And interesting post from Andrew on the MSPA forums.
The diabolical nature of Vriska's plot is softened somewhat if you consider she was clearly arranging an encounter she thought he would enjoy. Hence the elaborate Pan roleplay. It was not an attempt to take advantage of him, but an absurd and misguided plot to woo him. She only went for the mind control out of kneejerk anger, quite briefly. Then obviously reconsidered.
This stirs up some sympathy for Vriska in my mind. It's obvious that she took some of what Karkat said to heart.
Oh, I missed this. Yeah, that clears it up a bit. This is Vriska hitting on Tavros. Or rather, taking a different approach at hitting on Tavros, after seeing that tossing him off a cliff and telling him to apologise for being paralysed didn't work. Might as well have guessed it, noting that her best impression of "remorse" is
AG: You should lighten up a 8it. May8e even congratul8 me!
AG: Wow, great jo8 Vriska! Single handedly taking out Team Charge like that.
AG: No more competition from those low class clowns!She is so awful at dealing with people it's almost like a superpower or something.
Which kind of reminds me of that thing Terezi said way back when she was just gallowsCalibrator. About how they trolls were all crazy in different ways that helped them fulfill the destinies the game crafted for them. Are Vriska's people skills going to be important at some point? Just like Karkat's blood obsession helped him befriend Jack.