#dw ill come back n talk abt the tiers n potential references but im rlly curious abt the candle atm

[samstarium]

all the levels. ALL of them.

i realized i never did this for the first helltier upd8 to include vriska's echeladdder, so let's start now. but we won't talk about the tiers YET.

what's going on with the candle?

vriska's helltier echeladder interface is... weird, to say the least. often characters will be surrounded by items used to achieve said tier (john and the ectobabies, jane and the hat, etc) but we've never seen that candle before. not pertaining to vriska or anyone else, for that matter, although she does have her fire associations.

candles don't really show up that much, now that i'm thinking about it. given its diminished form in the second "level" upd8 of helltier, it seems like it burns down as vriska advances up the ladder, and as time passes. so logically we should expect to see it further burnt out by the next upd8.

the candle works as a reference two ways: as a manner of keeping time (a physical manifestation of life force, and the use of things like candle clocks), and as a symbol for the light aspect. fairly straightforward for that second one; illuminating important things and keeping people out of the dark is what candles are made to do.

ty aradia for this very applicable quote from the first "level" upd8

so........ something something, light motif and representation of vriska's growth? idk.