Homesuck: Vriska Rising

[Kim]

But nobody cares about Tavros!

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

LGBT community who identified with Kanaya than transforming her into Stephanie Meyer's excrement.

Karkat's gay, too.

For John.

And himself.

[Solid Snake]

...I've had that debate about fifteen trillion times in the MSPA forums before, but frankly, I'm not the ideal person to make it anyway.
But: Yes, Kanaya wouldn't view herself as gay, but it isn't about how she views herself, it's how subsets of readers view and relate to her.

This is why, for example, in a fantasy story in which Africa as a continent does not exist and black-skinned individuals were never discriminated against and never considered a minority, black viewers will still identify strongly with the African-American actor playing a character on-screen.

EDIT: Karkat hated John, which isn't quite the same as him desiring RedRom. Even still, his realistic shipping matches are women: Terezi, Jade, and I've even heard Kanaya's name thrown around, albeit usually as a moirail.
Kanaya really is the only exception to the hetero-normative rule. Which is actually kind of strange, because you'd expect more potential same-sex pairings among the trolls given their views on sexuality, but nearly all the major pairings advocated directly or indirectly (and advocated seriously, not just for the lulz) are heterosexual anyway.

[Kim]

I felt worse for Karkarat not getting John than I did for Tavros dying.

The only sad thing about Tavros dying was that no more awful things could happen to him now. Probably.

[Art of Hilt]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

...If my favorite Homestuck character becomes a female Edward Cullen, and Rose becomes her Bella

i never read twilight but bella is the stupid helpless girl right
Because in that case I think you wouldn't have to worry since "stupid helpless girl" is almost the complete opposite of who Rose is
In fact between the two I'm pretty sure Rose is the dangerous one.
At least according to Kanaya.
When she wasn't a vampire.
Hm.

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

(Kanaya as a gag character? I'd almost rather she stayed dead.)

... yeah. I mean, there was a lot of effort into establishing her as a character before and after Hivebent as something more than 'vampire girl', so if all that gets thrown out the window... bleh. I honestly doubt it considering the build up which was much more different than Equius' or Nepeta's or any of the other gag characters, but still. Bleh.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

EDIT: Karkat hated John, which isn't quite the same as him desiring RedRom. Even still, his realistic shipping matches are women: Terezi, Jade, and I've even heard Kanaya's name thrown around, albeit usually as a moirail.
Kanaya really is the only exception to the hetero-normative rule. Which is actually kind of strange, because you'd expect more potential same-sex pairings among the trolls given their views on sexuality, but nearly all the major pairings advocated directly or indirectly (and advocated seriously, not just for the lulz) are heterosexual anyway.

BlackRom is just as important to trolls as RedRom.

In human terms, think of BlackRom as one really long hate fuck. All of Karkat's hate fuck potentials have been dudes. John, himself, Eridan, and I think even Sollux had some black rom potential near the very beginning.

All his RedRom potentials have been women, that's true, but it's kinda unfair to say he's heteronormative just because he has more 'normal' romantic feelings for women and more 'primal lust' feelings for men.

I mean, that's still pretty gay.

Also, I'm still shipping TerezixVriska. Forever.

[Solid Snake]

...Dear Andrew: You might want to try, y'know, foreshadowing the existence of twelve additional troll characters before unleashing that little bombshell as almost an afterthought.

Also, Terezi and Vriska would be an awesome BlackRom "couple," it's true.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by NonCon

I felt worse for Karkarat not getting John than I did for Tavros dying.

The only sad thing about Tavros dying was that no more awful things could happen to him now. Probably.

I was happy to see Grandpa Harley finally avenged, personally.

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

...Dear Andrew: You might want to try, y'know, foreshadowing the existence of twelve additional troll characters before unleashing that little bombshell as almost an afterthought.

We already established there were 24 tubes. What the hell did you think was in them? Thanksgiving gravy?

[Kim]

@SolidSnake He did. We just didn't notice!

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Also, Terezi and Vriska would be an awesome BlackRom "couple," it's true.

Or RedRom. They were FLARP partners for a very long time. They just need to kiss and make up.

Well Terezi does. Vriska is probably completely ignorant of the fact that there is anything wrong. Just like she's completely ignorant of the fact that Kanaya likes her.