It really isn't. Blitz and Stolas is a very messy relationship, has been from the beginning, and they both did shitty things from the start. Blitz broke into Stolas' home to steal an important book. When he was caught he takes advantage of Stolas misreading a signal to seduce him into sex to get out of a situation. So he broke in, tried to rob him, then lied to him. Stolas then fucked up by offering access the book in exchange for Blitz coming back to do more sex. But, importantly, Stolas thought Blitz was into it. Again, *Blitz* is the one who brought sex into this. Blitz doesn't get a pass because he's poor. He *chose* to do all this to gain access to the book and start a business. When Stolas made access to the book contingent on Blitz returning once a month for sex (which, again, Stolas thought Blitz was into), he could've just said...no. Stolas also doesn't get a pass for misreading Blitz. The nature of their power dynamic should've been obvious, and it took him a year to see it. Transactional with a bad power dynamic? Sure. Rape? No. It is exceedingly easy to empathize with both, and we just had a whole episode devoted to laying all that out. How they both fucked up, hurt each other, misunderstood each other, all that.