VrisKan

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Pairing
Pairing: Kanaya Maryam/Vriska Serket
Alternative name(s): Vriskan, Sparkling Sapphires, Spidermoth
Gender category: femslash
Fandom: Homestuck
Canonical?: Yes (unrequited)
Prevalence: Common
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Kanaya/Serket is a femslash pairing involving Kanaya Maryam and Vriska Serket from Homestuck.

Canon

Kanaya has had unrequited feelings for Vriska in the past, though she denied it, acting as Vriska's moirail. Although, it implies otherwise, seeing as Kanaya often gets jealous when Vriska is with anyone but her. This further leaves the message that Kanaya wanted a flushed relationship with Vriska, but would never admit to it. Learning of Vriska's romantic feelings for Tavros was a great shock for her. She was put in the position to auspisticize Tavros and Vriska; however, her feelings presumably interfered with her mediation of the relationship.

Not long after entering the Medium, she mentioned to Karkat that she was planning to abandon her "Preposterous Infatuation" on Vriska. In the Veil, Kanaya acts very terse towards Vriska, refusing to talk to her, evidently still bitter over her heartbreak. After displaying incredible skill and brutality in dealing with Vriska, Gamzee and Eridan's 3X Showdown, Vriska sees Kanaya in a new light and had a momentary infatuation with her. Evidently, Vriska was surprised and impressed by the punch that the other girl had delivered.[1]

Fandom

Statistics

  • Kanaya/Vriska was on the top 100 femslash pairings on Archive of Our Own ranking from 2014 to 2017:
    • 24th in 2014[2]
    • 33rd in 2015[3]
    • 58th in 2016[4]
    • 86th in 2017[5]

Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Unrequited love: their relationship is first presented as such in canon
  • Past Relationship: their relationship is often expressed in the past tense or a beginning relationship in stories where Kanaya later ends up with Rose

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