I just find it hard to take Gio's arguments seriously when they would require a large group of people to be conspiring together to plot their and homestuck's downfall.

Like it's genuinely a lot easy to believe one person is just a weird asshole than a whole group of people are being manipulated by true mega genius mastermind of pure evil!... Andrew Hussie...

Because they're so well known for being able to manage a group of people to do what they want and long term planning...