I'm sorry, my sweet owl boy...
Honestly, it’s so painful to watch what the script has turned Stolas into in all the recent episodes, starting around episode 2 of season 2.
He used to be an independent, well-developed character. We were shown different sides of him—he was gentle, kind, caring (also perverted, but that’s just part of Helluvaverse’s charm...). But when the people he cared about were in danger, he became stern, serious, determined, and even a little dangerous.
But gradually, they started turning him into a whiny, self-absorbed mess drowning in self-reflection and monologues. He was rewritten to fit this damn romance with Blitzo, who’s now supposed to "save him like a knight in shining armor." And maybe this could have worked if not for the events of Ozzie’s, which showed Blitzo as a complete asshole who used someone who genuinely loved him for his own disgusting purposes (fandom, I’m about to open your eyes—stalking people is fucking gross), publicly humiliated him, and never even apologized.
I don’t care if it happened off-screen, because otherwise, it’s bullshit. What happened at Ozzie’s wasn’t just some minor misunderstanding—it needed to be addressed. If you want a pairing to feel real, you have to show that they actually worked through their issues, talked about it. Maybe even show some distance from Stolas at first. Instead, in Seeing Stars, we got... NOTHING! Stolas completely ignored his daughter and flirted with Blitzo instead. Fantastic!
As a result, we now have a character who is the complete opposite of who he used to be...
Honestly, it would have been better if Stolas had remained a single father. Or, if they had to give him a romantic partner, they could have gone with Vassago.
P.S. - Apologies if this sounds a little disjointed, I wrote it in a slightly sleepy state. Hope I got my point across. <3