The most interesting thing to me is the coherency of the conspiracy here. Bouchard/Vevoda may be the primary enemy, but he's not the only one, especially if villainy "merely" defines opposing actions. MacInnes and his New S come to mind clearly, even if he's not (always) aligned with Bouchard (though it's implied he is (ugh, you get my point)). And the kicker? This isn't just old news. The general social patterns sketched by VM Straka in Ship of Theseus are ongoing into the present day of Eric and Jen, and they face it off themselves. Jen especially has it rough midway into the orange/green annotations and very rough throughout the red/purple annotations. Well, at least she has Eric.
"[Growing up] is hard and nobody understands." // https://www.homestuck.com/story/2391