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Vriska\'s abilities sometimes seem to be mental; in addition to the points Maju\'s cited, the command for Vriska to make Tavros kiss her was something like \
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Vriska\\\'s abilities sometimes seem to be mental; in addition to the points Maju\\\'s cited, the command for Vriska to make Tavros kiss her was something like \\\"Make Pupa have happy thoughts.\\\" Which isn\\\'t definitive, but it makes it seem like she has some imperfect mental control. [EDIT: I just noticed http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1093975262, where Andrew says \\\"Vriska commandeered Tavros\\\'s mind to get him to use his psychic powers.\\\"]
Also, the \\\"we\\\" in Terezi\\\'s comment definitely refers to her and Sollux; it goes back to this comment by Doc Scratch: \\\"I gather he has recovered from his implementation as a weapon in the sabotage of your mutual friend, whom you both believe to be dead.\\\" So Sollux knows what happened, and might think afterwards that Aradia is still alive. (I wouldn\\\'t necessarily conclude that Terezi could only have found out about Aradia\\\'s death through Sollux -- she presumably had some way of getting in touch with Aradia through FLARP.)
Buuut, I also agree with 168.7 that this is speculative and shouldn\\\'t be presented as a definite reason. If someone were to want to put it back in, it should probably be along the line of \\\"This might be because of having been mind-controlled to kill his best friend, or because of the trauma of psychically hearing all the other trolls dying from the Vast Glub.\\\" Emphasis on the \\\"might.\\\" And, eh, it\\\'s probably just as well left out. (Especially because Luzerne makes a good point -- I wouldn\\\'t say we know that Vriska\\\'s technique doesn\\\'t manifest itself as a voice, but we don\\\'t know it does either.)
Also, the \\\"we\\\" in Terezi\\\'s comment definitely refers to her and Sollux; it goes back to this comment by Doc Scratch: \\\"I gather he has recovered from his implementation as a weapon in the sabotage of your mutual friend, whom you both believe to be dead.\\\" So Sollux knows what happened, and might think afterwards that Aradia is still alive. (I wouldn\\\'t necessarily conclude that Terezi could only have found out about Aradia\\\'s death through Sollux -- she presumably had some way of getting in touch with Aradia through FLARP.)
Buuut, I also agree with 168.7 that this is speculative and shouldn\\\'t be presented as a definite reason. If someone were to want to put it back in, it should probably be along the line of \\\"This might be because of having been mind-controlled to kill his best friend, or because of the trauma of psychically hearing all the other trolls dying from the Vast Glub.\\\" Emphasis on the \\\"might.\\\" And, eh, it\\\'s probably just as well left out. (Especially because Luzerne makes a good point -- I wouldn\\\'t say we know that Vriska\\\'s technique doesn\\\'t manifest itself as a voice, but we don\\\'t know it does either.)
