when page 666 was still in progress I engaged in some idle speculation regarding the Plot Point and the black hole from Problem Sleuth which splits angels into ANGEL/ANTIANGEL PAIRS. even at the time I realised that splitting Vriska up into even more Vriskas would be totally antithetical to Beyond Canon’s mission, but still the idea of a “demon” Hell Tier Vriska bursting from the Plot Point remained interesting. and I’m not totally convinced that 8r8k isn’t evoking this in some way, with Jake’s swarm of angels being born from the hope sphere right before Vriska hatches?
anyway, Jake imbuing the pure potential of his Hope into the meteor which is a symbolic womb is a potent image. but in this case the spermlike angels swim away from the egg, against the flow of soldiers trying to wriggle their way towards it? hm.
even the name of the animation, 8r8k, has special significance, because the Break is the name given to two separate but interconnected events within Homestuck. the first is the “8r8k H34DS” which signifies Lord English breaking his way out of his cueball egg and into the universe - remember that Vriska encountered (Vriska) inside an eight ball:
and the second, or rather “First 8r8k”, seems worthy of mention because it occurred when Skaia became so heavy and black that it collapsed into a black hole - the resulting explosion creating Caliborn’s fifteen billiard ball planets, referring to the “break” that first scatters the balls across a billiards table.
