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I'm concerned that Tavros, Feferi, Nepeta and Sollux - hereafter referred to as Team Expendable - are about to fly right into the laser breath of Lord English who is presumably right on their tail. Could this mark the first perma-death of alpha timeline players?
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quote:TAVROS: fLY, pUPA, oh god please let lord english show up now quote:SOLLUX: 0h, feferi and nepeta will be c0ming with me t00. OH GOD PLEASE DON'T LET LORD ENGLISH SHOW UP NOW King of Solomon posted:That replay flash button is the absolute best thing. The absolute best. I pressed the next page button and alt-tabbed out, stop moving around and let me watch the flash!  
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Mar 25, 2013 11:52
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Oh no, Vriska lost the valuable help of the Worst Character In Homestuck, a blind dude, and The Other Two. How will she ever manage.  I hope this somehow ends up with Tavros getting lasered while the other three survive.
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Mar 25, 2013 12:04
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If anyone could avataritize Nepeta and Feferi exchanging glances, that'd be awesome.
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Mar 25, 2013 12:13
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Dorroile posted:Oh no, Vriska lost the valuable help of the Worst Character In Homestuck Kankri was there?
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Mar 25, 2013 12:23
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Hey look Tavros had character progression while dead. What next???
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Mar 25, 2013 12:49
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Dorroile posted:Oh no, Vriska lost the valuable help of the Worst Character In Homestuck
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Mar 25, 2013 12:51
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Rooreelooo posted:I'm concerned that Tavros, Feferi, Nepeta and Sollux - hereafter referred to as Team Expendable - are about to fly right into the laser breath of Lord English who is presumably right on their tail. Could this mark the first perma-death of alpha timeline players? If anything, I'm expecting the opposite and Team Kinda Terrible right here gets vaporized when the treasure turns out to be a trap. Although yeah you might be right too (Man I hope not). I'd like to think Aradia isn't so far gone that she'd let Sollux wander off to his own death without at least trying to convince him to hang around. But personally? Lord English's imminent murder-pearance or not? I loved this update. Tavros's character development might be pretty drat shaky, but finally he's reminded what a jerk Vriska is and decides he doesn't want any more of her poo poo. It might've been easier to go along with the crazy ghost-killing treasure hunt plan if Vriska was a more serious leader, but a big bully who just wants what's best for her has run out people's patience. All four of these minor characters are people who don't really have any good character reason to hang around Vriska for her crazy plan anyway beyond, as John noted, they happen to be hanging out together and what're they going to do otherwise. It turns out they're going to bail! Also, any update that references Sollux's inexplicable appeal to the ladies is a Good Update to me. I think I've really missed some of the minor trolls having their chance to shine. Dolash fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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Mar 25, 2013 13:03
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I think the best part of this update was Vriska's complete freak out about the fact that she was technically being outranked. And of course it had to be by two of the most expendable characters in the comic. 
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Mar 25, 2013 13:20
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So John's just going to let this one play out? I mean he could have stepped in to say 'yeah I got the ring back on the ship' at any point but yeesh I don't blame him for not getting involved. ... boner Mazerunner fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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Mar 25, 2013 13:37
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Ariong posted:Well, she finally went and did it. She did something that made Tavros of all people decide to turn around and leave, against her wishes. I actually cheered at that. Talk about s sinking ship. That's okay, Tavros officially become too good for her anyhow.
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Mar 25, 2013 13:39
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I figure John might have thought about giving it to her all the way up to the pirate cruise, the story on the ring's importance and her subsequent meltdown. Even if they had the ring there, imagine the fight for it! I'm sure Aranea isn't planning on anybody present to actually wear the ring.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:08
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DaveKap posted:It's not like there's much... y'know... logic to things in Homestuck but... I figured the other characters were always rather dubious about Vriska's plan in the first place, given how most of Vriska's other plans turned out in the past. (Such as, but not limited to, intentionally creating the demon that wrecked their poo poo before.) So I thought most of them were just along for the ride for lack of anything better to do, at least the ones not mind-controlled into tagging along, and that a green skull-shaped cave and Vriska's boasting probably hasn't done anything to convince them that there's actually a treasure there, or that one ever even existed.
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Mazerunner posted:So John's just going to let this one play out? I mean he could have stepped in to say 'yeah I got the ring back on the ship' at any point but yeesh I don't blame him for not getting involved. Yeah, that's interesting. We can only guess at what John is thinking. There's a lot of possibilities: a) Didn't put two and two together until Vriska explicitly said that it was the ring Tavros lost. Just hasn't gotten a chance to say anything. b) The ring does actually exert some kind of possessiveness, ala the One Ring, and he feels compelled to keep it himself. c) His conversation with Aradia has convinced him that the trolls are too crazy to bring back to life and he's decided to stay silent on the matter for the time being. d) ???
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If you need a good reason for everyone to hang around with Vriska previous to this, consider that hanging out personally with her seemed to be the only way to avoid becoming mind-control Lord English bait. Of course, now that she's found the treasure, she surely doen't need to keep sacrificing ghost-friends, so it's safe to ditch her. I say that, and then Vriska will mind-control the retreating foursome and use them to deflect Lord English when he attacks in a minute.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:19
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Holy poo poo, Tavros is actually growing a spine 
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Mar 25, 2013 14:19
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Haha I had forgotten how awesome Sollux can be. Dammit, most characters in this comic are. Just look at him, flyin' away like a fucknig piese of grabage. Tavros was also great here.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:30
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Blackheart posted:Haha I had forgotten how awesome Sollux can be. Dammit, most characters in this comic are. Just look at him, flyin' away like a fucknig piese of grabage. I said it long ago, Sollux is actually pretty cool the few times he ever actually talks, but he does it so rarely that everyone forgets that.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:34
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Dolash posted:If you need a good reason for everyone to hang around with Vriska previous to this, consider that hanging out personally with her seemed to be the only way to avoid becoming mind-control Lord English bait. Of course, now that she's found the treasure, she surely doen't need to keep sacrificing ghost-friends, so it's safe to ditch her. Honestly, it's best to remember that this treasure-hunt started as a ministrife / ghost party. Just imagine that the party lasted for a long time, and now, at the end, you're left with the people who don't want it to end: the socially-awkward ones.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:35
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Sollux, Nepeta, and Feferi have to go. Their planet needs them.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:41
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Aww, look at Tavros floating away like a loving piece of garbage. I'm glad everyone is ditching out in the funniest way possible.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:43
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Meh, I don't see how this is meant to be the great moment of character growth for Tavros that everyones saying it is. He still seems to be the petulant douche that he's been since he died. And frankly as Vriska said he probably will die. Sollux is pretty awesome granted, but tbh I'm sort of tired with how he keeps refusing to be relevant to the plot at all.
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Mar 25, 2013 14:47
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Cavatica posted:Aww, look at Tavros floating away like a loving piece of garbage. I'm glad everyone is ditching out in the funniest way possible. I hope I'm not the only one that got the Pumaman theme stuck in their head when Tavros sort of awkwardly took off, flailing all over the place... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYhxE0Hbz1U
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Nephthys posted:Meh, I don't see how this is meant to be the great moment of character growth for Tavros that everyones saying it is. Because he's standing up to Vriska for once in his That's, pretty much it.
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distactedOne posted:Because he's standing up to Vriska for once in his He already did that, though. That's how he died in the first place.
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Mar 25, 2013 15:01
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And the lovely poopmaster floated off into the sky, never to be seen again. I'm not sure if Sollux's comeback or Meenah pointing out that Vriska is bad at pirating was the best part of the update.
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Mar 25, 2013 15:08
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frozentreasure posted:He already did that, though. That's how he died in the first place. Exactly. It just seems like he's making the same mistake again, filling himself with false confidence and being an idiot about it.
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Mar 25, 2013 15:19
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It really depends on what the next scene is. It's not clear yet if this whole treasure thing was a foolish boondoggle for suckers, so it's not clear if Tavros calling out Vriska's arguably evil methods to achieve her objectives is meant to be a serious condemnation of her hubris or a joke about how these developmentally-challenged cut-and-runners aren't worth carrying into the endgame. History suggests Tavros is about to be rainbow'd whereas Vriska will get the treasure and high-fives, but maybe Vriska's karma is about to come due and her long-suffering punching bag abandoning her is just the beginning. Edit - ha ha who are we kidding Hussie is gonna walk on-panel and hand Vriska a trophy. Dolash fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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Mar 25, 2013 15:34
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I wonder why Nepeta is going along with Feferi and Sollux. Sure, her and Fef shared a body for a while, but before then I don't think she ever interacted with those two.
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Mar 25, 2013 15:48
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She was always a bit scared of Vriska, and she'd probably want to spend more time with Fef. Feferi rocks btw, gently caress the haters.
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Desfore posted:I wonder why Nepeta is going along with Feferi and Sollux. Sure, her and Fef shared a body for a while, but before then I don't think she ever interacted with those two. I get the impression that Nepeta and Feferi are pretty much BFFs now, after being a relatively happy unified being for a while. At least Gamzee's corpse-tossing worked out well for some of the trolls involved.
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Blackheart posted:Haha I had forgotten how awesome Sollux can be. Midnight Raider posted:I said it long ago, Sollux is actually pretty cool. Nephthys posted:Sollux is pretty awesome.
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Mar 25, 2013 15:57
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This was a great update and all but I just wish Feferi would speak like a normal person again. God drat is that a great outfit though.
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WAR FOOT posted:Hey look Tavros had character progression while dead. What next??? Looks like someone forgot about some Sick Fires.
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In the last mini-flash if you tried to click replay, it just transformed into the word "why" instead (and didn't replay). If you try to click the replay button in the latest page, it starts jumping around the page when you hover over it with your mouse, when you finally hunt it down in the middle of the screen it turns into a Nic Cage face who explains how homestuck will end.
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Wrist Watch posted:In the last mini-flash if you tried to click replay, it just transformed into the word "why" instead (and didn't replay). I like it when Hussie has fun playing around with the flashes.
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Maybe the ring John has isn't the ring of life- could the shattering ring in paradox space be it, with what we assume to be Calliope at the center? After all Aranea says the rings are "said to look almost identical" but goes on to say this: ARANEA: The Ring of Life has a very different story. ARANEA: I have found no reports of an origin to this ring at all. Like many magic artifacts, it may not even have one which is comprehensi8le. ARANEA: Earliest reports I have read would suggest it was first discovered 8y some travelers in a desert, and like its sister ring, has changed hands repeatedly since. So maybe Aranea has a good grip on what the ring of void looks like from being dead forever and such. But if the 'ring of life' is metaphorical and not actually a physical object: Vriska started her ghost-caravan in the desert. Control of the explanations (and I'd say the expedition itself) has shifted back and forth several times, even her managing to appoint people who outranked her, because sorry Serket, as much as I love you, you are a sucky captain.
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Told you guys Feferi was really in charge. Even Meenah and Aranea agree with me. Hell yes. (Ladies.)
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Grrl Anachronism posted:Maybe the ring John has isn't the ring of life- could the shattering ring in paradox space be it, with what we assume to be Calliope at the center? After all Aranea says the rings are "said to look almost identical" but goes on to say this: How in the gently caress would the shattering ring in paradox space change hands repeatedly?
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Roland Jones posted:Told you guys Feferi was really in charge. Even Meenah and Aranea agree with me. Hell yes. No one will ever outrank Meenah. She is simply the highest there is. 
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