#like i understand what stolas is saying and i guess hes not wrong but HE does not understand the complexity of this situation

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Everybody is going insane over the “i think so highly of you i didnt realize you think so lowly of me” line but honestly it just made me feel like a deadpan parent whose kid is giving them a speech over how terrible it is that they have to do the dishes

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Those bowling pins

Tying the season 3 theories together. Poke the links for the not cut down versions.

There's been a few people say that season 3 is about family and addiction, and as a theme it seems likely. (I know a few people have said this comes from Viv, but grain of salt).

But that does fit with what's set up.

Things set up:

Familural estrangement, with Via and Barbie.

Which are set up as parallels of each other in the same conversation.

-Via

Via angry that her dad hid his depression, and feels there's a lot he's hidden from her (which he is), to give her a happy childhood.

But she still doesn't understand: her mum's narcissistic abuse*, her mum's murder attempts, that she was the brightest spot in her dad's life not just a obligation, and that her dad's 'choice' of Blitz or her was set up by her mum and uncle.

(*Narcissistic abuse doesn't really have a anything to do with the personality disorder NPD.

Narcissistic abuse is a description of a learned pattern of bullying behaviours, by people that work out they can use abuse to get away with more and more.

Because of this learnt behaviour they slowly become less willing to manage their negative emotions. Choosing a target(s) that's unable/unwilling to fight back, to dump it on. To make themselves feel bigger. They won't do it in front people who they think count. Or force people to walk on eggshells to keep the abuse happy.

I know some very lovely people with NPD. Abuse is always a choice).

Some of this understanding likely will come with Stella switching her abuse target to Via.🙁 Narcissistic abusers don't like going long without someone they can use as squeaky stress toy, to attack and undermine. And as far as Stella concerned Via's at the bottom of the pecking order.

These seem like the bowling pins for Via.

-Barbie

Barbie... Ok she's trickier (post). Blitz says Via 'will understand eventually', and with them set up as parallels it suggests she already knows what really happened with the fire.

She also starts out calling him Blitz so they have talked over the last 5 years. Think this is why he was hoping that if she just got clean he'd have his sister back.🙁

My guess is that Barbie's going be a way to talk about Cash's narcissistic abuse of both of them, and how they got very different treatment.

I'm pretty sure the reason we're not seen her in the flashbacks is because she was treated as the 'invisible child' by her dad. The one that was always left out and forgotten.

I think their going have to have a frank talk about what lead her to dependency, because at the moment she blames Blitz for everything that's every gone wrong, not just the accident.

And that might put her recovery at risk.

Shit happening can definitely be a reason for you being screwed up, and turning to a harmful coping strategies. But after when you're out and your safe there's an element of choice, along with compulsion, to continue the harmful behaviour.

(Like I'm definitely a bit screwed up from parental abuse, but I'm mostly safe from that for a while now. And I shouldn't use that as an excuse to make bad decisions today).

Think it's a good bet that this will bring up Cash's own abuse of alcohol. Because it can seem like a forgone conclusion, when you're parent's an addict, and how parental abuse often lead you to needing unhealthy coping strategies.

Stolas' alcoholism and domestic abuse

And yer think Barbie, and Cash's issues, will definitely bring up Stolas' own decency on alcohol. As well how it's links to Stella and Paimon's abuse.

Because it's so much closer than Barbie or Blitz's abuse by Cash, or the accident; Stolas is more likely to crash and fall back on unhealthy patterns. When things go wrong.

Stolas only just survived Stella's murder attempts a couple of months ago, and only just lost his kid 1 month ago.

Blitz has a lot of the puzzle pieces both with Stella's abuse and murder attempts (post), and with Stolas' drinking problem (post) . So it's a good bet that his family history is going to help him work out what going on with the man he loves.

Blitz giving too much, and Stolas misunderstanding

Thinking this will lead into Blitz over loading himself (post). His had a big problem of trying to fill the gap of his lower self esteem by over giving as a caretaker.

Like how he smothered Loona with affection. And how because it's so over the top, that actively made her assume it had to be bullshit for a while.

It's sweet how doting Blitz was being with Stolas during mastermind. But it's also mostly one way, because Stolas doesn't believe Blitz loves him.

And that's a problem.

Blitz is assuming he's being obvious about being head over hooves love with Stolas, and that he's loved him way before the deal ended.

But Stolas... This fucker thinks that it's gratitude for saving him, or pitty for what he's lost. And that they're now even. (Post) He's going to be waiting for Blitz to stop pretending to care.

Because Blitz and Stolas both have big issues with assuming any and all love they receive is conditional.

Stolas is unlikely to respond properly to Blitz's love, like Loona didn't because she thought it was fake. Setting Blitz up to do too much, and Stolas to do too little.

But this doesn't seem like any sort of break up to me. Just that Blitz is going have to bite the bullet and really ask him out. Tell Stolas how he feels.

Cus we've seen Stolas response immediately to Blitz when he thinks it's real, (before getting in his own head again).

Fizz and Ozzie power imbalance

I love Fizz and Ozzie, but they've got stuff they need to work on together. (post)

And it's more on Ozzie to put in the work. Because them being in the closet most of their relationship, has let Ozzie get away with some stuff he shouldn't.

(Like overstepping as his carer. This one's super cute down again).

Fizz has taken the majority of shit thrown at them, because of his lower status. And like it or not Oz is one of the seven who put that social hierarchy in place.

Ozzie likes Blitz but he's not willing to go to bat for him, because Fizz asked. (post)

If he'd have thought to mention the crystal, or that they're under his jurisdiction he could probably have gotten IMP off.

But it's a combination of him not being great under pressure, and not having skin in the game.

He's too caught up in the system to really see the harm anymore.

And Fizz get to be angry at Ozzie, when Blitz being his best friend, and guy who's saved his life multiple times; wasn't enough to get care about an imp's life.

It's not a complement when you're the exception to a rule, the only one of your people that they care about.

Ozzie very likable, but he's at the top of a racist power structure. And him and Fizz have got to start talking about how that plays into their relationship, because they've been ignoring it till now.

M&M pregnancy

(post) It looks like Millie's pregnancy will be a way to get her side of what happened with Chaz in exes and oohs. (He's is definitely coming back as flashback).

My guess is it's been left out because it about a previous pregnancy and abortion.

Millie's so very pissed that her ex is now apparently set up with all the resources that would have been needed for a kid.

And Chaz is definitely the type of sleazeball that would dip. Then come back to double check he doesn't have any kids, before trying to force Moxxie into marrying him.

It also looks like Chaz/the pregnancy is the reason Millie lost her last job too. Make the possibility of looking after a kid a none starter.

Millie's issues about that could make it harder for her to make choices about her pregnancy with Moxxie. Even if she does have the support this time, a secure job, and help.

(Yer like all of these are better explained in the original posts but this one is so cut down lol. It also goes into about Crimson is going try and steal any baby they have. As well as her support system, and work adaptions).

Loona's family

Loona's previous family is foreshadowed in murder family. She saying some horrible dark secret for everyone in the picture; except the mum and the baby she's holding.

Loona: Hey! You don't know they're innocent!

*points to the boy* This kid probably sets dogs on fire

*points to the girl* maybe this girl gets off to bullying Australian kids online

*points to the father* and this guy… This guy definitely watches.

It makes me think her DNA family was a good single mum. We also get a look at a lady that looks alot like an older Loona during cotton candy. Maybe an aunty?

But what about the rest of the people she gives a very specific nasty secrets? My guess is previous adoption/foster family.

Vicki is being weirdly specific about her digs about 'keeping what brings you joy'. And some really bad outcome that happened at Loona's last party.

She also mention male owner that treats her like a dog, not a family member. Think Vicki's the girl Loona was describing in the photo.

My guess is Loona's last party got her return to the pound, and labeled a 'trouble maker' and a 'nightmare'. (post)

She also only appears to have had only one drink that night, and Vicki is still keeping the photo of Loona throwing up.

'you really wouldn't like me after 1 drink'. It seems likely Vicki spiked Loona to get her sent back.

Harvest moon festival

Andy's going fuck up, because he's a racist, who's too up his own arse to care about the festive, the pain games, or the crop cursing (Post).

This a linchpin in hell's economy, and ars goeita rule.

The festive and pain games very important in themselves as a pressure valve. Giving people of Wrath a chance to blow off steam.

All bound up with soft power, by having Stolas overseeing both. Representing the magnanimity of the Goeitas giving everyone a holiday.

But the rich don't do stuff to be nice. All food staples appear to be grown in Wrath. Making every imp there an essential worker.

It's even worth the time of an ars goeita to go there the whole day; and curse that year's harvest. Making sure that year's food surplus works out.

The festive looks like something they had to give to stop strikes interrupting hell's food supply.

And well, Andy isn't Stolas.

He's not a bumbling dumbass, that mostly means well, but doesn't understand his own privage.

Andy's a racist cunt that thinks imp's should die for being uppity.

There's fudge all way this prick is not going to use slurs on stage.

And do we even know if he's able to make portals to the living world? (Post)

If Via's able to sort it, or not; it will still be a disaster PR wise. Right after Satan just said the quiet part out loud; that an imp's life has no value next to a goeita's.

Via's impending 18th birthday

Via's 18th birthday as a deadline for Andy to try and steal her inheritance permanently.

The job, the title, the palace, the money, the legions, everything. And the easiest way would be for Octavia to not reach 18th, and come of age.(Post)

It's been foreshadowed that Stella, Striker and Andy would all be happy to got through Via; to get what they want. (post)

(yer Timmy hit the picture limit again so have a block😅)

With Striker saying he's happy to kill women and kid's, and taunting Stolas with idea of hurting Via.

Stella literally has Via between them, when setting up her first murder attempt, showing it would be Via she'd have to go through. So she unlikely to care as long as it hurts Stolas.

Andy tells Via she'll regret stopping him from killing her dad.

And Striker's been getting more unhinged, trying to kill Fizz when he's not even getting paid to do so. So him snapping seems likely.

But I think that's what will get Striker killed off, if not the other two. (Post). Stolas saying he'll destroy Striker if he touches Via. And I think Stolas and Blitz that will save come and save her together.

There's also alot of the angst to both Via and Stolas if they expected to not celebrate her birthday together. As they are both terrified of her getting older, and becoming strangers to eachother.

Though I'm sure they will be together for her 18th in the end.

Mostly because I think that Stolitz blended family is endgame for this show.

Blitz has already adopted one gothy, just still 17 year old, and he'll do it again damnit. (Post) (Post)

(yes, I reformatted just to get to use this picture)🙂

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"constant condescension, demands of service, and emotional abuse."

"constant condescension": do you mean the nicknames Stolas gave to Blitz where it shows the clash of POVs from both sides (Stolas POV he's just being tender and loving, but of course his oblivious ass raised in a classist family won't realize that, meanwhile from Blitz POV, where class weights way more on him, assumes he's being condescending, despite not being his intention and not being a reality either). But psh, screw that right? It's way better to oversimplify and say Stolas does it on purpose and is a big monster, surely that's the most intelligent way to go!

"demands of service": alright, it's another part of POV clash, because the so-called 'demands' are something that Blitz perhaps understands what his affair with Stolas is like, for obvious reason, he's a goetia, he's an imp, yada yada, power imbalance, logical reasons that explains why the foundation of Stolitz in the first place is messy and shouldn't ever be the base of an relationship and the reason ppl root for it is for them to get out of this but no you all just assume everyone wants them to create this narrative that 'Stolas is in the right Blitz in the wrong' when the NOT FUCKING STUPID people don't pick sides and conclude this was a trainwreck bound to happen, fans are just waiting for the resolution (which hasn't come yet)

Anyways back to my point about the so-called demands, as I explained why it's understandable Blitz views this way, this is also not an reality. Paying attention to Stolas language in Murder Family, fucked up context aside, he don't bring up consequences if Blitz didn't accept the trade neither mentioned his power to threat him to accept it either, he offered and even asked if it's fair, someone as powerful as Stolas could control Blitz easily, yet he doesn't and it shows a lot about his character, but of fucking course you all don't care about that, Stolas is a big meanie.

and lastly: emotional abuse.

What. Just what. Everything that's going on with Blitz right now is not Stolas fault, this overwhelming 'torture' for Blitz as shown in these episodes are because of the obvious fact of the MASSIVE self hatred Blitz holds against himself, which, guess what, was actually SOLVED in this episode with Millie's help. This was not a damage by Stolas, sure, it's the most recent wound and Blitz feels guilty not for falling up for him, despite him desiring that, but he just straight up refused consciously to sit and talk with Stolas seriously because he WANTED that pompous rich asshole projection he had of Stolas (that is shown on his Truth Seekers hallucination), and talking about that, YES, EVERYONE KNOWS THE STOLAS PERCEPTION OF BLITZ SHOWN IN THAT EPISODE IS FUCKED UP, is not by any means healthy and is just self degrading, Stolas social class by itself already does that but his words towards him he >unconsciously< fed this preconception;

I could discuss Stolitz for a while and explain the appeal to Stolitz is not their previous dynamic, as fun as it was to watch sometimes, most know those conditions are not the healthy base of an relationship, and no, Stolas arc is by any means resolved, him taking the action to end the transactional deal with Blitz is just an start, the episodes are setting up so much stuff about Stolas realizing more stuff and ACTUALLY CHANGE FR.

What do you think the Striker line towards him about how the royals take everything from 'us', Blitz ranting (which is not a calling Stolas out, it's a rant of feeling unfairly dismissed and how he's having his feelings being played), but regardless, mentioning his attitude towards other imps and Apology Tour description literally calling Stolas not being self aware enough, and it's the episodes where petty Stolas keep talking bs at the start (with an Blitz that refuses to talk seriously fr)

This misconception you all have that Stolitz fans think all this needs to happen is Blitz to confess, and that Stolas has nothing more to improve is just wrong. Just plain wrong. I love both of these characters and I hate seeing an enormous mischaracterization of both.

Let's see if you won't oversimplify all I just said

Not oversimplify, but to summarise how stolas fans excuse him:

(1) Not the nickname. The fact he is asked not to say it, but does anyway. Because it makes him feel good. That is condescending. He is screamed in his face how people feel, and he ignores them not because he is “oblivious” or “tender and loving” but because he wants them to feel something else. This is wilful ignorance.

His response to his abusive marriage and family he has no control over, is to control those he knows cannot say no to him, to make himself feel better. The same way he abuses drugs and absinthe. He does it to his own staff, his daughter in the LooLoo land episode causing her breakdown, which he later regretted. In general to all imp kind, hellhounds also. This is the toxic mindset of someone with pain, who has let his victim mentality go too far. He is exploiting his privilege, which he is perfectly aware that he has. “Being part of the Goetia family is rather valuable you know”

Oddly enough, despite his “oblivious” self….he knows not to act this way towards Paimon, Asmodeus, and Andrealphus. He uses respect for all three. Ever wonder why? Him and Stella are in a clear power struggle. How they use power is unstable. An explanation, not excuse, for how he acts. This isn’t a prince problem. This is a stolas problem. His trauma isn’t blitzos fault, but Blitzs trauma is caused by how stolas has behaved to him.

“His oblivious ass and being raised in a classist family won’t realise that” hm. Wont realise….what? But you say everything is all in blitzs head and not the reality at all? So what isn’t stolas realising???

…..Oh and these…which are not even all of them.

(2) Now hang on, you can’t just “yada yada” away a power dynamic that you recognise is the problem. Stolas can control blitz. You do not understand what the sexual abuse is here. You think the fact he could rape him even more, but doesn’t, is worthy of praise. I think what he’s already done to abuse his power, is worthy of disdain. You’re pretending this was consensual, but despite how pro stolas the narrative is, even they have to admit it was not. Stolas said it wasnt right for a reason. And you seem to take his reality and his truth as the only reality, so why make this exception. When someone says they were sexually abused, you don’t get to say “Well you’re wrong. That’s not the reality. Because he loves you, and he didn’t mean it. He’s doesn’t see it this way, he’s one of the good ones.”

That first sentence is a mess. They’re demands because “no” isn’t reasonably on the table. He had to beg him not to take his business away, he said he could fulfill the bargain. You and stolas are squeamishly in denial about it. It’s not that blitz doesn’t feel this way, and that it isn’t what happened, it’s that you wish he didn’t and you wish that it didn’t, you want to pretend it is “society” or blitzs mental illnesses or Blitzs dad. But never stolas and what he did.

Er….you are taking a side. You said everything blitz feels is not reality. The source being, his trauma, and because stolas doesn’t see it that way. This feels like accusing an abuser person of “hysteria”

The emotional abuse part was explained very clearly, stolas does all of these; shifts blame, denial, shames him for his past relationships, switches victim and offender, rewrites past events, dodges questions, uses hefty amounts of guilt tripping, projection, deflection, silent treatment, taunting, and torment. By comparison, Blitz yells at him not to dismiss him, says he behaves in a classist way, makes sex jokes, and says “fuck you” these are all reactions. Something called reactive abuse which is what victims do in frustration and lack of control. Like stolas screaming back at Stella. She almost always starts it. (Not counting one scene where the start of the fight is offscreen so I don’t know who did)

“This was not caused by stolas. Sure it was the most recent wound” bit of a self contradiction. The way stolas behaved was disgusting, and abusive, his combination of control and guilt tripping, caused a massive decline in blitzs confidence triggering a mental break. As stolas’ behaviour has done to him several times.

Did Blitz “not want to talk?” Or did stolas order him to leave three times, and kick him out by force the second time? And turn his back on him every single instance. Causing the angry “im not being listened to” response stolas always causes in people. No. It’s stolas who refuses to. And as you and I both know, he has all of the power.

Third last paragraph, Viv cannot allow blitz to be right about stolas, so she compares him to a more convenient “bad” example, Striker. Ppl want to pretend the problem is “society” and painting royals with the same brush like a meanie head, and pretend it’s not stolas’ fault cause he’s just “loving and tender and oblivious and silly” This is a massive case of denial and creators pet behaviour, that is even irritating the spindlehorse animators and non-Viv writers.

Second last paragraph, don’t tell me what I think lol?. Many of the fans say they actually do feel that way, it’s no misconception. In this message you are dodging stolas having any moments of malice at all, by using “trauma” and “blitz just sees it that way” as reasonings.

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here's some unpopular takes I have:

Stolas and Blitzø's bonding moments should've had more focus. I love Stolitz but wow, we did not get enough time to digest the slow burn. I blame the fact these shows don't have a lot of episodes. I can't blame Viv, she tried, but it's just so unfortunate the small details will go over people's heads.

Striker being unable to read grimoire kinda felt off as a gag because it's just. It's a big ass word that isn't in a poor person's vocabulary. It felt so mean spirited. Especially when he's supposed to be indigenous/native latino-coded and an allegory for biracial folks who felt outcast by both sides. Just like how Alastor is mixed black and similarly, he acted out the way he did due to being cast aside. Unlike how Blitzø has the ability to not be mistaken as half-imp despite his mother being a succubus.

Love Loser Baby, but it feels super manipulative at times. Husk is "real"? When has he ever shown this side? He used to be an overlord, and then Alastor humbled him. Angel is the only character in Hazbin who is seen going through tremendous amounts of abuse and torture. Husk gets "scared" by Alastor but really, he's being scolded because he acted out of line and spoke when he wasn't supposed to. So I feel like the way he compares his situation to Angel's is a bit...icky, even if I understand the song was supposed to be "we are both suffering, so share with me in it and don't beat yourself up too much." It's a good song! But man, Husk doesn't make himself look great at the start. I hope he and Rosie talk it out and he properly learns how to be 'real' from her.

If there's any critique I agree with (to an extend) it's the pacing. But even then, it's not a dealbreaker for me and I understand why it is the way it is. HB has a lot more funding now, but at the end of the day s1 and 2 only have 20 episodes total (for shows back in my day that's not even a full season) that took 5-ish years to make, because it was fully independently funded. We already know s3 and 4 are gonna have 15 episodes each, so I'm pretty confident the pacing is gonna be a lot better from here on out.

I don't think it's my place to comment on the race stuff and I still don't even know if Alastor being biracial is actually canon or just a popular fan theory, but I do wanna point out that Blitz's mother being a succubus is definitely just a fan theory based on an animation/design error that was already proven wrong back with Ghostfuckers. Tilla DOES have stripes on her horns, so is clearly an imp.

You can tell that the photos of Tilla we saw in earlier episodes weren't properly translated yet from her pilot design, back when the rules of how imp anatomy works weren't set in stone yet. Like how pilot Millie used to have white in her hair, but now in the established canon that means an amab imp dyed their hair.

And on the Husk thing, I guess this is my hot take, but "scolding" someone can be abuse, because it's still abuse of power and acting like Husk had "no right" to call Alastor out is a prime example of the power imbalance at play here.

I'm not saying Husk is a saint, because he definitely has a shady past, I'm just saying that he is still Alastor's "pet" (aka prisoner) and is being held at the hotel against his will. At first at least, he's learned to enjoy it, but only because he bonded with the other residents, it's still VERY clear Alastor is what he hates about all this.

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Full Moon anon, ask 2/2

OK, let's go back to these so called defences of Stolas

Blitzo isn't entitled to the book

Blitzo could negotiate his way out of the deal

Blitzo could do another job

it's not coercive because Stolas will give him a month or two off if he's sick/not feeling up to it

Blitzo enjoys sex and is fine making transactional deals/treating sex like a trade to get what he wants

Blitzo should know Stolas cares about him for more than sex because of the list of things he describes Stolas doing in Oops

First one - Blitzo isn't entitled to the book. That's true; it's not Stolas' responsibility or his fault that Blitzo founded a business around having access to the grimoire after he stole it. But I also have seen absolutely no one suggest Blitzo is entitled to the grimoire.

What I have seen them suggest is that Stolas could have proposed literally any other arrangement for the book, or none at all. He could have just taken it back. He could have told Blitzo about the Asmodean Crystals way, way sooner or helped him get one. He could even have punished Blitzo for stealing. Bottom line is, no one forced him to handle the situation by extorting Blitzo for sex despite having no reason to believe Blitzo would have been happy sleeping with him once a month - they had a one night stand then Blitzo started ducking his calls. Stolas assuming Blitzo would be happy trading sex for the book is his own delusion.

Also like - it bothers me no one acknowledges the sketchiness of Stolas mentioning explicitly 'you know how I've been permitting you to access the mortal realm less than legally for some time now?' In Stolas' own words, he let Blitzo have the book with no strings attached for some time, despite knowing it was illegal, and then when Blitzo was starting to get the business off the ground with a client he called up to change up the deal (and again, he waited until Blitzo had no time to think and didn't make it a proper transaction/business discussion).

That's way crueller than if he had just refused Blitzo the book before he'd started the business. Stolas knowingly broke the rules and was irresponsible with the grimoire, presumably because lending out the book gave him an excuse to keep calling Blitzo to do dirty talk over the phone (and then get hung up on, at least back when the pilot was canon). He was already seeing his book as a transactional way to have a one sided thing with Blitzo. Whatever it is he even does with the book as part of his duties he doesn't even care to have it in his possession apart from once every month and he doesn't care enough for the grimoire to protect it. He consistently sees it as a way to get what he wants out of his 'affair' with Blitzo.

Second one - Blitzo could negotiate his way out. This argument is annoying to me, to be honest, bcause it rests entirely on framing the argument through how the writers treat Stolas now and not how they wrote him back in Murder Family. Murder Family Stolas cares so little for Blitzo's well being that he shows zero concern when a gunshot goes off right next to Blitzo's head - given where Blitzo was holding the phone, it should've been pretty darn loud in Stolas' ear but all he has to say is 'then let me keep it simple: give me sex once a month or no book'. Stolas so far has not developed into understanding this was wrong (anyone's guess whether full moon will see him take 100% responsibility for the way he pitched the deal or not), they've just magically retconned him into the kind of person who wouldn't have done that in the first place (or so they tell us, a lot of what we're shown Stolas is like suggests he still has the same classist neglectful habits as s1 - only now we're supposed to think that's funny or Via should shut up whining)

anyway, It's kind of weird to suggest Blitzo should negotiate his way out when Blitzo circa season 1 was dealing with a way crueller, colder Stolas. He had no reason to assume that Stolas would hesitate to punish him for trying to wrangle his way out of the deal, not when he spends the entire Loo Loo Land trip ignoring Blitzo's boundaries and even as late as Truth Seekers (one episode before Stolas goes from just interested in sex to suddenly in love with Blitzo) he hammers home the message to Blitzo that even his help comes with transactional strings when he asks for a thank you for saving Blitzo's life and doesn't balk at Blitzo's assumption that he wants sex. Why would Blitzo, knowing what Stolas is like in s1, even bother trying to reason with him? In Stolas' own words, he's the owl's 'plaything'. You don't negotiate fairly with playthings, you pinch their cheek and put cigarettes out on them.

Third one - Blitzo could do another job. He could, sure. But I find this a weird line of argument since it assumes that it's fine to question Blitzo trying to rise above his station by starting a business that requires access to the human realm, but it's never fine to question why it's OK for Stolas to just be handed the power to get to the human realm. Also, like - going off Blitzo's dialogue about the business not killing people in Hell anymore, it implies maybe the business was based around Hell hits originally but that didn't work out for some reason, so they pivoted to a new USP. And given the economic precarity most imps are in, it's pretty unempathetic to say Blitzo should just give up on his business and get another job when he has a daughter to support and 'another job' in imp terms from everything we've seen in the show likely means low paid menial labor. It's fine for Stolas to have all the money and power that gives him, but Blitzo should be non stop judged for being poor wrong, for daring to want access to resources that were just handed to royalty for no other reason than birthright and succeed past expectations. If he didn't want Stolas extorting him for sex he should have been happy being a farmer providing food for everyone else, or being a butler to someone like Stolas who likes to use them as stress balls when he's mad at his wife!

Fourth one - it's not coercive because Stolas will give him a month or two off. I don't even think this kind of argument deserves dignifying with a response tbh. If Stolas treats Blitzo kindly or cruelly in this arrangement, the arrangement itself is still coercive. If Blitzo cannot easily end it as and when he wants to due to his economic circumstances, it's coercive. The circumstances Stolas used to make the deal were coercive. Period, end of.

Fifth one - Blitzo enjoys sex and is fine making transactional deals/treating sex like a trade to get what he wants. Two things here. We see him seduce Stolas to get the book the first time, but he wasn't actually interested in sleeping with him - he wanted to leave. He went back out of pity; it wasn't his original intention to trade sex for the book. Second, Blitzo enjoying sex doesn't make the circumstances Stolas used to pitch the deal any less coercive. Also, Blitzo enjoying sex with Stolas is very much something written in to season 2. Where is it hinted he actually enjoyed sex with Stolas in s1?? He spends the Loo Loo Land episode rebuffing/being annoyed by Stolas' advances and he's outright indifferent post sex in Harvest Moon (and it visibly gets to him when Striker says he shouldn't have to demean himself to be able to run his business - why is that the case if he enjoys being exploited?). Even in the ending of Truth Seekers it plays more like he's clawing what little power he can back by being the dominant one in the relationship. We see very few instances of Blitzo actually being enthused about sexual advances from Stolas in s1, even in some of the instas covering the deal; I don't think it's good enough to just claim this is tsundere behavior. Also there's a difference in a one time quid pro quo one night stand sort of thing and having a sustained affair whether you want to or not to keep your job going. Blitzo freely and enthusiastically jumped into bed with Chaz, partly to get info from M&M. But he did want to sleep with Chaz. He didn't wince in revulsion when Chaz made a move on him, even if the sex they actually had wasn't great due to Chaz being a loser.

Last one: Blitzo should know Stolas cares about him for more than sex because of the list of things he describes Stolas doing in Oops. So this argument goes that regardless if the audience isn't shown anything suggesting Stolas cares about more than sex from Blitzo, Blitzo should definitely know because of all the stuff he listed when he was ranting to Fizz.

I'm gonna be blunt - this line of argument is just rewarding the writers for lousy writing.

They couldn't be bothered to give the audience the sense Stolas has ever given Blitzo the impression he wants more than sex because he refused to end the deal until s2, so they just have the characters polyfill all that in and expect us to judge Blitzo as cynical or unreasonable based on a new relationship dynamic they retconned in just that second. It's even worse when they have long scrolls of blink and you miss it text messages - not only is it lazy but stans act like they have greater media literacy because they paused to read each message, even though important information like that should be in the actual show and not treated like some kind of bonus easter egg.

And just to drive the point home - even if we want to count all these lazy retcons around what the dynamic between Stolas and Blitzo is, it wouldn't matter all that much because their entire relationship is founded on the full moon deal. Until Stolas does something to end it, it's entirely valid for Blitzo to feel Stolas ultimately just wants sex. If someone takes advantage of the fact you can't freely consent to get you to hastily agree to monthly sex then tries to act sweet after the fact, personally I'd be more inclined to feel annoyed that they want to have it both ways and feel like they're a good person treating me like a romantic partner instead of being honest with themselves about how they've treated me until now. And wouldn't you know it, that's exactly what Blitzo tells him at the end of Ozzie's. And if we're counting blink and you miss is text messages as being valid ways to understand their relationship, there's also a text message from Stolas where he says he's sorry 'if anything he said or did offended Blitzo'. He's not sorry for the actual thing he did wrong; he obviously doesn't understand the problem. So if we're counting the lazy text messages and offscreen phonecalls as 'fixing' their dynamic to being cute and sweet on Stolas' end we also have to count the fact that he currently can't bring himself to understand why what he's doing is wrong.

It'd be like if Fifty Shades of Grey followed up that scene of Christian getting Ana drunk on purpose while they're supposed to be hammering out the dom/sub contract with scenes of him being an asshole who doesn't care about her freely consenting to anything just so long as he gets sex, then they tried to 'fix' all that by showing Ana's text history is full of Christian trying to be lovey dovey (while ignoring what the problem is with him getting her drunk). It doesn't fix the fact that she can't properly consent to the dom/sub lifestyle he wants if he gets her drunk while they're talking about it. If anything the audience would probably feel he was more creepy, not less, because he's engaging in lovebombing behaviors while all we're being shown on screen is him not respecting her consent or her as a person. And then being supposed to judge Anastasia for it and not Christian!

sorry for the long rant, it's just - Stolas defending arguments are like hydra. every time one is dismantled a bunch more worse and disturbingly victim-blamey ones pop up in their place. I'm honestly glad I'm giving up on the show for good after the next ep - mostly I'm just rubbernecking to see how bad they're gonna mess the 'breakup' episode up

You don't know how cathartic every last word of this precious sanity was to read. Gonna keep it on hand, when I need reminding that the world isn't completely hopeless.

[dyenasaur]

I am askthedragonprinceviren! Sorry can't reblog the post because I was blocked for being an anti apparently :) just saying nice analysis! Though why not giving some actual slack to the chain?

Also blitz loves Stolas painfully. I would say, more than the other way around currently.

I don't pay enough attention to discourse generally to understand what is and isn't anti, but I gotta say I dislike untruths and half baked takes being passed around like they're cold hard factual truth.

Why they chose to keep the chain straight? Well, I'm only guessing as I'm not related to the show in the slightest, but the Doylist (IE, the author/the real world/technical limitations) explination is likely that it was cheaper to animate a straight line than bother with the swinging of loose chain, plus it keeps the animation focused on what matters- Stolas and Blitz moving closer and closer together.

The Watsonian explanation (in universe, character driven, etc) is likely either that, as a figment of Blitz's addled mental state, Mind-Stolas is simply interested in drawing Blitz closer, but without force.

I would suggest it's Blitz's subconcious picking up on how badly Stolas wants him in return but that is pretty decent conjecture and hard to base exactly. I will note that Mind- Stolas smiles at Blitz and moves and touches him gently. That he brings Blitz UP with him on the high throne. Even in an addled state it appears that Blitz recognizes that Stolas is putting him at an equal height, something that Blitz blushes over and can't meet Stolas' eyes for.

As far as 'currently loving Stolas more than Stolas loves Blitz' ..... have you ever experienced actual heartbreak? You don't get drunk as hell, go to a party you think is stupid, SING ON STAGE ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT BE THE ONE IN THE WRONG, and confess that you want that person to want you while crying all four eyes out without feeling SOME TYPE OF WAY.

Is Stolas hurt? Absolutely. Is Stolas continuing to believe that Blitz' answer is 'no I don't want you' and therefore drunkenly smooching on someone else? Yes! Can raging heartbreak and still holding out hope that you will fix things and get back with someone coexist? ALSO FUCKING YES.

Complex characters means complicated emotions. Nobody is ever one thing, not really. Stolas is, during Apology Tour, a bunch of things for a bunch of different reasons. Shame (over his and Blitz' agreement), Hurt (Blitz roleplaying instead of talking, plus a bunch of other shit), Anger (Blitz refusing to leave him alone, among others), and more! In addition to ALL OF THAT, though- He loves Blitz enough to set him free. To recognize that their arrangement wasn't healthy, and to want to do right by Blitz and release him from an agreement that isn't fair.

Stolas loves Blitz so much that he gets trashed and goes to a stupid ass party in a vain attempt to soothe how much it hurts that the person he loves doesn't appear to love him back.

(Blitz does love him though, he's just got ~ISSUES~ and no one in this show knows how to fucking talk. I love them so much.)

[pocket-sized-person]

Since I can’t seem to stop thinking about that scene..

New Moon eh?

That was …something alright

The cherubs were fun I guess, execution could’ve been better but it was fun seeing them again

With that said, Stolitz falling apart the way it did is so good, like yes it hurt to watch, but the way it all came together, Stolas finally deciding to stop hoping Blitz would catch on, with Blitz immediately realizing Stolas wasn’t joking about how he felt, and taking it in the only way he knows how.

He got mad, and understandably so.

Both sides saw what they had from the opposite side, Stolas saw a potential opportunity for a genuine relationship (which I believe is still on the table, just not any time soon) and Blitz who saw it as Stolas using him to satisfy his “Perverted bird needs”, and in return IMP could use his book, a “transactional fucking”, as Blitz put it in Harvest Moon.

Both sides were wrong about what the other wanted, which of course was a pile of powder kegs in a ring of fire and every bit of that was in character for them and it hurts, especially if you’ve seen the trailer with Blitz saying “I don’t want to be like this, not forever”

He WANTS to be loved, to love someone truly, but he can’t. Not yet.

Stolas, loves Blitz in a way Blitz isn’t capable of yet, but seemingly only in the new episode does he realize this, although he doesn’t see that Blitz WANTS to love, he just sees that Blitz can’t.

[afrognamedfizzarolli]

Helluva Boss Season 2 break down. Pt 2: Apology Tour!

I have a feeling this is how Apology Tour will start: Blitzø breaking down due to overwhelming self loathing. Possibly due to someone else going off on him. I believe the cake(? Some sort of food) depiction of him isn't real, but something he's picturing.

Honestly I don't have a damn clue how we got here, but it seems Stolas is performing at a Verosika show, them bonding over there shared heartbreak from Blitzø, made most obvious by the curtain behind them with "BLITZO SUCKS" spelled out in huge letters.

I also think its possible this is the first time we will see the Envy Ring. As the sky looks more purple here to me than in Lust. But i might be crazy.

My assumption is Blitzø crashes the show, why and how I am also not sure. I have a few theories but they aren't rooted in much. Presumably him and Verosika get into it, landing them both in jail. I think here we will see similar to in Oops him and Verosika fighting about their past, that leads to actually communicating, them both finally seeing the others side. They end up working together to escape.

Also want to point out that the window behind Verosika shows what might be a green sky. Which would be kinda strange for them to have traveled to a completely different ring. The neon light in the back of the cell seems to be more of Lust's aesthetic. So honestly who fucking knows what ring they are in anymore.

I think these take place after Blitzø and Verosika escape. Possibly them talking about his relationship with Stolas, and her pointing out the blatantly obvious to Blitzø that Stolas does love him.

I believe the close up shots of them do take place directly after one another, mostly because they are in the same outfits they are shown to be in in their respective clips with Verosika. I think again this is finally them communicating and understanding each other, and possibly here is where they officially become a couple.

I believe these shots of a fight sequence in the Lust Ring are going to be this episodes B plot. We get parts showing Millie, Loona, and Moxxie (and the cool mega man looking ass robot) but no Blitzø.

These clips are a little difficult for me placement wise. They would fit with my expected story line of this episode where Blitzø is remembering and regretting everyone he has hurt. Although I have a feeling they are actually from Mastermind, Ill elaborate on [my post for that episode]

I'm not completely sure where the shot of Millie with the broken glass fits, its been a really tricky one for me. I do not think it has anything to do with Blitzø, like how the line playing when it comes up alludes to. This episode is my best guess, but honestly it could fit a lot of places.

I want to include this background detail from Hells Belles that may have possibly been foreshadowing to this episode. The sign does say "Pride Tour" though, which AGAIN just fucks with what ring this damn episode takes place.

Again I am sorry for the shit photo quality, and possible bad grammar and spelling. I currently have the posts for the rest of the episodes nearly done so expect those in the next few hours ♡ I'd love to hear any other ideas or theories about the upcoming episodes, or anything I missed/got wrong!

Pt. 1: The Full Moon | Pt. 2 :Apology Tour | Pt. 3: Ghostfuckers | Pt. 4: Mastermind | Pt. 5: Sinsmas

[beastabyss666]

You know as a former member of Vivziepop's cult and yes its a cult not a fandom anymore I am disgusted by a majority of the people in it.

Like someone on the subreddit brought up it being kinda tasteless or fucked that they sold sexy Stella merch in bdsm gear when she's abused Stolas physically. The post was deleted quickly and judging by my experiences in the fandom people were stanning Viv or harassing OP and that has got me thinking.

Why is Stella in bdsm gear? Like Stolas and Blitzo are canonically into it yet you give the abuser that...

Like isn't a bit fucked that instead of choosing the canonical practicioners in your show you choose to put someone who uses pain not to pleasure but to slowly break and hurt someone.

We know Vivziepop has a merch rep so how did that get into production?

I also find it fucked that Vivziepop and crew are attempting to tackle an issue as serious as domestic abuse and do it so poorly by writing Stolas and Stella as bickering children next we see them. Then the staff has the utter gawl to sell merch in general of Stella and the fans buying it up.

Like I understand autograph signings slightly but that's the only merch Stella should have.

Vivziepop's cult loves to claim that they utterly depise Stella and deserves to suffer because she's an abuser so how dare people want nuance or not just a generically evil cartoon villain but the moment she is drawn in a sexy way they start throwing money at that.

Like I just want to know how these people if their friends ask about the character on the pin will explain "Oh this is Stella who's a sexy domestic abuser"

Then again am I surprised when Vivziepop makes merch of a rapist and most of the crew have some weird fascination with Valentino and not in the way that he's their best written villain way more like they are simping over him.

I think a lot of fandoms, especially nowadays, have a lot of genuinely bad people who really need help/therapy but see nothing wrong in what they do or just keep doing that, though they know it ain't okay. That's so frustrating when you can't feel comfortable even in an Internet community. But Viv's "fandom"(I mean exactly these two shows, although Zoophobia also had...... not very pleasant people) is surely something... Where'd you find so many blatantly oblivious and blind brown nosers which keep pretending everything's good when there's already tons of red flags from Vivienne? Yeah, that's a rare case. I don't wanna interact with this fandom or even talk about it, tbh. I still watch the show cuz it's fun to see how it manages to be worse with every episode, though sometimes I don't make reviews as many other people do it faster and better and I just have nothing to say(I need to take my jaw from the floor). Regarding Stella – well, I don't know on what principles Viv or her team makes merch with the characters, but aren't all characters being sexualized anyway? They even have merch with Chaz, a guy who, like, died in the same episode. And they keep doing new merch with this jerk. And that's obviously because there are people who simp for him. I don't know if Stella's merch may be an insult to those who practice BDSM, I'm not into it, tbh, and I don't take these things seriously, but I find this just a bland sexualisation. Well, it's "sexy merch", but yeah, Stella's all character is based on being a mean aggressive yelling bitch, and this thing....... it must be a character trait, I guess? Or just a sweet treat for rule34 artists, like most of the stuff Viv does. Again, I don't take all of this seriously, this sexy merch was made to tease and please the simping fans, but there's certainly a part of irony in it. Like, people in this fandom hate Stella so much that they shit on people who simply want her to be a more complex character, and they're........ still buying all this stuff. They........ enjoy Stella being "hot dommy mommy" and still keep hating her? Ngl, only Viv's fanbase can do that, lol. I've seen this fandom from the start and I can say that many people here always had some weird obsession with Valentino. I even remember some person passive aggressively telling me that "he's just very charismatic and it's your problems if you can't see it". When there were, like........ A musical clip and a comic where he just was being an abusive jerk. Yeah, that's a really weird fascination. Also, doesn't one of HH's crew, who is an animator or a director(don't remember correctly), has a rape fetish and has drawn an animatic on their beloved ship Angel/Val? Hella ironic that a show about serious portrayal of trauma and abuse has a crew member(or members) which legit....... find it hot or cute. That's sick af but I guess Viv doesn't care who she hires. Oh, that's definitely not a pit I would like to fall in. I'm not sure there's any hope on Hazbin portraying trauma or mental illnesses properly, but I'll still watch it anyway. Whenever it comes out....

[mythicaldemigoddess-of-deltarune]

Hazbin Hotel x Helluva Boss Theory: Adam & Stolas Deserve Better (So Does Blitzo...)

[Note Edit Of May 7, 2024: I know I had put the tag for it yesterday...but just in case I'm editing this in now....one of the tags for this says "do not reblog without permission" so please read the tags so there be no misunderstandings in the future.]

[Note: Reading This Is Optional, BUT this will still be for Mature Audience Readers Only, so NO kids allowed and Parents need to stop scapegoating and actually make sure their kids don't view something that is 16+ to 18+ when they are not the correct age to view it...though half the time it wont be just the parent or parents at fault, it would also be the much older relative like a uncle or aunt or cousin, who lets the child watch something that is not meant for them until they become the proper age to view it........I seen a movie I shouldn't of seen when I was a little kid, and I had misremembered that being my Mom who let me watch it when we had rented at some old video place......but it was one of my much older cousins that let me, which I guess they did cover my eyes at some parts, well maybe not them but maybe my Mom. I still love the movie though and I finally own it on DVD, but I realized what happen when I was little was still irresponsible of them and they should of known better...it isn't the Movie that is at fault, it was the grown-up that had carelessly allowed me to watch it when I was not the proper age to view it....so yeah, since I do have the DVD of that movie now, I think maybe later today or maybe tomorrow I can find the time to watch it again...at least I know now what one of my older cousins did was irresponsible.]

so anyway, even if Stolas may have a right to be upset during what happen at Ozzie's and even after him being drop off by Blitzo.

but he shouldn't play some innocent victim after what happen at Ozzie, as it is no wonder why Blitz didn't want him to touch his hand and the whole not wanting to go inside Stolas's Home...

I might think that Stolas deserves better than Stella, who needs to get a clue and just let the divorce happen...

I don't even think Octavia understands anything about her parents relationship or the fact they were NEVER in love to begin with, and that Octavia's Mom has been always verbally abusive to Stolas.

they were in a LOVELESS Arranged Marriage, but in theory even those who did end up in a Arrange Marriage could end up falling love with each other at some point and or just growing to love each other in a platonic way...

even if Stella is upset the affair happen because of what it does to her image, but maybe the affair wouldn't of happen if she wasn't throwing in Stolas face that the two of them weren't divorced and even making it into a Not-Divorce Party.

even if some think she is some innocent victim, she really isn't.

what did she suspect, for Stolas to come around and treat her like the "Queen" like she deserves to be, to even worship her like the "Goddess" she views herself as....oh please, like that was ever going to happen in the canon.

even though what Stolas did was wrong, but he was with a woman like Stella who should be happy about getting a divorce from a man she hates, but the only reason she stayed with him was probably for the power and the title...and with the title she was given before, could very well be taken away as well as the power she was given.

but Stolas is probably no better than her, when it comes to how he can't see how much he hurt Blitz, well of course Verosika, Fizz and Ozzie did the same thing, but it probably hit him even more when Stolas chose to use that Menu to cover his face.

and I wouldn't be surprised if Verosika may have did something that caused Blitz to run off the way he did, but maybe they can still patch things up and become friends, like how he patch things up with Fizz.

Fizz and Ozzie, I love ya both and if you both were real I would slap you both if you EVER put Blitz through that again...

I would be on Alastor's Shoulder (when he is in Full Demon Mode" to slap Ozzie, and if Fizz is on Ozzie's Shoulder, then I will still slap him one too...

Ozzie & Fizz are so lucky they are so Adorkable and have those VERY cute and sweet sides to themselves, even if they were jerks to Moxxie, Millie, Blitz and Stolas..

well at least Ozzie from Helluva Boss, didn't cause me to accidentally exist like that one story about the whole King Solomon and Asmodeus basically implies...

NEVER gonna let The Embodiment Of Lust that was one of those Keys of Solomon, live that one down I guess.

I know it had to do with the ring and how Grandpa King Solomon was tricked into taking it off, and Asmodeus had threw him to the other side of the world, where he would end up meeting and getting together with one of my Ancestor Grandmothers.

so yeah, I may be a Defective Earth Angel Princess who calls herself "The Eveningstar Princess" because of that weird thing about my Mom having NEVER getting Morning Sickness when she was pregnant with me, and she had ONLY got Evening Sickness...

but what Asmodeus accidentally did, is maybe one of those weird little accidents that can't really be helped and not sure if it is more strange than the whole getting Evening Sickness...

I was a little weirdo even before I was finally born apparently.

and I came out looking like a 2 week old apparently, blame it on the Nephilim gene I guess...I mean if it does play a part in it...

I hope we can finally stop procrastinating in finally checking to see if my blood type will come out O RH D Negative for the third time.

we have been putting it off for way too long it seems, I guess one of the things I don't look forward to it, is the whole pricking and the whole last few tries we did, I ended up not feeling all okay and needed to go sit or lay down.

but it might not be so bad, if I just close my eyes through most of it.

I don't know if I have a certain phobia or not...

but anyway, Fizz should be lucky that his boyfriend didn't accidentally cause a Earth Angel to be born by hooking up her Ancestors together, cause the Earth Angel wouldn't let Big Blue Cotton Candy Ozzie live that one down...

and before I get back to the whole talking about Stolas and everything else, I think if we think about it some percent of Earth Angels are Demi-Angels, having Souls that are Half-Human & Half-Angel, which half the reason could be from the blood they/we carry and the other reason having to do with the souls they/we have.

of course some damages could happen to the Soul, no matter if it is a fully human soul or a hybrid soul.

(if you wish to skip some parts of this, just keep a look out for the bold words...)

like you end up dying way too early more than once in your past lives, and you are lucky not to have full memories of those times in each of them.....plus I really shouldn't be forced to forgive those that had hurt my past life selves, one of them being the reason I may of possibly had Stolas as a Caretaker if certain info is correct.

is it weird to think that he has a small lab type room with those beakers and other stuff that may also have some plants around as well...? like he keeps it a hot mess most of the time probably.

and yeah I'm talking about the Stolas from our Universe this time, that he keeps the room he has a hot mess possibly, which might be his type of lab...?

don't know if I'm right or not though, even with the thoughts that they have some kind of gladiator arena and have some type of fights to possibly show off their strength...

and there is the thoughts of them having a library, which could be a bit smaller than a library in Heaven, like the bookshelves in Heaven being super high that it would take a Angel to fly up to get a book or scroll to get the item your looking for if you aren't able to fly that way...like one of them being that you could still be scared of some heights and can't fly because ya don't have wings.

it might be a good thing that one can't remember fully of their past lives, one of the reasons could have to do with some damage done to their soul even if it did heal, but the problem could still be there.

I know one of my past lives had inspired the idea of some OCs I had made before, of course I had to change the ideas a bit on the OC that I had made, even if the first one was a Creepypasta (which I had posted the drawings about them in another place, like Deviantart.) and I had no idea at first that I was just remembering past life stuff...

and that past life is probably more closer to me, and I know I died in a dress when I was probably about 4 years old...which of course when I died at 4 years old before, I for some reason started to hate wearing dresses at 4 years old in my current life, and for all I know my 4 year old self was likely traumatized and remembered that we had died in a hospital when wearing a dress.

I do have a birthmark that may prove on the ways my past life self had lost her/our life in that time.

and it can suck for anyone to have bad luck dying a bit too early before they are too helpless to prevent it.

and some Toxic-Religious Inhuman people that have crossed a line when doing harm to children and babies do count as children...

they are lucky I don't go "Alessa Gillespie" on them, as tempting as that is...

Toxic-Satanist are not the only ones on that whole list, and if some of them think I will EVER forgive them for the messed up stuff they did, they can think again...

I suppose in theory, if they got me SUPER mad, and if Charlie, Vaggie and Emily were real, they would probably have to hold me back from trying to pull some hair...

like even if you never punched anyone before, but you think about the possibilities of if some who have did some messed up stuff, if they peeve you off to a very high point, you could go into a type of "Feral Earth Angel Mode" as I like to call it.

I know now that I was apparently born in a Catholic Hospital that had Nuns in it, even though my family is Christian, but most of our Ancestors came from different Religions anyway, and one of my Ancestor Grandpas was a Rabbi...

I am thinking of going by "Neo-Christian" again, but still go by "Neo-Spiritual" but I think I want to think about it a little more.

I still can't tell my family that I really don't go by "Christian" anymore.

or the fact that I don't just believe in God only, but also a Goddess now as well...and there is the whole believing the balance of the Divine Feminine needs to be healed and restored a bit more to stop the twisted form of justice and other stuff that involves a possible future that has to do with Jesus & is Army and the Antichrist.

how is it that not many have figured out how messed up that is, I mean you are doomed either way, but I still rather not take that mark and I would rather take a spray bottle, hold some food salt in my hands and pray to both the Heavenly-Father & Earthly-Mother and then place the salt in the spray bottle and then spray the Antichrist in the face than let him try that messed up stuff...

and even though I can't really do the same to Jesus, plus one of the reasons he could take part on that messed up logic is because he his being influenced by the Toxic-Masculine energy, and hopefully he can be saved from himself and to prevent those terrible futures that involve him and the Antichrist...

but yeah, if I were allowed to, I would use the spray bottle on Jesus's Army and maybe even the Antichrist's Army....that would probably need a lot of spray bottles there...

but if some info about what those two sides want to do is correct, it is still messed up, and hopefully such a terrible future can be prevented.

I guess the song "This Little Girl" by Cady Groves would match the feelings.

anyway back to the original topic, I can agree that Stolas deserves better than being married to Stella, even if she is a Party Girl, which I guess wouldn't be so bad....but throwing a party and celebrating Not being divorce was probably bite her in the tail feathers in a karma type way anyway...

Lilith is no better than Stella, even if Charlie might think her Mom is a good person who loved her kingdom, but we know there is always more sides to the story.

Lilith, Charlie's Mom....is just as Bad as my Dad, well my Human-Dad who is still biologically related.

I was told by my Mom that when she was pregnant with me at the time, both she and him got into a type of I guess heated argument.

I can only guess what it was about, and the thing I'm guessing it being about....hopefully I'm wrong.

I know my Dad wasn't there for my birth, he was off some place else...

it doesn't help that he cheated on my Mom, which if I remember right, I think I was told he did so when Mom was still pregnant with me.

at least Adam wasn't pregnant when Lilith cheated on him...

even if Adam did become a Sinner, I hope he can find someone better than Lilith, and well maybe also Eve....unless the whole there was never truly a Eve turns out to be canon in the show.

and well, blame it on some fan fics I couldn't help but love that involves Adam and Eve being one in the same, and it being because of Lilith leaving him.

Adam may have been sweet and innocent, and maybe a bit clingy during his younger days in The Garden of Eden.

he probably didn't understand most things, same with Lilith who is no better than him...

I mean, misunderstandings and miscommunications can happen.

and back then in the Garden, Adam's words of suggestion likely came out as a order and anything he did was probably good enough for Lilith.

if Lilith got off her high horse, she could realize that she just matured faster than Adam during those times, and Adam wouldn't of turned into a full of himself jerk if it weren't for the fact that both she and Lucifer had hurt him, like BADLY hurt him...

Adam and Lute's relationship could of been platonic, even if in the Fanon there is more to it and them being in a type of loving relationship, like a mix of lovers who are like best buddies.

and yeah, I'm still gonna view that both Adam and Charlie are both in the right and wrong, Adam can't just senseless give a game over to every Sinner, and Charlie needs to understand that there are some Sinners that should be taken out by the Extermination Day.

like the type of Sinners that shouldn't be in Pentagram City, and should just go to that dark and blue, and possibly cold place that we see in the Lucifer Tv Series, which if it were in the same world as Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss, that place would be The Double-Hell...or as I like to call it "The Original Hell"....because of the whole current one that isn't the "Original" or "Double" Hell...

had possibly been a part of The Goddess's Earthly Queendom, before that whole imbalance happen and it had to be possibly placed under quarantine from the rest of the Earthly Queendom in the Celestial Realm.

for all we know, Double-Hell could be REAL in the Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss Universe, but it is meant for the very Worse and Toxic-Sinners that are just too far gone, and are even more bad than The Vees and have done far worse than The Radio Demon himself.

those are the types, who are send to Double-Hell, that Charlie can't save or get redeemed, and who deserve to be taken out in Extermination Day.

and as weird as it might be, Adam from Hazbin Hotel, reminds me of Spinel and Pink-Pearl from Steven Universe...

and right now, he also reminds me of Marianne from Strange Magic.

I like that movie, even if some might not.

Adam likely was all sweet and innocent, even if a little naive when his suggestions came off as orders when they weren't, and he could of been different from the Adam from our universe...

if the Adam from our universe knew what those three angels were going to do to Lilith, he would of left her alone and gave her the space she needed...

Adam from Hazbin Hotel, is The Marianne, and Lilith from Hazbin Hotel is The Roland.

yeah the people that Adam and Marianne became at some point are different, but that doesn't mean they weren't still hurt by Lilith and Roland.

it could be possible that Adam hides the fragile parts of himself that was caused by Lilith and Lucifer, that he likely only lets those closes to him see, like Lute.

Humanity already had some form of Free Will, even before the whole Forbidden Fruit Situation, cause Lilith had the free will to leave Adam.

but Adam isn't the only one that Lilith hurt, she also hurt Lucifer and Charlie, and possibly hurting Alastor as well.

even if Charlie might not realize that her Mom is hurting her, she needs to face the truth at some point.

plus it could be possible that Lilith in Hazbin Hotel, couldn't become pregnant like her Fanon Counterparts.

and if Lucifer being the one who was pregnant is true, it could be more than just Lilith not wanting to.....its just she couldn't, because she had become sterile, because that was one of her punishments for the forbidden fruit incident.

she is unable to have children, she can't bring a life into the world like Eve and those lucky enough to have a child.

Lucifer likely found a way to become pregnant with Charlie, and for all we know, Roo could be Charlie's True Mother, who had helped Lucifer have a child that he wanted to have have with Lilith but couldn't because they weren't able to, even if they took some DNA and Magic from Lilith's Soul and Body, it likely came out as a failure which ended up creating nothing.

a true mother would still love their child, even if the child ends up being adopted and not biologically theirs.

for all we know, the Flashbacks during the song "More Than Anything" that had Little Charlie in it...

it might of seem like Lilith in the Flashback, but for all we know, it could of been someone else, and Lilith left a long time after when Charlie was probably still a baby.

Roo is one of the likely people who could of been the "Lilith" in that Flashback, well either her or some other characters who is likely Charlie's real biological mother.

Roo could turn out to be Charlie's Bio-Mom, and she likely took the form of "Lilith" after the original Lilith left both Charlie and Lucifer, and Charlie's Dad was likely very aware of it.

anyway, I think that Adam, Stolas, Blitz and even Charlie's Dad Lucifer, were hurt and deserve better.

and hopefully things do work out with Stolas and Blitz, but Stolas should get slap over the head for making Blitz feel really bad at Ozzie's.

in theory, Adam could come back as a Sinner type Fallen Angel, but we will have to wait and see what the future seasons of Hazbin Hotel will bring.

and maybe like Charlie, Octavia will learn a bit more of how hurt her Dad Stolas has been, even before Octavia was born.

to Stolas, Octavia was the one good thing that came from his marriage to Stella, and he probably wouldn't change a thing if he had to do it all again.

even if Cain's Bio-Dad is like also technically my Grandpa too, but the Adam from our universe is also biologically my Grandpa but through Seth's side.

but Adam can be considered the true father of Cain, because despite the messed up stuff between Cain and Abel (which I'm still gonna view both Cain and Abel both being victims but also both of them still being in the wrong...) but Adam had possibly still loved Cain, and he is Cain's True Father, even if they aren't biologically related.

of course in Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss AU Fanon Timeline, if Adam turns into Eve every once in a while, and well that would mean that both Cain and Adam are biologically related.

even if it ends up not becoming canon and being one of those times when a fan accidentally predicting future canon events, like in Chapter 2 of Deltarune, with Kris eating the whole pie, and Darkners becoming items in the light world and turning to stone statues in different dark worlds...Best Accidental Fan Predictions Ever.

even if it does turn out Adam and Eve in Hazbin Hotel, not being one in the same and Adam not only having to be The Father of Humanity, but also the Mother of Humanity as well...

and it does turn out not to be one of those Accidental Fan Predictions, still gonna love the concept. :)

Stolas might of been hurt after what happen at Ozzie's, but he can't just act like he didn't do anything wrong either...

he hurt Blitz, even if Verosika, Ozzie and Fizz ended up hurting him words, Stolas hiding his face with the Menu had probably cut Blitz deeply in a emotional way.

and it's no wonder Blitz tried to drown his sorrows the way he did in that episode that Bee appeared in.

Bee and Bel are still gonna remind me of my childhood, always being tired and always having to go to the hospital because of seizures.

which by the way, even if my family and doctors might not agree with me, but I still think its possible the energies from both people and places that I was around, had caused my seizures and it is possible that half the time the energies would cause me to become really tired and go to sleep.

still need to post about the whole Empathic Epilepsy thing, I had been meaning to talk and post about it like maybe a month ago...?

so yeah, The Queens of Gluttony and Sloth remind me of all that...

Bee might be a hardcore party girl, but she could see and possibly feel how badly Blitz was doing and him not being okay.

and if she knew what happen at Ozzie's, who knows if she would get on Stolas, Fizz and Ozzie's cases about it, well them and also Verosika's as well.

and if Bee ever went to The Hazbin Hotel, and if Adam was there as a Sinner, she could probably feel the really bad feelings coming from him, that has to do with the hurt from what Lilith did to him.

there could be a reason why Bee couldn't feel the negative vibes coming from Loona, but could possibly feel it from Blitz and Adam.

Loona likely keeps a better barrier up of her really bad negative emotions.

also the stuff that happens in the Pilot of Helluva Boss, even if it isn't canon the other episodes, but we could view it as Semi-Canon.

that the Pilot episode of Helluva Boss, takes place in a Alternate Timeline.

so even if it does turn out the Loona from that Alternate Timeline, lied about Eddie being the target, the Loona from the other timeline who ended up getting a crush on Vortex, probably wouldn't stoop that low.

yeah, the kid was a brat and him being the way he is might have to do with his terrible parents who wouldn't just be Gray-Parents but more like Toxic-Parents.

and even if it did turn out the Pilot takes place in a Alternate Timeline, it could be possible the Eddie from the timeline we follow now, is probably very much alive unlike his counterpart from the Pilot Alternate Timeline.

the pilot from Hazbin Hotel, is likely still canon to the first season of Hazbin Hotel.

it could turn out it is only The Helluva Boss's Pilot, that is not fully canon but only Semi-Canon and takes place in a Alternate Timeline.

even if Adam, Lucifer, Blitz and Stolas became hot messes but maybe things will get more better for them.

I mean if Adam does come back as a Sinner, but the likely hood of that happening is possibly very slim.

Adam possibly needs a hug and being told that the reason why he became a worse version of himself, is because he was badly hurt by Lilith and Lucifer, and they were too high on their horses to see the damage they were causing.

I can't really bring myself to hate him, I mean it could be possible he became so terrible later in his life, because of what Charlie's Parents did to him, and he hides those really bad and depressing feelings by making him seem like he is the greatest gift to women, and give off that macho-man ego.

and yeah, it sucks that my Mom was cheated on...

which I guess misremembering what I was told, it either happen when she was still pregnant with me or sometime after she had me.

but I wouldn't be surprised if he did that cheating when she was still pregnant...

also anyone one could end up having Daddy Issues, like for some it can be for both your Human and Angel Dads...

and some can have Mommy Issues as well.

also if it does turn out that Charlie's Story book, has half-truths and half-lies in it.

maybe we will find out the full story on what it was like in the garden when Lilith, Adam and Lucifer were there in the future episodes of one of the future seasons.

we just have to wait and see.

the book was likely wrote by Lilith, it makes herself seem like a tragic heroine to her daughter, when really she isn't...

at least the Lilith from our universe has a reason why she became a worse version of herself, because she wasn't given the proper space she needed after her and Adam's fight, and Adam wasn't mature enough to understand that both she and him needed space.

he was likely a immature brat who couldn't understand that couples do need space from each other at times, and those Three Angels are just as much as fault and knew better than Adam did, I mean those three angels were old enough to know better, and probably been around for a SUPER long time even more than Adam and Lilith (and later Eve) were, so they should of just let Lilith be alone until she was ready to go back to where Adam was.

trying to force her was wrong and it is not love at all, it is messed up.

but the versions of Adam and Lilith from Hazbin Hotel, play out very different but at the same time the same as the ones from our universe.

Adam from Hazbin Hotel, was possibly just curious and had this innocence about him, and any suggestion on what he wanted to do got taken the wrong way by Lilith, who only saw him being bossy to her and trying to order her around when in theory, he wasn't.

she likely twisted the truth in that book she made for Charlie, in what she believed to be true, that Adam was demanding control...but that could only be what Lilith believed and she ends up twisting the truth in her favor to get Charlie to see Adam as having always been the "bad guy" but really he wasn't, he became that way because "The First B**th" and Lucifer, had hurt him and he became like The Marianne (from Strange Magic Movie) of Hazbin Hotel.

not everyone has to take this theory and thoughts the wrong way, the chance of it turning out to be true and canon is possibly very small chance....

I'm still gonna view Charlie's Mom by the nickname The First B**th.

Stolas and Blitz might still have a chance together, and Stolas may have time to tell Blitz he's sorry and not play the victim when he is partly the reason Blitz became so hurt at Ozzie's, not just Fizz, Ozzie and Mayday.....but Stolas himself also had hurt him.

even some fans could see that, that Stolas had hurt Blitz, and it could of been hinted from how Blitz spoke about Stolas when he and Fizz were captured.

Lucifer possibly holds on to hop that Lilith will come back to him, so they could be a happy family again.

but Lucifer needs to understand, and maybe he will in the future...

that it is possible that Lilith, will NEVER get back together with him.

even if they are still married and separated, he will need to get that divorce if things aren't going to go back to how they were when they were once deeply in love.

even if RadioApple might not become Romantically Canon, but some could view the whole Alastor x Lucifer as the highest favorite ship possibly, even if I still like the whole idea of Lucifer being ship with Angel's Dad...which someone is to blame for that. XD

also in theory, if Lucifer from our universe did have a Twin Flame...

she is possibly "Gone".....like Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz, like she may have pulled a Rose Quartz, even before Steven Universe.

not everyone has to agree on tat theory, but it could be a possibility.

if Adam does come back in the future as a Sinner Fallen Angels, the chances of it are pretty small, but we will have to wait and see.

and if it does happen, maybe someone at the hotel will get through to him and make him open up about the bottle up feelings that has to do with how badly Lilith and Lucifer, and possibly Eve (if Adam and Eve aren't one in the same) had hurt him.

Eve is possibly a even more sensitive topic for Adam, and Lucifer might of not understood how badly he hurt Adam.

even if we are suppose to see Adam as some Macho Jerk, but it could be possibly he didn't start out that way, he only became a worse version of himself because he was deeply emotionally hurt.

and I know that not all fans will agree about that, and it being possible that only half of the fans will agree on that possibly being true.

Adam and Lucifer (and possibly Alastor) were hurt by Lilith.

and Stolas was in a loveless arranged marriage that he tried to make work, to give his daughter a normal life.

but it was never good enough for Stella, who had to rub it in his face that they hadn't divorced.

even if Stella was hurt, but did she truly love Stolas...?

well maybe in a Fanon AU timeline she would of, and been a more nicer version of herself, and in some alternate timelines she is Stolas's Girl-Buddy and Wife, and their wedding was more of a Lavender Wedding, and her being more of a Pife.

Pife being short for Pal-Wife, and Budband being short for Bud or Buddy Husband.

we wont know if what we assume about Lilith from Hazbin Hotel, will turn out to be true...but a part of myself and maybe others, hope we are wrong.

that she isn't as heartless as she seems, and maybe a part of her still loves Lucifer and Charlie...but the likely of her not fully caring about them, and it possibly been Roo who had to shapeshift and take her form because she fell in love with Lucifer and had formed a motherly love for Charlie, like you know Roo being the Maleficent and Charlie being the Aurora from The First and Second Maleficent Movies.

we don't know if Stella did truly love Stolas, or was just in it for the power and title, or like she only acts like it was only for the power and title and she hides the fact she did love him...

but he couldn't truly be in love with her, despite how he did tried to make the family and life they made together work.

how Stella treated him was likely one of the reasons Stolas gave into his feelings for Blitz, I mean possibly...

I do have a theory about Blitz I will talk about after this post of course.

anyway even if some think Adam doesn't deserve to be given another chance, and well maybe he does and maybe he doesn't.

but it doesn't change the fact about him possibly hiding some pretty bad emotional pain and him probably secretly hating himself.

Blitz likely hates himself too, as it was implied in a episode.

and it doesn't help that both family and friends made him feel that way.

Fizz and Blitz rekindling their friendship, is one step in the healing that Blitz needs.

Adam, Lucifer, Blitz and Stolas would need some type of healing, maybe we will see it in the future.

I mean not sure if Adam will come back as a Sinner, but if he did, that man needs a hug and sit down and watch Strange Magic, and maybe some Steven Universe. XD

okay him watching Strange Magic and Steven Universe, would be like Fanon...but hope some can get what I'm trying to imply.

he needs to watch some shows and movies that reflect his deep hurt feelings he bottles up.

and even if not all fans like Steven Universe Future, but I and some do, and well we can relate a bit with Steven, and possibly a few other characters that have been hurt and ended up with some depressing feelings.

lucky I'm not having one of those depressing feeling days now. :D

I'm still gonna view that Greg was a spoiled brat who didn't have the full story, and his parents (Steven's Grandparents) likely wanted him to learn self-defense to stay safe, and likely gave him curfews because their neighborhood use to be really unsafe, and he was possibly given meatloaf for a reason.

and it could be possible that Greg couldn't understand that his parents either one of them or both, may of not been able to handle very loud sounds coming to the music he listens to and had the volume up really high to the point where it became painful for them, and the reason why they didn't let him have any music was because he was irresponsible with the volume that was causing one or both of his parents pain, and they likely couldn't afford certain things that Greg wanted, and he viewed it as them just being unfair.

sometimes there are more sides to the story, and maybe Greg wouldn't of thought so terribly about his parents, if his parents had sit him down and talk to him and explained to him a bit better about why they made him take up wrestling and have a curfews and even chaperons, because it was for his own safety. and the reason why he couldn't have music, because he wouldn't listen to them about turning the volume down because the high volume he puts it on ends up hurting one or both his parents, causing them great pain.

and him getting meatloaf, could have to do with iron or something else...who knows, maybe it was to help with giving him the proper diet...?

by the way I tried the guacamole on the meatloaf, and strangely enough.......I ended up liking it. XD

guess that is another thing that makes me super weird.

if it does turn out that Steven Universe is coming back, maybe like on a Adult Swim, I can't wait to see it.

still gonna view Sans being the future self of Steven Quartz Universe.

it doesn't help the image I saw with Steven wearing a blue jacket, reminds me of that theory that Sans and Steven are possibly one in the same.

Adam, Lucifer and Stolas deserve better than how Stella and Lilith treated them...

and Blitz deserves better as well, and hopefully both he and Stolas do work things out, and we will have to wait and see if they will work things out, and Stolas will stop and realize that he had hurt Blitz, not just Fizz, Ozzie and Mayday...

but we will need to wait and see if that realization will happen in the future or not, but hopefully things will work out for Blitz & Stolas.

is it weird to view Adam as not just as Spinel, but also the Pink-Pearl and as for Lucifer, he is like Pearl of the Crystal Gems.

Lucifer might not see how badly Lilith had hurt Adam, so picture in some Fanon Timeline of Hazbin Hotel AU.

Charlie is the Steven, and those two are The Pearls, and they end up fusing.

it's fine that not everyone views Adam being like Spinel & Pink-Pearl, and Lucifer being like Pearl of The Crystal Gems.

I'm weird okay, and those thoughts and views are likely gonna be a part of my weirdness. XD

it be nice if my Dad didn't sleep with another woman when he was still married to my Mom, and there is that whole possibility he could of well did that, even before my Mom finally gave birth to me...

it does also suck to know that my older brother was cheated on as well, but even if they are no longer together...but maybe I wont go too deep into that right now.

we can only make some guesses and theories about what could happen in both Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, and it's fine if some theories end up getting debunked, plus the theories that do get debunked can still work in a Alternate Timeline way in the Fanon.

so hopefully Lilith being a terrible person, wont be true but we know that we have to wait and see if it is true or not.

like a part of you hopes that Lilith isn't a terrible person, who had purposely hurt Adam and Lucifer, and makes herself out to be a tragic heroine to her daughter who doesn't see her for the person she truly is and views her Mom as a wonderful and loving queen when really she possibly isn't.

Octavia is likely the same way, she possibly views her Mom as being the full victim, and she still loves both her parents.

but she can't see that there was always a problem between Stolas and Stella, that has been going on even before the affair.

but maybe Octavia will learn more about it in the future, maybe.

we can only hope that Octavia gets a even more better understanding of her Dad, and how bad it was for him being married to Stella, for all we know, Octavia just thought her parents had always been happy and in love but they hide their true feelings from her until the affair that Stolas and Blitz had, had made both Stolas and Stella a bit more open in front of Octavia on how bad their marriage truly was.

both Octavia and Charlie, were likely protect by both their Fathers: Stolas and Lucifer from a very cold and hurtful truth about their Mothers: Stella and Lilith...

but as much as Stolas and Lucifer love their daughters, they can't hide them from the truth forever.

just as much as Adam can't hide from his own hurt feelings forever.

if Lute, Blitz and Alastor had to sing a song together to Adam, Stolas and Lucifer...

it would be "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes.

some might get why that song, but it's okay not everyone agrees.

but Adam, Lucifer, Stolas and Blitz (from Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss) still deserve better and to be loved.

[valahelart]

Hey, you are doing some cool art in here and have interesting predictions about the season finale. I want to share some of my thoughts and ask what do you think about the Stolas' banishment?

So while there's some part that screams "give my bird boy powers back" from whatever we have seen Satan doesn't seem like a guy who will admit to making wrong judgement nor like somebody who does take-backs. Maybe the grimoire will be sufficient enough or there will be another plot point, who knows?

On the other hand this powered down for 100 years Stolas plays somewhat well with his grandiose love language. Then we don't exactly know how that impacts lifespan, but even if it doesn't it somewhat scratches that itch of "having one shot at life", he indeed got banished but it's only as bad as the company he surrounds himself with and right now we see Blitz making amends and we can only hope that Stolas emotions won't decapitate any further and he will be working on the little displays of affection too.

(Also I have made bingo card on predictions for the next episode - please take a look xD)

Hiii, thanks so much! I'm always happy to yap about this show sooo. 😌

I do love that Stolas is a gentle yet insanely powerful character, so maybe I'm a little biased when I say I don't think his current state will be permanent. As of now, we don't really know how far Satan's punishment goes - if it affects his lifespan, the entirety of his power, his eldritch form, that sort of thing. Maybe it can be reversed or altered somehow!

If Stolas ever comes back to full power, it definitely won't be soon. First, he will probably have to learn how to navigate life like Blitz does, without magic or status or immortality - and I guess he'll further understand why Blitz sometimes reacted the way he did when it came to their different statuses. I don't think it'll be easy but down the line, I can definitely picture him getting used to it and realizing he's more suited to that life than a royal one (like meeting Blitz again made him realize he could not stay with Stella any longer), as he always was an outcast anyway.

Beside, him getting his powers back doesn't necessarily means he'd join the royal ranks again. He could still be banished but have his magic (it would be even more interesting if he was "pardoned" and asked to come back, but refused)! To be honest, I think him being powered down will be interesting for a while but that that arc will eventually reach its natural conclusion and leave space for him as fully included to hell's society BUT with powers (which could make for some fun scenarios if he joins IMP, especially on their missions!)

About Sinsmas, again it could go in so many different ways but the more I think about it, the more I lean towards a softer, more emotional outcome? We can definitely expect tense drama (especially from Octavia and Andrealphus), but I don't know, I think maybe it would be logical for Blitz and Stolas to start a new chapter together even if it'll probably get a rocky start? (Also yes, I'd die for some Christmas-themed sweetness, bring me the matching ugly sweaters from your bingo!)

Much to think about! 🙂‍↕️

[fuzedatti]

hi there!! first of all, love your art, your line work skill and how dynamic you make your characters is incredible. second, i found your blog through your Lucifer and Paimon redesigns, so i wanted to ask if you had any design advice for someone who isn’t pagan?

I’m a born and raised Christian, so I’ve never really been allowed to look at demonic, wiccan, or pagan stuff, but i find it so cool. Paganism is absolutely awesome and i can say much better things about it’s practitioners than my own religion’s given that i’ve never met a hateful or judgy pagan.

Anyway, I noticed in your Paimon redesign that you said he was your Patron, which is, again, awesome, and you depicted him as a fox and a middle eastern man because that’s how he presented himself to you and others.

I guess the long and short of this ask is how can someone like me who isn’t in touch with paganism best artistically depict these beings?You drew from personal religious experience to design him, which is awesome!! I’ve never seen him depicted as a fox anywhere else, but i trust you know your Patron better than whoever wrote his Wiki page. Given that I can’t connect like that, I guess i’m just wondering if there are, like, pagan run websites where i can learn from actual practitioners? Somewhere with actual, reliable information about pagan culture and how your Patrons present themselves in the modern day? Paganism has a bad rep cause of Christianity, so I’m always a bit concerned that when i’m doing research (which usually only leads to biblical websites) it’ll be biased or paint the deity wrong.

I don’t wanna just say “oh this is my oc now i’m gonna do what i want with them” because i think that’s just really disrespectful to do with a figure from a practiced religion. I wouldn’t want someone to bastardize my God by oc-ifying him, so I don’t wanna poorly represent someone else’s deity.

anyway i’m sorry if this is a lot, i’m a character designer and i’m gradually working my way through the Ars Goetia demons and i want to make sure to represent them as well as possible. If this is too long and/or you just don’t wanna answer it on your blog, i totally understand. If you wanna message me about anything at all in response to this instead of replying to this ask, that’d also be extremely appreciated. If you wanna just ignore this, that is also completely fine and i will not be personally offended. If this in any way made you uncomfortable or bothered you at all, i’m truly sorry as that was never my intention. I’m just looking to learn more about your religion and practices from a reliable source.

If you got to this point, thank you so much for reading all of that (again, i’m so sorry it’s so long) and I hope you have a good day/night!!

This is a pretty long but amazing question.

Please do not apologize, your question was sincere and came from a place of genuine doubt that is open to learn.

First of all, if you want me to answer any other Occult-related questions please send them to side blog! @sonofstarsnsea. Also thank you so much for the compliments! Line work is my favorite part of my art process, and I have never been told my characters are dynamic, it is truly awsome someone thinks of my art that way.

REGARDING PAGAN/OCCULT DESIGNS

It is very nice of you to think on depth on how to make your designs more interesting and unique via research, since not a lot of people do that and just go away with the first thing that they come off with (Netflix's Lucifer ☠️).

You can absolutely design characters based off pagan/occult beigns! Asking us (occultists/pagans) about these matters is actually the best thing you can do, because you are getting unique and personal ideas that can be translated into amazing stories.

Actually, my Stolas' redesign is based on one of my friends' experience with him, so even inside our circles we can ask for advice regarding artistic matters.

BE MINDFUL: CULTURAL APPROPIATION

Unfortunately, as much as I wish for outsiders to see and appreciate the unseen religions, there are going to be people who will take anything they see as theirs and won't do a more in-depth research.

I remember someone asking me to redesign Lilith, and while I could do that, I didn't (and still don't) feel comfortable doing it. Why? Because Lilith is a closed-practice deity from Judaism. I am not jewish nor I am planning into converting into judaism, thats why I keep a respectful distance from those designs/characters and leave them for those who actually have a say/voice into the matter.

There are other closed practices such as the Kabbalah, Voodou, etc; that you can encounter but it is better to respect it and leave it only to those who practice.

So when designing pagan/occult characters or stories ask yourself: Are these beigns from a closed practice? Am I representing them in a respectful way?

But most importantly listen to those who are part of those practices.

RELIABLE SOURCES: WHEN INFORMATION IS NOT TRUSTFUL

Even I struggle to get information and I take everything I read/hear with a grain of salt.

I personally love watching ESOTERICA on YouTube; he is a jewish scholar who focuses on the studies of the occult, esoterism and spirituality with an academic perspective. He doesn't really talk much about the Ars Goetia (although he does have some videos on it) but he explores Hermetic magic and Gnotisism, maybe that could help you!

I feel this channel should be a great start for you.

Regarding other sources, always use critical thinking and here on Tumblr there are actually good sources/masterposts you can look up to!

I hope this answer helped you.

[helluvascribe]

Helluva Boss S2 E9: Full Moon Apology Tour

The red full moon turned the crimson sky even redder than usual. Blitzo had gone shopping for sex toys: phallus shaped candles from a shopkeeper, whips and things from the spider shopkeeper and even got a chance to see Fizzarolli’s collection of gadgets. He had bought the Hell Dinger 5000 eldritch purple vibrator from Fizzarolli and was now lifting up a sack onto Stolas’ balcony.

Stolas twiddled his thumbs and sat sadly on his bed.

Blitzo posed as he lifted himself over the railing. He dragged the bag over to Stolas.

“Hi-dee ha hoo ha, Stolas! Guess what I got for us? I got lots of fun shit for us to play with tonight!”

He pulled out a large candle with “Dankee” on it.

“Like this extra-large candle that smells like…” He sniffed, “…hooorny!” He tossed aside a gnome-shaped butt plug. “I got-I got whatever uh, this little guy is, but I’m sure there’s some place in your cloaca we can stick it. And look at this bad boy!”

He turned on the vibrator and laughed evilly.  “HAHAHA!”

Stolas sat up. “Do you…ahem, do you have my book, Blitz?”

Blitzo’s smile fell, and he turned off the vibrator. “Yeah, uh, yeah, it’s right here, I always bring it. Why do you…”

Stolas held out his hand. “I need it back. Permanently.”

Blitzo pulled the grimoire back. “N-n-now hold on, Stolas. Come on. Is this because I’ve taken up skipping a few rounds with you in bed because I’m busy? That ain’t fair. Alright, I-I can still hold up my end of the bargain! Alright? L-let me show you a good time tonight.” He spoke seductively. “You know I caaan…”

Stolas shuddered and pulled away. “Please don’t…say it like that, Blitzo. I…”

Blitzo used his hands to push open Stolas’ legs. “Come onnn, bitch. You know I don’t disappoint…”

Stolas briefly blushed, then shook his head. “No, no, no. There’s no need. I’ve made up my mind.” He stood up and walked away, grimoire in his arms.

Blitzo desperately followed him. “Stolas, please! I-I need this book, please! I need this book, Stolas. I will do anything.”

Stolas’ grimoire hovered next to him. Stolas did a small smile and showed Blitzo a small black box with a blue sigil of Asmodeus on top. He opened it, revealing an orange-yellow crystal on a teal cushion.

“This is an Asmodean crystal. It’s registered in your name.”

Blitzo looked confused. “Uh, what?”

Stolas flipped open the book with his magic, showing an icon of Blitzo using the crystal to travel from the Hell pentagram planet to a city on Earth, where he smashed it with his feet.

“Asmodeus has his demons legally travel to Earth for work all the time. I made the case for you to own one. You will be technically under his jurisdiction, but you will be able to go anywhere you want in the human realm without fear of consequence.”

Stolas put his grimoire back on the shelf. “Without breaking demon law. You no longer need my grimoire.”

“What?” Blitzo asked sheepishly.

Stolas breathed, looking downcast. “You…no longer have any obligation to see me, to touch me, to bed me, you are…you are free of me.”

Blitzo examined the crystal. “I…don’t understand. Why are you giving me this? Am I not, like, fucking you good enough? Because I-I can always-I can always do better…”

“Blitz,” Stolas began, looking him in the eyes and putting a hand on his shoulder. “I’m giving you this because I care…very deeply for you. And I have for some time.” He attached the yellow crystal to Blitzo’s glove, embedding itself into his hand. The sigil of Asmodeus briefly flashed in gold. “But this transactional thing we have, it’s not right anymore. It hasn’t been. It never was. And now all I can see is how wrong it is to be so tethered to someone in such an unfair way…and not know how they feel. But I want you to continue to be who you are, your business.”

Stolas removed his hat.

“You don’t have to stay with here with me. But…I want you to. I want you to stay here with me because you want to. Only if you want to.”

Blitzo then smirked after a pause. “Oookay, alright, you’re fucking with me.” Stolas appeared shocked that Blitzo was dismissing him. “This is an interesting roleplay. Never done this one, but I can get into it. Alright, how’s this, okay…’Oh Stolas, I’ll stay with you. I love you soooo much, I…’”

Stolas held up a hand for Blitzo to stop. He put his hat back on.

“Thank you Blitz, for…awakening me…for making me so happy. Even if only for a little while.” He paused, trembling with the pain of saying goodbye. “I wish you the best with your business.”

Blitzo was stunned. “Wait, what? You were serious? Oh, hold on now, Stols. What the fuck?”

Stolas somberly walked down the hallway, all the mirrors and photos covered by sparkly cloths. Stolas figured it was time to move on and put his past behind him. The pictures of Octavia peered behind the curtains.

“I have my answer, Blitz. You needn’t say anything. I have wanted you for so long, that your first instinct is that it’s always…about sex.” He paused. “That’s enough to know what this is.”

Blitzo fumed, kicking open the double doors. “What?! FUCK you, Stolas! You spring this feelings bullshit on me, are you FUCKING KIDDING?! Can I get a FUCKING minute to think after everything you put me through, you pompous rich ASSHOLE?!”

His voice echoed in the spacious room, bloodred light shining through the stained-glass windows.

Stolas and Blitzo froze, and a somber silence settled. The crystal wavy chandelier from Stolas and Blitzo’s childhood was also covered.

 Blitzo continued. “Treat me like one of your little butler imps?! You can’t just dismiss me like that!” Tears formed in his eyes. “I mean, you royal fucks think you can do this EVERY TIME, like you can just play with our feelings because we’re smaller and not as IMPORTANT! Well, I’m not letting you, BITCH! LET’S GO!”

His voice echoed again. Tears flowed in Stolas’ eyes. He gulped silently and his mouth trembled.

 “Blitz, I think so very highly of you…” His voice broke, “I didn’t realize you think so lowly of me…”

After a pause, he briefly gave him a glance.

“Goodbye, Blitz.”

Blitzo gasped and reached out.  “Stolas, wait! I’m s…”

Before he could apologize, Blitzo found himself teleported outside Stolas’ mansion.

 “What…the….FUUUUUUUCK?!” Blitzo screamed in disbelief and fury as a bunch of hellish crows cawed and flocked toward the red full moon in the crimson sky.

0 0 0

A smooth stream of water flowed into a large pool illuminated by white orbs and pink and blue light. Near the stream at the top were a group of dark orange Venus Fly Trap plants with orange eyes surrounded by black sclera. All around the garden were palm trees and leafy plants that gave it a tropical peaceful atmosphere, despite being in Hell. Stolas was lounging on a purple and blue lounge chair with gold trim. Next to him was a glass of red wine on a gold side table. Stolas was currently reading a romance novel called “Pride and Brimstone.” He wore a white housecoat robe decorated with dark leaves.

A figure climbed up the garden wall, which had spiky vines snaking up the sides.

“Heeellloo, hello, hello, Stolas.”

Stolas briefly peered up, then glared and covered his face with his book.

“You have…AH!”

Blitzo fell into the bushes before standing up and posing on a Venus Fly Trap plant.

“You haven’t been answering my texts and I sent you a bunch of funny shit. So what gives?”

Stolas deadpanned, still looking at his book. “I was hoping my lack of ‘ha ha’s’ in response to the photos you sent would be an indicator I didn’t want to talk right now.”

“Oh, come on, Stolas, we just had a rough night.” Blitzo gave him a suggestive look, lowering his book with a hand. “’Sides, you always want to hear from me.”

Stolas sighed and closed the book, fatigue in his eyes. “Blitz. What is it you want?”

“I wanna feel like I’m earning my way to Earth. Kay? So get your tight feathered ass out of that lawn chair and get into the bedroom so I can…” He leaned in close, “fuck it!”

“Wow. Poetry.” Stolas said sarcastically. He rolled his eyes and stood up. “I’m sure such a statement would have had me swooning by now.”

Blitzo followed him, nervously, brushing his own neck. “Uhh, I, sh-yeah, sure that wa-, okay, that was a shitty way for me to say it, but you usually like it when I talk all dirty and fucky and shit…”

Stolas walked toward a small red tent decorated with strings of round lights inside. The tent had a gold mobile at the top with a round moon and extending from it were figures of stars, a sun and a crescent moon.

Stolas turned around with a glare.

“Come on,” said Blitzo, “we don’t do words, we do sex.”

“As shocking as this might seem, Blitz, I don’t think I’m in the mood to do ‘sex’ with you. In fact, I don’t think I’m even in the mood to do words with you!” He waved a hand. “So how about you respect that.”

“Oh, come on, Stolas, you can’t mean that,” Blitzo pleaded, following him. “You always love seeing this.” He grinned and posed by the tent curtains.

“Seeing you right now is hard!” Stolas proclaimed. “I don’t want to feel worse than I already do.”

Stolas placed his book on a table.

“It’s bad enough I got an invite to this anti-Blitzo party,” Stolas said, opening up the invitation, “’an honorary invite for being your freshest ex.’”

Blitzo’s eyes went wide with shock and fury. “ANTI-BLITZO PARTY?! WHO THE FUCK’S BEHIND THIS?!” He reached for it, but Stolas held it back.

“Oh, it’s entirely immature,” Stolas remarked, waving a hand. “I’d never indulge in this nonsense, it’s silly.” He held out the invitation to Blitzo, who ripped it out of his hands.

“Real silly. Real fucking classy.”

Stolas then smirked. “Kind of them to invite me, though. It might be rude not to make an appearance.”

Blitzo opened it up.

On the front of the invitation was “YOU’RE INVITED!!” in pink cursive letters with hearts as the exclamation point dots. Down below was a drawing of a dead Blitzo with a large knife in his chest, lying in black blood. On the back was a pink broken heart. Inside the card were more pink words: “Stolas, congrats! Blitzo has officially broken your fucking heart. It would be my pleasure to extend this honorary invite for being his freshest ex, to our Halloween party in the human world (located at 666 South Maple Avenue) for closure and to indulge in our shared hatred for that miserable fuckboy. Hope to see you there. Verosika Mayday.” She signed her name with more hearts.

“VEROSIKA?!” Blitzo fumed. “Of course, that fucking bitch!”

“I will say,” Stolas began, “It’s rather concerning you have an entire party devoted to hating you though, Blitz.”

Blitzo placed the invitation back into Stolas’ hands. “Oh please, everyone hates me for shitty reasons.” He sat down in a chair. “In the end, everyone’s just bitter they couldn’t tie this ass down.” He propped his legs onto the table. “I’m too much imp to simp.”

Stolas folded his arms. “You really think that’s the reason?”

“Yes sir, they couldn’t handle that I moved on.”

“Oh! So you’re used to being the one crushing others’ feelings, hm?” Stolas asked, glaring.

“If by…” Blitzo impersonated Stolas’ royal voice, “‘crushing others’ feelings,’ you mean ends shit before it gets serious, then bingo!”

“If you’re so scared of getting serious and getting too close in relationships, what are you doing here then, Blitz?” Stolas asked.

Blitzo looked unsure. “Waiting for you to admit that you get off to getting plowed by people you look down on.”

“I don’t look down on you!” Stolas cried. “How many times do I have to say it? When have I ever?!”

Blitzo rolled his eyes and explained sarcastically, “Oh, I don’t know…how about when you first started using me for sex every full moon? Or when you wanted me to kill some guy for spreading info about global warming? And all that dirty talk you did on the phone…you claim I’m scared of intimacy, but you can’t even communicate properly! I’m just giving you what you want, right?!”

Stolas sat in a chair. “You sound just like that horrific cowboy Striker!”

“Oh, don’t compare me to that scumbag!” Blitzo snapped back. “I saved you the first time!”

“The first time?” Stolas asked.

Blitzo paused. “Yeah, you know, at the Harvest Moon Festival?”

“And yet, you didn’t look for me after he almost killed me in the Wrath mine!”

“I got there…eventually…”

“I called you for help!”

“Well, you sure sounded horny as fuck on the phone, though! Besides I had to take care of Loona.”

“Oh right, that pet of yours.”

“She’s my daughter, you prick!”

Stolas sighed and stood up, holding his “Pride and Brimstone” romantic novel in his long black arms. Blitzo followed him down the path.

“Anyway, how was I supposed to know you could get hurt?” Blitzo asked. “You’re immortal and shit! You’re a fucking prince! If me and my team could kick that guy’s ass so easily, then I’m sure you’d have no problem.”

Stolas turned around and did a mock bow. “I suppose you are right, silly me. It’s not an imp’s place to protect a Goetia is it?”

Bypassing Stolas’ sarcasm, Blitzo held out a hand. “Aaand there it is! Took ya long enough!”

Stolas put his hands on his hips. “That’s all you were waiting for, wasn’t it? For me to play into this idea you have of me that I’m this prince who thinks he’s so much better than you.” His arms lowered. “Well, I don’t! Why would I allow everyone to see how much I like you? And even if I didn’t like you, why would I waste my time mistreating you? Our relationship was supposed to be sacred! I’ve tried so fucking hard to spend time with you, to support you. You can’t just ignore all that!”

Blitzo fired back, “THAT’S THE GAYEST SHIT I’VE HEARD ALL DAY!”

Stolas glared down. “Do you ever feel any kind of remorse for what you do? Have you apologized properly to anyone once in your life?”

Blitzo’s tail swished back and forth. “Why would I need to apologize to anyone? They all just hurt me and then they’re gone. I have no time to do something sissy like that.”

“Is that what your father taught you?”

“Like that’s any of your business. Perhaps you should go back to your own prissy papa and let him help you find imp fucktoys to…”

“Get out!” Stolas barked. “Right now! I don’t want to hear any more from a person who can’t apologize…”

Blitzo sniffed, his voice cracking. “You think I can’t apologize?! Oh sorry, this entire time I assumed the worst because I was convinced a prince could never love someone like me and I’ve let my self-hatred stop me from apologizing to anyone I could ever care about!”

Stolas turned around, slightly surprised. “Well yes. That.”

After a brief silence, Blitzo fumed, pointing a finger. “Weeellll fuck you! I can sorry the fuck outta people! Just you watch!”

Stolas turned around and angrily stomped up the stairs toward the double glass doors.

Blitzo continued. “I sorried Fizz so hard, he cried! And I can sorry more people, everyone but you! ‘Cause I don’t owe you dick!”

Without another word, Stolas opened the door and slammed it shut, disappearing inside.

Blitzo sighed before turning around, full of resentment. “Everyone but you.”

0 0 0

Blitzo paced back and forth in his apartment before briefly curling himself up on his couch. Clenching a fist, he later slammed down his mug of coffee on a table, the mug showing a design of two horses howling at a full moon.

“I can totally apologize to the people I’ve fucked with,” Blitzo claimed. He got into his van and closed the door. A pile of junk, boxes, and cans sat next to him on the red seat.

“I mean, how many could there possibly be?”

He took a pen with a horseshoe design on it and wrote on a piece of paper. On the list were “Moxxie?” and “Annoying Kid.”

Blitzo traveled to a basketball court, where a demonic Eddie was pushing other boys and shooting a demon’s head into the basket. He was short and chubby with red skin, red eyes, a forked tail and claws. He still wore the same orange shirt with a ringed planet on it, black pants, and a blue baseball cap.

Blitzo tossed him a crumpled note and he glanced down. He picked it up and Blitzo’s note read, “Sorry. Welcome to Hell, dumbass!”

Eddie roared and gave a waving Blitzo double middle fingers.

Getting back into his van, Blitzo crossed off “Annoying Kid.”

Blitzo then wrote “Southern Bitch” on the list.

0 0 0

Mayberry walked from the I.M.P. office, satisfied that her rival Martha was dead and gone. She was happily full from the cake she had with the gang, “Killed the Bitch!” written on a banner. She figured that I.M.P. did a well enough job, despite the process being expensive and longer than she had expected. She wore her usual purple shirt with eyes, red thin glasses, red earrings, a white worn skirt and often let her hooved feet be free. She thought she would forever delight in the thought of Martha getting shot by the imp.

But after several more chaotic days trying to manage dozens of demonic children at her school, her satisfaction of revenge was short-lived. Here she was now in Hell, stuck in a place of misery. Which could only mean…

“Shit. She must still be out there, too!”

Mayberry couldn’t think of anything worse than being stuck in Hell with her rival. She could only hope that Martha was being tortured somewhere, preferably eaten by cannibals or wild animals.

The days went by. No sign of her husband anywhere. Mayberry was alone, with no family, no friends, and an old small apartment in a polluted city to call home. She worked full time at the school from dawn to dusk, scrambling to create lesson plans and meeting with parents to discuss “Malevolent behavior worthy of gold stars.” (Of course, killing wasn’t allowed and many Hellborn children mocked the Sinners for their deaths. “We’re proper demons, not hybrids,” they sang, while the Sinners punched their classmates retorting “We’re immortal! Have fun being Roo’s food!” “Well beware of the angels, ex-human fuckers!” “You’re not even real demons, freaks!”

“We like our children being tough and no bullshit, but even the interspecies fighting has gotten out of control,” many of the parents said.

“Bring back the Satanic Pledge of Allegiance,” another parent chided.

“Are you sure your heat conditioning works properly? And the reheaterator for their lunches?”

“So what if my son speaks demonic Latin and Enns? Can’t you include the language into your curriculum?

The demonic school board was even more harsh to her.

“Your school may be closed if it doesn’t follow our standards,” they said, holding clipboards and scrutinizing every corner of the classroom. “The torture toys are broken over here. The remains of this demon have not been properly disposed of. And your songs…reek of humanity!”

“Your lesson plans don’t include all the subjects for education. You have math, literature, science, physical activities…but no demon history? No inclusion of wealthy Envian aquatics and poor Wrath Imp children alike? You need updates. Your class has predominant Sinners…you need more diversity.”

“Low marks, Mayberry. Get your act together.”

Mayberry’s face fell as her demon students hit and hollered through her thoughts. Oh, how she missed her more innocent red schoolhouse on Earth and the chirping birds. The only birds around the school were many-eyed vultures around an old, rusted playground situated on cracked asphalt and surrounded by barbed wire fences. 

Very little pay. Barely enough for rent. Big meals were few and far between. Long walks back to her apartment with a cacophony of catcalls, cursing, and crying.

Mayberry sighed as she stared at her reflection from her water in a cup. Her hands shook as she tried to eat bits of many classic demon foods: human hearts, fried bugs, dog heads, rotten vegetables and fruit, raw animal meats…anything disgusting to humans. Even the regular familiar food was stale in comparison to Earth. More guilt swept in as she found her taste buds liking and tolerating the food.

Even more bizarre, she found no problems or reactions as she smoked her cigarette. Perhaps she could drown herself in nicotine and drugs for eternity…and no one would notice. 

She was a monster. A murderer. No longer human. Forever taken from her family because of her mistake and her jealousy.  Being punished for sin…and ironically being in a place full of sin! Existence itself was a cruel joke.

Mayberry was surprised she hadn’t died in Hell already with all the crime and chaos going on. At any moment, her job and home would be lost, and she’d have to beg on the streets. Bags hung under her eyes for lack of sleep. She wondered if she would ever remember the blue sky from her past life ever again.

One of her only activities to bring her a sense of peace was being in nature. She walked through the woods whenever she got the chance. After discovering her newfound strength and enhanced senses, she was no longer afraid of going in alone, even at night.

“Finding refuge in the forest, like a creature of the night,” she thought.

She thought she would be the only Sinner to ever grace the presence of this woody place…

Until she saw HER.

A red skinned woman with thick black hair, and a gaping black eye with black liquid running down. Large black cloven feet and legs, a sexy wavy waist, prominent red breasts under a torn polka dot shirt, thick horns, a glowing pink eye…

There was no doubt.

“You!” Mayberry spat, pointing a clawed finger under the moonlight. “How the fuck are you still alive?!”

Martha turned around, dropping her deerskin. “Oh? Is that the whiny schoolteacher? Yes, I’m back.”

“Mrs. Mayberry, thank you very much,” Mayberry scowled.

“How’d you like your life in Hell now that you don’t have a family?” Martha asked, folding her arms. “Still an elderly widow bitch?”

“Like that’s your concern, slut. And how’re you hanging on after those imps killed you?” Mayberry fired back.

Martha seethed. “Pissed as fuck but otherwise…not so bad. Now if you’re done gloatin’ I gotta get back home…”

“Wait,” Mayberry said. “I…I don’t wanna be alone…”

“Huh?” Martha turned around.

“Although I hate…um hated your guts, you’re the only person I really know here.”

“Where’s my ex-lover and your ex-husband?”

Mayberry looked downcast. “No clue.”

“Wanna go find him?”

“Hell no! I’m barely managing on my own.”

“And you expect me to help you?”

“At least tell me how to better navigate this place.”

“You’ve been here longer than me, darlin,’” said Martha, “You seem to be doing fine on your own.”

“I wish.” Mayberry smirked. “It appears that imp crew I hired was successful in killing you.”

Martha scoffed. “So, you’re part of my death. Feel satisfied with your revenge?”

Mayberry sighed. “Well…not really anymore. I can’t believe it, though! To think they all called you a hero on Earth! If only I had my gun now…”

Martha shrugged. “I guess that means we’re both villains now. No use tryin’ to kill me now. We’re the living dead.”

 Mayberry nervously fiddled with her hands. “Well…I killed my cheating husband and traumatized my school children! And now, I’m stuck here in this brimstone hellhole dump! I can barely eat and sleep.”

 “I mean, I’m pissed that I got shot by those imps, but hey, Hell ain’t so bad! I mean, look at my new dashing form!” Martha swayed her hips. “And now you don’t have to worry about jail time on Earth. You’re free.”

Mayberry stared at Martha, strangely transfixed. She was stunned that her enemy left her feeling…aroused? Comforted? Confused? “I guess you’re right. I guess when you’ve killed someone and see it so much around you, you get sort of used to it. At least you don’t look like a horned purple people eater.”

Martha chuckled. “I like your body…makes you unique…in an old schoolteacher kind of way.”

Mayberry blushed, despite herself. “Really? I can’t believe I’m saying this but I think you’re…”

Martha smirked. “Hot too? This coming from my rival, heheheh. I guess my southern charm still works wonders.”

Mayberry gasped. “Wait, what about your husband and your kids?”

Martha shrugged. “Oh, they’re busy terrorizing villages and huntin’ the forest creatures. Ever since discovering my new strength and powers, I’ve grown more distant from them and felt…another calling.”

Mayberry raised her eyebrows. “A calling? I’ve been teaching little demon school kids. It has its perks I guess, but I still feel so…lonely.”

 “Where do you live?”

Mayberry took a puff of her cigarette. “In the city. Some dingy old apartment.”

Martha grinned. “I live in a cabin in the dark woods. It’s a nice place to be away from the Sinners and scum.”

Mayberry folded her arms. “Your family was a bunch of cannibals!”

Martha grinned evilly. “Yep! All in the honor of Satan himself! I’m an honorary member of his cult, now!”

Mayberry froze. “Wait, Satan is real?”

Martha nodded. “Darn tootin! His cult is mainly comprised of imps from Wrath but there are plenty of centers here in Pride. We do dark rituals, eat other demons and train in an underground army to invade Earth. Actually pays pretty well. Plus, I think it’ll help bring down those imps. Satan’s very particular about how he wants demons interacting with humans.”

 “Why would I want to join a bunch of evil psychos?”

Martha flipped her hair. “I mean, this is Hell, we’re all mad here. You’ll be stayin’ here forever, why not let yourself loose for a while? No point in tryin’ to instill your former human values here.”

Mayberry paused. Tired and lonely, she wanted someplace nice to relax, a comfortable bed, and a new companion. “In that case…can I come visit you in your cabin?”

Martha smiled, pleasantly surprised at Mayberry’s sudden eagerness. “Anythin’ to keep this lovely bitch company. I’m still pretty rich. You like baths?”

Mayberry smiled. “Who doesn’t?”

Martha winked. “Wanna join me and let things go…south…?”

Mayberry blushed and took several steps back. “Uh, um…I think Hell’s making me tougher…and gayer than I could have ever imagined on Earth…but still, then I’d be cheating…”

Martha rolled her working eye. “With a long dead ex-husband? Nah. Don’t worry. There’s always a chance to start over and form new relationships. Why not start now?”

Mayberry was still unsure. “And you want one with me? Even after I hired them to kill you?”

“Heh. It still satisfies me seeing you struggle to get used to Hell. I guess our deaths satisfied both our hatreds for each other.”

“And strangely brought us together…” Mayberry finished, staring into Martha’s eye.

Martha picked up her deerskin and took Mayberry’s hand. “Welcome to your new eternity in Hell, babe. Why not let go of the barren past and let your life get…spicy…?”

Mayberry smiled again, suddenly feeling lighter and freer than she could have dreamed. “No husbands…no problems…teach me a thing or two, demonic southern belle…”

Blitzo walked up to a cabin in the woods and knocked on the door. The door opened.

“Yeeauuss?” replied a woman with a southern drawl. She had red skin, sharp teeth and thick wavy gray hair with a few dark gray and red streaks in it. Her hair hung past her waist. She wore black skull earrings with red eyes. Her short shirt was torn, white with red polka dots and a black sharp top line, revealing large breasts. Her legs were black with red lines below her black belt and her feet were goat hooves. Finally, she displayed long black curved horns with red lines. Her left eye was pink against black sclera and her right eye was gaping black where she had been shot by Moxxie.

The woman then frowned and glared down at Blitzo, black hands on her hips. “Oh. It’s you.”

“Heeyy Martha,” Blitzo smiled nervously, speaking fast. “Look I know we killed you in the past, but I just wanted to say no hard feelings and offer this.”

He winked and held out a brown gift basket. Inside was Swiss cheese, bottles of hot sauce and a note with “sorry” on it.

As Blitzo handed it to her, a purple demon stepped out into the living room, dripping wet, hands up. She had red thin glasses, red diamond earrings, straight white hair, horns, a long tail, black hooves and a white towel wrapped around herself. It was none other than Mrs. Mayberry, the former schoolteacher on Earth. She and Martha had gone from rivals to lovers since they both turned into Sinner demons in Hell.

Mrs. Mayberry’s red eyes glowed and went wide in embarrassment as Blitzo gave her a smirk. Martha turned to glance at her partner, then shot back sarcastically at Blitzo, “Yeah, that’s fuckin’ right!” Giving him one last glare, she slammed the door on him. Blitzo smiled and crossed “Southern Bitch” off his apology list.

Martha turned back around and set the basket onto a table. Mayberry dried herself off.

“Was that…that imp I talked to a while ago?”

Martha scowled. “Yep. That horned fucker who traveled to Earth to kill me. What a pathetic excuse for an apology.”

“Your assassin tried to apologize to you? It sounded more like mocking if you ask me,” said Mayberry, raising her eyebrows.

“I agree.”

Mayberry looked downcast. “But still, I was the one who…”

Martha cut her off.  “It’s alright, darlin’. How about we focus on relaxation and our future plan to bring down those low-class horned clowns?”

The two women sat down and took out slices of Swiss cheese.

“Whatever you say, dear,” said Mayberry. She poured a little hot sauce on the cheese and took a bite.

“Hey, this is a very unique flavor…wow that’s hot!” She gasped, her face briefly red.

Martha smirked. “Hotter than me?”

Mayberry grinned back. “Well, not even close.”

Martha fed Mayberry some of her cheese and Mayberry did the same. Before long, they had both finished the cheese and hot sauce, leaving only empty hot sauce bottles. They licked the remaining hot sauce around their mouths.

Martha smiled. “Here’s to the glory of Lord Satan, our newfound freedom, death to Blitzo and new relationships beyond husbands!”

Mayberry lit up in return, deciding to embrace her new life as much as she could. “Here, here!”

“Ave Satanus!” Martha proclaimed. The women clinked their empty hot sauce bottles together and made out with French-kissing.

Blitzo walked up to a cabin in the woods and knocked on the door. The door opened.

“Yeeauuss?” replied a woman with a southern drawl. She had red skin, sharp teeth and thick wavy gray hair with a few dark gray and red streaks in it. Her hair hung past her waist. She wore black skull earrings with red eyes. Her short shirt was torn, white with red polka dots and a black sharp top line, revealing large breasts. Her legs were black with red lines below her black belt and her feet were goat hooves. Finally, she displayed long black curved horns with red lines. Her left eye was pink against black sclera and her right eye was gaping black where she had been shot by Moxxie.

The woman then frowned and glared down at Blitzo, black hands on her hips. “Oh. It’s you.”

“Heeyy Martha,” Blitzo smiled nervously, speaking fast. “Look I know we killed you in the past, but I just wanted to say no hard feelings and offer this.”

He winked and held out a brown gift basket. Inside was Swiss cheese, bottles of hot sauce and a note with “sorry” on it.

As Blitzo handed it to her, a purple demon stepped out into the living room, dripping wet, hands up. She had red thin glasses, red diamond earrings, straight white hair, horns, a long tail, black hooves and a white towel wrapped around herself. It was none other than Mrs. Mayberry, the former schoolteacher on Earth. She and Martha had gone from rivals to lovers since they both turned into Sinner demons in Hell.

Mrs. Mayberry’s red eyes glowed and went wide in embarrassment as Blitzo gave her a smirk. Martha turned to glance at her partner, then shot back sarcastically at Blitzo, “Yeah, that’s fuckin’ right!” Giving him one last glare, she slammed the door on him. Blitzo smiled and crossed “Southern Bitch” off his apology list.

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His list read, “Moxxie?” “Southern Bitch,” “Annoying Kid,” “Guy I Ran Over,” “Hot Bouncer,” “Shitty Agents,” “Angel Sheep,” “Stolas?” and, of course, “Verosika Bitch.”

A baby carriage rolled over to the Loo-Loo Land apple mascot, Loo-Loo who now sat homeless near a tent, surrounded by the destroyed theme park. A small fire was lit in a metal tin can in front of him with an apple design on it. Blitzo popped out from the carriage and slapped a gift basket of Swiss cheese, hot sauce and a “sorry” note into the mascot’s eye. Blitzo smiled and wheeled away, the mascot sitting dejectedly. Robo Fizz’s glowing eyes and grin appeared menacingly in the darkness.

Blitzo tossed another gift basket through a portal and it landed in a room full of the gruesome remains of the fallen agents.

Blitzo stepped through the portal to the Lust Ring and stood on an incubus he knocked to the ground. With a bow, he presented the pink incubus bouncer a bouquet of white flowers with eyes on them. The bouncer stood perplexed with the flowers in his hands.

At the Hollys movie awards on Earth, Blitzo dressed as a blonde princess in a light blue dress with a crown and bowed on stage. Black and white photos of the movie director and the “Sweetie I’m In The House” actor appeared on a large screen with “In Memorium” in white letters.

The D.H.O.R.K.S agents sat bored in their headquarters. Agent Two was slumped over and Agent One absentmindedly pressed a green button at the controls. Through the pink diamond portal, Blitzo placed a “sowy” note on their desk with a sad face and a drawing of a horse on it. He smiled and snapped both his fingers at them. The agents, perplexed at first, soon yelled and tried to grab him, but the portal closed. Red lights flashed as the agents, a taller blonde agent, and one of the priest clones aimed their guns at the note. “Demon sighting, do not cross” police tape was hung every which way. The cherubs, wounded from battle, also hovered by the agents. Blitzo tapped Cletus on his back with a finger and handed him a note through the portal. As Blitzo vanished, Cletus red his scribbled note: “Cherub” followed inside by “Fuck you guys! Sorry not sorry!” with a Blitzo drawing giving them middle fingers. Cletus glared in response.

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Blitzo briefly opened up the invitation again before closing it and putting his hands on the steering wheel.

“Alright, and now onto the exes.” He pulled down the clutch and straightened up the overhead mirror, revealing his worried eyes. “Who are aaall in one place.” He sighed. “Yay.”

He rubbed the yellow Asmodean crystal on his left wrist and pink diamonds of energy appeared. A pink diamond portal shimmered to life and the I.M.P. van roared through it, tumbling to a stop and crushing a jack-o-lantern with a witches’ hat to green goo.

Over a green forest in the background, the sky was dark blue and slightly teal, dotted with stars and a full moon. Trick-or-treaters were out in a variety of costumes near decorated houses. One house had a fake dead body cutout with two nearby cones that were put on display on a lower slanted roof. The windows of the houses were decorated with spiderwebs and smiling jack-o-lanterns glowed in the night. Strings of lights blinked from the houses and toilet paper hanging on trees swayed in the wind. An RIP headstone was propped up on one lawn. A noose hung from another house.

Blitzo’s van came to a stop, startling a kid in a white clown costume and another kid holding a bottle and wearing a red devil mask with an upside-down black cross on the forehead. His regular face revealed slightly dark skin and short black hair. He had fake fangs in his mouth.

Blitzo rolled down his window as the kid with the devil mask approached. “Hey buddy, you know where 666 South Maple Avenue might be?”

The kid grinned and pointed. “Down that way, demon dude! Sick costume, bruh.” He waved a fist and spun a finger in approval. He then glanced as an elderly man approached. He wore yellow glasses, a spiky collar, black and white underwear and thin black straps. He put a hand on the kid and looked at Blitzo.

“Hey, Happy Halloween!” The grandpa then pointed. “Oh, looks like you missed some makeup there.”

Blitzo spoke sarcastically. “Thaaanks. It’s my face.”

Blitzo drove by a house decorated with a bloodied scythe, a witches’ broom, drinks on a bale of hay, a giant spider, a standing ghost, and a wizard hat on the roof.

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“YOU’RE INVITED!!”  “Has Blitzo broken your fucking heart? Do you desire revenge and Halloween fun? Come on over to our Halloween party in the human world (located at 666 South Maple Avenue) for closure and to indulge in our shared hatred for that miserable fuckboy. Enjoy Blitzo body cake, Beelzejuice drinks, music and fun! Also featuring yours truly in concert! Hope to see you there. Verosika Mayday.”

Verosika handed out invitations to her anti-Blitzo party. Incubi and succubi flew off through the Lust Ring, handing out the invites or posting them online for more demons to see. Several succubi and incubi grinned with excitement and started to plan their Halloween costumes.

“I’m so gonna be a mermaid this year!”

“I’m thinking…high school cheerleader!”

“Haha! Witch, please!”

“How about…an angel. The goofy kind, not, you know…”

“That’s a great idea! There’s a spider shopkeeper that sells great sex toys, I bet he could weave up some outfits for us!”

“Me and my brother will make the Blitzo voodoo dolls! My mom’s side of the family comes from Envy.”

“You wanna come with us, too?”

“Nah. I much prefer Hell’s Halloween tradition of surprise-attacking the weaker ones and trick-or-treating for hearts and guts!”

“Your loss, buddy!”

“Hey, Ver,” said a succubus band member. “Where will it be at?”

“Me and my crew have been searching the mortal world and we found this nice mansion on a hill near a forest. The people are out for the night, so thankfully there will be no intervention needed. We got our Asmodean crystals ready for the portal. It begins after sundown.”

“I hear it’s a full moon, too! Extra spooky and special!”

“Hey, Verosika, girl! Great to hear from you! A party in the human world, very unique! I’ll send over some Beelzejuice for you, on the house!”

“Thanks, Bee! I think me and my crew have the perfect idea for the cake, hahahaha!”

“I’ll see you soon, Ver. The band equipment is working, and the stage will soon be set up.”

“Thanks, Tex, I know I can always count on you!”

The invitations spread far and wide throughout the Rings. Several goat demons with candles on their heads peered at theirs with curiosity from the Sloth Ring. Hellhounds from Gluttony howled in excitement and gathered bags of candy and alcoholic drinks.

In the Wrath Ring, a group of muscular imps laughed while sitting in a wooden tavern.

“Check it out, man,” one of them said, holding up an invite. “A Halloween party in the mortal world! Let’s go!”

“Can’t wait to swing my fists at some Blitzo targets,” another chimed in. The scrawny imp Dennis walked with a group of imps with their invites. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew Dennis’ invitation from his hands.

“Way to go, Dennis,” one of them rolled his eyes. “You just lost your invite!”

“You suck, Dennis,” added the other. Dennis flinched with a sad look on his face.

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Blitzo spotted a mansion in the distance up on a hill with two moving pink spotlights. He pulled up to the front. The mansion was made of stones and had several pink tinted windows. Spiderwebs laced the roofs, and five bats dotted the windows. Jack-o-lanterns, headstones and alcohol bottles lined the lawn. Orange strings of lights looped over the bushes near the van.

Blitzo got out, sighing deeply and lowering his head as he snuck inside. The candles lining the steps glowed eerily as he went in.

Up on the ceiling, torn red banners gave the place a haunted house feel. Strings of lights dotted red and purple crisscrossed near the wooden beams and ceiling. Round lights and pink spotlights danced in time with Halloween party music being played. Spotlights blinked from pink, to teal, to orange as disco balls spun around. Neon ghosts with “Boo!” near them in a thought bubble were on display on the walls above. Headstones on a table read “RIP this dip,” and “Here lies dip.” Torn streamers hung like curtains in the open doorways.

It looked like any ordinary Halloween party, but with several differences. An array of demons danced and drank and chatted naturally in their casual clothing. Imps, incubi, succubi, Sloth Ring goats, hellhounds, and many other types were all together in the space. Several demons wore costumes of their own: an angel, a dinosaur, a white dress, and a cheerleader.

The decorations exemplified the crowds’ hatred for Blitzo ruining their lives in various stages. Hanging paper pumpkins read “Fuck Blitzo,” and a pinata was shaped like a dead Blitzo with xs on his eyes and a noose around its neck. “BLITZO, MORE LIKE SHITZO” was painted on the walls in neon green. In more neon green paint was a Blitzo with xs for eye and a knife in his forehead. “Smells like piss,” “c*nt,” and “loser,” were written next to it. Broken hearts with arrows were also on a wall near broken mirrors.

Several demons wore shirts and jackets that read “I H8 Blitzo,” “Fuck Blitzo,” and “Blitzo, Kill Yourself,” “Die Blitzo Die,””Blitzo sucks ass,” “F U Blitzo,” “Shitzo,” and “Blitzo Hater.” A large neon broken heart glowed from upstairs.

Stolas strolled carefully through the crowd, hearing distant screaming and glass breaking. Once again, the lonely owl felt out of place at another party. He walked toward a wall where two succubi were making out. On the wall was a cardboard target of a dead Blitzo with xs for the eyes and an ax and a knife in it.

Stolas sighed and poured himself a drink into a red cup. The bottle had a wailing ghost on it.

“The one day a year the spirits can rise amongst the living and it’s spent celebrating mutual pettiness.”

“Uh, what?” barked an incubus dressed like a sailor. He had a Blitzo head treat on his fork and an anchor tattoo.

Stolas chuckled nervously. “Oh! Nothing! I was talking to myself.”

“Cool, man, I wish I was you,” he drawled sarcastically before walking away.

Stolas sighed and gulped down his drink. The horned and winged shadows of demons swayed in the changing light. Stolas folded his arms and leaned against the wall.

Verosika Mayday swayed happily though the crowd, holding a bottle of honey-like Beelzejuice alcohol from Beelzebub, the partying ruler of the Gluttony Ring. Verosika wore long torn white pants with a crossed out pink heart on them. She had a short black top that exposed part of her breasts in an oval cut in the middle. She wore a spiky collar, a spiky black belt, fingerless gloves, and high heel black boots with pink xs on them. A red heart tattoo with Blitzo’s name on it had a black X over it on her arm. She had her long white hair in a thick ponytail, her pink heart tail, and pink horns with black stars on them. Small black heart tattoos dotted her cheek and belly button.

She took a swig of her drink. She then glanced over.

“Helllooo freshest ex! Stolas!”

She happily walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Stolas stood agape.

“How’re you doing, baby, you holding up okay?”

“Oh, I’m fine,” Stolas replied. “I felt it rude not to stop by. I don’t get invited out much, but I really shouldn’t stay long.”

“Well, I’m glad you could make it, honey,” Verosika smiled, as they clinked their cups together. Verosika gulped down her drink as Stolas watched the demons dancing. One demon wearing a blue suit held up a voodoo doll of Blitzo and another demon stabbed it with a knife.

“Well, this certainly beats the last Earth party I attended on Hallows Eve,” said Stolas.

Stolas remembered a dark cult on Earth of a dozen men in black hoods. They had tied up and blindfolded a shaking man with short blonde hair and no clothes on. He was bound by his wrists to a cross-shaped stone slab as candles lit the space.

The leader ominously raised a bloodstained black ritual dagger as Stolas’ sigil glowed orange on the wall. “All hail the demon Prince Stolas!”

Stolas held a cup in his hand and appeared bored. “I was told there would be cake?” Stolas began. Blood splattered onto his face as the leader stabbed the man and the members droned, “All hail, all hail!”

Stolas still shuddered at the memory. He took another gulp of his drink when Verosika put a hand on his shoulder, smirking evilly.

“Speaking of cake, you wanna slice it?!”

She pulled Stolas over to the prized food of the party.

“Ohhh…erugh,” Stolas muttered in utter disgust. The cake was shaped like Blitzo’s dead body, with a bloodstained ax in his forehead and five arrows in his chest. A spike jutted through his arm and his eyes were xs, a tongue out. Black frosting appeared like black demon blood.

“I like to start at the neck,” Verosika whispered sinisterly, holding a knife. She hovered over the cake. “Or the dick.”

“Euurgh,” Stolas flinched.

“You’re right,” said Verosika. “Nobody wants his dick, anyway.”

She stabbed the cake crotch area rapidly like a psychotic Psycho killer.

“I-I think I’m content without slicing any of it,” Stolas stuttered, disturbed.

Verosika turned to him with open arms. “Well, live it up, baby, you are with friends here.” She raised her knife proudly. “Fuck Blitzo in the fucking ass!” The crowd cheered and raised their fists.

Verosika shrieked and laughed manically as she sliced the cake neck with her knife and put the Blitzo head onto her plate. Stolas noted all the drinks on the table near the cake, with a note that said, “Have fun! – Bee,” from Beelzebub. Three wailing neon ghosts had “Boo!” in a thought bubble above them. He also spotted real red bloodstains on the white sheet covering the table. Stolas spotted a pink incubus decorating another tablecloth with the fresh blood of a bird. Flies buzzed around a pile of dead birds outside.

“At least they aren’t hunting humans,” Stolas thought. Two incubi ripped oven a pinata shaped like Blitzo in the background, one of them holding up the top half in delight. A female imp dressed like a black cat held up a Blitzo doll hanging from a noose. A horned demon with crazed eyes wearing a “fuck Blitzo” shirt, a police hat and skeleton leggings and fingerless gloves sat on a couch hammering nails into the crotch of another Blitzo voodoo doll.

Blitzo walked through the crowd, looking around nervously. “W-o-ow. Have I fucked this many people? Christ on a stick, I should start keeping count.”

He put his hands on his hips. He pushed by the succubus in the cheerleader outfit and a tall pink glaring incubus wearing a short red shirt and pants. Blitzo muttered half-assed apologies as he walked.

“Sorry for the comment I made at your sister’s wedding. Though she did deserve it, she’s a whore.”

“Sorry for fucking your mom, though I thought it was your dad.”

Blitzo flinched back as he spotted the pinata of him hanging from a noose by the table of drinks. Feeling self-conscious, he raced over and pulled the bloodstained white sheet off the table. Drinks splattered and clattered to the floor as he wrapped himself in his ghost-like disguise.

“HEY!” yelled a unicorn demon wearing a purple skirt with a star on it and a shirt with an eye on it. She held a bottle in her hands.

“He did it,” Blitzo called, pointing to a skinny scrawny imp with white curly hair, a dark blue beanie cap, blue pants and a short black tuxedo shirt. He flinched while holding a cup in his hands.

The unicorn glared at the imp. “Way to go, Dennis, you fucking suck.”

“Yeah, you suck, Dennis!” added a male shirtless incubus.

Thankful for the distraction, Blitzo pushed open a sliding door. Above him was a red banner that read “Fuck you, Blitzo!” with an icon of him with a knife in his forehead. There was a row of flags with pink broken hearts on them and another “Fuck Blitzo” next to a streamer of bats, skulls, pumpkins and ghosts.

Blitzo glanced left and right, a jack-o-lantern with a phallus carving next to him. Two female hellhounds were talking together. An incubus dressed as a skeleton stood next to another incubus dressed as Beatlejuice.

Blitzo popped up among a crowd of demons gathered outside. Several demons held a torn purple flag on a stick with his icon crossed out. A red goat with wings, a candle on his forehead and a 69 shirt was throwing darts at a paper drawing of a dead Blitzo. The drawing had “U suk!” “F u Blitzo!” and “Here,” with red arrows pointing to his crotch area. The goat landed a dart at the crotch target and the crowd cheered. A yellow goat with a snake tail and a teal candle wore a “Blitzo sucks ass” shirt. A tall succubus with a witch hat, a short black skirt and tall black boots burned a life-like Blitzo plushie tied at the stake. More cheering.

Verosika shrieked and laughed manically, holding a microphone as Stolas stood with uncertainty in the crowd.

“Oh shit,” Blitzo ducked.

Next to Verosika on a stage was her dark gray muscular hellhound bodyguard Vortex. His arms were folded, left eye blind with a scar on it, and wore torn black clothing. A black roaring hellhound tattoo was on his left arm. Among spotlights and strings of lights were red curtains with grinning pumpkins on them and “BLITZO SUCKS” in yellow letters. Verosika grinned.

“Now, it’s time to hear from the special new guest of honor of the night, Stolaaas! Get up here and say a few words!”

The spotlight shone on Stolas, who choked on his purple drink.

Behind Stolas was a pink succubus wearing a white shirt, short shorts and a French-style hat. The other was a female imp wearing sunglasses, white leggings and a white dress with the upside-down hospital cross logo from the Sloth Ring.

“Oh, no. No, no, no, I’m not really, um, heheh…” Stolas protested as the two smiling demon women pushed him onto the stage.

“Uh, I really shouldn’t, I…” Stolas flinched as the spotlight was on him on stage.

Verosika stood beside him. “Tell us all about your experience with Blitzo. That cock-sucking motherfucker!” She put a hand on his shoulder. “C’mon, baby, speak from your heart. We all here know how you feel.”

Stolas stuttered, sweat dripping down his feathered face as he took the microphone. “Um. Oh, ahahaha, um…”

Several demons looked at him: a pink succubus wearing a magenta magicians’ outfit, a succubus with a green mermaid outfit, a fat hairy imp, an incubus wearing a light blue shirt that revealed his chest, a heavy-set succubus wearing black, an incubus with long purple hair, a yellow star on his cheek and a shirt that said, “The Josh hates Blitzo.” A pink spotlight shone on Stolas.

Stolas took a deep breath and began his song. (“The Motherfucker”)

“I let you get too close

I let it go too far

Now I know, now I know

Now I know exactly what you are.”

Verosika and Vortex stood on either side of Stolas, Verosika to his right, Vortex to his left, harmonizing with him.

Verosika and Vortex chorused, “Na-na-na, na na, na, a motherfucker. Na-na-na, na na, na, a motherfucker.”

Behind Stolas were incubi and succubi band members. One was a female with long black hair wearing a black “stand in” shirt, strumming a guitar, wearing black upside-down cross earrings. A muscular incubus wore a torn gray sleeveless jacket and a black collar with an upside down cross. He strummed a black guitar shaped like a black hellhound mouth. A gray hellhound played a set of drums with a pink hellhound roaring mouth on the front.

Stolas continued.

“I don’t think you meant to hurt me

‘Cause I don’t think it meant a thing at all.”

They all harmonized, “At all, at all, at all…At all, at all, at all…”

A sad Blitzo pushed his way to the front of the audience.

“At all, at all, to you,” sang Stolas.

“Na-na-na, na na, na, a motherfucker. Na-na-na, na na, na, a motherfucker,” added Verosika and Vortex.

Stolas imagined himself back in his mansion, on a stage with purple constellations and a purple sky.

“I let it go too long

I let you go too deep

Now I know, now I know,

Now I know there’s one thing I can’t keep.”

Stolas posed dramatically on a stage with moving cardboard representations of waves, clouds, a moving sun, a moving moon and glowing stars.

“But I, I keep on waiting

Waiting to want you less than I do

And I do, oh, I do, yes I still do want you.”

Stolas flew upside down, reaching out to touch Blitzo’s smiling face in a shard of glass. Blitzo’s features appeared in several mirrors around Stolas.

“But maybe it’s all on me

For missing every sign and every glance and every turn.”

Stolas reached out and flinched when a Blitzo folded his arms and scowled at him. He reached again, but a second Blitzo growled and scowled again.

Vortex and Verosika appeared in other mirrors behind him, waving fingers.

“No, no, no, he’s a motherfucker…”

Stolas continued.

“Maybe there’s something here for us to glean

For you to teach and me to try and learn…”

Stolas placed a hand on another smiling Blitzo, the mirror cracking where he placed his hand. Soon the mirror shattered along with all the other ones.

“No, no, no, he’s a motherfucker,” added Vortex and Verosika again.

“’Cause I am not a thief, but you were mine to earn,” sang Stolas, glancing around anxiously.

“What if I came on too strong?

What if I read this all wrong?

What if we just don’t belong?

All this what if, what if, what if, what if, what if, what if, what if…”

Scenes of Stolas and Blitzo together flashed through the broken shards around him.

“Why, why, why, why, why, why makes me BURN!”

An emotional Stolas briefly transformed into a purple fiery version of his owl demon form. The present stage appeared again.

“Oh, I don’t think you meant to hurt me

‘Cause I don’t think it meant a thing at all!”

“Well, did it?” asked Vortex and Verosika in song.

“No, not at all,” cried Stolas.

“Didn’t mean a goddamn thing,” sang Verosika and Vortex.

“At all, at all, at all…at all…” sang all three.

“Didn’t mean a, didn’t mean a,” added the demon band.

“At all, at all, at all…at all…”

“Didn’t mean a, didn’t mean a…”

“At all, at all to you,” sang Stolas.

Blitzo’s mouth trembled from under the tablecloth. He was now realizing the impact of how he had hurt Stolas.

The incubi and succubi happily waved glowsticks in the air as they swayed to the music.

They all sang,

“Na-na-na, na na, na, the motherfucker. Na-na-na, na na, na, the motherfucker,”

“Na-na-na, na na, na, the motherfucker. Na-na-na, na na, na, the motherfucker,”

“Na-na-na, na na, na, the motherfucker. Na-na-na, na na, na, the motherfucker,”

A brief flash appeared of a child Blitzo and Stolas running together before the scene cracked in half, showing a darker version of an adult Stolas and Blitzo letting go of their hands and breaking up. A broken heart glowing on Blitzo’s forehead as he stomped away, and Stolas sadly looking away into the dark red background…

“The motherfucker…” Stolas whispered with a sad crack in his voice as Blitzo’s eyes filled with tears.

“Thank you for your time,” Stolas said with a bow. The crowd cheered and applauded as he left the stage. Vortex howled in approval.

Verosika then stood on stage, a pink spotlight on her and began her own song. (“Over You”)

“Ever since you went away

I’ve been haunted, haunted

I always get whatever I want

And I wanted, I wanted you.”

Verosika recalled Blitzo and her sitting in a hot tub together, kissing and holding each other close. She remembered saying “I love you” and Blitzo looking shocked.

“So now I’m drawin’ circles in the sand

Try’na understand how you do the things you do.”

She recalled her and Blitzo doing tours together, her singing on stage, him helping to promote her merchandise.

“Baby, I’m not over it

But I’m over you

I’m over you, you, you

Baby, I’m not over it

But I’m over you

I’m over you, you, you.”

She remembered her and Blitzo sighing and lying in bed together at the motel. She woke up in the morning and found her car and credit card gone. She raced out the window, only to see Blitzo speed away.

“Sometimes it still hurts a bit

Sometimes I’m so full of shit

But this much is true

Baby, I’m not over it

I’m over you, you, you.”

Verosika remembered being humiliated by Blitzo and the gang during the Spring break tour on Earth. Being forced to pleasure Earth men in prison before Asmodeus got them back to Hell through his portal.

“I thought I could stomp you out

Like a fire, like a flame

It’s done but now I’m covered in ashes.”

Verosika imagined herself covered in ashes on her knees with fallen phoenix wings, Blitzo with fiery wings flying away in the air.

“And I still feel the same (I still feel the same)

I guess if I get rid of every sign of what we ever did

There’d be no one left to blame!”

Another memory of her and Blitzo doing a selfie at a club, her wearing a dark sparkly dress. Another flash of her mocking Blitzo during her song at Ozzie’s.

“Baby, I’m not over it

I’m over you

I’m over you

“Yeah, I try to look ahead

Sometimes I look back instead

Think I always knew, oh

Baby, I’ll get over it

I got over you.”

She took a breath and imagined her and Blitzo drifting apart, but peacefully. His image slowly faded until she only saw herself again. She saw the faces of everyone who cared about her: Vortex and her band crew.

“I got over you

I got over you

I got over you

I got over you.”

The crowd applauded.

Blitzo felt doubly guilty, and he trembled some more. Now he felt he had two big apologies to make.

He figured he’d start with Stolas first. He was tempted to hide in a corner for the rest of the night, but there was no backing down now.

“Alrighty, bitches, let’s get wild!” cheered Verosika as the audience applauded once again.

Blitzo sighed sadly and walked back into the building. He spotted Stolas guzzling down a drink from a golden bottle with a black hellhound icon on it.

“Hey.”

Stolas spat out his drink, coughing and gagging before turning around. “Blitz?!” He spoke in a drunken stupor. “What are you doing here? You’re lucky everyone is drunk, or you would be murdered right now.”

“Ah no it’s good, I’m in a disguise,” Blitzo said. Stolas pulled the tablecloth over Blitzo’s head and led him through the crowd. A poster upstairs with a broken heart read, “Blitzo break your fucking heart? Call here for compensation at 1800- FU-BLITZO.”

“Wow,” Blitzo looked in concern as Stolas continued drinking. “I’ve never seen you throw ‘em back like this.”

Stolas swayed against a doorframe. “Came just to judge me, is that it?”

“No, I just…this was the final stop on the apology tour I’ve been on today.”

“Oh yes, I recall,” Stolas deadpanned, shaking his bottle. “Everyone but me is getting your cheap apologies tonight, hm? Well, you certainly have your work cut out for you!” Stolas snatched a cup from a pink demon dressed like a mummy and gulped it down.

On a small couch sat an imp dressed as a pirate wearing sunglasses that read “FUK-YOU” in purple letters. On another couch, a female Sloth Ring demon with a candle on her forehead and glasses on her face, sucked in a green vapor drug from a long beaker.

“Look, how I acted this morning…” Blitzo began, “It was fucked, okay?”

“This morning?” Stolas asked. “Ugh, why did you show up there? Why’d you show up here?”

Stolas collapsed backwards and Blitzo caught him.

“You already asked that,” Blitzo muttered. “But look, I-I just really need to…to talk to you, to explain…”

“Oh?”

Blitzo sighed. “I’ve always been real shit at sorries, kay? They’re for pussies and no one fucking deserves them anyway.”

“Sounds like something Cash Buckzo would say…”

“Enough about my father, already!” Blitzo snapped, before taking a breath. “But I…I felt like maybe you actually needed one.”

“Oh, lucky mee!” Stolas sarcastically bellowed before falling to the ground. Blitzo helped him up and Stolas crawled to another chair.

“Oh shit, okay what I mean is…” Blitzo said, “I said sorry a lot today and honestly, didn’t really mean any of it. Because the only one I wanted to say it to…was you, Stols. I just…” he sighed again, “This whole thing we had going…” Blitzo turned away, tears beginning to form. “I mean you’re a fucking prince. I’m just an imp trying to get by. How could you ever actually care for an imp? Me. How could anybody?”

Stola peered up. “Blitz. There is a crowd full of people here, who cared so much…” he chuckled, “They threw an entire fucking party about hating you, every year! Do you know how much you have to care to do something as stupid as that?”

Blitzo closed his eyes in sadness. “Stolas, you are better off without me, kay? You deserve so much more. I don’t even know why you’d want to be with me.”

“You wanna know what I want?” Stolas asked. “I want to know what it’s like…to not be alone.” He glanced longingly at a pink female succubus dressed in yellow and black athletic clothes and a female demon with thick black hair laughing and pressed their faces close.

“I want to be someone’s someone. I want to feel wanted. But like, in a romantic way, like I’m standing out in the rain, at a train station and someone is shouting…”

Stolas stood up, “’Harriot! Don’t get on that train! It’s going to London and I cannot be without you!’”

The other demons glanced over.

Blitzo rolled his eyes. “Oh Stolas, that’s…a rom-com.”

“Oh, fuck you.” He sat back down. “The point is…I just, want someone to care if I stay or go. I want someone to want me. To want to see me. To hold me.”

Blitzo twiddled his fingers anxiously. He looked up at Stolas with wide yellow eyes of remorse as Stolas finished, “Look at me and think, ‘Well, you’re the only one I want.’”

A tear formed in the corner of Stolas’ red eye, and he buried his face in his hands. “‘I desire to hold you and talk to you, never let you feel so…’”

“Alone?” Blitzo whispered. He tentatively reached out a comforting shaking hand toward Stolas’ shoulder…

“You! Why are you here?” Stolas sobbed. “I don’t want you here, go home, please! Let me not feel so sad!”

Blitzo waited for Stolas to calm down. He wiped his eyes and took a breath.

“Hey,” said a male voice.

Blitzo and Stolas gasped. “Oh, heh. Hello,” Stolas sputtered. Down on one knee was a male incubus with white hair in bangs, an upside-down cross necklace and a white tank top shirt that read “Better than Blitzo.” He wore torn pants and a dog tag earring. A royal heart tattoo was on his left arm.

“Great song earlier. You have great pipes.”

“Thank you,” Stolas smiled.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, he sings fantastic, we’re talking here,” an annoyed Blitzo waved a hand.

The incubus brushed back his hair and held out a hand. “Well, I just wanted to see if, maybe, I don’t know, you’d wanna…dance?”

Stolas’ eyes went wide. He’d never heard anyone talk so genuinely to him before. “You want to dance…with me?”

“Yeah,” he said, standing up.

Stolas glanced at Blitzo who paused. He then reluctantly put out a hand, allowing Stolas to go.

“Okay!” Stolas beamed, standing up and taking the incubus’ hands. They joined together with the crowd. Blitzo stood up and sadly watched Stolas and the incubus dancing and giggling together.

He then spotted Verosika moving somberly and gracefully up the stairs.

Blitzo sighed. He figured he’d make one more stop on his apology tour.

He followed Verosika up the stairs. She overlooked the crowd with a cigarette in her hand, standing near the large pink neon broken heart against the wall.

Taking a brave breath, Blitzo removed his hood.

“Hey, Ver.”

“So, an apology tour, huh?” she asked, still staring straight ahead. “You got a lot of balls coming here, Blitzo.”

“Yeah, I know, everyone here hates me.”

“Yep. That’s the point. Dumbass.”

“So what, you’re waiting for your sorry?” Blitzo smirked. He held his hands together mockingly. “Well, I’m sorry for always telling it like it is, sister.”

Verosika seethed. “Oh fuck you, you little prick.”

“What? I’m just being honest! I’m sorry for dumping ya! Sorry for not falling head over heals for you!” Blitzo mentioned down. “Or that guy! Or fucking Dennis! Or anyone at this STUPID FUCKING PARTY!”

“Oh, you are so fucking shitty!” Verosika remarked with a forced laugh. “Do you hear yourself?”

Blitzo turned around to face her. “Everyone’s shitty! Hello? We live in Hell! Why am I all of a sudden the bad guy just because I suck at relationships?”

“Are you expecting…sympathy?” Verosika flicked her cigarette away. She spoke in a mocking voice, “Aww poor Bwitz, finalwwy having to own that his actions affect other people’s fee fees.” She scoffed, “Bitch, please,” before turning to lean against the barrier.

Verosika scowled. “How do you think I felt? When the fun guy I was dating decided to just…bail on me because I make the shitty mistake of saying, ‘I love you?’ Ugh! It was the most embarrassing feeling. To be vulnerable for once and have you leave me behind at a motel, stealing my car and my credit card for your shitty horse-riding lessons…all to hide your stupid fear of intimacy!”

She glared. “Oh, Blitzo, you really know how to send a message in the shittiest fucking way…”

Blitzo slid down the banister, guilt on his face.

Verosika kicked a pole away, allowing herself to sit next to Blitzo, legs dangling.

“No snarky comeback?” she asked.

“No,” Blitzo said, regret on his face. “You’re right. I actually am, you know, sorry. I-I don’t wanna be this way. Not forever.”

Verosika looked thoughtful, then smirked as she looked down. “Looks like Stolas is having a good time.”

“Yeah, well he needs it.”

Stolas danced with the incubus who leaped up happily in the air. Before long, they both started making out and moaning, their two long tongues intertwining.

Blitzo froze with shocked wide eyes.

Verosika smirked wider. “Ooh, a really good time!”

Blitzo fumed, “OH THAT BIRD-STEALING COCKBAG!”

“Hold it, Blitz,” said Verosika, “You know, if you wanna change, it just starts with saying, ‘good for him, hope he gets laid.’” Blitzo angrily gripped the bars of the railing, feeling trapped, exhausted, and heartbroken.

Blitzo then paused. “You…you said my name right…why?”

Verosika smirked. “No need to dwell on the past. Here, have some cake, fuckwad.”

She handed him his heart on a plate…a cake piece shaped like his heart with a fork in it, the black frosting spilling like blood. There was his wounded heart out in the open. He realized that the one who deserved to be at the party the most was…himself. His hidden self-loathing had been holding him back all along. It was as if Verosika was giving him his heart, reminding him to love himself first.

Verosika strolled away, feeling a new form of release from Blitzo.

Blitzo put down the uneaten piece, put his hood over his head and somberly walked back downstairs.

The succubus witch and the cheerleader succubus were dancing and laughing. Blitzo glanced to the side and spotted a purple incubus dressed as a vampire wiping his eyes in sadness before guzzling down a bottle of alcohol. A horned demon with thick black hair and a succubus ripped open the Blitzo pinata together, spilling candy onto the floor. They embraced and kissed near a “Halloween is skeleton” poster with a witch on it. The demon dressed like Beatlejuice was comforting a crying demon after he tossed a knife at the Blitzo cardboard cutout on the wall.

Blitzo glanced one last time at Stolas dancing with the “better than Blitzo” incubus. Stolas looked happier than he had ever seen him. “Maybe this is for the best,” he thought. “Stolas deserves it more than me.”

Blitzo lowered his head in sadness before heading out the door. He walked down the candle-lit stairs, passing by an incubus dressed as a sailor talking with another incubus. Near a female imp dressed as a black cat, Wally Wackford was selling t-shirts labeled “I H8 Blitzo,” and “Blitzo KYS” with a crying Blitzo emoji. He wore a hat with a dead Blitzo face on it. An imp in a black shirt happily pulled out some dollar bills.

Blitzo, angry and hurt, got back into his van, tossing aside the sheet. He turned on the radio and a Verosika song played: “I’m Over You.” Blitzo banged his head on the car horn in frustration, the honking sound echoing through the night.

[chaifootsteps]

can this fandom stop doing abuse apologia for two seconds? please?

https://www.tumblr.com/pinkandpurple360/740860437950857216/this-back-and-forth-went-on-for-a-while-and-it?source=share

someone on xitter is claiming Stolas "didn't realize how predatory the deal is and got upset when he figured it out" and that he didn't knowingly do anything wrong, & there's "a difference between doing it knowingly and not realizing you have an unhealthy power dynamic" (and also that it wasn't actually a deal, Blitzo just thought it was?? or something?? I guess using the phrase 'favors for favors' and 'I give you X if you give me Y' somehow isn't a deal now, but idk - contradictory excuses again)

and like, what?? assuming Stolas somehow didn't realize - I mean, he called when Blitzo was getting shot at, kept pressuring him when there were gunshot sounds and Blitzo repeatedly saying he couldn't talk, but let's just entertain the hypothetical for a second: then how is that better?

"I used my power, status and your need to keep your job to coerce you into monthly sex"

vs

"I didn't realize the difference my power, status and your need to keep your job when I totally didn't coerce you into monthly sex and that was just the end result (because I still wanted sex from you and was going to get it one way or another)"

If anything the second possibility is scarier, tbh. The first one is awful but shows a baseline understanding of what it means for Stolas to be a royal and Blitzo to be an imp. He's at least aware on some level that what he's doing is coercive, has rationalized it away until now and while he's still an awful person, he could someday admit what he's done is wrong and not do it again.

The second one suggests a Stolas who has no real understanding of how the world around him actually works, or that it makes a massive difference for him to be a prince and Blitzo and imp. If he made that deal believing Blitzo freely consented to it then he has no understanding of how the lack of money and power dictates the lives of people below him, or how consent even works. He wouldn't be capable of even understanding what he's done wrong because he's incapable of understanding the forces that motivate those around him & he's functionally blind to his own ability to motivate the lower classes to do whatever he wants, even at the cost of their own bodies and time. Also like, ignorance is not an excuse.

And the saddest thing? I think the second version of Stolas is closer to the one in canon. Murder Family Stolas might have known exactly what he was doing, but s2 Stolas has been moving more and more towards "this situation is barely my fault at all" - the tweet saying he realized what he did wrong and it made him sad is giving Stolas too much credit, I suspect. imo everything is building towards Stolas letting him go not because he realizes what he did was wrong, but because he now wants something else from Blitzo - his love and affection and the ability to paint over ever having to think of his relationship with Blitzo as having involved coercion on his end. until then all we've seen him do is complain the "relationship" is a "lie", not notice or care that his "lover" is the exact same species as the servants he also exploits and abuses, and send passive-aggressive "I'm sorry if you were offended" type texts

tl:dr; but until Stolas says the words "I was wrong to use your job to get you to make the deal, I'm sorry and I was kidding myself you actually wanted to sleep with me this whole time" or something similar with no weasel-wording and putting the blame on Blitzo, I'm not going to believe he's learnt a damned thing. if anything I think the show is just going to lean more into making Stolas unaware of his flaws and privileges; attempting to make him more pitiable & sympathetic while accidentally making him more abhorrent

(also like, gee. how sad for Stolas. how awful it is for him to have realized he took advantage of someone. sure is nice for the story to focus on the feelings of the rich prince realizing he took advantage of someone instead of his victim coming to terms with that fact and breaking free. honestly, I hope these takes are all coming from the same couple of individuals; I'd hate to think the HB fandom is doing this on a widespread scale)

Sometimes, you've just got to wearily gesture to all of this.

[xfangheartx]

Summary- Blitzø and Stolas go out on their date, and things do happen!

XXX

 The portal flashed open as Blitzø, Moxxie, and Millie walked through, all of them with a generous spattering of blood on their clothing.

  “WHOO!!” Blitzø cheered as he pumped his fists into the air. “Man, that was a fuckin’ rush!”

  “We sure showed those druggies, huh, Blitzø?” asked Millie.

  “And we did it all in less than an hour and 30 minutes,” said Moxxie as he looked at his watch. “A new personal record!”

  “Well, another one bites the dust,” said Loona as she placed Stolas’s Grimoire inside the safe.

  “Welcome back, everyone!” Buffy greeted. “I’d hug you, but you’re covered in blood and human guts.”

  “That’s all right, sweetie,” Blitzø replied. “I’m actually gonna head home, take a shower, and then get dressed.”

  “What for?” asked Loona.

  “Oh, right!” Millie exclaimed in excitement. “You’ve got that date with Stolas, tonight!”

  Buffy gasped and made an excited squeal as she clapped her hands. “Oh, my Dog, oh, my Dog, OH, MY DOG! This is so exciting!”

  “What are you going to be doing with the prince tonight, sir?” asked Moxxie.

  “Oh, you know, romantic shit,” Blitzø shrugged. “A little dinner, a walk… maybe we go watch a movie or somethin’, I dunno.”

  “Well, I hope you have fun, tonight, Blitzø!” Millie added. “Tell Stolas we said hi!”

  “In the meantime, we need to get home and cleaned up, ourselves,” said Moxxie as he looked himself over. “I reek of human blood.”

  “Daddy, can Loona and I help you get ready?” Buffy asked before she gave Blitzø her best puppy eyes. “Pretty please~?”

  “Aww, you know I can’t say no to that face,” Blitzø cooed. “Why not?”

  “Yay!” Buffy cheered as she and Loona followed after their father. “I call accessories!”

  “I guess I’ll take care of the clothes,” said Loona as she walked out with her.

  “Aww, Moxx, isn’t it sweet?” Millie asked. “It looks like Blitzø and Stolas are really hittin’ things off, huh?”

  “Well, I can’t say it’s not a relief,” said Moxxie. “Blitzø does seem a bit happier these days… although, I still wish he’d stop borrowing money from us.”

  “He just needed to buy some food, Moxxie,” Millie pointed out. “Besides, Blitzø isn’t just our boss, he’s our friend! In fact, he treats us like family!”

  “Millie, while I do understand being a tight-knit group,” Moxxie began, “I’m just worried that one day, Blitzø is going to take it too far. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like he hasn’t come through for us, but… I often feel like he’s not really taking things seriously.” He then gently took his wife by the hands. “I just don’t want something to happen where we lose our jobs and we have no way of providing for ourselves… that’s all.”

  Millie smiled as she tenderly nuzzled her forehead against Moxxie’s. “Oh, Moxxie, I understand… but I think you worry just a little too much. Even if the worst happens, I’m sure we’ll find a way to get through it.”

  “Maybe you’re right,” Moxxie replied with a smile.

  “Now, what do you say we go home and take us a nice warm bubble bath?” asked Millie before she gave him a sultry grin. “I’ll scrub your back if you scrub mine~!”

  “Mills!” Moxxie exclaimed with a blush on his face, causing her to giggle before she kissed his cheek, then she and her husband proceeded to follow after Blitzø so that he could drop them off at their apartment.

[resisteverything]

https://www.tumblr.com/resisteverything/752048424631812097/is-season-two-stolas-being-written-separately-from?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/resisteverything/752047439367815168/ill-set-us-free-what-the-fuck-are-you-talking?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/resisteverything/754026172167438336/oh-my-god-stolas-is-acting-like-he-never-once?source=share

Here are some examples of you not understanding some fairly simple shit

Especially that last one 💀

You'll have to elaborate. But since you haven't I'm going to guess.

I saw Vizie say "Stolas doesn't see reality because he's so wrapped up in his feelings". That doesn't change the fact that the story played the "I'll set us free" line straight. It doesn't change the way Stolas's character is weird tonally from the rest of the show, and that a lot of his narrative assumes things are happening between these two characters that are not happening.

Also episode nine of season 2 makes it very clear that while the writers are intellectually aware that Stolas is wrong and they have to acknowledge that, they really see Stolas as in the right, and don't actually want to seriously challenge Stolas's behavior like the thing it is. Like the whole framing of Blitz feeling bad that HE was the one that messed up and managed to fumble Stolas instead of the other way around, like the story genuinely thinks Blitz did something wrong by calling Stolas out on his actual flaws that he objectively, intentionally was given as a character.