Stolavia

Stolavia is the family ship between Stolas and Octavia from the Helluva Boss fandom.

Past
Octavia was born to Stolas through his arranged marriage with his wife Stella. Despite Octavia being meant to be a "precautionary heir" for the Goetia family line, Stolas dotted on his daughter, often comforting her when she had a nightmare and entertaining her with astrological stories and tricks assisted by his grimoire. This, in turn, led to Octavia sharing more of a bond with her father than with her mother - and with it, began fearing what would happen if her parents parted way. Her fear would start becoming true when Stolas and Stella began arguing more frequently and loudly, ruining Octavia's comforting homelife and jading her personality. The fighting also led to Octavia's relationship with her father becoming strained, especially after she realized he kept treating her like a child despite now being a teen - and that the cause of the fighting was that Stolas was seeing someone behind his wife's back.

Loo Loo Land
After realizing that Octavia listened to another of his and Stella's fights, Stolas decides to take her to Loo Loo Land just like he used to in her childhood. Octavia isn't too happy about the idea as, not only does she see herself as being too old for it, but also still has lingering trauma from the last time she visited. Nevertheless, Stolas feels the two having a day together would do them both good. Octavia likes the idea even less when she learns that they're going to be protected by Blitzo - the very imp Stolas is having his affair with. By the time they make it to the amusement park, Octavia is already sick of the excursion.

As Stolas and Octavia continue walking the park with Blitzo covering them, the former sees that they're near a show that he thinks his daughter cried tears of joy at. Octavia, however, was terrified because she was actually traumatized by the show and its robotic host - a sentiment she shares with Blitzo. Stolas, however, has the two of them watch the show while also putting attention towards Blitzo. By the time the show's over, Octavia reaches her breaking point and runs away. Confused and concerned with Octavia's outburst, Stolas chases after her - leaving Blitzo to deal with his own matters.

Stolas eventually finds Octavia crying in a Fun House. He asks her what's wrong, prompting her to vent out her anger about him: from not wanting to be at Loo Loo Land, to his flirting with Blitzo, to his constant fights with his wife that are destroying the peace in her life. When Stolas tries and fails to explain why he's doing all of it, Octavia asks him point-blank if he's going to eventually abandon her. Realizing how hurt his daughter was, Stolas finally sees what he'd been doing and tells her he won't abandon her before agreeing that they should leave Loo Loo Land for someplace that Octavia would rather be. Octavia is thankful for her father listening to her as the two walk out of the - thanks to Blitzo - now burning down amusement park.

Seeing Stars
Waking up one day, Octavia realizes that it's the day that Azathoth's Tears - a meteor-shower like display that occurs every thousand years - would be visible. Her father told her about them during one of his story times when she was a little girl and promised that they would see it together. Unfortunately, when Octavia finds her father, he's too busy dealing with his recent divorce from Stella (i.e. continuing to argue with her over the phone while getting her stuff out) to uphold their promise. Angry that her father's too busy yelling at her mother, Octavia decides to watch Azathoth's Tears on her own. To that end, she sneaks into I.M.P.'s office (while they're having they're own spat), takes her father's grimoire from Blitzo's safe, and uses it to open a portal to Earth.

Stolas is informed of what Octavia's done when Blitzo reluctantly calls him. Understandably, Stolas is angry with the imp about him losing both Octavia and his grimoire - though this shifts to worry about where she is and why she would run off like this. The first question is answered when Loona takes a sniff and learns from the smell that Octavia went to Los Angeles. With the location discovered, Stolas and I.M.P. head into the city to find Octavia. However, early on in the search, Stolas and Blitzo get apprehended due to the latter being mistaken for an actor that was needed for a TV show and the former accidentally implicating himself as the actor's agent. As they're being driven to the studio, Stolas notes to Blitzo that Octavia could be in danger and they don't have time for the diversion. Without much recourse, Blitzo shouts at Loona to find Octavia while telling Stolas that she's in good hands. At the studio, Stolas continues to worry about Octavia's well-being as Blitzo bumbles his way through trying to act in a sitcom. Luckily, Blitzo manages to give them the opportunity to escape and continue finding Octavia.

While all of that's happening, Octavia had found an observatory where she could see Azathoth's Tears - only to find, much to her frustration, the smog in the sky is too thick to see through. As Octavia's crying to herself at how she wasted her time, Loona, having found her via her photos, walks up to her and tells her that her father is worried for her. Octavia is incredulous at that claim as she notes that Loona is there instead of Stolas before going on to disparage him for not keeping his promise and spending more time fighting with Stella. In response, Loona - drawing from experience - tells Octavia that all fathers make mistakes but they're at least trying to be there for their children, pointing out that Stolas is in the city looking for her at that moment. Octavia is convinced by hearing that, and the two leave the observatory to get back to their fathers.

Octavia and Loona soon open a portal to where Stolas and Blitzo are. Octavia apologizes to her father about running off before explaining why she did so. Stolas panics at that as he finally remembers his promise for the two of them to see Azathoth's Tears together, but Octavia tells him that it's okay as he's there now. The two of them - along with Blitzo and Loona - then go on to a watch a fireworks display over the city.

Fanon
Stolavia is a popular ship for the Helluva Boss fandom. Fans of the ship are appreciative of Stolas working to better his flaws for Octavia. As these fans see it, Stolas's love for Octavia is the one thing that goes above his love for Blitzo.

On AO3, this ship has a significant number of works, having tagged entries in the 180's range. It's Octavia's most written ship. It's also Stolas' second-most written behind Stolitz.

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