So we tried to psychoanalyze all of the trolls, and I would LOVE to get some other opinions on this! Seriously, I fucking love this stuff, I don't care if the characters are fictional! Any thoughts in the reviews please!
Srs sloothin
JESSICA
lol. So, I totally forgot that John's bunny plus knitting and robotic enhancements saved him from Jack the first time when he landed on Skaia after the moon crash landed. Toootally forgot.
KALYN
my favorite part was when he started giving out bunnies like they were going out of style. and Karkat's frustration with him because of it. especially the conversation between them preceding the incident.
JESSICA
I thought it was funny because it was Karkat's fault
KALYN
And now we've digressed from serious sleuthing (srs sloothin O_O) to "I liked the part when -! 8D"
...
should I stop writing all this in the document now?
Are we out of important things to say?
can I categorize everything hereafter as "not as important later as the preceding material is/will be"?
JESSICA
Well, we can continue the srs sloothin if you prefer, what would you like to slooth?
KALYN
I dunno, lemme go back, see if there's anything we haven't addressed yet.
JESSICA
Just so you know, none of those faces become smilies for me, so you're correction of them makes little sense to me.
Oh, yeah, btw, the reason why they are all hormonal is because they are all in junior high or the equivalent thereof.
KALYN
Oh yes, I've realized this
-sigh- how about we go through each troll and analyze? that might make me feel better.
let's pretend we're Rose!
starting at the bottom of the list with...Equius!
JESSICA
lol, ok, who shall we start with?
KALYN
too late! ha!
JESSICA
Oh god, him...obviously he has an issue with his self image.
KALYN
and the whole blood thing too, his head is at odds with his heart
centrally speaking
combination superiority/inferiority complex
JESSICA
His obsession with making robots is geared towards his obsession with his own perfection.
KALYN
to EVERYONE
oh, sweet
also his ridiculous strength
but what about the musclebeast fetish?
I mean, strength, sure, but
why musclebeast? why bring beastiality into the mix?
or, I guess, with all the other issues these trolls have, WHY THE FUCK NOT?
JESSICA
He thinks of himself as weak, so he tries to prove himself wrong by defeating robots he has created, he is fixated on whateverthosecreaturesare's strength. And yet he wants to be proven correct, so he wants people to order him around.
Exactly. Musclebeasts are the epitome of brutish strength, which is all Equius has going for himself, or at least as far as he can see.
KALYN
He's attracted to Aradia because she behaves like a highblood despite her peasantry, and so he tries to "redeem" her by allowing her to live in a robot he filled with blueblood (his own perhaps?)
And he's Saggitarius but CAN'T SHOOT A BOW!
bluh?
why do you think he's the only one with a great relationship?
he's got Nepeta. How do they offset each other so well?
JESSICA
Where else would he get the blood from? Unless that's the color of musclebeast blood? Actually it probably is. Him not being able to shoot a bow is part of his struggle for perfection. The most elegant instrument of death, and he can't even wield it proves he is no better than a lead footed peasant of the worst kind. He is a failure and he should be ordered around as such.
Nepeta is comfortable with who she is, and she tries to bring Equius around to seeing the greatness in himself, and in doing so toning down his violence (which is sort of what she's there for).
KALYN
Despite her own violence...but she kills to eat I guess, out of necessity, whereas Equius will build robots specifically to destroy them.
JESSICA
Exactly, Nepeta is only as violent as her environment requires, while Equius will run himself ragged with his masochistic fits.
KALYN
speaking of which, let's talk about her, since Equius is an open book
JESSICA
I-n't she adorabull?
KALYN
she's more of an enigma to me
actually
maybe it's her simplicity?
JESSICA
She's catty without being bitchy.
KALYN
there aren't many issues there, where I expect there to be
we know she has a secret crush on Karkat
but she doesn't seem to have any romance in the black areas
or want any for that matter
rephrase: she doesn't seem to be seeking any for that matter
JESSICA
Like I said, she's comfortable with who she is. She's not hung up on the whole blood heirarchy, and she's set off from the rest of the trolls for the most part. She avoids the unnecessary drama. Her lusus is probably the least high-maintenance. Don't forget the lusi are part of who the trolls are. Equius has a musclebeast butler, Nepeta has a cat, Vriska a spider, Tavros a bull fairy. The only one who seems to really differ from her lusus is Feferi, but I suppose that's what happens when you have Oglogoth as your lusus.
KALYN
Ha lol
Okay well what about Eridan?
he's also an open book, he made all of his romantic intentions very clear
with Feferi, Sollux, and all of his other desperate attemtps after facing rejection
JESSICA
I think Nepeta's isolation was her greatest asset. I don't think she worried too much about being asked to procure any relationship juices out in the middle of nowhere. It would have been more trouble finding her than it would be worth.
KALYN
makes sense
JESSICA
Yeah, Eridan is pretty desperate.
KALYN
granted he was rejected in just about every way by just about everyone
JESSICA
But he, like Equius is hung up on the whole blood thing. But to add another hitch to this cart horse, he has to contend with being aquatic and that much better than everyone else.
KALYN
Yeah, whereas Equius isn't even at the top of the spectrum
What about his murderous tendencies, what with the entire ocean before and then angels? and then when he ran out of available targets, he began killing the other trolls in fits of passion?
JESSICA
He thinks that Feferi and him make sense as a matesprit, and any of the land dwelling trolls should scramble at the chance of having any sort of relationship with him. Feferi raises a good point at one point. She tells him for all he claims to hate the land dwellers, he spends a great deal of his time out of the water.
KALYN
Does that imply that he was attracted to land dwellers all along?
JESSICA
He was killing the other trolls because he lost hope. He never would have killed Feferi or even destroyed that egg if he felt there was any chance of survival. He couldn't let hope live in others when he himself had none.
KALYN
right, the hope thing.
sucks though, he could've helped with the whole hope thing
let them all live at least until that egg was taken care of
then see where things were going
JESSICA
I think maybe, or at least he didn't *actually* think he was better than them. But he was trying so hard to convince himself he was better and they didn't deserve to live that he hated himself for all of the similarities he saw between them and him. I think his violence stems from not truly understanding himself, or wanting to silence that part of himself. He wanted to destroy the land dwellers so he didn't have to continue seeing the inferior beings and seeing the similarities that were always there.
KALYN
Okay I'll accept that.
So, Feferi.
Why Sollux?