vr1srezi:

having vriska the thief’s core emotional journey be about forgiveness (forgiving the self and desperately seeking forgiveness) is so beautiful because, despite vriska’s efforts and beliefs to the contrary, it’s something that CANT be taken no matter what. like it doesn’t matter whether the reader thinks vriska “deserved” forgiveness because forgiveness can’t be earned, only freely given. what matters and the point of it all is that terezi forgives her, not because of anything vriska did to prove herself or win back favor but because terezi loved her enough to want to forgive her.