whats everyones thoughts on the full moon episode? (spoilers)

while i am very fond of stolitz!!

they were both set up for failure from the start. their personality & communicative types differ so drastically from one another. the two have a power dynamic that stolas refuses to see, even after it's been pointed out. (stolas was the one who set the terms & conditions of their entire transational relationship for one, to which blitz was put in a position to which he couldn't really protest. imps are thought of so poorly and blitz is only slightly thought of as better than other imps due to his business which would be completely in shambles if he had said no to stolas's deal. blitz was put in a spot where he could potentially lose everything and stolas would be maybe a little lonely but overall fine.) blitz is incredibly insecure to the point where he whole heartedly believes that stolas is fucking with him. when blitz communicates this (rather poorly may i say) stolas takes this as rejection due to his vulnerability in this situation, then immediately upsetting him which further upsets blitz. 

both of them are too upset to the point where they cannot place themselves into the other's shoes. neither of them have experiences showing them how to properly communicate.

this is not to say that neither character cares for the other. when stolas gifts blitz, he say's how blitz no longer has any inclination to stay but he would like if he did. instead of blitz immediately taking the gift and leaving, he immediately questions if he did something wrong, saying that he could do better. he did not want to leave, he just wasn't sure how to communicate with him. neither was able to see the care the other had for them in the moment. it also clearly didn't help that this conversation was had on a day when stolas no longer had any of his medication left to take. stolas should have held the conversation off until he was going to have a supply to keep him more stable. 

both characters are in the wrong here and hopefully with the next episode this month, both will better communicate after having time to acknowledge their wrongs.

(if u want any form of media on this episode, i have a bunch that i think are really worth engaging in and all have interesting perspectives)

(sorry in advance, i can spend forever going on & on about this topic)

but also u can see even before episode 8 was released, that this was bound to happen at some point.

stolas is incredibly ignorant point blank. there had been multiple situations in which blitz had expressed discomfort in being put in situations (being called demeaning names, being flirted with while he was working, etc) but once again due to this power dynamic, blitz was unable to call things off properly. stolas gets too wrapped up in his emotions, that he is unable to see where others are coming from which is especially a problem with his & via's relationship but that's a whole other thing. 

and while yes at multiple points throughout the show stolas attempts to communicate with blitz and blitz pushes him away, it's understandable why he does so. sarcastic chorus (on youtube) explains this a lot better and more in depth than me but take their time at ozzie's for example, when stolas got put on the spot, he hid his face with the menu in an attempt to hide himself. he doesn't defend himself OR blitz when once again blitz is viewed by others as less than. since blitz is so self-hating, he takes the image of stolas hiding himself and not defending blitz as a sign that there was something wrong with him and so from then on, he doesn't indulge himself any further into a potential relationship blossoming. both in full moon & ozzie's, one character pushes the other away (at ozzie's it being blitz who pushes stolas away and in full moon it being the opposite) in blitz's eyes, any chance they had was destroyed at ozzie's, being one of the reason's that he feels so much was put onto him in the most recent episode. 

and again, obviously they only even went to ozzie's together because blitz wanted to essentially stalk m&m. BUT again the whole premise of their relationship was favors for favors, so essentially it tracks. even if morally wrong (but what in their relationship isn't)

even leading up to the confrontation at the end of full moon, stolas never once warns blitz of the conversation that was going to be had. he gave blitz zero chance to warm up for this. everything was sprung at him at once. if you look bad at the text conversations that they have had. they were so little due to stolas always giving blitz a way to back out. always saying that he doesn't HAVE to come. stolas has too little confidence in himself and almost has a fear of conflict, making an attempt but never outright saying that "we are going to do this. this is going to happen". and while the point can be brought up that it in itself is an issue that blitz never makes much of an attempt, they weren't dating. blitz didn't owe stolas commitment because it was never outright said that what they had was anything more than a deal of one thing for another. 

ozzie's had made stolas realize what he did wrong and the power imbalance BUT he hadn't changed his behaviors. stolas decided when blitz gave his answer (even when clearly he didnt have an answer read), he decided when the night had ended, he decided that the night of the new moon was even going to be something deeper than sex. blitz didnt have any chance to decide anything here. 

with gifting blitz the crystal, stolas had meant for it to be a grand romantic gesture. but in doing so, he throws blitz for an emotional ride. he takes his time getting to his actual point, which plays with blitz's emotion & sends him into a state of panic since in his mind, his whole life is at stake. stolas was rushed with this act, which was one of the leading problems. he wouldn't have panicked blitz if he had let blitz hold onto the book until he had finished with what he was trying to get across. 

touching back on stolas's fear of conflict, when the night actually starts to escalate into an actual conversation (blitz asking if he was serious) he walks out of the room, avoiding the conversation that needed to be had. while stolas beginning to yell was a LOT, you can't really get mad at him? it's understandable. he had ZERO time to think before stolas started to immediately take the situation as rejection.