Homesuck: Vriska Rising

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

EDIT: Come on even if you hate me for hating Vriska so much at least give me credit for trying to be funny instead of serious about it this time

Any points you gain from this are lost for having still thought anyone's death means anything.

Originally Posted by NonCon

I dunno. This update really gave one of the reasons you hated Vriska a fair amount of context that made it fairly understandable, and shows that the side of her that *is* good is actually developing so she's not just a horrible person. Like, she hasn't done anything awful AFAIK since she killed Tavros and come on that was hilarious.

P. much all this.

I mean damn Snake, it's been as much as a couple of hours since she murdered that loser, can't you just get over it and see how much she's grown since then? Can't you even acknowledge how great it was when she rubbed his face in how hilariously disfigured he is?

[Loyal]

I dunno. This update really gave one of the reasons you hated Vriska a fair amount of context that made it fairly understandable, and shows that the side of her that *is* good is actually developing so she's not just a horrible person. Like, she hasn't done anything awful AFAIK since she killed Tavros and come on that was hilarious.

Yeah, I mean just from this, that flash was pretty amazing.

...This is a "Fuck you Snake" update because Vriska might not be dead for good?

I think he's being sarcastic about the rampant egoism.

[Kim]

I mean damn Snake, it's been as much as a couple of hours since she murdered that loser, can't you just get over it and see how much she's grown since then?

This loses points for pretending time means anything in Homestuck.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by NonCon

This loses points for pretending time means anything in Homestuck.

You're right, if she'd felt a little bad a couple of minutes after killing that cripple that would have been all the character growth she needed anyway.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by NonCon

I dunno. This update really gave one of the reasons you hated Vriska a fair amount of context that made it fairly understandable, and shows that the side of her that *is* good is actually developing so she's not just a horrible person. Like, she hasn't done anything awful AFAIK since she killed Tavros and come on that was hilarious.

I dislike Andrew's increasing attempts of garnering sympathy and portraying Vriska in a positive light even more than I despised Vriska back when she just more or less a one-note villain, believe it or not.

Oh! I think I've stumbled upon a perfect comparison to make to describe this to all of you.

NOTE: If you hate me blabbing about Vriska please skip all of this, seriously, this will just make you hate me or something.

It reminds me of this time when I disliked a girl that one of my best friends wanted to hook me up with in college.
She made a terrible first impression on me for a variety of reasons and I frankly told my best friend that I just plain didn't consider her personality attractive.

But like, at that moment, I didn't hate her or anything. I just said "We are not a good match, I'd like to meet other people instead."
Well my best friend was very persistent so I went out on a couple more group outings where I saw her and we had a few short conversations. But I just couldn't possibly like her and nearly everything she said annoyed me in some way, and so while I never got to a point theoretically comparable to hating her for killing anybody or anything, I definitely was just fed up with the notion that we were a perfect match.

So I told my friend, "She may be a nice girl and everything, but she is not my cup of tea. I'd appreciate it if we could hang out like we used to without her around, because your fixation with hooking us up is ruining our friendship."
But instead of respecting my wishes and giving up, my friend continued to throw her onto me, demand I justify exactly what I disliked about her, deem all attempts of justifications unsatisfactory, and in the end my friendship with this guy was basically tarnished because he really liked this friend of his that I refused to date and was personally offended that I didn't feel the same way.

It's the same thing with Homestuck but Andrew Hussie is now "my best friend" and this character Vriska is "this girl he thinks I'd really like." Only she made a terrible first impression and I think quite poorly of her, which surprised Andrew because he thought Vriska was the bee's knees. So now he's repeatedly thrusting Vriska into every imaginable situation, making our friendship (Homestuck) revolve around her, attempting to portray her as sympathetically as possible, retconning and revealing plot points along the way intended to make me say "Aww." But he just can't quite understand that first impressions are everything, that sometimes a serious issue (like murder) isn't something easily forgiven or forgotten, and he's going to ruin our friendship because he's more obsessed with me liking this one girl he thinks is his pride and joy, more than he likes all the former stuff (everything Homestuck was about before it was the Vriska Show) we used to bond over.

This began in my mind as a brilliant comparison but it now feels like a terrible comparison but I'm leaving it here anyways because I bothered to type it out so welp.

[IHateMakingNames]

If it helps, Vriska is still a total bitch.

On a better note, I'm guessing Dave dies.

But we'll get another double make out session. With people coming back to life.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Really, Vriska is only sympathetic when she is talking to John. In just about any other instance, she reverts to her more horrible self. Makes sense since she is probably trying to make him view her more sympathetically. Otherwise, I haven't found many instances where the story really did much to make us like Vriska more other. A couple moments make us feel a bit sorry for her, but not make her any more likeable.

[Aldurin]

That last page was two doses of awesome in ways that were equally same and different. Also the fact that it's Vriska's clock that was hit by a Crowbar of Greater Temporal Nullification just builds the suspense. I'm liking how this is going.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by IHateMakingNames

On a better note, I'm guessing Dave dies.

Does Dave still have a dream self? With all the time shenanigans and doomed Daves I've lost track.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Aldurin

That last page was two doses of awesome in ways that were equally same and different. Also the fact that it's Vriska's clock that was hit by a Crowbar of Greater Temporal Nullification just builds the suspense. I'm liking how this is going.

By no means should my traditional barrage of endless criticism of Hussie take away from the fact that I actually think today's updates were the best Homestuck has had in some time; from the artwork of Rose's face in the last update with John and Rose to a Clover-headed Doc to OMG JADE AND DAVE ARE BACK to "...oh shit, Jack," this was really all wonderfully done.

The fact that I am stupidly bitter over Hussie teasing me about Vriska before she inevitably comes back to life in time to save the trolls from Gamzee and become a heroine does not change this.