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with that in mind, it’s interesting to note that despite andrew himself ascribing Feferi’s essence to Jane, it’s Roxy whose ancestral ghost takes Feferi’s form, implying that there is some shared heritage between the two girls. (being first generation paradox clones, both of their genes come out of the ether, so despite not being actually related, it stands to reason that some of their core concepts might stem from the same source.)

Feferi’s nurturing nature might imply that she represents motherhood, a trait that Jane and Roxy do share (compare with malo’s recent musings on Feferi and Gl’bgolyb as dark mirrors of Kanaya and the Mother Grub). an interesting consequence of that line of thinking is that there is no shared ‘fatherhood’ gene between Jake and Dirk… but of course, despite the both of them being biological fathers, they’ve never truly succeeded in filling a fatherly role.

naturally Dirk’s ancestral spirit is himself, because that’s who damn raised him, but he’s also part Equius. an obvious choice even on the surface level, but also worthy of note is that the Heir is a son figure. Dirk contains “son-ness”, but no “father-ness”, and indeed has literally no father of his own.