Kins

Asuka is a very dear character to me. Notably on my first watch, after her centric episode, for the first time, I had felt seen by a piece of media in a way that I never felt before.

The part of me that is like Asuka, I hated. I felt (and I still unfortunately do feel) like it was unfeminine of me. Getting angry at people or things.
Finding a situation frustrating and getting mad; When I get the urge to say something horrid to someone...

Asuka is a character who is portrayed in many ways as being unwell. This part of her, that I share, is unhealthy. However, this doesn't make her a bad person and most importantly for me... It doesn't mean she's a man.

I have to remind myself of many things, and that is one of them.

It’s funny, but in a long winded way, Roxy’s Pesterquest sprites were what got me into HOMESTUCK, as my friend Soda showed me Roxy's sprites and I instantly connected with her.

I think some people would take problem with the idea of me kinning Rose. Hear me out...

It's a little hard for me to define my kinning of Rose, I think, I just like her.

Jade is a girl who is silly, sleeps a lot, and is lonely. She's so sweet and kind and exactly how I strive to be. The thing is though, we actually share this being difficult for us, not that it is hard for us to want to be kind, but we find it hard to do things that make a difference, we find it hard to know how to help people who are struggling and sometimes we make a mistake and can't fix it.

Aradia is another character who I struggle to define as a kin, she fits more into the comfort character category... Then again. Aradia's role in the narrative feels oddly relatable.
She never really is paid attention to by people, instead she's forced into all kinds of things she doesn't want to. Her interests are taken away from her by something horrible a friend did...
Unlike Asuka, in this case, Aradia is more of a thematic kin. Whereas Asuka is a straight up soul-read of the worst parts of myself that I feel so horrible about for so many reasons, Aradia serves as a sweet girl in a tragic world.
She doesn't quite get the world she lives in, and who could blame her. Despite that... She's adventurous and passionate.