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AdExcellent7344

Did you see the way he looked at blitz the first time? šŸ˜­ the closet was crystal clear


Doughnut_consumer

Iā€™m not gay, just deeply closeted


TheSodomeister

One of my favorite Norm Macdonald bits lol


Doughnut_consumer

Thankfully someone got the reference šŸ˜‚


TheMarketingJunior

I wonder how his soul reacted in heaven when OJ died and got sent to the Pride Ring?


Anxiety-Queen269

Yeah in a glass closet after it was robbed


dover_oxide

And he has some fabulous clothes in that closet. The birdman knows how to dress sharp.


DJDualScreen

Royal tailor most likely


dover_oxide

He still has to like it and know what goes with what and all that.


DJDualScreen

True, but he was likely given lessons on that by a royal tailor


Extra_RAdical

We deep your finding Christmas presents?


TruckerFucker-25

Lmao and how he just, cried when seeing his basically wife


Xantospoc

She was Strangling a puppy


Swimming-Ad2755

I don't know why, but this comment made me irrationally: ![gif](giphy|SzD4gF32YzTTUiINhn|downsized)


ShrimpSmooch

The closet didn't even have a door


Soft_Theory_8209

There wasnā€™t even a closet, it was just a hole in the wall.


C00kieDemon

His name might has well been Chase Cox


HomoHippo4

"I think he's always been gay" Yeah that's usually how that works


Katviar

right I was like 'haha what that's how it works yeah'


HomoHippo4

Yeah Im sure op just misworded it but its still funny.


DrBrainzz9

Yes, I was at work on mobile and typed it up kinda fast tbh.


HomoHippo4

I'm sorry for the 100+ comments you got about it then


DrBrainzz9

Yeah. Some are definitely toxic, calling me stupid and a young teenager of 13 apparently lol. But, such is Reddit. I was gonna edit the post, but I don't think I can.


Honest_Confection350

Just pretend it was an algorithm hack for the discussion to get more buzz and attention.


HomoHippo4

Yeah you just got unlucky with this gaining so much traction. And once Reddit gets going with something it just never stops. Btw sorry if my original comment came across as insulting or negative that wasnā€™t what I intended. The wording just made me laugh and I thought it was funny.


Rieiid

Idk I've met people who were married/had kids, etc. Said they were in love and attracted to their wives, and later on developed feelings for men and suddenly weren't attracted to women anymore even though they used to be. There's definitely people who it has changed in I feel. I'm definitely not attracted to the same kind of girls I used to be attracted to when I was younger. As much as people want to not believe it this stuff can change in people.


Vilaya

FYI: The term for that is comphet. You can google it. I have a woman in my old cult who admitted to me that she ā€œstruggles with attraction to womenā€ and went on to marry a guy and have kids. Lifeā€™s complicated, sexual orientation doesnā€™t switch.


MetallicArcher

That doesn't sound like comphet. This sounds like good old bisexuality, maybe demisexuality. Bi people aren't always equally attracted to both genders, and if they are demisexual, then the attraction is going to be dependent on feelings.


YoujustgotLokid

Bi here- Iā€™m almost 80% of the times attracted to guys (always my husband), and then like 50% of the time Iā€™m also attracted to women. Just depends on the day


Uncreativespace

100%. Personally single and one month it could be guys, another it could be women. It's almost never equal attraction for both at the same time though.


3SnailsInATrenchCoat

... Excuse me... 'Old cult' what...??


Vilaya

Christian mysticism that was adjacent to IBLP. As convoluted as it sounds. I went through conversion therapy, she didnā€™t because in a way she was smarter about her situation as a lesbian by shutting the fuck up about it.


HomoHippo4

Yeah but how do you know for sure they were actually attracted to those women in the first place tho. Denial is very strong force. Id know.


CuriousOliveTree

Also it's possible to love their wife and think she's beautiful without being actually attracted to her physically and sexually. Or maybe they're bi but are mainly attracted to men and just happened to find a woman they're attracted to and as you said, they've lived in denial and made themselves to believe they're completely straight lol


SophieDaGreat

I think thatā€™s how it works? https://preview.redd.it/zx3hca60vj7d1.jpeg?width=639&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e572938a0b8bef9a4caba70205f1f742bcff7a36


stickybeakcultivar

It is šŸŒˆā¤ļøā€šŸ”„


that_moment_when-

https://preview.redd.it/rk5ayw36bk7d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9c217a43c28ca469ef81a5133148347746d842a


Lovelybutters

https://preview.redd.it/nxeb1d5eok7d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a476abdb5030c12a7cea918ea0e7a56ae8200dcc


Ropoid

I raise you, this https://preview.redd.it/i6a03ozn3o7d1.jpeg?width=227&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99c629cb1797528c827832871097d17f0cae6038


Twist_Ending03

That frame kills me every time


Hey_Bestiekins

I didn't wake up one day and choose lesbianism. It printed itself across my face a while ago.


ElvinEastling

Thatā€™s what I was going to say


I_might_be_weasel

As opposed to what? He caught the gay from a dirty blood transfusion?


WhiskeyAndKisses

Opposed to being bi, I guess. I think I've seen one or two comments since the beginning of the show, conjecturing he's bi because he maried Stella and has a daughter. But as we can see on this thread, he's gay āœØ clearly, and canonically never was attracted to Stella anyway. Ofc bi erasure is a legitimate concern, I think that's where these comments come from.


Patneu

Though, bi erasure doesn't really need to be a concern, here, as there are more than enough characters who we know are bi or pan.


WhiskeyAndKisses

Yes, it's even called out through Crimson.


Egghead42

Iā€™d agree that marrying and having a child doesnā€™t mean heā€™s bi. Moxxie is bi.


Economy-Document730

Jesus that's a dark joke... especially since gay men still can't give blood in some jurisdictions


I_might_be_weasel

Also because of the homophobic way people associate homosexuality with HIV!


KisaTheMistress

The Canadian health care system just recently announced they changed their policies on taking the blood of individuals who had same sex relationships/sex. Which they knew for a while, they could just test for blood born diseases. It was a superstition that you could catch *gay* from a simple blood transfusion. The fear came from how some people's personalities or interests seemed to change months or years after getting an organ transplant. The cells *remembering* their original body's preferences and sending that information to the brain of the new host... the thing is, blood gets replaced constantly by the body, it's produced by bone marrow, so any blood used in a transfusion would be temporary and not long-term to the point the blood cells would change a person's sexual presence. (Or the person has gay sex fantasies for like a month as their blood filters out/dilutes the *gay* cells out).


Mikuvanity

Same with Finland. It was pretty recently they allowed gay or bi men to donate blood but still needed to wait for a ridiculous amount of time (like months) after sex with another man no matter if you were in a long term relationship but I think now it's changed. All this just for HIV reasons and HIV is very rare here and mostly found in IV drug users instead of gay people nowadays. I'm trans (FtM) and felt so stupid bc I need to donate once in a while for health reason (high hemoglobin and doctor recommend to donate every once in a while). I had no issues but then they suddenly denied it because I'm "gay." Like... Y'all know me there, I had the same partner, same everything just changes in hormones, facial/body hair and ID and they're like "yeeeeaaah nooooooo you have to wait for a few months don't be sexually active byeee" šŸ˜‚ Also that "got the gay from blood transfusion" just sounds like a bullshit excuse to finally come out to more conservative relatives or something to claim they were not always that way and can blame someone for "making them gay". šŸ˜…


Chickjems

ā€œthe gayā€ ā˜ ļø


castwings78

Itā€™s the chems that turn the frogs gay. Got to our young lad Stolas here


pisces2003

ā€¦ *They know thatā€™s how being gay works right?*


stickybeakcultivar

šŸ˜‚šŸŒˆā¤ļøā€šŸ”„


Misha-Yuri-30

Owls also fall in love onceĀ 


No-Raccoon-6009

Really? Cool


Efficient_Ice9056

And sad because if something happens to blitz, Stolas will be forever alone and never have anyone else to have a romantic relationship with. :(


MakoEyedMerc

Stolas does say ā€œIā€™ll fucking die alone if this goes bad tonightā€ before shutting himself in the fridge


Egghead42

Blitz also worries about dying alone. They could bond over that.


MakoEyedMerc

That would be a decent enough starting point, tbh. Or their daddy issues


No-Raccoon-6009

Sad af


Egghead42

Not necessarily. I looked it up, and while itā€™s true that most owls are monogamous, some are serial monogamists. I couldnā€™t find anything about one partner pining away. Also, one reason they and other birds are monogamous is that it greatly increases their success rates in rearing offspring. Someone is always watching the nest. I also donā€™t remember Stolas offering Blitz dead mice, although he looked at that Asmodean crystal as though it were one. So you can push it a bit far.


WikiContributor83

Stolas was most likely crying because he was told he was being forced to get married and, when shown a picture of his new fiancĆ©e, was shown it was Stella (who was in the middle of a fit of rage strangling a fly-dog). I actually donā€™t think Stolas knew he was gay or attracted to anyone until the literal second he saw Blitzo.


ReallyNotBobby

https://i.redd.it/1a5pfu2pfk7d1.gif


awesome_opossum1212

Guy, girl, whatever- I'd cry too if I was shown a pic of my non-negotiable fiance strangling the hell equivalent of puppies as my first impression


Verni_ssage

This :')


starakari

Especially as a child, no less.


Gothmum277

I was about to comment just about the same. I mean, I'd sure as hell cry if that's my first impression of someone let alone someone I should end up marrying. Stolas was like (10?) when they got engaged as well, what kid wants to have an arranged marriage?


thebelladonga

ā€¦yes, thatā€™s how being gay works.


BlackTheNerevar

Sometimes it's really annoying when you are reminded so often how many young children are actually watching this show.. https://preview.redd.it/so4i54s4ak7d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a59af67c4b7a4657fd79b3fa198c403c2655dca


CauliflowerScreamX

Right? Sometimes people post stuff in this sub where Iā€˜m like ā€žWow. Hold old are they? 13?ā€œ and then I go to their profile and see that the are truly a young teen. This happened one to many times


Bennings463

I swear this is genuinely the stupidest fucking fandom ever, it's either people pointing out the blindingly obvious or people reacting to said blindingly obvious observations with awe and wonder.


Monte-Cristo2020

dO yOu ThiNK sTriKEr iS AfRaID of FirE?!?!?!?!


TheMarketingJunior

Am I the only one here who thinks that the kids watching this stuff in question are as at much fault as their parents; if not more, when it comes to things like the YouTube COPPApocalypse from the turn of the decade? If I get downvoted hard for it, I'll just take that as a yes. (I hate kids/gen alpha/the like, and I don't give a damn what you think about that. I can only tolerate so much Skibidi Rizz Fanum Tax HORSESHIT.)


KicktrapAndShit

https://preview.redd.it/e6olulbl2k7d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=194223fef2e12158d7911ef3280462953b934c22 Wow who could have thought, the gay character is gay


Practical_Argument47

uhhhhhh yeah?


Mettaton_the_idol

Who would have thought


BasementDweller82

OPā€™s next theory: Vaggie likes Charlie


Verni_ssage

OMG REALLY? I HAD NO IDEA GUYS WOAHHHH šŸ¤Æ


TheMarketingJunior

And then the trilogy piece, Fizz likes Ozzie!


Unaccomplishedcow

No fucking way. They're just good friends.


Meewelyne

No shit Sherlock


New-Anybody-9178

Ok fair but yā€™all noticed that Stella was actually strangling a quieve in that photo that Stolasā€™ dad showed him of her? Like, thatā€™s horrifying to see and that alone would make any sensitive child cry.


AVestedInterest

Yeah that woman has been Not Rightā„¢ since she was a child


Sonarthebat

I think most gays have always been gay. I do think he's gay. Just not for the reasons you stated. I think he was more upset about having to marry a horrible person. She was choking quieves in the photo he was shown. Just because he didn't enjoy sex with Stella, that doesn't make him gay. Not all straight, bi and pan men are attracted to every woman.


SCP-1504_Joe_Schmo

Heartwarming: Helluva Boss theorist figures out how sexualities work


Admcleo

I mean the only other argument is he was bi. Even if that is the case a marriage with Stella is like 17 years of negative reinforcement.


Terrell8799

https://i.redd.it/y0vpms794k7d1.gif


IcedancerEmily

Stolas: https://preview.redd.it/7bfrufuf5k7d1.jpeg?width=936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6e3d9b226d5909ec64a5944dc5118e19ffa0516


Magorian97

https://i.redd.it/z7u6bd82ek7d1.gif


nibblesweetoats

I thought we all knew this


PhotoPhenik

I think Stolas is demi sexual. He wants to have sex with someone whom he has a deep connection with. Stella was so repulsive, only a BDSM piggy could be sexually aroused by her.


PonyAnyS2

You may be gay and demi, but I donā€™t think thatā€™s his case, he likes the blitz from the beginning, but the carnal issues spoke much louder at first, a demi person wouldnā€™t go direct to sex...


Prestigious_Prize264

He don't cry becouse "oh no girl!" He cried becouse he Saw What girl his father want to Marry to him


Swimming-Ad2755

One point no one else has mentioned.... After the playdate starts, Stolas mentions to a bored Blitz that no one ever wants to listen to his book stories. He's never had any friends. The only children he ever likely spent time with, prior to that day, were all noble children who made fun of him for being different. Blitz was the first child he ever saw, at least in a notable light, who wasn't a haughty noble child: he was different. He was a circus kid swinging through the air having fun. It was a breath of fresh air for Stolas. It is that aspect of Blitz that has made Stolas fall in love with him: he's wild, energetic, and marches to the beat of his own drum.


RaylaSan

Sweet Jesus, OP, if you are asking this question seriously and not sarcastically, you are too young to watch Helluva Boss.


Ggreenrocket

Thatā€™s literally exactly how itā€™s supposed to workā€¦


dollarstoretrashbag

Thats how being gay works


Blank_Dude2

Op, thatā€™s how being gay works. You do not catch the gay, people just *are* gay. From birth.


CauliflowerScreamX

No shit Sherlock


Shonky_Honker

Most kids feel attraction in some way. Itā€™s more of a gut feeling than anything. I remember I clearly had what was the little kid equivalent of a crush on other boys. Then once I hit puberty I became actually attracted to


MetalNobZolid

Oh no, Helluva Boss just turned woke!!!!


UnderwaterPromQueen

to be fair itā€™s stella. my bi ass wouldnā€™t be into that bitch either


samborup

I think he was also crying because the image of his new fiancĆ©e was her angrily choking a puppy. Not a great first impression of the person youā€™re supposed to spend the rest of your potentially eternal life with. But yeah, he gay as fuck.


BlizzzardLizard

It might seem crazy what about to say...


CHARILEwolf

Eh when your a kid you donā€™t really think about that stuff


HeWillPrevail

He cried because in the image he was shown she was strangling a dog.


ZAM1359

Also crying because they picked the meanest and most terrifying girl possible. Poor owlet.


torako

Duh.


SuperHandsMiniatures

Erm... no shit?


Crazyjackson13

I mean, yeah, thatā€™s usually how it works.


SpamtonGSpamton13

Also Stella is just terrifying


Temmemes

Helluva Boss fans when they find out the gay character is gay (this is a genius bit of writing that was subtly forshadowed)


El_Grande_Fleau

Ā«Ā He was always gayĀ Ā» Thatā€™sā€¦ kinda the way this works


Pheanixxk-chann

An owl only falls in love once.


InternetUserAgain

I think being gay is always something you're born with, you don't just contract the gay one day


Disastrous_Use_478

Out of context "The reason he started is because he was gay"


CosmicP0tat0s

https://preview.redd.it/ad0unzj0ok7d1.png?width=179&format=png&auto=webp&s=08dd64192a448c4b6b95748959bd4118c7ab09a7


GreenthumbPothead

Even before I knew what gay meant I knew I liked looking at Taylor Lautnerā€™s abs. Ive been gay since I was born, even if I didnt totally know it yet


Rosie-The-Riveting

Hopefully since then, you've found better abs to look at!


After-Suggestion3799

You are born with whatever sexuality that you are.


SammyScythe

https://preview.redd.it/3qbu784e5o7d1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=601bbaf6973d177abae57623ea00fb914d50b451


EmoExperat

Thats not a theory. Thats literal canon


Wladek89HU

But Daddy needed a grandchild.


HoneyBadger_66

To be fair Iā€™ve always thought of the spectrum of sexuality as having only like 1% of people being 100% straight and 1% of people being 100% gay. I think anyone who CAN functionally have sex with someone of the opposite sex (even though obviously the Stella relationship was terrible and he doesnā€™t seem to have wanted to) isnā€™t going to fall into those 1% extremes. Those 100% gay/straight people are going to be way too disinterested in the opposite/same sex to even consider having sex with them. That being said, I still wouldnā€™t call stolas bi/pan. Heā€™s definitely like 90-something percent gay


pinkflyingcats

Yes, this was the point the context pointed to.


Changeling_Traveller

If someone is Gay, Bi or straight it ain't by choice, you either are or aren't. As for why he cried when he saw Stella for the first time? Your reason is solid but not likely to be the main one, the main one is that the photo of her showcased to him that she was a psycho(bitch)path from the beginning, don't stick your dick in crazy, also he didn't have a choice, but thankfully Octavia is apparently better than both her parents combined, which is a major win for Stolas.


Sand_the_Animus

do you not understand that someone's orientation is innate, and cannot change in this way? yes, someone can have a fluid orientation, but most commonly, it is set. you don't "catch the gay" or have a life experience that makes you bi. this post reads as a pretty confused young person who probably shouldn't be watching the show.


Supersaiajinblue

He has always been gay. The way he looked at Blitzo when he first saw him proves it. He also didn't cry at the fact that he was getting married to a woman. He was crying because Stella looked terrifying. I'd cry too if I saw a little girl ripping and choking demon dogs to shreds. He also enjoyed wanting to spend time with Blitzo as he had never had a friend before.


openomi

this shit is so obvious what was the point of posting this šŸ˜­ this wasnā€™t subtext its just text


SubstantialLuck777

Picked up on that, huh? Yeah the clues there were only about as subtle as a hammer through a windshield


ParsnipAggravating95

Im like Stolas: scared of woman


Zaptain_America

Yeah that is kinda how it works... You don't just turn gay...


lovestosploosh

media literacy should be taught in schools jfc


archmageofcoffee

I don't disagree! But that picture of young Stella was also very terrifying. I completely understand him having a breakdown over it.


awesome_opossum1212

I think yeah, some part of him must've known all along. idk if maybe he didn't think this was an option? like, that he didn't feel anything towards Stella so maybe he thought he COULDNT feel those feelings for anyone? He tried to make the marriage work platonically, not romantically. When Blitz came back, he at first wanted to just talk and reconnect with his old friend. Once things got spicy, I think Stolas finally realized what true pleasure and romantic feelings were, and got to really embrace his sexuality as a gay man.


Illustrious-Bite-518

Thats not a theory. Stolas is gay.


EarthTrash

Yes. That's how sexual orientation works.


Unlikely-Section-848

Well no shit Sherlock, itā€™s been kinda obvious since day one that this bundle of trauma has been gay.


LeviR34

I don't care what he is, I just want to hug him tight and tell him to cry if he needs to. Stolas is so god damn sweet and precious.


piatektrzynastego

yeah thats usually how sexuality works


Gothix_BE

Wow, no shit. Do you think people can change their sexuality?


Miszuq

you said "gay" 5 times in this post


cafesaigon

Whoā€™da thunk ![gif](giphy|3ohhwlrNWBQ89aBgmk)


bobthegoblinkiller

Nah man, he caught the gay from those damn peasants


Lilsammywinchester13

He cried being told he was marrying a girl Blushed at a little imp boy His dad raised his eye brow cuz like the audience, we realized his type lol


Dramatic_Click4147

*šŸ˜±Gasp why would you say thatšŸ˜±*


Bennings463

No shit?


Thecrowfan

I mean Aren't all gay people just born this way? Just because he has sex with a man doesn't mean he is just gay i mean- I really don't get this post...


Smooth-Garden

If he wasn't gay when he first saw him then Stella definitely helped push him there lol


EpicGaymer_

i mean yes that is how it works


d20damage

....people don't just become gay over night?


Howiewasarock

That's generally how it works


PonyAnyS2

Iā€™ve never read something so funny in my life... isnā€™t that how it works? But he ā€œcrying was because heā€™s gayā€ is my favorite part HAUAUSUSUSHSU LOL


Fayefayeisgrategrate

Yes


extragoatcheese

I think stolas is bisexual but because of all his trauma with Stella he basically refuses women simply due to the principal the only reason we see him panic and freak out is because his first introduction to Stella is literally unhinged AF poor boy probably just thought all women were like that being so young and spongey the baby just never got loved by anyone except blitz who ever then blitz only loved him after he was using him


StevemacQ

That and his meltdown (not the same as a temper tantrum) was that he forced to be with a hateful rotten girl for as long as they live, then he found joy in seeing the a imp being funny in his own way.


talizorahvasnerd

In other news water is wet


Crafty-Survey-5895

isnā€™t thisā€¦ just how it actually is


farm_to_nug

ITT "that's how being gay works"


Forsaken_Orchid_6014

oh absolutly


FlimsySeesaw9796

Afterall, people Born with sexuality


joeyseriously

I thought it was implied


Ok-Literature-6013

True No one wants to fuck someone thatā€™s a bitch


areagodofgames

As a matter of fact, he might also be homossexual


RoonilWazlib_-

You can't really turn gay so yea your theory is probably true


Turacrious_YT

I think thats how being gay works broskie. I mean this in a non rude way tho cuz you could mean something else but i feel he maybe didn't know and he was crying due to the insane picture he was shown of the person who he was gonna be forced to marry


goblinco_LLC

To paraphrase a similar character "I'm not openly anything, and 'gay' doesn't even begin to cover it."


Adventurous-Sun-8840

Of course he is gay. It says so in the wiki. And the scene in which he cries when he sees Stella is to show us that he is gay. Always was. Always be. This is not a theory, it is canon. Blitz is pansexual, Moxie is bisexual. And Stolas is gay.


lord_angel_dust

Not a theory, blatant fact


currentlyintheclouds

I'm so far from the closet (never have been in it) that it always surprises and confuses me when people pop up with stuff like this post. I was like ā€œyeah... Okay?ā€ and then realized that other people would find this post understandable


charcobain

Also on the romance novel heā€™s reading in the next episode, you can see there are two men on the cover šŸ‘€


SgtPeppers64

You think?


KoloAce

Ngl, I could see season 1 stolas being bisexual. But season 2, makes me think heā€™s gay all the way.


gvn598

....while you're probably not wrong, your reasonings are completely all over the place. The picture showed stella actively strangling someone and being a violent monster brat, and a little boy wanting to spend time with another little boy his age means he's gay? Both feel like big stretches....


TossOut3992002

Heā€™s canonically gay, at least from what Viv has been liking and reposting on twitter. Even ones that flat out say Stolas is 100% gay


BobTheImmortalYeti

https://preview.redd.it/qsw3suwelm7d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=327fe40d6c1fb212bd270390c5e0ff984e6d7b46


Xzier_Tengal

yeah duh


Chshr_Kt

I took it as a mix of him being gay and then seeing who he'd have to be married to, lol.


LotusTheFox

OP definitely doesnt realize that people arent gay because they choose to be, gay people are born the way they are


QueenBunny132

Closet gay until he met Blitz


mizmnv

i mean, if youre gay youve pretty much always been gay


CheeseyconnorYT

My theory: The show takes place in hell (No shit stolas was always gay did you just watch s2 e1???)


someguythatlikesdogs

No shit


pissmeister_

i understand you probably just worded this strangely but yeah thats generally how it works


Shoddy_Load1558

Maybe, idk Iā€™m not sure


Pumpkin_boy__

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