#3438

[sleepsucks]

[thewertsearch]

I'm not surprised. After the stunt you pulled with that mind-control chip, you're lucky she didn't give you the Vriska treatment.

NEPETA: :33 < we can always curl up in the pile again to talk about f33lings :33 EQUIUS: D --> Nepeta, for goodness sa%es, a man can only di%uss feelings for so much time […] EQUIUS: D --> We e%amined my emotional state until we were both bl00 in the face […] NEPETA: :33 < b100 b100 b100 b100 b100 NEPETA: :33 < i just love how you say that word! EQUIUS: D --> I know

How, exactly, does he say 'b100'?

Karkat's quirk manifests as literal shouting, so I think Equius is literally saying 'bee one hundred'. Fantastic.

EQUIUS: D --> Nepeta, I think it would behoove us to address the e%treme danger in a serious manner NEPETA: :33 < you mean about gamz33? h33h33! NEPETA: :33 < im still not sure if i can believe it! […] EQUIUS: D --> His is the richest and most noble b100d possible among the high land dwellers EQUIUS: D --> As such, he is prone to being more violent and unpredictable than any of us

I'm not so sure about that.

Like - sure, based on the sample we have, the top half of the hemospectrum does seem to produce more aggressive trolls. Terezi, Vriska, Equius, Gamzee and Eridan are all demonstrably more violent than their lowblood compatriots. But are their attitudes really a product of nature?

Take Vriska, for example. She was forced to be a killer by the blue-blooded lusus that adopted her. Yeah, she's violent and unpredictable now, after years of abuse, but her situation would drive any troll to desperate measures.

Do we really think Aradia wouldn't become a murderer if her mom was a hungry spider? Of course she would!

Then there's Eridan, a troll whose behavior could not stem more obviously from the classism that was ingrained into him by society. His culture reinforces the idea that violence is his right, and that it's particularly justifiable when directed towards his inferiors.

Would Eridan really be like this if he was raised on Earth? Wouldn't Tavros or Karkat also become shitheads if they were handed this kind of privilege?

Let's not forget Feferi - a troll who, by Equius's logic, should be the most dangerous of the entire cast. She's not, and I think it's simply because there's no one above her on the hierarchy. Who's going to tell the princess that she's a failure of a highblood?

From where I'm sitting, it really seems like highbloods are aggressive due to cultural factors, rather than biological ones. Their blood doesn't predispose them to violence - it marks them as trolls who are expected to be violent. A case could be made that hemospectrum position is, in effect, a secondary gender for trolls - an institution that enforces entirely artificial standards for their behavior, which are then internalized as 'natural' by the populace.

So no, I don't think Gamzee was 'biologically predestined' to be like this - I think he picked it up from somewhere. Maybe he was more susceptible to Alternian propaganda than we realized, or maybe someone like Doc Scratch was manipulating him from the shadows. It wouldn't be the first time he's goaded a troll into violence.

You ever roleplay so hard that you literally gain a cat's slitted eyes when you're pissed?

EQUIUS: D --> I will now seek the highb100d, Nepeta […] EQUIUS: D --> I will e%act caution, even when safety 100% to be 100% assured EQUIUS: D --> Even so EQUIUS: D --> I would still like to take the opportunity to say […] EQUIUS: D --> Goodbye

Oh, man.

Alright, sound off. Does anyone really think Equius is going to stand up to a highb100d? No?

Ok, great. Let's stop beating around the bush, then.

Equius is basically walking to his death here, and he knows it. The comic's really laying the death flags on thick, with a very clearly telegraphed 'final goodbye' for Nepeta. It's almost too obvious, but I don't think it's going to be a fakeout this time. We can't all be Kanaya.

NEPETA: :33 < well ok, goodbye! NEPETA: :33 < but you had better believe i will s33 you again soon, equius! EQUIUS: D --> Yes, you will

Yeah you will - the next time you go to sleep.

[max-the-many]

Doctor games...

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: November 21, 2005

Lyrics:

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, yeah

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Oh, yeah

Gotta change my answering machine

Now that I'm alone

'Cause right now it says that we can't come to the phone

And I know it makes no sense, 'cause you walked out the door

But it's the only way I hear your voice anymore

It's been months, and for some reason I just (can't get over us)

And I'm stronger than this, yeah (enough is enough)

No more walking around with my head down (yeah)

I'm so over being blue, crying over you

And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears

So done with wishing you were still here

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow

So, why can't I turn off the radio?

Gotta fix that calendar I have that's marked July 15th

'Cause since there's no more you, there's no more anniversary

I'm so fed up with my thoughts of you and your memory

And now every song reminds me of what used to be

That's the reason I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears

So done with wishing you were still here

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow

So, why can't I turn off the radio?

Oh, (leave me alone) leave me alone

(Stupid love songs) oh-oh, hey

Don't make me think about her smile (ooh)

Or having my first child

I'm letting go

Turning off the radio

'Cause I'm so sick of love songs (hey), so tired of tears (so tired of tears)

So done with wishing (oh-ooh) she was still here

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow (whoa)

So, why can't I turn off the radio? (Why can't I turn off the radio?)

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears (so tired of tears)

So done with wishing she was still here

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow (hey)

Why can't I turn off the radio? (Why can't I turn off the radio?)

Songwriter:

And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears (I'm so sick, I'm so sick of love songs)

So done with wishing you were still here (and I'm so sick, I'm so sick of love songs)

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow (said I'm so sick, I'm so sick of love songs, hey)

So, why can't I turn off the radio? (Why can't I turn off the radio?)

Why can't I turn off the radio?

Shaffer Smith / Tor Erik Hermansen / Mikkel Eriksen

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[harveyphotography]

La bellezza di ogni giorno risiede nella capacità di sorprenderti e di scoprire nuove opportunità.

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #3438:

standardised spelling was a mistake

[hsrips]

can I possibly get some rips of Equius from ‘Equius: Seek the Highbl00d’??

I’ve been looking for them everywhere and literally haven’t seen a speck of them :(

we have these!

[every-tome]