i think zhen on some level wanted to be vriska so badly in essence but knew she could never match her swag as a kid, so it wasn't in the forefront of her mind as much as their appreciation of karkat was. he was the character hussie decided to put on their wall afterall.

on a meta level, i wouldnt be surprised if hussie took inspriation from both vriska and terezi to write zhen. she feels like, to me, if vriska had terezi's thirst for justice; or if terezi had vriska's absolute audacity. either way, hussie has a deep respect for crazy women who love women, and i respect that.

that being said, i am going to piggyback on the reply before me and also suggest my surprise at the lack of gamzee mentions.