May 2015

Can you explain lord english ,like how is he part dirk and all tht i didnt really get tht i do know dirk trapped his soul in cal and he got ripped and stuff (i do know about him when he was young like the journey w/ the leprechauns and the screens)

Lil Hal, Dirk’s computerized self was part of Arquiussprite who also got stuck in Lil Cal and became part of Lord English.  So essentially LE is part 13 year of Dirk 

i just saw a post saying how the beta kids souls were sucked out and are stuck in a house or something (hence homestuck) but ive never heard anything about that??? did i forget or is that not actually a thing cuz i got no explanation from that post

It happens on this page during their fight with Caliborn. 

apologies if this has been answered before, but im forgetting my lore. Did terezi go blind due to an incident or was she simply created blind?

Terezi was blinded by Vriska, she wasn’t born that way.

Im REALLY confused about what happened when the trolls went on a murder spree and half of them died. Could you just explain that part?

Vriska killed Tavros because she didn’t like him and she was also being a bitch. Gamzee killed Nepeta and Equius after he became sober and looked into Lil Cal’s eyes. Eridan dueled with Sollux and knocked him out. Feferi thought Sollux was dead so she went to stab Eridan and he killed her with his White Wand. He then killed Kanaya but she came back as a Rainbow Drinker and sawed him in half.

where is the lily pad with the door to the new universe located in a session? Is it in the center of skaia or?

It’s beneath Skaia.

regarding the ask just answered a bit ago about the Scratch and needlekind--I thought Bro initiated the Scratch in the beta kids' session, but doesn't he use bladekind?

Bro tried to initiate the Scratch but he didn’t succeed. A player needs Echidna’s quills to cause the Scratch

is it canon that eridan stutters on his vs and ws???

He doesn’t stutter, he has an accent.

I recall you said all of the trolls in Karkat's session were based off of superheroes? Who was based off of who?

I found these on Hussie’s old formspring page

Aradia - Jean Grey

Sollux - Cyclops

Tavros - Professor X

Nepeta - Wolverine 

Terezi - Daredevil and Two Face

Gamzee - Joker and Two Face

Eridan - someone from Harry Potter

Kanaya - someone from Twilight

Feferi - underwater hero

Equius - strong guy

Vriska - “ hell, take your pick from her powers buffet”

Karkat - “ :( ………. he has red blood at least!”

I'm really confused about all the Jacks, can you clarify?

Spades Slick is the Jack Noir from Karkat’s session, he changed his name to Slick to make the Black Queen mad since she hates Bilious Slick. Bec Noir is the Jack Noir from the Beta kid’s session. Lord Jack is the Alpha kid’s Jack Noir.

Was it ever stated in canon that Terezi has a 'crazy voice'

John calls her voice weird here.

can you tell me why all the adult trolls left alternia? is there another reason except for exploring space and conquering other planets?

The Condesce sent them away from Alternia to prevent another rebellion like the one caused by the Summoner.

Hey, is Jade's patrion troll Karkat or Tavros? My friend said it was Tavros, and I always thought it was KK. I'm confused.

Karkat is her patron troll. He helped her extensively throughout Act 5 Act 2 and helped her coordinate her plan to escape her session in [S] Cascade. 

its still not clear what happens after they finish the game. was it ever explained?

They go through the door that appears underneath Skaia once Bilious Slick is done growing and enter the new universe. 

Is what ever happens after they enter the door mentioned? I don't recall it ever being confirmed, unless Scratch or Hussie mentioned it somewhere.

No, we’ve never seen what happens after players enter the new universe.

Whats a Patron Troll? And how are you assigned one?

For the kids in story a Patron troll is just a troll that helped that specific kid a lot through their session.

So is Sburb won when the team kills the black king qnd successfully breeds the genesis frog?

Basically

Older answer, but did Jane ever get actual proof that Roxy's mom wasn't around?

Apart from learning Roxy was from the future, no.  Roxy’s mom was still alive when Jane was on Earth.

Can explain what the Yellow Yard is. I know it's The Yard Stick Hussie places between the two 4th walls that John and Jade traveled between but what is its purpose of being between the walls in the first place?

Okay so Hussie is a character in the story and he said that while his self-insert’s appearances would increase his direct involvement with the story would be limited to the space of one yard. That one yard being the Yellow Yard, or the two fourth walls he set up for John and Jade to travel between.  

Why did it take the Prospitian Battleship 3 years to cross the yellow yard?

Because they were just moving so fast that the 3 seconds it actually took them felt like three years to them. Physics were involved.

Can a strike specibes be given or is it just something a player has.

A strife specibus is just a card and can be given.

If Calliope is waking Jane and Jade up with the yellow brick road of magic, what'll happen to her? She's dreams so she can't exactly wake up, yet she's getting rid of the place she's residing??? Idk I'm probably being silly :P

The yellow brick road is not Calliope waking up the kids. She was going to use anti-sleep majykks to wake them up but didn’t get the chance because they fell through the floor and are now on this new adventure to figure what the fuck is going on. Jane was awoken by Arquius removing her tiaratop which is why she vanished.

has damara ever interacted with the humans

Yes, in the third openbound flash she can talk to Rose and Dave

do trolls naturally have the whole tentacle bulge thing or was that just a fan thing????

They do have a bulge, it being a tentacle though is fanon.

Im a little confused on the whole DaveKat is cannon thing, because ive heard it is but the ive also heard its not, and if they are pale or flushed, im just confused :o

They are in some kind of relationship but it has not been specified as to what kind it is.

Do the Dersites and Prospitians have quadrants? Or is it regular human romance?

Yes, Dersites and Prospitians can experience the full range of quadrants. 

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. 

If in reality hey only traveled for three seconds, how did they age three years?

So for in comic characters moving at normal speed (ex. Spades Slick, Ms.Paint, etc) the battleship took only 3 seconds to move between the walls but to those on the ship it lasted 3 years because they were moving so fast through space that they moved through time at a rate significantly slower than usual. The concept applied to this is a real thing called Time Dilation, I recommend you look into that for a more thorough explanation.

But how come Terezi could see ghost-Dirk?

She is a Seer of Mind and thus could See brain-ghost-dirk, a figment of Jake’s Mind

Is Dirk gay or bi or.....?

He doesn’t like to label his sexuality but we know from his post-trickster convo with Jane that’s he’s only into dudes.

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. 

Time Dilation works the opposite way, though! If you're going super fast (or, more accurately, accelerating to a super fast speed then decelerating back down) then LESS time passes for you than for people that aren't moving. I'm pretty sure that it's just because The Place Beyond The Fourth Wall Is Just Weird, or Hussie might be Making It Happen Thru Narrator Majyyks

I don’t know much about physics, and I’ve gotten a decent amount of messages like this so I’m inclined to believe you. My bad.

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.  

A friend and i were talking about a situation where you wind up with a knight of space. Is it said anywhere in canon that ONLY knights can help the space player breed frogs?

No, it doesn’t even say in canon that a knight has to help with the breeding, that’s just fanon theory.

Do cherubs need dream selves in order to live?

No. In fact the Cali twins are the only cherubs to have dreamselves.

whats going to keep the winners from killing each other for power of their universes after this is all over?

Nothing, that’s a very real thing that could happen. But it seems unlikely given our cast of protagonists.

WHAT IS THAT RED FLASHY BIT AFTER ARQUIUS GETS THAT TIARA OFF JANES HEAD IN THE NEWEST UPDATE

It flashes DISOBEY in contrast to the OBEY displayed when she was first corrupted by the tiaratop

why didnt dave get bird wings or something when he god tiered like jade got the dog ears?

Davesprite was not prototyped with Dave’s dreamself.

no not in the sense of straight up changing their clothes, like in the ministrife when meenah changed the top of her outfit a few times

No limitation to this ability has been stated. Ministrife was actually the only time it’s been seen or mentioned.

In [s] Wake, when aradia reaches godtier, it was in her sacrificial slab, in derse's(I think she was dersite) moon, so since she saw the slabs, shouldn't that mean she has memories of the slabs? Do you think other dersite trolls could godtier via dream bubble? It would only work for the beta trolls, since I'm pretty sure we haven't learned how meenah and aranea godtiered, and they might have memories of the slabs too, and the memories might not work as a method of ascension. What do you think?

Possibly, but the only remaining alive non-God tier troll that was a Derse dreamer is Sollux.

Forgive me if this has been answered, but has it been confirmed that the Alternian trolls are the Beforian ancestors?

Yes although the only one we know about is Feferi, being the Beforan Empress.

Are the ancestors in the dream bubbles too?

No

What needle kind weapon was Rose using when she ascended to godtier?

The Thorns of Oglogoth were what she was using right before she ascended.

How did Rose And Dave ascend to God Tier?

They exploded themselves with the Tumor while standing on their Sacrificial Slabs

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.