But seriously look at this foreshadow she wrote:
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But seriously look at this foreshadow she wrote:
What are they, who made them there so weird. Were they made by Satan
(mostly belohagor and Leviathan since we alr knew what the other 3 looked like)
Give a reason you suck speech to these two:Stella and Andrealphus?
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I watched Mastermind yesterday (a little late, but details) and, since all the Deadly Sins appeared in full in this episode, I had an idea.
Doing some research, I discovered that in the first Christian classification of the deadly sins, the sins were a little different than the "modern" ones. They were originally:
Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Wrath, Sadness, Sloth, Vainglory and Pride.
Later, Sadness and Vainglory were merged with Sloth and Pride respectively, while Envy was added later, giving rise to the list we know today.
With that out of the way, let's get to the point: how would you imagine the Deadly Sins of Sadness and Vainglory?
I've been trying to imagine a design for them all day, but I couldn't find almost anything. Also, as far as I can tell, unlike the "modern" Deadly Sins, there are no demons associated with these two vices (I'm not very good at research, so maybe I missed something), which makes it even more complicated.
I searched online to see if anyone had a similar idea to mine, but I couldn't find anything.
Do you have any suggestions
or ideas?
The only information Stolas gets about the court case, before charging in to save Blitzo, is that Blitzo is going to be beheaded. Nothing on the TV gives him any information as to what crimes Blitzo has been found guilty of. Whilst Stolas could make an educated guess that it is for using the grimoire, he doesn't know that for 100%. After all 1) Blitzo has been legally accessing the mortal realm for a while now using the Asmodean crystal during which time the grimoire has remained in Stolas' possession and 2) this is Blitzo; I'm sure there is a list a mile long of illegal stuff he has done.
Stolas charging in and declaring himself the mastermind of some great plan could have easily backfired, as Satan could have just as well responded with "thanks for confessing to your own crimes, but the imp has also been found guilty of hiring an assassin to kill you, so calmly wait there in chains whilst we execute the imp for that crime" and before Stolas can protest Blitzo has been executed and Stolas still gets his own powers and status removed. Just because Stolas is supposedly the mastermind behind some great plan, doesn't mean the court wouldn't believe Blitzo might still want to kill him in order to not have to be Stolas' pawn anymore.
However, had Stolas just taken the time to ask Satan what crimes Blitzo had been found guilty of, he would have been able to defend Blitzo and still kept his own status. The first thing Stolas does upon arriving at the courtroom is stop the executioner's axe, so whilst Blitzo is still in danger, it isn't immediate danger, so Stolas can take the time to ask the quesion. I mean it wouldn't take any longer than him theatrically declaring he is going to perform a musical number. If Stolas is calm enough to do that, he is calm enough to ask a question to get a bit more information on the situation.
After hearing the crimes Blitzo is guilty off Stolas could have easily defended him in the following ways:
Bringing harm to a Goetic prince - Stolas is well aware Stella is the one who tried to have him killed, as Striker admitted to such in Western Energy. Stolas just tells the court Blitzo didn't try to kill him, it was Stella who hired Striker and that it was actually Blitzo and his team who saved him from being assassinated on two separate occasions. If Andrealphus then tries to protest, Stolas could just point out that he is the brother of the woman who tried to have him killed, so isn't exactly a reliable source of information.
Stealing a Goetia’s grimoire for illegal use - Stolas just denies this claim and states the grimoire has always been in his possession. The court doesn't have any evidence to the contrary and the only accusation that Blitzo has been using the grimoire comes from the brother of the woman who has tried to have Stolas killed; again not a very reliable source of information. Yes, Stolas would be lying, but it would be no more risky than Stolas claiming to be some mastermind scheming against Hell's Elite, and given how much Satan and most of the other people at the court just want to get the trial over with, so they can have lunch, I doubt anyone is going to protest Stolas' claim.
Accessing the mortal coil without clearance or procedure - Stolas is honest and tells the court that he petitioned Asmodeus to allow Blitzo to use the crystal for his business and Asmodeus agreed. We know Blitzo using the crystal isn't illegal, as Stolas states in Full Moon that Blitzo willl be able to use it without breaking demon law.
If Satan still wanted to punish someone for entertainment purposes, he could just either punish Andrealphus for wasting the court's time, Striker for lying (I doubt Satan would care about the whole immunity deal), or he could have Stella summoned to the courtroom and punish her for attempting to have her ex-husband killed.
I still love the episode; it just disappoints me that the only way the writers could think to bring Stolas down to the same societal level as Blitzo, is to temporarily dumb down Stolas in that moment. For all Stolas' flaws, he has been shown to be very intelligent, have at least a solid understanding of the laws of Hell, and for the most part able to remain calm when required to in stressful situations. However, he doesn't show these traits in Mastermind.
Okay, I went to try to find some good things to make theories about and I found this interisting topic: the positions the Sins were placed during Blitz's trial. It would appear that those seats were actually permanent ones for them and not picked at random. Most likely, those seats have a meaning behind them.
At the very top, we have, of course, Lucifer's throne, representing his position as the top dog of all of Hell. He is the undeniable king of Hell, so he is placed above everyone. And, at the very bottom, we have Satan's. Sure, it's unknown if that has been Satan's seat since the beginning or if he just created that throne so he could act as judge and prove himself to be the biggest authority in Hell (like he loves to state now that Lucifer is absent). However, it's interesting that it is placed exactly opposit to Lucifer's, if we consider what appears to be the relationship of the two. It would appear that Satan really seems to be very jealous of Lucifer and this could have created a certain rivalry between the two (if it is one-sided, we need more info), but one can say that the two seem to have opposing personalities.
Now, the other five Sins' positions can also be interpreted in many ways. I have been watching videos about this and I concluded there are two ways to interpret it. The first one could be mirroring the position of each sin with their relationship with Lucifer. For example, Asmodeus and Beelzebub are the ones that are the closest to the throne, implying they would be the ones to be the closest to Lucifer, something that was hinted during Satan's part in the song "Mastermind". Meanwhile, Mammon is the one located the furtherst from the throne (if you don't count Satan), implying that Lucifer doesn't like him very much, what is not surprising if we consider Mammon's extremely selfish and unpleasant behavior, combined with his habit of using his fellow Sins to profit, like using Asmodeus' factory to make his robots or make his own version of Lucifer's theme park.
Another way to see their seating positions has to do with the rings themselves. Not their physical positions related to one another, but rather the way their inhabitants live there. The Pride Ring is the capital of all of Hell, being not only where Lucifer (the king) lives, but also the homeplace to the goetic demons (or most of them). Inclusive, many imps have moved there in search of a much better quality of life.
Now, if we take notice to the Lust, Gluttony and Sloth rings, we get to see that they are actually quite pleasant to the eye: the first one being a city with neon lights and constant rain, the second one being a jungle and the third one with its very clean look, floating islands and waterfalls. Meanwhile, the Greed Ring is very much polluted and full of crimes due to its inhabitants revelling on their greed. And then we have the Wrath Ring that possesses a very hostile environment and is inhabited by imps that act as the working-class that farm the food that feeds all the other rings.
That being said, it's possible to conclude that the Sins' respective seats during the trial were not done so randomly...
The colours is the pan flag!!!!!!
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I'm so excited it seems like a fun episode
Is Stolas disappointed that he didn't get executed? Hear me out.
During the "Mastermind" sing he sings:
"I am the mastermind, the master of my fate!"
It occurred to me this could be significant to his motivations, and the impact this has on him. Stolas's life has been defined by him not being able to chose who he is and what he can do, with Blitzø being a symbol to him of the kind of personal freedom that has been denied him. Seemingly because of Blitzø, Stolas has recently been stirred to exercise more agency in his life, such as divorcing his wife. And I think that desire to master his fate might be part of what drove him to do this.
It might be that to Stolas, giving up his life, and taking away from the hierarchy of Hell the service of the role he had been forced to play, this could be intended as an act of rebellion. A way of exercising agency so radical it will cost him his life, against all rules and expectations.
And so I suspect that aside from the humiliation, the loss of social power, wealth, and access to his daughter, what broke Stolas at the end of the episode is that his act of rebellion was invalidated. When he tried to give his own life to break some aspect of the system, he found the system did not even consider his life his to give. The hierarchy would not even let him die in defiance of it, rather, it simply re-asserted control over him, and took what it wanted from him.
I suspect he feels he was unable to escape being a cog in the machine, he is now seen as a broken cog, to be replaced, but still a cog. He thought he had finally become the master of his fate, but his fate remains the plaything of others.
I’ve seen different comments on here, as well as in the comment sections of some YouTube videos, regarding whether or not Ozzie could have done more to help Blitzo, with some people saying he could, but didin’t and others saying he couldn’t because it would get himself and potentially Fizzarolli in trouble.
After thinking through both sides, I reckon Ozzie could have defended Blitzo more, without ever implicating himself or Fizz in anything illegal. I decided to give my reasoning below to see whether or not others agree with it.
The case is being tried on a “he says, she says” basis, as Andrealphus provides zero evidence and only one witness, who is an unreliable witness as he has been bribed by Andrealphus to give the testimony Andrealphus wants him to give in return for immunity. At no point does Satan request any evidence, as all he and most of the court cares about is getting the trial over with quickly, so that they can have lunch.
As the case is being tried on a “he says, she says” basis, the deciding factor that the court considers, when making their judgement, is the class status of the individuals, who are telling their side of the story. Andrealphus is an Ars Goetian Marquis, Blitzo is an imp. Ars Goetian Marquis trumps imp, therefore in the eyes of the court anything Andrealphus says must be fact and anything Blitzo says must be a lie.
Ozzie is a Deady Sin and an Ars Goetian King. Deadly Sin / Ars Goetian King trumps Ars Goetian Marquis. Therefore, based on how the court has acted previously, any story Ozzie tells will be seen as truer than any story Andrealphus tells because Ozzie is the person of greater class status.
The crimes Blitzo is found guilty of are:
Stealing a Goetia’s grimoire for illegal use.
Bringing harm to a Goetic prince.
Accessing the mortal coil without clearance or procedure.
Ozzie could have defended Blitzo against all these crimes without ever implicating himself or Fizzarolli
First, I’ll start with the second crime, “Bringing harm to a Goetic prince”. In this instant all Ozzie would need to say is that he recently spoke with Stolas and, based on the conversation they had, he knows that Stolas has feelings for Blitzo that are his is own and that Blitzo has never harmed or forced Stolas to do anything against his will. Ozzie would never need to mention the grimoire for this defence, as it is irrelevant to the question of whether or not Blitzo brought harm to a Goetic prince. Ozzie could also mention that he knows from Fizzarolli, who probably told Ozzie all about what happened to him during Oops and has probably talked about Blitzo since he rekindled his friendship with him, that Blitzo almost certainly has feelings for Stolas too, so is unlikely to want to see him dead.
Whilst an upper class demon being in a relationship with a lower class demon is frowned upon in Hell, it isn’t illegal, as shown by the fact Ozzie and Bee are publicly in relationships with Fizzarolli and Vortex respectively and no one within those relationships has ever faced legal consequences. Therefore, whilst members of the Court may not like the idea of Blitzo and Stolas sleeping together, they wouldn’t be able to use the law to punish Blitzo for it.
Next, I’ll explain how Ozzie could have defended Blitzo against the accusation of “Accessing the mortal coil without clearance or procedure”. In this instance, all Ozzie has to say is that Stolas petitioned for Blitzo to be given an Asmodean crystal and after careful consideration he decided to grant the request, so Blitzo is actually accessing the mortal realm through completely legal means. Ozzie could also add that because Blitzo is using an Asmodean crystal, he falls under Ozzie’s jurisdiction and should Ozzie ever feel that Blitzo is abusing his rights to use the crystal, Ozzie will ensure he is dealt with. Again, Ozzie never need reference Blitzo previously using the Grimoire to gain access because in the episode Oops all Stolas told Ozzie is that he has feelings for Blitzo, that Blitzo has a business that requires travelling to the mortal realm, and that Stolas hopes Ozzie would be willing to give Blitzo an Asmodean crystal so that he can run his business. As Ozzie was never told about Blitzo using the Grimoire, he probably has no knowledge that Blitzo was previously getting to the mortal realm that way. Therefore, Ozzie can’t get in trouble for something he has no knowledge of happening.
Ozzie giving Blitzo an Asmodean crystal and Blitzo using it to accessing the mortal realm isn’t illegal. We know this because 1) the reason Ozzie gives for initially not giving Blitzo a crystal, isn’t that it would be illegal, but is simply that Fizzarolli hates Blitzo and 2) in Full Moon Stolas states the following when talking to Blitzo:
“This is an Asmodean crystal. It’s registered in your name. Asmodeus has his demons legally travel to Earth for work all the time. I made the case for you to own one. You will technically be under his jurisdiction, but you will be able to go anywhere you want in the human realm without fear of consequence. Without breaking demon law.”
Finally, the last accusation of “Stealing a grimoire for illegal use”. In this instance all Ozzie would need to do is ask the following question to the court “if Blitzo has the Asmodean crystal, why would he bother stealing the grimoire?” and suggest the court check with Stolas as to whether or not Stolas has the book. After all, if Blitzo stole the book then it should no longer be in Stolas’ possession. Ozzie could even offer to portal to Stolas himself to check, as it would only take a few minutes of the court’s time and Andrealphus wouldn’t need to worry about Stolas “facing his aggressor”, as there would be no need to actually bring Stolas to the courtroom, Ozzie can just get the grimoire from him, if he has it, to show to the court and then return it to Stolas after the trial.
Again, Ozzie wouldn’t risk getting himself in trouble because he isn’t stating he knows for a fact Blitzo didn’t steal or use the grimoire. He is merely asking the court a reasonable question and making a suggestion on how they can confirm whether or not Blitzo is guilty.
Based on the ruthless image Andrealphus has painted to the court of Blitzo and the poor, defenceless, victimised image he has painted of Stolas, it would be difficult for Andrealphus to argue against Ozzie’s reasoning and suggestion. Andrealphus couldn’t argue Blitzo gave the grimoire back to Stolas because, if Blitzo is so ruthless and Stolas so victimized, why would Blitzo return it. Andrealphus’ only options would be to either 1) change his story to claim Stolas actually gave Blitzo the book and then got it back from him or 2) go along with Ozzie’s suggestion.
If he went with option 1, Andrealphus would effectively be admitting to the court that he previously lied making anything he says after that be deemed unreliable testimony. If he went with option 2, Ozzie would just go to Stolas, get the grimoire, and show it to the court as proof Blitzo doesn’t have it.
In summary, Ozzie stood an extremely high chance of getting Blitzo cleared of all charges had he just spoken up more and actually told the court what he knew to be true.
Stolas: Promises to never leave his daughter for Blitzø.
Also Stolas: Chooses letting his daughter live with his death over himself having to live with the death of his ex Blitzø.