Homesuck: Vriska Rising

[POS Industries]

Also also-- what the hell was with the Bec pinata in Jade's house??? Am I missing something, or are we just assuming this will be explained in the future?
Mainly just symbolism. (http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1697821268)

[Premmy]

I really wanted Karkat's answer to John to just be:
"You broke my heaaaaarrt" mostly cause I already figured this was going to happen and didn't need it explained but eh.
In fairness, dude looks good in them shades.

Just before the end he's going to transform into a sea urchin

[Archbio]

In fairness, dude looks good in them shades.

He's one outrageous dude. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHOMIL_6x7k)

[Aldurin]

Bro can't be dead, he can't . . . and Davesprite can't either . . . CAL PLEASE SAVE THE ALL!!

[Specterbane]

Bro can't be dead, he can't . . . and Davesprite can't either . . . CAL PLEASE SAVE THE ALL!!

Just another example that the best characters to kill are those who you can without destroying the main story, but that no one wants you to. DaveSprite and Bro fit that bill exactly it seems. I'm surprised Hussie did it, but he did it well and with style. That leaves me even more impressed with this story.

[Kim]

I'm expecting at least one of the four main characters to die before this is through, but perhaps that's just the pessimist in me.

[Overcast]

if i were you i would just take that fucking devilbeast out behind the woodshed and blow its head off

But yeah they are dead, at least one for sure. CAL is a puppet and thus follows whoever has a hand in him. And Karkat as usual has no idea what he is talking about beyond the very basic. About time to move on, there are predestined failures to proceed upon.

Don't think one of the mains will die(twice) though. Just don't see the meaning unless he plans to end this in tragedy.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Theory: Cal is Bro. Shades guy was the puppet.

[POS Industries]

I'm expecting at least one of the four main characters to die before this is through, but perhaps that's just the pessimist in me.
John, Dave, and Jade have all died already. Technically.

[Flarecobra]

Technically, Jade's died twice now... The alternate timeline (Meteor as John wasn't there.), and her dreamself.

[Overcast]

Which makes me think even more that the mains won't die because in most cases when they do it is a doomed timeline isn't it?

[POS Industries]

Well, it's reasonable to assume that none of them die (permanently) up to the point that they open the rift and enter the trolls' session, since the trolls can see all of their whereabouts from any point before then and there's been no allusion to it. Furthermore, Dave had been time skipping around up to and back from that point multiple times to manipulate the LOHAC economy, and he inferred that none of them had been killed, either. Obviously he's still alive, we've already seen that John is, and Rose and Jade are alive in the future being "crazy" and "crazier," respectively.

What happens post-scratch, though, is anyone's guess.

[Fifthfiend]

Shipping singularity transforming all of them into Lord English AKA PICKLE INSPECTOR

[Aldurin]

My theory to calm myself down.

Cal is not Lord English, instead he is the device programmed to release him when the universe ends, in which he transforms into him, thus fitting in the coat.

[Bard The 5th LW]

CG: THE IDIOT YOU CALL THE JADE HUMAN WENT AHEAD AND PROTOTYPED HER FREAK OF A LUSUS, WHILE YOU DECIDED TO TAKE A NAP FOR SOME REASON RATHER THAN DOING WHAT A LEADER IS SUPPOSED TO DO AND STOP HER FROM BEING SO FUCKING RETARDED.

The irony of this statement just dawned upon me.

[Specterbane]

The only thing I can think to say about this picture (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004840) is...

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j76/dj_prescice/PicardWtf.jpg

[Art of Hilt]

Oh god update.
Look closely at the logo at the last panel.

[Marc v4.0]

Oh god update.
Look closely at the logo at the last panel.

It took me a moment but yeah...

[Art of Hilt]

Whoops, nevermind. Turned out to be a copy-paste mistake.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5268/02939.gif

[Token]

Oh god update.
Look closely at the logo at the last panel.

Not seeing it?

[Art of Hilt]

Check out the post before the post you just posted.

[Token]

Ah. My bad.

[Loyal]

THE FROG TEMPLE IS NO MORE.

All hail to the Devilbeast Shrine!

[Fifthfiend]

The one I'm seeing now has the logo looking more fucked-up?

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5268/02939.gif

[Bard The 5th LW]

I found the cracks to be odd too. It seems mostly to just be a case of paint thinning off though.

[Specterbane]

Whoops, nevermind. Turned out to be a copy-paste mistake.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5268/02939.gif

Yeah, that was seriously screwy for a little bit. But now it's how you'd expect.

[Dracorion]

It looks like the Sburb logos from the Exiles' future. And as far as I can tell, this is still the present.

[Arcanum]

What's odd about the cracks in the logo? That whole scene with WQ is happening in the future (i.e. when all the Exiles have met up) and every SBURB logo then is cracked and worn down. As seen here (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002657) and here (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003444) (and other places I'm sure). Nothing odd about it.

[Art of Hilt]

Yeah, that was seriously screwy for a little bit. But now it's how you'd expect.

Yeah, a bunch of forums were all WOAH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHY IS THE SGRUB LOGO THERE OH DANG OH DANG OH DANG
then Hussie changed it and there was a collective moment of " :/ "

[Fifthfiend]

OHHHH okay it is the 12-box version and not the 4 box version I UNDERSTAND NOW

[Aldurin]

I see faded four-box version.

[BitVyper]

Bro is dead. He's not here anymore. But on our backs, and in our hearts...

HE LIVES ON IN US!

Edit: Anyway, I think what happened here may be what piqued Vriska's interest in John in the first place. Remember, her big thing is that she likes high stakes games.

Also may explain exactly why she put him to sleep, and why she looked pissed off (because he failed to meet her initial expectation, by trying to prototype something dumb).

[Arcanum]

Key thing to remember: We don't know which instance of Vriska put John to sleep. There is no hint as to where she is in her personal time line when she put him to sleep. For all we know she had a very good reason for doing this, and she really does deserve that trophy (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1090133&postcount=2745).

[Aldurin]

Bro is dead.

I refuse to believe that until he actually rots into a skeleton and the cloning pad is proven not to be able to bring him back.

Then I'll still believe the outer gods are holding him in some bubble and he'll escape using his mad skills and return to challenge Dog-face to a rematch.

[Loyal]

...Earl, the cloning pad does not make adult clones. It makes ectobiolobabies.

At best you'd get a Baby Bro which would be very uncool for Dave to have to watch out for.

[Aldurin]

...Earl, the cloning pad does not make adult clones. It makes ectobiolobabies.

At best you'd get a Baby Bro which would be very uncool for Dave to have to watch out for.

Fuck you, Bro is gonna come back.

[Premmy]

.
At best you'd get a Baby Bro which would be very uncool for Dave to have to watch out for.

I don't know, Dave was a pretty bad-ass baby.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Fuck you, Bro is gonna come back.

No, you see, this is actually a somewhat serious story.

Death can be real. Its good to be reminded of that.

[BitVyper]

Actually, I could see Bro getting cloned. I wouldn't bet money on it, but I could see it happening, and he's about the only person I can see getting cloned right now. Largely because his death reminds me of Crono's, and Crono was saved with a clone.

[Kim]

My Jack... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osWti_98CNA)

[Loyal]

...Crono was saved with a doll.

[Premmy]

Bro will be saved by a time-displaced stone statue of him that has been soaking in mountain dew for a long time...

[BitVyper]

...Crono was saved with a doll.

A doll that was called a clone (and could walk and move around on its own as it did when it came out of the cage and played the game with you).

And no, it doesn't matter what the fantranslations or later versions of the game called it.

Anyway, like I said, it's not an outcome I'd bet on, just one that I can see potentially occurring.

[Aldurin]

...Crono was saved with a doll.

Or Cal could save Bro too . . . given the similarity.

[Krylo]

'E's passed on! Bro is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If Jack hadn't left 'im gutted on a rock 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible! HE IS AN EX-BRO!

[BitVyper]

Anyway, I'm more interested in why Bec Noir doesn't have Bro's shades when he shows up in SGRUB.

What I'm trying to say here is that Bro is dead.

You're right! He is!

[Kim]

Dave probably gets them back somehow.

[Aldurin]

Anyway, I'm more interested in why Bec Noir doesn't have Bro's shades when he shows up in SGRUB.

Because Bro took them back!!

[Kim]

The only way Bro is coming back is to give a short motivational speech in Dave's dreams.

[Art of Hilt]

The latest update made me realize that John is currently the only character in the whole webcomic who would ever attach the word 'friend' to Vriska.
A status that might not last as long as their time before the Rift.
This makes me ): .

[POS Industries]

The only way Bro is coming back is to give a short motivational speech in Dave's dreams.
To be fair, Becsprite has only been prototyped once.

Not that it's likely, but still.

[MuMu]

AR is gonna flip the fuck out

[BitVyper]

No, you see, this is actually a somewhat serious story.

Death can be real.

Yep, but sometimes....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/BitVyper/gandalf-the-white.jpg

Sometimes it isn't.

Even the very wise cannot see all ends.

[Premmy]

Yeah, but fuck wizards

[BitVyper]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/BitVyper/20100929143225Secret_Wizard.png

[Premmy]

Especially secret wizards.

[Flarecobra]

... Ok, I'm convinced: Fifth is Karkat. No more doubt.

[Arhra]

Nah, he's nowhere near ornery enough.

[Token]

So, why have we not been discussing Radiation's Homestuck crackfic album?

The Baby is You (http://super-villain.org/whywouldyoudothis/thebabyisyou.html)

With guest vocals by Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff.

EDIT: also hey, update or something, but that's not important.

[Locke cole]

Yeah, but fuck wizards

Last time you tried making a wizard-bashing thread, it ended on a wizard-positive note, did it not? You're fighting a losing battle, son.

[Premmy]

Something a bitch-ass wizard would say....

[Locke cole]

No, a wizard would say something like: "Asuralta humisha suraisan", and then you'd find yourself on the moon.

[Premmy]

no, you're right, actually, "bitch-ass" and "wizard" are the same thing, no need to say "bitch-ass wizard" anyways, So, who's going to put in a guess for what bec's going to say first?

[Locke cole]

"Woof", probably.

You know, just to parallel the first conversation with Jaspersprite.

[Kim]

Woof.

Fucking ninja.

[Premmy]

no "Arf"?

[Locke cole]

"Woof" feels more like the natural opposite of "Meow" to me.

[Fifthfiend]

"Arf" is the "Rowr" of canine onomatopoeics.

[Art of Hilt]

okay okay okay all of you, YOU KNOW WHAT?

FUCK WIZARDS (http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=79135)


(ps: this is kind of NSFW but it's relevant because Hussie
seriously the dude is insane he made this as a gift to a friend)

[Aldurin]

So Lord English is still a mystery man yet to be revealed i suppose?

He was already revealed. You probably weren't paying attention.

Remember the mushroom farming salamander?

Waitwhat?

So, if you are going to marry vriska, does that mean she is the fattest of all?

Most monitors don't have the horizontal resolution to properly convey the grim reality of her astonishing girth.

We will be married at Sea World.

But Vriska can't be chubby, since she's the awesomest troll of all.

Did dave's older brother actually die by jack's hands? If he did why did he take cal with him?

Looks pretty dead to me.

Why not take Cal? Makes a good trophy. It's a totally sweet puppet.

Looks pretty dead to me.

He's trying to distract us, Bro is gonna live. He's just too woozy from the blood-loss to move right now.

[Art of Hilt]

All the trolls are insanely, unhealthily obese.
It's in his Formspring, so it's canon.
We can't see it because the metaphorical 'camera' that is this comic slims them up so they could fit on the computer screen, but they're all fat as hell.

[Dracorion]

I bet Earl is one of those people who refuses to believe their favorite character is dead even if their corpses are shown with a gaping hole in their heads where their spike went through.

Show the decayed, rotting, maggot-infested corpse and still he roars!

It's kinda cute, I guess, his childish innocence.

[Art of Hilt]

hey i just realized

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/02927.gif

no glasses, no cap
Bro's face is exposed!
too bad we'll never see it. >:I

[Menarker]

hey i just realized

no glasses, no cap
Bro's face is exposed!
too bad we'll never see it. >:I

Not that it actually matters, since the only thing that would be possible to see are his eyes. Each of the kid's authority figure only has one facial characteristic.

As quoted from Homestuck wiki!

* Dad only has a nose, tied to the aromas of smoke and baking, and to John's element of air.
* Mom only has lips, tied to her drinking, and to Rose's element of water. Might also be tied to Rose's verbosity.
* Bro only has eyes (beneath his sunglasses), tied to his voyeuristic websites and to Dave's element of fire (and therefore, light).
* Bec only has ears. How this ties with Jade's element of earth is a bit far-fetched, but he's an oddball of a guardian anyway. A possibility is from the phrase “keeping your ear to the ground.” Or it could just be that ears are the only prominent facial feature left.

[Loyal]

...Bec has a mouth. He opens it when playing "fetch" with a bullet.

And I really question "eyes = fire". That's rather stretching it I think.

[Art of Hilt]

unless hussie decides to add them in if he draws them in hussnasty mode
like he did with the kids' noses and stuff

[Locke cole]

Probably completely unrelated, but "Pyrope" means "Fire Eyes".

[Loyal]

Yes, unrelated. "Pyrope" was suggested back when Hussie still had the Suggestion boxes open, and the basis for the suggestion was in all likelihood her glasses.

That it later turned out she got her eyes burnt out by the sun seems to have been partially inspired by this, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYsx_p6x9Tg) but mostly it's just how Hussie rolls.

[Aldurin]

That's some pretty badass machine sitting in that cloud.

[BitVyper]

I believe that's the Battlefield in its final form.

[Aldurin]

Figures, that ring is doing a lot of shininess right now.

[Art of Hilt]

WV is back at the console
a return to form

[Kim]

Oh God this is fantastic. I forgot how fantastic Wandering Vagrant is.

[Fifthfiend]

Bro isn't dead, he's just being really ironic.

ALTERNATELY: He died because it was just the most ironic thing he could possibly do at that point in time.

[Archbio]

The only one of the three heroes that I could see Obi Wanning back from the brink of their noble death in combat and a cheating villain bastard would be Cal. Because he's a puppet and therefore not killed and not confirmed to have been destroyed.

Maybe he did have a life of his own?

Wild speculation!

[Premmy]

* Dad only has a nose, tied to the aromas of smoke and baking, and to John's element of air.
* Mom only has lips, tied to her drinking, and to Rose's element of water. Might also be tied to Rose's verbosity.
* Bro only has eyes (beneath his sunglasses), tied to his voyeuristic websites and to Dave's element of fire (and therefore, light).
* Bec only has ears. How this ties with Jade's element of earth is a bit far-fetched, but he's an oddball of a guardian anyway. A possibility is from the phrase “keeping your ear to the ground.” Or it could just be that ears are the only prominent facial feature left....Bec has a mouth. He opens it when playing "fetch" with a bullet.

And I really question "eyes = fire". That's rather stretching it I think.

Bro's facial feature is his sideburns

[POS Industries]

Bro's facial feature is his sideburns
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o159/posindustries/facepalm/krustypunch.gif

[Fifthfiend]

Bro's facial feature is his sideburns

sick fires, bro.

[Archbio]

Capsule lock? Ha!

[Locke cole]

Oh God this is fantastic. I forgot how fantastic Wandering Vagrant is.

Wayward Vagabond.

[Aldurin]

Dave needs to wake up and get back to work, it's absolutely no help to others when he has a crocodile as his sit-in for pesterchum.

[Fifthfiend]

I love that after this formspring answer (http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1709639586) Andrew Hussie actually posted up one more update last night.

[Premmy]

Vriska's about to make me hate her more, I know this.

[Art of Hilt]

Vriska's about to make me love her more, I know this.

[Loyal]

I don't think what Vriska does will be of any consequence unless she can halt First Guardian fire with her brain.

On an unrelated note: Holy shit, look at the cost for the Project Wonderful ad up there.

[Aldurin]

Hussie's gonna be rolling in Benjamins now that shit just got real.

[Fifthfiend]

Vriska's about to make me hate her more, I know this.

Vriska's about to make me love her more, I know this.

Yup.

[Aldurin]

Oh man, that ad spot just reached $200. I need to put a leech program on his bank account.

[Premmy]

I don't think what Vriska does will be of any consequence unless she can halt First Guardian fire with her brain.

On an unrelated note: Holy shit, look at the cost for the Project Wonderful ad up there.

It's less she's going to do something, and more she's going to be:
"All according to plan" and that will piss me off/endear me to her bitch-status.

[Locke cole]

Uhm, wow.

That's an extremely ambitious goal there, Vriska.

I don't know what I'm more scared of, the fact that she intentionally created Bec Noir, the fact that she thinks she's going to be able to kill him, or the fact that I'm not sure if she's wrong.

[Art of Hilt]

aha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha yessssssss
this should be the part where everyone gives Vriska a high five if only a significant portion of the population weren't player haters
also maybe a pat on the back for the blatant display of insecurity in the beginning there but mostly high fives

[POS Industries]

Hahaha, my girl's always gotta get her trophy! (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1090133&postcount=2745)

[synkr0nized]

The more the comic updates, the more I regret thinking Kanaya was going to be interesting for liking the sun and having neat things. Bluh.

I will be patient still, though.

[Fifthfiend]

Yup.

.

[BitVyper]

You know, this could all point Vriska and Karkat toward kismesis. He's been able to ruffle her feathers before, and a big part of his John-hate was the "special hate" he was saving up for whoever was responsible for their situation.

[Archbio]

I'm really hoping Vriska is getting the "splintered timeline" thing the wrong way around, intentionally or not.

However, I think we're just supposed to roll with the predestination stuff, which is kind of a shame.

[PCD]

I don't know that I've ever wanted to punch someone, real or fictional, in the face so badly.

[Locke cole]

I don't know that I've ever wanted to punch someone, real or fictional, in the face so badly.

Wha? Are you saying that this is evoking face-punch-desires more than when she had Aradia murdered?

[synkr0nized]

I know, right? Going for greatness for herself/making sure John is the hero shouldn't be as anger-inducing to folks that don't like her as murdering other trolls for a LARP.

[PCD]

Oh I'm not saying this is worse. I'm saying I'm still pissed off about all that, and it drives me insane that so many people love her in spite of/because of this bizarre need for her to always be the center of attention, which is then granted by her continuing to be a main part of everything. And, of course, knowing that my loathing of her is just falling for the whole 'u mad' troll thing that the fandom loves. It builds up. She got her hand and arm blown off, she got haunted by the souls of those she'd killed, but she never seems to learn from it.

I think what makes me want to punch her is not her actions, but her justifications. The horrible little ways she reasons it out and makes it sound like everyone else is just stupid for not seeing it her way, which is clearly the best.

Bluh bluh huge troll etc etc

[Locke cole]

Oh, I can't forgive her for anything she's done. In fact, I was extremely angry with her when Alterniabound made it clear that she learned nothing from being killed in revenge.

But weird crap keeps happening that makes it impractical for me to hate her full blast 24/7. Which is of course followed by her making me hate her again just about each and every time. For example, here I kind of have to grudgingly admit that her view of the whole predestination thing is refreshingly not defeatist.

And I admit that I'm intrigued as to how she expects to be able to kill Beck Noir.

She's still the most evil person in this entire freaking story, next to, say Jack and some other guys, but I'm being forced to admit that it's just not practical for me to hate her as much as I want to.

At least not all the time.

[BitVyper]

Oh, John, you are positively adorable.

[Amake]

I'm reminded of an old viking saying: "Men win against men and weapons against weapons, there's blót against the gods and seid against trolls, but against bad luck there's no cure."

[Loyal]

Trolls have noses, nooooooooo.

[Wigmund]

All my fanart! Ruined because I drew them to have reptilian nostrils!

Next thing you know, those trolls will just have normal human ears!


Beck Noir.

Dammit, no I can't get rid of the mental image of Jack Noir with the head of Glenn Beck.

[Fifthfiend]

I know, right? Going for greatness for herself/making sure John is the hero shouldn't be as anger-inducing to folks that don't like her as murdering other trolls for a LARP.

She did sort of offhandedly get Bro and Davesprite killed though.

[Geminex]

Eeh...
I'm not really sure how horrible her actions in and of themselves are, really. I mean, yeah, it was a callous, asshole thing to do, but she has a point about the whole 'doomed timeline' thing.

I mean, did she really have much of a choice? She knew what her actions were going to be. She could have rejected that, but only to create a time paradox and/or doomed timeline. She's a terrible person, but if John had been in her place, how would he have acted?

Also, am I the only one who's noticed this:
AG: Regardless of what I did, he is already here.
She says that a lot in that convo.

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003992
The demon is already here.

I mean, hussie's pretty much said that Jack isn't going to be lord english, but bluh. That just messes everything up again.

[Art of Hilt]

In the map, "He is already here" is this act's 'title' (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?viewmap=6). This mantra will be the act's alpha and omega.

[Amake]

What's the point of being angry with a scorpion for killing? They can't help it.

Actually I think Vriska's tragedy is that she can't resist hurting people she gets close to. It would make her shunned and feared, at which point trying to make herself the biggest hero of the world (or the biggest hero of the world's sponsor) becomes her only defense against loneliness.

Psychology!

[Dracorion]

I mean, did she really have much of a choice? She knew what her actions were going to be. She could have rejected that, but only to create a time paradox and/or doomed timeline. She's a terrible person, but if John had been in her place, how would he have acted?

The impression I got was that she had no idea that she was responsible for those things when she was first scrolling through the timeline.

She only just now decided to make them happen because of her.

[Aldurin]

Vriska is awesome, and everyone who says otherwise is delusioned or abuse their free will.

She obviously orchestrates Bro's survival too, whether directly or indirectly, to have an ally for the final fight. Davesprite is still dead, mostly since he functioned as an extra Dave with wings.

I wanna see John do the windy thing too.

[Geminex]

I was more going along the lines of time paradoxes, rather than free will, but... nyaaah. Perhaps we'll get some psycho-analysis from Rose later on. That'd be fun. Until then, I'm gonna go on judging her for the decisions she makes, provided they're free decisions.

Edit: No, Drac's right. I just re-read it. She saw he was going to be created, so she decided to go ahead and create him. And while that still leaves the question what would've happened if she hadn't acted the way she did (or whether it was even possible for her to decide differently), she made a choice. She didn't know she was going to make this choice, didn't know it was destined, even if it may well have been! She chose to do this. Ergo, despicable.

In the map, "He is already here" is this act's 'title'. This mantra will be the act's alpha and omega.
Oh, yeah. Didn't see that! Huh. The question is, who is 'he' referring to? Jack? Lord English? Is there a difference? Bluh.
We had better get some answers. Or I will whine SO HARD.

And bluh. Y'see what else is in the map? Import U1 for part 1, Import U2 for part 2. I'm suddenly tempted to try to make sense of Sollux' code again. Because the two universes he imported were obviously the kids' and the trolls' respectively. And since ATH's conditions are linked to death...

Let's see here...

[Dracorion]

And bluh. Y'see what else is in the map? Import U1 for part 1, Import U2 for part 2. I'm suddenly tempted to try to make sense of Sollux' code again. Because the two universes he imported were obviously the kids' and the trolls' respectively. And since ATH's conditions are linked to death...

Let's see here...

I'll tell you what it means.

It means Snowman and one of the Kids' Exiles, possibly the White Queen, are doomed.

[Geminex]

Huh. Elaborate? Like, I get how you could reach that conclusion, but I dunno.

[Locke cole]

I mean, did she really have much of a choice? She knew what her actions were going to be. She could have rejected that, but only to create a time paradox and/or doomed timeline. She's a terrible person, but if John had been in her place, how would he have acted?


I got a different impression there. I figured that she, knowing that Jack was going to come to their universe, chose to be the one to bring him about. Yes, she was predestined to do that, but I'm not sure if she looked at any such "spoilers" to that effect. She just wanted to be responsible for both the creation and destruction of Beck Noir.

[Dracorion]

Huh. Elaborate? Like, I get how you could reach that conclusion, but I dunno.

Hm.

Looking back, I seem to have got the code that summons the demon confused with the code that Karkat ran that killed all the Trolls' lusii.

Still, the latter code was said to affect Karkat, his friends, and everyone they ever meet, so I'm going to posit the theory that the Kids' guardians are all going to die. Probably the sprites, too.

Anyway, for the demon-summoning code to execute the Trolls' universe has to die, and that universe is or will be inhabitted by the Felt and the Midnight Crew. Spades Slick said that if Snowman dies then the universe dies. Therefore, Snowman's going to die.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Anyway, for the demon-summoning code to execute the Trolls' universe has to die, and that universe is or will be inhabitted by the Felt and the Midnight Crew. Spades Slick said that if Snowman dies then the universe dies. Therefore, Snowman's going to die.

That part is pretty clear. I think the question was why the White Queen would die.

[Dracorion]

Oh, she wouldn't. I was confused.

I confused the Demon summoning code, which involves one universe, with the code Karkat ran, which involves both.

The logic being that if the Trolls' have one Exile whose death means the destruction of the universe, the Kids would too.

EDIT: IT'S THE WINDY THING

[PCD]

WINDY THINNNNNNG

Also new album whooooa

[Premmy]

OH SNAPS THE FELTY THING, ya'll.

[Art of Hilt]

1) WINDY THING YES

2) Everyone will listen to the new album so help me THE LORD AH-LL MIGHTY

[Aldurin]

This stuff needs to be used in flash updates, calling it now.

Especially in the update where Snowman finally dies.

[BitVyper]

You know, we haven't really thought about WHY Snowman dying would destroy the universe. I don't think it could just be "hello former Black Queen, here is the power of universe exploding."

Maybe she's the lynchpin on a bunch of fucked up time shit. Or something else, but I get the feeling that somehow a bunch of threads have been cleverly woven through her such that when she's undone, the whole thing will come apart.

Just speculating though.

Then again, since we got the line "you've recently come into all the time in the world" (quoting from memory), maybe the offer she got was pretty much "we'll make you immortal by linking your existence to the universe itself."

[Aldurin]

I think it's just that Doc Scratch made it so that Snowman became the very continuation of time. If she dies then time no longer continues, essentially ending the universe as there would be nothing after it.

[Art of Hilt]

Omelette Sandwich is Eggs and Biscuit playing the same piece of music, going back in time, and playing it again with more instruments every time.
So delicious. This music is delicious.

[Doc ock rokc]

Omelette Sandwich is Eggs and Biscuit playing the same piece of music, going back in time, and playing it again with more instruments every time.
So delicious. This music is delicious.

Yeah It's my favorite Followed shortly by Scratch's Lament (which is scratch playing a song that branches into low and High note at the same time. then back to normal.)

[Premmy]

Snowman is the Demon

[POS Industries]

She did sort of offhandedly get Bro and Davesprite killed though.
In her defense, she can only see the kids, and Davesprite stopped being traceable over the Trollian viewport when he prototyped himself, so it's more than likely she had no idea that any of that would happen, or has happened.

Of course, she wouldn't have cared if she could see them, primarily due to her natural bitchy Vriskatude but also due to the fact that none of those events are avoidable, and any attempt to circumvent them would just make things worse since everyone (Bro and Davesprite included) would be doomed in the splinter timeline. At least this way the casualties are reduced.

[Art of Hilt]

John demonstrates why wind powers are the best forever.

[Marc v4.0]

I have a feeling all this "It was inevitable" crap is going to make someone snap, possibly John since he seems to be the only one always behind the times with it.

[BitVyper]

Serious Ranma vibe going on here.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Don't fuck with wind. Ever.

And I get the feeling Vriska's just waiting w8ing for more punishment. Because it is obvious she hasn't really learned anything from previous ventures. And I honestly hope someone does try to go against the "it was inevitable" stuff.

edit: I am against Vriska's actions, but I can at least appreciate that she seems to have a purpose, or that she is at least open about her purpose. Aradia seems to do it 'just because' or 'I can't tell you'.

[Flarecobra]

Karma's going to bite Vriska in the ass so hard I have the feeling...

[Archbio]

I have a feeling all this "It was inevitable" crap is going to make someone snap, possibly John since he seems to be the only one always behind the times with it.

What if I snap because of it, does that count?

[Fifthfiend]

In her defense, she can only see the kids, and Davesprite stopped being traceable over the Trollian viewport when he prototyped himself, so it's more than likely she had no idea that any of that would happen, or has happened.

Of course, she wouldn't have cared if she could see them, primarily due to her natural bitchy Vriskatude but also due to the fact that none of those events are avoidable, and any attempt to circumvent them would just make things worse since everyone (Bro and Davesprite included) would be doomed in the splinter timeline. At least this way the casualties are reduced.

Nah, cause alla that ultimately happened because she chose to do it. If determinism removes moral culpability then who gives a fuck what anybody does or ever has done?

[Locke cole]

Nah, cause alla that ultimately happened because she chose to do it. If determinism removes moral culpability then who gives a fuck what anybody does or ever has done?

Yeah. Vriska actively choosing to do these things is what seperates her from Aradia. Aradia is all "who cares what I do. This is all going to happen anyway.", and Vriska is all "Hey, if it's going to happen, I'll do it. Someone has to, and that way I can take credit."

Also, the windy thing proves to us all that Time is chump change compared to Wind.

[Dracorion]

Actually, I'd say Aradia is just as guilty as Vriska.

Or perhaps more so, since Aradia had far more foreknowledge.

[BitVyper]

*reads formspring*

ARTAAAAAX!

*wipes tears*

God damn you, Hussie.

[Locke cole]

He read the book and not just the movie! More respect for Hussie!

Oh god. I'm only six songs in, and I know that I have to buy the Felt album. Dat temporelechestral music!

[PCD]

Oh holy crap John's gone Katrina

[Locke cole]

The ENTIRE SET OF CLOUDS CURSING LOWAS IS GONE. Holy crap!

[Specterbane]

Yes it's currently the Land of The Windy Thing. But wind is essentially the entire atmosphere so it makes sense for this to happen, I just love how he's been doing it since the fire started way back when with the shaving cream bomb without knowing it.

[Amake]

Calling it now: Cal will try the esoteric fireexitkind (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001937) strife specibum and find that it allows one to carry a portable exit, only to be used in the event of a fire. As one levels, it becomes possible to engage in fire drills and other psychological warfare gambits. And eventually, Bec Noir will be made to enter the exit.

Well what's so bad about that, you ask? It's just going to lead outside the building, isn't it? Yeah, but if you're not on the ground floor.


. . .


There will be stairs.

[Aldurin]

The windy thing is . . . just . . . wow.

And Rhapsody in Green has to be my favorite track of the Felt.

Also, requesting thread tag be changed to miracles since that seems more appropriate than just comics.

[Arcanum]

fireexitkind (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001937) strife specibus

It looks more like fireextkind, which leads me to believe it's fire extinguishers.

[Art of Hilt]

And Rhapsody in Green has to be my favorite track of the Felt.


It's just as good when you listen to it backwards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIk2_PyjzPs).

[Amake]

It looks more like fireextkind, which leads me to believe it's fire extinguishers.
It would work either way, but there's already an aerosolkind. >_>

[BitVyper]

I think whatever they do to beat Jack creates/endows/leads to Lord English. Maybe it causes Jack to become English (breaking his mind in the process, 'cause the two are clearly very different), maybe what WAS Jack becomes part of English, or maybe he's just a consequence of the circumstances of Jack's defeat.

Regardless, I think that's how it'll work out.

[Aldurin]

I think whatever they do to beat Jack creates/endows/leads to Lord English. Maybe it causes Jack to become English (breaking his mind in the process, 'cause the two are clearly very different), maybe what WAS Jack becomes part of English, or maybe he's just a consequence of the circumstances of Jack's defeat.

Snowman suicide attack?

[Art of Hilt]

The glorious mister Dutton confirms Jade's winter themed land (as opposed to ash or whatever)

[BitVyper]

Another possibility... kind of an inversion of something I was on about before, is that the Lord English we saw on Alternia is not actually ubered up to Unicron levels yet. Doesn't seem too likely, but it kind of occured to me.

Anyway, if he is entirely unrelated to Jack in any way, the only other thing I could think of BEING him, would maybe be a Black King somehow, but I'm not sure how that'd work. It's still possible that he is entirely unrelated to anything else in the plot save Doc Scratch, but I really don't think that's the case at this point.

[Dracorion]

Jade's planet didn't look very "wintery", though. (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002603)

You might make the argument that WV is a terrible artist, but really the only reason LOWAS is a big blob of black is because he couldn't really draw with the chalk and use the motor oil.

Alternatively, it could be pointing at the future of LOWAS. I'm guessing Typheus wakes up extremely pissed.

EDIT @BitVyper: we saw Lord English on Alternia?

DOUBLE EDIT: Then again... (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002800) that looks like ash or snow to me.

[BitVyper]

Jade's planet didn't look very "wintery", though.

Jade's planet picture was 99% erupting volcano, and right now the volcano isn't active.

[The Argent Lord]

Omelette Sandwich is Eggs and Biscuit playing the same piece of music, going back in time, and playing it again with more instruments every time.
So delicious. This music is delicious.

I know this was a few pages back, but is it just me or would the song be better without the speed-up in tempo?

[Bard The 5th LW]

I can imagine Time Paradox being used in a future flash.

[Overcast]

I found the speed up in tempo went well with the instruments added, and also helped paint that chaos of instability that is Eggs and Biscuits forte.

[Arcanum]

If the book is truly referring to Jade's world, then it's pretty obvious her world is snow-themed. Even if the book isn't referring to her world, the snow-theme still makes sense since every world is cursed by the Denizen at the start, so why would they start with a lit Forge when it makes more sense from a game perspective for that Forge to be frozen until the Denizen's curse is lifted.

[Marc v4.0]

Hey..what if Jack..well..puts on the OTHER ring?

[Art of Hilt]

Apparently both of the Queens' rings in the troll session were destroyed by the trolls, and the White Queen's ring in the kids' session is safe on Earth in the future, so I don't think that's something to worry about.
Although for some reason I'm pretty sure the powers don't stack if it's a ring from the same session.

[Loyal]

I'm not so sure about that. Jack was pretty clearly after both rings.

[Geminex]

That might as well be so the other one isn't used against him. I'm not sure how powerful a queen wearing that ring would be, but I'm thinking Jack doesn't want to risk it.

[Loyal]

In short, it's inconclusive. And probably will remain so because as far as we know he never gets his hands on that other ring.

[Aldurin]

That Dog ship is their ticket back, being exiled is just a break to gain your bearings again and think over the situation.

Or for building your own town to be overrun by a group of green time-twisters.

EDIT: Oh shit flash update.

[Wigmund]

Land of Frost and Frogs...
So I guess that means Kanaya had the Land of Rays and Frogs.

[BitVyper]

Green sun on Becsprite bed. I guess that makes sense.

[POS Industries]

Land of Frost and Frogs...
So I guess that means Kanaya had the Land of Rays and Frogs.
Space == Frogs.

Obviously.

[Locke cole]

Space == Frogs.

Obviously.

No, Jade's associated element (not to be confused with her Title element, though they can be the same [John] ) is Earth.

Of course, this still breaks the pattern. Frost = Earth?

And I guess we can assume Kanayas Land was the Land of Rays and Frogs, since the last word of LOFAF used the same mosaic scramble.

[BitVyper]

Probably. Makes sense for God's forge to be populated by creatures bearing his image.

Also frogs == witches. Well, at least in this case it seems given. Kanaya probably wasn't a witch. Do we know her title? Ah, Sylph of Space, right.

[Locke cole]

You know, at this point I'm wondering if Billious Slick isn't Lord English.

Why yes, I do think that a giant frog god could pull off the look of the Cairo Overcoat.

[Bard The 5th LW]

The "Space" title seems to bring about anomalies.

I guess "Frost" = Earth and Frogs represent "Witch". If you notice, John's title and Element coincide, so the "Shade" part of his planet doesn't actually match up with anything.

[BitVyper]

You know, at this point I'm wondering if Billious Slick isn't Lord English.

Why yes, I do think that a giant frog god could pull off the look of the Cairo Overcoat.

Like I said (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1089888&postcount=2695); that could work. I don't know that I hold with it though.

Anyway, frogs, being symbols of God could work as being associated with space too.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Yeah, Frogs do have a meaning beyond just frogs in Homestuck, so that could be accurate.

And it seems like it was a pretty prosperous land aside from the snow. It was probably the Denizen that made the snow.

[Art of Hilt]

4/4 Lands Created
Session: GO

[Locke cole]

COMIC ENDS IN A MONTH.

[BitVyper]

COMIC ENDS IN A MONTH.

Act 6: Jack randomly explodes

Act 7: Lord English (revealed to be the horse from that awful painting) randomly explodes

Epilogue: Everyone has freaky bucket sex

Edit: FAT bucket sex.

[Dracorion]

Dammit Jade, why are you asleep again?

[Loyal]

...She's a narcoleptic, remember?

That isn't a thing that stopped being true, no matter how horrorterrifying the horrorterrors are.

[Dracorion]

Actually, I'm starting to wonder if Jade's narcolepsy isn't Vriska putting her to sleep over and over.

[Art of Hilt]

Well, Dutton's prophecy DID mention "irons, forgotten in the fire" when talking about Jade so hey why not.
other than the fact that her whole deal is with John and Dave would make it unlikely but whatevs

[Kim]

I have a sort of anime communion. It is my gift.

I am the Anime Whisperer.

I feel like there needs to be a live action low-budget television show on the Lifetime channel or some shit called the Anime Whisperer. I fail to see how a movie with that title could ever be awful except in the most wonderful ways.

[Fifthfiend]

The horrorterrors are dicks

[Geminex]

Huge dicks. Creative, though. I kinda like their style.

Though this is gonna be hell for Jade. She'll have to find some way to stay awake.

Edit:
Goodbye scary Terezi. It is scary Feferi's turn.
GLUB GLUB

[BitVyper]

(08:26:30) BitVyper: just reading the new pesterlogs
(08:27:55) greed: Heh, you finish them yet?
(08:27:58) BitVyper: AAAH!
(08:27:59) BitVyper: OH FUCK!
(08:28:01) BitVyper: AAAH!
(08:28:05) BitVyper: NEVER GONNA SLEEP AGAIN!

[Specterbane]

Well on the plus side it seems like Feferi set it up so that they could go to sleep safely without dieing thanks to those stable dream bubbles. This seems to mean she had to die to go do that, and as a result make sleep quite impossible for those who aren't narcoleptic as soon as you see her CREEPY CREEPY FACE.

I feel kinda bad for Sollux though, first Aradia now Feferi. That dude just has no luck with Red quadrant.

[Art of Hilt]

ha ha oh man what a thing to wake up to
regular nightmares oh nooooo

[Geminex]

Well on the plus side it seems like Feferi set it up so that they could go to sleep safely without dieing thanks to those stable dream bubbles. This seems to mean she had to die to go do that, and as a result make sleep quite impossible for those who aren't narcoleptic as soon as you see her CREEPY CREEPY FACE.
No, that wasn't a conversation with Feferi. That was the nightmare.

The first bit was jade reliving a past conversation. That's why she kept thinking it was their first conversation, because at the time they had it, it was their first. She's just remembering it now.

But then 'current' knowlege (like Feferi's fish puns and her agreeing not to use her quirk) started leaking in, and the conversation goes off-track. But I'm pretty sure the whole thing is still a dream. I'm not entirely certain if she's actually communicating with Feferi; I doubt it. I think this is all just the horrorterrors giving her nightmares. Said nightmares are realized with the Deadferi.

I think the whole this is memory mixed with nightmare. None of it's actually happening, and I'm pretty sure feferi isn't dead. We don't know what happened with the dream bubbles, but I doubt she managed to get them created yet. Cause this is their first conversation, and they've already had at least one afterwards, which was preceded by the nightmares.

Anyway, that's just my interpretation...

[BitVyper]

Yeah, I don't think Feferi is actually dead. Although it could be prophetic of her actual death. Who knows.

[Aldurin]

That is beyond creepy.

[Dracorion]

Look at it this way, Earl:

Maybe Bro is there too!

[Geminex]

In case feferi creeps you out too badly (http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33447-IMAGE-MANIPULATION-4-the-1-that-came-after-the-other-3&p=4341405&viewfull=1#post4341405)

In case she doesn't (http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33447-IMAGE-MANIPULATION-4-the-1-that-came-after-the-other-3&p=4341057&viewfull=1#post4341057)

[Flarecobra]

...Jade must have some good resistance agenst cold. She had snow on her and everything, and didn't even have covers over her.

And oddly enough, with that "Revelation", it didn't creep me out at all. Made me go "What happoned?"

And Feferi hugging the bunny was still adorable.

[Bard The 5th LW]

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5295/feferiisdeeaaaaaaad.png

[akaSM]

In case feferi creeps you out too badly (http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33447-IMAGE-MANIPULATION-4-the-1-that-came-after-the-other-3&p=4341405&viewfull=1#post4341405)

In case she doesn't (http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33447-IMAGE-MANIPULATION-4-the-1-that-came-after-the-other-3&p=4341057&viewfull=1#post4341057)

I preffer this one (http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33447-IMAGE-MANIPULATION-4-the-1-that-came-after-the-other-3&p=4341857&viewfull=1#post4341857) :D

[Bard The 5th LW]

I will hate you forever akaSM.

[Marc v4.0]

I don't think anything really happened, but I took it more as she is always in that realm as her dead dream self.

I say that and then next update "Oh, no, she got exploded or something stupid and is actually dead dead and not just dream dead" cause Hussie is a bastard like that

[Art of Hilt]

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8057/1291574199927.png

[Geminex]

Oh god. That thread just gets better and better. Or worse and worse, as it may be.

[Aldurin]

The image manip thread is becoming one of the most productive congregations of psychos ever.

[Loyal]

At least they've moved away from alt-blood nonsense.

[Token]

It's a sad state of affairs when a Homestuck thread on 4chan is less of a shithole than the official forums.

[Loyal]

Define "less of a shithole."

[edit] because that seems about standard, and par for the course.

[Aldurin]

We can't just assume that dead Fef is harmless. (http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33447-IMAGE-MANIPULATION-4-the-1-that-came-after-the-other-3&p=4342203&viewfull=1#post4342203)

[akaSM]

Hey, remember that 404 page with a lot of SWFs?

There's one with MSPA stuff (http://armada.lostsignalweb.com/mspa404/)

[POS Industries]

Hey, remember that 404 page with a lot of SWFs?

There's one with MSPA stuff (http://armada.lostsignalweb.com/mspa404/)
FUCK YEAH CRAB VANTAS: EXTREME SLEEPOVER

[Marc v4.0]

I was afraid this part would happen. Just how much of bec did the minions get hold of?

[Flarecobra]

Iiiiiiimp!

But yeah, that IS worrying...

[akaSM]

I forgot that the minions would get Bec-ified too, at least Jade has Becsprite with her, but the other guys don't :ohdear:

[Marc v4.0]

Well, I don't think John's Imps got wings or cat features, so it might not effect stuff already spawned

[Bard The 5th LW]

Wait what? Why is this happening?

If these imps get first guardian powers, than why didn't the troll imps get the Vast Glub?

[Geminex]

I don't think they get the full powers. But in one of the troll updates we saw the huge, glub-ified imps. So yeah, they do get some of the powers of the original, just not all of them.

Also, I see you no longer need a towel.

[Locke cole]

Omnipotimps? That's not good.

[Flarecobra]

Well, I don't think John's Imps got wings or cat features, so it might not effect stuff already spawned

Yes they did.

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004567

[Bard The 5th LW]

I don't think they get the full powers. But in one of the troll updates we saw the huge, glub-ified imps. So yeah, they do get some of the powers of the original, just not all of them.

Size does not equal power. Physical and aesthetic changes are confirmed, but true abilities are not necessarily confirmed. The glub makes you bleed from every orifice (if you're a troll) the imps we saw were just huge.

The Queen wasn't a problem because she didn't wear her ring, and the King was presumably waiting for them to reach Skaia before he went all out. But why would the Underlings with the glub just use it and kill all of their enemies off the bat?

[BitVyper]

but true abilities are not necessarily confirmed.

I'm reasonably certain that it was noted at least twice in the troll arc that prototyping something powerful would and did make the enemies more powerful. Eridan's narration before entering the game said it the most directly, but we also saw it to be the case in the form of an absolutely massive enemy when Nepeta and Equius got together (granted we didn't actually see that thing fight, but there comes a point where size indicates increased power on its own, not to mention all the extra limbs).

No one directly said "this will make them more powerful," but it was both heavily implied and shown to be the case. This would just be confirmation.

Edit: I think for the most part it probably depends somewhat on the level of the individual minion. Pawns and imps probably just get cosplay items. Uber monsters likely receive greater benefits.

Becquerel's prototyping may break some of those rules, of course. I'm guessing they snagged teleportation.

[Geminex]

Eh, I mis-phrased that. I should have said 'attributes' of the original.
I think with each prototyping the imps change and grow stronger, based on the attributes and power of whatever the sprite got prototyped with. However, while the ring-bearer feels the full brunt of the changes (which was why the king could GLUB), the effect on the imps will be lesser. Dilute.

I'm guessing the glub-imps either just got physical size and strength, or they got a watered-down version of the glub.

The omnipotimps are gonna have powers similar to bec's (or, well, we know they do, we just saw one use them), but in the same way dilute. They'll probably be able to screw with space quite a bit, maybe do some teleporting, whatever else bec could do, but weaker and more limited. Plus, y'know, they'll be stronger. But their increase in power won't come near to matching that of Jack's.

I'm over-explaining stuff here, but only cause I don't quite know where you're coming from.

[BitVyper]

Yeah, that's more or less what I'm figuring. Of course, it's entirely possible that all that will happen is we'll see an imp with a fake dog nose and something covering his eyes.

[Loyal]

I imagine the Underlings will have some degree of Bec Power, but it'll only pose any real threat to Jade, since everyone else has varying degrees of superpowers of their own, by now.

http://i53.tinypic.com/2rojnly.jpg

[Locke cole]

Hey, a witch startled the witch.

[Wigmund]

I imagine the Underlings will have some degree of Bec Power

Goddamn Uranium Imps

[PCD]

Well that answers that question. Gog damn.

Man people have been waiting for Sunslammer to be used for ages, hopefully this'll satisfy.

[BitVyper]

Well this isn't good.

[Token]

Fuck. Yes. Sunslammer.

EDIT: Also Becsprite or whatever and Dave waking up.

[Art of Hilt]

this
is
bullshit

awesome bullshit

still bullshit

[Geminex]

I think shit is getting seriously real right about now. I'm guessing uranium imps drop uranium when killed?

[Art of Hilt]

you are now manually imagining:


uranium ogres

uranium basilisks

uranium giclops

[Premmy]

Okay, 'fess up, Who else tried to keep up with the guitar riff when they aggrieved?

[POS Industries]

I love how Jade passed through both Rose and John's houses and encountered three different Daves and never once bothered to look up from her target to notice.

[Premmy]

Are we sure that was a Dave and not a John? I know he had the record on his shirt, so I'm leaning towards Dave, but do we REALLY believe Dave would Wear the Clever disguise and the ectobiologists suit?

[Intern Nin]

He would if he needed a disguise to commit the perfect crime (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004640).

EDIT: Also that's not the Jr Ectobiologist suit. It's a Felt suit Dave tried to alchemize much earlier (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003735).

[Premmy]

Completely slipped my mind.
Edit: watching that whilst listening to "let the Squiddles sleep" is surreal

[Flarecobra]

Wonder what would happon if she commanded the Imp to "Go Fetch."

[Aldurin]

Becsprite now has to tank for everyone, since this shit ain't goin' away by itself.

[Fifthfiend]

That's about enough of the goddamn flash stuff for now.

Time to get back to the pages and pages of not-actually-expository chatlogs that move this motherfucker forward, tiny fraction of an inch by teeth-pullingly prolonged tiny fraction of an inch.

EDIT: My fondest dream is to have some studio option Homestuck as a movie, then have some scriptwriter condense the entire thing into like, two and a half hours that manages to be completely dramatically satisfying and hit all the important plot points, like Scott Pilgrim minus the unappealing lead actor and the weird shit at the end where you can tell they were going to change the ending but didn't.

[Premmy]

It's actually kind of amazing that this flash really only had one thing going on but somehow managed to move several plot points forward.

Also, fuck yeah this song, fuuuuuckkkk yeah.

[Loyal]

Now I feel bad for the imp. I bet he was having so much fun with Jade.

[Art of Hilt]

jade's dead
2009-2010 RIP

i don't remember what year she was crash landed on Earth in so let's just go with her character appearance irl

[Flarecobra]

Good Dog.
Best Friend.
Nuclear Bomb.

[Aldurin]

Thermonuclear omnisprite is awesome.

[POS Industries]

That's about enough of the goddamn flash stuff for now.

Time to get back to the pages and pages of not-actually-expository chatlogs that move this motherfucker forward, tiny fraction of an inch by teeth-pullingly prolonged tiny fraction of an inch.

EDIT: My fondest dream is to have some studio option Homestuck as a movie, then have some scriptwriter condense the entire thing into like, two and a half hours that manages to be completely dramatically satisfying and hit all the important plot points, like Scott Pilgrim minus the unappealing lead actor and the weird shit at the end where you can tell they were going to change the ending but didn't.
I dunno, considering how straightforward and often predictable the bare plot really is, I find that the greater appeal for me is the character development and interaction. To condense it in such a way would be an undertaking of Shyamalanian proportions.

[BitVyper]

Thank you for that valuable insight, Becsprite. I think we all learned an important lesson today.