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 so am I the only one who feels like certain of Vriska's relationships are getting "cashed out" intentionally here? she flat out tells John that her fling with his beta-self didn't work, and Terezi's evidently found herself a new rival. I might just be reading tea leaves here, but it feels like she's having her ties to other characters cut as a preparation for something. Double-dying or staying mon-dead. A real bummer of a situation, if you ask me.

intocleanness

Or a distaction.

If it were to look like anyone’s quadrants were still likely Vriska, or had no choices other than Vriska, we wouldn’t see her double-death as so likely, now, would we?  Don’t you recall when all Kanaya’s plot armor was seemingly “cashed out” with her talk with Jade and the matriorb quest, right before she died?

Andrew is very good at seeing the tenuous character- and romantic-arc ties that keep individuals from seeming narratively assailable deathways, and sabotaging their appearance when necessary.  Or at least, he certainly was in a pinch, with Kanaya’s.  Setting things up for Vriska over such a long time period is easy in comparison.

I’m not saying I’m right, but you should keep this view in mind.  Especially with the unfathomable destruction prophecy to worry about.

2012-10-25