you seem really stuck on like the degree to which these characters sexualities make up their core character identity and I don’t really feel like that’s a productive way to go about things. Dirk is gay, and his relationship with Jake is important to various plot beats, but he isn’t The Gay One nor is that his singular defining trait. he’s very good with robots and technology, and as pointed out by others he’s a control freak, he’s responded to things with self decapitation enough times it was a meme on tumblr. The guy kinda has a lot going on. And id say that’s true for any of the characters mentioned yaknow? Dave is bi and it matters but it isn’t all he is or his main role in the narrative. Rose is a lesbian and it is very important in a number of places but I think regulating her to The Lesbian who can’t do xyz plot beats because of it would get you some strange looks.

Like there’s that thing where it feels more fine if characters fall into certain stereotypes so long as there are multiple other characters who are that same identity but aren’t doing that and are doing their own thing? I do think there’s a little bit of that happening here but it’s also a bit strained by the limited cast. because like we can see how a character gets from point a to point b it makes sense for them, but then saying they can’t do it because they are The Gay One makes sense when they are the only gay character and that’s 90% of who they are narratively… but less so when there’s other gay characters who are doing their own things (though this is homestuck so most of those things are probably self destructive in some manner anyway lol) and that the character in question has more going on. they aren’t Solely Defined by one aspect of their identity. am I making sense??