(Btw. I call them Alpha trolls here because "dancestor" describes a familial relationship, not a group)

Yes!!! I actually really like the alpha trolls as characters. There are some issues in terms of writing, the way Damara was written was a pretty disgusting racial caricature, and that's inexcusable. At the same time, Damara deserves the world. Damara Megido did nothing wrong. A lot of them are shitty assholes, but in a way that's still interesting. Kankri is a good reflection of Beforus politics. Like, he's a misogynistic fake-woke asshole, but his dialogue can be genuinely interesting. You know. From a sociological perspective. I've talked before about how much I like Mituna, and how he is genuinely good representation in my opinion. Rufioh is interesting cause he's like if you took that one conversation between Tavros and Jade and made it 10x weirder and then made it his personality. he's the worst. Porrim is one of the highlights. She's funny, smart, and kind of the only normal one. She calls Kankri out on his bullshit, and it's really good to have an openly feminist character without making her a weird caricature that is there to be made fun of. People are weird about her, though. Latula is, again, really cool and good representation for OCD. I don't have OCD myself, but I know a lot of people who do, and from my (admittedly not that important) perspective, she was definitely ahead of her time. I know a lot of people with OCD are sick of characters with OCD where the only representation is like, cleaning. Her typing quirk being a compulsion is such a cool detail. I enjoy reading Aranea's rants, I like that one scene where she talks with Terezi about agency. It's a cool showcase of how the light and mind aspect can overlap. I don't want to talk about horuss. Meenah is also really interesting. She's kind of like what a lot of people think Vriska is. That being said I guess I have to give the obligatory mention that as a person she is terrible and a groomer. I think we're all on the same page about this. Anyway, I think I used the word "interesting" way too much here