My favorite character is Feferi. Because she has made AWESOME LIFE CHOICES. Feferi? Is not the Condesce. She has every reason to be. She is genetically identical, she has the political options, she is favored of the Eldritch Icky Thing, she has the bloodthirstiness, she has the lack of remorse when nastiness is what must go down (see: feeding other kids' lusii to her lusus). And she DECIDED NOT TO GROW UP LIKE THAT. Because IT IS A BAD IDEA. Feferi is a triumph of individual personality and choice over both nature and nurture. I mean even Meenah-- and Meenah's pretty awesome-- is actively trying to be the Condesce, but Feferi isn't. And Feferi is also a fascinating example of someone who is basically evil, just, that's the way she thinks, who has managed to change the way she acts enough that nobody notices she used to be evil until they trip over a reminder like the fact that she doesn't understand why the horrorterrors freak people out so much. You don't get characters like that in fiction very often!
Hussie failed to notice how cool that is. This was pretty much confirmed to me in one of the video game sequences. Sigh.
Stuff I ship:
John <3 Vriska. He brings out an actual good side to her! Also I would like to join the Society To Keep Vriska And Tavros Away From Each Other At All Costs They Make Each Other Worse Gah.
I am kind of with the fandom on Rose <3 Kanaya and Dirk <3 Jake but would like more complexity there because both of those are not going to be easy relationships.
Past Karkat <3< Future Karkat WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE WRITE THIS IT'S PRACTICALLY CANON. I also like Past Karkat c3< Jade c3< Future Karkat which IS canon dammit. And I have a soft spot for Karkat <3 Meenah.
Gamzee <3< Equius. It's probably wrong of me, but dammit. Also the only people I've seen write this pairing have it as redrom for some reason and WTFFFFF.
Tavros <3 Jade. SO CUTE.
And the major thing I don't ship, even though it is canon, is Karkat <> Gamzee because we have seen them interact like not at all since The Great Shooshing. It's one of those things where it could be a great relationship if they put time and effort into it, but in canon I have not seen evidence of them doing that, so it looks to me more as though Karkat flung himself on an exploding clown. And I say this as a person who is quite fond of Gamzee.
Although also a person who has the terrible, mentally distressing ficbunny that since Gamzee is the Bard of Rage, and aspects in Homestuck include command over and are affected by their opposites, I should write a thing where literally anybody could have shooshed Gamzee, and he could literally shoosh anybody, it just doesn't occur to anyone to think of it except Karkat because he is like that. So it's not a moirallegiance, it's a metaphysical glitch. The problems are a) ow I don't want to write that and b) can't prove is not canon.
... thank you for letting me go on and on and on. I have honestly considered starting a tumblr just for this fandom, because, well. THIS FANDOM.
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My favorite character is Feferi. Because she has made AWESOME LIFE CHOICES. Feferi? Is not the Condesce. She has every reason to be. She is genetically identical, she has the political options, she is favored of the Eldritch Icky Thing, she has the bloodthirstiness, she has the lack of remorse when nastiness is what must go down (see: feeding other kids' lusii to her lusus). And she DECIDED NOT TO GROW UP LIKE THAT. Because IT IS A BAD IDEA. Feferi is a triumph of individual personality and choice over both nature and nurture. I mean even Meenah-- and Meenah's pretty awesome-- is actively trying to be the Condesce, but Feferi isn't. And Feferi is also a fascinating example of someone who is basically evil, just, that's the way she thinks, who has managed to change the way she acts enough that nobody notices she used to be evil until they trip over a reminder like the fact that she doesn't understand why the horrorterrors freak people out so much. You don't get characters like that in fiction very often!
Hussie failed to notice how cool that is. This was pretty much confirmed to me in one of the video game sequences. Sigh.
Stuff I ship:
John <3 Vriska. He brings out an actual good side to her! Also I would like to join the Society To Keep Vriska And Tavros Away From Each Other At All Costs They Make Each Other Worse Gah.
I am kind of with the fandom on Rose <3 Kanaya and Dirk <3 Jake but would like more complexity there because both of those are not going to be easy relationships.
Past Karkat <3< Future Karkat WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE WRITE THIS IT'S PRACTICALLY CANON. I also like Past Karkat c3< Jade c3< Future Karkat which IS canon dammit. And I have a soft spot for Karkat <3 Meenah.
Gamzee <3< Equius. It's probably wrong of me, but dammit. Also the only people I've seen write this pairing have it as redrom for some reason and WTFFFFF.
Tavros <3 Jade. SO CUTE.
And the major thing I don't ship, even though it is canon, is Karkat <> Gamzee because we have seen them interact like not at all since The Great Shooshing. It's one of those things where it could be a great relationship if they put time and effort into it, but in canon I have not seen evidence of them doing that, so it looks to me more as though Karkat flung himself on an exploding clown. And I say this as a person who is quite fond of Gamzee.
Although also a person who has the terrible, mentally distressing ficbunny that since Gamzee is the Bard of Rage, and aspects in Homestuck include command over and are affected by their opposites, I should write a thing where literally anybody could have shooshed Gamzee, and he could literally shoosh anybody, it just doesn't occur to anyone to think of it except Karkat because he is like that. So it's not a moirallegiance, it's a metaphysical glitch. The problems are a) ow I don't want to write that and b) can't prove is not canon.
... thank you for letting me go on and on and on. I have honestly considered starting a tumblr just for this fandom, because, well. THIS FANDOM.