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#2705

Kazuchika Okada

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Voting ended onApr 25

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GT: also, you should give rose another chance. GT: she is really great! whatever she did, she was probably just pulling her mind games on you, it's all in fun. GT: there is more to her than that, you'll see.

Ok, you will have to admit that is a nice outfit. Humans get points for fashion too.

Kanaya,,,,,,

You proceed to have your SECOND CONVERSATION.

This is Kanaya's first actual conversation with Rose.

This is an early Kanaya, so we know she's still pissed off. She might warm to Rose later on, but at this point, she's still full of venom, and mercilessly trolls h-

Alright, never mind.

We've explored this conversation's dynamics before, and we all know how this story is going to end. It's a lot of fun to watch, though.

You feel pretty good about your effort. It was a measured balance of barbs and condescension. Your leader will be pleased with the report.

And she's actually reporting to Karkat, which is honestly pretty sweet. Kanaya knows how despondent he's feeling right now, and he deserves at least one win.

You skip ahead to a point on her timeline when you suspect friendship may plausibly have been established already. You have your THIRD CONVERSATION. It does not go as well as you'd hoped.

Trouble in paradise!

This is a post-Davesprite Rose. She's absorbed her alt-self, begun her service to the dark gods, and generally has a lot more going on than the last time Kanaya checked in. She gives her the cold shoulder.

I still don't know how much of her mood here is real, and how much is an act she's putting on to satisfy a time loop. On reflection, I think it's mostly real - after all, Rose has had a rough couple of hours.

Your FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH CONVERSATIONS don't fare much better. This friendship is stalling fast. What are you doing wrong?

Anyway, Kanaya is hurt. She has three conversations that have been alluded to before. We don't get to see them, but they sound just as fruitless as the one above, which implies that Rose's bad mood is here to stay.

This is actually the best insight we've got into Rose's true state of mind since Descend. She's not doing good.

[max-the-many]

Don't think they had any clue Jamie swapped in. He got that job at the set and immediately took a ride when an opportunity with Tom occured...

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writing tip #2705:

why make your characters fall in love when you could instead make them fall in jello

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