can everybody stop tying themselves in knots over gamzee and look this way for a moment instead
jane crocker just had to kill jake english to get him out of his hope field binge
jane crocker, who is currently under the condesce’s control but very conscious of her actions and in full possession of most of her personality, had to kill her friend (and most likely still her crush) to end what she saw as his suffering just moments after watching her daughter die
and both deaths were caused by aranea in one way or the other
jane intended to revive jade immediately after her death but was thwarted by the becs; we still don’t know if her life powers work on god tier players. and you know what? there’s a good chance that she’s not sure of it herself. (reminder here that jade didn’t even know how resurrection would work on rainbow drinkers and jane did nothing to correct her rambling on the subject, making it very possible that she is not aware of the limits of her powers)
aranea tried to stop jane using what appears to be her best and only weapon: her prodigious mind control, which doesn’t work the same way on humans. but even a relative novice like vriska could put john to sleep the way aranea did to roxy, and yet
the troll who can effortlessly manipulate gamzee, who is not only ridiculously powerful but TWO castes higher than her on the hemospectrum, is unable to subdue jane.
jane is furious right now. just look at her when she’s pouncing at aranea; that is not the face of someone who is being manipulated into feeling anger at having her mission delayed. that is the face of someone who is taking things very personally indeed.
with her mind control proving ineffective and no other means of defense at her disposal, it’s no wonder that aranea looks fucking terrified. she’s practically paralyzed with fear to the extent that she didn’t think to dodge a sleeping girl’s tackle when we saw her dodging a katana with ease just a few pages ago. it’s probably the first time she’s ever seen her powers thwarted by sheer determination, and you know what? it might very well be the last.
because not even the condesce’s control is holding this little lady back right now, and shit is about to go down.
jane fucking crocker, everybody.