revolutionarygays:

everyone has been talking abt the act 6 tarot project (since the homestuck tarot deck is years old) so here’s my ten cents i guess:

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I mean I agree there’s issues w/ biases towards mlm ships for sure, and that should be accounted for, but i disagree in two places:

A) Saying Rosemary is artistically “the best” because it features themes of duality and spirituality and enlightenment. Rosemary DOES have those themes and they are wonderful and incredibly impactful, don’t get me wrong.

So does Dirkjake though. like…both boys literally light up with gay love for each other. For that matter, so do Vriska and Terezi, as both girls are able to find Light only once they find each other. 

Themes of enlightenment and balance through unity are part of how Homestuck establishes relationships, and that’s true for every ship from Rosemary to Roxycallie. I don’t think it makes sense to say only Rosemary really encompasses them, though they all do it in unique ways.

And B) At dismissing Dirkjake as mediocre and not plot-relevant. Jake’s love is what leads to Caliborn’s defeat. Jake and Dirk’s relationship is a big part of Dirk’s metatextual salvation, and Jake’s sense of peace and safety. That’s plot-relevant and important shit that contributes to the story and puts their relationship front and center. 

Not sure why we need to tear down mlm representation as unimportant to uplift the incredible impact and transcendence of these wlw ships. Like yeah elevating nonsense yaoi for eye candy’s sake is a problem sometimes especially at the expense of women but…Dirkjake isn’t a typical yaoi ship. 

It’s an mlm ship in Homestuck which is canon, carries that weight accordingly, and says adds both to Homestuck’s philosophical themes and it’s broader narrative. That’s…important? Like that’s not just two boys thrown together at random by fans any more than davekat is.

Both of the canon ships Homestuck presents are transcendent and powerful depictions of gay love, just like Rosemary and Vrisrezi. Every canon Homestuck pairing would be a good fit for the Lovers, as far as I can tell from the criticisms I’ve seen. 

Which isn’t to say that there isn’t a problem in fandom as a whole, it’s just the fundamental criticism here is inaccurate. Dirkjake is a really solid fit for that card, conceptually.

And like yeah there’s a bias towards dudes in fandom and it’s a big problem but as a gay dude I literally don’t have other m/m pairings outside of Homestuck that aren’t on some level queerbaity bullshit and these are actually well-depicted, deeply empathetic gay stories.

that are actually taken seriously in their narrative and feel honest and true to life as written! Like. That just doesn’t EXIST anywhere else even with m/m, like I’d honestly be delighted if someone pointed me to the treasure trove where all the other compellingly written dudes in love with dudes are but I haven’t found that many. 

I feel Dirkjake and Davekat have earned a level of recognition on an artistic level that goes beyond Anime Dudes #1 and #2, basically. I don’t really like seeing that undervalued to prop up WlW ships, because I don’t really see the ships as being in competition, and valuing ALL of the ships in Homestuck elevates all of them by making them part of a better whole in my view?

Dunno if I’m making sense cause this is pretty personal to me. Sorry if I’m being a jerk, I genuinely think wlw and girls in general should get more fan content.
In my perfect world there’d be like 6 lovers cards depicting every main homestuck pairing. 

I’m just objecting to what I view as an unnecessary diminishing of the canon that a lot of people genuinely value on a writing level the way a lot of people genuinely value Vrisrezi.