What do you like about karezi?
First of all THANK YOU FOR ASKING!!! second, god. There's So Much to discuss and I don't want this to be too long so I'll share what initially comes to mind:
Terezi has an obsession with digging into the mind of another person and how it works, something that was partially born out of prudence due to the distance and lack of caregiving from her lusus. She wants to know how people tick, and how far she can reach into this. In my opinion, this is a reason why she's drawn towards people like Dave or Gamzee, due to how they frequently will play with outward personas. Karkat, on the other hand, is someone that she knows very, very well. We see how she plays him like a fiddle! And of course while she has a manipulative streak, at least to me, a lot of it comes across as her being genuinely comfortable with him in a way that it might be harder with others. She can mess and banter with him and find comfort in knowing how he'll react. And in a society where there's a chance that the state will cull if someone else doesn't, isn't that a form of freedom in of itself??
ALSO!! I think people can often neglect the Forbidden Love(tm) element of their dynamic. Terezi wants to be a legislacerator, a keeper of law and order in Alternia's empire. Karkat is marked as an aberration who will be executed or worse. And like sjfkldsfs obviously neither of them are stupid, both are very perceptive. And they're perceptive enough to know that the risks of their relationship entails, even just as a friendship. Terezi would be expected to turn him into the state, cull him herself, or risk punishment (death). It's implied that Terezi knew about his blood color, but gave him the space to be private despite her prodding anyway (perhaps to see what he was willing to open up about?)But here they are attracted to each other nonetheless!! The very act of love becomes a state of rebellion!!
The power dynamics and tension present in this relationship fascinate me!! And it sucks that it can be overlooked because of [gestures] But I don't CARE I love them!! Just kill me now!!!
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