#2237

Tentative chronology of events:

Vriska, seemingly unprovoked, paralyzes Tavros. Vriska doesn’t have her eyepatch at this point.

Vriska kills Aradia. We’ve been calling this a ‘cycle of revenge’, so I predict that Aradia will ‘provoke’ Vriska into doing this by avenging her teammate, Tavros. 

Terezi tries to avenge Aradia, and takes out one of her eyes. Vriska retaliates in kind, and is twice as successful. 

This is starting to seem less like a group of feuding, equally belligerent trolls, and more like Vriska just... not knowing when to stop. There’s not a single Incident so far that doesn’t involve her. 

AG: Remem8er Team Scourge? How convenient all that must 8e to have forgotten! You were so nasty. [...] GC: Y34H 1F YOU W3R3 4 B4D GUY GC: W3 W3R3 SUPPOS3D TO B3 L1K3 4 V1G1L4NT3 DUO D1SP3NS1NG JUST1C3 GC: 4ND YOU COULD T4K3 TH3 B4D GUYS HOM3 4ND F33D TH3M TO YOUR STUP1D SP1D3R GC: BUT 1NST34D YOU JUST F3D H3R 3V3RYBODY!

I don’t exactly trust Terezi’s judgement, here. Sure, she’s trying to be moral, but this is a girl who dreams of being a legislacerator - the judge, jury and executioner of Alternia’s sham courts. 

What she’s saying is pretty chilling, really. She’s not actually opposed to the murders, she just thinks Vriska should have been more discerning when selecting their victims. To Terezi, there’s a type of troll called a ‘bad guy’ - and they deserve to be eaten alive.  

AG: Cause even though you got all these highfalutin morals and fancy reserv8tions, you know as well as me that a killer is a killer is a killer! AG: There 8n't no ch8nging your ways for good, and one d8y you're going to flail that silly l8ttle cane of yours and not find n8thin to 8ump into, and fall f8ce first into the shit ag8in. AG: And you're going to do something t8rri8le to some8ody and wish you could t8ke it 8ack 8ut you c8n't!!!!!!!!

Well, to be fair, Vriska, you’ve done something terrible to a lot of trolls. 

But I’ll give you credit where credit is due. There are two murderers in this conversation, and you’re the only one who seems at all conflicted about your actions. 

The other one thinks it’s hilarious.

GC: 1 DOUBT 1T AG: You'll see. AG: I am whispering that and it is echoing and ominous. AG: You'll seeeeeeee........