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Most important character in Homestuck, guys. Most important character in Homestuck. Just in case you doubted it before, Hussie reminds you again.
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"END OF INTERMISSION 2" made me laugh so hard. Well played Hussie, well played. The flash though... as soon as English started I was  for the whole thing. That shouldn't have been as unsettling as it was.
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Nov 2, 2011 13:37
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I like Lord English's design. Not enough villains go for the shirtless suspenders look. In retrospect Andrew dropped a pretty big hint when he referred to English enslaving women to his service, as Doc Scratch has been busy being a creepy rear end in a top hat to girls this whole time. So now he goes back to the beginning of the universe and begins his recruiting drive that gets him the Felt, Snowman, the Empress and Aradia's ancestor. Factory Factory posted:--> recall: the Cairo Overcoat rips and tears when time shenanigans are going on. Stitch repairs it. There are supposedly two, the main coat and a backup. I'm guessing that since it's in the room with all of Stitch's voodoo doll things the backup is essentially English's voodoo doll. I wonder if that means that disruptions to spacetime correspond to injuries on English, and not just damage to his coat. Probably not since he's supposed to be invincible outside of glitchy game-breaking mechanics, but all that time poo poo is certainly having an effect on the coat.
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Nov 2, 2011 13:38
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Idunn posted:Foreshadowing I should remind you that the genetic code of Earth's First Guardian is not made up of the characters "t1ck t0ck 8r8k h34ds h0nk H0NK", but "MEOW." Jaspers 
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Nov 2, 2011 13:46
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Gabriel Pope posted:I should remind you that the genetic code of Earth's First Guardian is not made up of the characters "t1ck t0ck 8r8k h34ds h0nk H0NK", but "MEOW." Mutie!!!!
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Nov 2, 2011 13:49
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It looks like the remains of the destroyed universes are just sort of floating around inside of the green sun itself, from the looks of it.
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Nov 2, 2011 13:50
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Black Numenorean posted:Most important character in Homestuck, guys. Most important character in Homestuck. Just in case you doubted it before, Hussie reminds you again. I warned you about hOnKs, bro!!! I told you, dog! Man, when those honks played, all I could think was "no way!" Somehow, I lost faith. I didn't believe in the mIrAcLe.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:00
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Which means all sorts of things from those universes might have survived! Spades Slick might be alive! Drifting on some leftover chunk of green, ruined tower. It seems appropriate that Lord English is a cross between a Felt, Cal, and Doc Scratch. He's part "new" (a new member of whatever it is the Felt are), but he's also been active in some form or another in both the kids' and trolls' sessions. I'm getting strong "Demon Mobster Kingpin" vibes from this villain. Now that he's here, the rest of the story is probably going to focus on fighting him.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:01
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SpaceDrake posted:This implies that Grandpa had some inkling of what was involved in summoning Lord English and was furiously scouring the Earth for him, but never succeeded in finding him. Interesting. That's really interesting. Maybe he somehow came across knowledge about LE and was trying to do something about his entry into Earth's universe. But he didn't realize that Earth's universe hadn't yet been marked for predation, so English wouldn't be there regardless.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:04
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Holy poo poo Lord English  Not much more to add to that effect, drat.SynthOrange posted:The ship is tiny and adorable now. Reminds me of Problem Sleuth! Factory Factory posted:* Wearing a pegleg reminiscent of Skipper Plumbthroat? I never saw the Squiddles flash Wait, what? There was a Squiddles flash?
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Nov 2, 2011 14:20
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Waffnuffly posted:Wait, what? There was a Squiddles flash? If I recall there's a Squiddles cartoon packed in with the Squiddles soundtrack.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:24
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Waffnuffly posted:Wait, what? There was a Squiddles flash? Sort of, if you buy the Squiddles album its come with a Music Video, although its not really related to the plot of Homestuck in any solid way.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:25
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Ok, so Doc Scratch was a host plush. Ummmm. Hussie didn't do anything to... impregnate Scratch when reaching inside him, right? Wouldn't want anything that ugly given author powers.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:28
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Gabriel Pope posted:"t1ck t0ck 8r8k h34ds h0nk H0NK" One thing I never understood about this: these were provided by tavros, aradia, vriska, terezi and gamzee. The latter four all correspond to the correct typing quirk - aradia's use of 0 instead of o, vriska's 8, terezi's 413 and gamzee's alternating honks. Why is Tavros's incorrect? How come his t1ck is typed out in terezi's gimmick instead of his own? Also, how come gamzee is using aradia's 0s as well. Shouldn't the code be tICK t0ck 8r8k h34ds honk HONK
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Nov 2, 2011 14:29
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I'm still not totally clear on why they wrote that stuff in the first place. Were they sorta like, under the influence of Doc Scratch or something at the time?Cleretic posted:If I recall there's a Squiddles cartoon packed in with the Squiddles soundtrack.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:31
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Dolash posted:I'm getting strong "Demon Mobster Kingpin" vibes from this villain. Now that he's here, the rest of the story is probably going to focus on fighting him. Well, he's here in an empty, destroyed universe. The history of Alternia's universe, start to finish, is presumably set in stone now and can't be changed, so any opposition to Lord English is probably going to take place somewhere else. Anyhow, speaking of the 8r8k h34ds code: Aradia described the full genetic code phrase as representing the sounds that would accompany "the ultimate demise of the tyrant less an arm and an eye." Could this have been referring to Doc Scratch? At the time of his "death" he was pretty tyrannical and missing an arm; I wonder if he could be said to be missing an eye in any sense. I guess the cueball he exploded in Vriska's face was kind of eyeball-like but we've never had any indication that the cueballs serve any sensory function for Scratch. UserMan posted:Sort of, if you buy the Squiddles album its come with a Music Video, although its not really related to the plot of Homestuck in any solid way. Well, it wasn't related.  Also I think it got released for free at some point.Rooreelooo posted:Shouldn't the code be tICK t0ck 8r8k h34ds honk HONK Whoops actually it was honk HONK, so that part was indeed in character. Anyhow, they were basically possessed at the time. I like to think Tavros is just such a spineless goober he didn't have the willpower to force his own quirk. the holy poopacy fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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Nov 2, 2011 14:32
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Speaking of DMK, if you're disappointed with LE's current design there's always a possibility he has 2-3 more forms!
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Nov 2, 2011 14:34
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Rooreelooo posted:Why is Tavros's incorrect? How come his t1ck is typed out in terezi's gimmick instead of his own? Rooreelooo posted:Also, how come gamzee is using aradia's 0s as well. t1ck t0ck 8r8k H34DS honk HONK
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Nov 2, 2011 14:37
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Hey, guys, look at when the spaceship is flying through. There's a ruler on the ground... or should I say, a yardstick?
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Nov 2, 2011 14:38
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Aradia said t1ck/t0ck was a binary refrain, it's supposed to be a whole 0/1 gimmick and Tavros's typing quirk wouldn't fit that. And only t1ck/t0ck was the pair of sounds emerging from the tyrant's menace said to accompany his demise, not 8r8k/h34ds or honkHONK. It's just a Captain Hook reference I think. Scratch was missing a leg, not an arm anyways. What caused them all to write these codes is just as mysterious as Rose's MEOW code. Random thoughts: Rose/Dave type in the same color as the symbol on their shirt whereas John/Jade type in each others. Retroactive foreshadowing that John/Jade will swap guardians or be the only ones to switch places with their guardians? Also, someone suggested 11/11/11 might mean there'll be 3 11 year old kids in the post scratch universe... What about the fourth? Dave/Bro...!
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Nov 2, 2011 14:45
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Black Numenorean posted:Hey, guys, look at when the spaceship is flying through. There's a ruler on the ground... or should I say, a yardstick? That was there when the walls were set up. Just to get this out of the way: you might notice that it's a yellow yardstick, too. Incidentally, making the other side of the fourth wall huge enough for the ship to fit through has made it come out really tiny on this side. I guess if Jade doesn't for some reason lose access to her powers or anything it'll be trivial for her to fix the scale issue (assuming she can affect herself that way) but it's still amusing to picture a tiny Prospitian battleship suddenly bursting into Jack Noir's office (or wherever this goes). All assuming John and Jade don't spend the entire rest of the story just hanging out in Hussie's study, of course.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:47
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Hamiltonian Bicycle posted:That was there when the walls were set up. Just to get this out of the way: you might notice that it's a yellow yardstick, too. She didn't make the wall large enough to fit through, she made the ship small enough
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Nov 2, 2011 14:49
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Waffnuffly posted:I'm still not totally clear on why they wrote that stuff in the first place. Were they sorta like, under the influence of Doc Scratch or something at the time? Probably has something to do with the fact that they each wrote a part of the code immediately after some severe personal injury. Tavros paralyzed, Vriska losing her arm and eye, Terezi being blinded and Aradia, you know, vaporized by eye lasers. It's noteable how massive physical trauma is such a part of English and what he does. Between what happens to the trolls and Doc Scratch losing his leg and then having his head explode. Maybe he's at his strongest when the people he manipulates are suffering.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:49
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Ohtsam posted:She didn't make the wall large enough to fit through, she made the ship small enough Same thing. Probably.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:51
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Waffnuffly posted:Wait, what? There was a Squiddles flash? AbortedSlunk actually has the full Squiddles flash up on their Deviantart. http://abortedslunk.deviantart.com/art/Squiddles-animation-FULL-184089093
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Nov 2, 2011 14:53
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Radio Paranoia posted:AbortedSlunk actually has the full Squiddles flash up on their Deviantart. The staticky magical girls seem a lot more ominous now that we know more about Lord English's proclivities. Actually, if the theory that Green Sun godtiers = LE's servants rings true, does... does that make Dave a squiddlegirl?
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Nov 2, 2011 14:56
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Whelp, didn't see that coming. I feel like I have to buy the Squiddles album now. So the only ~ATH script left that hasn't been executed is the one Karkat wrote that executes when he dies, right? There was LE's, which just executed; Sollux's Double Mobius Reacharound that kicked off the Troll's session; and Karkat's which (as far as we know) doesn't do anything.
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Nov 2, 2011 14:58
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When the screen goes all Pool Balls in the beginning, there appears to be a pattern of where the unchanging 8-balls go. Can anyone read braille?
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Nov 2, 2011 14:59
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Some Strange Flea posted:Tavros wrote t1CK. The 1 is presumably to match up with Aradia's 0 to form the "binary refrain". I also remember a formspring answer where Hussie mentioned that it was a counter-point to Tavros' crippling self-esteem. He was number 1 the whole time Ah, so it was rufio writing that, not tavros. Gotcha. It just seems like it would make more sense to switch tavros and terezi around, then we could have had t1ck t0ck 8r8k hEADS honk HONK and it all would have been neat an tidy.
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Nov 2, 2011 15:01
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Gabriel Pope posted:The staticky magical girls seem a lot more ominous now that we know more about Lord English's proclivities. If Green Sun god tiers are servants of English, then we've got 4 of 'em against John. Rose and Dave were inside the Green Sun, Jade is fused with a First Guardian and Aradia went god tier after being bathed in Green Sun flames courtesy of Jack. Hell, if that makes someone a servant of English, wouldn't be wearing the prototyping rings do the same at this point? I really don't think Hussie would make Jade, Rose, Dave, Aradia and PM into villains at this point. I mean, that would make it John, Karkat, Terezi, Kanaya, Sollux (if he's not dead yet) and maybe Gamzee (if he doesn't view English as a Mirthful Messiah and end up following him) vs Jade, Rose, Dave, Aradia, Jack, PM and English. They'd be John and co would be royally hosed!
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Nov 2, 2011 15:03
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Radio Paranoia posted:AbortedSlunk actually has the full Squiddles flash up on their Deviantart. Hahahaha thank you for this, I lost it when that boat busted out like 5 million guns and some tangle buddies repelled a trident with the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP.
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Nov 2, 2011 15:05
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Rooreelooo posted:Ah, so it was rufio writing that, not tavros. Gotcha. Except then Team Charge and the Scourge Sisters wouldn't be paired up any more! Edit: And no 413 in the code! No no that wouldn't be neat and tidy at all. Regy Rusty fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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Nov 2, 2011 15:08
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Lord English's peg leg is reminiscent of Skipper Plumbthroat, huh?Fortis posted:What if horrorterrors are universe frogs that have been corrupted by LE's 'glitch' and are thus marked for consumption? 
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Nov 2, 2011 15:21
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Fortis posted:Lord English's peg leg is reminiscent of Skipper Plumbthroat, huh? Skipper Plumbthroat doesn't even have a pegleg!
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Nov 2, 2011 15:22
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Gabriel Pope posted:Skipper Plumbthroat doesn't even have a pegleg! I was just going by what everyone else was saying, I only watched part of the squiddles flash 
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Nov 2, 2011 15:31
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Gabriel Pope posted:Skipper Plumbthroat doesn't even have a pegleg! ==>Skipper Plumbthroat: Reveal DEVASTATING FUTURISTIC WEAPONRY cleverly concealed in your PEG-LEG. He doesn't have a peg-leg, numbnuts!
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Nov 2, 2011 15:33
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Gabriel Pope posted:Anyhow, speaking of the 8r8k h34ds code: Aradia described the full genetic code phrase as representing the sounds that would accompany "the ultimate demise of the tyrant less an arm and an eye." Could this have been referring to Doc Scratch? At the time of his "death" he was pretty tyrannical and missing an arm; I wonder if he could be said to be missing an eye in any sense. I guess the cueball he exploded in Vriska's face was kind of eyeball-like but we've never had any indication that the cueballs serve any sensory function for Scratch. The tyrant from Aradia's prophecy was Vriska. Vriska has been the only one to make the loss of an arm and eye a part of her character, as part of her way of living in the footsteps of the pirate queen. And remember all the Peter Pan allusions? The tick-tock pages that started with the alternate timeline and ended with her death - remember Tick-Tock the croc? Hussie actually edited in the crocodiles onto the clock. Dolash posted:Spades Slick might be alive! Drifting on some leftover chunk of green, ruined tower. SS: Stick your pin in the voodoo doll because gently caress this
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Nov 2, 2011 15:34
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SynthOrange posted:The ship is tiny and adorable now.
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It probably isn't braille since there are 13 rows visible. If it were braille the rows would be divisible by 3.CidGregor posted:I am really glad you posted this because oh my god, her arts were probably my favorite part of Cascade and I have been really wondering who did them, but I never realized quite how many of them she did. The Rose and Dave and Dave/Jadesprite shots, and Rose in particular, jesus, those are incredible. Like Hussie, lol. Walliard posted:Again, he was an excellent host. Oh gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd.
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I kind of want that pattern to mean something but I've seen nothing to suggest that it does.Roger Explosion posted:Which, if taken from John and Jade's perspective for those 3 nanoseconds, makes Andrew Hussie a pretty damned big man. Speaking of him, where is his in-story avatar now? We never saw him go back through that fifth wall THIS IS IMPORTANT (Also, just to be at least as petty as he is big, I rechecked the EoA writeup and confirmed that, as I thought I remembered, Jade did make the fourth wall big rather than the ship small. )
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