May 2015

How did Lord Jack happen? I feel like I understand almost everything except that and it is really bothering me.

The Alpha kids’ Jack Noir looked into Lil Cal’s eyes and was possessed by Caliborn. He then stabbed out his eyes and replaced them with Lil Cal’s and cut off one leg and replaced it with a golden spike.

Do you think you can explain Brain-Ghost-Dirk and just how he came to be? Sorry if it's been asked!

Brain ghost Dirk is a projection in Jake’s mind that only he can see. He’s a startlingly close approximation of Dirk’s mannerisms and behavior based on Jake’s intimate knowledge of him. Jake can actually bring him into existence once he tapped his full Page powers.

what are the limitations of changing your god tier outfit, like meenah did in the ministrife?

For trolls, they conceal their wings and change out of the outfit. Humans can just change their clothes. 

How did jade get her dog ears? Were they a result of her kernel sprite?

Jadesprite is Jade’s dreamself and she was prototyped with Bec so when Jade died on her Quest Bed, Jadesprite went godtier and she retained some dog features including his ears. 

When did the Red Miles first appear?

Jack Noir first used them to destroy the Dersite and Prospitian armies and part of the Battlefield in the Beta kids’ session. He then used them to destroy Prospit.

Can you still go god tier without a dream self?

Yes, by using your Sacrificial Slab.

How are the Beforan trolls the same as the ancestor, if that makes any sense? Thank you!! xx

The ancestors are the same Beforan trolls just under different conditions. This is mainly seen through the Condesce’s behavior since her and Meenah are very similar.

Do all yellow blooded trolls have the same powers as sollux? Or is it only for certain individuals. Is this the same for mind control with blue bloods and same with the powers of rust bloods?

Aranea states here that blue bloods only occasionally have mind control powers. Vriska states here that yellow bloods sometimes have those abilities like Sollux and that telekinesis is common to rust bloods.  

Whats a rainbow drinker?

Rainbow Drinkers are essentially the Alternian equivalent of Twilight vampires. They can withstand sunlight and radiate light. They can also run very fast. Kanaya and Porrim’s conversation in the Openbound flash games confirms that the condition is directly related to jade blood. Kanaya theorized that jade bloods developed the condition after being in the dark birthing caverns for so long while Rose theorized that they developed the abilities in order to scare away predators from wigglers. 

Can you explain ancestors please?

Ancestors are a concept in troll society that are responsible for contributing a greater proportion of their descendant’s genes than the incestuous slurry from which troll eggs are produced. They share their descendant’s signs, horn shape, and blood color. High bloods tend to put more stock in their ancestor’s existence while low bloods don’t usually care about them too much. Because of the reproduction process of trolls, ancestors are usually long dead before their descendant hatches. However, they may still be alive if they’re a long lived caste.  

When in the story does tavros get his legs amputated?

On this page. 

Ok so I know you've already done Dave and Dirk's eye color ask but the pictures won't load for me and I was wondering if you could screenshot them and post them? It's ok if you can't. I love you guys btw. Best Homestuck facts I've seen. Keep up the good work :)

Dave’s eyes can be seen here.

You can see Dirk’s eyes in this flash.

Can you remember the page where Jade's dream self dies sacrificing herself for John's dream self?

It happened during this flash.

Where does it say that aradia really like human funerals

She mentions them twice. 

is aradias blood colour what is meant when the term "rust blood" is used?

Yes

where did the rose sprite come from

Roxy buried GameOver!Rose on Lowas and Jaspersprite dug her up and prototyped her in Roxy’s kernelsprite. 

do you know where Karkat laments that the Alpha timeline would not allow him to be successful? I think he is specifically talking about how god tiering for him was only in doomed timelines

He talks about his problems with the dreambubbles and doomed timelines here

Hey, has Terezi done anything important? (My friend says that shes just an annoying nobody, and I would like to prove them wrong)

Well, she did write the instructions for John to retcon the timeline which resulted in an infinitely better Alpha timeline where everyone is happy so I would say that’s pretty important. 

Where does "Caliborn's Masterpiece" fit in within the timelines? Did he see the future of the new alpha timeline, or is it from a random doomed timeline?

It is most likely the future of the current Alpha timeline.

UMM HELLO MOD A I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GAMZEE IS NOT HAPPY AND KARKAT IS NOT HAPPY SORTA HELLO.

Karkat seems pretty happy with Dave and all his friends and Gamzee’s probably having a great time in that fridge. I’d rather him be there than getting up to more rascally clown stuff.

How exactly did Kanaya become a vampire? I've always been confused by that. Does it run in her blood color or was it because she was in the game?

It’s because she’s a jade blood.

Fridges can suffocate you, and he can't get out because he's probably tied up, so not fun. And the Karkat thing is debatable, because he's sorta angry about him not being the leader. And I forgot about Jake, who is getting verbally beat down by Vriska.

I was joking about him having a good time and I’m sorry if I offended you. I’m actually ambiguous towards his current situation. Jake has found a good friend in John and possibly Tavrosprite. Karkat may be given a second chance at being a leader considering that Vriska is leaving soon. I was being lighthearted and didn’t mean to upset you.

Would the term "rust blood" refer to Tavros and Aradia or just Aradia? I think Tavros has been called one too but im not sure

Just Aradia I believe. Tavros is referred to as a brownblood

Oh I was being lighthearted and stuff as well whoa. Sorry that you thought I wasn't being that. It's all cool always, it's a cool webcomic and I'm glad that this blog is here and you're helping people understand stuff. (Heart)

Well, I’m glad you weren’t actually mad. We appreciate that you enjoy the blog and thank you.

do we know which ancestor genes were combined to create the main cast of trolls? like how roxy+dirk = dave+rose, but with trolls?

Karkat’s group were clones of themselves and their genes were all combined to make Meenah’s group. So, Karkat + his friends = Meenah + her friends. Specifically who contributed to whose genes hasn’t been stated in-comic.

So was Lord English's juju in a dream bubble? Or was it something vriskas' group was passing through in their dream bubble?

No, it was in the Furthest Ring in a dream bubble. 

I was wondering, how did John's dad and Rose's mom end up on Prospit?

I don’t think they ever went to Prospit but they were brought to the Battlefield by Jade’s grandpa on his ship during this flash.

Wait when was John prototyped with a bunny

He hasn’t, it’s just a theory going around since the other Beta kids have been prototyped with their associated animal.

Im very confused... I was reading the updates and... Tavros and Rose are sprites??? How did Tavros sprite happen?!?! I though it was Tavrissprite???? And... Rosesprite...?? Sorry for the bother... I hope you dont mind telling me where i am very confused at.. If you dont mind ((or u can ignore this message..)) anyways thank you :33

In this retconned timeline only Tavros was prototyped in Jane’s kernel sprite so Tavrissprite didn’t happen. Roxy buried GameOver!Rose on Lowas and Jaspersprite dug her up and prototyped her in Roxy’s kernel sprite.

when did dirk kill himself with the sendificator?

At the end of this flash.

you know the imperial drones isn't there a rule if they don't give up genetic material they will kill the troll on site and may you put a link to which pages thats on

The Imperial Drones are mentioned here.

What did Echidna ask Kanaya to do that was impossible?

Kanaya hasn’t revealed that yet.

What made the lime bloods go extinct? Was it Condy or did they eventually die out??

Calliope mentions here that the lime bloods were all “hunted to extinction” so they may have been killed off by Gl'bgolyb by order of the Condesce. 

When did Sollux & Feferi get together? Did Feferi always have feeling for him and he decided to be her matesprite?

Feferi mentions that they’re in a quadrant in this flash and Erisolsprite refers to one half of himself as being her former matesprit when speaking to Fefetasprite on this page. It’s likely that they only became matesprits after sgrub had begun but the details of their relationship and how it started aren’t shown in-comic. 

"sprite layering mechanics are gonna be a pain in the butt to figure out." Well I'm a pain in the butt so maybe I could help. When inanimate objects are prototyped first, they are represented with a symbol. When animate or deceased creatures are prototyped first, they appear as themselves with a ghostly lack of legs, this also applies if they are prototyped second. With the X2 sprite combo it became complex enough for legs to appear. 1: symbol 2: ghost 3(maybe 4?): full body. Simply speculation.

This take on it does make some sense. Hopefully sprite mechanics will be revealed in more detail soon.

Why did Dirk kill himself?

Dirk sendificated his head in the past to Jake so he could kiss the head and wake up Dirk’s dream self. This allowed Dirk to get Roxy and Jane and bring them to Jake’s house so they could all enter the game together.

as shown in the beginning of homestuck a single layer of prototyping results in a still useless sprite, so why is tavrosprite not like this, is it because he is a sentient being? this would explain becsprite and also applies to rosesprite

It may be because he’s a sentient creature. Becquerel is sentient and so is Rose so that may be why they’re a full sprite and not a floating circle. The harlequin doll and the crow Dave accidentally prototyped were also both prototyped pre-entry so that may be why they were a floating circle for a while.

How did John get to the meteor where he created the paradox clones, how did he get back to LOWAS, and where did his visit to LOLAR fit into this?

While John was on Lolar he found an island and on that island there was a transportalizer which brought him to the meteor in the Veil where the found the ectobiology equipment. After this his dream self woke while Prospit was being destroyed so his main body fell asleep in the ecto lab. The Aimless Renegade finds him and puts him on rocket board and he crash lands on Lowas. 

So what did dirk do that was similar to bro

Dirk sent Brobot to “help” Jake become better at fighting but it ended up being an uneven power balance that Jake expressed on several occasions that he didn’t like. Dirk himself said he was trying to make Jake more tough which probably what Bro was trying to do with Dave but it ended up being this abusive bizarre behavior that wasn’t helpful or okay at all. Bro played a bunch of weird mind games with Dave which made him very uncomfortable and Dirk also does this to Jake. So all in all Dirk has some manipulative tendencies that he needs to work on. 

Do we know why Jasper's secret was?

He whispered MEOW to Rose. This unlocked a genetic code in her mind and she spent years subconsciously writing it on her bedroom walls.

Hi, sorry if this is a dumb question, but what made John draw harlequins on his walls?

Gamzee used chucklevoodoos to create a harlequin doll in John’s dream room which caused John to write self-depreciating remarks on his wall and draw harlequins. 

In a previous ask, someone asked if Hussie had names for the trolls in mind before the audience decided and the Mod who answered their question said it was in Hussie's forumspring (sorry if I misspelled that), but I was wondering if you could link it, or if it's deleted possibly find out what some of those names were?

Here you go.

Bruh, is eridan in the dreambubbles?

Yes, since Erisolsprite never happened in this timeline, Eridan is in the dreambubbles.

Do you think that the new alt timeline Calliope speaks in red, because she "triumphed" over Caliborn, much like how Caliborn took her blood color after he killed her?

Yes, that’s most likely the explanation.

what is meant by retcon? i've never fully understood the term, especially in application to homestuck

Retcon means going back and changing something. When people say pre retcon and post retcon, they’re talking about the changes John made to the timeline per Terezi’s instructions. 

Quick question, where is Dave's Strife page?

He has two Strife pages

when did bro deprive dave of food? like, can i have a link?

Dave says here that he has to hide food in his closet.

So, Jasper knocked out his and rosesprite's second prototyping by fusing the sprites? Do we still have sprites on the disk that aren't fully prototyped?

Jake’s kernel sprite hasn’t been prototyped at all and Tavros could still be prototyped a second time.

whats the difference between spades slick and jack and where does all the felt stuff (green buildings) take place in relation to everything else? are snowman and the black queen two different people?

Spades Slick is the Jack Noir from Karkat’s session, he just changed his name. The Intermission inside the green Felt manor takes place on Alternia long after the events of Sgrub. Snowman is the Black Queen from Karkat’s session so yes, they’re the same person. 

When one dies on their dream bed or sacrificial slab after scaling the echeladder and ascends to god tier, does that person always take the body of the dreamself when ascended? What said person's dreamself were to have been destroyed, such as nepeta's or karkat's? Would that person be unable to attain god tier, even after meeting the requirements?

A player requires both their main body and dream body to ascend on a Quest Bed and yes, they always take the dream body. If they use their Sacrificial Slab then they only need one body, either dream or main. If someone’s dream body is destroyed then they can’t ascend using a Quest Bed, they need a Sacrificial Slab. However, all of the trolls’ dream selves and Sacrificial Slabs were destroyed so they have no way to ascend.