#and spoke volumes of how little radius and luna seemed to know or care about her at the time

[stellasolaris]

@supraobsessed replied to your poll:

When Stella said that she was raised like a perfect stranger that always gave me the vibe that they were too busy hating each other to love her. She also mentions that her parents will only care if she gets bad grades •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀ I definitely imagine they became much better parents to her once they divorced because they actually started paying attention to her again instead of what the other one did this time

I absolutely agree. I think her emotional needs were heavily neglected when she was young, especially in her early teen years when she used to sneak out of the palace and go to parties. Her parents definitely are the root reason for her abandonment issues and her arguably excessive need to be validated and liked by others.

To me, her parents (well, mostly her father because we barely know anything about her mother) weren't always neglectful because she speaks fondly of her memories with her father; she mentions them going for long walks and holding hands, and if the flashbacks are anything to go by, she seemed very happy and carefree as a kid. I'm leaning toward thinking she had at least a partially happy childhood.

In my headcanon, she tries so hard to bring her parents back together because she is convinced they can all one day go back to the good old days when they were happy and her parents were showing her attention instead of being busy arguing with each other. However, her parents obviously aren't on the same page as her, and it's very unfortunate how they seem to have forgotten about her amid their differences.