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QuoProQuid posted:The close-up on Jake's eyes made me feel more uncomfortable than I have in the entirety of Homestuck's run. Seriously, trickster mode is even more unsettling than grimdarkness. It's like they're not even real people anymore.
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Those closeup eyes look a whole lot like Cal's.
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Feranon posted:Seriously, trickster mode is even more unsettling than grimdarkness. It's like they're not even real people anymore. I think maybe you should re-examine this sentence. SynthOrange posted:Those closeup eyes look a whole lot like Cal's. Oh shitball, you're right.
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This is the most tense this comic's been since the Trollpocalypse.
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Ariong posted:I think maybe you should re-examine this sentence.  Ahh, you know what I meant.
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Feranon posted:
Don't worry, the ones in your head are still real.
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Jan 16, 2013 04:47
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And just when I couldn't think of anything to stick under my avatar, this update happens. 
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As an aside, it looks like the fan community has found its new favorite thing. with tricksterized talk sprites. QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Jan 16, 2013 |
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Jan 16, 2013 04:49
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Cough. Karkat is struggling with happiness.
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Jan 16, 2013 04:52
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I'm not a fan of the whole Ringu/Grudge thing. Trickster Mode is creepy enough, adding bullshit static and inverse color schemes doesn't make it any moreso.
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Ariong posted:Cough. Whoops. Sorry. I did not even realize that thread was there. However, I really am not a fan of the portraits myself. I was just pointing out that there seems to be a lot of them lately.
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QuoProQuid posted:Whoops. Sorry. I did not even realize that thread was there. Yeah, it doesn't get a lot of posts nowadays, which is a shame, because there is a ton of good fanart out there. The problem is that there's also a lot of weird shipping and poo poo, so people don't want to go diving for it. Ariong fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Jan 16, 2013 |
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Jan 16, 2013 04:55
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What I want to know is what Jake is intending to do with that pumpkin. What pumpkin?
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Jan 16, 2013 04:55
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But in the past, pumpkins have always vanished. Jake is just answering the question we have been asking forever. What pumpkin? This pumpkin. They have all been this pumpkin.
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Ablative posted:This is Dave we're talking about. He wouldn't have needed flight either way. Dave and Rose still flew down to their quest beds at the center of Derse so revived dream selves should definitely have flight. Unless it's something you unlock at a certain level of course.
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Jan 16, 2013 05:24
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So I've basically been listening to "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" on loop for these updates. Adds to the surreality nicely.
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Bobulus posted:So I've basically been listening to "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" on loop for these updates. I was listening to "Blackest Heart". ...Not my wisest move.
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Jan 16, 2013 05:42
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I hope some day there's a panel like these where the spiral eyes follow your cursor around. Maybe even just for a few seconds a few seconds, until they slowly turn to look directly outward.
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Trickstervision, eh? So this is a different kind of divine intervention than I was expecting. If Trickster Mode is like a video game invulnerability power-up, we might ask: invulnerability to what? I think it would be fair to say that in this condition they have become impervious to drama - manically, comically, exaggeratedly so. They confess of their own volition the things that were previously hard to even acknowledge, they have no fear of the future, nor grudges or anxiety toward each other, differences of opinion are resolved quickly, amicably, and at the top of their lungs, and now they can literally see through attempts to keep secrets from each other. We even saw the antagonist appear to lose all malice. It is fitting that, as the curtain implied, it's not just the characters but the comic itself that has entered Trickster Mode. Let unchecked, it will unravel all narrative tension and destroy the story. Luckily, video game invulnerability power-ups are always temporary.
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Bongo Bill posted:Trickstervision, eh? A good interpretation. I agree!
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AND NOW TO COMMENCE THE PUMPKIN SCHEMA CALLBACK
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Jan 16, 2013 09:41
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Oh no Roxy nooooo you were the only sane one left
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Jan 16, 2013 09:48
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God drat it she was the reasonable one! Now the only question is whether tricksterizing one Dirk tricksterizes all of them. God help us if it does.
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Jan 16, 2013 10:13
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Welp they're hosed. 
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Jan 16, 2013 10:25
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Welp. Is there are way John can, I dunno, rescratch this session? With Roxy Trickster'd, it's clearly hosed. Reset time.
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Jan 16, 2013 10:25
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This session isn't going well.
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Jan 16, 2013 10:29
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ahahaha no one is safe are you next...?
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Jan 16, 2013 10:32
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This has been more or less the most terrifying turn of events. My best bet is still in this session's Jack Noir or Cyborg Slick stabbing some sense into things. Please.
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Jan 16, 2013 10:34
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He'd need to stab fast. Trickster mode seems pretty contagious.
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Jan 16, 2013 10:40
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I'm feeling real horror at this this. Holy poo poo, poor Roxy.
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Jan 16, 2013 10:54
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Ok, now my big worry is that it will be Dirk who saves the day again. He's already kind of a Sue, we don't need him to get even more competent.
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Jan 16, 2013 11:17
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nah, everybody tricksters, now. Everyone. hee hee hoo hoo haa haa
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Jan 16, 2013 11:23
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Okay, the last time I thought this session was totally hosed, Dirk saved the day and it was fuckin' amazing as heck. That's gonna happen again, right? RIGHT? 
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Jan 16, 2013 11:31
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Nephthys posted:Ok, now my big worry is that it will be Dirk who saves the day again. He's already kind of a Sue, we don't need him to get even more competent. Will you accept ARquius saving the day? It might be the perfect deterrent, not even tricksters will be able to deal with that for prolonged periods. ...I kind of want to see a full-on big budget horror movie with this premise. Because this is easily scarier than any horror movie in recent history.
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Dirk will make a gesture at fixing the situation but will gently caress it up and get Trickster'd. The beta kids will show up to find their kid-progenitors acting like candied up idiots. Dave's mind will literally shatter into a million pieces from the trauma.
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Nephthys posted:Ok, now my big worry is that it will be Dirk who saves the day again. He's already kind of a Sue, we don't need him to get even more competent. But now that Dirk is the last target, I so hope that there will be a callback to this with Dirk just standing there in shock at his friends crazy-ing out.
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Nephthys posted:Ok, now my big worry is that it will be Dirk who saves the day again. He's already kind of a Sue, we don't need him to get even more competent. Oh, as if Hussie will be able to resist drawing Dirk with those beautiful Cal-themed suspenders.
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Roxy is going to be scary. She was already the silliest of the group so Trickster Roxy is going to be terrifying, even by current Trickster standards. Also, I really want to see Trickster Equius. I don't quite know why but I do.
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