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“We” vs “Me”| or “Why BlitzStrike Works So Well For Me But Stolitz [as of episode 6].....Doesn’t”

Alright my Loves, so I said that I was going to talk in further detail about my feelings regarding Stolas and the multi-layered portrayal of his relationship with Blitz in the new episode, and today’s the day where that happens!!  First of all, though, before I really get into my feelings about things, I want to just make it ABUNDANTLY clear that I’m not trying to sway anyone from one side to the other, or trying to shame anyone for shipping two fictional characters.  I’m fully in the boat that you are completely entitled to ship whoever you want, but I also think it’s wise to at least be able to recognize the faults and flaws in a pairing--and especially to be able to recognize them in the context of an IRL relationship.  In this analysis in particular, I’m specifically focusing on these two relationships within the realm of the Helluva Boss universe [......Hell] and within the specific context of their characters as they’ve been portrayed in the show thus far.  And, my biggest disclaimer of all: I’m doing this for no other reason than I felt like putting my jumbled thoughts together into a cohesive post so that they don’t have to stay bouncing and buzzing around in my head.  Please keep that in mind that this is just pure personal opinion and interpretation before anyone comes at me with torches and pitchforks.  <3 <3 

SO WITH THAT LONG ASS DISCLAIMER OUT OF THE WAY 

Let’s finally get to the good stuff.  And the not so good stuff.  :D

So I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone who follows me here that I’m a huge BlitzStrike fan.  What I think fewer people know is that when I first entered the fandom a few months ago, I actually was on board the Stolitz train like so many others that I’ve met here in the fandom.  Naturally Stolitz was the first major pairing I was introduced to, and I did find both the characters of Blitz and Stolas incredibly interesting and compelling in their own rights AND saw the potential in how they could really come to grow into one hell of a relationshp over time.  I was honestly really excited to see it happen, too.  

And then I watched Episode 5 [still my favorite episode, btw] for the first time and had this sudden question hit me like a truck that even now is still relentlessly burning in the back of my mind because I still haven’t found a legitimate answer for it: Why in the FUCK wasn’t Blitz falling head-over-heels in attraction to Striker throughout this fucking episode??

And I don’t mean that in a “They’re so hot and I ship them now why didn’t they get together?? DX DX” kind of way--I mean that in the genuinely perplexed “I don’t understand based on what has been presented to me thus far about Blitz as a character and the storyline overall why he’s reacting so nonchalantly to this whole thing”.  To Note: This is me wondering this from the context of what’s in the show itself, not from any extra fan materials like the Instas or Twitter or just straight up knowing that the most likely answer is that there are people on the creative team that ship Stolitz really hard and realistically wouldn’t have probably written Blitz as being attracted to Striker because that would just be--to quote Jack Sparrow--blowing holes in their own ship.  No, this is me disregarding ALL of that and trying to rationalize this with myself from the perspective of a fan whose entire knowledge of the show and its characters comes exclusively from what’s in the episodes themselves.  .....And that’s where I just can’t find my answer, except for the Stolitz positive “He’s not attracted to Striker because he’s in love with Stolas” answer.  Which really doesn’t even feel like a satisfying answer, because the entire vibe I’ve gotten from Stolitz in the show has just felt.....strangely.....off.  Like, the framework is there and the elements are there, but I’d felt as though they had so far to go still that it would be entire SEASONS before they got there.    

And THEN the new episode [Episode 6] came out and I’d heard a handful of fans going crazy because the show was finally addressing Stolitz in full, and I thought to myself, “Well, maybe if the show really is going to go with saying that the reason Blitz wasn’t interested in Striker is because he’s in love with Stolas.....sure.  I’m curious to see how they finally establish it in an episode, especially since there’s only two more episodes left in the entire first season.”  And then I watched the episode.  And then it hit me why Stolitz just does not do a damn thing for me but BlitzStrike does despite the fact that we’ve had 4/6 episodes [5/7 if you count the Pilot] of Stolitz but only 1/6 [1/7] of potential--not even canonical--BlitzStrike:

When Striker talks about Blitz, or interacts with Blitz, he always talks about them as a “we”.  As a team.  A partnership.  OR he just straight up puts the entire focus on Blitz and his accomplishments and keeps himself out of it entirely.

When Stolas talks about Blitz, he always talks about them within the context of “me”--of himself--of what Blitz does or should do for him.  Even here in episode 6, in the most “selfless” instance we’ve seen yet, where he does ask about Blitz’s safety first BEFORE going right back into how Blitz’s actions affect him and what Blitz should be doing in response for him.  Stolas’s focus is always automatically set to himself--and even when it comes to the people he supposedly loves the most.  

To explain what I mean here, let me give some examples directly from the show itself, starting with the Stolas side of things: 

Episode 1

Blitz, in the middle of trying to hide so much that he actually clamps both of his hands over his mouth just to muffle the sound of his own breathing, knowing damn well that this psychotic bitch who already shot him once won’t hesitate to do it again if she finds him.....gets a call from Stolas.  Stolas, who we clearly see from his leisurely hang out time in his bubble bath, is literally watching this happen and is fully aware that calling Blitz right then was potentially putting him in danger. But what does he say when he gets Blitz on the phone?  He offers--not help--but Blitz the use of his book in exchange for monthly sex.  Stolas literally uses Blitz’s peril as leverage here--consciously or not, though given the fact that he knows the situation at hand, I’d find it very hard to argue that he didn’t do this on purpose--just to get him to agree to be his bootycall until further notice.  

Stolas not only doesn’t lift a finger to help Blitz once in all of this--even at the moment where he and Millie are about to be shot in the face--but instead continues to stay on the phone talking about all of the things he wants for their upcoming future rendezvous.  He already got exactly what he wanted out of this and he still just continues to go for more for himself.

Episode 2

.....There are honestly so many fucked up things that happen here as far as Stolas and his relationship with Blitz goes but honestly the thing I want to draw the MOST attention to is actually Stolas’s storyline with his daughter, Octavia.  I know it’s a little left field, but bear with me--this is actually something I want to use as comparison for Stolas’s relationship to Blitz as we go along:

When Stolas first decides that he’s going to take his daughter to Loo Loo Land, he does so while completey setting aside the fact that she doesn’t want to go.  He just offers her assurances that it’s going to be so much fun because he remembers that she loved it so much when she was a little girl--effectively putting his memory above her wishes even as she’s sitting right there and telling him that she doesn’t enjoy the idea of going now.  

Stolas doesn’t actually notice just how uncomfortable he’s making Octavia throuhought their entire trip by spending his time sexually harassing paying more attention to Blitz than he is trying to cheer her up.  This tells me that Stolas--though I do believe he genuinely wanted to do something to make her happy--still wasn’t able to completely overcome his own self-centered tendencies at first even when it’s for her.  And this is the person that Stolas loves more than anyone or anything else in the entire world. It still wasn’t enough.

It’s only when Octavia runs off and completely breaks down that Stolas finally gets the much needed slap-to-the-face of reality to understand just what he’s putting his daughter through--and, for the first time in the entire show, he actually puts someone else’s needs and well being above himself.  It’s the one solid honest display of love that we see from Stolas in the entire show--and it’s how we as the audience come to learn that that’s how Stolas shows that he loves someone: When he puts their needs above his own with no strings attached or expectations of something in return.  A true selfless act just because he loves them.  **Keep in mind the parallel of Stolas carrying Octavia out of Loo Loo Land at the end, and how it compares to Stolas carrying Blitz out of D.H.O.R.K.S headquarters.

Episode 5

The. Fucking. Cigarette.  I had no idea that something so small and quick would be able to infuriate me as much as it did, but the fact that Blitz used the post sex cigarette to free Stolas from his wrist bondage but then Stolas turned around and put the cigarette out on Blitz’s horn which is literally a part of Blitz’s body just.....honestly it sums up exactly what I’m trying to get across in this entire huge ass post: Stolas only ever thinks of himself first and anything pertaining to anyone else just doesn’t cross his mind at all unless you blatantly put it there in front of his face.  And the fact that he’s still at this point with Blitz all the way here in Episode 5 is not.....promising for their relationship.

The fact that Stolas literally cannot stop himself from calling Blitz “Blitzy” or talking to him in such a condescending way no matter how frustrated Blitz gets and how many times he asks him to stop.  I just--how is that supposed to be interpreted as someone talking to a person that they love?  There’s no respect or dignity given to Blitz at all on Stolas’s part, and the fact that it seems to be presented as a “Oh teehee it’s just their cute couple thing” is just.....I really, really don’t like that.  It also doesn’t match with the Stolas in the very next episode which I quite frankly think is because the creators have been listening to the feedback from fans and were like “We need to SHOW THEM that Stolas actually does speak to Blitz respectfully!!” but that’s just my personal opinion there and, also, it still didn’t happen.  

Episode 6 

Keeping in mind that THIS is finally the episode where we see Stolas actually save Blitz from danger and demonstrate even the slightest inclination towards his well-being.....I think that honestly makes the next few things here even more fucked up

First and foremost: “WE”.  The second after Stolas asks if Blitz is alright and gets the assurance that he is, he roughly grabs his cheek and points out that “If you get in trouble, I get in trouble!  WE don’t want that”.  The fact that this is the first time that Stolas ever talks about Blitz in the context of “we”--when really what he’s really saying is that him [Stolas] getting in trouble is going to be a bad thing for all of them--is just.....so, so disappointing.  At least with this I could hope that perhaps the idea here is that Stolas is genuinely afraid that if he gets in trouble, he won’t be able to protect Blitz from the undoubtedly much worse trouble that he would be in as an imp, but still.  The fact that Stolas immediately reverts back to his self-centered perspective so quickly after supposedly being so worried about Blitz’s wellbeing, really makes it seem as though it’s just his own ass that he’s trying to protect.  And that.....isn’t  exactly what I’d been expecting from “the episode that confirms Stolitz is canon” feedback I’d been hearing.

"Am I going to get ANY thank you for the rescue Bltizy?”  This for me was kind of what actually lead to me having this whole epiphany over Stolas’s selfish perspective in the first place.  I realized that even here--even when he’s just been the most “romantic” towards Blitz that he’s ever been in any previous episodes up until now [and yes this shift in his character was incredibly jarring for me because of that]--Stolas still goes right back to thinking about what he’s going to get out of this now that he knows Blitz is safe.  Let’s take this back to that thing I was saying about Episode 2 and comparing how Stolas rescued Octavia and how he rescues Blitz.  Obviously they’re going to be different because it’s Stolas’s daughter vs his hook up BUT just think about where the focus is for Stolas in both of these scenes.  With Octavia, Stolas is entirely focused on making things up to her--taking her to do something she wants to do--even if it’s something that he himself doesn’t fully understand or isn’t fully into.  That doesn’t matter though, because the entire point is that he’s doing something just for her.  It doesn’t have to be about him.  But now go back to the scene where Stolas is carrying Blitz out of the room.  What does he do?  Ask what Blitz is going to do for him.  That just takes the idea that this scene was a confirmation of their love and throws it right out the window.  Stolas--as we’ve been shown before--would never ask for something in return from someone that he actually loves.  

Now let’s take a look at the one and only episode we have of Striker and Blitz interacting together, with an honorary shout out at hallucination!Striker’s appearance in Episode 6: 

Episode 5: 

Striker knows Blitz’s name.....and he uses it.  He’s literally the ONLY other character that we’ve seen so far refer to Blitz as “Blitz” instead of “Blitzo” or “Blitzy” by someone who wasn’t a member of I.M.P..  Aka someone who wasn’t a member of Blitz’s family.  He shows Blitz respect at that basest level, and only builds on that from there going forward.

Striker first recognizes Blitz for being “the bold imp that started his own killin’ biz”.  Not his hotness, not his skills in the Harvest Moon games because at that point he hasn’t seen them yet.....but for his accomplishment in starting up his own successful business down in Hell.  He treats it as an accomplishment.  With the kind of respect that comes with acknowledging another person for their accomplishments.  Right there, within two seconds of meeting him, Striker demonstrates more respect for Blitz than Stolas has yet to do in the entire show.

The Harvest Moon Festival Games.  Now this is something I find fascinating to think about from Striker’s perspective in particular.  We as the audience are shown pretty early on that Striker has a strong desire to be the one who comes out on top.  He likes the idea of being superior and he openly relishes in the praise and attention he gets for being better than everybody else.  ....Except Blitz.  When they tie in the games, Striker doesn’t seem bothered with sharing the spotlight with him at all.  If anything, he--again--respects just how skilled Blitz is in rightfully earning his place beside him on the stage.  That, to me, is HUGE.  I’m not going to go so far as to say that Striker necessarily sees them as equals because I think that might be going a bit too far for his ego but he does still fully acknowledge that Blitz is in the same general class as him: that is to say, better than most.  Worthy of the same kind of acknowledgement and praise that Striker gets.  I literally can’t get over just how big of a thing that is for what we’ve been shown of Striker’s character, and I think it’s unfortunately something that’s incredibly easy to miss or gloss over. :(

And now--for what I personally think is the most significant thing of all--we have: “We”.  How many times does Striker suggest during that final scene between them that he really wants Blitz to join forces with him as equals?  He never demands that Blitz join up with him, he doesn’t threaten him into joining up with him--Striker barely even hurts Blitz at all during their fight scene compared to how he tried to straight up murder Moxxie--and, most of all, Striker continues to acknowledge that Blitz deserves better than his current arrangement with Stolas.  And he’s right.  But instead of putting it as “I’M right and this is why you should do this”, he always puts his focus on Blitz himself, or the two of them together as a partnership:  “You are so above sucking on a a digusting rich pompous Goetia” | “We could be the most dangerous beings in Hell, Blitz” | “You could partner up with me and klll the unkillable--starting with the one that treats you like a plaything”.  It’s just--I honestly can’t believe it’s taken me this long to put together why Striker appeals so much more to me as a romantic interest for Blitz, but really breaking it down episode by episode and comparing the differences in wording between Striker and Stolas’s dialogue when it comes to Blitz is just.....holy shit. 

Honorary ShoutOut of Episode 6: 

The fact that the only thing hallucination Striker has to say to him is “But you don’t want to do things alone Blitzo!” is really, really interesting to me in the fact that he’s.....not......wrong??  Like, To be fair, Striker, RoboFizz, and Verosika all spill their harsh truths, but the thing is.....Striker’s is markedly different in that his wording really isn’t harsh or aggressive at all the way the other two are.  He’s just kinda stating a fact in an overexaggerated way because tripping balls hallucination sequence.  It’s very interesting to me that that’s the worst that Blitz can imagine him to say--as well as the fact that halluci!Striker calls him “Blitzo”, which is really weird considering that Striker’s never called him “Blitzo” once in the entire show.  Makes me kinda wonder where that came from tbh. 

Alright so, in conclusion of this very long and rambly styie post: I want to take things back to where I started by reiterating that this is not me trying to convince anyone that BlitzStrike is “right” and Stolitz is “wrong”, or that you should stop shipping what you’re shipping in the fandom.  This was just me honestly getting way more excited than I should’ve been over having my “Eureka!” moment for realizing why this new episode didn’t put me back on the Stolitz train like it did for so many other people--and why, in fact, it actually made me think even more favorably of the idea of Blitz and Striker being together.  

Thanks for sticking around with me for this very long read, I hope you found it interesting, and I really really hope that it didn’t piss anyone off or rub too many people the wrong way.  Like I said at the beginning, ship who you want to ship!!  That’s part of the fun of being in a fandom.  I’m just hoping that this might help make it easier to understand at least one perspective on why Stolitz is seen as being so problematic as a ship [as of where they are right now].  

Here’s to seeing where things go from here!! 

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There are so so many things I love about this that I needed to do a full reblog so I had enough room to squish all my thoughts in!!  

I really love the way you brilliantly showed off the multifaceted potential of Striker’s character that I honestly really hope gets proven true in the canon.  Here you have a character who--from the one episode we’ve seen of him--is someone who has grown up in a literal world of Wrath or Envy, and who thrives in a competition where the entire goal is to prove that you’re the strongest of your entire kind.  Not only that, it’s not enough for him to prove just how strong he is, but to be openly acknowledged and praised for it by as many beings in Hell as possible. There are two very prominent scenes from the show that come to mind for me as evidence for this: The first, during the tug-of-war scene, you actually see him turning towards the crowd and striking a pose as they cheer while Blitz is behind him worriedly looking at Moxxie as he gets chomped by the shark for a second time.  The second, of course, is when he’s seducing asking Blitz to join him in killing Overlords, where he tells him “We could be the most dangerous beings in Hell...Blitz”, showing--I think pretty plainly--that the idea of being at the top of the food chain is something he doesn’t just want, but something he feels that he needs.  I actually just now as I was typing this realized that that would probably be his “addiction” if he was going to get his own verse in the Addict song that Cherri Bomb and Angel Dust sing [which I might have to try to write now].  His addiction seems to be to power, specifically the kind that makes him untouchable, unchallenged, and invulnerable.

.....Then you throw in the extermination.

He knows just how powerful angels are from the fact that he’s so damn sure that he and Blitz could pull off being more powerful than Hell’s strongest Overlords just by having at least two angelic weapons in his arsenal.  He already feels unstoppable in having them.  But there’s also an implicatoin there, on the flip side of that coin, that if he himself ever came face-to-face with an angel during an extermination, he would know just how truly, agonizingly fucked he was.  Even worse, as you described beautifully here yourself, he would also recognize just how fucked he would be if Blitz was the one standing there trying to face off with an angel--because angels are the one being in all of creation that Striker seems to understand that he isn’t inherently stronger than.  And it goes to show that that feeling of powerlessness, especially the kind of feeling like you aren’t strong enough to protect the person you love most in the world, is so terrible that it even makes one of the most potentially powerful beings in Hell tremble.

Soooooo I was rewatching a bit of The Walking Dead because, y'know, why not?? And as I was watching our dear Norman Reedus kick ass in the zombie apocalypse, I couldn't help but think: I wonder how Striker handles the yearly Extermination?? Especially after he and Blitz become a thing?? I couldn't decide if he would handle it better than Daryl handling the zombies, or way hella worse since the angels have a dangerous advantage with weaponry. I'd love to hear your thoughts!! <3 <3

Oooh so I was thinking, the extermanation only takes place in Pride (from what I've heard at least), and Striker most likely has spent most of his days in either Wrath or Envy. We all know murder and assassination is a bloodthirsty desire Striker, along with the rest of I.M.P., is something they all crave. (But lets be honest, it's M&M who's mouths water the most with bloodlust.) Because of this said enjoyment of assassinating, you'd at first imagine Striker of all imps to not be too phased by the yearly extermination. As long as he's safely beside his mate away from the deathly angels, there's no need to worry too much.

But in reality, deep down, Striker gets pretty shaken up from the shrill screams of pain and agony coming from the soon-to-be-lifeless imps and demons outside. Hearing a human from the living world be put to death from their assasinations is nowhere near as disturbing as hearing already dead sinners and hellborn, bloodthirty imps put to an official end. It gives Striker nightmares, keeps him up at night, breaks him out in a cold sweat. As much as he hates to admit, the yearly exterminations terrify him.

But Blitz on the other hand is hardly bothered at all. He quickly got used to the disturbing and bone-chilling noises that reek the streets outside once a year. Of course it still sets him on edge, but no where near as bad as it does to Striker.

You see, when Striker is laying in bed holding Blitz tight, all he can imagine is: what if Blitz were to be out there, screaming in pain from sharp daggers, to be forever put to an end? It bring hot tears to his eyes just to think about it. Blitz will always reassure him that he'll never go down that way and neither will Striker. He always proceeds to say they will go out together in some cool ass explosion, or when they're old and gray sitting on their deathbeds side by side using feeding tubes and pissing into bags hanging off the side of the bed.

All in all, being the tough imp Striker is, the yearly extermination are one of the few things that has him cowering under the covers all night. Poor thing will be an anxious mess no matter how many years he goes through with the Purge. But thank Satan's balls Blitz is there to hold him tight and reassure that they are both warm and safe in each ofher's embrace.

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I have so much fucking shit to say about the new Helluva Boss episode [6] but to get out my biggest highlights:

I absolutely fucking adore the first 21 minutes and 30 seconds of the episode and YES the hella awkward Blitz making out with Stolas as they left scene is where it lost me and I promise I will make an entire post just about why it really threw things off for me

The I.M.P. family fight scene was something I NEEDED and I am so so fucking happy that we finally got to see it

The “tripping balls” scenes.  Obviously Moxxie’s was fantastic and hilarious but the one that REALLY got to me was Blitz’s.  I just--fucking hell, that could be it’s own entire post too and I just might write it up

Loona and Millie team up!!  SO INCREDIBLE!!

Much much MUCH needed Blitz and Moxxie heart-to-heart interaction

Stolas.  I’m going to say that this one is a bit complicated for me, because on the one hand I haven’t found him this compelling since Episode 2 but I also kind of feel like the Stolas I saw in this episode was noooooooot the Stolas I’ve seen in the entire rest of the show but he also was and yeah it’s weird and this might also get its own post as I try to explain all of the conflicted thoughts and feels here.  Overall tho, a total badass and I actually found myself enjoying him in a way that I haven’t since I first joined the fandom.

THE. FUCKING. ANIMATION!!  HOLY SHIT THAT WAS FANTASTIC!!!

.....I got 2 seconds worth of Striker even though it wasn’t really him and it wasn’t Norman Reedus.  It still made me smile from ear to ear. :D

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Sometimes, even more than thinking about them having passionate tango dances and the hottest sex in all of Hell, I just like imagining Blitz and Striker curled up on the couch in the home they share--the home they made together--watching Spirit on repeat and occasionally meeting each other’s eyes in the softest glances of “You mean the world to me” and “There’s no where else I’d rather be right now than here with you” and “I love you”.

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Things About Helluva Boss Episode 5 That Keep Me Up At Night:

The fact that Blitz used the post-sex cigarette he shared with Stolas to free Stolas’s wrists from the bondage ties, while Stolas used Blitz’s horn to put the cigarette out bitch he’s not an ashtray [Item #275 that made me go “Hmmmm” about their relationship]

The fact that Blitz tells Stolas that he’s never been to the Wrath ring before, but in Episode 3 he and Verosika allude to the fact that that’s where he ran off to with her credit card and maxed it out on all those horseback riding lessons--continuity error or a very clever set up that there’s more that Blitz’s got going on that he doesn’t want Stolas to know about??  I’m guessing continuity error but still, the possibility of the alternative is very enticing.

The fact that Striker kind of arguably slipped up when he and Blitz first met by saying “Oh so YOU’RE the bold Imp that started his own killin’ biz”, because we as the audience assume that he knew about that from Millie’s parents telling him but tbh I think it’s waaaaaaaaaay more likely [and just way more interesting story-wise] he found out the details about Blitz from Stella

The way Striker grins at Blitz when he gives his exasperated “Oh fuck me” when Stolas is doing his cheeky little wave thing at him at the start of the Harvest Moon Festival--my shipper heart says that the look meant “Oh I will if that’s an open invitation” but the logical side of my brain says “Ooohhh so THAT’S why Striker thought he could get away with convincing Blitz to just let him kill Stolas at the end of the episode--he thought that Blitz really would be happier with Stolas out of the picture”

The timing of when Blitz asked Striker if he wants to join I.M.P.:  When did this happen?  Was it when they were mud wrestling?  Was it in between games [like I took the liberty of saying was canon for my That’s One Hell of a Resume fic]?  Was it while they were out on a ride on Bombproof because you cannot tell me that Blitz wouldn’t have asked Striker for a ride at least once??  It is literally driving me crazy because I feel like there was a LOT going on behind-the-scenes that the episode itself didn’t show us and I feel like it’s some important stuff.

Blitz’s timing when he catches Striker about to assassinate Stolas.  I know why he went back to the house--he said point blank that he didn’t want to stand around at the festival any longer than he had to--but my question is.....why was he going upstairs to Striker’s room??  I’m going to assume that it was less that he was going up to Striker’s room and more that he was going upstairs to look for Millie and Moxxie, but still--I always thought that was an interesting spontaneous thing for him to do that really didn’t have an explanation in the show for why he did that, when he did that.

The fact that Striker straight up tries to openly kill Moxxie [until Millie comes in to save him] but even when Blitz is literally trying to kick his ass, Striker doesn’t ever really go on the offensive when fighting him.  He defends himself, he throws Blitz into Moxxie, and he pulls a knife on him.....but he never actually tries to kill Blitz the same way he does with Moxxie.  The fact that Striker had his knife drawn on Blitz but then literally ONE SECOND LATER chose to shoot at Moxxie instead of stabbing Blitz just.....oh the things it does to my brain.  I still don’t honestly know why Stella hired the hit on Stolas instead of hiring one on Blitz--as I feel like killing Stolas would cause way more of a fuss in the hierarchy of Hell than killing one “itty bitty Imp”--but the fact that Striker actively goes out of his way to not kill Blitz during their fight is truly astonishing to me.  It makes me wonder if Stella has something else in mind for Blitz--something bigger--that maybe Striker knows about but is keeping close to his chest??  I have no idea.  But it’s absolutely fascinating to think about. 

BONUS THOUGHT: 

I know the popular opinion is that Stolas is fully aware of Stella’s attempts on his life and thus doesn’t react at the dinner table when she’s literally calling Striker about it right in front of his face, and--while I do actually think Stolas might have a more devious scheming side than he’s shown thus far--I also think that it’s equally likely that Stolas is just truly THAT oblivious to things happening around him that don’t have any direct interest to him.  

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😍

Blitz, laying in bed with a cigarette: "And you know, I just feel like he doesnt care about all the shit I go through. Like, excuse me Moxxie, do you know how fuckin hard it it to run a business when you gotta deal with some baby dick bitch whining in your ear every 30 minutes? No! He doesnt realize how hard it is to fuckin deal with him. Is it so wrong of me to want some kind of validation for putting up with his shit? Am I really asking to much?"

Striker, literally in the middle of fucking Blitz: "Darlin, I love you, and I'm here whenever you gotta let of steam, but for Lucifers sake can you ATLEAST MOAN SO I KNOW IM DOIN SOMETHIN RIGHT?!?"

Blitz: Literally came while you were talking. *Takes a drag on his cigarette.*

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Just one more thing about Episode 6 for tonight:

Though I loved absolutely everything about Blitz’s hallucination scene when the truth bomb kicked in--and all of the characters that made an appearance for it--there is ONE character that I really wish had been added in there to really knock me to the floor in feels: 

Barbie Wire

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I see your “The Other Side” from the Greatest Showman as the official BlitzStrike song.....

And raise you “Rewrite the Stars” as the official BlitzStrike song :)

~*~

A song where one half of the couple says a brazen fuck everyone else, we decide what we want to be and how we want to live our lives [Striker] and the other half of the pair feels like they’re trapped by outside factors already in place and can’t just do that even if they really want to [Blitz]

A song that takes place in a circus ring--it’s PERFECT

Most importantly of all: The symbolism of stars in relation to Stolas.  “Rewrite the Stars” = “Rewrite Blitz’s “Transactional Fucking” with Stolas”.  The more I think about it the more I flail at the perfection. <3 <3

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Striker: “You know I want you.....It’s not a secret I try to hide.....You know you want me.....So don’t keep sayin’ our hands are tied.....”

Blitz: “You know I want you.....it’s not a secret I try to hide.....but I can’t have you.....we’re bound to break and my hands--” looks at Stolas “--are tied.....” 

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Random BlitzStrike Things My Brain Thinks When I’m Tired As Fuck and It’s 1:45am:

Blitz and Striker for whatever reason performing the duet of “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better”.  

And then they fuck at the very end of the song. :D

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So Vivziepop just dropped a bunch of fun new pins and stuff in her merch store for a summer sale and

.....how the fuck am I supposed to finish writing my fics if all I’m thinking about now is Blitz and Striker at the beach??  

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Hmmmmmmmmm

I keep debating if I should make a WIP list here to help me keep track of all of the BlitzStrike fanfics I’m working on right now--or if I should just keep them as surprises for y’all.  Preferences??

[I’m also highkey lowkey scared that if I put too much info out there into existence the pressure to get them done and posted is going to slowly crush my entire being into the center of the Earth.  Thanks Anxiety. >/////> ]

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The amount of whiplash I just gave myself from posting my first Dark!Stolas piece in the middle of having so much fun plotting out headcanons with friends for how an I.M.P. game night would go is astonishing.  

I love it so much :D

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Oh hi 7 extra pages in Google Docs!  Where the fuck did you come from??

Me, adding a sex scene to my fanfic

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I love you guys so so much <3 <3

Soooooooooooooooo so so much.  <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 

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Omfg could you just IMAGINE tho--Moxxie’s question was “What’s something nice about Striker?” but the truth gas doesn’t have the complex comprehension abilities to translate the word ‘something’ to mean ‘ONE thing’.  And thus, instead of getting revenge on Blitz for asking about his pegging preferences, Blitz gets to have revenge part 2 [albeit in the most embarrassing way possible for him] by spewing out a list of nice things about Striker that’s as long as Moxxie’s coffee order:

“Oh fuuuuuck me, okay so first of all, he’s the best cuddler ever.  I mean it: the BEST cuddler in Wrath or anywhere and I need like nine hours of that shit to feel safe--and the more I keep thinking about that, the more I feel like I’m going absolutely fucking insane because I really fucking wish he was here cuddling me right now, but he’s not here and I want him to be, FUCK.  Second of all, he’s like.....stupidly good with words and I don’t know how this fucker knows just what to say or when to say it, but I would happily overdose myself on caffeine just to keep myself awake long enough to listen to every single fucking thing he has to say to me on nights where we’re alone together.  OH!  Also did you know that he’s really really good with his hands??  After that hogtie thing at the Harvest Moon Festival, he took me over to one of the side benches and offered to give me a massage--he said some apology that I’m pretty sure was complete bullshit about making the ties too tight because they weren’t, but I faked it hard because I just wanted to feel his hands on me some more--and holy fuck when he pressed his thumbs against my shoulder blades, I thought the fucking C.H.E.R.U.B.S had found a way to open the gates of Heaven all the way down here in Hell.  I fucking purred, Moxxie.  Purred!!  And have you seen his fucking smile Mox--”

And he just keeps going like this until Moxxie decides to cut him off. :D

.....IF Moxxie decides to cut him off. 

Imagine Moxxie asked Blitz a question too after getting truth gassed, like “What’s something nice about Striker?” And instead of something dirty, it’s something sappy like “Best cuddler ever” and Blitz gets all embarrassed

"Best cuddler in Wrath or anywhere and I need like nine hours of that shit to feel safe."

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.....I had two equally intense and drastically different thoughts pop into my head when I read this and I hope I’m not ruining this top tier content post by putting them both out there: 

First Thought 1 - Forbidden romance is my bread, butter, jam--my entire brunch.  This idea is amazing and I would love love love to see this play out in a full AU fic or something because.....holy fucking shit.  There are so many angles you could take with this, and soooooooooo much potential for doing some deep character dives and it would be INCREDIBLE to see play out!!  I have so many ideas--omgomgomgomgomg I might need to write this send help >/////<

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First Thought 2 - Omg hahahahaha wouldn’t it be fan-fucking-tastic if there was just a scene in this where you had something like:  Stolas: -in “fancy rich people” affronted voice- You can’t fuck my Blitzy!!  He’s MY forbidden fucking imp!!!

Striker: You know what?  Just because you said that, I’m gonna fuck him--

Moxxie: -flatly, looking like he wants to be anywhere but here listening to this-  Harder? 

Striker: No.  Exclusively, as his husband, after we sneak off to EVERY single fucking ring in the entirety of Hell and elope. -smirks-  And harder. 

Stolas: 

Striker: 

Blitz:

Moxxie:

Ok like what about a AU theres a law where all imps, sinners and even overlords (basically everyone in hell) cannot date another person from another ring. So when blitz and striker meet blitz trust so hard to fight those romantic urges he has with striker, but at the wall scene those urges won control and they go for a intense make out session. They want to be together, they really do! But since it's a law. There gonna have to keep it a secret..

Any situation where Blitz and Striker can't openly shove their hands down each other's clothes without suffering some dire consequence is inherently super hot. Someone stumbles across them in a bathroom or alley with Striker's mouth on Blitz's neck and they've got to panic wondering if word is going to get out and yes please, sign me right the fuck up.