An auspistice can stabilize particularly turbulent relationships. If the auspistice fails to mediate properly, or has no interest in the role, or perhaps has different romantic intentions him/herself altogether, then the relationship often quickly deteriorates into one of an especially hostile and torrid nature.
Kanaya's into Vriska, both as a matesprit and an auspistice - but you're supposed to pick just one. If you don't, conflicts of interest are inevitable.
Kanaya made a dress for her crush, and it ended up facilitating the very kismesissitude she was mediating against.
Forget about that, though. Let's talk about this hot mess.
Tavros Nitram, I am talking directly to you now. If you have any romantic feelings for Vriska, please love yourself, and don't give them the time of day.
Nepeta and Equius. These two have a bizarre relationship, and I guess we're finally getting into it.
Trolls are a very angry and violent race. Some are more hot-tempered and dangerous than others, to the extent that if left to their own devices, they would present a serious threat to society, or even to themselves. Such trolls will have an instinctive pale attraction to a more even-tempered troll, who may become their MOIRAIL.
This clearly applies to Equius and CA - but let's take a closer look at Vriska, arguably the most dangerous troll of all.
She claims not to appreciate Kanaya's meddling, but since she immediately dares her to meddle more, I think she's actually the pale equivalent of a tsundere.
Vriska's pale attraction is there - but she doesn't accept it, because she doesn't want to need anyone.
The moirail is obliged to pacify the other, to function as the better half. The two partners in a strong pale relationship will serve to balance and complement each other's emotional profiles, and thus allow their other relationships to be more successful.
A violent troll seeks out a more relaxed peer, and that peer is obliged to pacify them. It's similar to auspisticism, but you're pacifying one troll instead of two. Plus, since this is red romance, it's a troll you actually like.
It also sounds like both parties in the moirallegiance are supposed to emotionally support each other. I assume the hot-tempered troll would teach confidence and self-assurance, while the pacifier would teach patience and restraint.
I understand why this quadrant exists. It's another way for trolls to ensure emotional stability, in lieu of supportive parents - at least to the degree that they don't all murder each other before the interstellar draft.
It seems like it's really hard to stop these guys from killing each other, and a lot of troll culture is designed to keep them pacified. I wonder how they survived in the pre-civilization days?
Now that we know what a moirallegiance is, we can see that it doesn't match Nepeta and Equius at all.
Nepeta's relationship with Equius seems to be based on fear, rather than love - and if she's trying to avoid 'kerfuffles' with him, it doesn't seem like she's succeeded in quelling his violent impulses.
I guess it's always possible that Equius is pacifying the rather violent Nepeta, rather than the other way round. That would explain why he takes issue with her profanity - he's trying to keep her calm.
Still, while Nepeta is violent, it doesn't seem like she's a danger to herself, or anyone else - she's living, quietly and self-sufficiently, in a cave. Plus, Equius doesn't fit the emotional profile of an 'even-tempered' pacifier, and it doesn't explain why Nepeta is in a redrom with someone she's afraid of. I'm stumped.
Furthermore, romantic intentions of a more flushed nature can often be mistaken for paler leanings, much to the frustration of the suitor.
Oh, yeah - this would happen constantly. No teenager is going to communicate any of this accurately, even to themselves.
It's hard, being a troll and growing up. It's hard - but I'm trying to understand.
