BORN TO BE A STAR — JOEY CLAIRE, ……THE MAID OF LIGHT

MAID:

One who makes Light, or makes through Light — for themselves.

LIGHT:

Power, Fortune, Enlightenment, Knowledge, Ideas, Importance…

[This post will not require any Homestuck knowledge,

but will include Homestuck spoilers!]

I’m an old hat Homestuck. I went into Hiveswap expecting lore on old Homestuck characters, and to learn more about the wider universe that I love.

In my excitement for these things, I somehow never considered the possibility that Joey Claire and her new friends would be the things that really caused me to fall in love.

More the fool I am — I should’ve seen it coming. Homestuck has always been at its strongest when it explores the complex and nuanced lives of its cast, creating some of fiction’s richest and most layered characters, and Hiveswap is no different.

Although in some ways, it’s better — snappier, more accessible, certainly easier for a wider market to enjoy. And a lot of that is down to Joey Claire — Hiveswap’s magnificent protagonist. Among an already standout cast, it can’t be denied that for many of us, Joey stole the show. Which is good!

Because she’d like it that way.

In this essay, I’m going to do a Hiveswap-review by way of character analysis by way of classpecting. We’re going to talk about Joey, delve into her nuances as a character and how they tie into Homestuck’s fascinating hyperflexible mythology system: Classpects.

Though if you want to find out more about how I’ll present them here faster, here’s my argument for how the whole Class system works: https://medium.com/@RoseOfNobility/force-and-flow-the-aspects-arent-the-only-existential-duality-at-play-in-classpects-fd1c3958314c

Don’t worry. You won’t need to know much about Classpects to follow along! I’ll define the relevant points as they relate to Joey along the way

So without further ado, let’s gets to know what I dearly hope will become one of gaming — and literature’s — biggest darling stars.