Tag: heroborn

I really like the your interpretation of classpects and what they mean on a character to character basis. All of your fanfiction is also really excellent with the most consistent characterization that I’ve seen in many a year. You are like the wise elder of the Homestuck fandom in my eyes. Btw will there be an essay on the aspects themselves after you are done with the classes? Or will it be all the characters instead?

Thanks a ton, I’m happy to hear you’ve enjoyed my writing so much 🙂

I mostly think fandom has the Aspects figured out, so I’m pretty sure my writing is going to remain focused on other subjects for the moment. Tex Talks does a better job of breaking new ground than me there anyway, his videos are great pls check them out.

All I really have to add to the Aspect discussion is that they should really be understood as the obvious counterparts to the Gnostic Aeons–like the Aeons, the Aspects are Ideas. They come in bonded pairs, and are meant to create reality together. There’s definitely other analogs to Aeons in Homestuck: Rose, Dirk and Calliope all act out or relate to Sophia pretty strongly.

But Sophia herself is pretty much synonymous with the aspect of Light. And understanding the Aspects that way gives them a sense of divinity that adds weight to them, I think. It also makes it clear the Gnostic stuff suffuses every inch of Homestuck, as if that wasn’t already obvious enough.