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JFC I really need to get caught up with Homestuck. Brainbent got me into it, but then I read this, and it’s like…jeez. Did somebody get to know me and then write this character? It bothers the shit out of me how much she sounds like me, even the parts where other people WANT to understand and relate to and appreciate her, but she manages to be a fucking manipulative bitch. Damn. No wonder this fandom is so huge. It’s got everything.

elementalsight:

my finger is on the button: confession time

jumpingjacktrash:

i find vriska really hard to write, and every chapter of mpcdr she’s in is like pulling teeth. i just can’t put myself in her shoes. she’s a bully and a manipulator, and she’s not even good at it. this…

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  1. lightlessthief reblogged this from jumpingjacktrash and added:
    get caught up with Homestuck. Brainbent got me into it, but then...it’s like…jeez. Did...
  2. mercurialmalcontent said: Yeah, I could kinda tell. I know you could always ping Luka for RL observations, but you can drop me an ask if you want — I’m getting a bird’s eye view of such a person at work, so to speak.
  3. jumpingjacktrash reblogged this from elementalsight and added:
    this actually helps a lot. i think i missed most of the possessiveness angle, but it does make sense of some of her...
  4. elementalsight reblogged this from jumpingjacktrash and added:
    I have similar issues with Vriska. I’ve known a few of her dopplegangers and have been the Tavros in the resulting...
  5. roachpatrol said: I kind of write her as this little girl desperate to be adored, whose only tools for doing so are talking really loudly about how totally gr8 she is until hopefully someone— ANYONE— agrees. And then throwing tantrums if/when it doesn’t work.
  6. specialshera said: Whenever I think about writing HS fanfiction, she’s the character who I consistently have trouble trying to imagine. I totally understand, which is why I find Luka’s grasp on her amazing. I’m totally okay with fluff, though, til you sort it out. :)
  7. jumpingjacktrash posted this