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If John can somehow retcon events, he'll have to lose the power eventually. Otherwise the risk factor will be gone.
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John is going to start retconning things, but he goes too far, and Homestuck will have to start over at the beginning. Please look forward to several more years of Homestuck.
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Nov 10, 2014 15:02
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I suspected that this Doomed Timeline was going to be (somehow) closed by 'normal' means, rather than retcon powers, because people like Terezi needed to remember this experience to get their characters back on track. But now I'm not so sure. Hmm. Anyway, I audibly cheered when Terezi heatbutted John. Go Terezi! When the going gets tough, get angry! Fat_Cow posted:Trolls are hard as gently caress to kill huh? Part of the reason I will look at tumblr after an update is to see all the completely bizarre fan theories that get generated. Enjoy: 
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Nov 10, 2014 15:21
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Bobulus posted:Part of the reason I will look at tumblr after an update is to see all the completely bizarre fan theories that get generated. Enjoy: The major flaw in this theory is the idea that Vriska lacks fatty protection anywhere. 
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Nov 10, 2014 16:05
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NewMars posted:The major flaw in this theory is the idea that Vriska lacks fatty protection anywhere. She's front loaded.
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Nov 10, 2014 16:22
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If that tumblr post was anything more than the incorrect blatherings of a lunatic, then whatever "armor" was there didn't do poo poo, 'cause she was pretty much run through.
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Nov 10, 2014 16:56
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it's a dumb joke i'm 90% sure
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Nov 10, 2014 16:58
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You can never be sure with these tumblr people.
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Nov 10, 2014 17:19
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Tollymain posted:it's a dumb joke i'm 90% sure Yeah, it's a dumb joke based on the fact that Horuus (or maybe Equius, I can't remember) implied in one of the flashes that troll boobs had some battle function, which itself was a dumb joke Hussie was making about the fans asking why an insectoid species had mammalian characteristics.
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Nov 10, 2014 17:25
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It was Arquiusprite, who was messaging Dirk!
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Nov 10, 2014 17:55
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Still interested in seeing where this is going, but if John recons everything it's going to make everything that's happened so far entirely pointless and I'm not sure how I feel about that :/ why even bother showing us this if it's just going to go away thanks to a deus ex machina plot device? It wouldn't be the first time this has happened in the comic, in a roundabout way. Hopefully Hussie will show what happens during the deus ex machina this time instead of just skipping way past it and having a character just talk about it.
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Nov 10, 2014 18:14
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CuddlyZombie posted:It was Arquiusprite, who was messaging Dirk! Do you remember the page? This sounds hilarious. Then again Arquisprite is the best sprite after dear, sweet, precious Fefetasprite so all his logs are hilarious.
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Nov 10, 2014 18:14
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Who What Now posted:Do you remember the page? This sounds hilarious. Then again Arquisprite is the best sprite after dear, sweet, precious Fefetasprite so all his logs are hilarious.
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Nov 10, 2014 18:28
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Quantum Toast posted:Here it is and yes he is. God, this and Terezi's headbutt are exactly what I needed to remember why I read this flaming pile. 
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Nov 10, 2014 18:49
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DOOF! them all, Terezi. (BTW, my post on Hussey's meta post was dumb and I am dumb.)
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Nov 10, 2014 18:54
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Still interested in seeing where this is going, but if John recons everything it's going to make everything that's happened so far entirely pointless and I'm not sure how I feel about that :/ why even bother showing us this if it's just going to go away thanks to a deus ex machina plot device? John is not a plot device Fixing this will probably take a lot of interaction with the other characters that he's only now just met and character development A lot of retcons and such have happened just due to the mechanics of sburb and paradox space and all of that, John actively preventing a doomed future's far more interesting. Bobulus posted:Yeah, it's a dumb joke based on the fact that Horuus (or maybe Equius, I can't remember) implied in one of the flashes that troll boobs had some battle function, which itself was a dumb joke Hussie was making about the fans asking why an insectoid species had mammalian characteristics. I've grown to dislike it when people yell about other-species-people having boobies because usually that's the only thing they paid attention to in biology class because it was about boobs. Nothing about trolls makes any sense whatsoever (animals as parents??) and could not evolve the way they did and they're kind of a stupid idea, they're mostly just designed to be really weird people.
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Spritelog posted:ARQUIUSPRITE: Didn't I mention, master dogg I forgot how magical this all was.
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Nov 10, 2014 20:02
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Saw this, it looks like Terezi's might be wearing Jade's ruby slippers right now? They definitely don't look like her shoes, and if true it might support the idea that she might be hitching a ride with John's recon.
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Nov 10, 2014 20:04
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If john can take characters with him with his retcon powers, then I want him to have a few dodgy trial-runs where he accidentally brings characters from problem sleuth with him into homestuck, takes nic cage out of con air, pulls a few of caliborn's lovely anime characters out of his sketches, and etc
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Nov 10, 2014 20:12
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Rooreelooo posted:If john can take characters with him with his retcon powers, then I want him to have a few dodgy trial-runs where he accidentally brings characters from problem sleuth with him into homestuck, takes nic cage out of con air, pulls a few of caliborn's lovely anime characters out of his sketches, and etc hmm maybe this is how Lord English comes to be.
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Nov 10, 2014 20:36
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Bobulus posted:Yeah, it's a dumb joke based on the fact that Horuus (or maybe Equius, I can't remember) implied in one of the flashes that troll boobs had some battle function, which itself was a dumb joke Hussie was making about the fans asking why an insectoid species had mammalian characteristics. Meenah did call them rumble spheres I think. So you can make up your own dumb jokes there.
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Nov 10, 2014 20:43
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Thinking about it, I'm laying odds on the 'fix' being John preventing Caliborn from ever filling the cartridge with sparkles in the first place. Then the story restarts from the first corrupted flash, only it's not corrupted. This would do several things: - That flash aborted early, so there might be some more Batterwitch scheming that we previously didn't know about. - John and co apparently had a big reunion on Jake's planet that no one but John remembers. We could finally see that. - Removing the static would also allow several important conversations, like Dave and Dirk. End result: John has not negated any consequences, but basically facilitated communication. The group works together better, and so don't gently caress up so badly in the big showdown. It allows John to do something without making him too over powered.
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Nov 10, 2014 21:16
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Bobulus posted:End result: John has not negated any consequences, but basically facilitated communication. That does fit in nicely with his status as Heir of Breath, doesn't it?
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Nov 10, 2014 21:22
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I don't understand why John can't just blow away all the glitches, though. He summoned a planet drilling tornado and blew out a fire that covered an entire planet. I mean he could at least try rather than just going "Eh, I'd do it but there's just so much of it and it seems like such a hassle...". I was mostly exaggerating for comedic effect before but now I'm serious that John's complete lack of initiative is really old now.
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Nov 10, 2014 21:48
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Who What Now posted:I don't understand why John can't just blow away all the glitches, though. He summoned a planet drilling tornado and blew out a fire that covered an entire planet. I mean he could at least try rather than just going "Eh, I'd do it but there's just so much of it and it seems like such a hassle...". I was mostly exaggerating for comedic effect before but now I'm serious that John's complete lack of initiative is really old now. There's enough glitch dust to cover several planets now, and is saturated throughout the rest of the incipisphere, so John probably isn't wrong about there being more than he can handle.
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Nov 10, 2014 22:00
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Still, it'd be nice of him to try and save Dirk from his own apathy. Then again, if he had we probably wouldn't have gotten Terezi's headbut, so I guess it's for the best.
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WAR FOOT posted:If Hussie can somehow retcon life-ending events, he'll have to lose the power eventually. Otherwise the risk factor will be gone. Right? RIGHT?!
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Nov 10, 2014 22:49
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WAR FOOT posted:If John can somehow retcon events, he'll have to lose the power eventually. Otherwise the risk factor will be gone. Nah, something will manifest that ups the ante and makes John's new power look like fishsticks.
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Nov 10, 2014 23:32
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So I haven't read Homestuck in like two years (last flash I remember is Hussie proposing to Vriska in a desert (of horses? hard to remember)). Has it been good since then and how many hours of flashgames will I have to play to catch up?
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Nov 10, 2014 23:33
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Tollymain posted:i imagine a flash would be more "john trying to fix things and not succeeding through an undefined number of timelines before finally managing to pull together something that sorta works" kind of thing rather than just acing it first try, oh man, that's perfect enough to work. It could even have some sort of goofy montage music to kill the seriousness like Hussie usually does.
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Scrree posted:So I haven't read Homestuck in like two years (last flash I remember is Hussie proposing to Vriska in a desert (of horses? hard to remember)). Has it been good since then and how many hours of flashgames will I have to play to catch up? There've been moments of brilliance, and the gaps between them will probably hurt less for you catching up in the archive. Just know that like always, every plan the heroes make will fail in the most spectacular and annoying ways. I think we're down to what, six protagonists "alive" out of a cast of over 140. E: here's where you left off Triskelli fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Nov 10, 2014 |
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Nov 10, 2014 23:41
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Scrree posted:So I haven't read Homestuck in like two years (last flash I remember is Hussie proposing to Vriska in a desert (of horses? hard to remember)). Has it been good since then and how many hours of flashgames will I have to play to catch up? Homestuck has been pretty bad.
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Nov 10, 2014 23:44
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Scrree posted:So I haven't read Homestuck in like two years (last flash I remember is Hussie proposing to Vriska in a desert (of horses? hard to remember)). Has it been good since then and how many hours of flashgames will I have to play to catch up? I've enjoyed it for the most part. Also, two of the best characters get introduced in that two year period so you'll have something to look forward to.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:I've enjoyed it for the most part. Also, two of the best characters get introduced in that two year period so you'll have something to look forward to. Roxy and Dream Roxy??
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Nov 11, 2014 00:12
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TriffTshngo posted:Roxy and Dream Roxy?? Dream Roxy is Meenah right?
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Nov 11, 2014 00:18
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Roxy is cool but she's not Meenah or Caliborn, pretty close though.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:There's enough glitch dust to cover several planets now, and is saturated throughout the rest of the incipisphere, so John probably isn't wrong about there being more than he can handle. I think it was more that John's wind powers don't make the glitches vanish, they just blow them away. They go somewhere, and at this point there's so many glitches that moving some around probably won't help all that much.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:DOOF! them all, Terezi.  (hope this isn't against thread rules)
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Bilirubin posted:(hope this isn't against thread rules) It is, you're banned now.
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