In topic: "Homestuck Feels like it has a Discomfort With Achillean Romance and Characters."

Sunday, August 31st, 2025, 2:20 PMabout 5 hours ago

As for Caliborn and his misogyny leading into his obsession with yaoi, that's exactly the kind of critique I'm talking about.


Hussie writes the idea of a misogynist being so embedded in his beliefs that he warps back around to being ironically gay. It's not presented as a critique of gay men, its presented as "haha isn't it so funny and ironic the misogynist is gay." Because Caliborn doesn't even recognise it, he is oblivious to how he comes across and the audience is primed to laugh AT his behavior.


To me, in that case, it reads more like Hussie finds it funny to "meta" dunk on Caliborn by making him be cringe, act like a petulant baby at times and ironically "like yaoiz".

Dandy