Honestly I do not think Catra is a Vriska! She's got a lot of the same traits but since this video was written about eight months ago I've changed a few of my criteria. Glimmer is the Vriska imho.
See, superficially Catra might *seem* like a Vriska- but in reality, Catra is a *TEREZI* and Adora is her Vriska, with some chopped-and-screwed bits between the two due to the interference of Horde Prime and Shadow Weaver (Doc Scratch and Spidermom). Adora asks the question "What if Vriska *was* heroic though" and Catra asks the question "What if Terezi got it worse from Vriska's bad adult influences?" We can see that Adora is a Vriska through the relationship to a historical/ancestral figure (Mara), and that Catra is a Terezi through her resetting of the universe in order to try and get back with Adora (Portal vs. F1X TH1S)
a clear example is asuka from evangelion; even though the being groomed by a man part isn't entirely accurate, the rest of the vriska archetype checks out (such as being a meanie who causes problems on purpose, her comphet with shinji and, at the same time, desiring his approval as her friend) also heathers is a vriska too.
I think that Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg from the musical ride the cyclone would be a Vriska 1. (she's a dirty, nasty girl who is really trying hard to be a good person, or at the very least do what she believes is the right thing) Ocean, at least at the start of the musical, is a very mean person who does what she believes is a good thing to make her seem like a good person, ex. getting Ricky in the choir even though he couldn't speak, although as it goes on, she seems to try more and more to be a more genuinely good person 2. (often influenced and groomed by a creepy older adult, usually a man, with his own goals for her growth) not really a grooming experience creepy old man, but she, as all the other kids, is influenced by the character Karnak, a presumably quite old machine man, fairly heavily 3. (will often comphet on some boy) this is the only one where ocean does not compare, she has no romantic relationship with any boys in the musical 4. (has a complicated, turbulent, and emotional relationship with Terezi Pyrope, in this case, Constance Blackwood) Ocean's relationship with Constance, her best friend is pretty bumpy at times and they only fully seem to have a better relationship near the end 5. (they cause problems on purpose) Especially in her song, she causes many problems, it's pretty ambiguous whether or not this is purposeful, but honestly, some things she said were probably serious and thus purposeful. To add on she's a controversial character within the musical along with the fandom, ocean discourse is very similar to Vriska discourse in many ways 6. (Oblivious) She has a very planned thinking of how the story is going to go, she sings her song and karnak brings her back to life, she also takes the other characters and their personalities at face value too and, at the start at least, does not really want nor care to look deeper than her simple views on everything (Sorry for how long it is)
i may be late to this but i think azula from atla passes for a vriska ::::) although atla did come before homestuck so maybe vriska is the azula of homestuck? lol i love this archetype
Mapleshade from Warrior Cats is a Vriska -Villain protagonists who both think their actions are justified -Serial killers involved in a revenge plot -Responsible in some way for the rise of greater threats -Argued about by fans -Used the dead for their own selfish machinations in some way -Manipulative in general
nami from one piece is kind of a vriska ngl. earlier nami more so, such as before/right after she joined up w/ luffy 1. she's a dirty, nasty girl who is really trying hard to be a good person, or at the very least do what she believes is the right thing: i mean, she IS a thief and a pirate. at the start she was mainly looking out for herself (and her village). she can be mean as hell, but ultimately strives to do good 2. often influenced and groomed by a creepy older adult, usually a man, with his own goals for her growth: literally arlong 3. will often comphet on some boy: she does use mens' attraction towards her to her advantage. not really comphet but shes 100% a lesbian 4. has a complicated, turbulent, and emotional relationship with nefertari vivi: ok so theyve ever gotten enemy level complicated, their relationship is definitely quite intense and emotional (ESPECIALLY during the baroque works/alabasta arc) 5. they cause problems on purpose: she has definitely caused problems on purpose more than once 6. oblivious: while she's definitely one of the smart ones, she has her moments sometimes. like when she thinks she can do something completely on her own and doesnt need any help, no way!!! (she is wrong)
2 examples that are obvious Vriska's to me, even though they're both boys, are Vegeta Prince of all Saiyans(particularly his abridged iteration) and Magnus the Red for Warhammer. The funny thing about Mangus is that while I think he shares some actual character structure similarities, hes most like Vriska in that he fulfills the role of Vriska in the warhammer fandom. Any mention of him almost always has somebody respond with Magnus did nothing wrong and immediately a heated debate with dozens of participants will be waged. It's a massive fandom meme. Similar to how it is in Homestuck
NGL the lesbians might flay me again for suggesting another male vriska lol but Magnus absolutely sounds like a beloved/beloathed archetype like Vriska
Love how people say Vriska wants to be a good person, and just steamroll past her being a sx offender towards Tavros. Not to mention she has multiple opportunities to be a good person, but chooses not to nearly every time
oh my god Medea from the ancient greek tragedy Medea is a vriska. i mean i KNEW it, but she fits 5 of the 6 categories here which is more than i was expecting medea is more of a vriska than juri from street fighter and that feels so weird to me
I think, although this might be a controversial statement, Azula from A:TLA is a good example of the Vriska. 1. She is mean, dirty, and nasty, but trying to do the right thing. While it's unclear how much Azula is aware of her own status as a villain, she continually tries to do what she believes is the right thing: whatever Ozai approves of and requires her to do. She's not trying to be a good person, but she's trying to do what her society taught her she should be doing. Plus, i think this strikes at another good aspect of the Vriska character: someone trying to rationalize and come to terms with their own misdeeds, but unable to allow herself to atone for them, at least not out loud. 2. Azula is very clearly being manipulated by Ozai, who tries to craft her into the perfect warrior for the Fire Nation's goals, under the pretense of him being a loving and caring father. She's frightened of what would happen if she steps out of line, as she observed firsthand what happened to Zuko. 3. She doesn't really comphet on some boy, but there are some vibes there in regards to how she interacts with the boys on Ember Island. 4. I would say that she has a very complicated and turbulent relationship with Mai and Ty Lee that is somewhat similar to how Vriska and Terezi's relationship plays out, though Azula seems to be more willing to directly manipulating Mai and Ty Lee's friendship with her than Vriska ever is with Terezi. Azula seems unable to accept Mai and Ty Lee as friends, despite her lack of any real connections or friendships with anyone else. 5. I mean, obviously she causes problems on purpose. I don't need to explain the plot of ATLA to you. 6. In some ways, Azula is incredibly intelligent. She's a firebending prodigy and a master in war strategy, who is unafraid to break a few eggs to make an omelette. However, her social growth and maturity has been incredibly stunted due to being groomed into her role from a very young age, and she has very little social awareness, aside from when it comes to what she's been taught to do: manipulate. See also, Ember Island. Also, she's a controversial, manipulative female character, which seems to be the basis for all major characters that fall under the Vriska archetype. She's much more explicitly a villain than Vriska, but, like Zuko, she clearly has much more depth than a pure one-dimensional villain.
I feel like Heather from Total Drama is at least Vriska adjacent, while she wasn't unassuming at the beginning (and not groomed that we know of), she is doing what she does for a goal in mind, gets messy throughout her stay, and has those complicated relationships with multiple people (Harold/Alejandro for #2 and Courtney/Gwen for #3)
ianthe from the locked tomb series is quite literally vriska which also implies that coronabeth is aranea but i digress. tamsyn muir DEFINITELY looked at vriska and went "okay ur mine now" and copy pasted her into TLT
So a character in one of my indie games projects is actually inspired by Vriska / this archetype. Pearl gets 4 out of 6 points. She is missing 2 and 5. For this character, I try to go from more of a pettiness and keeping a constant self-image causing problems standpoint rather than an on-purpose standpoint. the thing Vriskas get when they try so hard to be a mind fang and keep that image.
iiiiiiiiiiii haven't seen killing eve so honestly i do not know! but my onion on vriskas is "if they are doing a bad thing, convinced it is a good thing and tell other people it's a good thing, and really, really want attention for doing that" then they're a vriska in my book. especially if they're also a (gay) woman.
is marcy from amphibia technically a reformed vriska? i mean she sent her friends to another world just the sake of trying to connect with them better and only realised what she did wrong around the time she got shamked. plus in the finale her magic anime calamity powers turned her into basically d20 vriska.
@@BlenditMedia Lestat from Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, or Vampire Chronicles, he’s a guy but besides from that fills every single vriska box
I need to create a checklist for terra being a vriska bc i just said it 1 month ago and never came back to it: Mean girlie: yeah kinda Looks up to a dead person: no Groomed by a creepy old man: 100 percent yeah Comphet: not cannonically but id like to belive so :) That one woman she didn't like but then likes: kinda with raven before betrayal but she wasnt really fully a vriska at that point, to me she starts being a vriska after betrayal Dumbass: yeah
I've been thinking so! Chloe's actually the one who led me to this checklist. ML tried to create a "popular rich girl" antagonist, but pushed it too far and instead got a pathetic, awful girl trying desperately to be seen as a hero. Her only "friends" are Sabrina, who she constantly orders around and bullies, and Adrien, who she flirts with out of compulsion but who will never like her back. She hates Marinette while simultaneously loving Ladybug, idolizing her and even roleplaying as her to feed her hero complex. However, when given the chance she will always cause problems and plays the villain more often than not. A lot of this is due to Astruc and the other writers having very different ideas of what Chloe should be, and while I was annoyed that they never forgave her, her current character status is also fascinating.
@@shale8385 tbh my frustrations over Chloe's character are long ended because I lost complete faith in the series, but she's also the reason why I came to this checklist
Hmm, I think my fanfic Persona: The Beautiful has two of them, my OCs Melissa and Kikuko: 1 - Yep for both of them 2 - Melissa does have a grooming experience with an older woman, though I left it fairly ambiguous. Kikuko would have the influence of her father and the character Azuma (who's the same age as her, but otherwise counts) 3 - Yes for Melissa (also with Azuma), Kikuko doesn't exactly but would say she's hetero to fit in with society 4 - Yes for both of them, with each other and with the protag 5 - Another yes for both of them 6 - Yet another yes, more so for Melissa than Kikuko
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i love how vriska became a genre
She's a very cool character archetype!!
this was 15 seconds away from being eight minutes and eighty-eight seconds
if I add a fifteen second intro it won't be
I expected you here.
I would have loved at least one menting of Catra, since that's the one that made me go "hey, Vriska is an archetype in itself"
Honestly I do not think Catra is a Vriska! She's got a lot of the same traits but since this video was written about eight months ago I've changed a few of my criteria. Glimmer is the Vriska imho.
See, superficially Catra might *seem* like a Vriska- but in reality, Catra is a *TEREZI* and Adora is her Vriska, with some chopped-and-screwed bits between the two due to the interference of Horde Prime and Shadow Weaver (Doc Scratch and Spidermom). Adora asks the question "What if Vriska *was* heroic though" and Catra asks the question "What if Terezi got it worse from Vriska's bad adult influences?" We can see that Adora is a Vriska through the relationship to a historical/ancestral figure (Mara), and that Catra is a Terezi through her resetting of the universe in order to try and get back with Adora (Portal vs. F1X TH1S)
@@NaiadVT she's not even close lol
a clear example is asuka from evangelion; even though the being groomed by a man part isn't entirely accurate, the rest of the vriska archetype checks out (such as being a meanie who causes problems on purpose, her comphet with shinji and, at the same time, desiring his approval as her friend)
also heathers is a vriska too.
she was actually groomed by doc scratch, though not sexually.
YOU'RE VRISKA HE'S VRISKA I'M VRISKA
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VRISKAS I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?????
@@BlenditMedia ::::)
Thank you so much for this scholarly conversation. This needed to be acknowledged. You're doing the good work. May the Vrisk' be with you. ♏
And also with you ::::)
Miss Power from WordGirl is so much of a Vriska it's insane. She even has the blue lips to boot!!!!!!!!
I think that Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg from the musical ride the cyclone would be a Vriska
1. (she's a dirty, nasty girl who is really trying hard to be a good person, or at the very least do what she believes is the right thing) Ocean, at least at the start of the musical, is a very mean person who does what she believes is a good thing to make her seem like a good person, ex. getting Ricky in the choir even though he couldn't speak, although as it goes on, she seems to try more and more to be a more genuinely good person
2. (often influenced and groomed by a creepy older adult, usually a man, with his own goals for her growth) not really a grooming experience creepy old man, but she, as all the other kids, is influenced by the character Karnak, a presumably quite old machine man, fairly heavily
3. (will often comphet on some boy) this is the only one where ocean does not compare, she has no romantic relationship with any boys in the musical
4. (has a complicated, turbulent, and emotional relationship with Terezi Pyrope, in this case, Constance Blackwood) Ocean's relationship with Constance, her best friend is pretty bumpy at times and they only fully seem to have a better relationship near the end
5. (they cause problems on purpose) Especially in her song, she causes many problems, it's pretty ambiguous whether or not this is purposeful, but honestly, some things she said were probably serious and thus purposeful. To add on she's a controversial character within the musical along with the fandom, ocean discourse is very similar to Vriska discourse in many ways
6. (Oblivious) She has a very planned thinking of how the story is going to go, she sings her song and karnak brings her back to life, she also takes the other characters and their personalities at face value too and, at the start at least, does not really want nor care to look deeper than her simple views on everything
(Sorry for how long it is)
That’s so real wait
i may be late to this but i think azula from atla passes for a vriska ::::)
although atla did come before homestuck so maybe vriska is the azula of homestuck? lol i love this archetype
Azula og Vriska?
Just yesterday I was listening to a character analysis of sasuke and besides not being a woman, he fits all of these to👏a👏t
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Mapleshade from Warrior Cats is a Vriska
-Villain protagonists who both think their actions are justified
-Serial killers involved in a revenge plot
-Responsible in some way for the rise of greater threats
-Argued about by fans
-Used the dead for their own selfish machinations in some way
-Manipulative in general
consider: hollyleaf is also a vriska
holy shit youre right
@@critiasdetested4749 Needletail is the closest thing to Vriska in Warrior cats
oh my god i’m a vriska
Congratulations? ::::)
Congratulations to the guy from the Umbrella Academy for being the first canon trans male to fit the Vriska archetype?
No that’s me 🙁🙁
I can only think of a couple of Vriskae of the top of my head:
-Cleopatra from monster high
-Walter White from breaking bad
Vriska reminds me a vergil from devil may cry in the sense of masking insecurity with appearing powerful
this isn't related to the video but jonaya you voice is literally so lovely and elegant and pleasant to the ear
nami from one piece is kind of a vriska ngl. earlier nami more so, such as before/right after she joined up w/ luffy
1. she's a dirty, nasty girl who is really trying hard to be a good person, or at the very least do what she believes is the right thing: i mean, she IS a thief and a pirate. at the start she was mainly looking out for herself (and her village). she can be mean as hell, but ultimately strives to do good
2. often influenced and groomed by a creepy older adult, usually a man, with his own goals for her growth: literally arlong
3. will often comphet on some boy: she does use mens' attraction towards her to her advantage. not really comphet but shes 100% a lesbian
4. has a complicated, turbulent, and emotional relationship with nefertari vivi: ok so theyve ever gotten enemy level complicated, their relationship is definitely quite intense and emotional (ESPECIALLY during the baroque works/alabasta arc)
5. they cause problems on purpose: she has definitely caused problems on purpose more than once
6. oblivious: while she's definitely one of the smart ones, she has her moments sometimes. like when she thinks she can do something completely on her own and doesnt need any help, no way!!! (she is wrong)
So glad i found this channel
Thank you!!!!
Omg when I watched Westworld maeve was lowkey giving vriska vibes.
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I’m diagnosing myself as a vriska
2 examples that are obvious Vriska's to me, even though they're both boys, are Vegeta Prince of all Saiyans(particularly his abridged iteration) and Magnus the Red for Warhammer.
The funny thing about Mangus is that while I think he shares some actual character structure similarities, hes most like Vriska in that he fulfills the role of Vriska in the warhammer fandom. Any mention of him almost always has somebody respond with Magnus did nothing wrong and immediately a heated debate with dozens of participants will be waged. It's a massive fandom meme. Similar to how it is in Homestuck
NGL the lesbians might flay me again for suggesting another male vriska lol but Magnus absolutely sounds like a beloved/beloathed archetype like Vriska
@@BlenditMedia yeah you gotta watch out for them lesbians
Edelgard von Hresvelg is undoubtably a Vriska.
Love how people say Vriska wants to be a good person, and just steamroll past her being a sx offender towards Tavros. Not to mention she has multiple opportunities to be a good person, but chooses not to nearly every time
This is *very late* but Neptune from We Know the Devil is basically Vriska to a T! I highly recommend playing the game
oh my god Medea from the ancient greek tragedy Medea is a vriska. i mean i KNEW it, but she fits 5 of the 6 categories here which is more than i was expecting
medea is more of a vriska than juri from street fighter and that feels so weird to me
I think, although this might be a controversial statement, Azula from A:TLA is a good example of the Vriska.
1. She is mean, dirty, and nasty, but trying to do the right thing. While it's unclear how much Azula is aware of her own status as a villain, she continually tries to do what she believes is the right thing: whatever Ozai approves of and requires her to do. She's not trying to be a good person, but she's trying to do what her society taught her she should be doing. Plus, i think this strikes at another good aspect of the Vriska character: someone trying to rationalize and come to terms with their own misdeeds, but unable to allow herself to atone for them, at least not out loud.
2. Azula is very clearly being manipulated by Ozai, who tries to craft her into the perfect warrior for the Fire Nation's goals, under the pretense of him being a loving and caring father. She's frightened of what would happen if she steps out of line, as she observed firsthand what happened to Zuko.
3. She doesn't really comphet on some boy, but there are some vibes there in regards to how she interacts with the boys on Ember Island.
4. I would say that she has a very complicated and turbulent relationship with Mai and Ty Lee that is somewhat similar to how Vriska and Terezi's relationship plays out, though Azula seems to be more willing to directly manipulating Mai and Ty Lee's friendship with her than Vriska ever is with Terezi. Azula seems unable to accept Mai and Ty Lee as friends, despite her lack of any real connections or friendships with anyone else.
5. I mean, obviously she causes problems on purpose. I don't need to explain the plot of ATLA to you.
6. In some ways, Azula is incredibly intelligent. She's a firebending prodigy and a master in war strategy, who is unafraid to break a few eggs to make an omelette. However, her social growth and maturity has been incredibly stunted due to being groomed into her role from a very young age, and she has very little social awareness, aside from when it comes to what she's been taught to do: manipulate. See also, Ember Island.
Also, she's a controversial, manipulative female character, which seems to be the basis for all major characters that fall under the Vriska archetype. She's much more explicitly a villain than Vriska, but, like Zuko, she clearly has much more depth than a pure one-dimensional villain.
I feel like Heather from Total Drama is at least Vriska adjacent, while she wasn't unassuming at the beginning (and not groomed that we know of), she is doing what she does for a goal in mind, gets messy throughout her stay, and has those complicated relationships with multiple people (Harold/Alejandro for #2 and Courtney/Gwen for #3)
Id argue she also was indirectly groomed by her ancestor.
ianthe from the locked tomb series is quite literally vriska which also implies that coronabeth is aranea but i digress. tamsyn muir DEFINITELY looked at vriska and went "okay ur mine now" and copy pasted her into TLT
I diagnose terra from teen titans 2003 as a vriska
Absolutely one thousand percent correct. Gold star for the day
@@BlenditMedia Hell yeah gold star
Taylor Hebert is a Vriska
So a character in one of my indie games projects is actually inspired by Vriska / this archetype.
Pearl gets 4 out of 6 points.
She is missing 2 and 5. For this character, I try to go from more of a pettiness and keeping a constant self-image causing problems standpoint rather
than an on-purpose standpoint. the thing Vriskas get when they try so hard to be a mind fang and keep that image.
i loved this video! do you think that villanelle from killing eve would qualify as a vriska? villanelle is definitely vriskesque in my opinion.
iiiiiiiiiiii haven't seen killing eve so honestly i do not know! but my onion on vriskas is "if they are doing a bad thing, convinced it is a good thing and tell other people it's a good thing, and really, really want attention for doing that" then they're a vriska in my book. especially if they're also a (gay) woman.
I think Villanelle could totally be a Vriska.
is marcy from amphibia technically a reformed vriska? i mean she sent her friends to another world just the sake of trying to connect with them better and only realised what she did wrong around the time she got shamked. plus in the finale her magic anime calamity powers turned her into basically d20 vriska.
Why the fuck do I qualify as a vriska
I could not help but think about Root from Person of Interest as a Vriska? If you think of the Machine as the 'comping on some boy' part :D
is this how i find out my main original character is a vriska?
lestat is also a vriska!
Unfortunately I do not know who that is but I believe your assessment!!
@@BlenditMedia Lestat from Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, or Vampire Chronicles, he’s a guy but besides from that fills every single vriska box
ohhhhh excellent yes and he's such a drama queen too. excellent detective work
vriska is not ok -vriska
Clara Oswald is a vriska :O
Damn I haven't thought about Clara in years! Please do elaborate :0
Guys I think I'm a vriska
I need to create a checklist for terra being a vriska bc i just said it 1 month ago and never came back to it:
Mean girlie: yeah kinda
Looks up to a dead person: no
Groomed by a creepy old man: 100 percent yeah
Comphet: not cannonically but id like to belive so :)
That one woman she didn't like but then likes: kinda with raven before betrayal but she wasnt really fully a vriska at that point, to me she starts being a vriska after betrayal
Dumbass: yeah
*a vriska*
Chloe Bourgeois Vriska real..?
I've been thinking so! Chloe's actually the one who led me to this checklist. ML tried to create a "popular rich girl" antagonist, but pushed it too far and instead got a pathetic, awful girl trying desperately to be seen as a hero. Her only "friends" are Sabrina, who she constantly orders around and bullies, and Adrien, who she flirts with out of compulsion but who will never like her back. She hates Marinette while simultaneously loving Ladybug, idolizing her and even roleplaying as her to feed her hero complex. However, when given the chance she will always cause problems and plays the villain more often than not. A lot of this is due to Astruc and the other writers having very different ideas of what Chloe should be, and while I was annoyed that they never forgave her, her current character status is also fascinating.
@@shale8385 tbh my frustrations over Chloe's character are long ended because I lost complete faith in the series, but she's also the reason why I came to this checklist
this video made me forgive vriska :/
Is Aranea a Vriska?
Hmm, I think my fanfic Persona: The Beautiful has two of them, my OCs Melissa and Kikuko:
1 - Yep for both of them
2 - Melissa does have a grooming experience with an older woman, though I left it fairly ambiguous. Kikuko would have the influence of her father and the character Azuma (who's the same age as her, but otherwise counts)
3 - Yes for Melissa (also with Azuma), Kikuko doesn't exactly but would say she's hetero to fit in with society
4 - Yes for both of them, with each other and with the protag
5 - Another yes for both of them
6 - Yet another yes, more so for Melissa than Kikuko