#bananaman rambles about homestuck

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i love the idea of “ultimate self” from hs because honestly that’s exactly what fandom is about. like once you’ve been around any fandom enough, the characters “True” self starts to take shape to the point that you could look at a film noir gay mermaid au and still say with authority whether or not it’s IC.

i dunno i just love this thing where fandoms take canon characters and very organically refine them until we’ve collectively created this sort of platonic ideal of who X is, and i feel like the concept of characters existing across all timelines and aus, especially in such an interactive and fandom-driven piece of work, is an interesting reflection of that