If, as I surmise, the smartass-to-wiseass continuum is measured in terms of increasing proximity to cornball dadjoke humor, John Egbert is definitely a wiseass.
An excellent addition to this discourse.
But then, if wiseass is closest to dadjoke humor, then what is smartassery more akin to?
I’d say smartass is a little more Dersite, founded on canniness and quick wit rather than zaniness and independent-minded tomfoolery.
A prank (or a dadjoke) is a staged invitation to a gotcha; smartassery is an opportunistic gotcha, formed from the tools at hand.
john gets home from school and jade and rose and dave are all IMMEDIATELY messaging him and hes like “what do you guys normally do when im gone??” and theyre all like “wait for you to get back”
y’know, now that homestuck is relevant again, i think we as a fandom can really take things we’ve learned in the past few years and put them to use in the context of old issues from back in the day. i think there’s a lot of important concepts and ideas that come from newer fandoms that can solve age-old debates about aspects of homestuck.
what i’m saying here is that john egbert’s voice definitely sounds like griffin mcelroy
just moving along like everyone else 