#but to be frank i don't want to watch through hb again rn

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Oh, how I love this fandom /s

But in all seriousness, it speaks to some serious cognitive dissonance in that fanbase if there's a building hate train against a seventeen year old girl whose worst "crime" (and I use that term *very* lightly) was finally cutting off a parent who has consistently disappointed her and broken promise after promise to her.

I don't blame Octavia for leaving her father behind when their relationship beyond her years as Stolas' little owlet have been littered with showcases of his lack of care - His constant, casual disregard for her feelings to her face, the breaking of promises, the inevitable apology, and then the aftermath in which nothing improves, despite the narrative claiming otherwise. There's only so many times one can (and should have to) put up with a parent that disappoints them and picks their partner (or prospective partner, in this case) over them.

This was the *third time in less than a year* in the show's timeline where Stolas has aplogised for a major blunder in their relationship - The culmination of which being him running off to die for this situationship that he promised he wouldn't abandon her for. Not even a word to her. Not one regretful look. As far as the narrative paints it, Octavia didn't even know where her father had gone until she saw the footage of him quite literally on the chopping block.

I cannot stress enough how insane it is that portions of this fandom have beef with a seventeen year old girl who needs her father more than ever in the light of all these major life changes.

This is genuinely the most terminally online thing I’ve seen aside from that Chowder video of Sarcastic Chorus’

This is a 17 year old fictional character jesus christ