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Player Details
Name: Alphie
Birthday and Age We will figure it out if you lie. WE HAVE WAYS.: 8/31/1990
Personal DW Username: technicolorgenius
Contact: AIM: trololololoki
Plurk: AlphieCentauri
Other characters in game: N/A
Character Application
Character Name: Karkat Vantas
Fandom: Homestuck
Gender: Boy, but he's an alien kid and well...xenobiology.
Age: 6 Solar Sweeps, 13 years of age.
Canon Point: Shortly after the end of Karkat's memo, where he proceeded to rant to everyone about Gamzee becoming sober, and Eridan killing everyone. It's pretty much shortly after he posted to this for the last time, and before he started to try and hide with Sollux's body.
Power: Vecna
While Karkat is not necessarily an evil character, his personality and some of his actions might make Karkat an ideal character for Vecna to use as a sort of proxy. The reason for this, is because of Karkat's obsession with his leader complex and being in a position of authority, as well as his obsession prior to playing Sgrub, in becoming a threshsecutioner. In addition, in the Homestuck canon, Karkat was easily manipulated by Jack Noir, by tricking Karkat into believing that they were allies, once he revealed that both of them shared a blood color. It seems likely that Karkat could be tricked into believing that Vecna was an ally to him, and understood his complications in feeling like a social outcast and alone. However, unlike the dedicated followers to Vecna, Karkat would probably be in denial about it, or resent it outright, due to his own moral standing. However, for a while, Karkat wouldn't even know that he'd been chosen by Vecna.
Orientation: Trolls are strange creatures and their sexual orientation can't exactly be defined. They don't have people who are exclusively homosexual or heterosexual, so reproducing with the same sex seems to be possible among trolls. For all intents and purposes, I would say it's best to assume that Karkat, and all other trolls for this matter, are pansexual, since they don't seem to view the sex of their partner as an issue, and seem to be more drawn towards personality.
Suitability: Karkat, as well as other trolls, come from a species that doesn't quite reproduce the same way as other species. Their means of reproduction comes from that of filling pails with genetic material. The concept of sex--at least among aliens--is rather common. Means of human sex and reproduction might be somewhat foreign to him, as he's only learned about it through a handful of earth movies, as well as conversations with the human kids. However in regards to handling sex, initially, Karkat is most certainly going to be a whimpering, sniveling little brat who has no idea what he's doing. He knows very little about how to actually have sex, and chances are, he'd prefer to lose his virginity to someone of his own species before ever allowing himself to be touched by a human or another race. For the first few times, he'd handle it very nervously, anxious about how sex really works, but in time, he'd become accustomed to it, and find it to be more natural and pleasurable. Chances are there will be a lot of crying his first time.
History: I think this is sufficient.
Personality: Karkat, in a nutshell, is a cranky, whiny, teenage boy who hates himself. It's actually a pretty standard outline for teenagers like him. But unlike kids who act whiny and annoying and self loathing because it's all the rage, Karkat has a reason. It's because he's different. Not because he's a geek and he has interests that make him weird according to the rest of his generation. Hell, look at his species. He's a troll. He comes from a violent, murderous, and rampaging society of aliens. What makes Karkat different, is that he's a mutant, and he's incredibly self-conscious about it, and in turn--he takes it out on everyone around him.
But what is it about Karkat that makes him so different? He looks the same as the rest of his species. Grey skin, horns, tired expression, drab clothing. What is it? It's his blood. Karkat knows his blood is not normal, in fact--he's genetically filthy in his mind. His blood is a bright, blaringly obvious candy red. A genetic trait that is practically unheard of among his species. As a species that bases its hierarchy on a blood color-based caste system, his blood is the lowest of the low, a blood color so beneath others that it makes him a freak. And he detests it. Karkat hates himself, based on this simple insecurity.
But he tries to make up for it in methods that are understandable. He takes initiative, and he plays the role of leader and he acts out, trying to come across as an authority figure to all his friends. He's constantly yelling and flipping out at them in order to try and assert himself as being above what he is.
However, all this does is make him look like a douchebag, instead of the confident prick he wants to come across as. He just winds up making enemies with his friends from time to time, and he frequently seems like he's trying to pick fights with his friends. Because of this, he adds to his repetoir, constant inclusions of sarcasm and snark--usually aimed at himself, and how he doesn't see how he can have friends. This ties into Karkat being even more self conscious and a lot weaker than he exposes himself to be. He's really quite the wimp. He cries very frequently, he's easily scared, and he's a sucker for trying to keep his friends from getting hurt. He doesn't ever even seem to try and hide that he's scared or that he's upset. Maybe it's because he's always typing in Capslock online as it is, and he's always conveying that he's angry, and online at least, the capslock covers up any fear or sadness that might be overcoming him.
Even though Karkat is considered to be the oh-fearless-leader among his friends, he also seems to have a hard time spurring himself into action. When Eridan snapped and started to blow holes in his friends--he didn't try and stop him. He just stared at the scene in shock, unable to do anything. It wasn't until he realized that he was legitimately in danger, when he spoke to Gamzee who had sobered up and started to go on a homicidal rampage, that Karkat realized he needed to act, realizing that shit just got real. In addition, he's been known to faint at the sight of blood, having done so when Tavros's legs were cut off.
He's really a very pathetic little shit. He's easily upset, and he's very frequently trying to compensate for how easily scared or upset he gets, or for his insecurities. He's very much a normal teenager in the insecurities department, but since he knows that his genetic mutation is something that could get him killed, he's constantly trying to make up for that by being such a hardass. However, beneath the hardass exterior, really is just some lonely kid who doesn't want to be hated for his blood color.
But this doesn't stop that Karkat in general, even without his insecurities is a very angry, crabby and easily annoyed kid, and attempts to start fights with most people, even if he happens to be friends with those people. He's very rarely happy, and he generally is seen scowling, or seething in a fit of rage. More often than not, he's hunched over his computer, throwing at fit at someone, for something very trivial and useless. He doesn't like to explain himself, nor does he like to have people make assumptions about him (or the troll race in particular). But he does have an aspect of jealousy seeming to hover around him, and he usually gets mad when his friends are enjoying themselves--and he isn't.
Karkat obviously has an obsession for power--again, it seems to be because of his desire to want to make up for what makes him inferior to the other trolls. However, even though he generally doesn't get the opportunity to be head honcho, for the most part, he still is trusted as a leader figure, since he's really good at rallying people together in order to follow commands. And if people can't follow his plans, he is very prone to flipping the fuck out.
At his current canon point, Karkat has sort of evolved from the raging, whining and grumpy little prick he is, to someone who seems to genuinely care about his friends. After the events of Gamzee, Eridan, and Vriska going on a 3x Trollian Killing Spree, Karkat started to embrace his friendships with the remaining trolls, treating them as equals, even though he still continued to flip out over the stupidest shit. But despite that, he's become a somewhat more respectful, and caring individual...even if he conveys it somewhat awkwardly.
In addition, Karkat is somehow--and although, very strangely--the relationship and romantic adviser to many of the trolls. This is probably due to Karkat's rather hilarious obsession with troll romantic comedies. He is very aware of how relationships work, and he's inadvertently counseling his friends rather often. Even though he's aware of a redrom (love) based crush from Nepeta, Karkat seems to avoid the idea of matespritship with anyone, probably because he's just an overall asshole and doesn't really want to get wrapped up in his own issues. His moirail (or best friend in this case), happens to be Gamzee Makara, who Karkat has referred to as his "worst best friend", pretty much because of their differing personalities, but regardless the two of them are pretty much bonded together, since Karkat was the only one able to keep Gamzee from continuing a homicidal rampage which took the lives of Nepeta and Equius.
Karkat also has a strong relationship with Sollux. It seems to flip flop often between palerom and something like a very tame blackrom. But it's really just friendly arguing for the most part. Even though he and Sollux are seen arguing a lot, it's clear Karkat cares about him a lot, as he's turned into a sobbing mess both times he's seen Sollux die.
Also, Karkat seems to have something of a crush on Terezi Pyrope, but he responds to most of her advances towards him with his own degree of snarkiness to challenge hers. But he trusts her, since he doesn't seem to be overly upset when she learns of his blood color. The fact alone that he trusts her is in itself, a sign of how he genuinely appreciates her companionship. Along with Terezi, Karkat respects Kanaya quite a bit, pretty much because he thinks she's the only sane troll among them. He considers her to be one of his closer friends, and has gone as far to try and kiss her supposedly dead body in order to revive her. Along with Kanaya, Karkat shows some sort of odd friendship with Eridan, despite how the both of them are on total different ends of the hemospectrum. Even though there's a sort of awkward bond between them, it ends up becoming severed after Eridan starts killing, and admits platonic hatred for him for being a raging dickprince.
Even though Karkat receives platonic friendship from several of the trolls, he doesn't like Equius or Vriska much, thinking that they're both awful people. But he's more considerate towards Equius, since he can sympathize with him, even though he's weirded out by the other. He doesn't like Vriska much, mainly because she's constantly hate flirting with him, and it frustrates him beyond belief.
Regarding the human kids of the game, Karkat is very much not fond of them much. Initially, he thought John Egbert was his kismesis, and that they were fated to be in a hatred quadrant together, but he abandoned the ideal after being rejected. In turn, he got embarrassed and began to troll John backwards through time. With Jade, Karkat seemed to want to be kinder to her than he was to the others. He wound up offending her, and he ended up feeling bad about it, and began to try and make up for his asshole-ish ways towards her.
TL;DR? Karkat is an insecure, angry kid, who hates happy stuff.
Abilities: In regards to non-battle based abilities, Karkat fancies himself to be somewhat good with computers. But he's not. He knows a few tricks, but nothing extraordinary, and this probably wasn't even worth mentioning since his ability with computers isn't that great to begin with. He also is quite a snob about romantic comedies, if that counts as an ability. He's also really good at making people hate him. No. No. Let's focus on an ability of Karkat's that actually is useful...
Shit is this is hard.
Imagining a human girl and her dog-sprite version of herself making out? No, that's not helpful.
Staring uselessly as your friend kills your other friends?
Nah, not that either.
Being the one brick keeping your friends from breaking down and dying?
Bingo. There. Let's go with that.
For starters, Karkat, while coming across usually as an unsympathetic dickhole, is actually very supportive as a friend, although sometimes he might convey it in less than obvious ways. Most notably of how he's capable of supporting his friends, is through the simple act of shooshpapping Gamzee, to bring down his homicidal rage. What does this mean? This means that if Karkat gently paps his friends, and essentially play the role of pacifist. While he doesn't exactly start off like this, he does progress into this skill. Even though he doesn't show it, he does come off as being very concerned about the well being of his friends. He's rather frequently getting involved in the lives of his friends, somewhat willing to assist his friends with problems that they might have.
This being said, Karkat is surprisingly good at giving relationship advice to his friends. While it isn't common, Karkat has been known to advise both Eridan and Vriska on their odd relationship situations. This is probably due to the amount of terrible romantic comedies that Karkat likes to indulge in. Therefore, Karkat does have a fair bit of knowledge in regards to the quadrants. That is, as long as it doesn't come to him, because he doesn't even know what it's like to really be in hate with anyone other than himself.
Speaking of hating himself. Karkat is a pro at knowing how to hate yourself. Karkat seems to be rather open to criticizing himself, and pointing out his own fault. And while this might not necessarily be an ability, it sure as hell is a hobby. What is an ability of his, however, is his his uncanny talent at being able to troll the human kids. Granted, it's not all that helpful is it? Neither is thinking he's hot shit at working with computers, when in reality, he kind of sucks.
Since he does live on Alternia, Karkat, like many other trolls is proficient in a weapon of choice, his choice being sickles. Even though he's not one of the more violent trolls, he still has enough skill with the weapons to enable him to survive through playing Sgrub with the other eleven trolls. Along with being skilled with his weapons, Karkat has demonstrated being a very competent leader to his friends. Karkat seems to be rather good at keeping at least a somewhat clear head when it comes to making important decisions, and the others rely on him for this reason. He was a trusted leader by his friends when he initially started in the game, and the trust in him has continued, as he remains a rather satisfactory leader for the surviving trolls, even if he does wind up as a sobbing mess most of the time.
Appearance: EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT B
EXHIBIT C
AND FOR THE COUP DE GRACE
The following are examples of what Karkat's genitalia look like. Keep in mind that trolls generally appear to have both male, and female sets of genitals. There are several means for trolls to have intercourse, and while penetrative sex is possible among trolls, it is not as common. It is more common for two trolls to allow their bulges (the tentacle) to twist together, and allow the fluid that collects between them to fall into the bucket used to collect their genetic material. However, penetrative sex still occurs both within the nook (the female genitalia), as well as orally or anally. But it all depends on a troll's sexual preference.
As for appearance:
Naturally, Karkat is the red one.
Same goes for this one.
And this one as well
RP Sample [First Person]: SO IT HAS RECENTLY COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY FUCKING KARKAT VANTAS IN THIS GOD FORSAKEN CITY.
WHILE THIS MIGHT SEEM GREAT TO A CERTAIN TEAL BLOODED, SCREEN LICKING PRINCESS THAT I KNOW, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS NOTHING FANTASTIC.
THIS IS THE SINGLE WORST THING TO HAVE EVER HAPPEN TO ME.
TRUST ME. THE EXISTENCE OF NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO KARKAT VANTAS'S IN THE UNIVERSE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE IT IMPLODE ON ITSELF, FROM THE SHEER PRESENCE OF US BOTH ALONE. IF WE EVER WERE TO MEET, NOT ONLY WOULD THE UNIVERSE IMPLODE BUT THEN IT WOULD PROCEED TO DEVOUR ITSELF AND SHIT ITSELF OUT ONLY TO LOOK AT IT AND SCREAM AT THE ABSOLUTE HORROR THAT IS A DUPLICATE OF MYSELF.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO INFORM ALL OF YOU JUST HOW AWFUL THIS IS.
AND TO THE COPY OF ME, WHOEVER THE FUCK YOU ARE.
I'M QUITE SURE THAT YOU WANT TO STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, JUST AS MUCH AS I WANT TO STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM YOU. SO I AM CALLING A PRE-EMPTIVE TRUCE, AND A PRE-EMPTIVE DECLARATION TO NOT FEEL "THAT WAY" ABOUT YOU.
SOUND GOOD? GOOD.
RP Sample [Third Person]:
So there was this whole thing about arriving in this city. And there was this whole thing about familiar faces being around. And there was this whole thing about Karkat feeling incredibly alone. Yeah, sure there were a few people he knew here--like, Tavros for example--but there was no one he truly felt comfortable and safe and sound around. And frankly?
It sucked.
It didn't help that Karkat had been incredibly sick since he got here. The second he arrived, it was like puberty hit him like a ton of bricks. He could feel every little muscle and every little inch of his body rapidly moving around within him and making him both sick and moody and cheerful and depressed and everything under the sun. Or lack thereof. It was awful, and he couldn't bring himself to do anything other than just huddle up in a ball and hide from everyone and everything. It was hard, and no one understood. So many things had fucked him up since he got here that he was in a constant state of confusion, disorientation and worst of all--arousal. Before getting here, he never worried about this sort of thing. Pailing was something that never really seemed to surface for him. But since getting here? Since maturing like this, all he wanted to do was find another troll and fill a pail with them. He didn't care who it was. But it was this horrible carnal instinct that he pretty much found himself hating.
He'd been here a week, and his self-loathing was at an all time high. And there wasn't anyone he could take it out on, other than himself. And he'd already made a promise that he would never go looking for that copy of himself located somewhere within the city. Like hell he was going to do that. But his head was getting so hazy with all these thoughts. He needed to stay focused and try and find his way out of here, hopefully through one of those fucking portals. He still didn't understand this place, and he sure as hell wasn't up for learning about it any time soon. Why should he even care about this place anyways, huh? It's not like he was here on his own free will. This place had chosen him and yanked him out from his happy-go-lucky-hiding-from-your-best-friend-who-just-started-murdering-everyone-adventure and dropped him here with all of this ever so lovely side effects.
No, as far as Karkat was concerned, he was not going to stand for this bullshit, and he was going to get himself home before he did something stupid.
Like look for the copy of himself and ask to fill a fucking pail.
Player Details
Name: Alphie
Birthday and Age We will figure it out if you lie. WE HAVE WAYS.: 8/31/1990
Personal DW Username: technicolorgenius
Contact: AIM: trololololoki
Plurk: AlphieCentauri
Other characters in game: N/A
Character Application
Character Name: Karkat Vantas
Fandom: Homestuck
Gender: Boy, but he's an alien kid and well...xenobiology.
Age: 6 Solar Sweeps, 13 years of age.
Canon Point: Shortly after the end of Karkat's memo, where he proceeded to rant to everyone about Gamzee becoming sober, and Eridan killing everyone. It's pretty much shortly after he posted to this for the last time, and before he started to try and hide with Sollux's body.
Power: Vecna
While Karkat is not necessarily an evil character, his personality and some of his actions might make Karkat an ideal character for Vecna to use as a sort of proxy. The reason for this, is because of Karkat's obsession with his leader complex and being in a position of authority, as well as his obsession prior to playing Sgrub, in becoming a threshsecutioner. In addition, in the Homestuck canon, Karkat was easily manipulated by Jack Noir, by tricking Karkat into believing that they were allies, once he revealed that both of them shared a blood color. It seems likely that Karkat could be tricked into believing that Vecna was an ally to him, and understood his complications in feeling like a social outcast and alone. However, unlike the dedicated followers to Vecna, Karkat would probably be in denial about it, or resent it outright, due to his own moral standing. However, for a while, Karkat wouldn't even know that he'd been chosen by Vecna.
Orientation: Trolls are strange creatures and their sexual orientation can't exactly be defined. They don't have people who are exclusively homosexual or heterosexual, so reproducing with the same sex seems to be possible among trolls. For all intents and purposes, I would say it's best to assume that Karkat, and all other trolls for this matter, are pansexual, since they don't seem to view the sex of their partner as an issue, and seem to be more drawn towards personality.
Suitability: Karkat, as well as other trolls, come from a species that doesn't quite reproduce the same way as other species. Their means of reproduction comes from that of filling pails with genetic material. The concept of sex--at least among aliens--is rather common. Means of human sex and reproduction might be somewhat foreign to him, as he's only learned about it through a handful of earth movies, as well as conversations with the human kids. However in regards to handling sex, initially, Karkat is most certainly going to be a whimpering, sniveling little brat who has no idea what he's doing. He knows very little about how to actually have sex, and chances are, he'd prefer to lose his virginity to someone of his own species before ever allowing himself to be touched by a human or another race. For the first few times, he'd handle it very nervously, anxious about how sex really works, but in time, he'd become accustomed to it, and find it to be more natural and pleasurable. Chances are there will be a lot of crying his first time.
History: I think this is sufficient.
Personality: Karkat, in a nutshell, is a cranky, whiny, teenage boy who hates himself. It's actually a pretty standard outline for teenagers like him. But unlike kids who act whiny and annoying and self loathing because it's all the rage, Karkat has a reason. It's because he's different. Not because he's a geek and he has interests that make him weird according to the rest of his generation. Hell, look at his species. He's a troll. He comes from a violent, murderous, and rampaging society of aliens. What makes Karkat different, is that he's a mutant, and he's incredibly self-conscious about it, and in turn--he takes it out on everyone around him.
But what is it about Karkat that makes him so different? He looks the same as the rest of his species. Grey skin, horns, tired expression, drab clothing. What is it? It's his blood. Karkat knows his blood is not normal, in fact--he's genetically filthy in his mind. His blood is a bright, blaringly obvious candy red. A genetic trait that is practically unheard of among his species. As a species that bases its hierarchy on a blood color-based caste system, his blood is the lowest of the low, a blood color so beneath others that it makes him a freak. And he detests it. Karkat hates himself, based on this simple insecurity.
But he tries to make up for it in methods that are understandable. He takes initiative, and he plays the role of leader and he acts out, trying to come across as an authority figure to all his friends. He's constantly yelling and flipping out at them in order to try and assert himself as being above what he is.
However, all this does is make him look like a douchebag, instead of the confident prick he wants to come across as. He just winds up making enemies with his friends from time to time, and he frequently seems like he's trying to pick fights with his friends. Because of this, he adds to his repetoir, constant inclusions of sarcasm and snark--usually aimed at himself, and how he doesn't see how he can have friends. This ties into Karkat being even more self conscious and a lot weaker than he exposes himself to be. He's really quite the wimp. He cries very frequently, he's easily scared, and he's a sucker for trying to keep his friends from getting hurt. He doesn't ever even seem to try and hide that he's scared or that he's upset. Maybe it's because he's always typing in Capslock online as it is, and he's always conveying that he's angry, and online at least, the capslock covers up any fear or sadness that might be overcoming him.
Even though Karkat is considered to be the oh-fearless-leader among his friends, he also seems to have a hard time spurring himself into action. When Eridan snapped and started to blow holes in his friends--he didn't try and stop him. He just stared at the scene in shock, unable to do anything. It wasn't until he realized that he was legitimately in danger, when he spoke to Gamzee who had sobered up and started to go on a homicidal rampage, that Karkat realized he needed to act, realizing that shit just got real. In addition, he's been known to faint at the sight of blood, having done so when Tavros's legs were cut off.
He's really a very pathetic little shit. He's easily upset, and he's very frequently trying to compensate for how easily scared or upset he gets, or for his insecurities. He's very much a normal teenager in the insecurities department, but since he knows that his genetic mutation is something that could get him killed, he's constantly trying to make up for that by being such a hardass. However, beneath the hardass exterior, really is just some lonely kid who doesn't want to be hated for his blood color.
But this doesn't stop that Karkat in general, even without his insecurities is a very angry, crabby and easily annoyed kid, and attempts to start fights with most people, even if he happens to be friends with those people. He's very rarely happy, and he generally is seen scowling, or seething in a fit of rage. More often than not, he's hunched over his computer, throwing at fit at someone, for something very trivial and useless. He doesn't like to explain himself, nor does he like to have people make assumptions about him (or the troll race in particular). But he does have an aspect of jealousy seeming to hover around him, and he usually gets mad when his friends are enjoying themselves--and he isn't.
Karkat obviously has an obsession for power--again, it seems to be because of his desire to want to make up for what makes him inferior to the other trolls. However, even though he generally doesn't get the opportunity to be head honcho, for the most part, he still is trusted as a leader figure, since he's really good at rallying people together in order to follow commands. And if people can't follow his plans, he is very prone to flipping the fuck out.
At his current canon point, Karkat has sort of evolved from the raging, whining and grumpy little prick he is, to someone who seems to genuinely care about his friends. After the events of Gamzee, Eridan, and Vriska going on a 3x Trollian Killing Spree, Karkat started to embrace his friendships with the remaining trolls, treating them as equals, even though he still continued to flip out over the stupidest shit. But despite that, he's become a somewhat more respectful, and caring individual...even if he conveys it somewhat awkwardly.
In addition, Karkat is somehow--and although, very strangely--the relationship and romantic adviser to many of the trolls. This is probably due to Karkat's rather hilarious obsession with troll romantic comedies. He is very aware of how relationships work, and he's inadvertently counseling his friends rather often. Even though he's aware of a redrom (love) based crush from Nepeta, Karkat seems to avoid the idea of matespritship with anyone, probably because he's just an overall asshole and doesn't really want to get wrapped up in his own issues. His moirail (or best friend in this case), happens to be Gamzee Makara, who Karkat has referred to as his "worst best friend", pretty much because of their differing personalities, but regardless the two of them are pretty much bonded together, since Karkat was the only one able to keep Gamzee from continuing a homicidal rampage which took the lives of Nepeta and Equius.
Karkat also has a strong relationship with Sollux. It seems to flip flop often between palerom and something like a very tame blackrom. But it's really just friendly arguing for the most part. Even though he and Sollux are seen arguing a lot, it's clear Karkat cares about him a lot, as he's turned into a sobbing mess both times he's seen Sollux die.
Also, Karkat seems to have something of a crush on Terezi Pyrope, but he responds to most of her advances towards him with his own degree of snarkiness to challenge hers. But he trusts her, since he doesn't seem to be overly upset when she learns of his blood color. The fact alone that he trusts her is in itself, a sign of how he genuinely appreciates her companionship. Along with Terezi, Karkat respects Kanaya quite a bit, pretty much because he thinks she's the only sane troll among them. He considers her to be one of his closer friends, and has gone as far to try and kiss her supposedly dead body in order to revive her. Along with Kanaya, Karkat shows some sort of odd friendship with Eridan, despite how the both of them are on total different ends of the hemospectrum. Even though there's a sort of awkward bond between them, it ends up becoming severed after Eridan starts killing, and admits platonic hatred for him for being a raging dickprince.
Even though Karkat receives platonic friendship from several of the trolls, he doesn't like Equius or Vriska much, thinking that they're both awful people. But he's more considerate towards Equius, since he can sympathize with him, even though he's weirded out by the other. He doesn't like Vriska much, mainly because she's constantly hate flirting with him, and it frustrates him beyond belief.
Regarding the human kids of the game, Karkat is very much not fond of them much. Initially, he thought John Egbert was his kismesis, and that they were fated to be in a hatred quadrant together, but he abandoned the ideal after being rejected. In turn, he got embarrassed and began to troll John backwards through time. With Jade, Karkat seemed to want to be kinder to her than he was to the others. He wound up offending her, and he ended up feeling bad about it, and began to try and make up for his asshole-ish ways towards her.
TL;DR? Karkat is an insecure, angry kid, who hates happy stuff.
Abilities: In regards to non-battle based abilities, Karkat fancies himself to be somewhat good with computers. But he's not. He knows a few tricks, but nothing extraordinary, and this probably wasn't even worth mentioning since his ability with computers isn't that great to begin with. He also is quite a snob about romantic comedies, if that counts as an ability. He's also really good at making people hate him. No. No. Let's focus on an ability of Karkat's that actually is useful...
Shit is this is hard.
Imagining a human girl and her dog-sprite version of herself making out? No, that's not helpful.
Staring uselessly as your friend kills your other friends?
Nah, not that either.
Being the one brick keeping your friends from breaking down and dying?
Bingo. There. Let's go with that.
For starters, Karkat, while coming across usually as an unsympathetic dickhole, is actually very supportive as a friend, although sometimes he might convey it in less than obvious ways. Most notably of how he's capable of supporting his friends, is through the simple act of shooshpapping Gamzee, to bring down his homicidal rage. What does this mean? This means that if Karkat gently paps his friends, and essentially play the role of pacifist. While he doesn't exactly start off like this, he does progress into this skill. Even though he doesn't show it, he does come off as being very concerned about the well being of his friends. He's rather frequently getting involved in the lives of his friends, somewhat willing to assist his friends with problems that they might have.
This being said, Karkat is surprisingly good at giving relationship advice to his friends. While it isn't common, Karkat has been known to advise both Eridan and Vriska on their odd relationship situations. This is probably due to the amount of terrible romantic comedies that Karkat likes to indulge in. Therefore, Karkat does have a fair bit of knowledge in regards to the quadrants. That is, as long as it doesn't come to him, because he doesn't even know what it's like to really be in hate with anyone other than himself.
Speaking of hating himself. Karkat is a pro at knowing how to hate yourself. Karkat seems to be rather open to criticizing himself, and pointing out his own fault. And while this might not necessarily be an ability, it sure as hell is a hobby. What is an ability of his, however, is his his uncanny talent at being able to troll the human kids. Granted, it's not all that helpful is it? Neither is thinking he's hot shit at working with computers, when in reality, he kind of sucks.
Since he does live on Alternia, Karkat, like many other trolls is proficient in a weapon of choice, his choice being sickles. Even though he's not one of the more violent trolls, he still has enough skill with the weapons to enable him to survive through playing Sgrub with the other eleven trolls. Along with being skilled with his weapons, Karkat has demonstrated being a very competent leader to his friends. Karkat seems to be rather good at keeping at least a somewhat clear head when it comes to making important decisions, and the others rely on him for this reason. He was a trusted leader by his friends when he initially started in the game, and the trust in him has continued, as he remains a rather satisfactory leader for the surviving trolls, even if he does wind up as a sobbing mess most of the time.
Appearance: EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT B
EXHIBIT C
AND FOR THE COUP DE GRACE
The following are examples of what Karkat's genitalia look like. Keep in mind that trolls generally appear to have both male, and female sets of genitals. There are several means for trolls to have intercourse, and while penetrative sex is possible among trolls, it is not as common. It is more common for two trolls to allow their bulges (the tentacle) to twist together, and allow the fluid that collects between them to fall into the bucket used to collect their genetic material. However, penetrative sex still occurs both within the nook (the female genitalia), as well as orally or anally. But it all depends on a troll's sexual preference.
As for appearance:
Naturally, Karkat is the red one.
Same goes for this one.
And this one as well
RP Sample [First Person]: SO IT HAS RECENTLY COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY FUCKING KARKAT VANTAS IN THIS GOD FORSAKEN CITY.
WHILE THIS MIGHT SEEM GREAT TO A CERTAIN TEAL BLOODED, SCREEN LICKING PRINCESS THAT I KNOW, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS NOTHING FANTASTIC.
THIS IS THE SINGLE WORST THING TO HAVE EVER HAPPEN TO ME.
TRUST ME. THE EXISTENCE OF NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO KARKAT VANTAS'S IN THE UNIVERSE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE IT IMPLODE ON ITSELF, FROM THE SHEER PRESENCE OF US BOTH ALONE. IF WE EVER WERE TO MEET, NOT ONLY WOULD THE UNIVERSE IMPLODE BUT THEN IT WOULD PROCEED TO DEVOUR ITSELF AND SHIT ITSELF OUT ONLY TO LOOK AT IT AND SCREAM AT THE ABSOLUTE HORROR THAT IS A DUPLICATE OF MYSELF.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO INFORM ALL OF YOU JUST HOW AWFUL THIS IS.
AND TO THE COPY OF ME, WHOEVER THE FUCK YOU ARE.
I'M QUITE SURE THAT YOU WANT TO STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, JUST AS MUCH AS I WANT TO STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM YOU. SO I AM CALLING A PRE-EMPTIVE TRUCE, AND A PRE-EMPTIVE DECLARATION TO NOT FEEL "THAT WAY" ABOUT YOU.
SOUND GOOD? GOOD.
RP Sample [Third Person]:
So there was this whole thing about arriving in this city. And there was this whole thing about familiar faces being around. And there was this whole thing about Karkat feeling incredibly alone. Yeah, sure there were a few people he knew here--like, Tavros for example--but there was no one he truly felt comfortable and safe and sound around. And frankly?
It sucked.
It didn't help that Karkat had been incredibly sick since he got here. The second he arrived, it was like puberty hit him like a ton of bricks. He could feel every little muscle and every little inch of his body rapidly moving around within him and making him both sick and moody and cheerful and depressed and everything under the sun. Or lack thereof. It was awful, and he couldn't bring himself to do anything other than just huddle up in a ball and hide from everyone and everything. It was hard, and no one understood. So many things had fucked him up since he got here that he was in a constant state of confusion, disorientation and worst of all--arousal. Before getting here, he never worried about this sort of thing. Pailing was something that never really seemed to surface for him. But since getting here? Since maturing like this, all he wanted to do was find another troll and fill a pail with them. He didn't care who it was. But it was this horrible carnal instinct that he pretty much found himself hating.
He'd been here a week, and his self-loathing was at an all time high. And there wasn't anyone he could take it out on, other than himself. And he'd already made a promise that he would never go looking for that copy of himself located somewhere within the city. Like hell he was going to do that. But his head was getting so hazy with all these thoughts. He needed to stay focused and try and find his way out of here, hopefully through one of those fucking portals. He still didn't understand this place, and he sure as hell wasn't up for learning about it any time soon. Why should he even care about this place anyways, huh? It's not like he was here on his own free will. This place had chosen him and yanked him out from his happy-go-lucky-hiding-from-your-best-friend-who-just-started-murdering-everyone-adventure and dropped him here with all of this ever so lovely side effects.
No, as far as Karkat was concerned, he was not going to stand for this bullshit, and he was going to get himself home before he did something stupid.
Like look for the copy of himself and ask to fill a fucking pail.