#odd does things

It bothers me so much when people call John boring. Yeah I get it, John is THE GUY, the main character, the first person we’re introduced to and are supposed to be able to relate to, BUT that is not all he is. Everyone seemed to gravitate to the more “complex and angsty” characters like, for example, Dave. Don’t get me wrong, I actually really like Dave. He’s in my top three favorite homestuck kids.

I feel like because John was introduced as such a goof ball a lot of his more subtle character development is overlooked. John never cries during SBURB, he hardly even seems sad when he sees that his father is dead, just in shock. He uses his rant John Cusak, you know the one he made to Jade on his birthday on the ship, as a way to indirectly express his self loathing. John wants to be a good friend but he’s not always good at going deeper into things, especially himself. This isn’t because he doesn’t want to but it’s because he is afraid of the possible of the consequences and harsh realities they would reveal but at a certain point he just became unable to because he never developed the proper skills to do so.

John is just so much more that a “token cishet” or even just the “relatable male lead”. I just wish more of the fandom would actually look at him as more than a joke long enough to see that.