Granted the possibility that Eridan, Vriska and Aradia could be friends, by extension, could Eridan have the possibility to become friends with Tavros?

Unfortunately, no 😔 and what it comes down to is this: Eridan is REALLY STRESSFUL to be around if you aren't Karkat (even for people who like him, which is why such an important quality in his platonic friend group is an ability to set and maintain hard boundaries), and Tavros is REALLY BAD at dealing with stress.

Tavros often gets mischaracterized as being really sweet and kind, and I think that's a little south of where he actually is. His main character trait is avoidance, not acceptance. When the going gets tough, Tavros gets going, either physically (leaving Vriska to bleed out, or ghosting Gamzee after being put off by his offer to make out a little, or blocking Dave after getting scared by his sexual remarks) or mentally (his reliance on his imaginary friend, and the way he turns to them for comfort while being tormented by Vriska). He doesn't actually LIKE Vriska at all, and is actually pretty vocal about DISliking her, but he's too afraid of real confrontation to actually mount a resistance until well after it's too late, resulting in his death.

He's still a lot nicer than most of the trolls, but it's a low bar. And he deserved to be treated better, but that's also all of them. Let's not forget that once he really grows a spine after being combined with Vriska for a little bit, he flips her off. Even then, however, his response to things he doesn't like is still, like. Leaving. Growing a spine just lets him actually do that, instead of meekly expressing that he would like to, and then getting bullied into not.

And Eridan is just stressful to be around. He's basically a weeping geyser of emotional sincerity and neediness 24/7. Even the people in his life that like him need to set and maintain hard boundaries with him so they don't exhaust themselves, and this is even true of his romantic interests (with the exception of Karkat). Even Roxy gets stressed by him, even if it's good stress (excitement, fun).

And the thing is, even at his absolute best, most therapized, Eridan is still going to be the team's Murder Advocate. More intimately than anybody else, he understands the connection between sacrifice, duty, and the greater good. A lot of people seem to think Eridan's ultimate character arc should lead to him refuting violence, but I disagree; there are times where violence, and even murder, are necessary (for an easy example, killing Condy, and for a very personal example, killing lusii/trolls so his species/friends could stay alive). He's the teammate that reminds the rest of the team that violence and murder are viable, and sometimes the only, option; who offers to do the dirty work himself and shoulder that burden; and who has a powerful driving force of duty, responsibility, and - that most hopeful of qualities - CONVICTION.

His character arc doesn't lead to him refuting his prior beliefs, but gaining clarity on them: exactly what he believes in and why, disentangling it from his shitty society and the expectations it placed upon him. This inevitably leads to him having a very strong personality that clashes with a lot of his teammates, even post-character development, and unfortunately, Tavros is one of them.

So if we're talking Tavros before he grows a spine - they would definitely not be friends. Eridan would be able to trap Tavros into conversation, but if Tavros already doesn't like Vriska for being an asshole with empathy problems, there's no way he'd like Eridan, who's that turned up to eleven. I mean, let's be real, do you think Eridan "refuses to have fun and is also a hipster and also phrases things in a hostile and aggressive way as a default" Ampora would not wind up 1) insulting fiduspawn, 2) insulting tinkerbull/bringing up that he kills lusii regularly and that Tavros is really lucky tinkerbull is so small because it made them not a target, and/or 3) insulting Tavros for his spinelessness in an effort to pitch flirt, or even just as a factual observation?

And if we're talking Tavros after he grows a spine, all that would change is that he'd voice outright that he doesn't really like Eridan and doesn't want to talk to him. And then leave, probably.

And that'd be a problem for Eridan, before or after his character development, because he desperately craves attention, and Tavros's whole thing is avoiding the stuff he doesn't like. This is also why he wouldn't get along particularly well with people like Sollux or Equius; they don't really give him attention, good OR bad, and either tell him to fuck off, or fuck off themselves. Let's remember how Vriska ghosting him on accident led to him having an anxiety episode where he beats himself up for being SO STUPID!!!!!!! People who don't really like him and simply withhold attention from him are the people he feels the worst interacting with.

And that's BEFORE Gamzee gets added to the mix LOL

Very cool design! I love the idea of a pinball bouncing around inside the body like a musketball would.

I wish that this was a mass marketed machine, but alas, it's somebody's custom retheme. The original is Pinball Pool, a 1979 machine by Gottlieb.

It's an early solid-state machine, advertised as having drop targets that mirror each other when hit. Unfortunately, the original design is nothing to write home about.

It goes without saying, but the custom job is much cooler in comparison. Though, I gotta say Pinball Pool's back glass design is not without its charm. The girls are cute and the pool-playing robot is a fun idea.

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carry the vris

4CHAN IS PLANNING TO RAID DASHCON

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4CHAN IS PLANNING TO RAID DASHCON

Users of 4chan are planning to primarily tape up grotesque images all across Dashcon on Saturday afternoon in an attempt to trigger con-goers unless they are paid $17,000 in bitcoin by 7/12/2014 12:00pm central time.

I have gathered this information from /b/ and /pol/ while under a 4chan Gold account, where posts can be made private, inaccessible to anyone without a gold account. They started planning this upon hearing about the Dashcon hotel scam, where the Dashcon Tumblr asked for $17,000 to pay the hotel to avoid getting the con-goers kicked out of the hotel.

I would recommend anyone and everyone avoid the con after noon Saturday to avoid seeing these pictures and other harassment 4chan may be planning.

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Ooh nostalgia! I was really obsessed with the movie as a kid so my parents bought me a lot of the merch, this book included. Wish I still had my copy.

Pain and Panic as they appear in "Feel the Pain, Pat the Panic".

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I learned what recipromantic means a few days ago. All I can think is wow suddenly everything in my life makes a whole lot more sense to me now. It only took me until I was 30 to figure this out about myself, but hey, it isn't a race. It's very refreshing to discover this part of my identity, and also reassuring to learn that a term for people like me exists. It makes me feel less lonely knowing there are more of us out here.

Exile content? In 2024? Yes please!

And to those three lovers, in that moment, the wasteland might as well be Paradise.

Quick question, what r u thoughts about the last hs2 update?

On one hand, I like that the new writers are addressing the whole Yiffy situation by having Kanaya stand up for herself and address how fucked up it is. Yet I feel like it's going to be all for nothing. Jade and Rose both suck immensely here. I hate how Jade is being portrayed as the victim in all this when she's really just being selfish and whiny. Sorry but Kanaya's anger about being cuckolded and lied to for 15 years is more justified than Jade's uh... loneliness and desire for a "real" baby that isn't born of ectobiology? Rose meanwhile is aloof and frigid, dismissing Kanaya's feelings entirely and justifying her actions by saying that Kanaya will "forgive her anyway" due to her Seer foresight. Basically she can get away with whatever because Kanaya's too much of a dishrag to fight back against her. Gotta love it when the main lesbian representation in the comic is incredibly toxic, right guys?

I get that the new writers are trying their best to salvage a bad situation, but this was a horrible plotline to begin with. Any attempts to try and "fix" it are going to fail. Maybe some good would come of it if Kanaya leave Rose for good, but I doubt the writers would be ballsy enough to make such a change. The outcry over breaking up the "Picture Perfect Lesbian Relationship" would be too much to risk.

How I imagine Finn and Marceline met (idk why finn is tied)

I imagine this is an AU where Finn adventures more alone and runs into marceline and eventually the two of them get together

Happy Dennis Day everyone. Thank you @laurasauras for blessing us with content that I never knew I needed.

Karkat educating a totally stone-faced Gamzee on the proper preparation of [insert food you really care about idk] as the stove smokes dangerously.

I’m going to bring vriskat back in 2017. Just watch me. MERRY CHRISTMAS @neidhardt !!!!!!!! My favorite person and partner in vriskat sin.

“Well, the one we generally know tends to be busy bugging killers… There’s also the fact a certain Dwight really, really hates Megs.”