RE: dirk grooming rose

the portrayal is not of a gay man grooming a lesbian, it’s of incestuous abuse (emotional incest, in this case, is very apt). “grooming” doesn‘t just exist in the context of “someone prepares a victim for sex”, and i think making the argument that dirk is an example of the “abusive gay groomer“ stereotype is a simplistic and bad faith representation of the writing in question. incestuous abuse has always been a theme in homestuck, dirk’s abusive tendencies have always been a theme in homestuck, before he was even conceptualized as gay. like, homestuck has always been making commentary about incestuous abuse, i think it’s unfair to say it’s homophobic because, well, most of the human cast is queer.

like, i feel like a lot of the arguments you’re making feel like “gay character does bad thing/bad thing happens to gay character, therefore it’s bad writing and homophobic” without engaging deeper with what homestuck is actually saying.