June 2016

how come caliborn got his clock for killing his dezizen

It was part of his reward for completing the challenge Yaldabaoth gave him. Solve his session and he gets the opportunity to claim unconditional immortality and power. 

in game over when jade dies and aranea says lucky br8k, is that because the clock paused in the middle before leaning towards just? or did it stop in the middle and aranea moved the clock to the just side?

The clock moved to Just because Aranea is a Light player and is prone to good luck.

How did Dirk and Roxy learn how to speak english???? or type it???????? oR ANYTHING TO DO WITH OTHER HUMAN THINGS IN GENERAL????? (Other than the things that were left for them)

Internet? As adults those two did pretty incredible things so raising themselves from infancy doesn’t seem as unrealistic in comparison. Roxy was raised by carapaces too so don’t forget them. 

Is there any significance behind SS hating clocks and CD loving them? I know that sometimes they have a connection to the Heroic/Just spectrum, for instance. I was just wondering if you all thought there was more significance tied directly to the Midnight Crew.

Spades Slick hates clocks because his rival Lord English is a Time player.

So, I checked the overly complicated chart, and I still don't quite understand how it is that the Alpha kids aren't related to each other. I suppose you've probably been asked this before, so a link to that post would be fine. Alternatively, on which page was John completing his ectobiological duties?

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Source | Page where John does ecto stuff is here.

When was Meulin<>Horuss confirmed?

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How many blood colours are on the hemospectrum in canon? Is it just the 12 different colours or are there colours in between? (Ignoring the part where Hussie said all fantrolls are canon, even ones with crazy rainbow sparkler blood, I mean IN comic)

Answered here

WHERE IS SERENITY THO?

Last seen on Earth with WV and PM during Act 7. 

Are the BETA kids actually related to their guardians? Because they show them coming to their guardians via the meteors. The ALPHA kids are made as paradox clones of the guardians. Are the BETA kids actually the guardians'( BETA kids guardians, who are then actually the ALPHAs for another set of BETAs) guardians (guardians to those gaurdians) paradox clones? And the guardians have another set of guardians? Or does the game not work like that? Who created the BETA kids? If they cane by meteor it

Yes the beta kids are related to their guardians. Jade and John are the clones of Jane and Jake’s ecto slime. Rose and Dave are the clones of Roxy and Dirk’s ecto slime. John created all 8 humans during his ectobiology session and they were sent through portals back to Earth in different time periods.

People think the ACT 1 is boring? I was mostly intrigued by the way it was written and the fact there was cake everywhere

There’s a lot of coding jargon and stuff in it that’s very confusing. And it’s set up in a pseudo-interactive style like where it tells you to enter a name for the character but you can’t actually enter a name. Factor in that the narration is constantly “you, you, you, you this, you that” making it seem like you’re supposed to be the character but you’re also a being that’s watching the character? And there’s just so much exposition stuffed in Act 1 which is difficult to get through and there’s not really any connection to the characters at that point to help give you motivation. Going back and rereading Act 1 once I have the connection to the characters and I understand how the story is told and how things work, A+, really funny but the first time it’s difficult for most people to get interested, especially if they’re a poor reader like me. 

tl;dr: the mspa writing style is confusing if you’re not used to it 

What are Shadowdroppers?

kinda like troll zombies

Where are shadow droppers shown/mentioned? I don't recall the name

Here.

Sorry for my bad EnglishIf Sollux rise to GodTier in Quest Cocoon, which his Dream Self will rise?

That’s a good question and I’m sorry to say I’m not sure. Although probably his Derse self since that’s the team he’s on and that’s the one that woke up when Feferi kissed his corpse

VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: DO TROLLS HAVE NIPPLES

YES

Did hussie remove the news post talking about Act 7 and the epilogue or am I just not seeing it because I'm on mobile?

He cut it down significantly in length

Why was Roxy taken care of by Carpacians?

Because that’s where she lived and there weren’t any people around to do it

Hello, i am a new reader and i am still trying to understand the storytelling. I mean stuff like how dad throws cakes to john and rose attacking mom or moms kinda weird manners toward rose and stuff. Is it just some comic shenanigans? I dont know? Like the stuff that happens in all those animes and all? I know bros abuse turns out to be actually terrible and how dave talks about it. It just confused me a little. Thanks!

Mom and Dad are just weird that way. They do it to humor or get a rise out of their kids, which isn’t too unusual, they just take it a bit farther

while we're on pronunciations, how do you pronounce the troll's names? i know there's some conflict, especially over feferi

Ooooh no, I am not opening that can of dirt noodles, pronounce them however you like there is not wrong way

There is only one HIC, correct? She raised nana, grandpa, Poppop, and grandma?

Ye, presumably

We know there are only 12 castes on the hemospectrum, but does that mean there are only 12 different blood colours? Like, could there be different shades of burgundy/bronze/yellow/etc, or does every troll in a given caste have identical blood?

Yes, there can be different shades. The canon fan trolls and some of the Hiveswap trolls have shades a bit different than the main 12.

is the lifespan of a troll relative to the rank of their blood? I know that Fuschia bloods live for centuries but I don't remember if low bloods have shorter lifespans

Yes. Rust bloods only live about 50 human years

How did nanna and grandpa know each other? Theres a concept art of hiveswap showing chilling with halley

They are adopted siblings. They were raised together.

TROLLS DON'T HAVE NIPPLES OR BELLY BUTTONS

Both Damara and Arquius have confirmed that trolls have nipples 

Proof trolls have nipples?

Arquius mentions them here

and Damara talks about them here

I don't see now arquius proves trolls have nipples? He seems to be showing surprise at the idea of them in my eyes (also, fun fact; all humans can produce milk under the right conditions. Huss / ARquius got that one wrong)

Also, do you have a photo for the darmara one? I can't run the flash ATM

this blog is beautiful ;u; i miss my homestucks and now *sniffle* theres a place to go *sobs* THAAANNNKS UUUU TTTuTTT

Do you have a source for where it says that rust bloods live for only ~50 years? I remember back in 2012 people would say the lived to only like 20, and that bothered me.

Here, they must have mixed up their sweeps and years

Can you explain fraymotifs a bit more because all I really know is that that they are activated by attacking to the music.

BASICALLY, they’re just combo moves that players can buy.

What if Equius die on Roxy's sacrificial slab?

Sorry, we just don’t know if players who share aspects can ascend on each other’s Quest Beds or slabs.

The carapaces grow old?

Not from what  we’ve seen.

where is it stated that both male and female trolls have tentabuldges?

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Hussie mentioned this in his formspring but most of the fandom just pretty much ignored it. Many have interpreted it as a joke. 

how succ? 1zt succ fr me n i scarred... me man is 6in n i fraid i might chooke on his dicl when i succ...ny duggestion?

Why would you ask us, a Homestuck fact blog, this 

Was Tavris officially canon or just strongly implied?

Tavros was planning to propose to Vriska at one point and Vriska has frustrated concupiscent feelings for Tavros

What was Claiborn/lord English class and aspect and what did it do for him?

Caliborn is a Lord of Time. As a Lord of Time, which is an active dominating class, he embodies the destruction that the Time aspect is associated with. He will completely dominate the aspect of Time and manipulate it to his will.

maybe they asked that because homestuck sucks? (jk its pretty great.) Question, does it specifically state Dave was into paleontology or is that a fandom thing

On his introduction page it says he likes to collect dead things preserved in various ways and he mentions paleontology specifically here.

Time is associated with destruction?

Yes, the aspect Time is associated with many themes of progression and inevitability. It’s also associated with death. Dave has an interest in dead things and so does  Aradia with her archaeology. Lord English is the embodiment of death in troll culture. If you want to learn more about Time check this page. 

Is equius a vegetarian? I thought I heard that somewhere.

Yes, Equius is a vegetarian. On this page he says that animals are for admiring only. 

When is it stated that davekat is cannon in the comic?

Jasprose says here that Karkat is in a matespritship with someone on the meteor and Vriska says here that Karkat was very cagey about his romantic affairs. Also there’s this vine of Hussie confirming davekat. 

can you make a list of every kiss that ever happened in homestuck? including the kisses that revived people, just every kiss in homestuck, its,,,for sCIENCE

Equius and Aradiabot

 Davepeta and Jade

 Rose and Kanaya

 Vriska and Tavros

Roxy and Dirk 

Dead Roxy and Dirk

(Vriska) and Meenah

Sollux and Feferi

Rose and John

Dave and Jade

Karkat and Kanaya

Terezi and Tavros

Dirk and Jane

Dirk and Jake

Spades Slick and Sn0wman

John and Gamzee (?)

I think thats it…

I'm a huge fan of davekat. but in that first link with jasperrose, isn't she talking about Terezi? Cause that Rose was from the alternate timeline before John 'fixed' stuff? Because he was being an anal retentive about planning around her.

Jasprose says here that they recall the lives of many Roses.

(If Equius says animals are for admiration, that'd make him a vegan, sorry if it's so nitpicky, but vegetarians don't eat meat and thats it, vegans are completely anti animal byproduct. So he's still a vegetarian, but for specifics, vegan)

He drinks milk, he’s vegetarian

What classes are eachother counterparts? I've seen people using rogue as the opposite of knight, but isn't it rogue/thief?

rogue/thief is canon
Prince/Bard is canon
Lord/Muse is canon

The rest are speculatory.

But it sounds like what you’re talking about is inversion theory which is a whole other can of dirt noodles

If I remember correctly, cats are not called meowbeasts. Am I right? It would probably be a good idea to remind the fandom of this if it's true...

Yeah, the fandom (generally speaking) thinks that troll animals are just *noise-animal-makes*beast, but that’s only a thing for a handful of them.

It just occurred to me rose doesn't know who cthulhu is does that mean cthulhu doesn't exist in the homestuck universe at all

Yep, no Cthulu in Homestuck, but there’s always Fluthlu,  Nrub’yiglith, and my personal favorite Oglogoth the Deep One

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so who made sburb/sgrub?

http://forgottenhsfacts.tumblr.com/search/who+made+sburb

How did Dirk survive in the middle of the ocean for 13 years? Like, what did he eat?

His bro left supplies for him

Meenah spent a lot of time on Derse during her session.
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how did rose escape from grimdark?

She died

Ive heard the 48 player season was done by the horror terrors before they became horror terrors is this ever confirmed or hinted at if so what page thank you in advance

a 48 player squiddles session was a joke that Hussie made to explain the Trolls having a 48 sign horoscope