I WANNA BE YOUR FAVORITE CONCEQUENCE

still not finished and never will be

Like Eridan is a whiny teenaged boy with big emotions. But Feferi is also a teenager and has her OWN big emotions to deal with, yknow? It isn't like she's this monolith of cheer and advice that never gets angry or tired or fed up. I can understand where Eridan comes from but he needs to learn how to handle his emotions on his own rather than pinning all of his teenaged jackassery onto others. Reaching out for help is always good, but you need to accept that help. Leveraging your own mental state to get what you want (which, let's face it, he does that often) is something that's really gross and manipulative. I've been on the receiving end of that multiple times. It's always. So incredibly draining. Like. Wicked emotionally taxing. After a while your empathy just gets really fatigued and you end up just not being able to feel bad for them anymore. They use up all of the advice you've given them and you're left a dry well with nothing left to give. Feferi was 100% in the right for breaking up with Eridan- he was a massive wad! She figured it was a mostly safe move to break up with him now that the trolls were in a situation where survival was dependant on them working together as a team. Anyone would in that situation, if I'm being frank here.

Lots of Princes are similar in that aspect. They're aware that they suck, but they aren't willing to change so they just start whining about it. That's seen with Dirk, too- he hates himself, but he doesn't put the steps in to change himself. I'm saying this because I know I fall into a lot of those behaviors as well. Getting caught up in buttfuck big shithive maggots feelings is normal for a teenager. It's normal to not know how to deal with them and be a bit of a prick for it. But that isn't to say that Feferi isn't a goddamn trooper for putting up with Eridan's absolute bullshit, yknow? She's a troll with a lot on her plate. Feferi, for all of her flaws, is great for putting up with Eridan for as long as she did, and even greater for knowing when to say no and stop being chained up in whatever melodramatic bullshit Eridan is up to whenever and wherever. Troll romance in general just seems like it has way more chance of turning into a total shitshow than it ever has a chance of actually working out in a healthy, beneficial manner for either party.

literally one of my favorite things ever

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