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On the subject of Equius Zahhak: hypersexuality and patriarchy.

It's been a hot minute since I promised to write something like this, and I've been meaning to test a new writing style for these big posts anyways - so I'm going to try my hand at explaining my personal interpretation of Equius Zahhak.

Equius is one of my favourite side characters in Homestuck, and though the individual components of his characterisation are intentionally facetious and humourous, all of these components then come together to form a fantastic and deeply layered commentary, however unintentional.

Let's begin with the basics: our introduction to Equius proper.

The narrative makes it clear from the start how you're meant to feel about this guy for starters - he's a creep and a weirdo. Nepeta says as much in their very first interaction on-screen:

This is backed up by the narrator themselves exhibiting a discomfort with him, painting him as a cryptic and eerily observant loner:

Once again, he's making people uncomfortable. Discomfort is going to be a very common theme going forward, particularly once we tap into Equius' personal interests and the justification behind them.

The next sign is when we first see him properly on-screen, and the narrator is immediately mortified by the state of his room and advises us to move on with the story.

So, immediately, any cognizant reader knows what's up. This guy is a joke character. A punchline, a fool, a weird asshole with no redeeming qualities. This is, of course, the intended reaction.

...Which then brings us to the subversions involved with Equius' character. Every single off-putting and strange thing about him is subsequently repainted in a more flattering light by the conclusion of his screen-time.

What begins as an overcontrolling, possessive demeanour towards Nepeta becomes a genuine, albeit perhaps overbearing desire to protect his moirail from harm. The context of him being Vriska's neighbour helps us infer that he's very, very aware of the dangers of FLARPing.

What starts as a bizarre and testosterone-poisoned obsession with strength becomes more of a fleshed-out character flaw. It's an inherent fault that Equius cannot control that brings him more distress than anything else. We'll delve into that later.

This is not, of course, to say that Equius is without genuine fault. You are still meant to find problems with his behaviour, of course you are; the Aradiabot fiasco is an intentional violation of personal agency based around an unhealthy obsession. He allows himself and his moirail to die because of his refusal to disobey the vapid and classist hemospectrum.

Okay, so why is he like this?

I'm glad you've asked. This is where this delves more into conjecture, based around a few different things.

The state of the internet and online culture at the time of Equius' inception; and the ramifications therein.

What we know to be true about the aspect of Void, and how Equius interacts with it.

The added retroactive context of Hussie's handling of queer topics (as a non-binary person themselves!), particularly on the subject of gender identity.

Let's start with point one.

Equius and hypersexuality.

At the time of Homestuck's inception, it was a veritable fact that the internet was overrun with overt sexuality, oft for the sake of shock value as opposed to arousal. Screamers and shock sites like 2girls1cup, goatse, Mr. Hands... (that last one is particularly relevant).

I cite Mr. Hands in particular because therein we get to the use of bestiality as a gross-out punchline. This is what Hussie's invoking with Equius; you're looking at this guy and seeing a gross freak who hangs horse porn on his walls. It's appealing to the fact that:

Homosexuality was considered a funny punchline.

The furry fandom was considered a funny puchline.

Bestiality was considered a funny punchline.

And so, this thirteen year old child hanging gay horse porn on his walls is meant to be played for laughs.

But with the retroactive lens we're looking at this through now? It's not only deeply disturbing for reasons I don't think I need to explain, but it's also a portrait of unhealthy teenage sexuality and the ramifications of exposure to explicit content at a young age.

Because it's a veritable fact that Equius does not understand boundaries and has a deeply flawed relationship with his sexuality. It's the kind of hypersexuality induced by childhood exposure to sexual material, and I would go as far as to call it a kind of CSE.

Need more proof of this? Dave Strider. Bro's weird sex puppets and usage of pornography as a punchline undeniably fucked Dave up, and explains the way he so regularly uses sex, particularly gay sex as a source of humour. Dave is the same problem that Equius rises, played seriously at a point in the story wherein these things are no longer treated so facetiously.

Furthermore, it becomes clear that Equius does not actually understand what he is consuming and emulating. Pornography isn't pornography to him, it's fine art. He's uncomfortable and unhappy with his sexuality because he lacks a label for it and doesn't know what it is he's feeling. This is tied to his Aspect of Void; but more on that in just a second.

This is uncomfortable. It is meant to be uncomfortable.

Equius' toying with casteplay and power dynamics is a clear representation of this frayed relationship - and it also segues into our point about his lack of self-worth.

Equius, the Heir of Void.

The Void Aspect. The Aspect of irrelevance, secrecy, ignorance, simplicity and absence, amongst other things.

The Heir Class. The Class that indicates an overabundance of the player's Aspect that overwhelms them and embodies them.

Equius is he who inherits, becomes and is consumed by emptiness. Because Equius Zahhak does not have a sense of selfhood or self-worth. The inference brought about by his title as the Heir of Void is that Equius is overwhelmed by nothingness.

Combine this with his Dersite status and the consensus on Lunar Sway (Prospit indicating externalisation, Derse indicating internalisation) and you get a very clear image of how Equius' title translates.

An overwhelming, consuming sense of internalised absence and nothingness. This is where Equius' hemospectrum adherence comes in! It's a cover up to compensate for his purposelessness and lack of meaningful identity. He sees himself as being deficient in anything real or of substance, and so adheres to the system placed before him because it is the only thing he feels he understands.

Once again, this is uncomfortable and a real phenomenon amongst teen boys. We see it with Eridan, too; young and confused teenagers with no sense of purpose falling into harmful and bigoted pipelines because they have no sense of direction otherwise.

(In a roundabout sense this explains Tavros' role as well; The Page indicates a deficit in their Aspect throughout the session and so the trolls lacking Breath in the form of directionlessness fits fairly well).

It's almost like watching a young boy fall into the alt-right, or start feed into Andrew Tate-style snake oil bullshit. It's the exact same kind of exploitation on a much larger scale; because it's the whole of Alternian society orchestrated by Doc Scratch.

You know... the Doc Scratch meant to represent online groomers?

So, we've been over about all I can cover about Equius' sexual trauma, lack of boundaries and emptiness/lack of self. So, how does this translate? Particularly thinking on the last point, I'd like to give my two cents about a very interesting headcanon for Equius that's been circulating a lot lately.

Equius, and gender identity.

A transfeminine reading greatly enhances the content of Equius' character, and provides a narratively satisfying character arc and means of development for them.

(From hereon out, I will be referring to Equius by the pronouns she/her).

I've seen Nekropsii sum this up beautifully, and I'll paraphrase this interpretation to the best of my ability; Equius' manifestation of masculinity is akin to a poison to her.

It makes her into a grotesque, testosterone-poisoned freak that physically cannot interact with anything around her without hurting it. It is the metaphorical confusion and fury of dysphoria made literal. It is the emptiness and lack of self that I myself can corrobate as a trans woman myself.

Masculinity is a curse for Equius. Much like quite a few other Homestuck characters (Dave & Jake come to mind), Equius really fucking hates being a guy.

So, this ties into my final point.

How I personally would have developed Equius had she been given the screentime to keep being relevant to the story.

The transfeminine character arc seems obvious. I believe that, if a person would be willing and able to tackle the more obscene and deliberately uncomfortable components of Equius' character, you could make an incredibly raw and interesting portrayal of transition and identity.

What's more; this is corroborated by Equius' closest relationship. Nepeta Leijon, the Rogue of Heart. The girl whose role indicates the ability to share identity and selfhood. Nepeta could very, very easily function as a catalyst for Equius gaining her own identity and being helped through the transition process. It makes an already STRONG and stable moirallegiance all the more interesting and heartwarming to witness.

This is not to say that Equius should not have agency herself, of course; an important part of this development would be the formulation of an independent self without debilitating outside influence. It would be allowing herself not to be consumed needlessly by Void.

Equius, and further relationship dynamics.

Equius' relationship with Gamzee (which I have always read as a one-sided kismesis) is also very important to me. This is not healthy. Equius is using Gamzee as a vessel for her fantasies and lack of boundaries, and through her black feelings she vents out her frustration with her sexuality and intrinsic need to obey and serve someone of a higher caste.

I don't think I need to tell any of you how well that works out once Gamzee goes sober. (I'd rather not dwell on the topic of the Makaras too long; that's something for a wholly separate post - and one that I'm sure would end up being rather scathing towards Hussie).

Finally, Equius' relationship with Aradia. This is also one I feel is unhealthy and once again one-sided. It is the same principle as Gamzee; merely in the red quadrant as opposed to the pitch one. Equius is using somebody as a vessel to vent out her feelings of purposelessness and frustration, and deliberately ignoring the lack of reciprocation.

Both of these connections are similar; and both of them end with Equius getting her shit kicked in.

How one would retool and treat these relationships post-character development is up to them, but I personally think it would be healthier for Equius to step away from both of them. I don't think Aradia would want or need Equius' continued presence in her life, and Gamzee is notoriously terrible at relationships. (We know damn well how a reciprocated blackrom with him turns out, just ask Terezi).

Equius, in conclusion.

That's all I really have to say on this matter; a long-winded and ultimately self-serving wall of text that I'm sure will come off as masturbatory and stupid when I read over it again. That being said, I wanted to lay all of this down in one place.

tl;dr - Equius Zahhak is a complex and interesting character with commentaries on teenage hypersexuality and unhealthy masculinity, and reading her as a trans woman provides an incredibly interesting character arc for her in the long term.

[heir-of-light-shenanigans]

Classpect Meanings (as of 6/26/25)

Classpect Meanings (as of 6/26/25)

I made a Google Sheets of every meaning I have for Classpects if anyone wants it cause I love Typology :)

[kooki914]

Classpecting for those who haven't read Homestuck

After entirely too much ado, I finally finished my first two videos on classpecting. I'll be releasing a written essay format of this theory eventually as well, that'll go into more depth and nitty-gritty while this video serves as a proper and true first introduction to the concept. If you finished watching the first video, you can click here to watch my video on the Classes. Some of the art I used for both videos will be under the cut for ease of use and sourcing.

All hail the Aspect Wheel

Unironically I still hate this cone but it's, unfortunately, useful.

[dreaming-discordian]

Aspects

My views on Sburb's Aspects. I tend to analyze them more as metaphysical forces than in terms of "who gets this Aspect", as most of the fandom is wont to do. I will use my own custom symbols throughout, with notes on their designs.

Space

Space is the Aspect of creation, mutation, alteration, possibility, new beginnings. Space experiments and improvises. Space cares about what is possible now, and cares more about the discoveries made along a journey than where it'll end up. Space is infinite discovery and potential.

Space is associated with any form of creation, whether that's making scientific inventions or paintings or dresses. Space is associated with frogs because of how they transform themselves, even changing the environment they live in, and how diverse they are.

I use a similar design but slanted a bit, to make it evoke a galaxy even more. I also think it just Looks Nice like that.

Void

Void is the Aspect of the unknown, the unknowable, the undefined, the uncreated. Of those hidden things impossible for us to know to give names to. Of ignored and irrelevant things, of the forgotten and impotent. Void is the Aspect of true reality, of things in a spectrum, of quantum and biology, of the things that slip through the cracks of our definitions, of the shifting hues of the sky.

Void is associated with darkness, which even without existing hides things from us, and with water, which flows freely and unbou d and hides thi gs in its dept s, and w th p mpki s, bec

My symbol for Void is a bit more curvy and contorted, befitting its nature, and hopefully brings to mind fish swimming deep in its waters.

Life

Life is the Aspect of agency, self-direction, and power. Life is self-directed and idealistic; Life concerns itself primarily with what Life wants to do, not caring for obstacles or drawbacks. Life sees an infinitude of options, and picks the one it desires. Not just biological living, but vital force.

Life is represented by things that replenish strength, such as food; things that represent the power to do things, such as money; and things which depend on their inner energy, like plants.

I changed Life's symbol to be more distinct from Breath's design and be a bit more obviously plant-based (while also somewhat looking like some kind of tentacled creature). Its color scheme also got a bit change, to be more in-line with other Aspects and get more green rep.

Breath

Breath is the Aspect of detachment, of just going with the flow, floating along in life without caring too much about any one thing. Breath does whatever feels right in the moment, never too attached.

Breath is represented by anything that flows, like wind or rivers, things that sway in the wind, like leaves, and things that allow rapid locomotion, such as jetpacks.

Breath's symbol is mostly unchanged, just losing some of the right angles in favor of a bit more flow.

Heart

Heart is the Aspect of the self, of individuality, of feelings. A person's identity, self-definition, and self-expression. The way they think about themselves and how they show that to the world. Their emotions, their friendships, their biases, their crushes. Heart goes with its gut, always doing what its heart tells it to do.

Heart is associated with hats and other accoutrements, for their aid in self-expression; with music, as a way to convey feelings; and with willful animals like horses.

My design for Heart is more distinctly pink to differentiate it better from other Aspects, plus I changed the shapes a bit to look nicer.

Rage

Rage is the Aspect of rebellion, of anger, of wanting quick change. Rage rebels against the state of the world, and fights tooth and nail for what it stands for. Rage will first set fire to the world it hates, and then worry about what to build after. Rage riots and fights back, and would sooner bring revenge than healing.

Rage is associated with the sea of waves, many drops of water coming together into an inescapable tide; with howls and screams. Rage is above all rooted in action.

Rage got the biggest redesign of all, because in my opinion the canon design for Rage is a bit too Clown-y. It's Gamzee's Aspect first and foremost. My new design is meant to evoke waves, and a howling beast, but also that of something toppling a crown.

Hope

Hope is the Aspect of diplomacy, of compromise, of gradual change. Hope believes everyone is good at heart, and that everything can work and everyone can be happy if only everyone talked things out. Hope has blind faith and will sooner comfort a friend than hurt an enemy. Hope solves things slowly and steadily, without causing too many waves, sometimes having to accept compromises.

Hope is associated with religion and democracy, with the belief that things can work out after negotiation, without always considering the practical side of things.

Hope got a decently big redesign. It still evokes wings, as per canon, but now it also mimics a handshake, and to me the whole thing brings to mind a non-standard angel. It was also recolored from white-and-yellow to white-and-gray, to better distinguish it from Light.

Mind

Mind is the Aspect of thoughts, options, impartiality, and masking. Mind coldly adapts itself to circumstance, and hides its true self in order to do what's optimal or socially acceptable. Mind tries to be impartial; it weights all the options, and picks the one most suited to the situation, without any personal bias.

Mind is associated with masks, blindfolds, and other face-concealing wear, hiding its true self in favor of an outward agent. It is also associated with scales, representing the weighting of options.

I see the original symbol for Mind as meant to evoke a neuron, connecting things together into ideas. My symbol keeps the outward symbols but adds a half-mask design, to represent its fading of the self behind a mask.

Blood

Blood is the Aspect of effort, connection, and sacrifice. Blood has lofty expectations, from both itself and others, and runs itself ragged to accomplish all of them. Blood cares intensely about what it does, without rest or thought. Blood connects to others, joining people into a greater effort, binding them into new responsibilities and expectations.

Blood is associated with literal blood, representing the effort it puts in and the familial connections associated with it; with iron, present in blood and used both for tools and for chains.

Blood got a new color scheme, and was slightly redrawn; the rivulets of blood were changed, trying to evoke something like a bridge or aqueduct, representing the effort Blood puts into building and connecting things.

Doom

Doom is the Aspect of constraint, rules, and endurance. Doom has burdens and limitations, and concerns itself with practical issues instead of lofty ideals. Doom does not look for escape or negotiation, instead focusing on enduring things, going along with what is demanded of it, no matter how harsh the situation.

Doom is represented by death and skulls, representing the ultimate constraint on living beings, and by fire, representing the dangers of fighting against your bounds.

My symbol for doom changed it to an entirely green palette, and kept the symbol to a similar style but a different construction. Rather than evoking a skull, I tried to make it resemble both a hazard symbol and a gas mask.

Light

Light is the Aspect of definitions and frameworks. Light has clear rules, clear definitions, clear boundaries, clear answers. It creates frameworks to understand the world and neatly puts everything in black and white, right and wrong, relevant and irrelevant; which can sometimes lead to it ignoring the gray areas between. Light is the Aspect of human knowledge, our ideas, our stories, our sciences.

Light is represented by the Sun, shining light in the world, making things clearer; by writing, penning down a specific view of the world; and by any clear system of rules, be they scientific, psychological, or of a game.

My symbol for Light keeps the image of a sun, but now differentiated by the usual Homestuck sun. The inner circle evokes an eye, associating it to vision and knowledge, while its rays are meant to resemble a compass, particularly with the uppermost one being bigger. It is also skewed, to note how Light points you clearly but not always in the right direction.

Time

Time is the Aspect of the past, of the future, and of repeating patterns. It deals in tradition, repetition, the inevitability of what came before. Time brings the authority of established rules and governance, the fine precision of clockwork. Time looks into what was to decide what will come about, with no room for variance.

Time is associated with all timekeeping devices, with the sand of a hourglass, with the gears of a clock, and with symbols of rulership, like gold and crowns.

My symbol for Time is very similar to canon, but the gear got upgraded from ten to twelve teeth, with four being disproportionately larger, made in the image of a clock.

[amphitheretheatre]

2-Question Aspect Quiz

Hey, all! New Classpect blog on the block here. Figured I'd kick off my first post by sharing something quick & fun.

There are many ways to assign yourself a classpect. You can either spend years analysing Homestuck's themes and dissecting your own psyche (which is gonna be more accurate but hella effort), or you can take one of the various online quizzes out there (much less time yet still normally a justifiable result).

But aren't so many Aspect quizzes kinda *samey*? The same basic structure, the same recurring questions? What if someone reduced it to the bare essentials? The simplest way to reduce 12 options to 1, is dividing by 4 and 3.

So here!

Aspect solved in 2 Questions

Let's cut the fluff. There may be 12 aspects, but you don't NEED 12 questions or more to determine one. Just two solid answers. Be resolut

Now, is this the most rigorous quiz in the world? LOLno. But is it still actually pretty insightful? I'd say so, yeah! There's no "middle-ground" options here so you must answer firmly and sincerely.

Again, it's only two questions, so what's to lose by answering? Let me know if you think your results are accurate!

[abysswarlock]

Wind skims the void

[overcookedfish]

HEY

I reorganized the classpect wheel, based on whether the aspect’s powers and general abilities lean torwards more time or space. It is further divided by if they’re more aligned torwards blood or breath. I’ve been refining this nonstop for a few months now, so I’m fairly confident about the placement of all the aspects. It’s also shaped like an eight, similar to the pool ball ball.

The time and space alignment is based on the character’s powers, and what they understand in the story when it comes to those aspects. Hope is space because it creates with its powers, Mind is time because of its literal connections to branching timelines, and Life is space because of its connections to revival, which I think is more connected to the physical world rather than time travel. Doom is time because I see it as a connection to the doomed timelines, personally.

The breath/blood sides are more abstract, but I personally define them as the team effort verses going out on your own. Hope/Rage is more about going out on your own than in a group (Jake and such). Really ambiguous to be perfectly honest. The blood/breath axis is closer together for a reason. I’m fairly confident in the Space half’s breath/blood thing, but I’ve changed the Time aspects multiple times.

This also brings happy little coincidences with character’s aspects verses where they are on the chart. Gamzee and Tavros are next to each other, as well as Aradia and Sollux. Three of the Harleyberts are Space, with John being the outlier in Breath. Three of the Strilondes are in Space, with the outlier being Roxy as a Void player. Also with making Doom and Light an aspect pair, I accidentally paired Jane and Roxy’s aspect. I would humbly say it fits. Equius and Nepeta are both on the edges of Blood. That being said, Nepeta and Karkat are even closer. John and Vriska. Sollux and Eridan being in the same general area but mirrored on the x-axis. Really just have to stare at this long enough.

It adds to Dirk’s divide with his friends as well. Not only is he the only active class in the entire session, he’s also the only one who is remotely time aligned. Jake is Space aligned, but is an outlier in the Alpha kids because he’s more Breath aligned. Slight difference, but I think it is reflective in his insistence to go off on his own and try to be a movie hero, accidentally hurting the ones he loves.

Feel free to ask literally anything.