1. Porrim
2. Meenah
3. Aranea
4. Meulin
5. Latula
6. Kankri
7. Rufioh
8. Mituna
9. Damara
10. Kurloz
11. Horuss
12. Cronus
This is like, the fastest I have ever changed the Troll Rank Ever.
So thanks fucking Rufioh. You think you can actually be decent enough to break up with Horuss first before you start hitting on someone else? Way to just fuck up my rank like this geez. I had believed in you Rufioh.
1. Porrim
2. Meenah
3. Aranea
4. Rufioh
5. Meulin
6. Kankri
7. Latula
8. Mituna
9. Damara
10. Kurloz
11. Horuss
12. Cronus
And So, we now have the complete set, of Troll Rank Alpha.
So we met the last 3 remaining trolls. And they left an impact.
Let’s go with the one I like more first.
Rufioh seems like the most normal person there is out of the Alpha Trolls. He has incecurities like Tavros, but just talks like a normal guy. He isn’t as assertive as you would think, but he also doesn’t hold back either. I get the thing of just keeping your happy thoughts (his lucus) and just enjoying his interests.
Of course, his lack of assertiveness can be argued as his own downfall. Because he couldn’t break up with Damara before the game started (which lead to his rendezvous with Horuss in the forest), Meenah’s prodding pushed them all to the edge that ended with Damara snapping and Rufioh a centaur body (at least, I hoped he had arms).
But, it is hard to judge on backstory like this because they aren’t in-depth as the Beta-trolls. So while I know that he was cheating on Damara, I don’t think it was done out of malice. And until it was shown otherwise, those are my thoughts. So Rufioh is number 4.
Damara….she intimidates me. First, because I had no idea what she was saying and her faces were creeping me out, like she knows that I don’t know what she said. Then…when I actually translated what she said (and I did off screen) OH BOY the things she said.
So like Aradia, they both lost their feelings/abilities to emote. But while Aradia died to feel like that, Damara had her heart broken, lost her mind by Meenah, and has thrown herself into sexual debauchery. Not saying that sex can’t be good, but when everything you say was some form of demanding sex like that…just saying.
Then, she wants to serve English? So….I guess Aranea was right, their adult lives got to fulfill the dreams of their alpha-selves. I find it funny that, given the choice Damara would have picked to serve English. But when trapped and raised by Scratch she just wanted to bust out of there.
So Damara is low because of how she intimidates me…..a lot.
And Horuss….god. How the hell were the Beta-versions better than the Alphas? I…I can’t deal with this guy. Steampunk: Cool. Steampunk Pony Play: Alright…. Steampunk Horsekin with extreme bloodcaste issues moreso than probably Equius:…..nooo
He is dating Rufioh and it is like in his head it is like a shitty romance novel of the highclass person falling in love with a commoner, so he is still fetishizing blood. He does ton of backhanded compliments to Rufioh about how it is good he is trying to “learn his place”. Still hates Damara for her blood, and follows whatever Meenah says with no regards.
The only reason I have him higher that Cronus is because he was actually being sincere with his love and affection to Rufioh….and I still can’t tell if that makes it worse or not.
So there we go. I am not sure if this list is going to be changing anytime soon.
Also, Kankri went down one, because he is just wearing me down with his ill-attempts to play peace-maker.
I just got their ages. If the Alpha Trolls were in the game for 3 sweeps, that’s 6 years, so these guys are 19 right now.
1. Porrim
2. Meenah
3. Aranea
4. Kankri
5. Meulin
6. Latula
7. Mituna
8. Kurloz
9. Cronus
Yeah…..you may have notice, but the new trolls stayed at the bottom this time around. They just didn’t jump out at me unlike the others like Kankri and Porrim.
Meulin was cute. A little TOO excited though. Like, if Nepeta is a fangirl, Meulin is a weeb. She can get too intense, but I love how she loves to still ship people. And that she can sign like no tomorrow. I was debating on having her higher than Kankri, but I’m not going to lie, I like that santamonious little bastard a little more. He is an ass, but he doesn’t know he is an ass, which makes him fun to be with. So Meulin is right under.
Latula is pushed down, and Mituna is pushed below that. I mean, they seem like nice people. But, I’m just not that interested. Latula is a bit hard on the radness. And Mituna…..terrifies me. Not that I am genuinely scared of him, but that I don’t know how to deal with him. He has Sollux’s bipolar on ghost steroids and I wouldn’t know how to approach him if I met him in real life.
I don’t know if him skating was his idea, or if Latula pushed him into it…..but if they are still dating, they are still dating. They make it work.
Next is Kurloz. Listen, I am not blind. I know shady demonic clown shit is going on with him. How he maybe was the one to cause Mituna his bipolar issues. I get that, I am not viewing him with rose-colored glasses. But, he is aesthetically interesting, silently snarky with the middle finger flip, is kind to Meulin. His magic powers of clown cults and team-up with Gamzee is what put him low in the list. His other positive qualities is what is keeping him from the bottom of that list.
And Finally, last in the Rank is Cronus. I wish he just ate babies like the greek god. Why? Why the fuck are both the Aquarius Trolls fucking tools? I daresay that Cronus is even worst that Eridan. At least with Eridan he isn’t trying to hide who he was. He was royal-blood. He dressed and acted like a prince. An Ass Prince, but a prince.
Cronus, he is saying that he doesn’t care about being royal or wealthy etc etc, but he has rings and blings to subtly show that he still is? That he tries to be poetic and tragic and that he is a tortured musican, but then turns around and belittles everyone he meets for screwing up his “supposed” chance with someone else. Yeah, don’t think I forgot that conversation with Mituna. Hell, that is more/less why he is at the bottom. For being such a “Nice Guy™“ in the trashiest way possible.
….and I don’t even know how to address/approach his supposed species dysphoria by saying he is humankin. I know he isn’t, I know that he did this to try and get, idk sympathy points to people’s pants. But now Kankri somehow convinced him to continue to believe it so here we are I guess.
God the fish-people bloodlines are a problematic bunch.
New troll rank, new tags, this time with LEGIT ALPHA TROLLS.
1. Porrim
2. Meenah
3. Aranea
4. Kankri
5. Latula
Meeting more trolls here is a dream come true. Man do I love these guys.
Porrim is so fucking cool. Fucking Gothic Vampire Queen. Chill, mature, fights for her rights as a woman and against gender roles. Rocking tattoos, piercings, another badass fashionista. God she is a fucking dream. Not only that, but she speaks her mind, and doesn’t put up with bullshit. And she also has another mothering instinct in her, like Kanaya, and a need to care for Kankri, while not putting up with his shit. I love that. I love her. I need more of her please yes thanks.
Meenah is still second, and Aranea is third, and pretty easy to explain. Meenah is a fun wild card, has a plan and will take charge and follow her plan. Which involves violence and explosions. I respect those things when pointed in the right direction (like Lord English’s Turtle head). Plus, it is fun to watch her act so baller.
Aranea is fun to be with, loves to tell stories, and is overall really nice. Of course I would love her. But Meenah’s excentric nature and Porrim’s aura of cool tops her.
Kankri. Fucking love him. He is such a doof. He is fucking cute in looks. He goes on about his culture’s peace problems (fucking knew there would be problems), genuinely cares about the issues of marginalization that he is talking about. (Anyone who can talk that much has to care). Is concern with keeping with trigger warnings (which I appreciate). He wants to be a “big boy” and taken seriously when he talks, only to really just be a kid. It is just so cute overall.
So why 4th? First, I just like the other trolls better. A lot.
Second, yeah he can be a bit of a self-entitled ass. Like praising how Latula managed to live her life without smelling and pointing it out like how she is able to live her life, when Latula didn’t really like her life being pointed out like that and making her feel self-conscious.
Or pushing aside Porrim’s feelings on her gender issues because they weren’t as important as the other issues. Not saying that there weren’t a lot of problems to address, just that he could have had some tact addressing other people’s feelings and not force feed his own hero-complex to everyone.
So, I love the Karkat things about him (rage-face, in-depth lectures on his topics), but he can learn not to be the SJW negative stereotype here.
Finally, Latula. She reminds me a lot of Dippy Fresh. Like, she is the stereotype fun rad cool guy, but by leaning it in on how rad she is, she isn’t as cool. I don’t know, she seems fine. Enjoys life and doesn’t take it too seriously, so I don’t exactly hate her. But I don’t exactly like her either.
So I got the Hussie Hustled, Hussie Hoodwinked in terms of this Ranking.
There were Fucking Trespassers in my Goddamn Rank
I was Fooled. Bamboozled. I won’t allow this at all.
There is a reason I called this Troll Rank for crying out loud!
And with those two Cherubs gone, leaving only two actual trolls left, what’s the fucking point!?
So as of this moment, Troll Rank 2.0 has been nuked. Finite. Done! I won’t even touch it until I get some actual trolls!
1. Meenah
2. Anti-Jegus
3. Alpha-Jegus
4. Aranea
So….this is a weird shake-up, isn’t it? Like…..really weird isn’t it? It was actually pretty hard because they were all So Close to each other, but I can’t put them all tied, can I?
Do I still like Meenah’s murder habits? No. But, she is energetic, engaging, I do like her “take control” attitude and confidence to match. As well as the fact that she absolutely adores puns and loves it when her friends pun too. Just that little kid moment, as well as being so out of it in fantasy land when she learned about her Beta-version that she didn’t even acknowledge Jake punching her was pretty funny. So yeah….I really do like her.
And…Anti-Jegus. He’s number two. And it was really hard not to put him to first. I get it. He’s a murderer. He is actively trying to murder AJ. And has successfully done so with her dream-self.
BUT
I still like him. I like his craftiness, the Trickster attitude he has, that underlining edge of danger he possess. I like his dumb childish nature of the fluff-porn. As dumb as that way, it was also fucking adorable. I like how he speaks his minds, 100% for magic, persistent.
Again, I am not ignorant on him not being a murderer, or even that he might “change his ways” on this. He is different from Gamzee because I feel like the current Gamzee we have seen has no soul nor emotions. And he is different that Scratch because Scratch was a condescending asshole that has perpetual smugness up his ass. At least, out of those two, AnJ can vary in other emotions.
This isn’t to say that I hate AJ or Aranea either. I love how AJ has a cocky winning side to her when playing their games like chess, and how she got frustrated with AnJ’s trick. I love how Aranea will put her foot down for/against her friend, how she gets angry over improper story telling. The are good characters, just that the other two really came out on top.
I mean……I could do that. But it sounds…complex too.
If I judge the troll ranking by plotlines, that means that I would judge them not by their personality, but by their character arcs. Where did I enjoy reading about Eridan’s failed love life and eventual betrayal of his friends/ex more or less than me reading about Aradia’s soullessness and how she managed to persevere after years of being ordered around to be reborn and to take control of her own life.
Something like that.
But the thing is….while I can do it….I don’t think it’s fair.
Taking plotlines to account, not everyone really got a fair share of the limelight. Some Trolls got WAY more than others. Are we really going to compare Nepeta’s conversations with Rose and Jaspers to Vriska trying to make Jack and sort of flirting with John?
Hell, I think that there some trolls that didn’t even get a plotline. Feferi? What about her? The only thing that is “plot important” so far is her making the dream bubbles, and then being killed by Eridan. I’m not saying that she isn’t a good or important character, I am saying that she has FAR less screen time than Karkat or Vriska, so it is completely stacked against her.
If there is enough interest, then maybe I will….but I don’t think I could right now.
1. Karkat
2. Sollux (half-dead and chilling in death I guess)
3. Nepeta (RIP)
4. Kanaya (Undead)
5. Vriska (RIP)
6. Feferi (RIP)
7. Equius (RIP)
8. Terezi
9. Tavros (RIP)
10. Aradia (left behind)
11. Eridan (RIP)
12. Gamzee (clown-controlled??)
HEY GUESS WHAT
TURNS OUT, BEING POSSESSED BY EVIL CLOWN SHIT DROPS YOU PRETTY DAMN FAR IN THE RANKINGS
I WASN’T EVEN GOING TO FUCKING TOUCH THE RANKINGS, THINKING THAT THIS SHIT WAS DONE AND OVER WITH
BUT I GUESS WEARING CODPIECES AND SELLING BODY PARTS CHANGES MY MIND PRETTY QUICKLY SO HERE WE ARE
not sure why it took me this long to figure out that Gamzee is currently creepy as fuck, but Gamzee is currently creepy as fuck.
He is literally selling blood as potions and make frankensprites or his friends dead corpses
Y I K E S
I think that I was so attached to the idea of High!Gamzee that I thought -nay- prayer, hoped beyond hope that he was still in there and will return to us.
But no, that bastard is gone. Gone and replaced with a fucked up clown who thinks murder is a suitable replacement for recreational drug use.
Rest in Peace you high juggalo bastard. You gave me good vibes and chill moods, and I hope you are enjoying some sweet MoThEr FuCkEn Pie in that big Carnival in the sky.
High!Gamzee will be missed.
Sober!Gamzee will be feared.
1. Alpha-Jegus
2. Aranea
3. Anti-Jegus
12. Meenah
I am under the assumption that Alpha and Anti-Jegus are both one person, however, because they have different personalities and are treating each other as different people, I will rank them as different people.
Aranea shot up. I mean, there’s only 4 trolls here, but she still shot up. She’s mature, has wisdom up to yin-yang, don’t like how she has/can dissociate herself from everything but that’s forgiven since she is like A Billion years dead. And overall, I like how she really does try to help others heal up, not just physically but mentally, and acknowledges that that is just as important too.
Now, she doesn’t overtake Alpha-Jegus, she is too sweet to be passed by just yet. But Aranea does overtake Anti-Jegus. I do like his snark and aggression, but let’s be real here. He’s a bit too evil for right now. So he takes third.
Mennah is 12 because I am super terrified of her, and trust her just outside however far she can throw her trident.
Shit I can’t believe that it took me this long to realize this, I now have the ability to make a NEW TROLL RANK. New Trolls, New Rank, let’s get this on!
1. Alpha-Jegus
2. Anti-Jegus
3. Meenah
Honorable Mentions:
Librarian
This really shouldn’t be that surprising. Alpha-Jegus is a fangirl, super sweet, lovely, kind, polite while trying to be firm, knowledgable, and just overall pleasent to talk to. I still am fearing if there are big secrets that she has, but she is overall a gem to read.
Anti-Jegus is in my opinion all of the negative traits of Karkat without any to balance them out. His apathy makes his statements funny, and while I don’t like the idea of him just 100% wanting to kill Alpha-Jegus, I do like how he is also a snark master and also HATES Cal the Bad Juju. He is someone who knows how to handle shit (even if it is historical chat-logs and fantheories), so he is cool. For now.
Meenah scares me. I don’t know what her deal is, but she is terrifying. At least with Anti-Jegus he seems to be well rounded and actually able to express other emotions. Meenah has one default: Murder. Like, I guess she is hunting in the ghost realm because there is nothing better to do, but she needs to dial it down WAY BACK. She actually reminds me a bit (tiny bit) of Vriska, so I will keep some hope up for her, but I doubt it.
Librarian gets an honorable mention. I mean, I could put her on the list, but that would be heavily fueled by my belief of what “Not-Vriska” would act like, which would be unfair to both people. So once I get an actual conversation from her, then she will be on the list.
So those are my thought of the Alpha-Trolls that we know of. Be prepared for more to be added in (hopefully). This new rank will ONLY be for the Alpha-Trolls. I am not going to card-shuffle the Beta-Trolls into this, way too much work. Maybe later, not right now.
1. Karkat
2. Sollux
3. Nepeta (RIP)
4. Gamzee
5. Kanaya (Undead)
6. Vriska (RIP)
7. Feferi (RIP)
8. Equius (RIP)
9. Terezi
10. Aradia
11. Tavros (RIP)
12. Eridan (RIP)
So, for this one, I tried to do it on how I saw the characters over all throughout this story, not just for the last session. Because 1) they haven’t really done much in the last few sessions, and 2) because I don’t know how long it will be until I really get to see them again.
This list was hard because of that, as well as because of the Ancestors. I tried not to let my feelings of the ancestors get mixed with the feelings of the kids. I was actually thinking about making a list earlier than this to raise Aradia up when I thought that that Aradia was the real or another Aradia, not the Ancestor Aradia that she turned out to be. So glad I waited.
So basically, I tried to do this as which character I really liked reading about, who I liked the most, just a huge mix of things really.
Gamzee rose because, damn I really do love his high side, and the fact that his anger was for his religion that he takes very seriously, plus his <> with Karkat, made him rise up. As much as I would not like his murder side in real life, I can’t deny that I do like him as a character.
Nepeta is cute and adorable, Sollux is sassy and charming, and Karkat is still my fav after all of this. Because Dammit! He is my precious baby boy who is just trying so hard to make things right and to make things work out and of course I need to support that. That is such a fucking 180 from how I viewed him before, but people change, and Karkat is proof of it.
And as a last word, I do not hate any of the Trolls. I dislike one a lot (*cough cough Eridan*) but that is about it. I loved reading their stories, their characteristics and ideals. Yeah I may have hated some of their choices and decisions, but I can’t hate them.
1. Karkat
2. Vriska (RIP)
2. Nepeta (RIP)
4. Sollux
5. Kanaya (Undead)
6. Terezi
7 Feferi (RIP)
8 Equius (RIP)
9 Aradia
10. Tavros (RIP)
11. Eridan (RIP)
12. Gamzee (RIP)
This is a hard one. It really really is. Because I am trying not to be influenced by the plot of the story, and only judging the characters as they are on a whole.
But it is hard because I don’t know where the line is now anymore.
Viska jumped, because of what she wrote to John. Was she in the right? No, trying to kill Jack would have lead him to kill the rest of them. As hard as it was, Terezi did the right choice in killing her.
But she repented. She wanted to make up for all the bad things she did. She was open and honest about her feelings with John and about her murder past wanting to hang out with him. She wanted to save her friends from Jack, wanted to try and die like a hero. She knew she was going to die, so she wanted to die like a hero. And instead she was killed off as a villain. And that is something cruel and heartbreaking, and unfortunately was unsurprising. I mean, after everything she was doing and putting everyone in danger, yeah she was going to die perminantly. But, I honestly have more respect for her knowing her intent, even if it didn’t match up entirely with her actions.
And Gamzee has now moved to the bottom. He has passed down past Eridan. The reason is simple: He purposefully decapitated all of the corpses, after placing them calculatingly to set up the duel between Terezi and Vriska, and used their head as a fucked up jury. He adopted Cal as his puppet minion which I have no idea how he has that thing of nightmares since that was what Kanaya had a long time ago. And If I were given a choice of meeting Eridan and Gamzee in the middle of the night, I would pick Eridan. Because at least I would be given a chance at survival.
I’m glad that you enjoy having Equius rising in the ranks. It seems that the trolls tend to get higher after they die.
1. Karkat
2. Sollux
3. Nepeta (RIP?)
4. Kanaya (Undead)
5 Equius (RIP)
6 Vriska
6. Terezi
8 Gamzee
9 Feferi (RIP)
10 Aradia
11. Tavros (RIP)
12. Eridan (RIP)
So this is having some jumps and mix reviews, I don’t know where to begin.
Well…Gamzee went down for starters. His Dark Villain Reveal wore off pretty fast. I still like him, but not as much (especially with nepeta’s blood on his club).
Sollux and Nepeta switched. Nothing major about that, Sollux just has a low-key sass to him that I admire.
Kanaya and Equius rose up too. Kanaya for her badass moment of vengeance (which was so so cool) and thinking about it, I still really do like Equius’s relationship with Nepeta. I mean, I was against it at first before I knew what it was like, but now I dig it and appreciate the new side of Equius (before he fucking died of course).
Vriska rose and is tied with Terezi. She is so fucking complicated, but at the same time so very relatable and I know that she messes up A LOT but the fact that she still tries give me hope, I guess. So they are tied in the middle.
Feferi went down. It isn’t on her persay. Just that, 1) She seems too perfect and 2) not a lot of screen time. So she got pushed down for more favorable trolls.
Same with Tavros. Sorry bud, you seem sweet and I do like you. But you are also WAY too passive looking back in hindsight.
Aradia increased. A little. I like her chill gentle vibe as a grim reaper person, so emotions are boosting her up. But not much, I need to see more before she can go up farther.
And Karkat….I don’t know why Karkat is staying as number one. Maybe it is because I feel like I would betray him if I choose someone else? Maybe because I have seen him the most compared to the other trolls and thus make him my favorite by default? Maybe I just love the inner softy type person, gruff with a heart of gold. Either way, he is still number one.
I am glad that I was able to do that for you. Sometimes it is hard for me to find the right words to express what I mean, so I try my best to explain exactly what my feelings are.
Vriska is probably one of the most complex characters in homestuck. The more I learn about her, the more my feelings change for her. But I would like to believe that Vriska can change for the better by the end of homestuck. That she can still choose good, without hiding behind her persona.
Oh I am such a fucking hypocrite
1. Karkat
2. Nepeta
3. Sollux
4. Gamzee
5. Feferi (RIP)
6. Terezi
7. Equius (RIP)
8. Kanaya (RIP)
9. Tavros (RIP)
10. Aradia
11. Vriska
12. Eridan
Gamzee was this fucking close to making the top 3. THIS fucking close. How can I still fucking like a psychopathic murderer. HOW!?!?
So I guess I am going to explain my feelings on The Evil Three.
Eridan, he is a whiny entitled prat who forces unwanted feelings on everyone and everything. I use to think he was cute when he was with Feferi, but after realizing his behavior with everyone, I think he is fucking trash. And when he didn’t get the companionship he wanted, he threw everything away for a chance at his own survival by trying to side with Jack. He fucking killed the Matriarch Orb Thing out of Spite because things didn’t go his way, he is trash and I hate him.
Vriska….she is complicated. I can understand why people like her, and I do too. He is cocky, confident, aggressive, assertive, she takes control of her own life but loves to risk it all on the roll of the dice. But…she is scary, unhinged. Like anything can set her off to attack, so make the wrong move and you are dead. She pushes everyone aside to her glory and her plans, it doesn’t matter who she hurts. The worst is that, while she will get invested in you, it is only to try and bring you up to her level. Like you are unworthy unless you prove yourself to her over and over again. The is a difference between trying to toughen someone up and then groom them to your ideal person, and Vriska straddles that line. Add that in with her need to be the best, so she must be the beginning AND the end to the fucking Ultimate Villain, and that is just a disaster waiting to happen.
So….why….Fucking Gamzee is different than both of these kids, Gamzee is on a whole ‘nother level. He is smart, crafty from stealing the glasses, sadistic to playing the field. He is confident to the point of having power, he doesn’t need to show you how better he is like the other two, he knows it and takes charge around it. There is something…idk….seductive?…..about how he managed to handle himself. I assumed that his text were just him talking and shouting, but his facial expressions when attacking Equius and Nepeta were impassive and unimpressed. The flaws that he has to his character are, at the moment, unaffecting him. He is psychotic, but that isn’t hindering him in the way Eridan’s egotism and Vriska’s glory affect them.
And I really can’t let go of his past high self, I still like that part and want that Gamzee back :(
Please note that this not that this does not mean that I am not terrified of the Clown, I still am.
And Nepeta and Equius made a jump up in the polls too….It seems like the couples get higher after they fucking DIED so fucking thanks Hussie.
Equius trying to be pleasing with Nepeta and talk about feelings, and trying to roleplay was fucking adorable. And he really did put Nepeta’s protection over his own, which is something I respected.
Nepeta’s cat faces are the cutest, but she does have a hissy feisty side to her. She isn’t afraid to give Equius a piece of her mind, and is not putting up with Eridan’s bullshit either. I fucking love that.
1. Karkat
2. Sollux
3. Feferi (RIP)
4. Terezi
5. Kanaya (RIP)
6. Nepeta
7. Gamzee
8. Tavros (RIP)
9. Equius
10. Aradia
11. Vriska
12. Eridan
So….that sort of shook up the game. Let’s tackle some of the easier reasons first.
Eridan is the bottom, hands down. Betrayal is huge no no, and then to go and try to side with Jack? How cowardly is that! At least with Vriska, while I can’t like her for her actions and reasoning, at least her end goal is still to fight and beat Jack, not try to serve him. Plus, added into his constant flirting, trying to force people for companionship/red and black relationship, and his constant need to kill and murder things that don’t need to be killed and murdered (the angels), he is just tainted all around. I feel like, looking back, they should have been warning signs for him to turn traitor. God I hate my Troll so much.
Sollux jumped to #2. As sad as what happened between him and Feferi, he was actually genuinely charming, sassy, funny as hell, really cared for Feferi. We don’t see much of him, but when he does come onstage he really does shine.
And honestly? I was debating on switching him with Karkat for 1st. That is how far he jumped. So just keep an eye out for that.
And…well, the biggest question on everyone’s minds is probably Gamzee.
Why is Gamzee not any lower?
Well…it’s because we never saw him interact with anyone in person yet. Was his text type creepy as fuck? Hell yes it was. But he hasn’t really…done anything yet, other than being creepy. It…it is honestly hard to judge him right now, so I decided to stick him into the middle, neutral ground, until I can get a good vibe from him. (though the vibe probably won’t be good actually.)
I was also debating on whether or not to have a separate judging for High!Gamzee and Sober!Gamzee, but in the end I decided it wasn’t fair. The rank should judge the kids based on their current selves/actions with whatever information I had previously learned about them. It was what I did with Aradia, so Gamzee shouldn’t be excepted from it either.
1. Karkat
2. Gamzee
3. Terezi
4. Feferi
5. Tavros
6. Nepeta
7. Kanaya
8. Sollux
8. Equius
10. Aradia
11. Eridan
12. Vriska
This should literally come to the shock of no one. Like, I am 100% sure that I mentioned that betrayal/murder was my criteria to being down and the bottom. And would you look at that? Vriska literally did that. She did to that. She just stabbed my boy with glee on her face because she just did not care.
And Aradia rose higher because A) what she did to Jack, knowing that she had to explode to fight/stall Jack and B) there is no way in hell I am having Eridan “Nice Guy” Ampora above Aradia.
Sorry, but I’m probably not going to do a human ranking for Homestuck. I don’t know why, it it’s different for the Kids.
First, with the 4 of them it isn’t really that much of a ranking. There is only four. And even if you add in the adults, the kids are obviously going to take up the top spots, so it would basically be a rank for kids and a rank for adults.
But mainly, it just feels different. It is hard to explain, but I feel that because I spent so much more time with the kids before the trolls came in, that I was really able to meet at talk to them and know them, that I can’t rank them.
Sure I can have a favorite among the humans (John), but to say that he is the best of the four of them doesn’t sit well for me. They are all the best in my eyes.
I think the Troll Rank works because the Trolls act more as side characters, they are one of the most popular things about homestuck so everyone knows about the trolls, and that since there are 12 of them there is a larger rank to have. Plus the fact that they were introduced separately make the rank more engaging to see the change.
TL;DR: I’m not going to rank the humans. The adults are too weak and the kids are too strong to have an actual chart for them.
1. Karkat
2. Gamzee
3. Terezi
4. Feferi
5. Tavros
6. Nepeta
7. Kanaya
8. Equius
8. Sollux
10. Eridan
11. Vriska
12. Aradia
And the Troll Rank got fucked again. I feel like recently, it is due more to characters going down than actually moving up.
This is hard people. Because I am trying to separate me liking a character and me liking a character’s plot line. Because Vriska has a fucking amazing plot line, like, she is so fucked up. Cocky, arrogant, literally thinks herself as a savoir when she intentionally sets up every awful thing that had happened. That is a fun read!
But she is awful!
Like, honestly, when I started reading this, I was going to drop her by how she was treating Tavros. She was still belittling him, hating on him, backhanded complements, and even was encouraging him to do more mind-fucked up things like what she is. Like, that is fucking textbook abusive manipulation Mean Girls shit. That was going to drop her some.
But then it continued to her not giving a fuck about anyone. Not for Jade, or the humans, or even the other trolls. Like, she can say it is to keep a stable time-line, and that is true, but in reality it is because SHE wants to be the victor, and SHE needs to be the one to defeat Jack to prove it to everyone. That shit is going to drag so many people down it is scary.
And I can’t blame Scratch on what she did in this game, because he said he stopped screwing with her once she started playing. So ALL of this, is ALL Pure Vriska.
Like, my dude, no.
The only reason she is not 12 at the moment is that she still has emotions, hopes, and dreams. I really can’t identify with Aradia’s lack of emotion and lazzefaire attitude to fate and her ultimate demise. So it really isn’t any some smidge of Vriska’s ability, but from a lack of Aradia’s.
So with her moving down, people moved up.
Tavros is higher now. Yeah, that conversation with Jade and him trying to be in a relationship was awkward and weird, and yes his “super assrtive self confidence” really did come off as insecure. But how he treated Vriska, how he stood up for himself and Jade, and called Vriska out for her evil dick deeds, and admits that he is scared but still willing to throw down, yeah man. I have mad respect for that.
Feferi went down. Thinking about her creepy dream-ghost moment…yeah that still puts me on edge. While she is someone I could hang with without terrifying ghost nightmares, it is something for me to be wary of.
So the OG3 are back on the top.
For Now.
Kanaya and Equius moved up too. I may not get al of her sarcasm with Kanaya, but if she and I met in real life, I feel like her straight-forwardness and deadpan dramatics would be fun to talk to. As well as her dedication to make sure her friend isn’t hurt.
Equius…yeah he is up there. I am not sure if he should be over Sollux oddly enough. I like Sollux sass, though I am not a fan of his deprication moments. And while Equius has his….issues….he is trying to help, grew enough to try and not let his blood-caste shit be bothersome (try being the key word) and honestly…I liked him talking to Dave. He actually tried and wasn’t a total commanding douche. So I raised him. They are both still tied because I don’t know which is which, but still has to count for something.