i definitely wish jake was allowed to engage with his aromantic tendencies more. it isn't even just that one explosion about no romantic no platonic, he has a ton of dialogue that reads as apathetic to being in a relationship at all, or as a lack of understanding about how romantic attraction feels. when hes originally talking to jane about his feelings regarding dirk, he essentially just goes "well we're good friends so i dont have a good reason not to", which was my general opinion about romance as a teen as someone who got courted a Lot and eventually ended up as aro. both relationships hes been in in homestuck proper and beyond canon have been out of a sort of obligation and not because he actually wanted to be in the relationship. dirk is described as a "relentless suitor" who wont give up until he gets what he wants, and beyond canon jane and jakes relationship is a mess of emotional manipulation, obligation, neglect, and control issues. also hes green black and white.

callie and roxy have both been sidelined bad in beyond canon and id love to have more insight into how their relationship actually functions instead of how other people think their relationship might possibly function, especially since callie's always been heavily associated with the idea of romantic love as something other, from her obsession with "shipfic" to her repeated references to being intrigued by red feelings as something inherently other to cherubs as a non-social species with hatred based reproductive cycles.

quadrants are definitely treated as a joke or something needlessly complicated in canon, but i really like them. my current "boyfriend" and i label ourselves as moirails because i feel like its more accurate to what i want in a partner, and as a bdsm practitioner kismitude is a good way for my to describe what i want in a dynamic, both of which are practices that allow me to avoid traditional "red" romance.