you try to do the right thing and free Blitz. Good, great, a step in the right direction. But when hes so unused to you respecting him and thinks you must be lying you have a whiny little breakdown and storm off about it.

BUT NO WONDER BLITZ THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF FUCKING JOKE AND THEN WAS LIKE WTF YOU STUPID FUCK. Look at everything you've done holy shit! I felt Blitz's "What the fuck" in my soul. What is with this shows attempts since S2 at a weird perversion of the truth. What is with this pathetic poor me I'm just a poor widdle victim! Act from Stolas. Its just so gross its disgusting.

Stolas was born with his wealth. He was born with immense wealth, connections, authority, and physical power. He never has had to comprehend making the kinds of choices Blitz has had to in order to make rent. And Stolas actively exploited Blitz's class. He actively exploited it along with Blitz's obligations to his employees and daughter, those he loves, to get sex out of him. And then when Blitz sees him for what he is he is a self victimizing baby over it. How slimy can you get?

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Nothing says "There's no power imbalance here" like a character tearfully pleading that they'll do anything, anything at all if a rich man doesn't take away their only means of keeping the business they've worked their whole life for afloat.

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…So it’s okay that Stolas kept making unwanted sexual advances at Blitzo the entire first season because he misunderstood it as Blitzo being cheeky with him as part of their little roleplaying session, but when Blitzo then doesn’t take Stolas’s feelings seriously because of the exact same thing he “fucked up” and should feel guilty? :/

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im gonna be honest i was laughing so much at the “i didnt realize you think so lowly of me” line bc im honestly surprised at how far they’re pushing the stolas victimization

im also kinda disappointed bc stolas was FINALLY recognizing what he was doing was wrong.. and then he just started guilt tripping blitz.

That line was awful on so many levels. Not only is it peak Stolass victimization, it also just doesn't make sense.

Like BITCH YOU WERE ABUSING HIM OFC HE WAS GOING TO HATE YOU, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT???!??!?

Also ya the way the scene just descendes into Stolas victimization is just. Ugh. I hate it.

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i’m gonna hop on the stolas hate train with you for a second. Do you know what i feel like he doesn’t get enough lashings for? His inability to see things from Blitzo’s point of view.

I’m sorry but despite being horrendously bad he is simultaneously one of most self absorbed characters ever. If he really loved Blitz to an up to par standard he’d be able to understand the HUGE power imbalance between them regardless of their feelings or time spent together. (might be a spoiler but i feel like you’ve seen it by now) but Blitz out burst to Stolas was super justified , i wouldn’t have done it personally, but i see where he’s coming from.

That moment itself was a rare vulnerable!blitz moment that stolas could’ve used to mend their relationship but instead he made it about Him AGAIN I CANT DO THIS😭😭😭 THEY SUCKKKK GOOD LORDD

I’m here to conduct this hate train, you’re more than welcome to come aboard.

Stolas has the characteristics of a Covert Narcissist (obviously he’s fictional, I can’t diagnose a fictional character or real person, but let’s tally it up shall we?):

Lack of Empathy — You hit that one

Sense of Entitlement — he thinks he’s entitled to Blitzø’s time and body, as well as Octavia’s unending patience and understanding when he fucks up and fucks around on her and their family)

Taking advantage of others for personal gain — the whole deal with the fuckdamn Grimoire

Hyper-focusing on fantasies of grandeur — Stolas is King Delusion thinking his obsession with Blitzø is at all equivalent to love, or even liking someone. He also deludes himself into thinking he knows his own child but he ignores her wants when she literally runs away from him on two separate occasions bc he’s not fucking listening to her.

Exhibit passive-aggressive behavior, arrogance, or subtle superiority — Ppl don’t clock this as much as they should but I’ve noticed and gagged at his belittling “pet names” for Blitzø (impish little plaything, itty bitty imp) and how when Moxxie and Millie try to speak to him, Stolas either treats them with disdain/like peasants or doesn’t even look at them when they speak! Not even bringing up how he uses his own imp staff as stress-relieving toys.

Highly sensitive to criticism — Can’t take being called out, has to cry and run away from the truth that Blitzø (and Stella and Octavia) are spitting

Victim Mentality — it’s everyone else in this damn bird’s life that’s to blame instead of himself. “I think so highly of you, I didn’t realize you thought so low of me.”

Fuck. You. Stolas.

I’m sorry this is a wild rant but to be fair it is the Stolas Hate Train (SHT, we should implement an I in there). Obviously I don’t hate his fans. Like what you like. Please. However, I may have some concerns over how young HB fans can get and how they don’t truly see how terribly this character is written because they accept the framing of Stolas as the poor victim in this situation at face value and don’t see it for what it really is, but I’m not their parents. And hopefully the younger audience will grow up and also think “ew”. At the very least.

I would like to know if the HB writers, and her majesty Vivienne Medrano, realize that they’re framing the Abuser in this situation as the victim but have dug this hole so deep that they just have to keep digging bc there’s no going back or if they genuinely think their targeted audience of adults don’t see through this or haven’t had to deal with abusive relationships themselves.