Homesuck: Vriska Rising

[Locke cole]

Because the wallet is simple and easy and ridiculously powerful?

[Pip Boy]

I must confess to you all, I giggled a little when Jade said "lunchmuffs".

[Art of Hilt]

So... did his prior fetch modus just vanish or something? I mean he only had three of 'em and I dunno why he'd have put the computer in the wallet.

They're all with his dead body.
The computer was Dad's. It came with the wallet.

Also damn it John.
Damn it.
Damn it John damn it that fucking face John.
(Still the best)

[Hyndrays]

Ugh, I laughed so hard how john is just all happy and derp-faced while jade is trying to break bad news to him and also warn him.

Also lol'ed at the ''Yeah, You're never going to read this are you :l''

[Aldurin]

John has resumed being John, balance has been restored.

[Locke cole]

But Rose is still Grimdark.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Rose is dead right now. Then she will go Godtier or something. And die again after that.

[Art of Hilt]

Dammit, all these holes just popped up in my John / Rose ship.


Woah wait did something just happen in the recent updates to poke all those holes there?
I mean other than the fact that they're basically kind of like stepsiblings.

[Aldurin]

Woah wait did something just happen in the recent updates to poke all those holes there?
I mean other than the fact that they're basically kind of like stepsiblings.

Actually it's Jade that's like John's sister.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

That face makes me laugh AT ALL TIMES.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Actually it's Jade that's like John's sister.

Jade is John's biological sibling.

John's Dad and Rose's mom were clearly into eachother though. Had they survived, they would very possibly have married or something of the sort. Thus, John and Rose would be step-siblings. Not that hard to understand.

[Art of Hilt]

Yeah exactly.
Plus with all civilization destroyed, the only way to get married for real is by a captain on a ship.

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/01896.gif

[Locke cole]

Oh man. That would mean that John has no viable partners, if everyone is related to him/male.

[Loyal]

We all know Andrew's had his heart set on JohnxVriska from day one.

[BitVyper]

I hold out some hope for John/Vriska, but looking back on things, regardless of what Vriska was going for at the time, they fall pretty clearly into Moirail territory.

There is yet hope though!

[Art of Hilt]

Oh man. That would mean that John has no viable partners, if everyone is related to him/male.

No no no no no.
There is someone who similarly has no viable partners, at least at first.
Her first boyfriend is doomed with a girl waiting for him in the other life.
Her second boyfriend is dead with thousands of alt versions of herself to keep him company, and all of a version who was actually in a relationship with him. She can't be with him because she's an immortal who does not plan on dying, ever.

That's right.

Thaaaaat's right.

John/Aradia OTP.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Well John and Rose's parents are dead now, so they don't have to worry about being step-siblings at the very least.

[Art of Hilt]

I think the fact that Dad/Mom explicitly happened in the narrative wouldn't be ignored and forgotten just because they died.
It's like the first and most absolute canon <3 ship in the entire story.

[Dracorion]

No, that was BroxCal.

[Loyal]

Bro and Cal were plainly <>.

[MuMu]

Of course your Dad is there, where else could he be if not into the ominous dark storm?

[Flarecobra]

Dunn dun dunn?

[Token]

Ah John. You big, adorable derp.

[Loyal]

Time for John to rescue Rose from herself.

[Hyndrays]

2X DERP FACE COMBO
Edit: I'm sensing a Flash since its not been updated for awhile

[Solid Snake]

AWESOME UPDATE INCOMING

(...My John / Rose ship is back in action, and that seafaring vessel is as shiny and pretty a sight as ever.)

Also John overall in this update: FUCKING ADORABLE.

[POS Industries]

...My John / Rose ship is back in action,
I really never expected to see someone possessed by nameless old ones act so adorably.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I really never expected to see someone possessed by nameless old ones act so adorably.

Seconding that thought.
Such a cute couple.

[Grimpond]

WHAT NO DON'T CUT TO BLACK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Locke cole]

"Well, this is interest- nonononNO KARKA- oh wait that's just Dad."
"So, she's descending to do someth-holy crap it's Grimdarkbound."

Was anyone else disturbed by her reactions at the start? Examine her mother, and she has no reaction except for "Jack isn't here."

[russianreversal]

My god that was so many fucking stairs, AND CURTAINS. Was totally worth it, though.

Still laughing at "WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY it was Jack stupid."

[Aldurin]

Requesting rip of Grimdark Rose glaring at John for an avatar. I will somehow manage to accommodate that and an MLP avatar simultaneously.

[POS Industries]

Requesting rip of Grimdark Rose glaring at John for an avatar. I will somehow manage to accommodate that and an MLP avatar simultaneously.
Fuck you, I'm making that for myself.

EDIT: Forget it. The nuances of transparent color have bested me.

[BitVyper]

Red curtains for the kids, red/blue curtains for the trolls, and then green curtains. First time we've seen those, I think. Could be alluding to the reset.

[MuMu]

The first curtains were the Acts we've seen so...possibly second spectator?

Green has been associated with The Felt so far...but it wouldn't make much sense for them to be in that castle. Unless LE is closer than we've thought.

[Aldurin]

Unless LE is closer than we've thought.

He is already here. That much has been given from forever ago.

[POS Industries]

Yeah, I can't edit for shit so if anyone wants to make a working gif out of this mess (http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o159/posindustries/grimdark/), feel free.

[Locke cole]

The curtains Rose opened were the ones we've already seen. Ending with Act 5.2, which led to a small platform that looked like the Beat Mesa.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Aldurin]

This is awesome. Also POS I can give you the gif in its original size for your own use.

EDIT: http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/EvilEarl/grimdark.gifIt was a pain guessing the framerate.

[Fifthfiend]

ain't no party like a rose-avvie party cause grnaggle fnthag'n enggrlk surrnk engaulk

[Aldurin]

ain't no party like a rose-avvie party cause grnaggle fnthag'n enggrlk surrnk engaulk

That will not go unchallenged.

[Locke cole]

Anyone with a Rose avatar must speak exclusively in Eldritch.

[Fifthfiend]

Anyone with a Rose avatar must speak exclusively in Eldritch.

what thats stupid nobody's going to do that

[synkr0nized]

Aww, Rose is still amazing and makes grey emo look cute.

[Loyal]

Haha. More lesbian erotica. I'm assuming the one who isn't the queen is supposed to be PM or something, that seems to be a not-unpopular ship in the fandom.

Poor John. So clueless. But at least Rose is still enough there that she recognizes when her fashion sense is being complimented.

[Specterbane]

Aww, Rose is still amazing and makes grey emo look cute.

Now to be fair, Rose is about as Emo as Vilbert was Goth (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/01/08/episode-370-really-itd-be-doing-him-a-favor/).

[Revising Ocelot]

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110330111541/mspaintadventures/images/b/be/BecNoirSprite2.gif

Made me jump.

[synkr0nized]

Also, fuck you, bookshelves. I will go find Jack when I am good and ready, and you will report to me your contents.

[Aldurin]

Ok, channeling dark energy that quickly is tiring. Back to a normal pace.

Also this makes a good first-date story for JohnxRose.

"Well that was back when I was a badass hood-wearing overlord of the wind, and Rose was in her even more badass Grimdark mode. Sure I couldn't understand anything she said but we hit it off real well."

[Marc v4.0]

Haha. More lesbian erotica. I'm assuming the one who isn't the queen is supposed to be PM or something, that seems to be a not-unpopular ship in the fandom.

Poor John. So clueless. But at least Rose is still enough there that she recognizes when her fashion sense is being complimented.


wait, what?

[Aldurin]

Oh yeah, anybody think that the purple sun represents anything? All I can figure is that since the green sun powers the First Guardians, that purple sun has been powering Rose's magic and her grimdark mode. I think it's pretty likely since right before hand Doc made her question the source of her "magic".

Any thoughts?

[Flarecobra]

Investigate the bookshelves in the Flash.

[Aldurin]

Investigate the bookshelves in the Flash.

I don't see any indication of the purple sun or purple power being mentioned, just back to the fanfic, Data Structuring, Frog-Breeding and various forms of "too many books, this is boring, continue with the actual flash."

[Marc v4.0]

That was for me

But I didn't see any mentioning of a purple sun at all

[Pip Boy]

I love how silly and derpy all of John's expressions were throughout the entirety of their first conversation. Considering making an avvy of one of them.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Please someone explain to me what derpy means. I used to understand it as a ridiculously stupid facial expression. But with what some people here call "derpfaces" I'm beginning to wonder whether this is still the case in our fast-moving internet culture.

Or if I'm just too accustomed to madness. Or blind.

EDIT: Yeah, you might think my signature was made by someone blind. But don't be fooled.

[Pip Boy]

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/03687.gif
http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/03688.gif

These are prime examples of the "derpface".

[Loyal]

"Derp" means anywhere between "You incompetent idiot" and "Adorkable (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Adorkable)", depending on context.

[Amake]

It's the onomatopoeic sound effect of stupidity, to be specific. It's usually accompanied by a stupid face, but it's just cause we tend to make those faces in those moments of stupidity that produce the sound, to such a degree that nowadays a face alone can be described as derpful.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

I know what "derp" means, which is why I'm confused about its usage here.

Let's all argue about derpiness for the next seven pages (set to 40 posts per page, obviously)

[Flarecobra]

This is DERP. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Effectiveness_Review_Project)

[Hyndrays]

This is DERP. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Effectiveness_Review_Project)

You win for this

[Revising Ocelot]

http://www.formspring.me/mspadventures/q/177688655232538268

So yeah, Act 5's been going for a year now?

[Bard The 5th LW]

The tapestries being cut by Jack is foreboding. Everyone dies but Jade?

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

The tapestries being cut by Jack is foreboding. Everyone dies but Jade?

Oooor Jack hates everyone but Jade, was tearing down tapestries and couldn't bring himself to tear hers down.
Just like he couldn't bring himself to kill the girl.

[Fifthfiend]

Can you forebode shit that's happened? Dude already murdered two of 'em.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Can you forebode shit that's happened? Dude already murdered two of 'em.

Retroactive foreboding , man.

[Krylo]

Just like he couldn't bring himself to kill the girl.

And now I want to see Little Mermaid's 'Kiss the Girl' redone with Jack and Jade, and kill replacing every instance of kiss.

[Locke cole]

~Sha la la la
My oh my
Looks like the dog's too shy
ain't gonna kill the girl
sha la la la~

[Bard The 5th LW]

Can you forebode shit that's happened? Dude already murdered two of 'em.

I suppose, but Alpha Dave is still alive and John's just more powerful than before though.

[Marc v4.0]

I think he was just tearing shit down and couldn't bring himself to do anything to her banner.

Not everything has some complex double reach around meaning.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I'm not doubring it, in fact I didn't think of the "you cannot kill the girl" thing when I initially posted, but how did Jack know that was her symbol anyways? Like, does she even know her own symbol? Not much has happened to imply Jack knows of their titles.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I'm not doubring it, in fact I didn't think of the "you cannot kill the girl" thing when I initially posted, but how did Jack know that was her symbol anyways? Like, does she even know her own symbol? Not much has happened to imply Jack knows of their titles.

http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005455
He knows enough about her through Bec's memories to know her symbol I think.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Did Bec ever know? He only existed in Sburb briefly before Jadesprite came about.

[Loyal]

I don't see why he wouldn't. Each of the guardians seemed to have an unmistakable affinity (if not outright foreknowledge) for SBurb long before it became relevant to them. I don't see why Bec would be an exception, particularly since he, being the First Guardian, was arguably more "Sburby" than any of the others.

[rpgdemon]

I was thinking, are we sure that it was a doomed offshoot Dave who was killed? We've seen that Trollian can only see the Alpha timeline, after all, and that Tezeri was really upset over things.

[Locke cole]

Yeah, pretty sure. She's just upset for being implicit in the death of a Dave, any Dave.

[Amake]

[S] update just a minute ago. Holy Shit Quotient: Ultimate!

[Solid Snake]

John...

...

...I...

...I was not...

...I was not expecting that.

(I thought Vriska alluded to speaking with him again?)

[A Zarkin' Frood]

(I thought Vriska alluded to speaking with him again?)
Perhaps not linearly. We also don't know what it takes to really kill a God Tier player yet. Still, ridiculously high HSQ.

[Solid Snake]

DAVE

DAVE YOU HAVE TIME-TRAVELED AND LIVED THIS SAME DAY THREE TIMES

YOU CLEARLY KNOW THE OUTCOME HERE

IF YOU'RE SERIOUSLY NOT GOING TO EVEN TRY TO STOP JOHN FROM DYING

I WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU

[A Zarkin' Frood]

John gets stabbed by Jack Noir. Save your spoiler tags for when it's reasonable not to expect spoilers. Like every other thread. Not that I want to come across as an ass, though. Or the authority on the usage of spoiler tags. In fact, forget I ever made this post.

[Solid Snake]

I figure I'd rely on spoiler tags so closely after an update so I wouldn't, y'know, spoil it for anyone who didn't know there was an update yet. Common courtesy I guess? I wouldn't use the spoiler tags in about...oh, say, two or three hours.

[katiuska]

Perhaps not linearly. We also don't know what it takes to really kill a God Tier player yet. Still, ridiculously high HSQ.

Well, Doc Scratch did feed us a bit of exposition there (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005530) in his last appearance, although, like a lot of things, it's vaguely defined enough that terms like "just" and "heroic" could mean any number of things.

(I thought Vriska alluded to speaking with him again?)

More to the point, didn't we actually see him conversing with Karkat on LOHAC right before the scratch? Like, the first time Karkat contacts him? I'm honestly a bit more concerned about Rose right now.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Yeah, I kinda updated my post because I forgot this wasn't updated hours ago (which is usually when I read updates).
I just assumed everyone would check MSPA before reading this thread by now too, because seriously. No one ever used spoiler tags here except for a few times when it was really minor things, almost as if it was a joke.

[Revising Ocelot]

Kinda an anticlimatic death. And God Tiers are supposed to only be able to die when the death is heroic or just. So John will be fine. Rose, probably not. And he still has to talk to Karkat, temporal protection!

[Marc v4.0]

Kinda an anticlimatic death. And God Tiers are supposed to only be able to die when the death is heroic or just. So John will be fine. Rose, probably not. And he still has to talk to Karkat, temporal protection!

Pretty much this. He has to be alive and well in LOHAC later.

In other words: NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXT

[Loyal]

Yeah, we already know John's alive and well for speaking with Karkat, so this update really only made me go, "...Huh."

[Marc v4.0]

There is barely any suspense to be had with that, why He wouldn't just put this together in a string of updates to show the death and eventual healing all together is as boggling as why He wouldn't just skip the Death scene altogether since we know it is a fake out

[rpgdemon]

There's probably some reason. Showing how the God-Tiers work, or something.

[Hyndrays]

I'm more interested in the explosion at the end.

[Aldurin]

At least Rose is actually flipping out enough to use her new powers, and just the sheer fact that she can hold up against a First Guardian (or the equivalent) is scary.

EDIT: That kind of power is lending strength to the possibility of the purple sun shown for a split second in the last flash, acting as an opposing force to the green sun and currently having Rose draw power from it.

[Donomni]

I was still surprised at John getting stabbed, but I thought his wound would just close up quick due to God-Tier-ness, but I guess it's a delayed regeneration. Or slow regeneration. One of those.

[Locke cole]

Or maybe this was heroic.

Just horribly, stupidly, suicidally heroic, to try to take vengeance on this particular horrible murdering monster.

[Pip Boy]

She's gone Super Grimdark 2!

[Hyndrays]

What's the song after after john gets stabbed and rose starts flipping out

[Bard The 5th LW]

Its the same song as the start of the Flash. The credits list it as "The Price of Oblivion". It'll probably be out by the next album.

[rpgdemon]

It could just be coincidence, but look to where John is laying on his face. The stab mark on his back looks suspiciously like the bit that gives you the answer on a magic 8 ball, or a magic Cue Ball, as it might be.

[Flarecobra]

Wow. And yesterday I joked with Earl that there was a new Flash animation...

Freaky.

[Pip Boy]

Does anyone know what album the music in that last flash came from? DO WANT.jpg

[Locke cole]

The album doesn't exist yet.

[Pip Boy]

Oh well. Guess I'll have to wait. (http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/)

[Revising Ocelot]

I think Hussie wrote somewhere there'd be a new album every month. So you probably won't need to wait long.

[Flarecobra]

On albums: I'd like to put out more solo albums. The sound guys have a lot of good stuff to share. I'm thinking of doing an "Artist of the Month" thing, in addition to continue to release the more general story albums. I guess what I'm saying is - MORE MUSIC FOR YOU. I'm trying to keep these pretty cheap. $4.13's a good number. Get used to seeing it! (as if you aren't already)


There ya go.

[Fifthfiend]

A Softer Homestuck (http://asofterhome.tumblr.com/)

[Grimpond]

nooooooooo dave don't pull it out!

[Locke cole]

He's not.

He's going to break it in two.

[Art of Hilt]

No, don't break it in two, that'd be worse! ): He's got to learn to be a man, and that means learning to pull it out
All these dead parents. All these sads.

[Loyal]

I think either he can't break it, or it'd be a very bad idea to. Probably still has Beat Mesa energies.

[Revising Ocelot]

Why do I get the impression Jack is going to teleport-throat-slit him?

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

UPDATE:
Hahahaha....oh, that's great.

[Fifthfiend]

I was kinda hoping for "NOT A PIECE OF SHIT"

[Flarecobra]

That's actually pretty funny. :D

[Arcanum]

Oh no! Dave's shades! Now Terezi will finally see his eyes :ohdear:

[Pip Boy]

No she wont lol. :3:

[Marc v4.0]

Considering the sword damaged the Beat Mesa, I begin to wonder if it isn't made out of a quill itself

[Art of Hilt]

You know, when Dave always threatened to do an acrobatic fucking pirouette off the handle, I always figured he meant, like, a handle of a door, instead of a sword.

[Fifthfiend]

Oh no! Dave's shades! Now Terezi will finally see his eyes :ohdear:

No she wont lol. :3:

hahahahaha

[Loyal]

...Oh wow I can't believe I only just got that.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

LIL' BRO

IF YOU ARE READING THIS, IT MEANS YOU FLIPPED RIGHT OFF THE HANDLE OF MY SWORD WHILE TRYING TO BREAK IT.
YOU'RE PROBABLY COVERED IN MUD, FRUSTRATED, AND CONFUSED. DURING THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO LET YOU REMIND YOU OF SOMETHING:

DON'T TOUCH MY SHIT.

[Loyal]

not at all how bro talks. (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002512)

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

not at all how bro talks. (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002512)

Damn, foiled by canon notes I didn't remember.

[Hyndrays]

Wait a minute....
How is he talking to Terezi via the shades if they are on the ground next to him? It's not sound operating is it? :o

[Bard The 5th LW]

How does it work with just wearing them? It never really made much sense from the start.

edit: voice seems likely though, as Sollux had some sort of radio walkie-talkie thing that he talked to Terezi with over Trollian.

[Hyndrays]

I always thought when he was wearing the shades, It was kind of like seeing through them, but could be turned on and was kind of like looking at a desktop, with your eyes being the mouse, and your thoughts typing.

That's probably just me though :/

[rpgdemon]

Update.


I enjoy this law abiding dude.

[Flarecobra]

So, Dave's eyes are offically red. Interesting.

[Locke cole]

They've been officially red for a while now.

[Arcanum]

I think in [S] Jade: Wake up (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004748) was the first time we saw Dave's eyes sans shades. I don't remember anything earlier than that where we get a glimpse at his eyes.

[Revising Ocelot]

So we get Dave after 600ish pages and now we're going to cut to AR and the other exiles soon, I guess. About time for that.

[Loyal]

No update yet, but John: Ascend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcEBX74AWE)

[Flarecobra]

... Karkat's face at the end of that... wow.

[Marc v4.0]

No update yet, but John: Ascend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcEBX74AWE)

i am laughing so hard i am crying i hate you

[Grimpond]

No update yet, but John: Ascend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcEBX74AWE)

you motherfucker

[akaSM]

Rose's voices somehow fits her O_o

[Premmy]

See, now all I can do is laugh my ass off, then go find DBZ music and rock my face off. You keep this up and I'll just be one seriously amused skeleton.

[Hyndrays]

I honestly won't be surprised if i see Terezi licks dave's face if we get to see the scratch from the human perspective now.

[Revising Ocelot]

Er. New SBAHJ. http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=027.jpg

[Aldurin]

Er. New SBAHJ. http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=027.jpg

What is it supposed to accidentally (or not) predict? Or is this referring to the whole "The glory of Zillyhoo" flash?

[Revising Ocelot]

What is it supposed to accidentally (or not) predict? Or is this referring to the whole "The glory of Zillyhoo" flash?

Bottom part reminds me of http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004504, I guess. But the Scratch isn't going to happen on 4/13, so I've got no clue. Maybe how Gamzee gets the Warhammer of Zillyhoo since those church windows look like the ones in the flash?

[rpgdemon]

Intentional or not, those smallest frames are a magic eye.

[Art of Hilt]

Update.
AR, your time has been brief but plentiful in mirth.

[Aldurin]

Dave saying stuff against his will is hilarious. If only there could have been more.

[rpgdemon]

Also, in case you're wondering, I was serious about the magic eye thing. It's a staircase.

[Aldurin]

Also, in case you're wondering, I was serious about the magic eye thing. It's a staircase.

If it is, then it's the first magic eye thing I haven't been able to do (also the first time attempted when it's on a computer screen.)

[rpgdemon]

It very well might just be a coincidence that it happened to be that way. It's really hard to get, because what SEEMS like it should line up and make the magic eye doesn't actually line up, and you have to go further/not as far.



Those two dots should be approximately lined up.

Also: Irony: Saving a SBAHJ panel as a .png to avoid artification.

[Aldurin]

Saving a SBAHJ panel as a .png to avoid artification.

BLASPHEMY!!

[Revising Ocelot]

I will not be conned into squinting at a bunch of boxes trying to envisage a seal, like I did when I was 8 years old. Magic eyes are all fake and part of a grand conspiracy designed to wreck eyesight across generations, carried out by the.... eh, let's say Illuminati for now.

[Specterbane]

Come on now Ocelot, are you sure it's not...THE PATRIOTS!!!

But really that kinda reminds me of this (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004504) page here.

[Flarecobra]

Updates.

And Terezi takes monologuing VERY SERIOUSLY.

[Locke cole]

Nepeta.

33:

[russianreversal]

So apparently Alternia has the best Judicial system ever.

[Overcast]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljlz2qF6ol1qhxa6go1_500.png

[Specterbane]

So apparently Alternia has the best Judicial system ever.

You know, this makes me terrified at the prospect of Alternia having a Dog the Bounty Hunter (http://www.dogthebountyhunter.com/) counter part. Since if just about every single one is like him but just more hardcore about it, what would the bat-shit-crazy one be like?

*shudders*

[Revising Ocelot]

I get the impression that Terezi planted the 8-ball and poster by Nepeta, rather than Gamzee doing it. It's not about truth, it's about BL1ND JUST1C3 to strenghen the case against Vriska. Gamzee wouldn't care about framing someone, he just wants to subjugglate and paint the pictures.

Disappointed but not surprised there's no 4/13 flash, since AH said there probably wouldn't be one some weeks back.

[Loyal]

I rather doubt that, considering Terezi has literally nobody to prove positively jack shit to, and she's already got a rock-solid "case" regarding Tavros.

Further, Alternian courts aren't really concerned too much about anything resembling actual justice. (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005265)

[Bard The 5th LW]

Whats all this then?

[Art of Hilt]

ALRIGHT

WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS HID DISC TWO

COME ON, FESS UP

I'M NOT LETTING ALL THIS GAME ON THE MEMORY CARD GO TO WASTE DAMN IT

[Locke cole]

This is how the comic ends. Not with a scratch, but with a missing disc.

[Aldurin]

I predict either Homestuck going on hiatus justified by this flash, or there's going to be more fourth wall stuff.

[Revising Ocelot]

Hussie finds Disc 2 under the sofa, but it's scratched. Oh well. Plug it in and try to ignore any weird glitches.

I think he needs a hiatus though, updates have been very sporadic lately. By his standards anyway, for a webcomic in general having on average >2 updates a week with no Schedule Slip is BLASPHEMY.

[The SSB Intern]

http://www.projectwonderful.com/img/uploads/pics/61063-1302804292.jpg (http://www.projectwonderful.com/out.php?go=97677675&_r=http%3A//www.google.com/url%3Fsa%3Dt%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D1%26ved%3D0CBQQ FjAA%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.mspaintadventu res.com%252F%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dmspaintadventures%26e i%3D6ESnTbS6E4XWtQOU5_D4DA%26usg%3DAFQjCNH_xVxBE79 hxYfYqiOOBw0UPpE1Iw)

Banner ad at the top of page. Seems to link to youtube, so my school's web filter won't let me see it. Anyone mind checking this out and reporting?

[Red Mage Black]

I don't know, I don't see any banner ads for anything, but maybe this is it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcEBX74AWE)? A buddy showed it to me. It's pretty friggin' awesome. Also, could anyone please get me the spinning disc one in avatar form? That would be highly appreciated.

[Flarecobra]

Yep, it is.

[The SSB Intern]

Huh. Not what I expected, but okay.

[Bard The 5th LW]

http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/

new album

[Aldurin]

Not as impressive as the other albums, but it's nice for mellow, full-length themes. I like Wind the best, probably because I'm a sucker for reversed musical notes.

[Specterbane]

I like it. Especially how all the songs tie into the kids world and seem to use their respective instruments pretty well in some way, for the most part.

[Locke cole]

Two Best Friends Play SBURB (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N8HOWTja_s&feature=player_embedded)

[BitVyper]

You know, in spite of the fact that all of the prophetic writings in the recent playable flash reveal that the white kingdom knew this session was doomed, the White Queen still told Jade (as Jadesprite said) that she would create a universe.

[Dracorion]

A) Wouldn't the post-Scratch universe count as a new universe? Sort of technically?

B) Even if the resetted universe doesn't count, the kids still might escape the Scratch and who knows? They just might end up making an universe. Maybe the troll's universe.

[BitVyper]

That's what I'm saying - I don't think the White Queen would have said that stuff if the Jade wasn't going to be directly involved in creating a universe. Then again, I don't remember the exact quote, so it's possible she just told Jade that her purpose was to create a universe, not that she would succeed.

[Locke cole]

So: news posts up. The new album is officially announced, new stuff in the store including a Sepulchritude hoodie, and an actually pretty sweet speech about his fandom.

[BitVyper]

Buh.... Terezi.... wha?

Edit: I mean, Hivebent didn't even HAVE an install disc, let alone a PS-style game disk. They all got the files from each other, and Sollux adapted the thing on his own machine.

[Flarecobra]

The trolls don't need any disks. They got grubs anyway.

[Revising Ocelot]

Scratch & Sniff fetch modus.



....


THIS IS STUPID AND I AM STUPID.

[CelesJessa]

I don't know if anyone's posted about this yet but someone has made the Pesterchum a real thing. (http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?37333-PESTERCHUM-3.14-Brand-new-Pesterchum) It's pretty amusing (for dorky fans like myself (http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1690/gpdw.jpg)).

So if any of you wants to be a huge dork like me and get in on that for fun, my chumhandle is causticJester (CJ) And all screennames have to be similar so the thing can shorten it to CJ or something like that.

[BitVyper]

SO if everyone already knows about this I'll feel pretty lame

Um... so just hypothetically speaking, if you realised that some people had had it in their sigs for months, would that make it worse?

[CelesJessa]

Um... so just hypothetically speaking, if you realised that some people had had it in their sigs for months, would that make it worse?

Ffff yes maybe. But the updated one is only a month old or something I thought.

Don't mind me. Just going to.... fail over here.

PS. When I saw people's pesterchum handles I assumed they just meant normal IM stuff and I'm really tired and not making logical decisions. FEEL FREE TO LAUGH AT MY EXPENSE.

[BitVyper]

Hahaha, actually thanks for the link. I haven't used Pesterchum in forever, so I should get the newer version.

[Premmy]

Celes, I want that background

[CelesJessa]

Celes, I want that background


Can do. (http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/5161/yeahhhhhhhhbydoodlemast.jpg) And if you happen to have a dual screen monitor I can help set you up with a two screen deal. (http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/65/74788678.png) (although I made it myself to fit with my screen, I don't know how well it would work if I couldn't see your screens.)

[Locke cole]

Updates ho, everyone.

That shopkeep room was an actual place?

[Hyndrays]

Oh god a looping flash with sound. This is going to be torturous waiting for a new update.
And boy does Gamzees dance thing look weird.

[Revising Ocelot]

Well, Terezi's dead.

Gamzee will be the most important character in Homestuck because he will be the ONLY character left in Homestuck.

[rpgdemon]

I dunno, Gamzee seems much more old-Gamzeeish here. Dancing around, cheerful music...

[Ryong]

Oh god a looping flash with sound. This is going to be torturous waiting for a new update.
And boy does Gamzees dance thing look weird.

Gamzee's dance is dance that the shopkeeps from the Mana series do.

[Art of Hilt]

So Gamzee's so fast that he leaves behind blurry shadows.
But Kanaya is faster because she can take him by surprise.
Kanaya is the only one who can do an actual flashstep because she's the only one who is literally flashing.

IT ALL MAKES SENS- no wait that's dumb

[Dracorion]

Is it me or is the song playing in the shopkeep room a silly version of Chrono Trigger's world map theme?

[Pip Boy]

It seems that people get very serious about roleplaying on that pesterchum program. Also, several of the cannon chumhandles seem to be available at any time, while about 70% ish are used. So if you want, you can add all the cannon ones for basically the equivalent of roleplaying chatroulette with homestuck fans. And maybe like 20% more cybersex.

[POS Industries]

And maybe like 20% more cybersex.
Still not nearly enough to keep me interested.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Is it me or is the song playing in the shopkeep room a silly version of Chrono Trigger's world map theme?

Its apparently from Secret of Mana

[Loyal]

It's more-or-less a remix of Secret of Mana's Salamando/Fairy Child (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asFt6xmNLY4).

[Art of Hilt]

gais check out this totally legit theory i made

http://i56.tinypic.com/2pphg5j.png

e- Update.
TEREZI: MASTER DETECTIVE

[Bard The 5th LW]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHDONTTURNAR OUNDTEREZIHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arcanum]

Yes. This is very clearly obviously spidertroll's doing. It could never be poor sweet lovable Gamzee. Spidertroll is obviously controlling that gentle soul.

[Aldurin]

If only Terezi had a proper derp face to go with the moment.

[Marc v4.0]

I have a feeling he isn't going to bother with her because she is basically ignoring him and just not terrified. No fun.

[Aldurin]

Oh yeah, it occurred to me earlier that since Terezi's blindness was a result of Vriska, she would regain her sight going to God Tier (if it ever happens). Do you guys think she would keep her badass/creepy smellsight?

[POS Industries]

As I recall, it's been established that she's already chosen to, given that her dream self was blind only because she wanted it to be.

[Hyndrays]

So apparently that song from Secret of Mana is ''Xrom'' According to the record.

[Revising Ocelot]

Nah, the one used in the previous flash is on the credits as Secret ROM.

Can't help but think this is an excuse to get Trollcops in the comic. Which isn't a bad thing... and I could have sworn I made a post last night saying that Gamzee must be related to Bro. :raise:

[POS Industries]

I think I'm mostly disappointed that anything other than Johnny C. Bad is coming out of that Victrola.

[Aldurin]

As I recall, it's been established that she's already chosen to, given that her dream self was blind only because she wanted it to be.

Actually the Make Her Pay flash showed that Vriska simultaneously blinded both selves, but Terezi just thinks that the dreamself blindness was natural.

[POS Industries]

Actually the Make Her Pay flash showed that Vriska simultaneously blinded both selves, but Terezi just thinks that the dreamself blindness was natural.
Nah. (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004476)

GC: TH3 DR34M S3LF 1M4G3 1 PROJ3CT C4N'T S33, B3C4US3 1 GU3SS D33P DOWN 1 DONT R34LLY W4NT TO
CG: WHY IS THAT.
CG: IS IT OUT OF SPITE TO VRISKA?
CG: I KNOW I'D PROBABLY BE COOL WITH IT OUT OF SPITE MORE THAN ANYTHING.
GC: NO
GC: NOT TH4T TH3R3 W4SNT SOM3 S4T1SF4CT1ON 1N B31NG OK4Y W1TH 1T
GC: GR4T3FUL 4BOUT 1T 3V3N!
GC: 4ND M4K1NG SUR3 SH3 KN3W TH4T
GC: BUT TH4TS NOT 1T
GC: TH3 D4Y 1T H4PP3N3D W4S TH3 F1RST T1M3 1 3V3R H34RD FROM MY LUSUS
GC: SH3 WOK3 M3 UP, 4ND 3V3R S1NC3 H4S B33N T34CH1NG M3 4 D1FF3R3NT W4Y TO S33
GC: 4 D1FF3R3NT W4Y TO P3RC31V3 3V3RYTH1NG 1 GU3SS, NOT JUST 1N 4 S3NSORY W4Y

[Kim]

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

NOT QUITE GYMNOPEDIE NO. 1

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

[Loyal]

Um, no Earl. Dream-Terezi was looking at Skaia. If Skaia were bright enough to blind her at a distance, everyone who tried standing on it would go instantly blind, assuming they weren't instantly vaporized from the associated heat.

[rpgdemon]

I think I'm mostly disappointed that anything other than Johnny C. Bad is coming out of that Victrola.

Shouldn't it be Johnny C Badde?

[Loyal]

Shouldn't it be Johnny C Badde?

Nope. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zma2oal2yU)

e: And this "XROM" is subtly different from "Secret ROM".

[MuMu]

He's Lord English, of course.

[Flarecobra]

That's one giant "Who's This Douchebag" sign.

[Loyal]

Hussie seems bent on plugging that song.

[Art of Hilt]

That's one giant "Who's This Douchebag" sign.

10250 pixels tall.

[Aldurin]

That's one giant "Who's This Douchebag" sign.

I clearly need to wait for the perfect moment long after we've forgotten about this before I post it.

[Pip Boy]

"Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you. Make her a member of the midnight crew."

"Make her a member of the midnight crew."

Panel Containing "I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew". (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005625)

Panel Containing "Black". (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003568)

These are the words from the beginning of the song "Black" which played in the video where the Black Queen was overthrown by Jack, leading to the events that eventually probably turn her into Snowman. This can only mean one thing.

SpadesSlickxSnowman!

[rpgdemon]

Wrong Jack, actually. That was kid Jack killing the black queen. Troll Jack exiled her.

[Pip Boy]

I just asserted that Lord English is the love child of Snowman and Spades Slick, and your only problem with it is that I'm talking about the wrong Jack?

[Revising Ocelot]

Update of foreshadowing.

Wonder why Gamzee isn't scratching her with Nepeta claws yet, to go with the general theme.

[Hyndrays]

I kinda WANT her to be killed. I'm so used to death now.

[rpgdemon]

I just asserted that Lord English is the love child of Snowman and Spades Slick, and your only problem with it is that I'm talking about the wrong Jack?

Yeah, pretty much.

[Aldurin]

It appears Hussie is trying to throw a couple of negative (in the Vriska way) points on Terezi.

THE SCRATCH CAUSED THE SCRATCH!

[Pip Boy]

THE SCRATCH CAUSED THE SCRATCH!

Makes about as much sense as anything else lately.

[Amake]

SCRATCH and sniff modus! Damnit, the clues were there all along, why didn't we see it coming?

[Art of Hilt]

THE SCRATCH CAUSED THE SCRATCH!

http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu181/Nopad37/Picture7-1.png

[Loyal]

Huh. When I first saw it I thought the Libra part of the outfit was exposed midriff. Though considering TZ's age it's probably for the best this way.

[Bard The 5th LW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49R4DQ5TCQ&feature=related

[Red Mage Black]

A classic bait and switch drive-by honking. Surely the spidertroll must be behind all of this. That honk couldn't possibly have been the guy who took a super powered shot to the jewels.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

http://localhostr.com/file/6yRQlDH/1303443124154.png

D'aww.

[Loyal]

More Mindfang shenanigans.

[Locke cole]

A classic bait and switch drive-by honking. Surely the spidertroll must be behind all of this. That honk couldn't possibly have been the guy who took a super powered shot to the jewels.

Because Terezi was there when the Glorious Solar Nutshot happened.

[Red Mage Black]

You do know that was a joke, right? I can't translate the tone of which you meant that, so I apologize if I didn't get it. Though I'd prefer to have called it the Falcon Nutshot. Like the Falcon Punch she gave Vriska.

ANYWAY... Gamzee is a magnificent bastard for his sweet moves, use of Cal and leading on poor clueless Terezi. Especially if he's using these journal entries the way I think he is, but I guess I'll wait a little longer so I can confirm it or reject it. He might not even be trying to frame Vriska and Terezi is just making misinterpreting the clues.

[Loyal]

Which really leads me to wonder when Terezi became so singlemindedly incompetent.

[Locke cole]

Well, she hasn't interacted with anyone for a while. She's out of the loop entirely, and still thinks that Vriska is the only troll among them who would murder any of them.

She didn't see Eridan flip his shit, she's blocked from Karkat's messages so she doesn't know about Gamzee, and other such things.

Aaaaaand yeah she's kinda obsessed with Vriska, which makes all that worse.

[Arcanum]

So someone a while back linked somewhere A Softer Homestuck. (http://asofterhome.tumblr.com/) Well I was bored, reading through them, saw the latest A Softer World, and came up with this:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j122/arcanum_DF/softerhome.png

I did submit it to the site but I figured I would share it here first. (Plus no guarantees it will get posted there.)

[Revising Ocelot]

Bluh (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=028.jpg) bluh (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=029.gif) when (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=030.jpg) did these SBAHJ updates go up? I'll treat their potential significance with complete apathy. Ahem.

[rpgdemon]

Would have made more sense with Aradia/Kanaya, perhaps.

[Arcanum]

I was intentionally going for some dramatic irony by choosing Vriska.

[MuMu]

Get in here you fuckers, it's a goddamn [S]

Good to see some ancestors duking it out

I'd be excited for this confront if it weren't, you know, Huss. Kan is probably going to punch someone again. Hopefully Vriska.

[Fifthfiend]

Bluh (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=028.jpg) bluh (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=029.gif) when (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=030.jpg) did these SBAHJ updates go up? I'll treat their potential significance with complete apathy. Ahem.

I want Hussie to make t-shirts of these comics

[Flarecobra]

New Flash update!

And it's nice to see a Lusus kicking some butt too.

[Art of Hilt]

Damn this is an absurd amount of tension.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.
So cool.

Okay, stop me when it sounds like I'm bullshitting:
So the flash is on its own separate page, disconnected from all the ones before it. There's no "back" link to the previous page.
So all the pages before it is "disc 1".
And this flash plus every page afterwards is "disc 2", and you can only go forwards from now on, because you finished the first disc.
And disc 2 is obviously glitched.
On a scale from 1 to 10, are we at "Holy Shit So Unbelievably Fucked"?

[Pip Boy]

Should we start taking bets? I'd say odds are 3:1 in favor of Vriska.

[Flarecobra]

I'd say Terezi. She doesn't need light to track her prey after all, whereas Vriska, while I imagine can handle herself pretty good in low light, does.

[Solid Snake]

...Nice series of callbacks there.

...Nice to see that Vriska apparently got another chance to talk to John, too.

[Locke cole]

That's Rose's symbol, though.

Interesting thing to note: Pyralspite burned out Mindfang's left eye(s) in a manner similar to Terezi losing her vision. Knowing what we do about Vriska, do you think that's why she used the Psychic Double Reacharound to revenge herself on Terezi? Redglare's dragon burned out Mindfang's eyes, so Vriska has Terezi's dragon burn out hers.

Oh, and I just realized. Both Pyralspite and Pyrope are types of garnet.

[Art of Hilt]

That's Rose's symbol, though.


Vriska is talking to John through Rose's account (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005594), similar to how Doc Scratch talked to Karkat through Kanaya's account. In both cases the account's original owner is unavailable while John/Karkat have access to their computer.

HOW he got the computer is something I have no clue about whatsoever. Miracles.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I really saw nothing that implied she was talking to John on the other end.

[Arcanum]

I don't think she was talking to John, simply that she was sending the message to John through Rose's computer, the one that Art of Hilt linked.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I guess.

On another note, Mindfang's final entry seemed to imply that she had some sort of secret weapon on Redglare. If current events are meant to mirror that, then this likely spells doom for both of them.

Or it spells doom for Terezi. Vriska can't die unless it is a hero's death.

edit: Or Gamzee will just pop in and kill'em both.

[Revising Ocelot]

I don't want either of them to kill each other. Kanaya pops in and Auspiticises (spelling?)....



and then Gamzee finally appears and kills all 3 of them. *sigh*