THEATRE NERD REACTS TO HELLUVA BOSS - WESTERN ENERGY - S2: EPISODE 4
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"How would you describe him?"
"Sexy"
"THAT'S STRIKER, SIR!"
Not a moment of hesitation, not a doubt in his mind 😆
He is sexy though
Moxxie knows what's up
Those text messages at the end were painful. Stolas tries so hard to have a real relationship while Blitzø hardly puts in any effort. And Blitzø's "He can get HURT?" line, that really made my heart sink. Blitzø never once considered that an immortal prince like Stolas could get hurt physically at all, let alone hurt in a relationship. It really makes you think about how Blitzø sees him. His facial expression and tone of voice suggest that he does care for Stolas, even if he's terrible at showing it.
Yeah, heartbreaking to think about.
Yeah but literally in ep 5 in s1 he is aware that stolas can get hurt and is protecting him by fighting with striker so thats dumb to say from him
Did you make this comment before going through the video?
@@Kacper00"Killed" and "hurt" aren't necessarily the same thing in this context. Plus, sometimes things don't really sink in until they actually happen.
That does hurt…
Loona's appointment took so long to get because it's in the Sloth ring. Also, If you're wondering why Loona doesn't have any lines here, sadly it's because her voice actor's fiancée passed away before the recording of the previous episode and Vivzie gave her some time off to grieve. It's why she doesn't appear in the next few episodes either. I wish her the best.
I’m pretty sure it’s unrelated, since these would’ve been recorded long before that.
I noticed when watching the series myself that Loona didn't have any voice lines for several episodes, but I chalked it up to a limited budget. I didn't realize that her fiancé died. That's terrible.
@@alexdillahunt6908Billy Kametz had an egregious battle with colon cancer late 2020 into 2021, which he unfortunately passed away from. Kametz was another very talented VA we lost all too soon. He had some really good final performances around that time, namely Dr. Maruki from Persona 5 Royal, and Ferdinand Von Aegir in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Viv confirmed that that's not why.
While the VA’s loss did occur, that event is wholly unrelated to why Loona had so few lines and I wish this speculation wasn’t still so widespread. This has been a long-running fan rumor that was disproven by Vivzie on her Twitter account awhile back (July 11th of last year is the specific thread I recall reading, though the tweet she was responding to has since been deleted). She clarified that if a character’s role in an episode wasn’t significant, it was sometimes better for their budget to not have that character speak in the episode (as in: use actual words), which often applies to Loona. Loona being limited to mostly grunt sounds in this episode was intended to showcase her “puppy” side, while saving a bit on budget; it wasn’t out of some deliberate effort to limit the specific VA’s presence
The fact that "Blitzø" was going to be Stolas' last words.
It’s interesting how calm and almost cocky Stolas was when he was first kidnapped, but I think it was because he was so confident that Blitzø would save him. (similar to the Loo Loo Land episode).
He only got scared when he realized he couldn't use his powers, and more importantly, that Blitzø wasn’t coming.
Fun fact: The Mariachi imp band that sang Striker’s Balled were voiced by two of the voice actors in Hazbin Joel Perez (VA for Valentino) and Blake Roman (VA for Angel Dust) sang that song, Joel was the imp who sang the very last bit of the song lol
And Joel also voiced the Doctor goat demon trying to give Loona her shot in this ep
Yessss I love it so much lol
And Vivziepop is also the VA for the nurse goat
@@McCammalot And the racist mother in the lobby. Its surprising how many side roles she does on Helluva Boss now. I guess a lot of it comes from Richard being such a good voice director and helping her exploring different voice ranges.
Wrt the texts at the end, Blitzø seems fairly illiterate, I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason he only responds with one word answers is because he's intimidated by Stolas's intelligence. He seems to have similar insecurities when it comes to Moxxie as well.
Yess this too!
Yes so many people miss this detail! The only time he has ever read the grimoire was in the pilot! Loona has been the one to read it every other time. He also uses speech to text for the IMP billboard abd probably uses text to speech for Stola's texts!
Agreed.
Illiterate or dyslectic, which isn't connected to intelligence it's literally just a disability that makes reading and writing more difficult. Though it wasn't long ago that dyslexia was explained as "oh, they're just stupid" and they teachers give up on them, which can lead to illiteracy.
@@helenanilsson5666 He also grew up in a literal circus; that probably doesn't help!
Fun fact: Blake Roman (Angel Dust) and Joel Perez (Valentino) both sing in the Ballad of Striker! Joel does the riff at the end and also voices the Doctor.
I love that so much!!
Stolas is just beating around the bush with his wall of texts, and they’re probably hard for Blitzø to understand. And between that Blitzø’s self-hatred, Blitzø is taking the ambiguity in Stolas’ words the worst way possible.
Stolas always masks how he truly feels and minimizes himself, and at least with the aftermath of Ozzie’s he inadvertently minimizes Blitzø’s feelings as well.
They’re having a problem where their trauma responses are clashing badly and they really need an honest and direct conversation, but neither of them are good at that.
THIS!!
Yeah, at this point in their lives, they really aren't ready to do anything about their relationship. And tbh, they probably won't be ready in the Full Moon episode either. Hopefully it will be a step in the right direction, but Blitz has a lot of old baggage to work through and Stolas has literally never been able to have a real single adult life until the divorce. He seems more put together than Blitz, but he very much needs to take page from Loona's journey and get some friends, maybe join a book club, and ideally get some therapy.
I mean Stolas has put himself out there for Blitzø very clearly a few times now. Mainly him offering to talk, Watcha a movie, or cuddle at the end of episode 7 in season 1. Blitzø has such high walls put up to protect himself for getting hurt. That’s why he is so obsessed with Moxie and Millie’s relationship, because he doesn’t know how to have a healthy relationship with anyone. When Moxie and Blitzø are hallucinating we learn that Blitzø pushes everyone away until they lose all love and care for him. In the music video of Stolas “Look My way” I think it’s called, Stolas feels the same way Verosica did in the hallucination when he sings about how they will both grow cold if Blitzø keeps pushing him away. We know the root of Blitzø’s abandonment issues too after the Ozzie’s episode. Not just his mother but his sister hates him and so did Fizz. He’s scared of commitment and scared too care too much about someone. He says during the hallucinations as well that “eventually everyone leaves”. Just so sad.
@@melodylee9816Came here to say the same. Blitzo is just too inside his own head to believe Stolas wants anything from him, except sex. He has a lot of mental walls up that have clearly affected his sense of awareness.
yes, stolas is kind and he’s really trying, but he’s not great at communicating his feelings either 🥲 for obvious reasons
"He can get hurt?", hearing that really makes you think how Blitzo sees Stolas. We all know that Blitzo thinks that Stolas only cares about him for the sexual stuff and doesn't have real feelings for him. Blitzo sees Stolas as this "immortal prince", who isn't that easy to break. It took Stolas to get physically hurt for Blitzo to have a tought that Stolas can suffer as well. ❤
ITS BEEN A MINUTE HOW THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE THATT
@@sleepy_cocoa5526speed my friend speed
doesnt make sense tho, he knows Stolas (and other demon royalty) can be killed by angelic weapons. Blitz stopped striker and was trying to be persuaded.
Yeah I actually thought the same thing. In the back of my mind I figured when Stolas was the target at the Harvest Moon festival, it was just that Stolas wouldn't see it coming. But this episode for me was a big shock cuz like Blitzo I truly thought Stolas would be able to kick ass or heal quickly.
"Hmm..sexy?"
Moxie with 0 hesitation "Thats Striker sir!!"
Game recognizes game, as they say.
the fact that at the end with the texts between stolitz it seems to be a very one sided relationship with only stolas making the effort
and the petals falling from the flowers are giving me very “he loves me, he loves me not” vibes 😭
25:37 - he loves me
30:57 - he loves me not
32:01 - he loves me
32:21 - he loves me not
ending on “he loves me not” is probably stolas’ perspective as blitz is distancing himself from their relationship, even though it’s almost impossible that blitz hasn’t caught at least some feelings
(i don’t know if this was intentional, and if there were more petals to fall in the episode but it’s just so perfect for them)
There's actually another petal falling in the scene (I don't remember when exactly), which is not very visible, or we could say, is kinda hidden. This means, at the end, it's "he loves me". This shows that Blitz definitely at least have some feelings for Stolas, but like how this falling petal is kinda hidden, his feeling for Stolas is also hidden in a way.
@@audreychin678 never noticed that, and I've seen this both myself and as react multiple times... but that absolutely confirms that those petals were not a coincidence
Great reaction! Right there with you on their communication issues. Although, Stolas actually doesn't communicate very well, either. He's ALSO very scared of being rejected by Blitz but it manifests as him being overly polite and accommodating and not actually straight-out talking to Blitz about what he wants from the relationship. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure Blitz interprets those texts as Stolas not being interested in having sex with him anymore or trying to "get out of" their deal.
this! stolas is trying, i will give him that, but there are things he still hasn’t said authentically. they both need to work on communication :’)
The flower thing (im pretty sure) is like a 'he loves me, he loves me not' and if you pay attention to them, the last petal falls on 'he loves me not' :(
Depends on which "loves me" you start on. Though, you're probably right
What killed me is, Stolas would have died if Stella hadn’t called the hit off, because M&M didn’t arrive in time.
There's so much underpinning the "he can get hurt" line. Like there's the obvious literal Stolas isn't immune to damage angle. But even beyond that, we know from Blitz's trip dream sequence, that he sees Stolas as this grand almost godly princely figure. And in a way, Blitz likes him that way. He's easy to interact with that way. Because to Blitz who has seemingly imploded every relationship in his life, a distant prince he can't hurt is perfect. He can't fuck it up because Stolas is immune to damage.
But that isn't true, Stolas can be hurt (both physically and emotionally). He might be a rich, powerful owl demon thing, but in the end he's just a dude who has feelings and all that comes with it. Blitz now has to grapple with the fact that not just that Stolas can be hurt broadly, but that Blitz can be the one to do it (and has hurt him before). God I love these messes.
The reason Stella was bleeped out was because you can’t curse in the first 30 seconds of a CZcams video or something like that. Idk.
It's because she used the 'cee u next Tuesday' word, Blitz got censored back in s1 ep 3 and this one too. Even Striker got bleeped this ep for it.
@@bennyward7454 Oh yeah, that makes sense.
Cunt is the only word the show bleeps.
You can really tell because of all the times Mammon gets bleeped. Australians use that word a ton 😂
If you turn the captions on, it will say C U Next Tuesday
@@bennyward7454I find it kinda wild how cunt is considered the worst bad word now bc it used to be as common as bitch or shit and a "lesser bad word" than fuck up until like a couple of years ago for some reason. British people even still use it as regular slang, we Americans are way too sensitive lol, it's not like it's a slur or anything but it's suddenly being treated as such
23:35 Reference to the pilot when Angel Dust says "Harder daddy" to Sir Pentious
26:00 this goes a long way to point out how Blitzo is barely literate (growing up with no education does that to you) while Stolas writes full paragraphs, drives the differences between them even further
Still wishing Vivzie would release a full version of "Whatcha Thinking About?"
Also "Crashin' a Wedding" from the last episode! Honestly I just want a full HB album to sing along to.
VACAY TO BONE TOWN. IT'S BEEN YEARS. I love that song, it needs to be extended
me @ viv: FULL SOUNDTRACK WHEN
A lot of people miss a very specific detail about the texts between Blitz and Stolas...
Stolas is highly educated and well read. Blitz? Blitz is not. Blitz is barely even literate in the first place. If you look at all the other times Blitz is communicating through written word there are a lot of misspellings and illustrations and doodles. That cannot be done on texts so all there is is Blitz's limited writing ability.
Blitz IS putting effort in, even with such minimal texts.
Stolas: “Hmm Sexy?”
Moxxie: “That’s Striker sir!”
Weeby: “So you admit it?”
Me: “He may hate him but he’s not BLIND”.
It says a lot about Stolas that he's not like: "IF YOU KILL ME NOW, STELLA GETS NOTHING, AND CAN'T PAY YOU!"
I mean, she probably has enough of her own cash to pay a hitman. Given that their marriage was arranged, she was probably picked specifically because she came from a nice family with titles and wealth, otherwise Stolas would have been "marrying down", which would have been undesirable in an arranged marriage.
It's not that she'll be a pauper if Stolas dies now, she'll just be left with only her own means rather than any of the inheritance from Stolas. So, she's not completely brain-dead when she tries to kill him (and she probably would be fine with just her own money to tide her over until she can marry someone else), but Andrealphus recognizes that she could get significantly MORE by being a little smarter.
@@helenanilsson5666 she may just have a big name. And gentry don't have the best legacy of being liquid.
@@tyrant-den884 I think she does have money, the whole stick is mostly to increase her and Andrealphus'es standing in the Goetia, money are secondary
Much love to “Stowlasss”.
Blitzø realizing that even royalty is vulnerable. And Loona is a pup.
Stella and later Blitz are bleeped out because of the "C" word, it's the only word they do this to and first done in s1ep3.
An interesting thought is that Blitzø said it took him 5 years to book the appointment.
He booked the appointment as soon as he adopted her.
Which probably goes a long way to explain why it's so important for him to be there with her and make sure she really gets that shot. I can't imagine anyone else in her life has gone through the effort of making her take shots, against hellbies or any other disease.
I’m honestly 90% sure Blitzø is illiterate lmao. He’s got over 500 unanswered texts on his phone, constantly misspells things, and has been known to use voice to text. And yet he responds to Stolas every time AND always picks up the phone within two rings when he calls.
Stolas is actually pretty terrible at communication here, especially in those text messages. He has a tendency to backpedal and not say what he means or wants due to his own fear of being too honest, but all that does is confuse Blitzø. They have a really awful tendency to miscommunicate because Stolas relies on using actions to imply feelings but Blitzø hates himself so much that he can’t ever read those implications correctly. He literally cannot understand the concept of Stolas having feelings for him, and those texts just prove that. Stolas is trying to give Blitzø more choice in their full moons (you don’t have to come!) but Blitzø is reading it as Stolas being to polite to say he doesn’t want Blitzø to come over.
I also have a theory about why Blitzø didn’t respond (aside from him feeling so guilty), but that’s something I can’t explain until you’re past episode 6!
THIS THIS THIS
A lot of people start hating on Blitzø around this episode, but take it as how he actually decided to initiate this time and tried. That text must’ve taken a lot for him, and the fact that he actually said anything is awesome
They hate on him? That's unfortunate.
@@filmfangirls9163 I mean some people at least 🤷♂️
WAKE UP THE QUEEN HAS POSTEDDD
Same
There is a very solid case, as well, that Blitz is not exactly literate, which would not necessarily occur to Stolas.
Is that why Loona has to be the one to use the book??
@@H0r53f7y Probably!
Fun Fact (I may be wrong): the tiny imp doing the runs at the end of striker's theme song was Valentino's va.
If I'm not mistaken, Blake also voices one of these imps (Angel's va)
The wilting flowers in the hospital room at the end are a really clever depiction of “he loves me/he loves me not”, the idea that as an injured Stolas is in that bed waiting for Blitzø to text back, he’s wondering if what they are is just a comfortable lie he tells himself, and if they ever were real, did he take Blitzø for granted for too long? If Blitzø wasn’t there for him now, and couldn’t come to see him in the hospital, when the IMP van was right outside, then is it worth continuing to wait for Blitzø to open up?
People were saying that Blitz not realizing Stolas can get hurt didn’t make sense because the last time we saw Striker he was literally killing Stolas, but I feel like it was one of those situations that you don’t feel the gravity of until it happens. Blitz knew in the back of his mind, but actually seeing it made him realize.
I think one thing a LOT folks don’t tend to also consider with the texts that yeah, Blitzø IS literally illiterate, he texts Millie the exact same way in Seeing Stars and Loopty in C. H. E. R. U. B. so it’s not that he’s *just* being distant, it’s basically the extent of his abilities when it comes to writing. He’s intimidated by Stolas and doesn’t know the things we know about Stolas.
WE know Stolas has been in love with Blitzø since they were kids, WE know that Stolas was in a loveless abusive arranged marriage and completely closeted before that
WE know he’s *always* been this kind hearted, protective, gentle (slightly airheaded and oblivious) creature to the people he loves (Via and Blitzø)
Before this, during Ozzies, all Blitzø knew was that Stolas is a prince he met a long long time ago who had something useful for him, and loves kinky sex-he’s not thinking of the way they’re *comfortable* around each other or desperately trying not to anyway. Because god fucking forbid he get attached to a *prince*, once the novelty wears off he’ll drop Blitzø like everyone else does (from his perspective).
GOD I JUST WANT THEM TO TALK IM DYINGGGGGG i will not survive Full Moon
Blitzø does show that he cares since he rammed the gear and headed his way and also his complaining while dragging Loona into the hospital.
At the end, Blitzø texted first! That’s a start! And the fact he was typing something was also meant he had more to say but idk maybe got scared, he does probably blame himself that Stolas got so hurt. Maybe was even typing that he was sorry he wasn’t there.
The pedals falling seem like “he loves me, he loves me not”
In this episode, there’s so many fun crazy facts about the voice actors. Since Norman Reedus couldn’t return as the voice of Stryker because of his other work, they had Edward Bosco takeover to voice him, which is cool that Vivienne told not to be Norman Reedus, but to be his version of Stryker making striker his character alone. Edward Bosco voiced Alastor in the pilot of Hazbin hotel and Millie‘s dad and the bouncer at Ozzies and Dennis who suck face with Blitzø. Also Vivienne Medrano voiced both the nurse receptionist, and the Karen that was having an argument with Blitzø . And the actor for Valentino in Hazbin Hotel, Joel Perez, voiced the doctor and the part of the striker band that sings at the end, along with the voice actor for Angel Dust in Hazbin Hotel, Blake Roman who voices another member of the striker band, but I don’t know what his lines were. Also Loona doesn’t speak in this because her voice actress Erica Lindbeck had a loss in the family but I don’t know much about that so I don’t know what the story is, but really didn’t need her to talk anyway, because her character makes sense doing the whimpering And growling in this episode. I don’t know all the facts but hopefully this was cool to know.
Love the reaction and can’t wait to see more!!
Fun Fact Vivziepop is the voice of the Karen and nurse at the Vet
It's always a good day when a new helluva boss reaction is uploaded
For a second I thought this comment said “It’s always sunny in Helluva boss.”
I forget if we were ever told the real/full reason behind it, but you’ll notice Loona has no voice-lines in Episodes 3&4 of Season 2. All instances you’d think she should speak in, are replaced with her shrugging or flipping off the cast, or with dog/wolf stock sounds. Loona’s VA is the renowned Erica Lindbeck, who’s been in countless cartoons, anime, and videogames over the last 2 decades. There were 3 speculations as to why Loona’s been mute in these episodes;
1. Lindbeck is no longer working with the Helluva Boss crew.
2. Vivziepop’s team can no longer afford her.
Or 3.
Lindbeck’s presumed fiancée, Billy Kametz passed away 2 years when the recording for these episodes would’ve been done, and so Lindbeck might’ve been-understandably-grieving his passing, and wanted to step away from this project.
It's definitely not the fiancee one because Viv confirmed that wasn't the reason but I can't remember if she said why
I was actually watching a Helluva Boss pannel a while back, and Erica kept it very vague but basically explained that she stepped away from Helluva Boss because of some personal stuff, so I think your on the right track with the fiancee stuff.
@@rhyleesummerIt's been explicitly stated that it's not that. She just has a minimal role for a while and it's easier on the budget not to bring her in for just a couple lines.
Fun fact: Andrealphus is an actual Goetia from real demonology, like Stolas and Asmodeus.
The literacy issue can also explain alot of Blitzø's miscommunication in that he might genuinely not understand half of what Stolas is texting and he might be too embarrassed of his lacking ability to type out what he wants to say.
Fun fact: Two of the singers for Striker were played by Blake Roman (Angel Dust) and Joel Perez (Valentino). Joel plays the one who sings the final part of the song. Joel also plays the goat doctor.
Pilot angel or official angel?
@@stacyfrickboi6218 Official
@@stacyfrickboi6218 official, Blake Roman
7:53 He did not actually return to the surface. He moved from Pride to Wrath down the mine.
27:21 notice how this is the first time Blitzo texted Stolas and not just responded to a text, this is kind of a big deal from him.
mostly shows how bad he is at relationships
i’m addicted to watching these Helluva Boss reaction videos!!❤️😭
Same I watched the whole series so fast and I need more this fulfills my cravings plus she always notices things I havent
@@sabrinaleedancethat last thing is SO TRUE. The water poster in s2 ep2, posters from other episodes, easter eggs in the background, iwhw2 wdhww I'M SO BAD AT SEEING DETAILS
Honestly love Moxie's growth so much. First he became more comfortable at killing, then he grew closer to Blitzo, stood up to his father, and now he's handling bigger, meaner imps, without breaking a sweat or needing to interupt his wife.
Episode 1 Moxie wouldn't of been able to do any of this ❤️
Just such a shame the next episode makes us forget about all of that growth...
@@ZondaFRoadster God, Unhappy Campers flanderizes Moxxie so bad 😭✋🏻 The only HB episode I had to take breaks bc the cringe was too strong-- what did they do to my boy
@@ZondaFRoadster I totally forgot that episode comes right after this one...wtf were they thinking. It's like we thought they were raising them up, but it was really just a ladder leading to a diving board.
@@Trojianmaru While I didn't like watching that episode, it's not really that unreasonable. The road to badassery is not a linear path. I wish it wouldn't drag out so damn much, but it's a good reminder that despite his growth, Moxxie still has a whole mountain of insecurities dragging him down and he's not done growing yet.
I mean an important thing to notice is Blitz initiated the text to Stolas this time. Stolas would always be the one to try and start a conversation, and while Blitz struggles to do more, it does show he cares in a way.
Love that they gave us a striker episode right after showing us an episode highlighting shark demon characteristics, ringed eyes, elongated sort of facial features, etc. Striker is definitely part imp part shark which is a neat detail done long before the shark demons were introduced.
I think it was confirmed that he's part snake, not part shark
@@ZondaFRoadster probably right, just haven't seen any snake demons for me to make the connection. Also thought he had a fin under the clothes but on closer inspection he just kinda hunches a lot (and the loose vest doesn't help either), cool design choices either way.
@@lastmanstand1n8dont know if you watched the rest of the episodes yet, but there’s some snake looking people appearing at some points as background characters.
@@ZondaFRoadsterdo you know where/who confirmed it ? I’d like to know more about that cause it’s actually interesting. I also thought he was part shark at first, because his eyes and his face shape looked like the shark we saw, but he also have the rattle snake thing to him, so it makes sense he would be part snake. But since I didn’t see any demon snakes at that time, it didn’t occur to me.
It’s not that Stolas “Stops putting in effort”, it’s more he is now trying to pursue a more substantial form of happiness.
the meaning behind flower petals is that Stolas is trying to figure out if Blitz's feelings, it's a "loves me/loves me not" fortune telling, it ended on "loves me not" :(
So my interpretation of Blitzøs reaction is that he really loves Stolas (also if you look at the pictures on Blitzøs phone there's one of him taking a happy selfie with him and Stolas while Stolas is asleep, directly showing his love for him).
The problem is (like you said) that he has a lot of self hate, stemming from complicated roots, like his childhood upbringing as well as traumatic occurrences he blames himself for.
In lulu land and then the dhorks episode Blitzø gets the idea of his true power and how Stolas doesn't need him to protect him. Despite his reaction Blitzø likely got self esteem from being a "protector/savior" (think luni as well) so it's a blow when he finds out it was a sham.
Then in this episode he ends up sending m&m to save Stolas, likely thinking, like the past times, that Stolas doesn't absolutely need help. When he finds out Stolas gets hurt he blames himself for not going and helping.
He sends the message as a sort of Blitzø apology but Stolas inviting him to see him probably scares Blitzø. Not replying or coming to see him comes off as him being an asshole but Blitzø is afraid of hurting Stolas more than he has.
This is, in general, the reason he pushes Stolas (and others) away. He's hurt people he loves in the past, and knows how he is, so he distances himself from loved ones because he sees it as the lesser of two evils. Blitzø is protecting Stolas from Blitzø.
Trying not to spoil anything for you lol but I definitely hope they work out and both get to heal. I seriously love how they handle the psychology in this show and one of the later episodes helped me have an epiphany myself.
Can't wait for your next watch 😁
Now that I think of it, maybe the imp race comes from Wrath, so others asume every imp was born in there, maybe Blitzo was born in Greed since he worked there as a kid and lived there with his family and Fizzarolli
I want to know Striker’s background so much. I need to know exactly what happened to him in order to bring him to this point.
For real, i would love to know more about him. If there was ever a spinoff about one of the characters, i would have it about Striker, cause i want to know about the reasons why he have sooo much hate toward royals. And also, the spinoff would probably have cool action fighting scene.
So a big thing to remember, Blitzø is COMPLETELY self taught through context clues on reading and writing, and even with speech he only knew what his father taught him… and lets just say he knew little and taught less. Blitzø likely understands less than half of what is written in those msgs, and with his lack of ability to share and his false understanding that this is an entirely hookup related thing… well… the msgs sadly make sense
And when i say self taught, i mean taught based off of the billboards and advertisements that he saw around the circus. He had no books, no starting point, and most of those items he learned from were badly spelled as well. Honestly the fact he can do the horse storyboarding is a miracle
EXACTLY. God, I hope Blitz gets his character development soon. A relationship doesn't work if only one person is fighting for it
Im pretty sure if you count the petals its a; He loves me, he loves me not; kinds thing.
Its either an amazing detail or a fun take on the scene.
27:24 it hits harder seeing how that is one of the only instances where blitzø texted first if not the first
From this episode on it’s worth having the captions on. They were auto generated before now and from here they are written by the show. 100% worth watching with them on.
“Blessed rope” is the same as Angelic weapons lol it’s made from the same thing
just as i leave the house. my god😭
What makes the “he can get *hurt* ?” Line so much more painful is that It makes sense that Bliztø wouldn’t think Stolas can get hurt if he “handles him rougher than that in bed” and injures him without there being an issue :((
Last time I was this early I was told it happens to a lot of guys.
Man, no matter how many times I see it, it still surprises me how misunderstood & mischaracterized Blitzø is by the fandom.
Stolas' initial texts about Ozzie's are NOT actually very good communication lmao. The moment Blitzø questions why he would want to talk about it (which is kinda valid bc Blitzø thinks Stolas only likes him as an "impish little plaything" so why would he want to talk about it?) Stolas just completely backtracks and tries to people-please rather than be direct about his own wants or needs. In doing so, Stolas ends up making light of the incident at Ozzie's which is something that deeply hurt both of them.
Over the course of s2 and these text messages, Stolas' communication DOES start to get better. BUT, you are right that Blitzø own self-hatred is playing a big part here in them not being to communicate with each other properly. Unless Stolas is DIRECT AS POSSIBLE, Blitzø likely will not take any of his beating around the bush or subtleties as anything other than Stolas not wanting to see him and being too polite to say, "fuck off."
Now, this isn't to say I don't think Blitzø hasn't made mistakes or has flaws because obviously he has and does. What I AM saying is that Blitzø is a character that often gets very misunderstood by the fandom. He has his own trauma responses that he has lived with for years. And they clash HORRIBLY with Stolas' own trauma responses.
And trust me, I say this as someone who responds the same way as Stolas does. I react, speak, and text exactly like him when I get upset, am trying to avoid conflict, or am struggling to express myself. But I also know that overexplaining, minimizing, and beating around the bush isn't very helpful or direct. Especially if it's with someone like Blitzø who is half illiterate, probably doesn't like to read paragraphs of text, and has such a self-loathing issue that anything other than direct confirmation that he's wanted will be interpreted as negative.
Obviously Blitzø has plenty of character growth and work to do too so he can start fixing these aforementioned issues, but I honestly think he's done most of the healing that he can do by himself. He's been alone (besides Loona & M&M which he kinda keeps at arm's length) for YEARS now. He can't get any farther by himself.
What Blitzø needs is a support system. To let people IN and start allowing them to be there for him when he needs it. And that can include Stolas and a relationship together too! Yes, a relationship can't "fix someone" and Stolas should not be "responsible" for "fixing" Blitzø, but Stolas being his bf & part of his support system does not have to mean that.
In conclusion, I will defend Blitzø AND Stolas to the death, but this fandom continually misunderstands & mischaracterizes Blitzø without even trying to look at things from his perspective.
This is the episode where we really start to see Blitz’s genuine care for Stolas clash with his own self loathing and doubts. I really hope we see something more develop between them.
It's an incredibly tiny thing, but I love the unspoken implication of nepotism in the hospital. That hybrid bapho/envian is the same saturated My Little Pony pink as Doctor Soma, the pure bapho doc. Seems she's probably his daughter or granddaughter depending on how old he actually is. Either he or his kid got with an envian. And being a doctor could get an unqualified family member a decent job.
Something I thought about was that Stolas and Blitz have a very...unique experience in the bedroom. All that talk about bear traps and using sharp objects made me think that Stolas enjoys feeling what pain he can since it's so difficult for a Goetia to experience it. Because of that, Blitz has spent all this time using regular-ass bear traps and knives and whatnot and seeing Stolas 'act' in pain but then get up like it was nothing.
Of course the prince couldn't get hurt! Blitz hurting him is normal, and Stolas has never cracked before!
I think Blitz has never considered that even though the toys they use in bed can't hurt Stolas, other things can bring him pain, like blessed rope and angelic weapons, and Blitz himself.
"well i wanna die now" LMAO!! this episode was so good. I love your reactions to these!
I frigging love the part of the fight where Millie is in a sword lock with Striker and Moxxie shoots her blade to push Striker back.
ENJOY THE VID EVERYONE !!1!!1
The bleeped words are "C U Next Tuesday", and from this episode on, there are legitimate captions, with secret hidden jokes, as well as seeing the previously quoted text over the bleeps.
btw Loona does not speak in this episode because her VA was not working at the time due to very unfortunate circumstances (her husband died and she was mourning)
That has been heart-rending. The whole fandom feels for her.
Pretty sure this is said to be untrue
Something hard to notice on first watch is, that if Stella hadn't called off Striker, Stolas would be dead because M&M were late.
The end scene with the flower is like this "He loves me, he doesn't" thing. Every time some hope starts to come up in Stolas, the flower dropps a leaf, same thing when Stolas gets disappointed by that hope fading away again.
Blitz is from the lust ring that's where he met verosika and also his mark on his forehead that only people from his circus have also his inappropriate behavior
oh my god I was literally checking your channel 30 min ago cause I was looking forward to the next reaction, YAY I'M SO EXCITED
I really enjoy that they brought back the annoying child from the pilot. I'd never mistake that voice.
Striker is LITERALLY “Rattlesnake Jake’s brother” from Rango.😂😂😂😂😂😂
8:53 BrUhH. Striker’s response to the “little mariachi fanboys” is great. Just the sheer annoyance of them following him around with his own “theme song.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀
*Post-Edits:
12:05 …not Moxxie f^cking up those guys single-handedly while casually getting gas.
🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
ALSO, Blitz’s ENTIRE interaction(s) at the vet --way more funny than it should be. It had me f^cking WHEEZING.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So this episode and the next are the ones that suffer the most from that tonal issue I mentioned in S2ep2 in the sense where I get the idea and concept of what the episode is going for but I think the focus was a little misplaced or the pacing needed A LOT more room to breath
That said, episodes 6 and 7 more than make up for it with how good they are.
It was so strange that striker was this very serious intimidating threat when he was introduced and in this episode he became comedic for some reason like that statue of him with a really long appendage. Again the tone with this episode was all over the place we go from the serious stuff happening with Stolas but immediately cut to comedic side plot. It was so weird and I felt for Stolas. I HATED seeing the way Blitz was texting Stolas like when you see Stolas writing sm and then blitz with his dry ass replies really hit at home bc that’s happened to me so it made me dislike blitz a bit. The animation with the fight between strike and the M&M’s was great. I also loved we got to meet Stela’s brother, I already love him just based off his design and personality.
I get why people have started disliking blitz, but if you really look at his character it makes sense why he texts like that. Being raised in the circus, it is assumed that blitz never got a good education, meaning that he's probably somewhat illiterate. Meanwhile stolas texts in such a sophisticated way that blitz might not know how to respond. On top of that, Blitz is purposefully trying to stay distant from stolas because he has so much self hatred that he thinks he will hurt stolas in the end. At first, I thought the same way and I was totally with stolas, but his texts don't have great communication either. I've learned to look at it form both perspectives tho
I’ve been waiting for this sm
It's so cute Loona has the cone of shame and lollipop
Also if you pay attention to the flowers its, "He loves me, he loves me not."
And of course the last petal falls on, 'He loves me not'
Hell yeah next two episodes are fire cant wait
This season is SO GOOD
7:47 idk if anyone mentioned it, but (correct me if I’m wrong) it looks like Striker was going from Pride to Wrath during the song, and that’s why he descended into the cave (in Pride) and emerged from the well (in Wrath). The sky’s color changed from red to orange, so he wasn’t just popping back up to the surface, he was traveling to a different Ring of Hell.
And Blitzø and Loona were in the Sloth Ring (pink sky) for her shot, in case you were curious
Fun facts! 2 of those little imps in the band were voiced by Joel Perez (Valentino) and Blake Roman (Angel Dust). You could probably guess which one was Blake 😂. The pink goat doctor was voiced by Joel too!
Time with those bear traps really coming in clutch
I love this episode so much, its got so many great moments and overall is just a amazing episode. And honestly, Striker had a point saying like. Oh "not every ring is this nice and big fancy place where life is great" sort of thing. But again he's also kind of contradicting himself by working for a royal. And then at the end with those text messages between Stolas and Blitz made my heart melt. I hadn't even noticed those messages until watching this again with you. Anyways like I was saying I love this episode its so well written and it has some very emotional moments.
The main reason loona is scared of needles is because of her almost aging out at the shelter where blitz adopted her and in most shelters aging out means being uthanized so watching other hellhounds aging out and knowing what happens effectively gave her ptsd of needles
The symbolism behind the flower is the he loves me he loves me not. As he lays there he’s wishing to see blitz and sees that message thinking he may care but then Blitz disappears on him afain
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it yet but the flower petals falling symbolizes the game “He loves me, he loves me not.” The final petal that fell stops at “He loves me not” which means Stolas realizes at that point that Blitzø does not love him.
I love the "really can't say that word" anymore line i think it's a reference to some backlash the pilot got for using it
yessss lets gooooo! this episode hurt a lot and im excited to see your reaction to it
Striker: I remember how easy you are to choke the life out of. 😈
Moxxie, thinking: Striker does give me the same vibes as my father. I wonder if....
Moxxie, out loud: *Harder!*
Striker: 👿
Moxxie: Guess running into Chazz again was good for something. 😏
I havent seen it in comments a whole lot but FUN FACT, Norman Reedus played OG Striker BUT THIS Striker is now played by Ed Bosco AKA OG speaking voice of Pilot Alastor!!
In regards to healthcare taking place on the Sloth ring: Vivziepop’s native Australia and most places with socialized medicine apparently take forever to get any kind of nonemergency treatment. It’s fair, I mean, when you’re getting it for free, or at least I think so, but it’s also a fair criticism.
While what you've said about socialized medicine can be true, Viv is definitely not from Australia. She's from Maryland, USA, of Salvadoran descent, and visited Australia for the first time in 2023.
@@jkhansen414 Wow, I wonder where the Australia thing came from? Like how my brain put that together so I thought it was a fact I knew?
Love how you were not worried too much at all once Stolas got captured. WTH!? 😆 Well, you haven't been in the fandom that long, hyped for this episode. So it makes sense. But still, how do you do it?!
13:37 & 19:29: THERE WE GO! 😆
🌹"He loves me, he loves me not."
If you count the petals falling, it ends on "He loves me not."
This absolutely FUCKS MY HEART UP.
I love how they don’t tell you Blitz is illiterate but they show it. On the billboard at the beginning he uses speech to text, indicating he can’t write. Loona is the one that reads the Grimoire, Blitz doesn’t. You see that he hasn’t had any education while being in the circus and these text just add to the proof that Blitz is illiterate. He responds in short, general message that don’t confirm or deny much. Example; maybe, okay, whatever, etc. There is a good chance that this isn’t because he’s trying to avoid talking to Stolas or because he doesn’t care. It could be because he can’t read Stolas’ texts but is insecure and can’t ask for help. So he just responds in short, generic messages to avoid looking “stupid” (This is what he think of himself. People who have learning disabilities or didn’t have access to education ARE NOT STUPID)
Welcome to one of the best lines in the show, “he can get hurt?” Is such a line 🥹
This and episode 6 are the reason why Just Look My Way is such a gut punch...
Her brother is a marquis, meaning he is royalty but lower than Stolas a prince. He also has a knack for astronomy so he could do Stolas' job if anything happened to him and Octavia