Hope: Devotion & Delusion - Pt. I

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  • Опубліковано 24 кві 2020
  • / optimisticduelist
    www.keep-rising.org
    Hey guys! This time, we're gonna talk about the Hope aspect, particularly in relation to Eridan Ampora, as we consider the ways it relates to both Devotion and Delusion. I hope you enjoy this bit of Aspect exploration! I hope you all enjoy!
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  • @kingof-eu5kx
    @kingof-eu5kx 4 роки тому +120

    i was going to mention the theory about how most doomed eridans are actually decent trolls, and the alpha timeline just got the bad egg

    • @charlesmieth2467
      @charlesmieth2467 Рік тому +20

      It didn’t just get the bad egg, it required it. By the mechanics of the causal loop, if Eridan becomes a better person he dooms the timeline

    • @doggerlander
      @doggerlander Рік тому +16

      @@charlesmieth2467 puts kind of a tragic spin on his character. The universe literally depends on him being miserable and making others miserable

  • @KingOpenReview
    @KingOpenReview 4 роки тому +195

    >Simple and elegant
    >Anything to do with Homestuck
    Pick one.

  • @curlyeyebrow111
    @curlyeyebrow111 4 роки тому +74

    Someone put all my feelings about an Eridan redemption arc into words, and can I just say thanks? It would have been nice to see something like that in canon

  • @missymich9201
    @missymich9201 4 роки тому +117

    4:28 "Im not actually trying to dunk on eridan"
    4:37 *dunks on eridan*

  • @friedchickenUSA
    @friedchickenUSA 4 роки тому +71

    i feel like the aspects of hope and rage, in a more videogame sense, represent either a laid-back casual playstyle, or a high stakes tryhard playstyle, respectively. while this can help in explaining jake's powers, i think the idea is clearest in gamzee. as a bard, he destroys his aspect, and seems to lack it too. him lacking the aspect of rage would mean it's easy for him to achieve his goals, whatever they may be. this is manifested in his ignorance to continuity, as he appears in various places in act 6 without explanation. it also explains why clowns are so difficult to kill.

  • @delicoast5407
    @delicoast5407 4 роки тому +106

    :D
    yeah, it's cool that you pointed out the ghosts of eridan. i often see Hope as all the possibilites available, of which can be overwhelming too and for him to be there it makes sort of a physical manifestation of Hope be true also. As a prince, he also reflects on Dirk in that Ult Dirk is (i headcanon) most of his possible selves in one and while he has the possibility of being deep, he can also be overwhelmed with the hatred of himself and the control he is "supposed" to have. It seems like Prince's, Kurloz included, are so caught up with their own idea of what is right that they have to take control to make it right, which can destroy their aspect and or destroy with their aspect. Also with Eridan, since i think Hope can also be boundless possibilities, destroyed the choices/opportunities he could've had with his friends by the slaughter of them for not being in his ideal goals.

  • @dreamingleviathan3354
    @dreamingleviathan3354 4 роки тому +63

    As a Knight of Hope...
    I get it. I get exactly how he feels because I've been in his situation. Where the ones who are older and even your own parents give you terrible advice and abuse their power to hurt you. I understand more then anyone how far he's fallen from Hope as he's constantly violently denied the one thing he desires. Something to actually prove he's worth everything he was given and something to prove he can even Hope for things to get better. He's a hope player that doesn't believe in himself and he suffers at the hands of his "friends" because they all have their own agendas, no one noticed the slowly fading light and the expanding Rage inside Eridan until he murdered Feferi and lost it.
    If Eridan could find the type of Hope and Devotion like a Knight can give, someone who actually cared for him and his well being, he could've been the most powerful of the Trolls. I mean he's the Prince of Hope, thats pretty immensely powerful to conceive of.
    This is why Eridan is unironically my Favorite troll despite me not only being a Leo but a avid Karkat fan. He's a perfect representation to me of what might happen if I give up Hope. I fought most of my life to get away from the people abusing me and their power and it was only after escaping did I realize just how twisted everything they did was.
    And I was consumed by Rage. I lost Hope as the situation became far too dark for regular conversations as most might ask how my mental health is going. (It's going mostly fine. Clinging to the Concept of Hope does wonders for someone)
    Unlike Eridan however, I pulled myself back from that Abyss and slowly learned to control myself and believe in Hope once more through my true family and my dearest friends.
    Anyway, thats just a Knight of Hope's experience and reasons for why he understands Eridan and his motives.
    ♡♤◇♧

    • @nintendikt64
      @nintendikt64 4 роки тому +10

      I hope you're alright and proceed to cling on hope.
      You're kinda right Eridan could have been a very powerful troll, I mean can destroy trough, Hope? we've seen what Jake English can do, Inmagine this attack cast by Eridan! This maybe would have One-shot The Alterinas empress.
      Hope is really a Interesting aspect.

    • @dreamingleviathan3354
      @dreamingleviathan3354 4 роки тому +4

      @@nintendikt64 well, we've seen what Dirk can do.
      As Prince of Hope he could literally destroy any chance of hope for his enemies right before their eyes, completely convincing them that all is lost. Pretty powerful.
      But yeah. I'm much better in the year I've had since escaping and my new family is much better... but still. The abuse of power shown in both Homestuck and in my own life hit way too close to home when Eridan is one of the most hated characters

    • @nintendikt64
      @nintendikt64 4 роки тому +2

      @@dreamingleviathan3354 your description reminds of a Metroid figure. Ridley is kinda like that, destroying his enemies Hope by always coming back from death through technology. and a Game 'Bayonetta'. in that, you kill angels with a witch.
      I don't understand why Eridan is the most hated one. I understand they hate him because of the things he did but he had a good reason for it, which for me has anyone problems with to see it.
      I hope you have a good life with your new family:D
      Here a Cookie of a Life player🍪 (presumably a sylph or maid of Life.)

    • @tea_funz
      @tea_funz 4 роки тому

      Heeyy im a knight of hope too, with obviusly diferent experiences but a knight too

    • @duckesome
      @duckesome 4 роки тому

      yeah this is a big fat mood and also hits home
      good to hear that you're doing well in life now though

  • @jay5817
    @jay5817 4 роки тому +46

    Love this! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for, a deep explanation and analysis of the aspects themselves and possibly Classpects

  • @paz1830
    @paz1830 4 роки тому +15

    Thanks for this! Hope is my faborite aspect...i remembered who, when the MSPA forum was alive, this was a recurrent theme...all this remind me the legend of the Pandora box, where all the evil and illness was inside, and when Pandora opened it, all this escaped. When she finally was able to close the box, the only thing who was still inside was a little bird, who was Hope. Some say who this means who when all is lost, still exist hope; but others say who hope can be a negative thing because Hope makes you "wait" instead of "do" and this is why the bird was in the box in first place.

    • @nintendikt64
      @nintendikt64 4 роки тому +5

      wich is a True statement, Hope can make you wait and Hope-ing on something dumb and ridiculous, but it can be moving force.
      I read/heard somewhere that Hope is Humanity's greatest disease.

    • @mithril5869
      @mithril5869 3 місяці тому

      Hope for a better future is one of the only driving forces for human betterment in civilization overall. People without hope often do not continue to live and choose to simply give up on life in a variety of ways.

  • @puddel9079
    @puddel9079 4 роки тому +19

    A sidebar here, if you guys would spare a moment...
    Alternia's "culture" is more akin to star wars' Sith ideology crumbling in the sustained attempt to practice it. The epilogues mentioned Alternia being a "martial culture," this feels like a misnomer. (Perhaps a development that trolls practice martial arts on Candy Earth?) Alternia didn't pride itself on restraint, only violence of every kind without regard to its perpetrators and victims' well-being. A culture that holds cruelty and treachery is more akin to anarchy and tyranny run rampant.

  • @tidecovill6718
    @tidecovill6718 4 роки тому +15

    The terrifying thing about Hope players is that despite how they often either have or inspire delusion, their beliefs are the ones that can shape reality the most, since that seems to be how their powers are geared

    • @bookworm3696
      @bookworm3696 2 роки тому +2

      And yet, I find it quite ironic that all hopebound players are prone to a form of skepticism that prevents them from using that very power to achieve their desires.
      Examples
      Cronus fails to believe that, as he is, he is not worth loving and put on a nice guy™ act in hopes of achieving that desire, which ultimately leaves him with no hope of being loved.
      Eridan fails to believe what he sees and as such ends up without anything real he is looking for. Whether it'd be an emotional bond or his own aspect.
      Jake fails to believe in his friends and as such does everything in his power to protect them from the opposing aspect of rage, but this leads them to eventually claim the rage he long denied them. But where eridan and Cronus fail, with vriska's help, he eventually comes to succeed.

    • @tidecovill6718
      @tidecovill6718 2 роки тому

      @@bookworm3696 they are a page, and two destructive classes. We haven’t really seen a hopebound, so those contrasts from the nature of their aspect might be from that

    • @bookworm3696
      @bookworm3696 2 роки тому

      @@tidecovill6718 well then how about a real life example? Optimistic duelist himself identifies with the aspect of hope and yet he is one of homestuck's biggest skeptics. He questions and in turn, fails to believe in the paradoxical inversion of each classpect (i.e. the opposite class and aspect sharing similar powers.) This causes one of his biggest mistakes of the active/passive nature of the knight and page.

  • @Quario
    @Quario 4 роки тому +7

    I really wanted Eridan to have a redemption arc, I thought he was gonna get one when he started talking with Rose

  • @jinxtheunluckypony
    @jinxtheunluckypony 4 роки тому +15

    Could Eridan change for them better? Maybe in general but in the context of the Troll’s session I’d say no. By the start of the comic every other member of the session already has a negative relationship with him and seeing as they wind up being the last members of their race I just can’t see any of them being able to reach him and either convince him to change of force him to change. By the time they were on the meteor they were so fed up with him that they were willing to resort to violence to stop him at the drop of a hat. Was his plan basically suicidal? Yes. But they still drew weapons on their ‘friend’ pretty damn fast.

    • @autumnwyvern489
      @autumnwyvern489 4 роки тому +15

      You are missing a bit of context in the fact that: sollux very much so was not eridan's friend. his exact words before fighting him in that moment were "i should have killed you when i had the chance"
      personally i feel like if he continued to foster a relationship with karkat (one of the few ppl he seems to genuinely listen to) and perhaps kanaya (they dont have many convos but when they do eridan seems to think highly of her, while she does not) things could have gone differently. of course by nature of homestuck rules we would never see that timeline directly because things in homestuck had to happen That Way in order for it to work or what have you, but its neat to think about. ^^

  • @thornangel16
    @thornangel16 4 роки тому +10

    I too agree with there being Hope for Eridan, and I have a few ideas on how. Judging from his ghosts and Erisolsprite, there's a good possibility that in some timelines where the Homestuck Kids bring him and the other dead trolls back to life using Jane's powers, he may devote himself to trying to change for the better like you said. Why after all he did in the Alpha timeline would his friends want to bring him back to life, he might question. He could then go on a quest of his own, an Eridanquest if you will, and try to get a feel for the new world he's in, get to know the Earth C sea dwellers and their culture and so forth, maybe actually find love in the process...
    Given the fact that Eridan is and always has been prime fanfic material within the community, there probably already are timelines where exactly that has happened. With more to come undoubtedly. Look it up in Archive of Our Own, you will probably find something.

  • @ericquiabazza2608
    @ericquiabazza2608 4 роки тому +9

    I would say that Eridan being cynical (Derse Dreamer) make him not delusional, but desperate and self depreciating.
    That he would pursue relationship with anyone thus contradicting his Mask of faith Folower of the Himospectrum, showing that in reality he knows this is just a social tool, he can use it to his advantage, but as a 13 year old kid hr isn't experience enough to use it appropriately.
    Eridan most than anything lack direction.
    He want relationship not only to feel wanted but also fulfilled.
    He is a violet, everything is given to him at every whim, except a real feeling of accomplishment, that has to be earn.
    But he dosnt know how, so goes to the most basic instinct, reproduction and survival. Witch influence his search in both quadrants assign for reproduction.
    His interest in Feferi is more in her social and physical skills than things she thinks. That is why he wants her in the Red quadrant, the perfect mate. Solux and Vriska are also trolls with very strong personality, social and physical skills.
    That is why in part I believe the loss in the troll session is because of Terezi, or more specifically her INACTION, she was the seer of the session, and a mind player, she was the compass to the group, but she never fulfill that role adequately and why she didn't God Tier.
    This also feet with Eridan classpect, he is a destroyer, destroy the enemy! But when there is no enemy it destroy itself and those around!
    We can also see this with Dirk, he fucks up the relationships with his friends, but the moment English or other villains appear he is an essential piece, showing what he can do, gaining the respect and admiration of everyone, and thus having the opportunity to really grow.

  • @neurotictactician3563
    @neurotictactician3563 4 роки тому +9

    The aspect ideas are some of the most interesting concepts from your channel for me and I’m always invested in seeing these videos. Hope you make videos for the other aspects just like this if you happen to be invested in going into that.

  • @VegaNorth
    @VegaNorth 4 роки тому +9

    Hope: That which is not, but has the potential to be. So, Hope is the hardest one to define and control because it’s anything you want it to be in that moment.
    It’s the worst aspect.

    • @magpiem0th
      @magpiem0th 4 роки тому +1

      I think it's a good aspect, it deals with how the imagination limits people, and also about belief and devotion

    • @mithril7272
      @mithril7272 4 місяці тому

      It also deals with the continuation of life, those without hope do not survive for long. Thus, give them hope so that they may continue to survive.

  • @codenamejinza
    @codenamejinza 4 роки тому +8

    YAY! Aspect video! I've waited for this moment!
    This was all kinds of informative and enlightening, helping to understand how Hope works for both itself and its chosen Players. Also, a special kind of thank you for highlighting the reasons why Eridan did what he did and how redemption IS possible for him. The Digimon cameo was pretty cool too =D I really, super-duper HOPE that you continue making Aspect videos ;3

  • @arturoreyescortez2476
    @arturoreyescortez2476 4 роки тому +8

    Hope and love are important in human life, but they can become twisted by greed, anger and other sins. Hope without effort and clear goals leads to dissappointment, and love without respect, nor understanding, leads to resentment. Jake's passive behavior and the Amporas' arrogance are dangerous.

  • @mithril7272
    @mithril7272 4 місяці тому

    With the tests from this channel I got the role “Muse of Hope”. This is fair. I help people maintain hope and have saved 2 lives in this way, getting them to maintain hope and not give up on life. Those who have hope will not give up on the idea of hope upon hearing these perspectives. The action of hope is in persistence and perseverance not in sharp moments (it is the opposite of doom in this way) without doom you have hope, without hope you have doom.

  • @magpiem0th
    @magpiem0th 4 роки тому +4

    Yay there's a video on the hope aspect, that's always been my favorite aspect :)

  • @shaowgamerxt101
    @shaowgamerxt101 4 роки тому +35

    So is Nagito a Hope player or a Light Player in denial?

    • @HexManiacQuinn
      @HexManiacQuinn 4 роки тому +2

      I actually have a Nagito-Hope-Player photoshop I made and am so disappointed we can't attach images in youtube comments to show you, lol

    • @poky4669
      @poky4669 4 роки тому +4

      Nagito is the Bard of Light.

    • @HexManiacQuinn
      @HexManiacQuinn 4 роки тому +3

      @@poky4669 Bagel of Light

    • @maztermo9471
      @maztermo9471 4 роки тому +8

      @@poky4669 Personally, I more see him as a Mage of Light since his talent and abilities make up a huge chunk of his character and how he behaves.
      He learned his aspect (luck connecting to Light, in this case) through experience and exploits it throughout the series. He understands his luck cycle; something tremendously bad happens which means something amazingly good will happen soon after. The only thing he can really control is when he should decide to toss his choice for luck (e.g, when he sets up the first case in SDR2 with the straw poll.) In addition to that, the only absolute is that his luck is designed to get him what he desires; someone in the first chapter dies even if it wasn't his intended target, his self-sacrifice in chapter 5 leads to the reveal of the "traitor".
      When people suggest he is a hope player, it feels like they completely ignore why on earth he's so obsessed with Hope in the first place. His luck cycle is a direct cause of his hope/despair cycle. Once again; something good happens, something bad happens of equal nature. His messed up psychology is caused by his luck meaning if he had no lucky student talent, he wouldn't have his hope/despair cycle either. The hope/despair cycle is there so he can feel some sort of control over the batshit things that happen in his life and his whole "I'm a stepping stone for hope" thing is him role-playing since, by his own logic, him proving to do amazing things with a talent should prove that he isn't a nobody and that other talentless people are capable of amazing things too.
      Sorry, that was super long but I have a more in-depth analysis (that's pretty old) somewhere on amino and Nagito is a character I'm super passionate about. I hope all of that made sense or at least shed some light on the subject :)

    • @NinjaKIngAce
      @NinjaKIngAce 4 роки тому +5

      @@maztermo9471 [Danganronpa 1 & 2 spoilers]
      Since we're talking about Danganronpa, what are your thoughts on Makoto and Hajime/Izuru? Since both of them are called the Ultimate Hope at one point or another.
      Like Nagito, Makoto's called the Ultimate (Un)Lucky Student, but unlike Nagito, he doesn't seem to have any power over luck. Instead he seems to inspire hope in others.
      Hajime, on the other hand, was told he has no talent, unless he's Izuru. However, after his "transformation" near the end of the game, he's literally brimming with hope(?) energy, without losing his sense of self. My best guess is Bard of Hope

  • @tacoblook6194
    @tacoblook6194 4 роки тому +4

    As a Sylph of Hope I actually see myself in some of the points you've talked about (the fact I kin eridan as well explains a lot too lmao)

  • @thatguy.609
    @thatguy.609 3 роки тому

    I must admit, as a Fellow Mage of Hope, Devotion and Delusion may just be the best way I could think of Showing The idea of Belief and Faith to what one must hold onto. so Either way, great explanation! always happy to learn something new about the way's the world works.

  • @FatherVulture
    @FatherVulture 2 роки тому +1

    Aaaah more hope episodes please!!!

  • @Lepstick_-
    @Lepstick_- 4 роки тому

    I love how dense your videos are. Not a single breath is wasted.

  • @nanometer6079
    @nanometer6079 2 роки тому +1

    Would love for the continuation for this!

  • @sergeantmituna6260
    @sergeantmituna6260 4 роки тому +5

    The idea of Eridan being a developed character isn't a far fetched idea, but I don't think it would really be possible.

    • @visionofsolace8961
      @visionofsolace8961 4 роки тому +3

      Actually, by nature of paradox space, Nepeta says that the self can be all that it is to be.It's worse and it's best.
      So no, it's very much possible.

    • @camillehessel7037
      @camillehessel7037 3 роки тому +2

      Half of the video is literally about how it is absolutely possible

    • @ShinyShilla
      @ShinyShilla 2 роки тому +2

      It really sucks that the best outcome they have MUST have a jerkish Eridan with NO possibility of redeem. Imagine being one of the better self and see the only way your friends can get out from that game is also the way where you are a total fuckup.

  • @dotexemachina
    @dotexemachina 4 роки тому +33

    thought I was early but apparently people have been here for 3 weeks huh?

  • @camillehessel7037
    @camillehessel7037 3 роки тому +1

    You just made me like Eridan more thank you

  • @7thchariot324
    @7thchariot324 4 роки тому +1

    i am really happy their is a new video looking at an aspect and what it means

  • @redaether9671
    @redaether9671 4 роки тому +2

    Greeting fellow hope players

  • @june9914
    @june9914 3 роки тому +1

    I think hope exists as ‘things we care about’ in terms of the comic, and the belief in oneself and physical objects (see science beam, brain ghost dirk in game over, eridan’s thought process on the meteor, and so on)

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 3 роки тому

      Except Eridan is as destroyer of Hope.

  • @TheSkyrivertitan
    @TheSkyrivertitan 4 роки тому

    i’d love to see more videos like this with in-depth looks at individual aspects and maybe even the classes, it’s super cool and great for those of us looking for their truest classpect

  • @gayedenizci71
    @gayedenizci71 4 роки тому +1

    i realized that i'm a Page of Hope yersterday, this is amazing timing

  • @judgenitsuj4402
    @judgenitsuj4402 4 роки тому +2

    Luz your stuff as always

  • @nobodysleftover
    @nobodysleftover 4 роки тому +1

    I'm happy to be a hope player!

  • @Rothope
    @Rothope 4 роки тому +1

    THANK YOU! I tried making this point about eridan (FUCKING MULTIVERSE TIME SATAN crafting the society around him to ensure he grew up into the prick he became) as was dismissed then ignored

  • @0whatman
    @0whatman Рік тому +1

    I wonder if we'll ever get a continuation to this

  • @krystalkraft3103
    @krystalkraft3103 4 роки тому

    I love watching Your videos keep it up!!

  • @iliniv7141
    @iliniv7141 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much! I *hope* you're ok! :3

  • @accuratelyconfused3649
    @accuratelyconfused3649 4 роки тому

    this is a very good analysis of the hope aspect and I agree with a lot of the things said. hope serves as much as a positive force as it does a destructive one.
    I would like to see you analysis and or explanation of the heart aspect too. which i believe to be generally misunderstood.

  • @crimenarson5962
    @crimenarson5962 4 роки тому

    As a muse (If that’s not valid than Sylph) of Hope, I needed this clarification

  • @alexdelcastillo8837
    @alexdelcastillo8837 3 роки тому

    Hey OD, would you ever consider doing a vid like this about Rage? I know you already did a series on Gamzee but i feel that me and alot of people would like a further look into the aspect other than the mystery of Gamzee. Maybe focusing on other rage aligned characters from other related works to open a greater range of reference for rage players? Either way, love the vid!

  • @joaogabrielsilvadarosa9734
    @joaogabrielsilvadarosa9734 4 роки тому

    I hope (no pun intended) that you make videos about the classes as well. After I did the extended zodiac and started searching every bit of info about what the classes mean in the homestuck universe, I couldn't find or see which one is the closest alligned with my flaws.

  • @burgundylmao9203
    @burgundylmao9203 4 роки тому +2

    im not trying to be nosy but i ant get this off of my mind, which side of hope do you represent? devotion or delusion?

  • @CaribouGirlMeat
    @CaribouGirlMeat 4 роки тому

    Fuck yeah hope gamg rise up!!!

  • @noravargas7653
    @noravargas7653 4 роки тому

    I do wanna say thank you for making this video, the hope aspect is confusing xD

  • @psychobrando9230
    @psychobrando9230 4 роки тому +1

    Hey everyone (and hopefully optimistic duelist) say someone aligns more with a different blood cast than the one they were born under which blood cast should they be loyal to?

    • @meechiejamerson
      @meechiejamerson 3 роки тому +1

      By Homestuck logic, you are born into a caste, no ifs, ands, nor buts. My understanding is that any deviations from the caste (or in more specifics, your Zodiac Sign of Birth) is due to you classpect. This could be argued however if anyone has a better interpretation that sounds more solid.

  • @nickolaswalker5907
    @nickolaswalker5907 4 роки тому

    Hey, can you do a video about the Homestuck tarot cards

  • @olionartstone1505
    @olionartstone1505 3 роки тому

    can't wait for the danganrompa video describing *hope*

  • @malikcameron928
    @malikcameron928 4 роки тому

    Yessirrrrrrr 🥴

  • @talexwaggott7243
    @talexwaggott7243 4 роки тому +1

    And in older videos your avatar seems to has the godhood pajamas of the heir and the aspect of hope
    You have inherited hope
    Yet manipulate it to others benefit.

  • @abramthiessen8749
    @abramthiessen8749 4 роки тому

    I want to know what Optimistic Duelist thinks of Mega Pearl.

  • @dianadarling3337
    @dianadarling3337 4 роки тому +1

    5:35 Contraptions joined the chat

    • @dianadarling3337
      @dianadarling3337 4 роки тому +1

      Ooohbopbopboppadoohwah contra is a very popular youtuber who is known in the media for deradicalising displaced angry young white men the same guys OD is talking about i that clip shes very politically minded left wing trans woman whis made lots of amazing thought out high budget videos and a few of them are about this topic called "men" and "incels" if you were interested x

  • @cheshirecreeper3743
    @cheshirecreeper3743 4 роки тому

    So apparently 3 weeks ago this was uploaded? Strange. Weird. Time is weird. Space, too, is also weird. All Aspects are Weird

  • @TheAp397
    @TheAp397 2 роки тому +1

    d.did you just compare eradian to irl murderers

  • @t_s_albatross3270
    @t_s_albatross3270 4 роки тому +2

    Wanting romance is a pretty hopeful thing and it makes sense that eridan would quite literally bend over backwards to at least try to get it, as well as the delusion that one’s partner will be dedicated absolutely to the other person. Reality is hard to deal with sometimes, and it’s comforting to know that there’s somebody who’s going to be there for you when you need stability when something radically changes your world. Also, as many other commenters have pointed out, please keep political commentary either to the side or make it the focus. Otherwise it seems rather quick and rushed. In addition, some people come here to get away from the bullshit politics brings as well. It’s up to you whether you decide to go in on it or not, but please do be mindful.

  • @LumitheHedgehog
    @LumitheHedgehog 4 роки тому

    Hopefully, you'll make more puns about the topic.

  • @superboo1319
    @superboo1319 4 роки тому

    I wish gamzee had a dream bubble I understand why people hate him but while all his friends are all together he is the only one who don’t have Any versions of himself I wish gamzee Didn’t turned crazy and kill his friends but I feel like the only reason why he kill his friends just so they can go to the dark Carnival

  • @DamienStarry0w0
    @DamienStarry0w0 4 роки тому +1

    Me: notices the destiny peach stamp
    My homestuck memories: JUST PEACHY!!!!!!!!!! 🍭💚🧁❤🍭

  • @leviathan67
    @leviathan67 4 роки тому +2

    now doom please,

  • @amyavendano4136
    @amyavendano4136 4 роки тому

    POGGERS

  • @tatsumitwi348
    @tatsumitwi348 4 роки тому

    Aspect Idea Skill Trees when???

  • @boristheclown
    @boristheclown 4 роки тому +3

    I Hope I'm First

  • @Shad809
    @Shad809 4 роки тому

    I define Hope as being the type of person who believes in God and that they will help those in need, and because of this belief, they are more positive and optimistic for things to get better. Rage, on the other hand, is the type of person that does not believe in a God of any kind, and that the only way for things to get better is to do it yourself, which makes them more negative and realistic.

  • @Kissingerzones1311
    @Kissingerzones1311 11 місяців тому +1

    Yeah od I think you'd know a lot about delusion lmfao

  • @unclaimedusername6608
    @unclaimedusername6608 3 роки тому

    Hey if you say you're not gonna platform something, maybe you could refrain from *immediately bring real life in anyways* with the next slide? Yeah the world is on fire and I'd like to just let a dude tell me about Homestuck.

  • @lordbuss
    @lordbuss 4 роки тому +6

    3:40 Except it'n not caused by Hope, but by Rage that comes from destroying Hope.
    Delusions can also be caused both from Hope and Rage. I will probably describe my thoughts about Rage and Hope when the next video is released.
    5:44 1) The fact you say "young white man", like they are the only people that can be manipulated or violent (not even all neo-nazis are white), that those things are connected to capitalism (capitalism is an economic system, not political), etc. perfectly demonstrates your own flawed (not wrong, but flawed) perception, by the same process of propaganda* 2) The comparison of alternia to any real social order has some sense, but it is also important to note that when Scratch manipulated alternia to look some way, he knew what he is doing. The real world, meanwhile, is ruled not by hidden masterminds, but by visible idiots.
    * I'm not saying they are right and you are wrong. I am saying you are both equally wrong and are equally misled by the same kind of propaganda and generalized thinking.

    • @neonsilver1936
      @neonsilver1936 4 роки тому +2

      Be careful that you're not taking it personally when "young white men" gets mentioned along with violence and disillusion. If you're not taking weapons into public places, this isn't talking about you. Also, that was an example, but of course there are many other people who can be pushed to the same fallacies and be manipulated in these ways. It's just psychology, and none of us are immune to it. The important thing to do is not recoil when it's brought up, but to engage with it and actually think about how these things happen so that we can prevent them from happening in the future.

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 4 роки тому +1

      @@neonsilver1936 I did not take it personally (I don't actually really fit the description, but that is not the point*), I would have been just as accusing if OD said "old Asian women". It is the same violation of rational argumentation. I do not recoil, and I engage with that. The problem is the way OD says things, giving them meaning by the wording (unconsciously, I think, see my comment below in the politics discussion), which is 1) potentially harmful, even if in a really small scale 2) Especially jarring in a conversation about propaganda and the way people fall for it.
      * And it is the point - or at least part of the point - that the fact the speaker 's identity is implied to affect their arguments is by itself a problem.

    • @neonsilver1936
      @neonsilver1936 4 роки тому

      @@lordbuss but you're assuming that the context of bringing up that young white men with access to guns are going to public places with said guns is anything beyond simple observation is unfounded because a demographic group was mentioned. The implication that you are making is that the comment was made in a malicious sense, as though OD was saying that it's "only" young white men or that "all" young white men do this, and that "every" young white man will do this. That's absolutely not what was said or implied. And yes, it applies to anybody who goes and shoots up crowds, regardless of their demographic. The comment was calling out how there has been a surge of cases where members of this specific demographic HAS done these acts, and that NOBODY should be doing this.

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 4 роки тому

      @@neonsilver1936 I am not saying it was done maliciously, but that it is still a problem.

  • @-kenik9629
    @-kenik9629 4 роки тому +24

    Hope appears as both a pair of outstretched wings, and a pair of eyes tightly shut.
    Also the political commentary seems a bit lacking in nuance. Please either avoid the subject, or go all the way in.

    • @sergeantmituna6260
      @sergeantmituna6260 4 роки тому +11

      Yeah I thought the political commentary thing was a bit forced, and didn't really needed to be in the video.

    • @noctusdoesthings
      @noctusdoesthings 4 роки тому +9

      I agree completely. I audibly sighed and was tempted to click off after leaving a good old fashioned [Citation Needed].

    • @Rose-vb4wk
      @Rose-vb4wk 4 роки тому +7

      To be fair, if they went all the way in on the politics, it would've been more a political video than a homestuck one. Which I wouldn't exactly object to, but keeping it brief is probably for the best. And I don't think he should've avoided the topic either, because it's an analysis that can be made, and one that is becoming increasingly more important in our society.

    • @Dragon555
      @Dragon555 4 роки тому +4

      I agree, politics is more controversial than ever right now, and perhaps even more controversial on social media sites (And the internet in general) is those passionately for and against intersectional feminism (Which I may have wrongly interpreted from the bit about women and minorities), I don't want to get into it and it's your channel and you can do what you want but it's a sure way to make things super toxic and polarising.

    • @fgergver
      @fgergver 4 роки тому +3

      he just pointed out something that actually happens irl. idk what yall mad about, it was a very valid comparison

  • @virdamofromko-metru1161
    @virdamofromko-metru1161 4 роки тому +7

    I used to watch your videos, every single time from the very beggining of the hs explained series. I used to comment with Hope that I'd be noticed and I'd help you out with some things, but you know, what? I don't anymore. I know it'll sound like a last message from a person offended by something to the level of denial and tuning out something, but... that's probably it. So yeah, if by this point you haven't stopped reading, please read to the bottom. Maybe you will look into yourself and start thinking about the stuff I'm gonna say even offscreen, maybe I'd do jackshit, but like I said this is only my let's say... goodbye. I'm a Hopebound like you, I used to remember Homestuck by heart, now not so much, yet I still know my stuff and I'll tell you a thing: I know you do your research, but sometimes there's not that much there. You might go all the way with symbolism of a background horse on a page, where SS is thrown into the ocean, but the thing is Hussie wrote Homestuck often in hurry and just didn't give 708 details in one convo, nor has he suggested anything by one sentence in a biblic-long comic. What you're doing here often is projecting your own beliefs into something that should have explained symbolism, weird plot shit and refferences. Like, I'm pretty sure person who clicked on that video wanted to know how Hope powers work and stuff, but here you are complaining about white men becoming neo-nazis, who direct their delusional hate towards lgbt community instead of real threat that is capitalists. Now, I don't say they don't exist, but look at how specific group we're looking. I'd bet there are no more than a thousand in the entire world, yet here you are. I know it's a good example to compare, but there are better comparisons to illustrate delusion. Was getting political necessary? Now, yes-men will stand against me claiming I'm one too. I'd be suprised if not. Other than that to further prove my point I'll bring up the video with classpects, where you talked about, how the aspect quiz work. You brought up someone's work and supposed complicated calculating, but if you checked with few tests, you'd know that calculating is far more simpler. So you didn't check information. You only found an analysis, that agree with your beliefs, so that you could project them in your video. So who's delusional now? Neo-nazis? You? Me? Probably all of above. Afterall people see their own mistakes in another person's actions. And I know, I'm just a filthy youtube peasant, not like your pal Chronos or Aysha for that matter, but I believe in equality so I'd like you to consider this stuff written by anonymous to you just as delusioned as you homestuck fan with ambigous political view who watched you grow into the thing you've become and a fellow Hopebound for a minute. Maybe you'll reply, maybe you'll think I'm a madman, nazi or depressed piece of shit who is taking out all it's frustration with world on unassociated hs youtuber, but I don't care. I tried. What's said is said. If you want, reply. I'll read everything. I'll answer nothing. Goodbye!

  • @Edgelord-rn9he
    @Edgelord-rn9he 4 роки тому +9

    5:35 I Hope this channel doesn't devolve into Far Left stuff and bashing white conservative males.

    • @Edgelord-rn9he
      @Edgelord-rn9he 4 роки тому +2

      P.S. say no to Communism.

    • @neonsilver1936
      @neonsilver1936 4 роки тому +5

      Large sections of the Homestuck canon are predicated on the existence and widespread acceptance of leftist thinking, such as "social justice" and "LGBT relationships". It's not unusual to see this stuff here, and given the real-world context of the comments about the current political situation in the US, it's not really a stretch to see parallels between "Delusional Thinking" & "Neo-Nazi Propaganda/the current Presidential Administration".

    • @DJefjam500
      @DJefjam500 4 роки тому +3

      NeonSilver at this point whenever someone says neo- nazi I quickly give up on all the fucks I have at the moment.

    • @Maid_of_Spiders
      @Maid_of_Spiders 4 роки тому +3

      @@DJefjam500 Then you are willfully delusional.

    • @DJefjam500
      @DJefjam500 4 роки тому +2

      Celalec no I just don’t give a fuck