#frankly after the shitshow that was 205 it would've been hard for them to release a follow-up that Wasn't leagues better

[sirdust]

you know what stolas can be a part of the blitz/fizz/ozzie polycule but only if he shapes up and stays as autistic and silly as he was in the last ep. idc about mopey pining stolas just have him keep saying shit like "i love words :3" and i'll be completely satisfied with it

you know what x2 i'm too lazy to make another post so i'll summarize my thoughts on the ep as a whole here too

this episode was deeply flawed but more fun than any other s2 ep so far. the biggest problem is that so many things were unearned and clearly coasted off of fanon in order to make any kind of sense. "fans have already explored blitz and fizz's fallout and hatred of one another in a million different ways, so why not skip the drama and go straight for a reconciliation" is perhaps the most egregious lmao.

at the same time, having the accident be such a blameless event does make the quick reconciliation a little more acceptable, strictly in the context of what actually happened in the show. if blitz had borne even a little more responsibility for what happened it would have been utterly unbelievable for fizz to forgive him in this episode, regardless of blitz saving him.

it's also an issue because this episode sees blitz actually mending a past relationship. that is HUGE for his character. in fact it's so huge that it needed to come later in his arc, bc the central question of his character up until now has revolved around whether he can ever create meaningful relationships with others again after his past trauma surrounding relationships.

on a different note, i'm admittedly a little worried about fizzarozzie. the ending of the episode had weird undertones ("you won't have to again" over fizz's sad face is the big one) but it doesn't feel intentional and that means that the potential ambiguities of this relationship will probably not be addressed. that's unfortunate because it makes them less interesting as a foil/parallel to stolas and blitz, and it also means they have less room to develop in their own right. but then again, the show has a 4-season plan, so i could be wrong.

that's about all i can think of for now. i'm hungry so i gotta go eat lol.

btw this is unfortunate but i gotta mention that squiderdoodle on twitter did vizdev work for the episode that went uncredited which is super uncool, especially considering the fact they're one of the artists that has spoken up about how unprofessional the working environment at SH is 🤩 super tight ship you're running there, guys