tavros

Tavros is just too sensitive to be a decent troll (in the sense of one who provokes others), to the point where he even tries to help Jade. He sucks at trolling and usually ends up getting trolled himself, which he talks to Jade about HS . On the surface, he seems innocently ignorant of his own shortcomings as a troll, and of mockery from others. Karkat doesn't “THINK HE CAN HATE ANYONE” HS , even the thorn in his paw, Vriska. However, he copes with the negativity he faces from the other trolls by personifying his self-esteem HS , which he has named Rufio. Using a technique HS suggested by Kanaya, Tavros imagines that he talks to his self-esteem in the form of Rufio, and is careful not to let anything hurt Rufio's feelings. His misguided affair with self-esteem continues as he becomes Jade's fairy god troll, now assuming HS that a high self-esteem means not having to apologize for anything, even if he is at fault for it.

Tavros also preferred his dream world over the waking world because he is indeed a paraplegic confined to a wheel chair. Before dying himself, he confides in Jade his disappointment over the fact that his dream self, and the dream selves of all the other trolls, have died, since he had more fun in the dream world. His time in the dream bubbles seems to have done him just as much good as Prospit - Tavros shows more balanced self-esteem and assertion as a ghost.

He has decorated his room HS with posters of fairies/faeries and cards and marbles litter the floor. He uses a Jousting Lance, which is allocated to his lancekind strife specibus. He has the ability to commune with wildlife, and seems to be an Alternian Wildlife Master. His ability to commune with creatures extends to imps who would otherwise attack him; a cadre of imps and ogres accompanies Tavros HS into a temple, with one ogre carrying what appears to be a piece of a puzzle. Some of the most powerful lusii are within the reach of his commune powers as well, as demonstrated when Tavros was manipulated by Vriska to control Terezi's lusus HS . He is even able to commune with Bec HS .

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