Forgotten Homestuck Facts

Wait, why was Jade not supposed to fight in the battle? Was it because of her being to powerful, or something else?

Anonymous

Because of the risk that Condy would control her again

What is all this "coded" stuff? And what is exactly the point of it?

Anonymous

“coded” is basically a character written with the traits of a certain group or illness. The point, I’m not quite sure. To say something without saying it I suppose

Also, if Gamzee is bad (and I'm not saying he isn't; he's, after all, a religious zealot doing nasty shit with only that as the reason), then how come you label Vriska an "anti-hero"...? smh at you

Anonymous

Because she’s not actively working against the protagonist.

She’s a horrible person too don’t get me wrong, but she’s a horrible person that’s helping the protagonists.

So wait wait wait... Where is Gamzee during this entire final fight? Is he in the fridge or someplace else or....

Anonymous

Yeah, he’s in the fridge. Although I’m not exactly sure where the fridge is atm, I assume some captchalogued it, probably Jake or Vriska

Question Anon: Well aren't most of the trolls creepy? Like honestly, their terrifying and awful? Cronos is just a loser.

Anonymous

He’s a creepy loser tho, like his full name should be:
Cronus “haha and then what ;)” Ampora

is there anyway to read a character as "coded" for something without it being a racial stereotype? i legit don't understand that conceptually. thats pretty off topic though so here's a homestuck question: do you think we'll ever get a more definitive understanding of active/passive pairs and other classpect stuff? even if it's not directly in comic or something i'd still like to know

Anonymous

Probably not, that’ll be left up to reader interpretation like so many other things.

these asks are getting too negative. which homestuck character deserves a hug the most?

Anonymous

Damn, all of them probably, they are all just tiny children

I think people call Gamzee "black coded" because of the his rapping and use of some AAVE, but that's supposed to code him as a Juggalo, and Juggalos are overwhelmingly white. I guess Juggalos aren't as prominent on the internet now as they were 5 years ago, so newer/younger fans aren't getting the reference anymore.

Anonymous

oh no how dare demonized mentally ill and/or poc see themselves in and defend a character that is blatantly coded to be like them.. Those darn gamzee apologists, who are often abuse survivors as well :.( it's not like a white neurotypical creator would EVER use a character like that as a scapegoat !!!! As well as portray a mentally ill character as a Big Bad Abuser, because THATS never never been done in idk 99.9999% of media ever!!! How dare u wanna defend the seldom representation there is :.(

Anonymous

See, Caliborn is mentally ill too but no one ever tries to say it’s okay that he kills all those peeps because of his illness.

This debate is only apparent with Gamzee.

What's that anon got against Cronos?

Anonymous

Dudes kinda creepy