Author commentary: Finally we understand why Kanaya thought Rose was an idiot during that first impression, and then bamboozled herself into having a very tricky nonlinear conversation with her. It's because this goofball picked up her first troll attempt. So the "trap" Kanaya set by providing Rose with a (possibly) edited version of their first correspondence was a complete waste of time, because Rose was never going to be the one to have that conversation at all. But of course, this all hinges on the fact that Kanaya can't see who she's talking to yet, for some reason... Guess we'll find out what's up with that soon. The answer to that question is, Kanaya is begrudgingly just starting this trolling campaign on Karkat's orders and hasn't figured out how to use the viewport feature yet. It's impressive that there's such a good explanation to circumvent the crisis in logic that could have otherwise been. It's also interesting that Kanaya knows a few things about the "Rose Human." It invites all kinds of questions. Who talked up Rose to her? Was it Karkat? Was he like, listen, you'll LOVE messing with this one snobby girl in particular. She's right up your alley. Was he...inadvertently setting them up with each other?? That would make sense. He is the romance aficionado, after all. The fact that John expresses gratitude in a gracious way for the bunny gift indicates that he is trolling this troll knowing full well that Rose will backread the conversation after she wakes up, thus trolling her by extension as well. His prankster's gambit meter is probably going haywire. It's a shame we so rarely see it.
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