hey! nice to see you! good luck avoiding spoilers on here, we believe in you.
also, i'm sorry to say, but basically no one ships the carapacians. is it the lack of noses? the lack of identifiable features, like, in general? is it because they don't talk? it's probably because they don't talk.
anyway, feel free to liveblog your read in the homestuck subforum! it's a great use of a thread.