karkat dies in the factorys

22. theythem. davevris pioneer. troll romance enthusiast. alpha dave liker. main is rubysapphrald. @ask-unstuck for my cool swap AU.

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- proshippers explode. NO stridercest NONE

- they/them only. don’t call me q/eer

- i’m an adult

don’t spam like my posts i will block you if you do

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i know it’s not supported so much by what they show us in hiveswap/friendsim but “there is no alternian empire” is still one of my favorite theories ever

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sollux and aradia as scott and jean would go hard actually

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the pre-scratch trolls are like the shittiest least effective incarnation of the x-men the post-scratch trolls are like the x-men from the fox movies where having interpersonal issues never stopped them from getting shit the fuck done

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whatever anyway i think it’s time for that every-few-years herding cats reread. the rare pair old testament

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sollux angelic actions:

- restored the weird tech artifact that aradia dug up as a favor to her

- tried to rebel and save the world when aradia told him that sgrub would destroy it

- asked terezi to be the leader of the red team because he likes her and respects her abilities

- served as tech support for the rest of the trolls when they asked

- let kanaya drink his blood for free

- blew up his own head with his psionics accelerating the meteor so everyone else could escape from jack noir

- left vriska’s pirate crew because she was doing dubious stuff and it “made him feel dirty”

sollux transgressions:

- killed aradia (someone else took control of his mind and made him do it against his will)

- sent karkat that virus that exploded his computer (apologized and tried to warn him about it)

- tried to vaporize eridan (deserved)

- ?????

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i think sollux is actually a very well-written example of a guy who is fundamentally a good person but is just mentally ill and an asshole

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well yeah being a “good person” by troll standards is different than being a “good person” by human standards i don’t think most of the trolls fit the human idea of being a good person just by virtue of the world they live in but sollux’s only crimes involve like, exhausting self-hatred and being easily irritated. he’s pretty well-liked, he apologizes when he does something wrong or mean, he helps people out when they ask. if we’re judging his soul in the underworld i think it would be lighter than the feather because everything he did and said to eridan was karmically deserved

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this is how the sollux/terezi/vriska/aradia evil ass killing and maiming polycule can still win

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i think sollux is actually a very well-written example of a guy who is fundamentally a good person but is just mentally ill and an asshole

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i know the “trollcops” concept is dated now but unfortunately terezi and sollux are the two troll characters that would work better than any others as a hard boiled noir detective pair

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the appeal of it is obviously partially the “jaded emotionally unstable cynic who is nonetheless relatively upstanding and occasionally even kind x receptive excitable optimist with a sense of humor who is extremely ruthless and morally questionable” dynamic (both of these being subversions of classic noir archetypes) but i also just get a giggle out of imagining sollux being like, terezi’s mean rude ass secretary that hates his job but solves cases with her because he can’t help himself. and she’s like this tough hard-drinking ex-cop with a troubled past that’s addicted to antagonizing him because she always manages to reverse-psychology him into going along with her investigations and shenanigans. and they go around wearing trench coats and fedoras in the rain.

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i know the “trollcops” concept is dated now but unfortunately terezi and sollux are the two troll characters that would work better than any others as a hard boiled noir detective pair

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toby fox king of geeky ass sampling maneuvers i totally forgot about that sollux track from alterniabound that’s full of cyclops voice lines from marvel vs capcom

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AND WHEN I’M BACK IN CHICAGO I FEEL IT

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sollux/terezi underrated rare pair

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everyone needs to start vienna game maxxing right now

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sollux/terezi underrated rare pair

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i’m all for doing genderbends as character design exercise and stuff but just know that if you’re drawing vriska as a boy your heart yearns for alex kralie

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you are my karkat my only karkat you make me homestuck when trolls are gray