He 8ecame convinced he was hatched to defeat an extraordinarily evil magician, one he swore the angels foretold of. “ The 8ard of Hope may seem a little jaded these days, 8ut once he had a deeply abiding faith in magic, and dedicated himself to 8ecoming a great wizard. Cronus was also sometimes considered a god with dominion over time, referencing Cronus' destiny to defeat the Lord of Time.Īranea Serket exposits much of Cronus' history to Meenah: It refers to the ruler of the Titans of Greek Mythology - Cronus lends his Roman name Saturn to the planet ruling the sign of Aquarius. His identity may be an allusion to The Little Mermaid, in which a young mermaid rejects her nature as a sea dweller and wants to become human instead.Ĭronus was a name suggested by Toby Fox for Eridan. While fellow sea dweller Meenah Peixes wears a black shirt with a blood-colored sign printed on it, referencing Meenah's post-scratch influence on Alternia, Cronus' shirt is instead white with a colored symbol on it, mirroring the colors typically worn by human characters in their first appearances and referencing his identification with humanity. His scars are the source of his post-scratch name, "Dualscar". He parodies the hipster and "nice guy" archetypes often associated with Eridan, and his lightning-bolt shaped scars and self-appointed "destiny" to defeat an evil magician who tried to strike him down in youth (and whose name cannot be said out of fear for the danger it possesses) both reference the eponymous character of the Harry Potter franchise, who Eridan has frequently been compared to for his sense of dress and (dis)interest in magic. In this regard, Cronus serves to highlight how portrayals of Eridan in the fandom can be inaccurate his "nyeh" catchphrase being just one example. ” He borrows his title of Bard from Gamzee Makara Gamzee's dancestor Kurloz Makara likewise borrows his Prince title from Cronus' dancestor Eridan.Ĭronus' character is in many ways an exaggerated caricature of Eridan's negative traits. Cronus is the worst character in Homestuck “ by a nautical mile.
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