Part of me had hoped to see something like that between John and Vriska when I read Act 5.
Like it started to seem like Vriska felt uneasy about how John would really approach her if they do meet in real life after all the stuff she told about herself and things she had done.
Hard to say if we would get something like that for Pesterquest or Homestuck 2 where characters realize it takes a hell lot of time to forgive. Like earning the trust back from people you had wronged and forgiveness are two different things.
Redemption.
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Re: Redemption.
For you are true and destined prince 
And my sword is by your side
I will fight for you in glory until I die
And my sword is by your side
I will fight for you in glory until I die
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Re: Redemption.
arachonteur wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:47 amI feel like additional redemption arcs would wind up being kind of redundant when compared to the extremely nuanced Vriska/(Vriska) unredeemed/redeemed dichotomy, or in bad taste, especially characters who people clamor for redemption arcs for, like Eridan. It would take a very deft hand to redeem that dude.
i think its worth mentioning that eridan is 13 years old and being an entitled annoying bastard is an extremely common symptom of being a 13 year old rich boy. there is at least one doomed timeline in which feferi willingly hangs out with him (the gt feferi who revives WV) implying that he has at least the possibility of not being a fuckin pain in the ass for five goddamn minutesVASKA wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:57 amEridan, definitely. I think there's a lot of good things that could come from Eridan as a character, especially because he's such a horrible, disgusting person in a way that is very much relevant to the real world, but at the core there's really one thing that makes Eridan so awful: entitlement. He thinks he deserves a relationship, he thinks he deserves to win, he thinks he deserves to survive even when leaving all his friends for dead. He will throw anyone under the bus to get what he thinks is rightfully his, without any regard for how his actions effect others.
The reason I would like to see a redemption arc for him is because the story and the character would both have to confront this entitlement and humble that annoying bastard.
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Re: Redemption.
It's not that I think it's impossible, it's just that I think it's a tough needle to thread, and risks being in bad taste if done poorly, as we can see with [Pesterquest]Equius's heel-face turn in Pesterquest being kinda janky, despite him being ostensibly easier to redeem than Eridan. It'd take a deft hand, and one that I don't think most people would be able to pull off.furrylatula wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:42 pmi think its worth mentioning that eridan is 13 years old and being an entitled annoying bastard is an extremely common symptom of being a 13 year old rich boy. there is at least one doomed timeline in which feferi willingly hangs out with him (the gt feferi who revives WV) implying that he has at least the possibility of not being a fuckin pain in the ass for five goddamn minutes


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godspeed to kate mitchell, may her eridan pq route manage to not piss off fans and haters alikearachonteur wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:43 amIt's not that I think it's impossible, it's just that I think it's a tough needle to thread, and risks being in bad taste if done poorly, as we can see with [Pesterquest]Equius's heel-face turn in Pesterquest being kinda janky, despite him being ostensibly easier to redeem than Eridan. It'd take a deft hand, and one that I don't think most people would be able to pull off.furrylatula wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:42 pmi think its worth mentioning that eridan is 13 years old and being an entitled annoying bastard is an extremely common symptom of being a 13 year old rich boy. there is at least one doomed timeline in which feferi willingly hangs out with him (the gt feferi who revives WV) implying that he has at least the possibility of not being a fuckin pain in the ass for five goddamn minutes