F9r 9ur next 699k clu6 reading, I pr9p9se we c9ntinue 9ur thread 9f Her Imperial Radiance 6i9graphies. 9ur previ9us selecti9n was written when y9ur ancest9r was still 9n her rise t9 p9wer, s9 I'd like t9 suggest s9mething m9re recent.
While it would make for a good compare and contrast experience, with the increase in our interactions with the Humans I think it's 8est to study a gr8 of their literature. Perhaps we can understand their culture and where they come from 8etter.
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Kankri: For our next book club reading, I propose we continue our thread of Her Imperial Radiance biographies. Our previous selection was written when your ancestor was still on her rise to power, so I'd like to suggest something more recent.
Aranea: While it would make for a good compare and contrast experience, with the increase in our interactions with the Humans I think it's best to study a great of their literature. Perhaps we can understand their culture and where they come from better.
so we know that vriska based so much of her persona and actions on mindfang, and for Act 5 and most of 6 she was ms pirate spider mcselfishpants
but even in her early convos in Act 5 we see she clearly cares about At Least One Person, and then after aranea went all psycho and (vriska) spent a few millenia in the dreambubbles, she drops the act and we see closer to the real vriska - more empathetic and caring of others
aranea - mindfang’s pre-scratch version - put on a facade of being a kind, non-threatening exposition fairy; but she even admitted she always brought discussions back around to herself, and in the GO Timeline proved she was every bit as selfish and dangerous as mindfang
i think Vriska’s pre-scratch self - the version of her that didn’t have alternian murder culture and mindfang’s legacy to turn her into a killer - would have been more like the person Aranea modelled herself after.