So I finally read that MISSION CRITICAL TEXT DOCUMENT–where Kanaya tactically edits her first conversation with Rose (which, unbeknownst to her, is actually with John) and presents it to Rose as a ploy of passive aggressive friend-courtship 

(emphasis on courtship, this shit’s gonna get good) and

holy shit, 

this is definitely one of the most underrated parts of this damn comic

heres a loose, non-exhaustive breakdown for those who might have missed it like i did. seriously read it it’s so good

First off, Kanaya begins by doctoring out her own dialogue through the extensive use of [Tactical Ommission]s. 

I’m not sure why but I find the wording here hysterical. I want to imagine she types it out every time instead of copy/pasting it. It helps her commit to the roleplaying scenario.

She tries to play coy as hell about whether or not she actually edited the document but she just rewrites parts of John’s lines and doesn’t change her typing quirk and just blatantly mocks Rose as if Rose were John fuck 

Ooh my god, and this. Like, INSTANTLY Kanaya’s roleplaying-as-Rose devolves into a frustrated tirade on how distant and unapproachable Rose makes herself with her sarcasm stuff, and like

As i think @roxilalonde wrote about already, Rose’s emotional distance keeps being a factor in their relationship past the meteor. Rose admits to having never told Kanaya she loved her. 

And honestly this beat, though early in their relationship, is a fascinating little window into what Kanaya might sound like when frustrated about this stuff while they’re dating. 

more tactical ommissions. they make my day. since we know Rose is a slob i hope someday like someone comes over to visit them and kanaya just wanders around the house covering up rose’s embarassing shit or putting it away and whispering “tactical ommission” under her breath

John is right to be smug here so it’s just hysterical that Kanaya is takes umbrage and pettily mocks rose for it, like, god Kanaya is such unabashed scorn and frustration and jealousy in this log in a way that rails against her fandom ascribed Mom Friend persona and–

oh, did i mention jealousy???

Because oh my god let’s talk about the fucking jealousy. Kanaya and Rose aren’t even DATING here yet, this is Kanaya getting to know Rose and it literally escalates into full-blown explicit romantic courtship like

This is Kanaya editing words into Rose-as-John’s mouth implying that Rose is only saying she likes John only to bother Kanaya herself, and suggesting that Rose says this in the unedited log Kanaya presents specifically to improve the odds they’ll develop a “more favorable relationship”. 

Here Kanaya betrays that her romantic attraction was instantaneous and suggests that it was for Rose as well through the medium of passive aggressive mistaken identity temporal trolling roleplay, as she attempts to flirt by way of implying Rose already flirted with her

This is so high-level i can’t even follow it, these gay girls are beyond my mere mortal ken. Thank god for Rosemary

I’ll close out with this last tactical ommission because i fucking love the line she blots out, because:

yeah. Yeah. Embarassing much, Kanaya? I’d be embarassed too. Tactical Ommission indeed if you’re invested in keeping the intellectual highground. What the hell kind of line is that anyway. you nerd. i love you