June 2015

How is ARquiusprite pronounced? As in, is the A and R said as letters or sounded as 'are'quius? Or to make things even more confusing would you actually say 'auto responder' as that was what it was called? (Sorry if that doesn't make sense(Thank you))

I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced “are”quiusprite.

who are dads egbert/crocker? the bros are dave/dirk, mom lalondes are rose and roxy, and jades grandpa is jake (i think) and jakes grandma is jade (i think), so who are the dads in relation to the story? i think johns dad is nana (jane)s son so would that make janes dad johns future alt timeline son? im sorry im just very confused and dont get why they werent raised by each other, if that makes sense

Dad Egbert is Nanna’s son she had with an unidentified suitor. Dad Crocker is Poppop’s son that he had with an unidentified wife. They’re two separate people but they look and act very similar. 

do beforus trolls have lusi?

Yes, and they’re most likely the same type of lusii as their dancestors with Meenah as an exception.

Actually, I think it was mentioned in one of the Openbound games that Latula's lusus was an old dragon while Terezi's lusus was an egg, so odds are the dancestors don't share lusi!

Inside the egg was a dragon, she hatched on this page.

who/what are the beforus ancestors?????

Meenah’s team of trolls.

I just caught up with homestuck for the first time, and id like to ask: am i correct in assuming that the hore calendars show when the new updates come out? Also, what time do the new updates come out?

Yes, the horse calendars are the days that new updates come out. The comic usually updates in about half an hour. It updates at midnight in some undisclosed European country, but if you’re in the United States it updates in early evening. In the west coast it usually updates around 4 pm I believe and around 7 pm in the east coast.

So why did Bec Noir start using the red miles? Does he have any particular reason to destroy skaia/all the rest of the universe?

He’s a kind of an asshole.

whats with all this smelling stuff is it just something special that pyropes' has?

Terezi’s lusus taught her to “see” differently after she was blinded. Terezi senses colors as odors and sees quite vividly. 

If Nepeta was killed first, would it be possible for Equius to win in a fight against and/or kill Gamzee if he didn't hold back?

Equius is the STRONGEST of trolls so yes, he could most likely defeat Gamzee.

Kankri actually didn't have a lusus though, right? I thought he had been raised by some highblood because his blood color indicated he needed to be "coddled" or something

Yes, sorry I forgot to mention that. No lusus would chose a mutant to rear unless they were genetically modified like crabdad was. Kankri was most likely raised by a highblood since he was a lowblood and that’s what being “culled” meant in Beforan society.

(Horse Calendar Anon) sorry, im being a bit stupid really, but, for example, since the new update is tomorrow, would it come out for americans today or tomorrow?

It would come out today.

Actually, no, he couldn't. Gamzee had "Plot" armour, so he wouldn't have lost against equius.

I was speaking hypothetically. In-comic yes, Gamzee has plot armour and we already know when he dies

Has the first guardian of the Beforus universe ever been addressed? Is it still an unknown factor?

Universes don’t have First Guardians, planets do. The pre-scratch First Guardian of Beforus hasn’t been mentioned or introduced. 

The highblood that raised Kankri was Porrim, yes? Which is why she's so motherly toward him right?

No, that’s just the way she is towards him. 

So how did terezis lusus teach her (or care for her) if he wasn't even born yet

They communicated telepathically while Terezi slept. Otherwise, Terezi was on her own.

If crabdad was specially designed, do we know who or what did that?

The cult of the Signless made sure there was a lusus bred to recognize a mutant blood’s scent because they knew another “Signless” would be born, namely Karkat. 

Other than Karkat, were the other trolls ages actually stated? Thanks! :3

Terezi also said she was 6 sweeps old and it’s implied that the rest where the same age.

Where does it say that every instance of a universe, including doomed and scratched timelines are inside the same Genesis Frog? I thought the red miles destroyed the whole universe so how could the post scratch not be affected if it's just somewhere else in the frog?

The post-scratch universe was effected, the Red Miles reaches post-scratch Earth in 2422 and was how Roxy died the first time.

If players leave the game do they still retain god tier?

Yes

Female Lusus Equivalent, where do trolls come from?

Trolls hatch from eggs laid by the Mother Grub. Adult trolls fill filial buckets with their reproductive fluids and the Imperial Drones bring these fluids to the Mother Grub. She combines the fluids all into one incestuous slurry and lays thousands of eggs at once. They hatch and appear as small caterpillars with heads but later pupate into a humanoid.

Were aradia and sollux ever matesprites?

Nepeta drew a diamond between them on her shipping wall here so they were most likely moirails.

I keep hearing people talk about the new Heiress in Hiveswap and even seen her but i dont see anything about her :( source or something? please?

Here’s her wiki page. 

terezi dated dave???? seriously??? I don't remember that! I thought the letter was meant for gamzee!

Terezi and Dave dated pre-retcon but they didn’t post-retcon.

Post-retcon Vriska is still godtier in regular clothing, right?

Yes

why did terezi tell her past self not to date dave?

She didn’t, it was John who suggested that she refrain from dating him. Her not dating Dave allowed him and Karkat to become friends immediately instead of being at odds over Terezi.

how come the alpha and beta trolls never ran into each other on prospit/derse? did they have separate moons for the sessions or i guess universes? oh and this goes for beta and alpha kids too

Separate sessions have separate moons. 

where do first guardians even come from? I mean, doc scratch was engineered, but what about Bec and GCAT?

They were both created via ectobiology. The Draconian Dignitary created Bec and crockertier Jane created GCat. This is how all First Guardians are formed.

What's the difference between a matesprite and a morail?

A matesprit is essentially a romantic partner whom you can reproduce with. A moirail is your soul mate but in a more platonic sense. They pacify you and function as a balance for you emotionally.

How/why are there 2 Calliopes? Is it just because of dream bubble shenanagins?

Godtier Calliope came from a timeline where she predominated instead of Caliborn. The Calliope in her green suit is the one we’ve been with for years.

Wait... How and when did Terezi die? Assuming she died since she met Vriska's ancestor in the dream bubble.

When she met Aranea she wasn’t dead, just asleep.

On the subject matter of grubs, is the physical form of baby trolls (grubs) shown in-comic, or is it just a fan-adopted thing that gradually became the official look?

No, it’s canon.

You said that the Mother Grub is the one who makes the eggs, but do the trolls, whose DNA that was used for those eggs, ever get to see the grub(s)? Or do they kind of just go on in life while the grubs grow and get their own lususes?

No, the ancestors of the trolls have usually been long dead when the grub is hatched unless they’re a very long-lived blood caste.

Can u gimmie a link to all the moments when the ancestors apeared? Besides the Condesce

The Signless

The Handmaid

The Summoner

The Psiioniic

The Disciple

The Dolorosa

Neophyte Redglare

Marquise Spinneret Mindfang

Expatriate Darkleer

The Grand Highblood

Orphaner Dualscar

Her Imperious Condescension

Is there any particular reason hussie is updating at midnight in an undisclosed European nation?

He’s updating in that time frame because he doesn’t want the American readers staying up late each night. 

I was the anon who asked about Eridan's reason for his magically rage attack (thanks for answering). I was pretty satisfied with the answer but then I saw the notes and people saying it was false. Do you have a source for Eridan admitting he was just trying to mess up their quadrant or a source that he was just trying to get Feferi to go with him?

In [S] Kanaya: Return to the core Eridan speaks with Feferi telling her he wants to join Jack Noir and that she should come with him.

What happened to the Black Queen in the Alpha Kid's session?

It’s implied that the Condesce killed her and took over Derse.

Wait, there already were a ectopiologist creation of Gcat? Where?

In [S] Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 1 you can see crockertier Jane with GGat at an ectobiology station so it’s been implied that she was the one to create GCat.

Why is the new Calliope's text red? That kinda sends up some (pardon the unintentional pun) red flags in my opinion.

She speaks in the blood color of Caliborn as a sign of her predomination.

Is there ever any point in which they explain why Damara only speaks Japanese? Are their any widely accepted theories on this???

She speaks in an East Beforan accent which is just bad Japanese put in Google translate. She speaks bad English around the humans but only speaks Japanese around other trolls because she likes to say inappropriate remarks and they can’t understand her. 

I noticed that those considered Highbloods all have a blue mix to them. (In the sense of red mixed with blue is purple, yellow mixed with blue is green and then just blue) Is it possible this can go with the saying "blue blooded" when referring to rich people?

Yes, that’s most likely the explanation.

"Were sollux and aradia ever matesprits?" You answered that they were moirails, but they were dating before aradia died. They broke up because sol was upset that he killed her

I said they were most likely moirails. Hussie stated on his formspring that he’d rather not spell it out. 

“Question: How can the former relationship between Sollux and Aradia be described? I assume it was red romance, but was it concupiscent or conciliatory?

AH: Maybe it’s more interesting if it’s not spelled out.”

Also Sollux didn’t know she was dead

Where DOES Andrew Hussie live?

On his wiki page it says he lives in Boston.

If you go godteir, would you still dream on derse/prospit?

If you’re a godtier then you only have one life and you dream in the dream bubbles. See all of John’s adventures in the dream bubbles on his three year journey. 

hey what do black eyes represent again? i remember sollux had them when he was half dead or whatever

It means the ghost is dead and they remember dying

Would dad Egbert and mom lalonde appear in dream bubbles, or is that a session player only thing?

Yes, I think dream bubbles are sburb/sgrub players only.

When did Damara talk to any of the humans?

In this flash game you can play as Damara and speak to Dave and Rose.

What are all the current cannon relationships?

Already answered that. 

Hey! whilst i was reading homestuck i couldnt play any of the minigames, can you maybe list the most important ones for me? 0u0

[S] Past Karkat: Wake up

[S] John: Enter village

[S] Kanaya: Return to core

[S] Equius: Seek the highb100d

Three Openbound flashes

[S] Ministrife!

For the ask about Terezi telling her past self not to date Dave, I always assumed she meant Karkat since technically Dave didn't even exist at that time and she had just had a conversation with Karkat and after he had disconnected she sent a <3 so I guess I'm just confused on how that could equal her saying she shouldn't date Dave?

Already answered this.

Wait so kurloz <3 meulin isnt canon anymore??

No, they drifted apart as matesprits but are still close friends.