everything you think you know about Tavros Nitram is
the fandom distorted his character real bad, reducing him to a flat, nothing burger punching bag, who is stupid, too emotional and canāt do anything.
so, let me enlighten you and remind you of the way heās actually portrayed by debunking the most popular lies about him:
āTavros killed Grandpa to show off and flirted with Jade right after because he didnāt care about her feelings and just wanted to harass herā (usually not worded like this)
the whole thing with Grandpa happened because Tavros has no concept of grandparents. trolls donāt have grandparents, in fact they barely have any encounters with older trolls, so obviously he assumed Grandpa was an intruder and killed him to protect Jade.
iām not saying Grandpa deserved it of course, but Tavros didnāt off him because he wanted to cause harm to Jade. he didnāt understand Jadeās justified emotional response because, again, trolls typically donāt have a figure even remotely close to a grandparent in their lives.
and for the people saying ākilling was too muchā, may i remind you that weāre talking about a troll from Alternia? Alternians are very quick to violence because thatās what their environment requires them to act like.
this is the same as people condemning Vriska for feeding other trolls to her lusus: of course itās a terrible and grim thing, but itās survival for them. Tavros made sure Jade would survive so that her session could happen and the trolls could get help from the humans in the future.
āTavros has no character development and was only a doormat for Vriskaā
Tavros had a huge character development when, in the dream bubbles, he snapped at Vriska when she mistreated him once again. he flew away and, when he and retconned Vriska encountered, he had formed a huge ghost army, something that Vriska (despite having mind control powers) didnāt manage to form.
this event made Vriska gain respect and trust in him: Gcatavrosprite exists because Vriska trusted Tavrosā abilities enough to know heād be able to manage and control GCat with his powers.
plus, people act like Tavros only interacted with Vriska, Jade and Gamzee. he spoke to various other characters as well: Aradia (who, reminder, avenged him), Karkat, Kanaya, Terezi, Dave, Nepeta, Rose, John, Meenahā¦ he even interacted with Equius off-screen. so no, his social life clearly doesnāt only revolve around his complicated relationship with Vriska.
āoh, but thatās the only thing he did!ā
well, not really! Tavros wrote part of Doc Scratchās code; only him, Vriska, Aradia, Terezi and Gamzee did this.
he may not be a main character, but this proves that heās more important than many other fan-favorite characters that many assume have accomplished more than him.
āTavros is stupid and weakā
Tavros canonically can fight, we even see him training to become a cavalreaper even tho heās on a wheelchair (which iām assuming takes a lot of physical and mental strength and resistance).
he just chooses not to fight.
is it because heās lazy, or because heās a pacifist? who knows. but what we do know is that heās definitely not an idiot, and uses an alternative method so that he can still contribute during the game.
in Hivebent, we see him use his animal/beast communion powers to form an army of IMPs, making them docile and obedient so that they can help him with the puzzles, despite Vriskaās disapproval.
he basically cheated at the game. forming a plan like this doesnāt require you to be a genius, but itās proof that Tavros isnāt as stupid as people claim he is.
āTavros is just an innocent baby š„ŗā
this idea that Tavros canāt even get himself to say curse words and is triggered by anything sexual is a HUGE lie.
Tavros swears multiple times in the comic and makes sexual jokes. plus, he literally has posters of half-naked fairy women on his respiteblockās walls.
you canāt convince me this is all āinnocentā behavior.
āTavros is emotionalā
i beg you guys to reread the part where Tavros burst out crying.
he was being pressured by a barely-alive Vriska into killing her himself, and she kept trying to convince him that was his chance to āprove himselfā and begging to make her pain stop.
Karkat cried for way less, and yet Tavros is the emotional one?
anyways, thanks for your attention! i hope this helped you remember and understand Tavrosā character better! }:)
