#2289

This girl is hardcore. 

It’s a pretty reasonable reaction, to be honest. What Equius did is monstrous - and he doesn’t seem to realize he did anything wrong, which is somehow even worse. Does blueblood entitlement really extend this far? 

Aradia, to her credit, isn’t wasting any time. She’s been devoid of emotion for months on end - and now it’s time to have all of them. She deserves it. 

Wait, no! I take it back! Not that one!

Well, this is fucking weird. Aradia’s chip is definitely gone - she made sure of that. Equius seems sincere about disabling it, so I don’t think he has a backup installed. 

Is Aradia’s blue blood influencing her emotions, driving her towards other members of her caste? This is all kinds of fucked up.

You and me both, queen.

You consult your SHIPPING WALL. Clearly some changes are in order. You must admit you didn't see this one coming, even with your remarkable matchmaking acumen.

So Nepeta fancies herself as a bit of a matchmaker, does she? It looks like she even catalogues the platonic ships - or at least, I assume that’s what the diamonds represent.

I basically never talk about shipping on this blog - it’s not really my thing. But, just for fun, let’s look at this chart for a bit. 

Karkat x Nepeta is something she ships herself. He didn’t seem all that friendly towards her in their one conversation, but his name does contain ‘cat’, after all. Nepeta knows what she likes.

Aradia x Equius is an incipient disaster in the making. I still can’t fucking believe what he just did. Nepeta claims she didn’t expect it, but it’s front-and-center on her wall, so I think she did ship it.

Gamzee x Terezi is a weird one. Terezi seems to find him genuinely annoying, so I think I’ll echo Nepeta’s ‘probably not’. 

GA x Tavros is pointless to talk about because Tavros isn’t Rose Lalonde. 

I think the top-left ship is Terezi x Vriska. Nepeta doesn't ship it, but I think it’s one worth keeping an eye on. They do have that arch-rivalry thing going on, and we all know how that story goes. 

As for the BrOTPs:

Karkat + Gamzee is interesting - Karkat calls Gamzee his best friend in a conversation that makes it clear he can’t stand him. Maybe if Karkat’s able to get over his neuroses, this relationship might be a little healthier. Nepeta, for her part, seems to find the prospect intriguing. 

Sollux + Aradia is something I’m rooting for. Now that she’s got her emotions back, they might be able to reconcile properly, and he can help her with this Equius situation.

Equius + Nepeta isn’t as creepy as I initially thought it was - but I still don’t like how lopsided their relationship is. Hopefully Equius can get over himself a little, and they can be friends on more equal terms.