r/Cult_of_Octavia

Seriously though that would be so tone deaf of Stolas that it's bordering on comical.

He is the one who chose to break demonic law and not her. It's just cruel to me to have Octavia leave everything she has to live in a cramped apartment with strangers.

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I cannot help but feel sad for Octavia after what happened in the second season of Helluva Boss. I hope she gets a happy ending when the series is concluded.

Source: https://www.tumblr.com/mindpalacearchitect1/821155767161929728/octavia-seeing-stars

Can this fandom finally acknowledge that she's almost an adult? She's not a little kid who still needs to be told that Santa Claus, or Tooth Fairy.

I genuinely like Via. I understand why she feels the way she does. I hate seeing her get hurt, and I hope she's one of the characters who gets a happy ending. But that doesn't change the fact that she's seventeen years old now. At some point, she has to understand that neither of her parents can spend every second of their lives catering to her.

I completely understand why she loves Stolas and why she felt abandoned when he left. I was angry at my own father too.

The difference is that Via can't honestly say her father never cared about her. Mine cared at first as well, but he was still a terrible father. He never hit me, but he put enormous pressure on me and was an arrogant narcissist.

I'm not saying Octavia is selfish, because I don't think she is. But sometimes it feels like she genuinely believes Stolas has nothing else to do besides devote all of his time to her. The reality is that every parent deserves to have some time for themselves.

Stella spends all of her time thinking about herself and making Stolas' life miserable. Meanwhile, Stolas spent seventeen years raising their daughter. The only things he really had for himself were his books and his plants. So it's hardly surprising that the moment his childhood friend came back into his life, he grabbed that chance.

And let's not forget that Blitzø wasn't just some random imp Stolas started sleeping with for fun. He was his childhood friend. For the first time in his life, Stolas had someone he loved romantically. Octavia will always be his Starfire, but she can't be everything. He also needs someone who loves him as a man, and someone he can love in that way in return.

Hell, Stolas was only eighteen when Via was born. His mother was completely absent. His father couldn't even remember his own son's name. He was forced into an arranged marriage while he was still a child.

And yet we're supposed to act like Octavia had the harder childhood? I'm not trying to dismiss her pain. I'm not saying she had it easy or that she should just stay quiet and never complain.

My point is that by the time Stolas was her age, he'd already accepted the life that had been forced on him and the responsibilities that came with it. Meanwhile, Octavia resents her father for finally finding someone he genuinely loves at a point when she's already almost an adult.
I'm not saying Octavia has to forgive Stolas overnight. Trust takes time to rebuild, and she has every right to be hurt. My point is simply that being hurt doesn't automatically make her right about everything.

The important difference is that Stolas never chose to abandon Via. Every decision he made was because he believed it was the only way to protect her or give her a better future. He made mistakes, absolutely, but neglecting her was never his intention.

People often treat Stolas as if he were simply "the parent" and ignore the fact that he's also a victim of the same system. He didn't choose his childhood, his marriage, or the life that was forced on him. He's trying to figure things out just like Via is.

yes it is true that it was really stupid of him to decide to die when he promised his daughter that he would not leave her.... But let's please realize how he was mentally. He really couldn't handle it anymore. He promised Vie that he wouldn't leave her because he didn't want her to be sad. And he also meant that even if he wasn't there, he would still live in her heart. But in reality he didn't want to live anymore. She was the only reason why he lived. Later that reason was Blitzo. But when he realized that he had nothing to live for anymore, he decided to give it up.

yes, he still had Octavia... But he realized that if he stayed, he would be depressed all the time, and he would ruin her life. And he didn't want that. I'm not saying that it was right. It's just that we have to look at it from his point of view. He didn't want to ruin his daughter's childhood, and he didn't want her to worry about him.

First time making an edit of any real kind. Took a while. Thank you to my mates and members of the Cult of Octavia Discord server for giving feedback throughout the process.

I'm rather happy with how it's turned out, hope y'all like it to.

Maybe some of you even remember the first post I made announcing that I'd create this.

Is it worthwhile to take up Goetia responsibilities, wear formal clothes, and possibly endure a forced marriage so that Blitzo doesn't die in Mastermind? Stolas didn't see these things potentially happen and the arranged marriage might not happen. Still if Octavia is forced to do these things, should she consider it worth it as long as Blitzo gets to live and her dad doesn't lose Blitzo?

Having to put up with waitresses spitting in her food and random imps harassing her.

I've heard rumors this is enough to kill a man.

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