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Roxy might want to give that ring to Jake for a while. Otherwise this is about to become Horrorstuck Part 2: Revenge of Jane Crocker.
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Crain posted:Really? Huh. Well, he;s pretty freaking tall in the latest flash. But that could just be bad art I guess. They're both standing on top of the railing. Not actually taller than floor to roof.
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Dogbutt posted:I think Homestuck made me laugh out loud for the first time since I started it. Wow I'm sorry man, that sounds rough.
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Jan 10, 2013 14:16
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I have never been so scared in my entire life.
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Hm. John's god-tier breath powers blew out an entire planet's worth of fires. Jane's jollybright life powers just turned an entire planet's worth of death and decay into the magical Keebler elf forest. How that could be characterized as anything other than "the lifey thing" is beyond me. What just happened, more or less: Jane's god-tier. She has TAS'ed her way into early tiger possession. What I'm not entirely clear on is whether her particular way of getting (to got) it involves her being more or less dead than the traditional method.  I'm also theorizing that this might turn her into kind of a reverse Act-5-Bec-Noir -- an unstoppable force of nature, beyond reason, flying around at near-lightspeed spreading joy and happiness through extreme violence toward bad people. Which would certainly be entertaining.
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Wrist Watch posted:Fully expecting the next update to be I think there will be an A6A5A2. Then the endgame would be A6A6A6.
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If we're about to dive into the next intermission I guess it's time for more Meteor and Cruiser drama. Any bets on what'll have happened in the last year? There's so many relationships and plans and so much information to share and go over not to mention there's also Caliborn and the dead trolls to check up on.
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Jan 10, 2013 16:06
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I'm kind of hoping for an ultra short intermission this time. This is the day that they're all supposed to arrive, after all, and get this plot ball rolling!
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I'd just settle for things coming to a head instead of new elements being introduced as Big Deals.
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Dolash posted:If we're about to dive into the next intermission I guess it's time for more Meteor and Cruiser drama. Any bets on what'll have happened in the last year? There's so many relationships and plans and so much information to share and go over not to mention there's also Caliborn and the dead trolls to check up on. I'm going to redouble my bet that John will have awful teen facial hair.
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Bongo Bill posted:I'm going to redouble my bet that John will have awful teen facial hair. It will be an indication of how far he has fallen from that path of his father's pride in him, that he has not shaved. Does anyone dare lay odds on whether Kanaya and Rose are still together? Budding relationships didn't do too well from year one to year two...
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I am hoping that Dave and Karkat become inexplicable best buds and John is super jealous when they meet up.
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Dolash posted:It will be an indication of how far he has fallen from that path of his father's pride in him, that he has not shaved. His dad left him a Shaving Almanac. Shaving was destined to be a huge part of John's life even if it weren't already a standard quasi-rite-of-passage thing for boys. It would surprise me if nothing comes of it. I just hope it also includes the comedy potential of a horrible dirtstache.
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It's unclear how much of Jane's display is supercharged Life power and how much is a result of Trickster mode... But I wonder if Jane could bring a ghost back to life? Or turn a little green skull monster into a flesh-and-blood person?Dolash posted:If we're about to dive into the next intermission I guess it's time for more Meteor and Cruiser drama. Any bets on what'll have happened in the last year? There's so many relationships and plans and so much information to share and go over not to mention there's also Caliborn and the dead trolls to check up on. Due to time travel and dream bubble mechanics, every character in Homestuck will meet and immediately fall in love with Jake English. The final sub-act will consist of a massive conference to determine who gets to date him, and the confrontation with Lord English will be forgotten (except inasmuch as Lord English is also trying to date Jake). Jake will stay in his room, making out with his Neytiri poster, and remain oblivious to all of this. Dolash posted:Does anyone dare lay odds on whether Kanaya and Rose are still together? Budding relationships didn't do too well from year one to year two... Your ruse is revealed, Dolash. You asked for speculation so you could segue into shameful, vile SHIPPING DISCUSSION. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
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Indie Rocktopus posted:It's unclear how much of Jane's display is supercharged Life power and how much is a result of Trickster mode... But I wonder if Jane could bring a ghost back to life? Or turn a little green skull monster into a flesh-and-blood person? Check your human privilage, shitlord, Calliope is already a flesh and blood person. You don't get to decide if her alien species that has an alternate personality that wants to destroy all existence with a puppet is a good thing or not, and you certainly don't get to say she isn't real. Besides, we've already seen what her supercharged life power does to green skull monsters. It turns them into piles of Zillium.
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Indie Rocktopus posted:Your ruse is revealed, Dolash. You asked for speculation so you could segue into shameful, vile SHIPPING DISCUSSION. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. I think if you're asking "will canonical relationship X still be a thing a year later" it's still technically speculation rather than shipping discussion. Y'know, as opposed to "out of theoretical relationship Y and theoretical relationship Z, which one is more ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AND SO DREAMY AAAAAAAHHHHHH SO MANY FEELS  also if you like theoretical relationship N, I JUDGE YOU".
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Indie Rocktopus posted:Your ruse is revealed, Dolash. You asked for speculation so you could segue into shameful, vile SHIPPING DISCUSSION. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. Your accusation is as scurrilous as it is unfounded and on a totally different note ooooh I wonder whether Rose is able to keep Terezi and Gamzee's kismesis from tearing the group apart, especially since Terezi still has feelings for Karkat but thinks he's moved on to Meenah while Dave doesn't seem to be providing the emotional support she needs in dealing with her current insecurities, which is mirrored in Davesprite dumping Jade and running off to do what now exactly??? Also John Vriska Tavros?????? Surgeon General's warning: The aforesaid post is a work of parody and should not be read by those with a heart condition, those who are currently or who may soon become pregnant, or really anyone.
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Also, none of us are as smart as we think we are. This was apparently posted on Yahoo, then taken down for being obnoxious.
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JamJars posted:Don't forget about Kirby where the invincibility item is a lollipop. I'm reminded of an OLD old (old as balls (2004)) flash animation of Kirby eating an invincibility candy and going on a pink elephant-style acid trip. Here's a direct link to the .swf file, since the creator didn't host the flash in a webpage for whatever reason. Also, I'm going to be sorely disappointed if Trickster Jane isn't Jim Carrey/Woody Woodpecker/Dodo Bird incarnate. No one is safe from her Trickster Gambit. Triskelli fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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J.theYellow posted:Also, none of us are as smart as we think we are. This was apparently posted on Yahoo, then taken down for being obnoxious. What a sad little douche. "I wrote something badly but it's the readers fault for not getting it."
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Jan 10, 2013 19:54
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Homestuck really went downhill since [S] Cascade. I mean we started with awesome things like [S] Explore and now we have this chicanery.
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SNOOP CATTE posted:Homestuck really went downhill since [S] Cascade. I mean we started with awesome things like [S] Explore and now we have this chicanery. I can't believe this hogwash!
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SNOOP CATTE posted:Homestuck really went downhill since [S] Cascade. I mean we started with awesome things like [S] Explore and now we have this chicanery. Sometimes I wish we had two stories to read: one where everything stays in the Problem Sleuth 2-ish style it had at first just to see how it would end up, and the other what we have now.
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SNOOP CATTE posted:Homestuck really went downhill since [S] Cascade. It's been over a year since Cascade and finally I understand how they feel. There just is no sense of forward momentum at all with this folk. A series of events occurs while they wait for the battleship and meteor to arrive. Do they actually have any goals that we know of?
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I trust Hussie to know what he is doing. But the wait to see how he turns this around into something resembling a compelling narrative is going to be painful.
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Can someone re-post that tribute someone made to the deaths in Homestuck that someone posted? It was hosted on deviantart, but gently caress if I'm going to search for anything Homestuck related on DA. Or anything on DA, really.
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Jan 10, 2013 20:32
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If this is going to follow the parallels with Rose going Grimdark then hopefully this intermission is going to be The Big Man Hussie requesting another time out to explain what the gently caress is even happening with Homestuck any more.
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Jan 10, 2013 20:47
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The B2 kids seem to be basically satellite characters for Caliborn. Although Hussie always had planned on doing the switch as far back as [S] Descend., at least.
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Some Strange Flea posted:It's been over a year since Cascade and finally I understand how they feel. There just is no sense of forward momentum at all with this folk. A series of events occurs while they wait for the battleship and meteor to arrive. Do they actually have any goals that we know of? Oh god that was october 2011, Jesus Christ 
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Jan 10, 2013 21:10
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You guys are nuts, Homestucks still as entertaining as always. It was worth it for the Meenah walkabouts + Ministrife. Plus Condesce, Caliborn, Gamzee, Roxy, Drunk Rose, ARquius, Erisol and Fefeta. drat it, think of dear, sweet, poor Fefeta! Actually, I can't think of where these downhill parts are. Even the Englishathon had those hilarious Jane faces.
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Wrist Watch posted:Sometimes I wish we had two stories to read: one where everything stays in the Problem Sleuth 2-ish style it had at first just to see how it would end up, and the other what we have now. Yes, the problem with Homestuck is that there isn't enough content.
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Mystic Mongol posted:Yes, the problem with Homestuck is that there isn't enough content. Yes that is exactly what I meant and definitely not anything about wondering how things would look if we kept the same style as we had in the beginning, thanks for clarifying
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Oh yeah, it's still quite good. People just get bent out of shape and take stuff too seriously sometimes when it's not happening a certain way. I mean I guess it's not as engrossing as maybe certain highs achieved during Act 4 or Act 5 but that's not enough to bother me or make me even entertain the thought of quitting. gently caress we've been on this ride so long anyway, seen things you people wouldn't believe, etc.. No reason not to see it through to the end and still plenty of stuff to look forward to.
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We're strapped into this boxcar now, and we're running it straight into the ground.
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For those of you who haven't seen it yet, last Saturday I finished and released Rust Apocalypse! There is at least one new arrangement of each of my coloUrs and mayhem tracks. And on the official Homestuck music front, Tensei just posted something he's working on that could "possibly" be for Homestuck. It sounds pretty Irish-y to me, with the rhythm and the rustic pipes--maybe a strife theme for Jake? Oh please be doing a "Strife 2" album for the alpha kids...
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Indie Rocktopus posted:It's unclear how much of Jane's display is supercharged Life power and how much is a result of Trickster mode... But I wonder if Jane could bring a ghost back to life? Or turn a little green skull monster into a flesh-and-blood person? I get the impression that reviving the dead planet was supposed to be part of Jane's whole puzzle quest adventure dealie, so if trickster powers are a cheat mode I suspect it does have more to do with "beating" all the game objectives. She has ALL THE CODES and wins the game almost instantly.
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Gabriel Pope posted:I get the impression that reviving the dead planet was supposed to be part of Jane's whole puzzle quest adventure dealie, so if trickster powers are a cheat mode I suspect it does have more to do with "beating" all the game objectives. She has ALL THE CODES and wins the game almost instantly. So Caliborn is too cool for school?
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W/R/T Act 6 dragging -- I wonder if new readers who read Act 6 in the archives feel the same way. I caught up early in A6A2, about a year ago, and I didn't have any sense of things dragging on pointlessly during Hivebent, like a lot of people who read it live seem to. Act 6 does seem slow to me now sometimes but that might not be the case when it doesn't take months of real time to get to the action. And the Hussmaster has said he designs the story primarily to be read in the archives.
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