Vriska, despite not having a strongly emphasised duality theme, does have two very distinct sides to herself.
The most known side to her is the fact that she's an arrogant, manipulative bitch, who's always blaming her problems on everything - usually her "shitty luck" - but herself. Even after everything she's done, paralysing Tavros, killing Aradia, and blinding Terezi, she still finds reason to complain that no one likes her. She does, however, hold herself highly, and when not complaining about how horrible her luck is, will brag about herself, or find ways to turn a conversation in her favour so that she can brag about herself.
Then there's the nicer, softer side to Vriska, who very rarely makes an appearance, unless she's comfortable and trusts the person she's with, which, when it comes to Vriska, is an honour to have, as she is very insecure. She has only trusted one person with her feelings, that being John. She has expressed feeling guilty about killing Tavros, despite that troll society says she is within her rights to kill him. Vriska continues to blame troll society for more of her problems, such as the numerous trolls she's had to kill and feed to her lusus just to stay alive. Before her showdown with Terezi, she tells John that her real reason for fighting Jack is to protect everyone, rather than for glory, despite the fact that, although she was fulfilling a paradox, she had wanted the glory of not only creating the Bec-prototyped Jack, but also the one to slay him.
I think what people tend to forget about Vriska though, is the fact that she not only struggles to find herself and step out of her ancestor's shadow, but also has many hidden insecurities. Her FLARP character was based off of Marquise Spinneret Mindfang as she looked up to her. Vriska's admiration for her ancestor went so far as to her trying to get in a quadrant with Tavros because of an entry in Mindfang's journal stating how she was in a flushed relationship with the Summoner, who is Tavros' ancestor.
And while she may not outright say it, or even show it very well, she does honestly care about her friends, and she does wish to atone for her mistakes. She blames her problems on other people and on various things such as luck, culture and other such entities, because it's easier then admitting that it's her fault. It's easier than facing facts that she was the one to screw everything up. This only adds to her insecurities, which make up part of the reason as to why she brags. If she can make herself look good, even at other people's expense, she feels better. During her initial conversations with John, she bragged about her FLARPing exploits as well as stating her name was Mindfang, before later telling him her real name, again due to her admiration towards her ancestor.
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The most known side to her is the fact that she's an arrogant, manipulative bitch, who's always blaming her problems on everything - usually her "shitty luck" - but herself. Even after everything she's done, paralysing Tavros, killing Aradia, and blinding Terezi, she still finds reason to complain that no one likes her. She does, however, hold herself highly, and when not complaining about how horrible her luck is, will brag about herself, or find ways to turn a conversation in her favour so that she can brag about herself.
Then there's the nicer, softer side to Vriska, who very rarely makes an appearance, unless she's comfortable and trusts the person she's with, which, when it comes to Vriska, is an honour to have, as she is very insecure. She has only trusted one person with her feelings, that being John. She has expressed feeling guilty about killing Tavros, despite that troll society says she is within her rights to kill him. Vriska continues to blame troll society for more of her problems, such as the numerous trolls she's had to kill and feed to her lusus just to stay alive.
Before her showdown with Terezi, she tells John that her real reason for fighting Jack is to protect everyone, rather than for glory, despite the fact that, although she was fulfilling a paradox, she had wanted the glory of not only creating the Bec-prototyped Jack, but also the one to slay him.
I think what people tend to forget about Vriska though, is the fact that she not only struggles to find herself and step out of her ancestor's shadow, but also has many hidden insecurities. Her FLARP character was based off of Marquise Spinneret Mindfang as she looked up to her. Vriska's admiration for her ancestor went so far as to her trying to get in a quadrant with Tavros because of an entry in Mindfang's journal stating how she was in a flushed relationship with the Summoner, who is Tavros' ancestor.
And while she may not outright say it, or even show it very well, she does honestly care about her friends, and she does wish to atone for her mistakes. She blames her problems on other people and on various things such as luck, culture and other such entities, because it's easier then admitting that it's her fault. It's easier than facing facts that she was the one to screw everything up.
This only adds to her insecurities, which make up part of the reason as to why she brags. If she can make herself look good, even at other people's expense, she feels better. During her initial conversations with John, she bragged about her FLARPing exploits as well as stating her name was Mindfang, before later telling him her real name, again due to her admiration towards her ancestor.