It's funny to me that nearly all the art of Via in her party dress has her look miserable/crying when her expression is more of a concerned/"why would you do this?" look.

Like im starting to forget that she's not crying, this some kind of Mandela effect thing? I'm not even saying it's a bad thing I'm just befuddled

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 2 days ago

Honestly? The mystery figure being Via might be a better sign for the "Stolitz family ending" most of this fandom wants because it implys that Blitz can "reach" Via.

If you follow the chain, it starts with Blitz with I.M.P, and ends with Stolas. Meaning the endgame is for Blitz reach, or more specifically, finally reach out to/get through to Stolas.

So why does the mystery figure being Via make a Stolitz family more likely? Well everyone here is someone that's an antagonist, at least at one point. Someone to be overcome OR reached out to.

Stolas and Verosika? Reached out to. Stella and Andrealphus? Overcome.

If the mystery figure is Via then that means she can be reached out to like Stolas and Verosika. And if Blitz is able to reach out to, get through to Via, the chance of Via wanted to be a part of Blitz’s found family skyrocket.

But if Via isn't here, that implies that Blitz can't reach or get through to Via. No getting through to her? No family ending. This is what I think the lack of Via here might be pointing towards.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 4 days ago
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A general idea of where Via went in Hollywood.

It's a general idea because theres some places I didn't know the name of. Though I love the idea of her going to the Hollywood sign then doubling back to the theater THEN doubling back again to the observatory.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 5 days ago

Analyzing scenes and what they tell you: Cash's response to the fire was to slap Blitz so hard he lost consciousness.

"Paimon/Stella is the worst parent!"

Nah man.

"Crimson is the worst parent!"

Maybe, but Cash is giving him a run for his money, because as far as we know no one else has beat their child unconscious.

In Ghost Fuckers we see a quick shot one of Blitz’s memories where Cash holding Blitz wrist before he slaps him. Then we see a very distorted Cash before the memory just whites out completely. A white out happens right before you lose consciousness. Distorted vision a****lso occurs before you lose consciousness.

In other words, in response to the fire, Cash hit Blitz so hard that it knocked Blitz out. For the record. That's pretty much a concussion.

Blitz got hit so hard by Cash that Cash gave him a concussion.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 5 days ago

Analyzing scenes and what they tell you: Blitz knew Stolas had a family and banged him anyway

Though Blitz has arguably gotten better, (more so, he's gotten better but only with people he likes or relates to) but Blitz started off selfish. How selfish? Well, he knew that Stella and Via existed and... fucked Stolas anyway to feel better about stealing the book.

"No duh" I hear some of you say, but others haven't put the pieces together. Or some have but don't know of the more subtle clues.

Let's look at the hallway scene, where Stolas was leading Blitz to his chambers.

Blitz is shown looking at two portraits. One of Stolas and Stella. And one of Stolas and Via. Off in the background theres a third portrait of Stolas and Paimon...'s mirror.

Blitz looks right at the ones with Stolas and Stella and Stolas and Via. We know this because we see his head turn to look at them, they hold onto the shots of the portraits and when the shot of the portraits end he looks away. That close up is basically Blitz’s POV.

The photo of Stolas little magical zoom call isnt looked at by Blitz because we don't see it's close up. So that tells us the important takeaway is that Blitz is learning that Stolas has a wife and daughter. And that Blitz is the type of guy that would knowingly sleep with a man with a family.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 6 days ago

Dear God it did NOT take long to completely implode in on itself and attack the devs.

Worlds quickest decent into anarchy.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 8 days ago

Me when someone says that Via was ignoring that Stella is abusive.

How to make it clear you don't understand what normalized abuse is.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 9 days ago

Bonding (by blitzbittz on Tumblr)

I might not like Via getting forced into Stolitz things but on the other hand there's something special about Loona and Stolas bonding.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 10 days ago

What's your perditions for season 3 pre trailer?

The trailer that'll drop any time between right now (ples) and 69 seconds before the first episode drops. My 10000000000% correct perditions (joke) are

  1. Something is gonna happen at that party that makes Via's dislike Stolas and Blitz even more.

  2. Something BAD is gonna happen to Fizz.

  3. Stella is either going to be revealed to care for Via to some extent or she's going to be proven to have had postpartum depression that became a depression disorder.

  4. Millie is gonna keep the kid.

  5. Crimson is gonna try and take that kid.

  6. Striker lore.

  7. Blitz at the very least is gonna think that Stolas has a thing with Vassago.

  8. Via is gonna follow in both her parents footsteps and get a drinking problem.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 11 days ago

Depression isn't some sign of moral goodness or only there so you will be made to pity someone. But this fandom tends to act like it is.

"Why are we trying to paint a picture of Stella being depressed!? Giving any sort of sympathetic backstory undermines her aspects of her evilness!"

I hear them say, wondering why people are like this.

A character like Stella, Clay Puppington, or Beatrice Horseman having depression isn’t the story trying to make them out to be sweethearts that deserve to be seen as pitiable and undeserving of bad things happening to them. It just means they're depressed. Depression isn't reserved for good people. It can happen to even the worst of us. That's whats so scary about it. It's not a tragic backstory. It's a mental illness.

And depression, unlike this fandom, doesn't discriminate.

u/StrawBerylShortcake — 13 days ago