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.
(Psst, snartled is probably talking about the time Dirk let the glitches get to him. It was sort of unexpected. He did it because he couldn't save Jake in the doomed timeline right?)
Because he couldn’t save anybody, he wasn’t there when his friends needed him and he couldn’t handle it.
I was going back to read some old scenes of homestuck and I had some issues because of the retcon stuff so I was wondering if it's still possible to read homestuck with preretcon stuff or is the comic itself altered to only retcon ?
The story in its entirely has changed with little oil and hands spread throughout it. The points that John travels to and messes with stuff have two paths and you can only read the post-retcon path of you have the password from later on in the story.
I'm not sure if anyone has asked this before but, why do trolls get wings when they go god tier??
Because trolls are an insect based race.
Hussie explained on his formspring (before the Summoner was revealed I believe) that trolls gain wings as their godtier because in their culture it's universally accepted that godlike beings would have wings. They grow wings as part of their vision of achieving literal godhood. Humanity does not have a universally accepted idea of what a god looks like and so human players do not change appearance to fit their idea of a god.
sorry if this has been asked before, but i'm not quite sure how the alpha kids got into their planets - i thought sprites were what initiated the location change?
No, Sprites influence the Battlefield and underlings. Breaking the cruxite artifact is what initiates the location change.
Do you believe Bro was under the influence of Lil Cal? I don't believe so because of his shades? Since eyes are the door way to the soul, maybe the Striders closed that connection off with their shades so they couldn't be influenced?
I don’t believe he was being controlled, but he spent a lifetime with Cal so I doubt he escaped influence entirely even with his shades. Being influenced by Cal didn’t cause his abusive tendencies as Dirk has been shown to possess a few of them himself and his Cal was empty, but it likely did enhance them and make them worse. However, even if Cal influenced his behavior that still doesn’t excuse the abuse he put Dave through.
What was the abuse bro/dirk showed?
Well for starters he literally would beat the shit out of Dave all the time. Dave grew up surrounded by plush puppet porn for pete’s sake. Dave had to hide food in his room. That’s just the first few things to come to mind but there are more.
i was reading prev asks and im sorry if this has been asked before, but considering the summoner has wings (and idk if rufio does or not its been ages since my last reread) would he have been considered a god to trollkind? or because of his low blood caste would they just been like "nah, youre scum mate" and dismissed him? has this ever been answered in comic or by hussie?
Rufioh had them too. But the Summoner was definitely revered. He lead a rebellion after all so he had to at least have some type of charisma. I’m sure if he had been a highblood he would have been seen even more as a god figure.
Where do First Guardians come from and is there any reason for their existence? Does their basic purpose have anything to do with Doc Scratch being a servant of Lord English?
First Guardians are created in Sburb through ectobiology, their purpose being to protect their assigned planet and to oversee its growth.
Sorry if this was asked before, but what panel was jack noir prototyped into bec noir?
That would be [S] Jade: Enter
Where does the name Jackspers Noirlecrow come from?
That was Bec Noir before Bec, it was mostly a joke.
Jack+Jaspers= Jackspers
Noir+Harlequinn+Crow= Noirlecrow
What happened to Mituna and why are the the other dancestors avoiding the question
The others don’t know exactly what happened except for Kurloz who was there.
He greatly overexcerted himself in an act of heroism saving everyone.
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.
On the subject of Mituna and his accident, there's a lot of different headcanons for what he did. So out of curiosity, what do you personally think he did?
I’m partial to the theory that in order to protect his friends he wrote the ~ATH code so that English couldn’t enter the universe and to give his group more time to figure out how to beat him and then was manipulated by Kurloz into blasting the server it was held on into the Furthest Ring so it would be where it needed to be to make a stable timeloop.
Mituna has been said to be lucid around Kurloz so Kurloz could just be fucking with his mind all the time except for when they’re alone together so that he doesn’t tell anyone what Kurloz did.
Why do only the orange bloods or uh, brown bloods gain wings without going godtier?
It’s a mutation that Rufioh/ The Summoner had and possibly Tavros too
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.
wasn't Dirk's Lil Cal the same one as Dave's Bro's Lil Cal, since it was on the meteor with him? So they both could've been at least partially influenced by it, though it's hard to say.
Two of the same juju can’t exist at the same time so Dirk’s didn’t have any souls in it like Bro’s did.
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.
Time for the most important question there is: When will the Homestuck map update?
I dunno, Hussie’s been busy, I’m sure he’ll get to it eventually.
Why is it so hard to get tiger?
Because hunting tigers is illegal.
What is "get tiger" exactly, some HS pages I can't see cause my tablet doesn't support it..
In an old Hussie Q&A someone misspelled God Tier as Got Tiger and it’s just become an ongoing joke.
Who was controlling Jade in her Grimbark mode?
The Condesce
Wait what's the homestuck map? Is it like terezi/vriskas map?
All mspa stories have a map. They’re kinda like photo summaries of the stories. You can find them on mspa by clicking the Map link at the top of the page
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.
Actually, only Homestuck and Problem Sleuth have maps. Hussie was apparently supposed to get to the other two eventually, but considering how old/abandoned they both are, he probably won't at this point.
Thank you for pointing that out. I just saw their links and assumed, my bad.
Did Bro ever use Dave for porn in canon?
No, god no, he was bad but he wasn’t that bad
What *DID* bro do to dave
Physically abuse him, deprive him of food (at least to the point where Dave had to keep food in his room) and affection, raised him in an inappropriate environment, etc.
Where are aradia and sollux currently?
In the dreambubbles
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.
hey do u guys mind tagging posts about very recent upd8s? kinda spoiled a bit for me when i didn't even know there was an upd8 :/
I tagged it as upd8
So is the Callie in her trollsona a fake Calliope? Or is it because they're in a dream bubble and weird stuff happens in dream bubbles? I am so confused?
Trollsona Callie is our Calliope, the one we’ve known and seen for years. The other one is a Calliope from an alternate timeline where she predominanted instead of Caliborn. And now their ghosts are meeting.
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.
do scratched players appear in dream bubbles?
Yes
is it ever stated in canon if/when the GHB died?
He died, it wasn’t stated when though. If he lived up till Hivebent started then he would have been killed by the Vast Glub
I thought scratched players just ceased to exist as they were, and that if Meenah had not blown herself and her team mates up they would never have ended up in the dream bubbles.
Yes that’s true, I misunderstood what the other person was asking.
Does Jake still have is sweet bro tattoo?
It’s entirely possible but unknown if going God Tier can get rid of tattoos. I guess we’ll find out the next time Jake goes sleeveless.
Do we know what the beta trolls (aradia, feferi, karkat, etc.) were called on beforus?
Nope
if meenah killed herself and all of her friends off at the same time then why does she appear in the dream bubbles after everyone else?
Time works all wonky in the Furthest Ring
So, in the FAQ I know you said the Condesce learned the powers, but then how does it work with the Captors/Nitrams/Serkets/Megidos? Are they just born knowing the ability?
They were hatched with the abilities and most likely learned how to use them over time as they grew.
wait didnt meenah appear in the bubbles at the same time as everyone else but just stayed in her hive for a long time??
Nope, she arrived far after everyone else
How did the Dancestors die in there session?
Meenah esploded them with their tumor
So, it's Dirk Jake a thing that happened? Or was it implied? Sorry for the vague question. >0^0<
They were a couple in canon for about five months and then broke up
Does Dave love John? Do you ship pepsi-cola?
I’m sure Dave loves John at least platonically. They were pretty tight bros back in the day. And no, I don’t ship them.
So are Aradia and Sollux still 13 from dream bubble physics?
No they still aged, they should be 16 if not older
Would the Psionic technically still be alive, just on the Condesce's ship?
No, he died from the Vast Glub. That’s why it took the Condesce 612 sweeps to get back to Alternia.