Yeah. As I've said before, Dad and Mom, considering what they've taken down
with their bare hands, are probably at least Equius-level in terms of strength (since Equius one-shotted a similar creature to Mom's). Grandpa has a gun that could probably wound the Devil. And Bro is... well, Bro is Bro. I wouldn't count Bec as a player's guardian though, since he's simply filling in for Grandpa since his death.
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Man, I was rereading the Sollux/Aradia Pesterlogs, and I became sad. For example, Sollux
trying to make her laugh made me sad. Initially it seems like Dave-type snark, but I realized what he's trying to do and failing badly, which probably isn't a very good thing to feel on top of his manic-depressive bouts. And we also get a sarcastic confession of sheer self-loathing. And various other things. The Sollux/Aradia ship seems a little less likely from
this log, but the part where Aradia tells him that she "actually would like it if [Sollux] were happy" seems to echo romantic dramas, where after a breakup or in the midst of a particularly involved love triangle, the (good at heart) boy tells the girl, or a friend, or his romantic rival, that he "just wants [girl] to be happy." so maybe they were together and broke up. Hence
TA: 2o iim 2orry, iit wa2 my fault.
AA: its 0k
TA: ii hope we are 2tiill friiend2.
AA: yes we are
Which, while referring to the current conflict, may also have a root in previous, unseen,
TROLL DRAMA.
At any rate, if Aradia were <3 with Sollux, and if his sarcastic self-deprecation regarding why he likes talking to her is in fact a confession then I'm assuming the following:
- Aradia and Sollux were doing whatever passes for dating when it comes to trolls.
- Sollux probably shows all his mad code22 to Aradia. Aradia, as she appears to bear a similar personality to Jade, probably showers him with positive reinforcement. Therefore he is happy.
- Extreme Role-Playing Occurs. Tavros is injured. Aradia is killed shortly thereafter.
- Sollux trolls Aradia (unaware, of course, that she is dead), only to find that her personality has changed. She doesn't really care much about whatever it is they used to talk about.
- In a fit of wallowing in despair, he dumps her. But she's okay with that. She's okay with a lot of things, after all.
- They are, at some point, reconciled much paler.
- Events proceed up until HIVEBENT.