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No. 72990
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>I think what makes me really sad about Aranea is that she went from an empath who understood others on an emotional level, to someone who sees everyone as an obtacle or disposable pawn whose lives she can play with. There's signs she sees herself this way too, more like a story character instead of a person.
That fits with how Vriska sees herself as a powerplaying video game character first and foremost based on her experience FLARPing, and expects everyone else to live up to her standards of achievement. Not sure if it's an issue of self image, or if she just seriously thinks that's the only practical way to do things.
Personally, I've usually found Vriska fairly lovable because she handles video games much like I do, and tries to share her knowledge only to be frustrated by a lack of interest from listeners, but she does go too far in terms of pushing others to accomplish things.
I'm thinking there's a possibility that Jake could end up turning on Aranea, or at least her plans, by hoping for something other than what he wants her to hope for. We haven't seen the mind control symbol on him, so she might not be considering the possibility due to her precaution of making sure he thinks she's super hot, which admittedly might have worked easily if Jake was Equius, but as it is he's already shown some ability to resist her.
Also, I like how the cuts Dirk made on Aranea made the nose and mouth of a face, with part of the blue design on her shirt forming the eyes.
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