#just like how trolls can be reborn every morning but never dream because of the sopor slime they dissolve into when they sleep

[dingodad]

actually i think that's interesting i never really thought about it this way but since in homestuck death is just another form of sleeping, dreaming, spiritual awakening, then lord english not being able to die is what prevents him from growing spiritually. when he sacrificed his ability to reproduce he simultaneously sacrificed his ability to renew himself