#bkew

It's a pretty common belief that large parts of Act 6 were relatively unplanned, with Hussie essentially having a beginning and end in mind and just sort of moving things about to fill time in between them. And this lead me to wonder; was one of Homestuck's first truly big theories possibly based on real, abandoned foreshadowing?

It's no secret that Jake had an immediate association with Lord English that a lot of people picked up on, speculating about them having some kind of connection. And some went so far as to float the idea, based on some of the language surrounding him, that Jake would specifically be possessed by English in some manner, a theory which eventually made its way into DDOTA, easily Homestuck's most well-known rewrite project to have reached Act 6.

So, do you think that this might have been part of the actual plan? That Hussie had some number of ideas he considered enough to leave potential retroactive hints for, but then abandoned after reconsideration, and that this was one?

Absolutely and hell yes. I don’t really feel the need to write about Aspects the way I did about Classes at all, because I think the fandom mostly has them figured out. I can add some little nuances or interesting tidbits with Aspects, but nothing I say there is going to be game changing I think.

There’s a lot of pretty great thinkers on the Aspect level, so here’s three recommendations:I’ve gotta mention @bladekindeyewear , who in some not insignificant ways got me started in my interest in reading Homestuck analytically (along with @what-the-fuck-is-homestuck ‘s character analysis). I don’t buy into inversion theory and I think BKEW’s key verb for Knights and Pages is off, and obviously I think he’s got their Active/Passive designations reversed. Those would be my personal caveats.

But in terms of Aspect theory, his writing is on point! I’m particularly fond of his posts on the Breath/Blood dichotomy and his masterpost on Aspect Dualities, in particular his identification of physical symbols for each Aspect (I am particularly fond of the symbols for Hope :P).I’d also recommend @dahniwitchoflight , who I haven’t read as much from but greatly enjoyed what I have read. In particular I’ve pretty much adopted  her view on Denizens until further word from the canon, because I like it and it meshes with what I already see in the system. Same quibbles as I have with BKEW re: Pages and Knights, some key verbs, and inversion theory stuff. 

Finally, definitely definitely check out Tex Talk’s videos on the Aspects, because they’re the best cases laid out yet for Homestuck’s like…unifying themes, and the writing on the Aspects themselves is completely transcendent and pushing the envelope in a big way. 

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