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eriban homestuck
in making you guys go on a tea party with me and if you don't want to attend i shall strap you down to the chair
he is itching to tell me a riddle, methinks
Some reason I like Eridan and all the Amporas:
I really love Eri's line "I DIDNT EVER NEED ANYONE TO LOOK AFTER ME. i was totally fuckin fine my ambitions were noble " this dialogue here with Fef is a complete proof that eridan's pursuit of feferi is based on his belief that both of them are completely equal rather than「Eridan is a simp and begging Feferi without any dignity just want to be in a love relationship with her」in the fandom.
He DO want to built a relationship between he and fef but just as he and Vriska would followed their ancestors and being pirates, I think that Amporas get the things they want or object of affection by "snatching" rather than "begging". The Ampora family do has both an inferiority complex about themselves and can be pathetic BUT DEFINITELY NOT ONLY THAT, they also got the pride brought about by their own ideals or ambitions and that's the main reason I love them so much.
So whenever I see "some" of the fandom's understanding and portrayal of how pathetic, jerkish, and loser the Amporas are, I feel sad and weird for the characters. Yes they are bad, pathetic and jerkish, but they are not the unmotivated type who will work hard for their ideals and ambitions and make what they value their belief.
For example, Eri's ambitions of extermination trolls, and when fef accused him of letting everyone and herself always look after him, he will be angry and stressed that his own ambitions and goals are noble and none their business. Cro will be when meenah ridicule his "human problems" counter her, even if she is the one his usual try to do everything to hit on and get attention.
The Ampora family do has their own problems: high self-esteem, arrogance, and seek for attentions, but not the "scheming, ungrateful, jerkish, loser or simp" Eri will thanks KK for his help, will apologize after Fef points out that "Sol just saved my life and you shouldn't scold him," and even when Gamzee told him that KK was grieving for Sol's death so he didn't have time to reply to him, he apologized and said that what he did was not worth mentioning, that he was at fault for saying bad things about the one who just died. Eridan did do a lot of things wrong or acting like a jerk, but I don't think his and the other two Ampora are completely bad without any reason to be liked.