So Roxy is linked to cats while other Void players are linked to horses and Dirk is linked to horses while other Heart players are linked to cats. Do you think this has any deeper meaning?
Dirk and Horses are linked because Hussie has stated the Striders to be the closest thing to self-inserts there is, so of course there’d be! Also, Cats, and specially Black Cats are heavily related to Void Imagery, so this makes a lot of sense for Roxy.
I always thought that it was because Roxy and Dirk swapped animals. Other heart players are associated with cats and other void players are associated with horses.
Alternatively, one could say Dirk isn’t related to horses at all but, instead, ponies and that ponies are a representation of the heart (his love of my little pony, his gift of pony pals to Jane, the fact that Maplehoof is a pony and has a heart symbol on it’s flank) and also black cats are related to void.
Idk I just don’t think Dirk is associated with horses because he’s a Strider because if that was the case, I feel like Dave would also be associated with horses
Well, Dave IS somewhat related to Horses through Knighthood, specially given the Knight in Chess is a Horse, and you could even say somewhat obliquely through the ‘demise in proximity of some horses’ and his prophecy about taking down LE. It should be noted that yeah, Maplehoof has a Heart on the side of its flank so that ties to it to some extent.
That being said though, I feel cats are more tied to the fact Nepeta is Leo than the fact she’s a Heart Player, so there’s a bit of a dubious connection there in my mind.