spicyyeti, agreed + i think you have a very good point about how 'belief' works in homestuck, like, the fact that people have different headcanons about rose or ship her with male characters has never stopped her from being personally inspiring to me when i was still figuring out my own real life lesbianism, there is no like headcanon or even postcanon story event which would stop rose from being one of the homestuck lesbians to me.

i guess that does sort of tie back in to why homestuck's approach to labelling works so well, it lets you learn about and interpret the characters organically rather than making it feel artificial or stilted.