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 Update Thoughts re: Tavros

Don’t you think his behavior’s a little strange, in a somewhat specific way?  We might be able to read more into this than simple stockholm syndrome.

In fact, inverted roles may be partially at play!

If my role list for inversion holds any water - which it may not, where some of the non-(Seer/Witch) classes are concerned - then if Tavros inverted his role, he’d act like a Thief of Blood.

As a Thief, selfish, aggressive, acquisitive.  As a Blood player, belligerent, concerned with bonds and relationships, averse from Breath’s freedom and levity.

Seems a fit!  Even his smile is upside down.

John may have ghosted some inversion in his flip-out, earlier.  Like I mentioned a little while ago:

In Homestuck, the Scratches have shown us the power of the Heart aspect:  the strength of a soul’s uniqueness to help determine how reality unfolds, even across vastly different timelines.  Take Dave’s Stiller shades, for example, an inclination that was built into his very personality!

Those souls can be turned against themselves, of course, but this is already accounted for by their role.  Role inversion is the (potentially unwise) refuge in which a hero may reside when the role they were assigned - crafted to best suit their very essence - frustrates them.  It’s an opposing wellspring of power that exists by the very virtue of their original one.

What you’re seeing with John is more the ghosting of role inversion than of some sort of role ‘shift’ to something completely unrelated.  In fact, you saw it in Karkat, too!  As an Heir of Breath trapped in a confined space, John has been unable to fly freely or progress, even to amuse himself with his destined quest; as such, he’s ghosted Blood, the aspect of suffering, bonds, and unity.  Karkat has been fed up with leading, fed up with his lack of romantic progress, is tired of being let down and hurt so many times, and is thus currently entertaining a reckless display of Breath:  abandoning bonds for freedom and quest, flying off into the void like a fucknig piece of gargbage.  Everyone is liable to ghost their inverted role from time to time, to varying extents.

Of course, John’s ghosted inversion was very temporary, forestalled by Rose’s intervention.  He’s regained a healthy mental state.

And immediately after doing so, he meets Tavros, who may have been stuck in this unhealthy attitude for over half a year!

Vriska can be a very corrupting individual, especially with regards to Tavros.  She cut short his development countless times.  A Thief of Light, where Light can mean mental clarity, would, wouldn’t she?  So in up to a year of forced proximity to a Vriska who hasn’t learned all her lessons yet, it’s no surprise that he would be forced down through apathy into inversion altogether.

Keep in mind, I don’t expect any Thief of Blood powers.  But attitudes alone can emulate and accomplish one’s role, and the contrast between a Breath player whose wholly foresaken the heroic attitude tailored to his soul with our main hero, who only lightly and temporarily did, should be quite a learning moment between the two.  Or at least for us interested onlookers.  :)

We also may be able to interpret a little more about how the romantic drama will unfold with the upcoming events, by keeping this in mind.  Even with inversion aside, I don’t expect Vriska to be that interested in Tavros in his current state, not nearly as much as he believes or desires!

When Tavros transitioned into this unfortunate, warped attitude, I wouldn’t expect Vriska to hesitate to exploit it for whatever undertaking with which they’re busy.

(EDIT:  More on the romspec of his relationship with Vriska, as a result of this, can be found over here.)

2012-10-12