Best spidertroll is the livest one once again.

Aranea is like Gamzee 2.0; a joke character that became a serious threat in the blink of an eye (or if not "threat" in Aranea's case, at least something really unexpected). I can dig it, but again, it's already been done with Gamzee. Now that my initial shock is over I dunno how I feel about it.

Nah - there were hints all along. Aranea becoming more open to her piratical alt-self's ideals, a growing amoral pragmatism, her pirate costume...

We have to remember that - in another life - that bookish exposition fountain was the deadliest swashbuckler to ever sail the seas.

Oh I know, there were hints about Gamzee too, I meant more along the lines of their turn being so sudden.

Yes, that is exactly what we need.

Another Serket breaking heads.

This will end oh so very well.

I wonder which Peixes is calling her. Hmmm...

Do you think it is possible that she's working with HIC?

Maybe working for her own interests...

Though it's possible that it is Meenah somehow and Aranea actually feels disdain towards her.

No, I think that is Meenah and she's irritated that she's being bothered NOW of all times.

But this, my friends, is how a joke character becomes a lethal joke character. :3

Suddenly Aranea is interesting and I retract all former complaints about her.

Wow just realized that's her
SHELLPHONE
clever.

Also hoping Aranea doesn't go start killing everyone or assisting English...

Oh so that's where the pillow went.

water 8oat me

Oh hey, some Sylph info. Not bad not bad.

Also, some genuinely interesting motivations and expressions of real agency. Not bad not bad.

She's closer to Vriska than we thought. She clearly wants agency, to the point where her insanely risky plan is a better option - in her mind - because she's the one carrying it out.

Long story short: I am loving these updates.