2019-06-28 7:00:53 ¶ ●

unknought replied to your post “facts: cherub territories tend to span ‘many lightyears’ by the time…”

> do we even have reason to believe cherubs existed in that universe? that would require the same species to arise independently in multiple universes, which I don’t think we’ve seen any instances of

Even if we are to assume that evolution in Homestuck follows the same sort of random pattern it does in real life - which in itself is dubious - we’re given plenty of reason to believe cherubs are a special case.

Aranea describes cherubs as if they are more of a feature of a universe than a fully independent race of their own;

> From a 8ioexistential perspective, they 8ehave somewhat like viruses attacking the system from within. 8ut as with all sym8iotic organisms living within a universe, there are 8alancing factors.

Notice the use of indefinite article - organisms living within “a” universe, as opposed to organisms living within “the” universe.

This is supported by her later claim that Caliborn is of a race that was “never meant to play“ SBURB - cherubs at the very least are not of the same game-playing stock as humans and trolls.

Other details specifically suggest that cherubs have enough of a presence in Universe A to have cultural significance to trolls. From A6I3:

> Huge prehistoric green serpents have always played a major role in your people’s mythology, both before and after your session scratched.

The cherub portal/s from Hiveswap is also particularly damning. Until we get more in-game explanation it could easily be suggested that they exist only thanks to our resident cherub Lord English, but the point they make remains regardless; just because a species arises in one universe doesn’t mean they can’t also be found in another universe due to other means. Don’t forget Calliope and Caliborn’s father once encountered a planet inhabited by trolls, who originally came to be on another world entirely.