Tavros Nitram

Tavros!
Tavros in a wheelchair. Tavros in a rocket wheelchair, or alternatively, a rocket boot flying car.
Tavrosprite. GCATavrosprite.
Ghostly Tavros! Ghostly Tavros in a pirate outfit. Ghostly god-tier Tavros in a Page of Breath outfit.
Tavros in her Boy Skylark outfit. Tavros in her Prospit pajamas. Tavros with robotic leg prosthetics

Canon

Screen Name adiosToreador
Sign Taurus, Sign of The Unfledged
Title Page of Breath
Relations
  • The Summoner - Ancestor
  • Tinkerbull - Lusus
  • Rufioh Nitram - Dancestor
Strife Specibus Lancekind

Quotes

Non-Canon

Headcanons

  • Transfeminine and she/her pronouns..
  • Her favorite colors are purple and green.
  • She wins aaall of the Fiduspawn tournaments.
  • She would LOVE Amy Brown's art.
  • Past flushcrush on Pupa Pan. Does she want to be him or does she want him? Haha. Both.
  • STEM student. No one can convince me otherwise.
  • ARATAV BROTP FTW!!!

Theories..

  • Gender nonconforming in the troll way. Is either unlabeled or some flavor of nonbinary.

Who is Tavros Nitram?

As introduced in canon:

Page 2101 of Homestuck, and Tavros’s introduction, where Tavros is sitting on her wheelchair, lounging around her very messy respiteblock.

Your name is TAVROS NITRAM.

You are known to be heavily arrested by FAIRY TALES AND FANTASY STORIES. You have an acute ability to COMMUNE WITH THE MANY CREATURES OF ALTERNIA, a skill you have utilized to CAPTURE AND TRAIN a great many. They are all your friends, as well as your warriors, which you pit in battle through a variety of related CARD AND ROLE PLAYING GAMES. You used to engage in various forms of MORE EXTREME ROLEPLAYING with some of your other friends before you had an accident.

You like to engage in the noble practice of ALTERNIAN SLAM POETRY, possibly the oldest, most revered, and certainly freshest artform in your planet's rich history. You have a profound fascination with the concept of FLIGHT, and all lore surrounding the topic. You believe in FAIRIES, even though they AREN'T REAL.

Your trolltag is adiosToreador you uHH, sPEAK IN A SORT OF, uHH, fALTERING MANNER,

As introduced in my words:

Tavros Nitram is one of the twelve Beta trolls in Homestuck, and acts as one of the comic's many side characters. She is a bronzeblood, a Prospit dreamer, and the one and only Page of Breath.

When we first see Tavros in the comic as adiosToreador trolling Dave Strider, we can see that she absolutely sucks at trolling. And being a troll in general...

Tavros, due to her softer upbringing and demeanor, doesn't conform to Alternian norms and ideals, nor does she wish to. She is far more friendly and less hostile when compared to the rest of her friends, and this non-conformity extends to her interests as well, as she plays games for girls, card games for nerds, and consume media for children, all in a partiarchal and aggressive society that pressures its citizens to mature quickly.

Page 2112 of Homestuck. Tavros is in her room, clapping in joy at the shared Fiduspawn victory as her lusus, Tinkerbull, and Horsaroni sleep.

At her core, Tavros is very much an outlier and the runt of the group. She's the complete opposite of Alternia’s “heartless, greater-good-focused, subservient, upstanding troll” ideal, and is instead the passionate, somewhat self-interested, stubborn, socially awkward geek. Does she have any intent on changing? No! And that’s her best trait.

But life as an outlier is not easy, as many people do want her to change. Tavros is frequently pressured to act different, think different, and to like different things. To follow what people see as success and to prevent her from succeeding in her own way.

Thanks to that, Tavros has a bit of an inferiority complex. Even if she doesn’t consistently push herself to change for the “better”, it’s clear that she has some serious self-esteem issues, shown through several instances of putting herself down and considering herself as something lesser.

Tavros herself and her peers misdiagnose her issues as a lack of self-confidence— despite her being very confident in herself and her beliefs —and even though it’s out of good intentions, it’s just not the case. She simply can’t see her true self-worth unless trusted friends like Aradia Megido, point it out to her.

To cope with her issues, Tavros usually turns to fleeing from situations and escapism, often sleeping her worries away.

It’s ok though. She's still cool as fuck. <—(Truth!)

Why Tavros Nitram?

Appreciation

Page 1937 of Homestuck. Tavros is at a desk, resting her face in her hands, and smiling.

I find Tavros Nitram to be an awesome person, because, well.. She's herself! Niche games and fandoms have always been my respite in the big, overwhelming world we live in, and I love the fact that Tavros thinks the same way.

Tavros is very open about her nerdy interests and belief in childish things like fairies or Pupa Pan, and she does things simply because she loves them! It’s kind of hedonistic, maybe even selfish, but that’s exactly the point. It’s so very inspiring to me. :)

I used to be a huge people pleaser! I used to keep my interests a secret!! I used to get stuck on stupid minor inconveniences and let them ruin my whole day!!! It was all so very bad for me. To see Tavros do the exact opposite, to choose to not conform, no matter what bullshit the comic threw at her was fucking awesome.

It was a breath of fresh air. Who knew you could just do that. I certainly didn’t. I wanted to do that, and not be affected by others’ comments. And now I’m here, with my own website. Wow! Tavros Nitram is an important contribution to my personal development!!

Also, seeing her be stereotypically cringe and a bitch to others is very empowering. I want to empower her. She should be more annoying and mean. It won’t fix her or me but you know. As a treat. }:D

Multiple ministrife ghost Tavros sprites! In right-to-left order, Tavros in her normal outfit, Tavros with robotic leg prosthetics, Tavros in her Boy Skylark outfit, Tavros in her Prospit pajamas, a winged and god-tier Tavros in her Page of Breath outfit, and a Tavros in a fairy outfit, complete with wings.

Creations

Playlist

Mostly indie pop and rock, folk rock, and 90s-2000s rap.

Fanfiction

Fanart

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