yea pretty much everyone seems on the same page with like they do and say some pretty shitty asshole stuff, especially the further back you go. I have noticed, and i think its pretty easy to catch as you read homestuck even, that Hussie at least tries to unlearn toxic things and get better. How successful theyve been at this we could debate until the cows come home but like the evidence is there throughout their body of work, thats more than you can say about a lot of web artists yaknow. But as a web artist people always just grab a mental snapshot of you at your worst and just keep that the entire time. And like doing better doesnt immediately mean people hurt have to forgive you either. Which i guess means to say like. Yeah man Hussie is just A Person and people are imperfect. You cant learn without mistakes. But people seem very resistant to see Hussie as a person instead of like this Figure. Which most ppl in this thread are also on the same page about so really idk where im going with this

hmm

a lil anecdote:

it means nothing in the grand scheme of things but I have met face-to-face with hussie twice for autograph sessions back in The Day. was surprisingly quiet and almost like humble? compared to their online persona. I doubt they are like that still its been many years and a bit of gender exploration since then but I do think about it sometimes. Maybe thats why i'm so reluctant to hop on any hate train, especially without more info. Ive seen them laugh and put dorito scented stickers on my friend's rubber horse mask. and notarize my other friend's sketchbook dedicated to equius. its kinda hard not to see someone as a person, who is flawed and can be a real ass sometimes, but still a person after stuff like that yaknow.