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we are here to sentence the criminal
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impit please sir I want some more what
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please sir I want some more even though
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I've personally liked hell of a Boss
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season 2 for the most part I know a lot
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can't be said for others the amount of
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video essay I've seen of people breaking
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down the problems they've had with this
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season is more fingers than I have on
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both hands a general hype for the show
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felt like it hasn't been as high as the
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Peaks for season 1 to Hype as in having
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the General Public talking about it on
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social media just a bit of a rocky road
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throughout this season overall yet the
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newest episode Mastermind has felt like
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hell of a boss at its best to me or some
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of its best whereas of writing this
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video I haven't really seen anyone have
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any glaring problems with it like for
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some of the other season 2 episodes so
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it feels good to be back making a video
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on the show again on an episode this
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good considering the video I tried doing
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on the previous episode kept getting
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blocked worldwide the fingers crossed
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that doesn't happen again randomly cuz
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that sucked so I just wanted to take
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this video to break down why this
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episode felt so good and I really hope
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more hell of a boss episod EP can
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continue to expand on the issues SL plot
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lines that we're focused on here if
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you've been watching hell of a boss from
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the beginning one of the ongoing
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conflicts scattered throughout the
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series is the systematic inequality or
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classism between imp demons and other
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demons that populate hell whether it be
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background imp characters being used as
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objects to throw out someone else
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Striker always going on about how Royal
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demon entire existence destroys the lies
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of imps like him or the more direct
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Focus between Blitz and stolas is
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complicated relationship stalis of
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course being a prince of the ARs goisha
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having an affair with blitz the Imp and
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this lifestyle in Hell of imps being
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treated like garbage has become the norm
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for hell residents and ones like the
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members of and Striker have gotten tired
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of this wanting to make names for
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themselves on their own yet even though
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they technically have they still had to
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get help from arsg goisha members to get
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their business jump started imp was only
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able to do human killings because stalis
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allowed Blitz to use the grimoire in
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exchange for sexual favors then Striker
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who gets enjoyment out of torturing a
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royal like stalis was still taking
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orders from another ARS goisha that
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being Stella of course who wants sto his
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dead for his cheating SL bringing shame
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to their family for with an it there's
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even the casee of Fizz and Azie their
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relationship is a lot healthier than
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Blitz and stases because they just don't
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really give a damn about what others
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think and were able to transition their
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feelings much smoother than stolas was
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yet their relationship still isn't
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really looked fondly upon by other
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high-ranking demons like Mammon
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regardless it feels pretty clear that
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hell of a boss has been intentionally
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laying the groundwork for these kinds of
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developments within hell Society all for
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these moments in Mastermind so the
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episode opens with Andrus and Stella
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taking initiative to get Blitz and the
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rest of imp executed for using stol's
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grimoire to do their work on Earth at
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first I was questioning why they didn't
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just go for Stoess directly in this
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instance but after watching more of the
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episode and pondering to myself it kind
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of Mak sense why they wouldn't going
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after Blitz here while making stus look
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like the victim was a solid way to go
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about keeping the status quo of imp
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Stang at the bottom of Hell's food chain
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while indirectly making someone like
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Andrus look even better with him
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painting this Narrative of him being the
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guy who wants to bring bad imps like
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Blitz to justice so he can have more
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power down the line and drus wanting
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power at the expense of stalis is
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definitely his priority here with the
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status quo part having more of a
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secondary effect but still the ones in
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charge of said trial were six of the
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seven deadly sins which was a very
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pleasant surprise considering the name
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of the season finale is symas I was
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under the impression that would be the
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episode we'd be seeing these guys appear
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in but we can we take those though we
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take those sathan is this two-headed
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demon that bears a bit of a resemblance
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to the twins from mammon's episode which
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makes sense considering those two are
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from the Envy ring while belore is some
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sheep looking thing not sure if the
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intention here is there are sheep
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because of that counting sheep saying
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when people fall asleep or not but I'm
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going to go with that for now because it
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seems fitting with Satan taking the helm
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as the main judge of the trial he looks
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about the way I expected him to from the
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silhouette we got in the season 2
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trailer a big dragon looking demon who's
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got the body of a muscle head it checks
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out what's funny is the seat Lucifer is
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supposed to be in is empty with a BRB
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sign on it which means because Lucifer
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hasn't been around to really act on his
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hellish duties like that you know with
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being depressed and all then focusing on
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his relationship with Charlie Satan has
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become the de facto leader of the sins
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when it comes to keeping health system
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in order everything about this trial
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really hammered in just how badly imp
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have it in hell and drus was allowed to
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tell his entire BS story about Blitz not
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only tricking stolas and using the
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grimoire but framing him as The
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Mastermind behind stol's assassination
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attempt Blitz is never even given a
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chance to really plead this case here
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literally having a magic muzzle put on
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him during his initial statements the
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system is quite literally taking away
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his freedom of speech here because he's
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an ni even when Moxy tries to chime in
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Satan himself tells him to pipe down not
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being taken seriously to start a
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business back in society and being a
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petty servant is one thing but these
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guys lives are on the line and not being
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taken seriously in any Merit as for the
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assassination being blitz's idea and
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drus brings in Striker as a witness to
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reduce blitz's credibility claiming
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Blitz was the one who hired him to kill
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stolas it's honestly crazy and kind of
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hilarious how Striker is becoming more
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of a hypocrite by the hour like I
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understand he and Blitz have beef since
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Blitz didn't want to join Striker's
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cause or whatever yet Striker continues
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to actively conspire with the class of
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demons he claims to hate he was always
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doing that from the start of his
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character introduction but the fact that
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he's doing it here in a trial that if
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Blitz lost would have made the emper
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look worse by the end is completely
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against what he supposedly stands for
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this episode made it Crystal Clear
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Striker doesn't truly care about the
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liberation of imps from the upper class
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as long as his giant ego can be fed at
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all times then he's a happy camper I
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feel like it would have been cool to see
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a scenario where Andrus throws Striker
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under the bus as The Mastermind behind
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stos is killing making Blitz and Striker
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guilty of one crime each to show Striker
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the arrow of his ways and conspiring
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with the very people he hates and maybe
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a way to reconcile with the rest of the
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Imp crew as for the sins be Elam and
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Azie are the only ones to stand up for
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Blitz in court which is very character
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for them these two were the only sins
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prior to this episode to have relatively
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positive experiences with blitz they
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know he's not the guy the court is
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panning him out to be and were some of
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the only ones to want to listen to
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blitz's testimony along with the other
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inp members when put to a vote a vote
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that was completely overruled by the
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rest of the demons in the audience
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what's kind of depressing about this
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scene is it shows us the systematic
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mistreatment of imps isn't something
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that's put into law by an iron fist or
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one person this courtroom took a
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democratic vote to speed up the
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execution of Blitz refusing to give him
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a voice and showing clear clearly this
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is the will of the people the one
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outlier here from the ARs goisha side
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was Vago kind of who was the only one
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pushing for Stoess to be present for
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this trial to make everything less black
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and white although there's very little
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we know about this character since this
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is his debut episode and all I have a
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gut feeling he's going to be one of the
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few arsg members besides stolas himself
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the fact that he was butting heads with
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Andrus as much as he did this episode
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seems to back that up a bit I'm very
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curious to see what kind of role he'll
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play in future episodes once the vote is
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set Satan announces blitz's execution
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will be broadcast across all the Rings
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as a way to show other imps this is what
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happens to those who go against the
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current system another thing that's so
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scary about this system in particular is
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the people at the top are not only
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powerful in terms of pedal power but
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powerful in terms of dark magic and
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fighting capabilities imps can be strong
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too it just begs the question would
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enough of them actually be strong enough
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to take down their oppressors if pushed
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back with violence it's hard to say it's
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not like finding holy bullets or weapons
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is super easy to come across either
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perhaps the show will take the more
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peaceful route if this is an issue
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that's intended to be resolved by the
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end although that doesn't really seem
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like hell of a boss's style this show is
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not shy about showing violent fights
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involving the main cast and even random
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Side characters Blitz would accept this
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fate as long as it meant the rest of his
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friends would be safe as well as telling
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off his oppressors about how all he
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wanted was to make something of himself
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just as his head is about to be chopped
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off stalis swoops in to stop this if I
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had one gripe with this episode it's how
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stalis found out about this trial on a
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whim scrolling through TV channels as
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opposed to being told behind the scenes
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by Stella or something like maybe she
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would blackmail him about not being
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allowed to show up and defend Blitz sto
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this breaks into song about how he was
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The Mastermind of everything that
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happened between he and Blitz the whole
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time the song was solid but probably not
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my favorite solid song in the world
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that's still goes to the Stoess sing
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song from the circus episode although
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the last interactions between Blitz and
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Stoess didn't go very smoothly it's one
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of those things where his actions to me
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still feel Justified here sure Blitz
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broke his heart but he doesn't want to
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see him dead he obviously still cares
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about him even when they were going
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through an apology tour during the song
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sequence that transitions over to Satan
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singing there was an interesting part
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where Satan was claiming to be the main
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ruler of hell even before Lucifer's
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descend only for the episode to
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blatantly zoom in on Lucifer's empty
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chair with Azie and Bee looking at each
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other like this brother is lying through
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his teeth right now Lucifer was always
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the original King it just comes back to
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him not being around to take his duty
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seriously Stella continues to be a
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terrible mother figure as well hugging
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Octavia after she sees her dad about to
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be punished on live TV like she's doing
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it out of love when all she really cares
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about is making her ex-husband suffer
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crazy how this is the first time we've
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seen these two characters directly
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interact with each other and no words
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were spoken but they didn't really need
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to you know the message came across
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Crystal Clear even though the part of
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the episode was giving off this big
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suspenseful Vibe I and I'm sure everyone
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else knew for a fact stoas wasn't going
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to be killed here even if that ends up
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happening somehow this episode would
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still be way too early for something
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like that regardless the choice of Satan
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to keep him alive takes us even further
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down the rabbit hole of Deon royalty
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getting special treatment obviously stus
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doesn't deserve die for a crime like
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this but it's the fact that this implies
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High ranked demons could get away with
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even worse crimes than this with little
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to know punishment and drus suggests
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Satan banish him and let him take over
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st's responsibilities at least for the
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next 100 gears oh mother seriously so
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for now Stella and Andrus have won
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stalis lost all his possessions custody
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to his daughter and his ex-wife and
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brother-in-law are sitting pretty
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considering the remaining scenes from
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the season 2 trailer that haven't been
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in an actual episode yet it's a safe bet
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to make sinm Miss will follow Blitz and
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Stoess trying to get Octavia back from
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Stella and Andrus honestly I think my
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favorite part of the episode was the
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scene of Blitz and stalis walking back
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to blitz's house we see the speech Blitz
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gave before his intended execution had a
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very positive impact on imp Society many
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citizens of imp city were praising
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blitz's heroic stance over the broken
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system people hanging signs saying they
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love Blitz an article written about the
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trial stating these guys were the first
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ever hellborn to not be executed after
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being put on trial by a deadly sin and
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other imps were hitting Blitz up in the
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DMS in hopes of working with the Imp
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crew stolas definitely got the short end
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of the stick for now but his sacrifice
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seems to have given imps a lot more
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confidence in their abilities to make
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something of themselves Society is
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actually starting to change for the
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better in the show and I love that plus
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stas can actually see more firsthand
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just how broken the system is now that
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he has to live among the class his
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family actively kept down for so many
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years it sucks that right now it's come
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at the expense of solace's happiness but
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there's still time for him yet I just
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hope it doesn't happen too quick it
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would be kind of a bummer in my opinion
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if Andrus was completely dealt with
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never to be seen again once SZ Miss airs
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I'd prefer if he got to stick around a
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little bit longer because I like him a
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lot even though he's a scaming bastard
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enjoy hor J let me know what you guys
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