I know Vriska has been lauded as the magic ingredient that kept the meteor from death spiraling through sheer force of narcissism, but you know what could have done that better?
All the kids travelling in the same place.
Rose was always the one who got Jade best. In close quarters, I’m confident she would have cracked Jade’s facade. Plus, Jade and Karkat were already calling each other out on a pretty regular basis. She wouldn’t have been able to get away with her repression.
Davesprite would have seen the warning signs for Rose’s drinking problem. Even if he was too deep in a funk at that point, I doubt Jade and John would have let her sink into it as much.
Karkat and John’s deathgrip vs laisse faire leadership styles might have clashed, bumped around, and evolved into something a bit more moderate and reasonable.
The Daves being exposed to each other for long periods of time could have helped them face, accept, and work through some of their issues with themselves and each other.
In general, there would be too many people running around to let people drop off the face of the earth/pair off in increasingly isolated and toxic dynamics. And of course, no matter what else happened, you’d have a Breath player on the loose – a Breath player with dreambubbles, planets, a meteor, and a whole bunch of friends to explore and interact with rather than feeling stifled and constrained. With that much initiative/networking/communication constantly in their faces, there’s no way things could have gotten as bad as they did.
Obviously that couldn’t happen because of Story Reasons, but man, if we were going to retcon the last several years in order to ‘fix’ everyone, this would have been more fun.
deliverusfromsburb : #still annoying from the perspective of#who are these people and why didn’t i get to watch them develop#but less personally offensive
#I was thinking something like this too#more along the lines of the Bad Side of having Vriska there though#like if any of the crew would have had weaker personalities than they did#she’d have been on them like a shark on a wounded tuna#just like she is with Tavros at every opportunity#and Jake at the first#I mean she might have been useful in some ways#given what Rose said#but Damn#that interruption was the DEFINITION of bad Leadership#and to think she didn’t have ANYONE on the trip willing to set her straight on this behavior#I mean I always figured getting rid of all her jerkitude was unlikely#but this was SO counter productive#and no one#so far#amoung the crew has called her on it#>:/
Maybe in a shocking twist of fate the next Scourge Sisters log will be that.
I really hope so!
I’m a big Scourge Sisters fan, and so far the interaction we got was nothing like their normal dynamic… no poking and prodding, no teasing, no black hints at all. This is not good, and I hope it gets amended at the first opportunity. Terezi are you okay
(also 100% truth on to topic of shared journey. The meteor problem was many people in a small space, and the battleship problem was way too few people in a vast space, and all together they’d be better off. Like, shared training sessions, instead of just Jade and John – and I’m pretty sure in the original meteor trip they discussed the lack of training grounds or anything constructive to do at all… John would have had something to apply himself to – half the meteor crew are ready-made prank target practice… etc)
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