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Decided to draw some moirails on a road trip!

Not sure who drew the original :’)

EQUIUS ZAHHAK

meowrails save me... meowrails...... save me meowrailsss.........

homestuck ms paint dumpp.. this was both a horrible and relaxing experience at the same time.

Why Equius Zahhak Is Criminally Underrated:A Homestuck Analysis

Out of all the Homestuck characters there’s one I feel like doesn't get the proper attention he deserves and that’s Equius Zahhak. Which I think is a damn shame because if you take time to analyze him Equius is an extremely compelling character and I hope to shed a spotlight on him.

First of all l understand why people don’t like Equius and why I think what people don’t like is exactly what makes his characterization interesting. Let’s get the obvious out of the way Equius is consistently characterized by his creepiness. He constantly engages in weird behavior. He constantly sweats has a weird fixation on the hemospectrum, and becomes a flustered mess whenever some uses as he put it “Foul Language". No doubt about it he is a strange loner with poor social skills and that’s part of what makes him work. Due his strange tendencies he is often underappreciated by his peers. For example him making Aradia bot having blue blood while it is creepy he saw it as a legitimate gift to Aradia. He has an extremely strong borderline obsessive respect for the hemospectrum so he made Aradia's blood blue to serve her and her greater agenda. His servitude is also a reason people don’t find him all that compelling .Equius by his very nature does not live for himself and that’s exactly why he’s interesting. Equius looks for the meaning to his own life from taking command from people of higher authority than him and even people with little authority over him. As a prime example Nepta who he has the closest relationship with with there interactions he still has a servant like role. He does whatever he thinks will make Nepta the most happy which if you stop and think about is not a normal relationship .I'm not suggesting that there relationship is parasitic or toxic in someway in fact quite the opposite this is just how he approach relationships. All of this show’s a fundamental truth about Equius as a character has no personal meaning to life.

Why does Equius life philosophy matter and how does it relate to the overall narrative? First we must tell an important truth about Equius: he has no personal meaning for life. This represented by his aspect Void. Void fundamentally represents emptiness and oblivion which is representative of Equius character .It’s not a stretch to say that Equius philosophy is Nihilistic or rather his lack of one .This is also why people widely seem to forget about Equius both in universe and out of universe but I think is nihilistic philosophy is fascinating. You may be wondering but Gamzee also is a nihilist and he’s far from underappreciated. The main difference is that despite him having no true purpose he still remains an active character. Gamzee when he’s sober he kills for no identifiable reason unlike someone like Eridan who has clear motives for killing people. When he’s stoned despite him talking a lot he isn’t very active. Much like his stoner persona he couldn’t care less about taking any direct action. What show this the most is that his advice for dealing with your problems is to simply slam a Faygo and wait for miracles. Gamzee is a character who just let’s things passively happen to him and doesn't concern himself with the bigger picture. He’s very similar to Equius in having a very passive approach to life whoever what cement’s Gamzee as a fan favorite and Equius as largely forgotten is whereas Gamzee doesn't care about the plot the plot doesn't care about Equius. Gamzee despite being mindless in his killings he still serves as a major threat so despite his passive mindset he still is an active character. Similarly due to stoned Gamzee’s social nature he becomes a relevant character simply because other characters listen to what he has to say even he doesn't have much to say. It make me sad to see such an interesting character be overshadowed by his very nature but alas that's just how it happen. But hopeful I help put some spotlight on an underappreciated character.

Homestuck troll alignment dump + template for my original alignment chart

meowrails save me... meowrails...... save me meowrailsss.........

homestuck ms paint dumpp.. this was both a horrible and relaxing experience at the same time.

sorry guy but... i guess.... i coulnt fight the homestuck...😢😔💔💔

i have nothing to post rn and i noticed that i recently got like 3-4 homestuck fans following me SO THIS POST GOES OUT TO THEMM!!!!! shoot-out to u!!

let him pet!! he so desperately wants it! it's e%ruciating!

last one for the day

grub babies! originally it was just gonna be equius and nepeta but i ended up doodling those two so i added them as well

nepeta and equius!

equius art dump :)

ah the void babies,,, i love them so much,,,

(if you know my other pieces im sorry)

Random Homestuck Headcanons bc I NEVER have an excuse to say them :

- Terezi has liberty spikes (I think that's what they're called?) for a good chunk of their hair but he can't do them on her own so Vriska always did them and by the time he's introduced in hs they're only held together by them guessing where they are and spraying them w hairspray

- Think the last one made this obvious He/She/They Terezi

- Nepeta is a chapstick muncher but for a few reasons, mostly bc it's an easy way to feed yourself even a bit and I definitely see one of meow's autistic traits being struggling to eat but also because meow probably just likes silly flavors

- She/Meow/It Nepeta

- Vriska HATES the weird sensory experience of glasses sides so she just uses wire and snaps off sides to make her own

- Karkat is the most sensitive of the trolls to hot weather, Nepeta is the least. In the worst/best of weather Karkat is wearing Nepeta's shirts while the opposite happens in winter

- Trans Karkat is real...woman ...angry woman...

- Honestly never saw Kanaya as goth aside from in fashion and that's not how that works so she probably dresses only in miscellaneous vintage or stuff she made

- Kanaya also probably has a bunch of tops she crocheted herself after Rose taught her how to crochet

- Trolls don't have human races ik but I could see Aradia resembling a native American

- Sollux lies about liking TooL online to seem cool in forums and shit but he actually can't get into metal at all

- Aradia probably could tho.

- I think Sollux being the only cis one would be funny

- Equius can never focus when Tavros is infodumping but Tavros accidentally ALWAYS infodumps when he has to focus

- NepEquiTav is canon to me even if Tavros has a (canon) cat allergy

- Nepeta gets the most comfort from warm beverages and it mostly favors warm milk

!! JUST TO SPECIFY I NEVER ACTUALLY FINISHED HOMESTUCK THIS IS JUST FROM MY HEAD AS SOMEONE THAT DID NOT FINISH !!