I would like to make a brief intermission before my next update today to say a few things about my favorite character from Homestuck: Eridan Ampora. Ok well, he's actually tied with Gamzee Makara as my favorite, but whatever. Those two are just tops. Anyway, I seriously just HATE people who hate on Eridan because, in all actuality, he had every right to snap like he did. Let's just start with BEFORE they even started playing Sgrub, shall we?

Eridan's moirallegince with Feferi was completely one sided the entire time. Eridan did everything for Feferi, and what did she do in return? Nothing. I'm not saying Feferi is a bad troll, because she happens to be in my top five favorites. I'm simply saying that she's a little bit shellfish without realizing it. This caused for a terrible moirallegince with Eridan who craved attention more than anything. He killed lusus for her and comforted her to the best of his abilities, meaning he was actually an excellent moirail.

He had more of a reason to snap then most trolls: being underestimated by his friends, being neglected when all he wanted was just a bit of attention, and having his moirail dump him! Not to mention his failed blackrom with Vriska. Like seriously, how much bad luck can a guy get? Because he just has ALL the bad luck: all of it.

Now on to the part where I address how hypocritical most Eridan haters are. Many of them like Vriska, or Gamzee, who were both fucking murderers! Not that I have anything against them, because again, they're in my top five favorites along with Equius and Nepeta (since Gamzee and Eridan are tied), but seriously? How can you hate Eridan when there were other murderers? Sure, he's whines a lot about how lonely he is, but there's more than that! His friends just always neglected him. How the fuck would you feel if the people you cared about didn't take you seriously and ignored how you felt?

Oh, and let's just get to the topic of Karkat. For those of you who adore the temperamental mutant AND hate Eridan? You're all idiots. Karkat is more of a dick than Eridan ever was, and yet there are so many fangirls squealing over him when he honestly has no reason to be an asshole. You can argue that it's because of his blood color, but with that in mind he STILL has no reason to be a jerk. He's even luckier than Vriska! Why? Because despite being a mutant, he a) acquired a lusus, b) got a shit ton of friends, c) got a moirail that he treats like shit, d) has an adorable girl who pities him even though I want her with Equius so badly, e) gets to be the leader like he wants, and f) gets to outlive all the trolls (with the exception of being killed by Jane, but he was resurrected so I'm not counting it). He has no reason to be upset, while Eridan does, so you people that love Karkat and hate Eridan?

Fuck you.

Eridan is a very interesting character and deserves more respect than he's given. He followed out his ancestors legacy perfectly by feeding Gl'bgolyb and gaining a blackrom (for a while), which was more than I can say for most trolls. By the way, I'm not saying Karkat is a terrible troll so don't flame me. It was just an example, and it just HAPPENS that he's my least favorite troll. Not a bad troll, just my least favorite. Ok well second least favorite: I just lost all respect for Terezi when she allowed Aranea to heal her. That's beside the point.

The people reading this story most likely don't have an issue with Eridan, considering they're reading this… Duh. I guess I'm just writing this because I'm tired of people hating just cause I love Eridan. It's like, I don't go around telling you to shove it just because you like Terezi or something, right? Anyway, thanks for letting me rant, gonna have the update this afternoon. Enjoy these 3 in the morning waffles (/^w^)/ ##