One-Eyed Vriska?

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One-Eyed Vriska?

Post by alternativeSymphony » Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:52 pm

My apologies if this belongs in the Vriscourse thread!

So, I was watching The Goonies at the movie theater today (they were playing it for the 40th anniversary) and noticed something particularly fascinating:

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Look familiar? It should.

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One eyepatch, seven little thingies embedded. Coincidence? I think not! It's strikingly obvious that Hussie took inspiration from One-Eyed Willy's eyepatch and used it for Vriska's eyepatch as well as her actual eyeball. What I found interesting was that I could not find ONE PIECE (pun not intended) of information about this anywhere online! No posts, no comments, no mention of this connection whatsoever. Unless pirates having seven-studded patches is a common thing that's managed to fly over my head, this has to be the explanation for it! Maybe I'm just an idiot and didn't look hard enough, but for now, it seems like a pretty cool discovery. Thoughts?
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Re: One-Eyed Vriska?

Post by wolfkitty42 » Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:48 am

Semi-related, but has anyone else heard of the eight dot eye thing being a trope for spider characters? There's this one shot in Into The Spiderverse that I unfortunately don't have screenshots of... But in it, the spider-robot-dude's face display changes to something that bears a striking amount of resemblance to Vriska's eye. I've been wondering if it was a Vriska reference, or just a spider character thing for the longest time.... T w T

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Re: One-Eyed Vriska?

Post by Aeroplane » Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:39 am

This is because Homestuck is an adaptation of The Goonies. Hussie explained this on the Gooncast: Goonies Officially Unofficial Fancast Episode 413
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