Fun Homestuck headcanon: What if all trolls have the ability to live to a century or two but lowbloods are systematically malnourished, overworked, sent into the line of battle, killed on whims, and plugged into computers, significantly altering the lifespan statistics that are taught to young trolls, and resulting in the A2 trolls thinking that anyone from green on downward would naturally have extremely short lifespans? Like I’m not arguing that everyone can live as long as the Condesce or that the Summoner could live as long as the GHB even if they had similar access to medical care, but I’m seriously questioning the whole “lowbloods die super quickly” idea that’s been taken for granted in a lot of fandom