I could even argue that Roxy’s particular interest in Dirk, and specifically Hal, might echo Nix’s affinity for night and darkness, since the world of Darkness is akin to the material realm that Yaldabaoth presides over in Homestuck’s bizzaro-Gnostic framework. Both girls do share a vested interest in Motherhood, and one could take their mutual romantic interest in Jake English as indicative of Abraxas’ imagery as an embodiment and master of duality - night and day both encompassed in its totality. On the other end, we have Hemera and Nix, titan mother goddesses of daylight and night respectively, who I don’t yet feel necessarily tell us a ton about the nature of Jane and Roxy. Equius’ less certain but still interesting links to Orpheus, and Terezi’s general association to a variety of justice godesses such as Themis and Dike are also pretty interesting, though it’s somewhat hard to narrow down the mythpool she’s drawing from to a particular one. I’d also make a case here for the Denizens I’ve come to strongly believe we can reverse engineer out of the narratives of various trolls through sheer thematic weight, particularly Dionysus’ links to Gamzee.
It’s deeply satisfying stuff to know about. The mythological beats of the Gods these characters are echoing are clear, and provide insights that shade not just their charges’ arcs, but effectively the entire world of Paradox Space and the story’s in its totality. Abraxas, though more abstract and esoteric, is easy enough to link to Jake and then eventually, to the entirety of Paradox Space itself - and then to Karkat. On one end of the spectrum, Yaldabaoth’s links to Dirk and Caliborn were easy enough to pick up, manifested as they are through Lord English. What do you believe? And in response, what will you do? I won’t ask you to share that belief, but once you’re done, I will be curious to ask you a question:
I want to talk about that story now, and as you read about the way it exists in my head, you may gather that I feel some type of way about all this. But I do think that, if you’re reading this, there’s a story we have in common. Do we give up on this world, that can seem built on a foundation of sharp, broken glass - ready to cut us open with every step we take? Do we give up on the people we trusted to take care of us, to inspire us, to work with us in building a happy future?ĭo we give up on ourselves, when inevitably, we are the failures - it’s us? And if not, how do we find the strength to move forward? How do we find the faith to believe that redemption is even possible in this broken world - that this world is anything more than a blighted wasteland made to punish us, to begin with? And so they: your parents, your role models, your inspirational figures, your countries and institutions, your world itself - these things will hurt and fail you, too.Īnd when that happens, we all have a choice to make.
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