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About your most recent post — I think it’s the latter, personally. Complacency seems to be an issue with Rage players. Gamzee was high all the time to avoid feeling, I truly believe Kurloz sewing his mouth shut was a textbook Prince move. Just because you hurt somebody and regret it doesn’t mean you should condemn yourself to being “the type of person that hurts people.” The difference between Gamzee and Kurloz is that, in Gamzee’s rage, he tries to own it to cope, even though by his nature, we have seen time and time again that he really deeply cares for his friends and wants the best for them. Kurloz has seen the damage he caused and is now angry with himself, probably believing that everyone else is too, or that Meulin should be, and even further blaming himself and getting angrier because Meulin isn’t angry, and he doesn’t know why. Kurloz as we see him is a protector of many, yet he barely speaks. Using the hands for sign language makes you less quick to react to a threat. If Gamzee is suicidal in a way of shooting a gun in in the air to get the cops to shoot him, Kurloz is passively suicidal, but would only do it if nobody needed him anymore. He sees himself as an unwilling tool for destruction. Gamzee’s rage comes from being unloved as he is, Kurloz’s rage comes from hating himself so much he can’t see anything else. Just some thoughts

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Anon your brain is so huge and I am actually deeply astonished by this take (positive tone)

I was writing on Prince of Rage this morning and when I got to thinking about how a Prince of Rage destroys themself, all I thought about was Kurloz and Meulin's unfortunate incident with the Vast Honk (pretty sure that's what it was called-) and how he sewed his mouth shut and I think may have chewed his tongue out too?? Okay yeah just double checked, and he did, indeed, chew off his tongue, too

Like, the Vast Honk was a perfectly misfortunate example on the unpredictable nature of Rage, especially with the destructive powers of the Prince Class. It wasn't on purpose, but it still hurt someone he loved, so he destroyed that which allowed it to happen in the first place. I think even if Meulin arguably forgave him (dubious mind control aside), I don't think he ever did.

I do think I lean more towards him being a Prince of Rage that succeeded in destroying such a crucial part of himself, all because he hated it and was scared of seeing what else it could do. He embraced Hope with his faith and the cult for Lord English, especially with Gamzee also entering the picture with him, thus making him ready and willing to be used as a tool for, ironically enough, even more destruction. I think, or wonder, if he thought that this time, the destruction would be good. It would be the right type of destruction. It would happen for a reason; a cause.