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@Ms_Cartoon19 I think Blitz was always cast in the scapegoat/'eternal fuckup who half-asses things and can't be trusted with anything critical' role. Barbie ended up with twice the pressure and harsher standards to meet as 'the capable one'. Divide and conquer, standard abusive parent tactics.

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Cómo se siente no odiar a ningún personaje del elenco principal de Helluva Boss:

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@korvytron Blitz wanted an explanation, too, not just acknowledgement.
'You weren't supposed to agree with me... yet' = damnit don't skip over actually telling me why you did this, bc I can't make sense of it.
Stolas explained, and it suddenly did make sense to Blitz, bc he's been there.

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@Schmeed5 @SinnerJaybird As if :P None of this is even slightly a coincidence

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@tayllan_da_cruz Blitz digging himself deeper is in part bc the plot/writers are depriving him of the emotional 'crutch' of feeling useful to others. Being Stolas' guide and provider is 100% his 'safe' comfort zone, and to grow together, he *cannot be left to languish there*.

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@tayllan_da_cruz Baby steps. Stolas spent s3a adjusting and (messily) getting himself to a better spot.
NOW he can finally actually focus on Blitz, now that he's 'put his own mask on first'. Blitz could not have fixed things for him in exchange for Stolas spending more energy on him immediately.

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@stloas Stolas has *always* genuinely wanted to know more about Blitz and connect on a deeper level.
Just bc Stolas got 'brought down to Blitz' level' doesn't mean there's suddenly nothing in the way of actually getting around to that, though. Stolas 100% had to 'tidy up' his mess first.

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@Mr_Sinister39 @ImNoqui Blitz is messing up big time here, but, but get this:
We can also *forgive him for the fuckup* and understand where this all came from, instead of trying to shift undue blame onto Stolas for his actions in this exchange.

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@Mr_Sinister39 @ImNoqui Imo it's pretty fair to pin most of this on Blitz *spectacularly botching* what is obvs an attempt at damage control, with no actual plan and zero clear thinking, running his mouth going full panicked toxic auto-pilot just because he feels he has to do SOMETHING. [tbc]

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@SlayerofGhosts @ImNoqui Yes, yes we are going to look past that, because it's mundane as fuck to feel upset about things even if we 'logically' know why it happened. It's also normal as fuck that riled-up arguments are not the same as prepared courtroom debates. Three yellow cards for everyone, move on.

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@decoradoomed Flawed but ultimately 'just human' characters require accepting that it's not actually justified or righteous to strip people of their human dignity the moment they stop being perfectly appealing and bland.
Cardboard cackling villains vs Good People is 'easy'.

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@RA_Endgame @simius_raz Some ppl refuse to read between the lines when there's a whole book's worth of subtext blatantly smushed in there, and then go 'yeah but what if this is actually just incorrect information/we're being lied to' when the show makes the obvious explicit.

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@Kurorealciel2 Blitz is *such* a goddamn mess, and it's not Stolas' fault for being unable to make sense of it. He KNOWS something is up with Blitz, but he can't quite figure it out yet. He's aware of 'the walls he's conjured up to live', but not what they're made of or where they came from.

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@Kurorealciel2 Blitz successfully deluded himself AND Stolas into believing in false versions of themselves, because that's how he keeps Stolas at a 'safe' distance. Stolas 'must' be a stuck-up exploitative royal, and Blitz 'must' be a lying piece of shit asshole, 'or else'.
Affection = uh oh

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@PrideRing666 Family bonds don't really get in line with what's 'convenient' or respond to rational arguments. Of course, she can't just walk way and let her own brother drown OR get shot point blank.
She can't just turn off her emotional turmoil about him, for better or for worse.

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@fizzzzieee It's rly not that odd to be emotionally drawn in by something created with VERY much the explicit intention to mean something to people and affect them on a deeper level than [amused huff] or [mildly worried grunt]. Stories have been vehicles for self-discovery for aeons :D

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@strwblitzy @goztfukr - I'll give you three guesses as to which person in his life taught him this (and the first two don't count).
(Spoiler alert, it's almost for sure Cash who had every reason to make him 'act tough' and completely ignore his own kid's needs and feelings.)

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@strwblitzy @goztfukr Imo Blitz was socialized to bully 'sissies', like being gay isn't really the 'issue', being sensitive and 'having feelings and admitting it' is.
He doesn't actually despise 'softies', I mean he actually adores Fizz and Stolas when they're not looking, but he learned to posture.

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@JackleSpectacle I find it pretty great that Danny Motta is actually pretty damn reasonable abt HB imo. Just gotta recognize when he's 'doing it for the bit', and when his opinion really isn't intended to be treated like some staunch rigid 'I will die on this hill' judgment.