catchaloststar replied to your post “@catchaloststar submitted: That Gamzee explanation is pretty…”

Yeah I don’t really think Horrorterrors are transformed players either, that point got a little away from me a bit. My main objection was the line of assumptions described in the first paragraph. From my POV, Occam’s Razor better suits the “explanation” that “Gamzee has no ghosts because he’s an unkillable clown” rather than coming up with any deeper explanations like infinite loyalty to LE. I’d be interested in reading that future post!

Sure, but my point about his allegiance to LE came about from attempting to resolve the tension between “Gamzee never dies because he’s an unkillable clown” and “Everyone dies in a doomed timeline”. Those are apparently contradictory facts that warrant some way of being bridged if you want to assume Homestuck is coherent, like I do.

As far as I can tell, the dreamself mechanic is the only explanation the comic gives able to resolve said tension, and it works out pretty neatly if you go with it. What followed was my interpretation of his actions taking into account the sheer scale at which they operate. 

Like I said though, I think there’s at the very least additional context that casts that interpretation in a murkier light, without changing the fact of what Gamzee’s done. Here’s hoping i get to present that view soon.