Yes, the hints at Stella and Via having a real bond are there. And yes, they could actually mean something.
r/HelluvaBoss - Yes, the hints at Stella and Via having a real bond are there. And yes, they could actually mean something.
First off I'm going to give a list of hints that tell that Stella MIGHT, not definitely does, MIGHT, actually care about or love Via to some extent.
After her nightmare at the start of "Loo Loo Land" Via called out for both Stolas AND Stella. Meaning that Via thought that Stella could come to comfort her. She is way past the age by this point that she would think calling Stella would work if Stella had never shown up before.
Via had also called out for them in a way that she would have to call out for Stella first. "Mummy, Daddy" flows better then "Daddy, Mummy" But she could of just easily gone "Daddy! Mummy!" Which also flows well because of the hard stop and also implies that Stella was more of an afterthought or a last ditch effort, or Via could of just called out for Stolas.
Stolas also notably tries to get Stella out of bed and that ALSO implies that Stella has gotten up before. There really is no reason for Stolas to bother if Via's this old and Stella hasn't gotten out of bed for her once.
Stella actually went places with Via in person. This is notably because the other bad Goetia parent Paimon wouldn't even take Stolas to the circus in person. He basically just did it by magical zoom call. Stella however DID go to Loo Loo Land in person with Via. And no matter how you look at that on the surface doing something like that is out of character for Stella.
Stella notably doesn't seem to hate Via. If she did when Andrealphus told her that everything Stolas had would go to Via knowing her she normally would be angry at the idea of it. But she didn't care.
Via doesn't hate Stella. Clearly, after all if she did she'd probably be less concerned about how this whole cheating thing affected Stella.
In almost every photo that Stella was in during I will be okay Stella either looked annoyed or had a clearly fake smile. All except for one, one of the photos shows Via with both Stolas and Stella and not only does Stella's smile look more genuine but this is also the only one that has Stella physically touching Via. As a side note, this is the only picture we haven't to my knowledge seen a full, unobscured look at. This is usually done in story telling to hide a secret.
Stella only insults or speaks ill of Via when Stolas is around. Implying that the main reason she does that isn't because she truly means that, but because she knows it will bother him. This also goes for when she does things to hurt Via. It all immediately goes back to hurting Stolas.
Via trusts Stellas judgment. In Mastermind Stella stops Via from trying to get to Stolas. Via notably stops after Stella does this. Via understands that the implication of Stella behavior despite not saying anything is "theres nothing that can be done" and Via believes her. If Stella didn't at least try to come off like she cares about her the very least Via probably would of pushed Stella off but she trusts Stellas judgment so she gives up.
Stella would pick Via's word over Andrealphus's word. When Via points out that Andrealphus losing to I.M.P would be a bad look for him he immediately backs down. This would only work this way if both Via and Andrealphus both knew that Stella would choose Via's word over Andrealphus's.
Stolas behavior in Mastermind comes off as far more reasonable if you consider that he's aware that Stella would protect Via and not hurt her.
Stella is a vicious social climber, and yet Via not only isn't already matched up with someone but doesn't seem to be aware of arranged marriages at all. This could imply that neither parent has talked to her about it because they BOTH just don’t want it to happen.
Before I continue, I'm giving an example on how this show has ALREADY shown us that it can hint that there was more to a character then was initially shown.
A LOT of people seem to be under the impression that Ozzie and Fizz were set up as villians or antagonists, and that they were wasn't any clue to how they actually were. Some people even swear that Ozzie and Fizz's personalities were changed so the story "can have even more wholesome yaoi" or something to that effect.
No. Absolutely incorrect. There were MANY hints that there was more to Ozzie and Fizz then the jerks that they looked like they were on the surface in "Ozzie’s".
Ozzie in particular was pretty nice to Moxxie all things considered. He was a bit ... forward in his methods ... but he was basically was telling moxxie that the song he was singing wasn't the vibe the club was going for and encouraged Moxxie to sing something more appropriate. It's only after Moxxie refused to play along that he started insulting him.
Truth Seekers implied that whatever Blitz did to Verosika and Fizz, as the fake Verosika eloquently put it, was because he decided to "shove away anyone who gets too close until they resent (him) for being a selfish, shitty, shit fuck!"
Unhappy Campers backs this up by making it clear that whatever caused Blitz and Barbs relationship to implode was his fault so that solidified that this was a pattern.
Ozzie and Fizz were clearly just... not saying what they really felt. There's no way that they hate lovey dovey stuff if they snuggled for a split second.
Saying that Stolas was following the spirit of lust while being the embodiment of lust reeeeaaallly sounds more like a compliment then a flat out insult.
When Ozzie went to stolas he nuzzled him. Which implied he was just being friendly in his own way.
Stolas texted Blitz that Ozzie is just kinda like that and that was Ozzie’s sense of humor is like, and he didn't intend to be super insulting.
There is more but I think I've made my point. The most obvious conclusion you could come to about what Ozzie and Fizz were like is that they were dicks. While it's only hinted but not flat out stated that they were actually good people. Not only that but some of these hints could also very easily imply that they were just jerks. The nuzzle for example could of been condescending, but since Stolas and Ozzie clearly know eachother well enough that Stolas thought Ozzie would give him a crystal and Ozzie both knows exactly what Via and Stella look like AND even has a nickname for Stolas we can easily see now that the nuzzle WAS just Ozzie being affectionate.
Going back to Stella, all of the things I've listened that hint that Stella might care for Via are just as subtle as the one's that imply that Ozzie and Fizz are more then just jerks. They're all easily things that could be missed completely.
Just because something is subtle doesn't mean it means nothing. All of the things I've listed for Stella could mean nothing, but it could also be showing us that there is a genuine bond between Via and Stella. They're important to keep in mind.
