Homesuck: Vriska Rising

[BitVyper]

And didn't she die during the Equiancestor's backstory?

Aradiancestor is only one candidate for the girl referred to in that story. Which, if this is her, may not have even happened yet from her perspective.

BitVyper, but wouldn't the Aradiancestor have the shortest lifespan of all the ancestors?

Time travel.

I should clarify though that my guess is a totally unsubstantiated wild guess.

So is Aradia Lord English?

Doc Scratch called his boss a man, if I recall correctly.

[Locke cole]

True, but given Mindfang's backstory, it's either the Aradiancestor or the Nepetancestor. For it to be a tidy parallel, I'm assuming that it was the Aradiancestor.

[IHateMakingNames]

I took it as the Trolls will somehow get back into their universe, or at the very least Aradia. And she can time travel so being in the future wouldn't be hard.

Also Doc Scratch hates Hussie's self-inserts.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Locke cole

BitByper, but wouldn't the Aradiancestor have the shortest lifespan of all the ancestors?

Well, look at it this way: the ancestors' and the trolls' stories mirrored one another, except with some difference in a major decision made by each of them that ultimately changed their destinies entirely. But how do you mirror the girl who died as a child?

Perhaps Aradiancestor was simply removed from her time entirely somehow. It's all speculation, of course, but something about the "Aradia" we just saw doesn't strike me as being the one we know, which leaves a very narrow number of possibilities regarding this girl's true identity.

On the other hand, it could be something else that's equally nonsensical.

And didn't she die during the Equiancestor's backstory?

I was always under the impression that it was Nepeta's ancestor, what with Darkleer's path being different from Equius' in the fact that he stood up to the highbloods in defense of a lower-blooded friend, whereas Equius couldn't and allowed both of them to die.

[Bard The 5th LW]

THere's really no proof that either of them died either. Just the line 'Was she worth it?' Also the fact that we are seeing her as a child and time travel is not an unknown concept means it could very wel be aradiancestor.

Also, we really don't have a proper scaling method for a proper troll's lifespan. If lowbloods do have the shortest life, it could still be longer than a human's.

[Locke cole]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

Well, look at it this way: the ancestors' and the trolls' stories mirrored one another, except with some difference in a major decision made by each of them that ultimately changed their destinies entirely. But how do you mirror the girl who died as a child?

I meant, in general. Lower-bloods have shorter lifespans. Compare the Summoner and Mindfang (Mindfang spoke of the not yet born Summoner as her destined partner), and the fact that the Fefcestor was still alive and well after Fef's birth.

[IHateMakingNames]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

It's all speculation, of course, but something about the "Aradia" we just saw doesn't strike me as being the one we know, which leaves a very narrow number of possibilities regarding this girl's true identity.

She isn't smiling.

[Intern Nin]

Why is Aradia in Scratch's base?

Because Scratch has her locked up in there.

What is the Huss of Space trying to do, there?

From the looks of things, I'd say he's measuring the Fractal Prospectus. Also, he is not the Huss of Space. He is the Waste of Space.

And that ain't a yellow yard. Just a yellow foot.

Nope, it's too big to be a foot ruler. Definitely the yellow yard.

[BitVyper]

I took it as the Trolls will somehow get back into their universe, or at the very least Aradia. And she can time travel so being in the future wouldn't be hard.

I really don't think this is god tier Aradia. Jack is more powerful than Doc Scratch, and she could freeze and escape him. All the signs here point to her being a captive. If it is Aradia, I'll guess that it's her from prior to any point in her personal timeline at which we've seen her. Doc Scratch did take a semi-parental role in the lives of several trolls, so it would be a recurring theme.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by IHateMakingNames

She isn't smiling.

That was my first clue, yes.

The other, as Bit mentioned, being that this girl is obviously not a god tier Hero of Time, and the odds of Aradia having been locked in Alternia's first guardian's mansion far into the future, long after the end of all life as she knows it, and then was neatly deposited back into her own time before her death where she apparently thought nothing of it and never mentioned it again are nearly nonexistent.