Who is o?

There has been much speculation around the true identity of CaNWC’s author simply known as o. I have avoided commenting on this question for a while since I really didn’t get the mystery. Anonymity is sort of a “thing” with the internet. But looking back, there are enough points about o that indicate there’s more to this. o isn’t just an author, he’s another character and is likely related to the overall plot.

who is o: serously? its HIM, look at his usename, stutid

o is the username of the person running a cool and new webcomic. He registered his account at omegaupdate on April 10th, 2016, the birthday of Beta John and when John was originally meant to receive SBURB. (How’s that for number surprises?) He immediately began posting a cool and new web comic.



o represents himself with a picture of Hella Jeff taken from this SBaHJ comic. He consistently uses Hella Jeff photos to represent himself.

o notably speaks in the distinct SBaHJ style as the rest of the comic. This implies that o has been affected by the same corruption as the other characters, or is potentially its source.

The more interesting questions deal with o’s relation to his webcomic. In the only case he’s responded to these questions directly, he says that he’s a “recroder of odjective events,” and another time explicitly denies drawing “any ofthese peeple.” o is running a webcomic, for him this is a method of historical documentation.

Is o really Hussie?

No. At least not literally.

He might be a corrupted version of Hussie’s self-insert character, but Andrew Hussie is not writing CaNWC. o has a different gramatical style to Hussie, has enough unironic errors to indicate this is not a professional piece of work, has a gradually improving art style, and pauses for finals (which I’m taking as noncanon for o the character). That’s about as solid as evidence gets short of a direct statement that they are different people.

It certainly speaks volumes to the quality of CaNWC that people consistently ask this question. o simply has an excellent grasp of Homestuck’s rules, characters, and humor, but this is simply a good original fanadventure.

This particular bit of art above was done by o himself and is the only explicit connection I’ve seen between him and Hussie, but there seems to be a lot more to this image.

Is o really Caliborn?

Thanks to the skeleton key badge, Caliborn was able to temporarily take over Homestuck, giving us the wonderful tale of Homosuck, a poorly drawn version of Homestuck with everyone acting wildly out of character. That is strikingly similar to CaNWC.

However, o’s personality is obviously very different from Caliborn’s. This isn’t a story about aggrandizing an “alpha male” against the rest of the cast, it isn’t sexist, and it’s not a satire. While this would be a nice way to explain the corruption, o’s explicit denial that he drew this makes me think this isn’t the answer.

Is o really Doc Scratch?

I would say probably no. We’ve seen “white wordes guy” who is presumably a cool and new Doc Scratch, and he is uncorrupt. o also comments that this is someone he’s encountered before and is surprised to see in RCT. He laughs it off, saying he will “NEVRE under stand that guy.”



However, this would explain why o is called “o” in the first place, since Doc Scratch marked his commands this way, representing his head, since he can’t accept commands as a first guardian. o’s original avatar (above) was also of Doc Scratch. That was soon replaced, so it might not be canonical. Still, it might further connection with Doc Scratch and o, or that Doc Scratch is a “host” for o in the same way he hosted Lord English.

Is o really Hecka Jef?

This seems like the most likely answer to me. o literally always represents himself with Hella Jeff/Hecka Jef pictures, so why not take that at face value? Plus, who better to tell a story than a Muse of Time? This might be him retelling his story after the events have taken place.

o also specifically talks like Hella Jeff/Hecka Jef. The fact that he refers to Hecka Jef as “he” instead of some past tense “I” might be a mark against this theory, but that’s excusable. He also seems to dislike Jhon, but that can be explained by Jhon doing genuinely terrible things.

It’s also worth noting that o has author time powers.

Is o really SylphofSpace?

An interesting detail not really explored yet is that it is not mirrored by o himself (or at least by the character). Instead, it’s mirrored by SylphofSpace.

I don’t think anyone has a good explanation for this yet. That’s obviously Kanaya’s classpect, but it doesn’t appear to be run by Kanaya, especially since she’s uncorrupted. But if it’s not her, then who is it? Why would o use this name? Does someone else have that classpect other than Kanaya? Rose isn’t the Seer of Light anymore, so it’s certainly possible.

I don’t think anyone has a good explanation for this yet. Perhaps in time we will see o more directly involved in the events of CaNWC, but as it stands now, I think this is as far as we can go.