@elegantSpinstress

oh my god, ive never seen that post but... yeah, that feels kinda accurate. hes definitely the most self actualized. wouldnt be surprised if hes just off camera gained helltier on his own without even god tiering, and just. never uses this power, because he doesnt really need to. that would be very funny. karkat is secretly OP, thats my theory.

on the walking away from Jade and dave thing- thats a point i think is also super in line with the knight of blood thing. he sacrifices his relationship to... pretty much every character except meenah, for the good of everyone else, because getting involved in this ooc drama would NOT help. i love how he and meenah team up as well. meenah doesnt write him off like most people do, and gives him some much needed advice on taking some Him Time (because a knight is chronically allergic to giving a shit about themselves). i also love his relationship with sollux being so... the same. theyre still just kinda frenemies. because they never really had that sort of drama, theyre just a couple of friends who like trolling each other but know they care about each other. its weirdly wholesome.

its odd though, that theres this... underlying selflessness, this almost lack of true support karkat has. it almost feels like hes taken a step back from himself as a person, completely allowing himself to be used as a tool for the good of others without considering whether hes actually fulfilled or getting his own emotional needs met. dude works himself into the ground, and then instantly gets up and goes, "alright, what else needs doing by me?"

in a way, hes embraced his role more than anyone except maybe vriska, which is again a point in the Secretly OP collumn.

as for meat karkat, i think everything you said is a big reason why i think hed be great at stepping in on the DirkRoseRezi... situation. theyre all kind of lacking a groundedness that he always brings to the table. terezi is trying real damn hard to keep her head out of the stratosphere, but its almost impossible with the two biggest egos in the timeline around. i wouldnt be surprised if karkat instantly saw those candy kids and was like, ok, we need to lock the fuck in. im going to give you so much guidance and shit its insane. uncle karkat to the rescue.

or maybe thats wishful thinking.