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EH-QUEE-US, sir.

@royalcanterlot

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Equius Zahhak is a troll character from Andrew Hussie’s webcomic Homestuck, notable for his complex and contradictory personality, rooted in the rigid caste system of troll society and his own psychological contradictions. Here's a detailed analysis of Equius’s personality:

1. Caste Identity and Classism

Highblood Status: Equius is a highblood (with cobalt blue blood), which places him near the top of troll society's hemospectrum. This status profoundly shapes his worldview and self-identity.

Obsessive Respect for Hierarchy: He is deeply invested in the social order and hierarchy, both expressing pride in his high status and showing deference to those higher still (like the royalty).

Classist Attitudes: He looks down on lowbloods and often expresses discomfort or aggression toward those he sees as beneath him, even as he paradoxically seeks to be dominated by them.

2. Contradictions and Internal Conflict

Domination/Subjugation Fetish: One of the most central and ironic parts of Equius’s character is his fetishization of dominance and submission. Despite his supremacist attitudes, he is intensely attracted to being dominated, especially by lower-caste trolls (notably Aradia).

Repression: He’s physically strong but tries to repress his emotions and instincts—his strength, libido, and desires—leading to frequent emotional and literal breakdowns (e.g., shattering things accidentally).

Self-loathing: His conflicting desires and internalized values (power vs. submission, strength vs. restraint) generate deep discomfort and self-loathing.

3. Physicality and Strength

Superhuman Strength: Equius is one of the physically strongest characters, which he tries to keep under control. He often destroys objects by accident and sweats profusely due to stress and restraint.

Association with Machinery: He builds robots, often as outlets for his desires and frustrations. His robot creations reflect both his need for control and his inability to engage with others in healthy ways.

@royalcanterlot

This is what you couldve had

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Hrm

I should leave before this escalates

@royalcanterlot

This is what you couldve had

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yeah, at least *you* have some decency.

@royalcanterlot

This is what you couldve had

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this is by no means a comprehensive guide and just covers the most basic structure that i’ve observed. But it was fun to make. Simple styles may look easy but are actually pretty challenging so make it look good xux

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How do you get the proportions for the Homestuck artstyle so perfect?

Made a quick messy tutorial heh.

You need to learn perspective and anatomy because it's important for the style.

The style is heavily reliant on perspective to make it look as cool as it is, for it's mainly used for action scenes. That's why the regular style has their limbs just look like limp noodles in casual character interactions.

As for the anatomy, its the placement of the limbs and how long does the proportions have to look. They don't have to be the same but it is important together with the perspective to fool your eyes and make it even cooler.

If you don't have to restrict yourselves in the rules of the style, you could also have them cool boot legs mixed with the limb noodle style. All you need is and draw it a lot! Art takes time and practice makes you better, not perfect, and that's okay. :]

(Might make a better tutorial soon lol that's really messy XP)

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ok fine then what's the absolute worst, wise guy(s?)

@royalcanterlot and now also @homestuck-cookie

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early kinsona (this was before i was a freak about kanye)

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sprites

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sometimes you just have to draw things that make you happy

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Karkat Vantas WIP

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jakey boy<33

good morbing homestuckblr

jake britain

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looks like i got my work cut out for me then

or, hear this...

it could be the same person. different writing styles to throw us off?

Ben is trying to conceal the truth but it's real. he really does give John peanuts and now he's threatening me for revealing the truth.

damn thats crazy cause

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Look man i just wanna give the trolls fankids but i can't be normal about it

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Drew this for 4/13! Figured I could post it here too :]

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it's ben asking. when ben calls, you always pick up; no hesitation.

I thought we discussed this already, Daniel.

You got discord?

I feel a tangent boiling

okay this is off topic

just slightly

but you are perfectly anonymous right now

im just imagining whoever you are just doing the hand wave over your face and your face changes to be anon or a basic guy in a suit

you adjust your tie/shades and start typing on your old burner computer and going back in the sentence to fix your typos if you even made any in the first place

sliding up super chill-like

“You got discord?”

okay so I do

but i don’t give it out cause im a lil baby like “waa waa im scared to give out my discord to anyone because blah blah blah personal blah info blah I don’t want to accidentally to something dumb”

but honestly it wouldn’t even be that bad cause I don’t use any servers besides the one with my real life friends in it

but I dunno

why’d you ask anon

come on you can come out of the light for a second

or switch to an alt account or dm me or something this is the internet

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