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Of COURSE the Crappy Serket had to get the ring. Hussie never lets us have nice things.
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That was a hell of a chain of panels to start the day to. "He's being controlled? VRISKAAAAA!"  "It's Aranea? Well, clearly Vriska was a bad influence on the girl."  "Wait, she's working for )-(IC? Or is Meenah calling for some girl talk? drat you Hussie, just when I thought I was getting a handle on this poo poo!" Bell_ posted:When Meenah begged John not to let her steal the ring, perhaps she knew somehow she would end up alive and the weight of inevitability she was fighting was behind that request? That was my take away from that sequence. Meenah knew if she came back to life her instinct to dominate would overwhelm her desire to hang with her friends, and she also knew she wouldn't be able to resist the urge to steal the ring.
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Sep 3, 2013 12:35
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Dorroile posted:Crappy Serket I don't understand these words used in this combination. 
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Sep 3, 2013 12:46
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All Serkets are the best at all times. Fact.
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Sep 3, 2013 13:11
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I know Vriska's had and then discarded like a billion opportunities for character growth at this point, but I do wonder if just maybe Aranea stealing the ring will give her some epiphany about what her behaviour looks like from an external perspective? Meenah had a similar experience with the Condesce, where she became uncomfortable with what she was set to become and the things she did as Empress of Alternia. Considering Vriska idolized Mindfang from her diaries, seeing Aranea become Mindfang and being selfish and egotistical might help. Oh who am I kidding? She's just going to be mad pissed she didn't figure out how to steal the ring first.
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Sep 3, 2013 13:41
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Dolash posted:
 Cal is narrating now too, so it's not like he's going to pay her any more attention than Jane.
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Sep 3, 2013 14:00
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Jesus christ, how many villains do we have to go through until this poo poo ends?
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Sep 3, 2013 14:24
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Jazu posted:Jesus christ, how many villains do we have to go through until this poo poo ends? Everyone will turn evil by the end. Except John.
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Sep 3, 2013 14:32
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closeted republican posted:Everyone will turn evil by the end. Except John. Who will take Lord English's place as supreme evil overpimp, and the comic ends with him destroying all his dead, evil, ex-friends dream bubbles.
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Sep 3, 2013 14:46
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Am I the only one who was incredibly relieved to find out this was Aranea instead of Vriska? Vriska's story arc has reached a satisfying conclusion already. Twice. She doesn't really need a third one. Aranea hasn't really gotten a story arc at all. Let's see what she can do. e: plus now that she has a narrative purpose other than Walking Exposition Dispenser maybe she'll stop with the  all the time; otherwise someone will have to edit some horns onto that emote eventually
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Sep 3, 2013 14:51
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WAR FOOT posted:Who will take Lord English's place as supreme evil overpimp, and the comic ends with him destroying all his dead, evil, ex-friends dream bubbles. John will then bitterly realize he has nothing to do in the empty husk of paradox space, and will try to recreate his friends. In doing so, he will accidentally bring about the beginning of the story again, causing Homestuck to become an ouroboros of John becoming Lord English and remaking himself, over and over again, forever. Insert your own Stephen King joke here.
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Sep 3, 2013 14:54
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When I saw 100+ new posts, I thought the only thing capable of doing that was an extended burst of Vriskachat. I... I think we might have to upgrade the term to Serketchat? 
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Sep 3, 2013 15:07
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Woke up to this and really wish I had checked last night! I'm personally pulling for Aranea to go full Mindfang- the self she didn't have a chance to have but by now has had the chance to hear plenty about.
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Sep 3, 2013 15:34
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Jazu posted:Jesus christ, how many villains do we have to go through until this poo poo ends? I dunno, we still have at least a couple more sets of kids and trolls to introduce, don't we?
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:I dunno, we still have at least a couple more sets of kids and trolls to introduce, don't we? Well, the pre-scratch troll ancestors I guess.
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Tunicate posted:Well, the pre-scratch troll ancestors I guess. and then their ghost selves and the post-scratch ancestor ghosts as well. And at least 5 more copies of Dirk.
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<=== My face at this turn of events. Seriously, I love everything about this twist.  Also, I'm pretty sure this means we're gonna overshoot a 2013 ending and land somewhere in Spring 2014 for Act 7. I mean, I wasn't sure we'd get to Act 7 before this year ended, but until the hammer fell I felt it could go either way.
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Sep 3, 2013 16:41
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Jazu posted:Jesus christ, how many villains do we have to go through until this poo poo ends? Coming up next, Dirk and Li'l Hal reenact this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOFZ5fv_pb8 l-l-loook at y-y-you, strider; a pathetttic creature of meat and bone.
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Sep 3, 2013 17:09
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Home stuck has been around so long it's gonna be bizarre when it's gone. I mean I started reading it my junior year of high school and now I just started my third year I college.
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Sep 3, 2013 17:15
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Dorroile posted:Of COURSE the Crappy Serket had to get the ring. Hussie never lets us have nice things. Did Vriska get the ring? No? Then I think we know who the best Serket really is
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Sep 3, 2013 17:29
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Could this be the reason Jane has been building up Jake's house? To allow Areana access to the portal? Which would point to )-(IC being either in cahoots with, or being manipulated by (either with mind control or just by being really clever), Areana. My money is on it being Condy on the phone.
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Sep 3, 2013 17:41
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A late thought just struck me; So that's where the pillow went! Another mystery that we didn't know was a mystery and didn't need solving has been solved. Truly, Hussie has achieved some kind of zen trolling.
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Sep 3, 2013 18:23
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Up until five minutes ago I thought Gamzee was probably working for Hussie. Maybe instead he's just working for everyone.
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Sep 3, 2013 19:13
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attackbunny posted:Up until five minutes ago I thought Gamzee was probably working for Hussie. Maybe instead he's just working for everyone. Or maybe Gamzee is the ultimate mastermind, and everyone is working FOR him. Including himself. It's a Double Mobius Clownaround.
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Sep 3, 2013 19:14
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I suspect that if Gamzee's eyes are fully open or fully closed, he's being mind-controlled, whereas if they're half-open, he's acting of his own free will. The difference is in the kind of smile he's smiling.
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Sep 3, 2013 19:33
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loquacius posted:Am I the only one who was incredibly relieved to find out this was Aranea instead of Vriska? Vriska's story arc has reached a satisfying conclusion already. Twice. She doesn't really need a third one. Aranea hasn't really gotten a story arc at all. Let's see what she can do. I'm with you on this entirely. I was actually pleased when it was revealed to be Aranea after all. Even if she is becoming a villain she might still be really adorable about it and I can not wait.
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Sep 3, 2013 19:55
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I wanted Calliope to get the ring. I wanted everything to go right. I really did.  (But if we get a Meenah/HIC pesterlog out of this, that's almost a decent tradeoff!)
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Sep 3, 2013 20:09
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Hahaha, oh man, Fuchsia Ruler has been my ringtone since the first Meenah walkaround. That's amazing. I'm also of the opinion that this is not going to end well for anyone involved. Vriska is going to be world-shatteringly pissed. She's been incredibly angry lately, at Tavros, and John, and Hussie, and now Aranea's going to send her off the deep end again.
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Sep 3, 2013 20:11
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A lot of people have theories that make sense after the fact, but very few people seem to have good predictions before hand. I am going to guess which Peixes it is calling, and we will see in a day (or so...) how right I am. I think it is probably HIC on the other end of the pillow phone. I would say about 70% sure. 20% chance that it is Meenah. 5% chance that it is Feferi and 5% chance that it is pre-scratch Feferi, the good Troll Empress. I don't know if I have that much evidence for this. She is talking in an exasperated tone of voice, as if whoever is on the other end is someone who has been bothering her. Yet in all of the Meenah/Aranea interactions, its Meenah wanting Aranea to shut up. That is my main reason for thinking it is HIC.
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Parsley posted:I'm with you on this entirely. I was actually pleased when it was revealed to be Aranea after all. Even if she is becoming a villain she might still be really adorable about it and I can not wait. If it is HIC, then I have to wonder if she got to know Alternians as a ghost. Maybe she knew Aradia before she died the first time? Aradia had her share of informants manipulating her machinations, from Doc Scratch to an assortment of present and future selves, but PAST apocalypseArisen posted:PAA: and here i was thinking we were finished taking 0rders fr0m v0ices! Is it just random-rear end-nobody-cares-dead or were some Beforan ghosts included in the deal? Edit: Oh yeah, and regarding Good Serkets and Crappy Serkets-Vriska used all that luck and got the impossibly lucky roll in her fight against Jack and the Black King, and that power was that for a few moments she'd get to be Aranea. (Updated halfway through this post) Sweet, so Aranea's plan is in total opposition to all the other plans, so it will be interesting to see how this perfect storm of plans gently caress up for everyone involved. Is John a part of her schemes? He'd seem instrumental to a plan like that. Double edit: Twerket isn't a fish pun <3 Bell_ fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Sep 3, 2013 |
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Sep 3, 2013 21:36
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So... two Serkets down in the quest to be responsible for all the irons in the fire. What happens if you die while wearing the ring of life? Is that a thing that can happen?
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Sep 3, 2013 21:41
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Well, I was right about her trying to fix things herself. Wrong about her talking to the Condesce. Meenah is right, this poo poo is going to go terribubbly.
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Sep 3, 2013 21:42
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She is going to heal the poo poo out of reality so hard it unmakes the rear end in a top hat green manchild.
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Sep 3, 2013 21:46
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How is Aranea talking to a dead person without being asleep?
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Sep 3, 2013 21:48
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On her Shellphone obviously. 
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Sep 3, 2013 21:52
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I feel vaguely ashamed that I sniggered at 'bitch don't touch my clam'. 
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Sep 3, 2013 21:58
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I stand corrected. Apparently the real world and the afterlife have GREAT cell reception. Also, there's no foreseeable way any of this could possibly go south!
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Sep 3, 2013 22:01
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Aranea you're nuts. At least when Vriska talked herself up it was stuff she could actually do.
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I'm interested to see where this goes. Aranea has a point about her power level - she's several thousand times older than even the Condesce, she has more complete knowledge of the situation than anyone alive, and she's a god-tier to boot. I mean, she's sure to fail, if only because she said her plan out loud. But I reckon she'll managed to do a lot of damage (to someone or other) before she does.
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