The Dirk Strider Syndrome

thinking about how jade never went to any of the other planets besides lofaf. thinking about how she spent her whole life alone on that island and then she finally got to play the game she knew would free her and she had to stay on the same planet doing menial frog hunting chores. thinking about how after that she had to spend another three years on a cramped battleship and then she spent the rest of the story forced to either threaten her friends or stay asleep. thinking about how her mission during collide was to stop jack and pm with no backup or help. she spent her whole life sitting and waiting, doing busywork and taking care of her dog while she waited for the game to finally make her free, and once she did get in all she could do was busywork, waiting, and taking care of the dogs.

the homestuck sleep pose is like the opposite of the family guy death pose to me that shit looks comfy

Reading into Hussie's silly animal names is probably a fool's errand, but I converted "maplehoof" into "red handed" on a whim (since maple leaves are famous for their brilliant red) and now I'm stuck stewing on what the hell that would even imply.