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Desfore posted:This is why I don't know why people don't like Dirk. He's basically Dave, just taken to a larger extreme, both in his cool-kid persona, and his fragile true self. Dirk and Dave are about on equal levels with me.  In that I generally prefer most of the current active cast to them
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quote:ARQUIUSPRITE: We both know you're never going to be happy under ordinary circumstances This was really sad to me because it's pretty much exactly what my best friend once told me that her depression felt like. 
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Jan 21, 2013 10:37
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Huh. Okay then. Arquiusprite continues to be amazing, though. "I think about them all the time while I fle% and it makes me smile." 
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Jan 21, 2013 12:33
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Guess I was on the mark re: the Smiles and their inescapability.
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Jan 21, 2013 12:55
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Goddamn I wish Topatoco's international shipping costs weren't so extortionate. I can't justify the cost of the Homestuck books, I sure as hell can't justify SB&HJ. Ludicrously overpriced fake-person signature or no. 
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Jan 21, 2013 13:28
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While this is an interesting turn for Dirk in terms of his control issues as well as Roxy by addressing her long-repressed (if poorly-concealed) feelings... well, when the sugar rush is over, isn't Dirk still gay? I'm guessing trickster Dirk is going to be willing to happily declare that if it would be easier for him to not be gay, or to be bi or whatever, in order to solve their problems then sure he can do that. Once they snap out of it though he's probably going to go back to normal - I don't think Hussie would want to imply that Dirk growing out of his gayness is going to be part of his personal development, even if kissing Roxy was a step to giving up his control issues.
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Is anyone else having the issue that they just literally cannot picture Trickster Dirk? Being that energetic and enthusiastic in any way is so un-Strider that it just will not coalesce in my mind.
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Cleretic posted:Is anyone else having the issue that they just literally cannot picture Trickster Dirk? Being that energetic and enthusiastic in any way is so un-Strider that it just will not coalesce in my mind. I can picture him. He's shown here, on the right. Interestingly, we have a chain going on here: Calliope trickstered Jane by sending her the juju. Jane trickstered Jake by kneeing him in the family jujuwels. Jake trickstered Roxy with a pumpkin to the head. Roxy trickstered Dirk with a drunben shmoochp. Logically, Dirk should then somehow close the loop by being responsible for the Cals' jujus.
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Jan 21, 2013 13:50
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There needs to be more love for "I'M TOO loving COOL FOR THIS!!!!!" I like Dirk. He is very flawed, and I like that.
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Dolash posted:While this is an interesting turn for Dirk in terms of his control issues as well as Roxy by addressing her long-repressed (if poorly-concealed) feelings... well, when the sugar rush is over, isn't Dirk still gay? I'm guessing trickster Dirk is going to be willing to happily declare that if it would be easier for him to not be gay, or to be bi or whatever, in order to solve their problems then sure he can do that. Yeah I'm fully expecting Trickstered Dirk to have a line that goes something like "BOY IT SURE IS BETTER KISSING GIRLS AND NOT BEING GAY" that is about as unsettling as Roxy going "BOY BOOZE SURE IS AWESOME WHAT WAS I THINKING TRYING TO GO SOBER" to really drive home the point that Trickster Mode is not the happy-go-lucky perfect powerup it might have appeared to be.
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Fister Roboto posted:The original kids are going to get the paradox space equivalent of walking in on your parents having sex with your best friends' parents. :C
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Bobulus posted:b part 2) Since Gamzee is calmed down "forever" thanks to Karkat, would Trickster Gamzee be exactly the same, except unkillable? Well, he's already unkillable... so... I'm guessing "no".
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I loving love Dirk, I loving love ARquius, this update was loving great, too bad Dirk's katana could not save him but that was a price i was okay with paying for such a hilarious update. So i think we're just about ready for the meteor to crash into the planet and pulp them all. Sound good? e: Admiral Goodenough posted:This was really sad to me because it's pretty much exactly what my best friend once told me that her depression felt like. Yeah that part hit kinda close to home and it's like it was channeling Achewood for a moment there. And now i want to see a Homestuck/Achewood crossover. Freak Futanari fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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Ablative posted:Well, he's already unkillable... so... I'm guessing "no". Well I'm mostly joking, but I was implying that his unkillable status in the future with Caliborn is due to being secretly still in Trickster mode. You just can't tell, because he's still calm.
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Dorroile posted:I loving love Dirk, I loving love ARquius, this update was loving great, too bad Dirk's katana could not save him but that was a price i was okay with paying for such a hilarious update. That won't work and you know it. Also, something I just thought about : That fourth wall in Jake's pocket? It's small, right? Well the one Jade and John are seeing on the other side of the Yard is the same size as the one they went through. Does that mean when they come out, they'll be tiny?
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Ablative posted:That won't work and you know it. If so, Jade can always Space them back to normal size, naturally.
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Some people have theorized/joked, that as a callback to this: that when the ship comes flying out of the window at light speed, that we'd better hope that Jake isn't staring longingly into it again...
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Bobulus posted:Some people have theorized/joked, that as a callback to this: That raises another good point though: what happens if the Wall is in his sylladex when they go through it? Do they get trapped in the sylladex? Do they get forced out of it in the same manner as anything else that doesn't fit?
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Ablative posted:That raises another good point though: what happens if the Wall is in his sylladex when they go through it? Well, given that the wall is still too small to make the ship life-size when it comes out, they won't be forced out of it.
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Dorroile posted:And now i want to see a Homestuck/Achewood crossover. Dorroile I am so happy you posted that, because I'd completely given up hope on using this anywhere: MY FAN FICTIONS posted:GREATEST RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY: Strider vs. Smuckles EDIT: I wrote that a while back on a lark, but it's not something I could use on my blog or whatever, because the venn diagram between my audience, Achewood readers and Homestuck fans is infinitesimal. So thank you for giving me an excuse to share it. ...I'll show myself out now. Indie Rocktopus fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Indie Rocktopus posted:Dorroile I am so happy you posted that, because I'd completely given up hope on using this anywhere: That's pretty neat, actually!
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Indie Rocktopus posted:Dorroile I am so happy you posted that, because I'd completely given up hope on using this anywhere: And Nitram with the assist! (For the record, the average is closer to six per day, but it's close enough that it was still epic)
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Indie Rocktopus posted:Dorroile I am so happy you posted that, because I'd completely given up hope on using this anywhere:  And stolen from tumblr: 
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Admiral Goodenough posted:
Well, birds of a feather. (he, he)
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Bobulus posted:edit: It seem to me that people are reading Dirk's reticence as arrogance. He seems like kind of a needy guy, to be honest. Lonely. I mean, he was perfectly willing to waste time drawing stupid pornography for Caliborn, just to have someone to talk to. And we how he kept leaving awkward pesterlog messages for Jake when they had a falling out. I think he's got sort of an inverted version of Dave's problem. I've been thinking this for a while. It really tells you something about someone when they build a big bunch of robots and entire AI just to have someone to talk to. I guess that's why I've always been fine with Dirk, despite his competency and such, he was clearly way more of a hosed up mess than just about any other straight away, whereas a lot of the other character's flaws took a while to show up, I always felt his was fairly obvious from relatively early. Incidentally, I think I'm looking forward more to the Dirk/Rose and Dave/Roxy meet ups than the direct pairs. Dirk always struck me as more like Rose than his little bro, irony or no.
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Prison Warden posted:I've been thinking this for a while. It really tells you something about someone when they build a big bunch of robots and entire AI just to have someone to talk to. I guess that's why I've always been fine with Dirk, despite his competency and such, he was clearly way more of a hosed up mess than just about any other straight away, whereas a lot of the other character's flaws took a while to show up, I always felt his was fairly obvious from relatively early. Whereas Dave/Roxy will surely offer us oedipal joke-fodder by the wagonload if previous trends hold. Although one Electra complex moment for Dave to get his revenge with might be funny too.
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Prison Warden posted:Incidentally, I think I'm looking forward more to the Dirk/Rose and Dave/Roxy meet ups than the direct pairs. Dirk always struck me as more like Rose than his little bro, irony or no. That's definitely the case. Dave shares Roxy's flippancy and Rose inherited Dirk's wryness. Dave consciously imitates his bro and tries to be aloof, while Rose comes by it naturally.
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nerdbot posted:If so, Jade can always Space them back to normal size, naturally. Quoting this just to tap into the discussion on tiny things that should not be tiny, because it occurred to me that I don't remember us ever learning why Dirk had a tiny Maplehoof. Is that a thing that was explained in passing and I missed it or can we expect more tiny shenanigans apart from deudly ships?
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Christ I had to get the SBAHJ book. 60 total with shipping, with unknown toll expenses. I'll probably end up paying 120$ in total 
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H.P. Shivcraft posted:Quoting this just to tap into the discussion on tiny things that should not be tiny, because it occurred to me that I don't remember us ever learning why Dirk had a tiny Maplehoof. Is that a thing that was explained in passing and I missed it or can we expect more tiny shenanigans apart from deudly ships? Never "explained", no. But I've got an answer that should suffice: It's the future.
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We still have no clear information as to what the pony's deal is. Maybe it's a tiny robot Dirk made in memory of his bro. Maybe B2 Dave only ate most of Maplehoof, leaving a tinier horse because that's how that works. Probably neither.
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Jan 21, 2013 21:43
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Maybe dirk perfected the art of the bonsai horse
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Bobulus posted:Some people have theorized/joked, that as a callback to this: I really hope not! I like Jake. Maybe he'll be God Tier at that point and it'll just be a goofy pratfall-death.
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Hamiltonian Bicycle posted:We still have no clear information as to what the pony's deal is. Maybe it's a tiny robot Dirk made in memory of his bro. Maybe B2 Dave only ate most of Maplehoof, leaving a tinier horse because that's how that works. Probably neither. Well, he knows his Bro had a horse. He's got a friend with an appearifyer and ecto-cloning facilities. I just assumed that Tiny Maplehoof is a mutant teacup version of B2-Dave's Maplehoof.
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Admiral Goodenough posted:
Dear god. This is it. We've hit the end of homestuck. What a strange way to go. "end of story"
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For the past few hours, i've been adding and removing the SBAHJ book from my cart. I am genuinely tormented by this choice. Hussie has destroyed me. He has looked me into a feedback loop of "No, this is stupid." and "Hell yeah it is", and now i just don't know what is happening in my life anymore. And then I realize. I have become the young man in the bedroom. It is me. I am Homestuck.
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Dorroile posted:For the past few hours, i've been adding and removing the SBAHJ book from my cart. I am genuinely tormented by this choice. Hussie has destroyed me. He has looked me into a feedback loop of "No, this is stupid." and "Hell yeah it is", and now i just don't know what is happening in my life anymore. You gotta do this man, you gotta make it hapen. Also it's pointless unless you get the Dave signature. Here's to wasting $100, bud 
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This didn't get enough love. I am the person who both likes Achewood and Homestuck and this is as beautiful as I'd imagine that rap battle to be.
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Dorroile posted:For the past few hours, i've been adding and removing the SBAHJ book from my cart. I am genuinely tormented by this choice. Hussie has destroyed me. He has looked me into a feedback loop of "No, this is stupid." and "Hell yeah it is", and now i just don't know what is happening in my life anymore. Keep your computer close, stay in your server's good graces, don't prototype a loving puppet, and remember: we are all so proud of you.
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