motherhood in homestuck is so compelling to me like… ok 4lph4kidz gave me the courage to post about my kanaya miscarriage thoughts but the idea of giving kanaya, a character who was nurturing and motherlike from the start, a metaphorical miscarriage (eridan killing her through her stomach, destroying the matriorb, kanaya being held back from defending herself bc of the matriorb, etc) and having that haunt her deeply and personally is fuckin INSANE… and she becomes a vampire and a vampire’s existence is inherently selfish, and she must consume other beings to survive. a mother’s existence is physically selfless, as in, she literally loses part of herself…
but like. the way she gets the matriorb back doesnt require sacrifice either. so many things that are created in homestuck require something to be destoryed (a new empress, a new universe, a new cherub) but roxy, homestuck’s not perfect but most earnest mother from human society, literally does not destroy anything to create a new matriorb? kanaya literally says :
and then she assumes that to create such a gift, roxy would need to go through a huge, sacrificial trial, but:
she’s surprised that roxy just… used her void powers to make life out of nothing. i think this being one of the few times that creation doesnt require sacrifice in homestuck is so important. to be a mother (specifically in the context of two people who WANT to be mothers) should not require sacrifice. it is an achievement and an honor for both of them and that makes me go CRAZY
