AT has sparked a lot of discussion, both interesting and not, but one point I feel hasn't been discussed enough is how the POV character affects the narration of an episode.

See, I've seen a lot of people (understandably) complain that the episode was unfair toward Blitz, and I completely get why. I mean you've got this whole anti-Blitz party, then the mess with Stolas. The whole episode, the blame is always placed on Blitz, on how he acts due to his attachment issues, how he hurts people who get too close. That episode is honestly relentless, and Stolas' own issues (of which there are many, that relationship isn't a trainwreck because of a single person) and faults are swept under the rug.
It feels like the episode is portraying their relationship as "Stolas just wants love but Blitz fucked it all up" which is...not the case at all!
I mean, the description of the video straight-up mentions Stolas lack of self-awareness! It's not forgotten!
So why does it seem so subtle, almost invisible in the episode?

Well, the POV character for most of the episode is Blitz.
Blitz, who has severe self-worth issues, who genuinely believes he's the cause of everything that goes wrong in his life, and who never actually defends himself when people accuse him of shit. Sure, he'll get pissed, he'll yell. But he won't go and say that the person is wrong or lying or try to explain *why* he does what he does.

Staff has said multiple times that Blitz and Verosika were both at fault in their failed relationship. And yet, what we got in AT made it seem like Blitz alone was the reason it didn't work out. We only got Verosika's own version of the story, not Blitz's. The relationship is portrayed as "Verosika just wanted love and Blitz fucked it all up" (sound familiar?), but we know there's more to it than that.

Likewise, it's been mentioned multiple times by Viv herself that Stolas SEVERELY lacks self-awareness and that stolitz is a mess because they're BOTH messes, not just Blitz. And yet again, AT focused on Stolas' own feelings on the matter, and Blitz himself barely got to say his piece before he seemingly gave up and had that (really nice btw) discussion with Verosika.

And all of this is because Blitz is "narrating' the episode. He doesn't believe he's worth being loved, and he doesn't believe he deserves to be understood.

I think we'll be getting another episode soon enough (possibly this season?) that turns the tables on Stolas, in which he'll be forced to actually face what HE's done wrong. Whether it's the casual classism, or his habit of getting so much in his head that he doesn't even realize how he hurts people around him. Oh yeah, Stolas has a whole mess of issues too, and he'll definitely get his turn in the grinder.

(And until then, I'll be writing him pregnant. 😘)

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