Pale Jakekat. this is one of those rarepairs i came up with when i was younger and never forgot about it, it just laid there - dormant. it's border-lining crackship territory i think considering they've never interacted in Homestuck proper. theres about 1 fic of them in this quadrant, so i definitely need to draw and write more about them ^^;

i just think they'd complement each other well (*ˊᗜˋ*) in my mind, Jake needs someone who doesn't want him romantically and doesn't have the context of what happened with Jane and Dirk to affect their perception of him - he needs someone who will call him out on his bullshit and bad habits but still care deeply for him. Karkat is pretty emotionally intelligent, he feels strongly and doesn't bother to sugarcoat/mince his words even to those he cares about.

Karkat on the other hand is very self-deprecating and his hatred for himself clearly hinders him a lot, while it wouldn't magically solve all of his problems - i think having someone to genuinely believe in him and think he's capable of great things would help a lot. thus...Jakekat