One of the things I love about Homestuck is the honesty that Hussie uses. He doesn’t go for being overdramatic, doesn’t make the characters aware of their thematic purposes, they just experience these challenges that happen to them and react in a way that is so relatable and real. Like that thing about Tavros up there, being paralyzed? Hussie could’ve made it that being paralyzed made him want to fly, for the symbolism, but no. He was real with us and said being paralyzed makes him want to be able to walk, because in actuality, in real life, that’s what would matter. Hussie goes straight to the honest truth of the situation, without spoon feeding the readers.