do all knights have to cover up their insecurities relating to their aspects? i know karkat had pretty obvious blood-related insecurities, but i'm not so sure about dave and latula.

Latula masks her true self with a facade of coolness, pretending to be something else to the point she and everyone else believes she’s that rad (Mind), and the connection of Time with Fight and Struggle is telling of Dave’s hardened, battle-ready, coolkid facade. It should also be pointed out that they’re not necessarily covering up insecurities related to their Aspects, rather than they’re dealing with some repression of their true feelings due to external factors- Karkat wants to prove himself a Leader to make up for the fact he’s a Mutantblood that’s going to get Culled at some point, maybe even if he proved his worth. But he IS good at leading his friends, he’s just good in a non-Troll way. Dave is a great fighter as well- But the fighting was imposed upon him by Bro’s Toxic Masculinity Standards and harsh Battle Training, so while he’s willing to fight for his friends, help them any way he can… He doesn’t like fight in itself. Metal colliding, blood. It’s awful for him. Latula, similarly, likely DOES like the Rad Gamer Grl vibe- But she’s hiding behind it to not be coddled as a Beforan with a Disability, not wanting someone else to ‘take care’ of her.