i wanna preface this by saying that I find octavia's situation very near and dear cuz I've been through something identical and that she's my favorite character in the series and I love her and I don't fault her for anything I love my babygirl

having said that, i find every scene where she gets mad at stolas for cheating and "abandoning" her to be extremely stupid and insincere because of 2 things

1. we are only shown stella to be an evil bitch who's only personality traits are hating stolas, abusing him both physically and verbally, and being a spoiled rich asshole

2. we are only shown 2 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VIA AND STELLA the first is in fucking mastermind where she stops her from seeing stolas and then does her evil fucking smirk and the second is in the last episode of season 2 where she grabs her phone and gloats like a fucking children's cartoon villain

so is it really that farfetched that people get mad at via for getting mad at stolas? 

mind you im not here to say that stolas is a saint, he's a moron and a tad bit neglectful father, but stella doesn't even try to hide her hate and abuse of stolas from what we know and from Via's pov him cheating on her mom should've been more of a "oh yeah I was wondering when that was gonna happen" instead of a "gasp! you cheated on her!? why would he do that? is he gonna abandon me??"

all in all if stella had been given more depth and shown to be a bit of a two faced bastard that showed a nicer side to the public and daughter, and a rougher side in private with stolas I think it would've been more believable for via to be mad at stolas.

fuck I hate that stella is so dogshit when she could be so much better. same for stolas.

I feel like the reason why people fault octavia in the fandom is cuz stella is such an unbelievably evil character