re:miniquinny999

i didn't say he was a good follower, his want for genocide is purely his own selfish fascination and not feferi's, who his only obligation to her was to kill lusii for she couldn't stomach it herself.

he was beautiful when alternia was around. when the horrible things he did had some purpose, to alleviate the burden of the highest caste.

he didn't have to do this, really. he could have told feferi to kill lusii by herself, she is the most powerful in the hemocaste after all. why did he do this then? out of relational obligation, in exchange for moirallegience. his other want besides to kill, his base want to form a connection.

what i wanted to point out was that his want to kill overcame his want for relations. it is the one thing he is sure that he is capable of doing.

i didn't intend for him to sound tragic, i intended to point out his selfishness and egoism.

re:goosey

i don't see any real conflict in your interpretation of eridan with mine beyond the main point of "he is like this because he convinced himself" vs "he is like this because he enjoys this" but it seems very minor in our overall enjoyment of him.

i'd like to reiterate that i believe his genocidal wishes, his sea dweller supremacy, and such, are just masks of his nascent belief in his own self over others and his want to kill.

why i believe this, is because of that one really funny part in homestuck where karkat tells him to stop killing angels, and he just continues doing so. so i will point out two things:

-this is, in caligvulasAqvarivm's words, best friend. so if relationships really mattered that much to him at this point, why doesn't he listen to his potential moirail? or if he believes in duty, his leader?

-what does killing angels do to further the sea supremacy agenda when you are one of two seadwellers left with no waters to call your own? with a seadweller, who you fear has no longer any use for you?

i will end this post by saying, that none of what i said in this thread is a defense on his behalf, my poor attempts at rationalizing his actions is not a defense of his actions. who would want to defend a sociopath like eridan anyway?