"Stella Did Nothing Wrong"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ส.ค. 2022
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Stella is like if the rich girl archetype never got redeemed and in fact, got worse. Fits the setting of Helluva Boss.
I wanna note: the reason a lot of people think she might've been physically abusive in the past was that not only did she resort to it very quickly, but she was surprised when Stolas caught her hand, like she's done it before and he just sat there and took it. But even still, it is just one scene, that maybe is being read too far into....Though throwing the imp does also point to physical abuse. Usually throwing things (let alone people) at your partner is a precursor to hitting them, but that is just a thought that I literally JUST NOW had. So uh. I'll not write further on it.
I'm just glad they aren't pulling an MCU like you mentioned. As a woman, I'm sick of the modern overcorrective culture of "all women are infallible and any perceived moment of weakness is purely the fault of a man causing her greater suffering". If they have to make her a 2d punching bag to give us "evil lady" representation, so be it. It's not even unrealistic; some people are just assholes. They're bad people, they don't have some tragic backstory to justify every future wrongdoing and crime against humanity, and they don't care about personal growth or changing for the better. Are all people like this? No, absolutely not. That's a gross over-generalization. But so is claiming that any bad action can and should be forgiven. Sometimes life isn't nuanced- sometimes there's a good guy and a bad guy, or in this case, a bad guy and a much worse guy. I'd much rather get to see a truly evil person than yet another forced redemption arc.
Stella's voice actor is amazing, I'd personally rather see her as a villian with that beautiful voice acting whenever she's angry (which she almost always is)
I’ve seen a lot of people mad that she wasn’t given a more complex situation/character, but many shows have characters who were meant to be hated, she’s one of them, it’s fun as a character
Sometimes simplicity is better than forced complexity. I'm looking forward to seeing more from Stella and how she handles the divorce, if she ends up being abusive directly to Octavia, and especially those ongoing assassination attempts she put Striker up to.
Although Stella is clearly an awful person, especially after episode 5 and s2e1, I still seem to recall an HB livestream where they briefly mentioned there was more to her. The Circus solidified her as a monster to play into the Stolas story, but I think there's likely more to her character that will come up later. She seems to exhibit the traits of a narcissist, and that kind of personality comes from a place of insecurity that could be explored. She doesn't have to be redeemable or defensible, but she can still have depth. I imagine her relationship with her brother could be interesting if they feed off and enable each other's toxicity. And we still have yet to discover whether she cares about Octavia in any capacity. Maybe there's a soft spot there. Probably not, but who knows.
Tbf, she didn't seem too mad that he CHEATED, it was that he cheated with AN IMP. Honestly if he had picked a higher ranked demon, preferably some other goetia, she might have welcomed it and went to find her own affair. But of course that's not how the dominoes fell.
you're allowed to like Stella BECAUSE she's a terrible person. She doesn't need to be good. It's a show. This is a story. She's serving an important narrative purpose, you can like her for that. I do. She's incredibly entertaining, and I like the way her presence effects the environment every time she's on screen-even when it's just her voice over the phone! She's hugely impactful to the story because of who she is and what she's like.
I really like the: "now it's time to kick back, relax and to read all the comments that clearly never made it past the thumbnail" at the end
For me the reality of Stella was shown with a bright neon sign right from her second line.
I'll be honest: I see Stella as a Jack Horner type villain. Just evil incarnate and proud of it. It's a fun character archetype.
The moment when Stella is insulting stolas at the party may actually show her being somewhat dismissive of Octavia, since she just referred to her as just "an egg." It's also telling how Stella didnt even discuss how octavia would be affected by the divorce at the end.
Even if someone trys to justify stella by saying “he cheated” , the “marriage” was just a high class baby carrier thing.
“We have no proof she was physically abusive”
"We can't tell that Stella is physically abusive to stolas"
As someone who was abused, the grabbing of her hand was absolutely a muscle memory. Also, we need to stop trying to make Stella out to be something she’s not. She’s an abusive pos
The dynamic between Stolas and Stella reminds me so damn much of the novel Rebecca. It is very clear in that work that Rebecca is loved by everyone around her, is the epitome of grace and elegance....and behind the scenes is a fantastically cruel person who abuses and belittles her husband, even using him to save herself being perceived as weak and frail after being diagnosed with cancer (and to inflict one final act of cruelty) by goading her husband into murdering her in rage.
I'm not defending Stella when i say this but, even though she had her quote unquote "reasons" for being pissed off at Stolas and ordering hits on him, if they ever found out it was her behind all of it chances are she probably wouldn't face any punishment for it because not only do they live in Hell but also because Stella comes from a rich family, and as the series has shown even in Hell you can get away with anything as long as you have money,power and a social status.
Stella is certainly crazy but that what makes watching her fun, her VA did so amazing making her sound haughty and arrogant