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her final challenge is to say "halter tops are so fetch right now" without vomiting.
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Jun 24, 2015 00:00
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Havent seen a little sprite jig in quiet some time.
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Jun 24, 2015 00:02
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WAR FOOT posted:Egg. Egg!
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Jun 24, 2015 00:02
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That's our girl! I am quietly proud. Also, isn't that Karkat's crabtop Dave is sitting in front of on the inset panel?
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Jun 24, 2015 00:04
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Roxy: Celebratory sportsball spike
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Jun 24, 2015 00:07
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Eridan: come out of nowhere and hopesplode the egg again
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HB eat the egg
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Yay Roxy! What a pretty update.Blackheart posted:Eridansprite: come out of nowhere and hopesplode the egg again FTFY
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Jun 24, 2015 00:22
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Gettin' to see some other, non Zodiac, Troll symbols here.
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Jun 24, 2015 00:29
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Felt real good to see one of those little dancing sprites again.
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Prison Warden posted:Gettin' to see some other, non Zodiac, Troll symbols here. Any of those Kickstarter trollsona symbols? e. Davinci posted:Felt real good to see one of those little dancing sprites again.
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Jun 24, 2015 00:37
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I'm so glad to see the triumphant return of the EGG! sound effect
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Jun 24, 2015 01:06
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Also, isn't that Karkat's crabtop Dave is sitting in front of on the inset panel? It is, actually. Maybe he's asking Karkat for advice on meeting one's dancestor 
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I think this was obvious from the start if you look at how Roxy's panels on the overview progress.
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Jun 24, 2015 01:27
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RZApublican posted:It is, actually. Maybe he's asking Karkat for advice on meeting one's dancestor Maybe he and Dirk are bonding over SBaHJ.
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Jun 24, 2015 01:28
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Pretend I made like a hundred loving posts that are just HELL YES over and over.
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I think I'll use the eight-pronged diamond-centered troll symbol one on the left for my trollsona. Yes. That seems the most special-snowflake of the lot.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Calliope is so boring she makes otherwise interesting characters boring just by being around them. It's sorta been said before, but the last few updates have emphasized pretty strongly that, just as Caliborn is a literal representation of the uptight "super-fan" of Homestuck who hates what the fandom has to offer to the point of literally trying to destroy the comic, Calliope is a literal representation of the more passive "super-fan" of Homestuck who represents the creative, loving side of the fandom. In this light it's pretty obvious that Calliope is a figurative embodiment of the Mary Sue who is destined to "save" the comic. Her boring nature is literally foundational to her character in the way it is foundational to a Mary Sue. Indeed, the way these things "happen around" her, that she has a dark brooding alter ego who is destined to save the world through sacrifice, the fact that she literally comes back from the dead, hell, even all of the recent conversations point to classic Mary Sue tropes like the main characters thanking the Mary Sue for her help (despite the Mary Sue's modesty): quote:ROXY: you were still helpful though! the main characters complimenting the character unironically even though it is weird and out of place: quote:JANE: I think both Roxy and the enthusiastic cat girl are correct. and even characters clearly making the assumption that she is critically important in the final battle: quote:ROSE: I don't mean to badger you. I'm just wondering how you fit into all this. I'm not saying that Calliope is written badly because Hussie is a bad writer (we can go back and forth on that, but it probably wouldn't be Calliope's fault), so much as she is written badly because Hussie appears to be stressing the Mary Sue-ness of her character (which is interesting in relation to the fundamentally meta nature of the story and Rose's recent musings as to whether or not humans have story arcs to begin with). The question is: why? ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Bobulus posted:Maybe he and Dirk are bonding over SBaHJ. Yeah that's what I assumed too.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:It's sorta been said before, but the last few updates have emphasized pretty strongly that, just as Caliborn is a literal representation of the uptight "super-fan" of Homestuck who hates what the fandom has to offer to the point of literally trying to destroy the comic, Calliope is a literal representation of the more passive "super-fan" of Homestuck who represents the creative, loving side of the fandom. Very likely to have her fail, miserably. We can go back and forth about how Hussie might "lampshade the lampshades lampshade" until we all forget what the outcome would be, but I think this is going to just be a straight up brick wall for the Mary Sue in question. She's going to fail at her attempts to stop her brother through selfless self-sacrifice (the culmination of a Mary Sues storyline is almost always "She was right along that her power was better and strong even if it seemed bad, weird, or limited"). Hussie always strikes me less as "arbitrarily poo poo on tropes, cliches, and concepts" and more "play them out to their logical conclusion until the harsh 'reality' sets in that this is not a fair story"
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Jun 24, 2015 02:31
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Doing the voidy thing itt
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Jun 24, 2015 02:35
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Meenah is going to fork the hell out of both those Vriskas.
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WAR FOOT posted:Egg. RZApublican posted:Egg! 
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Jun 24, 2015 03:08
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Bilirubin posted:Any of those Kickstarter trollsona symbols? Nah, but it was mentioned in a interview that they made up a whole drat chart of troll shirt crests for the game. I wonder if these correspond to any new characters?
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Okay but while John, Rose, Jane, and Terezi are talking about both Calliope and Roxy John is only thinking about one of those parties Also I'm curious as to what's going to happen when we pass the repeat pairs on this faux-select screen, with regards to the where-are-they-now pseudo-panels.
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She calls it a Mayonegg.
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I like Calliope and think she is sweet. Tumblr has pointed out, and I think they're right, that all the new troll symbols are jade-green, including the symbol that is shared by The Dolorosa and Kanaya. It's not just the troll race coming back, it's an entire section of the hemospectrum. Plom Bar posted:Also I'm curious as to what's going to happen when we pass the repeat pairs on this faux-select screen, with regards to the where-are-they-now pseudo-panels.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Tumblr has pointed out, and I think they're right, that all the new troll symbols are jade-green, including the symbol that is shared by The Dolorosa and Kanaya. It's not just the troll race coming back, it's an entire section of the hemospectrum.  Someone it failed to click with me that there's green blood coming out of that skull. I must be blind.
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Finally we learn what the "eggy loking thign" [sic] is.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:I like Calliope and think she is sweet. What is even the implication you are getting at here? A section of the hemospectrum is included in the entire troll race, yeah, duh. What Roxy was doing was going from general to specific, trying to grasp the essence of the troll race and what the egg means, like what she told Calliope. She started with Alternia as a whole, then some examples of Trollhood, then the jade-bloods (care-takers of the mother grubs), then EGG!. edit- the silhouette of Alternia and its moons stays the whole time, also Mazerunner fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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I'm still reading Jojo, and goddamn there's some Felt-level bullshit in there. Spoilers for part 5: King Crimson's power to "erase time" is just as nonsensical as any of the Felt's, and just as hilarious to see. He even punches someone's future trail!
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Mazerunner posted:What is even the implication you are getting at here? A section of the hemospectrum is included in the entire troll race, yeah, duh.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Bother, my memory's messed up. There was an entire range of greenbloods that was deliberately exterminated, and I confused that with the jade blood of Kanaya, Porrim, and the Condesce. but, but, but, the condesce has fuscia blood. Like purple. Perhaps you mean the dolorosa? but naw, yeah, the limebloods will probably come back too, yeah, I'd assume, although Calliope's trollsona is a limeblood which is a mark against them that probably suggests they just don't deserve to come back.
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Real talk, those jadeblooded symbols look really swell. Does anyone recognize them?
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Meenah is going to fork the hell out of both those Vriskas. Nah, she clearly gives no shits about the current goings on. Girl just wants to swim with the fishes and/or mad loot.
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paradoxGentleman posted:Real talk, those jadeblooded symbols look really swell. Does anyone recognize them? There was an interview where they said they made a whole chart of troll shirt runes for every blood caste for the game. They said they made more than they needed though, so no guarantee they'll show up in game. If you're asking if they have any real world origins, I'm pretty sure they just doodled some stuff that looked virgo-ish, or was connected to Kanaya, like the diamondy ones or the one that looks like a bat. A couple of them resemble Japanese characters, specifically the hiragana yu (ゆ,) which denotes a hot spring or bath house, and the katakana nu (ヌ) which as far as I know is just a letter.
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MonsieurChoc posted:I'm still reading Jojo, and goddamn there's some Felt-level bullshit in there. Spoilers for part 5: King Crimson's power to "erase time" is just as nonsensical as any of the Felt's, and just as hilarious to see. He even punches someone's future trail! Kinda-sorta big fat Jojo spoilers: How Stands Work
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