SPOILERS FOR ALL OF HOMESTUCK

[eibborn]

Um. So I set out to put my understanding of Tavros' relationships with his fellow trolls down on paper since I'm planning on trying to RP him, and it got really, really long. Stupidly long.

So, ok. Let's do this from the top of the hemospectrum to the bottom.

Comments

[alanahikarichan]

wHoA, wHeRe YoU aLl ThInKiNg Of PlAyInG mY mOtHeRfUcKeR aT? :o)

This is a good post by the way~ :3 I approooove.

[eibborn]

Heh, thanks! I also have some headcanon that Tavros might have been moiraly for crazy!Gamzee if he hadn't been killed. He's always been respectful to Gamzee, unlike Karkat and a lot of the others, so maybe he wouldn't get killed outright. OR MAYBE NOT. I do like the idea that Vriska killing Tavros made things worse than they might have been, because the universe is a twisted, cruel place and Hussie is a twisted, cruel person.

I'm looking at two places! Both are small and prose-based, but their premises are awesome and relevant to my interests. I reserved him at entanglement_rp, so I'll give that a try and see how it works out, but I'm also really liking the looks of babylonwood. Because Tavros definitely needs to encounter cruel, conniving fairies in a horrorish setting.

[virgo_blues]

*nodnodnodnodnod* Yeah, I see where you're coming from! :3 Vriska, you fuck everything up. All of the things. XD

*nodnodnodnodnod* I play Gamz at Gargleblasted, but we are almost full up on the troll cast, alas!

[wheelsandbeats]

I AM PROBABLY SUPER WRONG ANYWAY since it's not like finding Tavros' body slowed Gamzee down any or prevented him from dragging the guy around and painting murderous messages on the walls in his blood.

Yeah, I would have been all over that if I could! The game is probably too big for me anyway, though.

[eibborn]

Tavros can never be anyone's number one. }:'(

[couldbesunshine]

Man, Tavros is depressing.

It's really interesting reading your interpretation of Tavros.

Do you see him as emotionally aware of other people's feelings towards him?

I've always seen him as being quite unaware of that sort of thing, except when it's negative. It's interesting how you see him as disliking Karkat due to his being mean and yelling, while (at least to my interpretation) all the other characters very quickly write off the mean/yelling part of Karkat as not important, and actually quite like him. But not Tavros. Man, he has a lot of people he's trying to avoid.

Question:

How low was Tavros self-esteem before Vriska's (first) attack? Still really low, or has it significantly decreased? Both?

Tavros is really an avoid/ignore/repress character, generally. Retreating into a dream world is kind of a clear example of this. But right before his death, he was all confrontation and action. Is this something in him that Vriska inspires, to a degree, or what was his motivation for finally being pushed into action?

[couldbesunshine]

Also, Nepeta: What pairing does she have him in on her shipping wall? Relevant?

[eibborn]

OK uhhh let's see here