Talk:Ancestor

Mythological allusions
There has been a bunch of talk about this, mostly through edit notes and such, so going to put this in a slightly more formal place.

Firstly; regardless of the section's accuracy or inaccuracy, none of it is likely allusion, because that would mean that it was deliberate. There is no evidence that the ancestors were supposed to be based off any sort of mythology rather than Biblical, the fact they are supposed to be Biblical is confirmed by Hussie's statements. This means that at the best it is nothing more than "coincidental parallels".

While Greek myth is used in Homestuck, its connection to the ancestors is nothing more then speculatory. The Wiki is slightly flexible when it comes to speculation and whatnot, however this section is larger than ANY of the ancestor's individual sections dealing with canonical facts. This is crossing a line as far as I am concerned.

Secondly; there have been concerns raised about its accuracy of the section too. However given how thick the section is, trying to deal with it is like dealing with a Gish Gallop unless you know your stuff, and from what I've heard, someone who did know their stuff found issue with it.

Ultimately I feel unless there is a statement from Hussie or we find out something like "Prometheus being Karkat's denizen" that the wiki simply isn't the place for this and that it should be removed. - The Light6 (talk) 00:20, November 5, 2014 (UTC)