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==Personality==
Sophia is a mean-spirited, hot-tempered and violent teenager who finds anything but negative consequences as encouragement to continue.<ref name="SB1">Wildbow: @ Luo - Sophia is a consummate bully. Preying on Criminals as 'acceptable targets' gets her validation and respect without tying her hands. Just like preying on the acceptable targets at school has people (other students) look the other way. While she's forming this twisted worldview, it all validates that worldview because she's doing what people are going to accept and because people...<br/>
Wildbow: ...accept it she feels right & unthreatened.<br/>
Luolang: So, is it about self-worth or something?<br/>
Luolang: That by beating down these specific sorts of targets, she's /better/ than them, on some moral dimension?<br/>
Wildbow: Mmmm. Wouldn't jump straight to self worth.<br/>
Wildbow: That implies the wrong thing.<br/>
Luolang: What do you mean by "validation" there?<br/>
Wildbow: Validation = other people implicitly saying 'you're right'<br/>
Luolang: Was that why she befriended Emma?<br/>
Luolang: Because as a vigilante that's unknown, she doesn't exactly have validation<br/>
Wildbow: I think you're reaching, Luo<br/>
Wildbow: It's about power more than self worth. That she can basically take action and take power, partially by pushing other people down, and make herself effectively greater in the greater scheme of things. When society doesn't rise up and lash out against her, that basically, implicitly says 'this is right, this is the way things are'<br/>
Wildbow: To sum up: her thought process is: am aggressive, want to hurt people/lash out, so she goes and beat the shit out of random thug, nobody says anything, nobody stops her, even when she goes too far. Criminals are lower than her, and taking this course of action reminds them of that, while reminding her that she's greater than them. Picking on a student at school sees other students look the...<br/>
Wildbow: ...other way, administration downplays things, and being a hero means the administration is even more willing to play ball (A la school meeting).<br/>
Wildbow>: Nobody is telling her to stop = Validation - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/22124037 archived conversation on Space battles]</ref> She has nothing but disdain for those she perceives as weak and hates anyone she can't beat in a fight. When Taylor was revealed to be Skitter, Sophia was enraged and later tried to convince herself that she was responsible for what Taylor became. Surprisingly, she admitted to Taylor that she was resentful that Taylor had a parent who actually cared for her enough to actually attend the meeting.

A lot of her personality comes from the influence of her shard, as noted by Taylor.<ref name="28.4e1"/>

=== Relationships ===
==== Mother====
Her long-suffering mother.<ref name="I10"/><ref>[[Venom 29.5]]</ref>

====[[Emma]]====
Friends who enabled each other.

==== [[Taylor]] ====
Her 'prey' who turns out to be a predator much to Sophia's surprise.