king of brilliant shining foreheads

A pet peeve of mine in Stolitz fics is when Stolas is written as a highly emotionally intelligent character. I mean, I REALLY understand the desire to have him magically understand everything he's ever done wrong and also accept all of Blitz's emotional baggage while he's as it because why not at least one of them should be good at communicating right?

But like for me it just makes him so out of character you know? The appeal of their relationship (on a fictional level because if this was in real life yikes) is how different they communicate and understand situations. They're BOTH bad at it, and Stolas suddenly being communicative and perceptive, apologizing for all the right things, suddenly having deep social understanding of complicated situations, and allowing Blitz the space to process at his own pace? Yeah no not buying it lol

I mean of course write whatever you want you're all amazing and talented and fanfiction should be about what you like so don't mind me, but I hope the creators don't get too influenced by all the criticism and let his growth play out slowly and realistically 🙊

I also feel that because Stolas is a lot more vocal about his feelings people mistake it as being good at communication, but my dude is SO bad at it. He's so oblivious, unsocialized and detached from real life lol he's so not there yet

I want a Stolas plushie SO BADLY 😭😭

Ok this is SUCH a stolitz song??

It could fit either of them, especially this part:

And this part is very much Stolas (especially after the last few episodes):

And this part is very much Blitz:

It's too perfect I would literally believe if you told me the artist wrote it about them?? Like "I can't stand having you as my crutch" tell me it's not Blitz saying this?? And " Though I know I'm to blame for the glances I'd steal, for the time I kept spending pretending it's real" tell me it's not Stolas?? I can't I'm so emotional over this 😭

I really don't understand the criticism about Stolas being a hypocrite and the writing being bad because he doesn't take accountability, like?? That's the point?? That's his flaw since day one?? That's not bad writing that's compelling storytelling...

If a character that up to this point has been under-socialized, unaware, self centered (even if well meaning) naive and unable to read situations, will suddenly become completely different, understand everything perfectly just from Blitz yelling insults his way, understand the nuance of classism without actually interacting with, well, anyone basically ever, go from obsessing over the one crush he had since childhood and putting all his repressed queer romantic feelings onto him to being well adjusted functional self aware adult, I would find it so unnatural??

we're not at the finish line, there's like 2 more seasons for his lesson learned, I'm pretty sure it won't be completely resolved this season either and will take time (like it should? Like it would in real life?)

I like the pacing of the show specifically for that reason, it makes it feel authentic and relatable, and I get some people want to be satisfied immediately but that's just not good writing in my opinions 😅

The more I think about the sentence "I want to be someone's someone" the more I want to sob somewhere in the corner

I kinda been thinking about why most fans tend to take Stolas's side in the stolitz relationship (even though we all agree it's complicated and they both fucked up) and I think it has to do a lot with the fact that most of us are the Stolas in our own lives (maybe not the privileged prince thing, but the other parts.)-

His anxiety, his desire to be loved, the way he fucks up when reading a situation and beats himself up about it later to the point of questioning every interaction he has with people, the way his texts are filled with backtracking and anxiety, the way he's clingy, the way he comes off so cringy and embarrassing sometimes, the way he overlooks people around him but still cares so much, the way he gets hurt time after time- by his family, by the person he was forced to marry, by the guy he fixated on pretty much one sidedly (at least on the surface) but still craves love so much he's willing to get hurt again and again for a chance of getting it- it's all very very relatable. I think more of us have experience his particular set of problems, and have delt with it more similarly to him than to blitz.

Sure, some people are angry and lash out and build walls and cope by hurting just not to get hurt and all those other Blitz things, but idk I feel like it's easier at least for me to see myself in Stolas, and I think a lot of other people do as well, and that makes him very very sympathetic, even when we know he fucked up just as badly

Ok but can we also talk about how there's no song Bryce was given that he didn't absolutely nail?? Every genre, every emotion, this man is SO talented

Ok now I'm sure the moment they get officially together they'll be the most nauseatingly cute and affectionate couple ever

Ok another thing I loved-

I love the idea of Stolas letting go of his romanticized idea of Blitz, and actually getting some real experience with relationships and sex outside of their fucked up dynamic. Blitz holds so much power over him because Stolas never felt desired before, and he's clinging so hard to that sparkle of want he thought he saw from Blitz their first night together, and having a really hard time being chill about it, which (in addition to everything else like their power dynamic) has created real resentment towards him from Blitz's side - because he is so ignorant and blind to his place in society compared to blitz's, that all this over the top sexual desire is received as fetishizing, ingenuine and uncomfortable.

He'll get the opportunity to open up to different partners, to discover himself, reflect on his place in society and behavior towards imps now that he's getting out more and interacting with more people (I hope so at least), and maybe (well, probably) fall in love with Blitz from a less desperate starting point.

And on the other side Blitz will also get to know different sides to Stolas (when he's not thirsty all the time and doesn't hold the key to Blitz's livelihood), will get to miss him, grow, get jealous a little, reflect and so on.

I think it's the best way for them to get on a more even playing field, and I'm very optimistic about their relationship!

(Also Vivzie said that this story is a love story about the two of them, so I'm not too worried).

I actually love the way they did the Stolas diss song. I remember everyone being worried about it but it was so valid and realistic. Stolas is hurt, he wants to lash out a bit, he's sad, he still loves him, he recognizes he did things wrong too, he's too sad to think deeply about it now, it was so so painful because that's exactly how it feels to get your heart broken, even if part of it is on you

Such a good song as well gonna listen on repeat

Ok the new Stolas song though?? So good omg

What if... They will actually resolve everything in the full moon episode, and the rest of the season Blitz and Stolas will be learning how to be in a proper relationship? And their future conflicts will be about communicating in an already established relationship?

I mean it kinda makes sense to me that they'd be together already for the Octavia drama, like maybe Stolas gets too invested in his relationship with Blitz and it's hard for her idk

I mean I'm pretty sure that's not what's going to happen lol but also I don't want to be sad for the next month so I'm hoping haha

Also please give me some good fic recommendations for stolitz I can't BREATH I need something with love and resolution while we wait for the actual episodes 😭🙏