not me going into homestuck again, like the old days. In another order of news, maybe at the beginning of next month, I will be opening commissions again!
hussie notes that make me start growling and shaking my fists (extremely positive) equius is so angry because he is obsessed with maintaining his facade and its wearing on him and he lashes out.
[text: Especially early on in his characterization, it’s suggested he has anger issues (like him taking his rage out on robot dummy combatants). But I’m not sure this trait holds up. Over time, he seems to show a lot more passion about his weird stuff, his passion for archery and muscular horse men, his submissive obsessions, his deference toward those higher on the hemospectrum and fetish-like indulgence in depraved attraction toward those lower. Ultimately he comes off more as a ridiculous nerd, with a soft spot for a lot of silly and creepy shit. My view on this is, it’s not that the text lost track of the fact that he was supposed to be angry. It’s more that this was his initial state of mind early on, and the more he started blowing off steam with his various indulgences (Aradiabot, etc.) the less he had to be mad about. We just meet him at a really high-strung point in his life. I think it’s more accurate to say his “anger” is a form of hyperintense focus on being stern, aloof, proper, and averse to nonsense, which is a facade serving to cover up his inner personality, which is barely in control at all. Like Nepeta suggests, deep down he wants to play the kinds of silly games she plays. He wants to let go completely, and indulge every ludicrous and depraved whim he has. His arc tends to be more about caving to these indulgences, and all the mixed consequences that follow, than resisting them. -Andrew Hussie]
