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Luminous Obscurity posted:So Sburb is stacking itself entirely against a mentally handicapped child. He's a petulant little poo poo, but gently caress if I don't want to see the lil' fella pull through and rain death and misery upon all existence. Sburb really is a dick of a game, loaded with arbitrary horseshit, and I was fully supportive of Rose's original idea to tear it the gently caress apart so yeah I'm kinda rooting for Caliborn here too. he's just so adorabloodthirsty 
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I just don't find Caliborn that likeable. Not even in the shouty endearing way Karkat is. Caliborn's just a little rear end in a top hat- I only want to see more of him for the purpose of plot development. I can't bring myself to like him. 
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Nov 27, 2012 00:01
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I have this weird thing where the more hilariously violent and/or irritable a character is, the more endearing I find them. See also: Jack Noir Clearly this is totally normal and healthy, and certainly not the result of any deep-seated psychological problems 
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Nov 27, 2012 00:08
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Color Printer posted:This reminds me; I hope there's a flash that shows how either Caliborn/Lord English becomes Doc Scratch, or how LE channels himself into the universe through him. And since English is roughly the same song when you play it in reverse, just have that be the flash song, just to drive the point home. I forgot what a trip that album is!  I don't suppose the download comes with reversed versions?
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Nov 27, 2012 00:09
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Renaissance Robot posted:I forgot what a trip that album is! If it doesn't, I'd wager it'd be relatively trivial to make your own.
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Nov 27, 2012 00:39
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Grrl Anachronism posted:I just don't find Caliborn that likeable. Not even in the shouty endearing way Karkat is. Caliborn's just a little rear end in a top hat- I only want to see more of him for the purpose of plot development. I can't bring myself to like him. It's not that I like him per se, it's just that him relentlessly brutalizing Gamzee never, ever gets old.
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Nov 27, 2012 02:59
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Nov 27, 2012 03:32
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Update everybody. Caliborn acting all creepy with the bitches, hoping to catch a peek of some snuggle-action.
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Nov 27, 2012 04:15
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Hussie. Hussie. Why hast thou forsaken us
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Nov 27, 2012 04:16
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Nobody has pointed out yet another Problem Sleuth reference? Shame.
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Nov 27, 2012 04:16
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Caliborn posted:WHAT'S THE WORD I'M THINKING OF. Kanye West posted:Have you ever had sex with a Pharoah? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgEjy_JWZys Nothing will ever convince me this was not intentional. Nothing. Fake edit: Also: Kanye West posted:I'm living in the future so the present is my past
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Nov 27, 2012 04:23
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The main thing I took away from this update if that there are multiple towers.
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Nov 27, 2012 04:49
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Caliborn makes me like Gamzee more. Despite Gamzee being a murderous clown, I just... don't like Caliborn. Though I don't mind the character development, I can't wait for the stupid kid to get mauled.
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Nov 27, 2012 04:50
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Indie Rocktopus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgEjy_JWZys
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Nov 27, 2012 05:18
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JT Jag posted:Man, grills do a number on your teeth. To be fair, so does candy corn.
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Nov 27, 2012 05:20
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Man this is a good track (from the SBURB OST): http://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-will-to-fight-original-mix-denizen-strife
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Nov 27, 2012 05:27
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So. There are 13 monitors on this tree (at least that we can see.) That's one for every kid, one for Calliope, and four more, which might correspond to the Troll heroes of Blood, Mind, Rage, and Doom?
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Nov 27, 2012 05:31
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Glory of Arioch posted:So. There are 13 monitors on this tree (at least that we can see.) Those would be Karkat, Terezi, Gamzee, and Sollux. So that's unlikely.
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Ariong posted:Those would be Karkat, Terezi, Gamzee, and Sollux. So that's unlikely. Unless it's Kurloz and Mituna, who were involved in some very mysterious incident involving Lord English. Still, I doubt it, if for no other reason then it means there are two monitors dedicated to looking at Space heroes. Class is more likely than aspect to be the determinant. The five monitors we have now point to Muse, Prince, Page, Maid, and Rogue. With four more kids, that'd be Heir, Knight, Seer, and Witch, leaving us to look at Sylph, Mage, Bard, and Thief. That'd be Kanaya or Aranea, Sollux or Damara, Gamzee or Cronus, and Vriska or Meenah. No combination seems natural there either. Mysterious.
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Nov 27, 2012 06:02
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Glory of Arioch posted:That's one for every kid, one for Calliope, and four more... Or maybe the four members of the Midnight Crew? He's gotta rip the mobster motif from somewhere after all.
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Nov 27, 2012 06:11
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It shouldn't need explaining but usually we enjoy antagonists and protagonists differently. Liking Caliborn (or Bec Noir or even Gamzee) isn't the same sort of sympathy involved in liking John and friends. In particular I enjoy Caliborn for being the biggest blunt instrument of aggression in the whole story, particularly how this doofus child goes from needing to be spoonfed direction directly from the authour to being the most powerful being in the narrative.
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Jyrraeth posted:Caliborn makes me like Gamzee more. Despite Gamzee being a murderous clown, I just... don't like Caliborn. Though I don't mind the character development, I can't wait for the stupid kid to get mauled. Yeah he's a pretty good showcase of a sociopath. He complains and whines about certain actions being terrible when done to him, but is fundamentally incapable of grasping or caring that other people feel similarly nonplussed. He's equal parts pitiable and utterly repulsive.
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Nov 27, 2012 06:38
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Some of LE's elements of style (golden guns, skaia sphere thingy) can be seen in the monitor scenes. I wonder if (and how) he'll see something that will inspire the pool ball/flashing colors motif.
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I'm still not so sure that Caliborn will become LE.
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Indie Rocktopus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgEjy_JWZys It might even be a second-hand reference; when (This is the same person whose epic 90,000-word Karkat<>Gamzee<3<Terezi fanfic featured, as a primary element, the tense web of Subjugglator-cult intrigue between Sober Gamzee and their Disciple-manipulating chucklevoodoo-brainwashing Grand Highblood. In May. Take that as you will.)
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Nov 27, 2012 08:54
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While I don't hate this act (Gamzee ),I never found the authorlog info dump to be all that appealing. So, I'm glad that's over and we can see the Caliborn/Gamzee teamup.
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Nov 27, 2012 10:57
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Update! Oh god here we go, poo poo's about to get real! 
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I like that we're apparently leaving most of Caliborn's session unseen. Not like he has anybody to interact with but Gamzee. Him getting in contact with Jack has some significant implications. For one, it's a way for Caliborn to work against the B2 session (but only from April 13 onward). It also suggests that there's much more to his later opposition of the Midnight Crew than meets the eye. Act 6 Act 5 already, though? This is what we've been waiting for, isn't it? With luck we'll also get some answers about what happened to the kernelsprites. Who wants to bet that the arrival will start happening practically immediately? Also, that the next update is an [S] page?
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Nov 27, 2012 11:28
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Crain posted:What's up with Jack having a gold tooth? It's the pointed end of the Prospitian spike that broke off while he was counting off dates, in [S] Act 6 Act 4.
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I thought of more to say. We've got a time frame, here. Caliborn is exactly synchronized with the narration (notwithstanding flashbacks) - he sees what we see as it happens. If he unlocks the command field or the narrative prompt, we'll find out because what he types will appear there. He has equal standing with the audience and could potentially supplant the author, right as the story is approaching what would already have been its most climactic part. That's such a cool idea, one which depends on MSPA's central conceit, and I'm glad that Hussie went to great lengths to make sure we could trust him not to gently caress it up. Jade and John haven't left that "one yard" yet, so there's still a chance for us to see if that was really all he did to influence the story. I think making sure they arrive at their destination is a big deal but there might be more still to it, considering Lord English, the expert time traveler, has also existed in the space they're crossing through.
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Bongo Bill posted:Act 6 Act 5 already, though? This is what we've been waiting for, isn't it? With luck we'll also get some answers about what happened to the kernelsprites. Who wants to bet that the arrival will start happening practically immediately? Also, that the next update is an [S] page? Isn't that Act 6 Act 6? There were five open green curtains in [S] Seer: Descend, and one unopened one and the curtains for the other acts were all unopened.
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Nov 27, 2012 12:10
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This looks like Jack's going to become Lord English, controlled by Caliborn.
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Crain posted:I'm still not so sure that Caliborn will become LE. Well, Hussie did say that Caliborn was going to kill him in the quasi-future. That points pretty firmly to Caliborn being LE, unless the guy in the authorlogs ain't Hussie (seems unlikely) or Hussie gets killed by Caliborn at some other point. (...maybe? His eyes have been white since the first time we saw him.)
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:This looks like Jack's going to become Lord English, controlled by Caliborn. It would certainly be a neat twist. Every big bad was just a massively enabled Jack all along...
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Well Manicured Man posted:SBURB OST is finally out guys! I was away from my internet when the initial planning for the album was being done so I couldn't be a part of it, but a ton of my friends and fellow Homestuck fanmusicians, many of whom were on coloUrs and mayhem with me, were, so you should all give it a look-see! Also, one of my fan musician colleagues is planning to play through the entire album on Audiosurf and stream it on Livestream at 8:30 EST. This has some absolutely incredible tracks on it. edit: This is my favorite. TheDemon fucked around with this message at 12:55 on Nov 27, 2012 |
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It really does have some great music. Especially Born To Die and STRIFE!. It's a pretty solid album!
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That last panel has me suddenly very worried that Caliborn might not be Lord English.
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Everyone's favorite troper brony liveblogger just made a fansong. It's about as good as you'd expect.
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