Today on Diagnosing Characters I Like With BPD : a homestuck analysis
AKA : Lets talk about Equius
EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY ✔️ & DIFFICULTY CONTROLING ANGER ✔️ : Equius is easily angered and expresses it through VIOLENCE (usually breaking items) He is also easily frustrated and easily embarrassed.
UNSTABLE EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS ✔️ : Someone complicated to analyze due to the quadrant system - especially Kismesistude. But id say his relationship with Gamzee and Aradia both show a swing between Idealization and Devaluing (IE: SPLITTING✔️). His relationship with Vriska isn’t very stable either.
RECURRANT SELF HARM ✔️ & HARMFUL IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR ✔️ : Builds robots to fight and get injured fighting. Breaks his own possessions. Arguably SELF SABATAGES his friendships. Is a porn addict.
CHRONIC EMPTYNESS / DEPERSONALIZATION AND DEREALIZATION: Tends to “lurk” in the background and not directly interact with others. Being Heir of Void seems a lot like a metaphor for DEPERSONALIZATION ✔️ to me. Equius lives primarily in a hyper-sexualized FANTASY WORLD and acts as though the real world should follow those rules.
EFFORTS TO AVOID ABANDONMENT : unclear, but he does put in a lot of effort into CONTROLING HIS RELATIONSHIPS ✔️ Bosses Nepeta around and puts a chip in Aradiabot to control her feelings..
