#The circus

[helluvapodcast]

i haven't seen anyone point out this parallel yet!

[oatmealdoodles]

I’m just gonna drop this here and leave I’m in too much pain to say anything else

[ivorylambs]

[hyperfixed-owl]

Season 2, episode 1:

Season 2, episode 12:

Oh I do love the parallels the animators put in.

Even if it’s not super obvious or like for like, it’s so well thought through and means rewatching every episode is such a joy and excitement when things connect.

[vastpotato]

Love that tma is so traumatic constantly that we all gloss over the fact that Jon was kidnapped and forcibly moisturized while tied to a chair for a month.

Every time I think too hard about it it actually freaks me out. And Jon never talks about it again which also freaks me out

[drama-glob]

It's still sad just how much Stolas was conditioned that even while drunk at a party (with other people crying and getting drunk too mind you), he feels the need to calm himself and look more presentable. ;_; ;_; ;_;

*I'm onboard the headcanon I saw going around that the butler did care about Stolas and was doing this to help keep him from getting into trouble with Paimon as well as helped make Stolas not be as horrible as some of the other Goetia we've seen. <3<3<3

[onehelluvafan]

From "Don't tell me about your books" to "Tell me all about your book" in the span of one day ❤

[ceaselessims]

i feel like this may be a minority opinion but i must speak my truth

while the dance was absolutely gorgeous and so romantic, the purpose of the dance being the recap of their romance, all absolute chef's kiss

however i think we are missing the tragedy of it, which is that stolas regrets. over the course of the season he has come to realize that being with blitz is not the fix it all he thought it would be.

he begins and ends the season with a frown, looking up at the full moon. in 2.01 he was reflecting on this rose colored "romance" after a spectacularly failed date, realizing that his fantasy wasn't true. He goes through all of s2 trying to make it true, to take control and will his desires into existence. and it backfires.

stolas gets everything he wants in the end. he got to be rescued and has his knight in shining armor. he got to do a big romantic gesture, and have it be returned.

but it is for naught.

he is still unhappy. he gets everything he ever dreamed of in episode 1 of this season and it's not what he needed.

he starts the season with a handful of happy pills and by the end of it he is crying with a full bottle of them still in his hand

[moonlightsdream]

FILMS in 2025: 20 | The Circus (1928) — dir. Charles Chaplin     

[fatboychedda]

Both of them are drama queens.

[lost-romantique]

I need my Stolitz parallel to this tree. We haven't seen this tree since "The Circus" and I genuinely need to see it again. (Hopefully in less angsty circumstances).

We got the fucking chandelier...

I want to see my fucking Stolitz tree. It's their tree! A tree where they made a promise!

[cult-of-the-eye]

Yeah I think Tim Stoker's actions are completely and utterly reasonable because I would burn down the whole world if anything happened to my siblings send post

[ruumiinlaulaja]

I watch Helluva Boss for the plot

[lifes-remedy]

The Circus

[hyperfixed-owl]

Spotted this adorable detail rewatching The Circus…

Stolas asleep hugging an imp cuddly toy!

He’s clearly always has a soft spot for imps ❤️😭