so, spoilers obviously. talking about character death.
bit of a theory i cooked up a while ago towards the end of homestuck, figured itd be worth posting, but i noticed a tendency of characters to die in fairly specific ways and that it might be something narratively dictated by their classpect. regardless of how much veracity this holds theres a way to divvy up most if not all deaths in the comic into 2 sort of base functions, possibly one per class and aspect, with each of these parts varying in specificity or metaphorical significance.
take john for instance, he almost always dies as a result of being stabbed in the chest by an enemy while caught unaware (on his quest bed, fighting jack in the dream bubble, whatever the fuck is going on with him in the meat timeline now, etc...) obviously theres some questions to sort out, seeing as how this doesnt affect EVERY death (the multiple doomed johns killed by typheus), or how i mentioned it being split into 2 parts and then brought up what could easily be described as 3 separate concepts (stabbed in the chest, by an enemy, while unaware, if you happened to need a recap from earlier in the paragraph), and its not exactly clear which parts would apply to heir or breath, but this noticeable tendency for coincidentally similar deaths isnt just limited to john.
space players, as far as i could put together with maybe 10 or 15 minutes of semi hard thinking, seem to be killed as collateral damage (jades dreamself dying when jack severed prospits moon, the shaving cream bomb, when her house fell on her, as well as kanaya being killed by eridan just for being nearby when he went on his rampage)
(and as a brief aside its no surprise that time players are frequently killed as a result of their own time travel, whether purposeful or unintentional)
of course it could all be coincidence of a different type, that being how classpects are reflections of characters and certain personality traits, which in turn lead to repeat death causes based on how those traits influence a characters actions and general demeanor when facing danger, but with how much detail was put into various different systems of the comic i certainly wouldnt be surprised if it was true.
i could probably go on for longer about various death similarities across other characters and separate things by class and aspects by comparing them all, but its also 4 in the morning so im probably going to leave it here for now and let yall take the wheel. so anyway, thoughts on classpect determining how someone dies?
gonna play 52 pickup and the cards i slip and break my neck on tell your future
