HORNETSSTUCK GOD TIERS (MAYBE FINALISED PROBABLY NOT)

HORNETSSTUCK GOD TIERS (MAYBE FINALISED PROBABLY NOT)

Jay Merrick: Seer of Void

Alex Kralie: Prince of Light

Timothy Wright: Heir of Heart

Brian Thomas: Witch of Mind

Jessica Locke: Muse of Breath

The Operator: Lord of Void(?)

THIS MAY CHANGE. ALEX AND JAY ARE THE ONLY ONES I AM 100% SURE ON

Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

Adding onto this; I'm getting more and more certain about Brian as a Mind player by the second.

Not only does it create that interesting dichotomy with the main cast as I've stated before, but the more I look at totheark in relation to this the more sense I realise it makes. Mind has so many ties to disguises and a fluid sense of self which makes perfect sense for Hoodie, Tim is animalistic and feral in his masked state but Brian doesn't have a split-personality at all. It's the id-superego dichotomy that also makes sense with Mind when you consider Brian's (probable) ultimate goal of bringing Alex to what he perceives as justice.

He just... everything he does seem to relate to getting into people's heads, manipulating how they think, using them as pawns to get what he wants - I'm sure you could argue him bringing out Tim's Masky state counts for something. Plus, Mind incorporates a lot of consideration about possible outcomes/offshoot timelines which makes sense especially in relation to TTA.

Brian is difficult to fully speculate on because he has such little screentime compared to the other main cast members, and even less of that screentime is spent getting to actually know him as a person. All we really know is he was a fun, cheery guy who Alex tried to 'dispose' of, and he donned the Hoody mask and started conspiring to take out Alex & The Operator. We don't even know how he knows what he knows, we just know that he knows it.

That's all I've got for now.

THOUGHTS ON MARBLE HORNETS CLASSPECTS REAL QUICK THAT I'M GONNA EXPAND ON LATER PROBABLY

Jay is definitely a Light player, constantly motivated by a search for the truth and largely kept alive by his own dumb luck and fortune; plus there's the whole 'bringing attention to everyone involved by posting everything on fucking YouTube' thing.

Tim is a Heart player, which seems pretty obvious given his alter-ego of Masky. A great deal of his angst comes from his lack of self-control and his fear of what he does when he dons the mask; the crux of Tim's arc is rejecting his other personality and trying to get a solid grasp on his own emotions.

Alex? He's a harder one to pin down, but I'm gonna say Void. He does begin his arc as fairly Light-focused (a pretentious college film student who wants to put himself out there into the spotlight) but when you consider his primary role in the narrative? Alex is the one desperately trying to spread obscurity and obfuscation because he believes the mere knowledge of the Operator is dangerous - he's motivated to create secrecy and destroy truth & relevance in the name of covering up the cognitohazard that is the Operator.

Brian is really fucking with my head right now. I feel like he's also somewhere on the Light-Void dichotomy? He operates in shadow & secrecy but at the same time he's obsessed with spreading the truth of everything and taunting Alex with the knowledge he holds. His constant tendency for mind-gaming also makes me wonder about Mind? (Which would work quite nicely alongside Tim being a Heart player to place both them and Jay/Alex as opposites.) Also arguably more tied to knowledge than Light, and I did just mention he's fucking with my head.

No strong thoughts on Jessica yet either, but my gut tells me Breath? I'm not too sure, but I guess there's an argument to make that her arc is about freedom from the Operator and disconnection from everything else going on around her.

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Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again

homestuck fans i think need to accept that some characters are just bad people and you will feel far more liberated enjoying the characters whilst recognising that they fucking suck as opposed to jumping through several hoops to justify their behaviour

you can like somebody for being an interesting, well-written character without suddenly trying to explain why they're a good person

if any proshippers comment on this post you will be fucking boiled

little afraid of getting beaten up here but i dont really vibe with mituna

i have literally nothing against him as a character he just. doesn't interest me that much?

i do not get the hype