I don't really understand the update. Is it okay to recap or dumb it down please?
Okay, some backstory first. The juju that gave John his retcon powers, we knew that it was Caliborn’s and it was destined to be used by him once as a weapon and then once against him. Obviously John using it is against him.
So in today’s update we saw Caliborn get the juju and he used it as a weapon and then banished it to the furthest ring with the Ring of Void. The weapon allowed him to take the souls of the Beta kids and trap them inside so they are effectively stuck in a house, homestuck if you will.
Then Caliborn beat up Jake, Jane and Roxy and had a most macho duel with Dirk and defeated him but Jake got back up and started to emit a bunch of Hope energy.
(Keep in mind that all of this is happening in the future so the kids aren’t trapped or beat up yet)
So there was foreshadowing that Gamzee was in lil Cal but was it about Arquiussprite being there too? was lil Cal always a dear friend to Dirk because a part of him was in there? what do you think?
Arquius had been hinted at by Doc Scratch. Doc Scratch was made from Lil Cal (so part of arquius). The Doc and Lil Hal speak very similarly and are both hyperintelligent. Also on page 005527 (sorry I’m on mobile and can’t link) Doc Scratch tells Rose to think of him as her human uncle and he participates in Equius’s signature “yes, no, yes, no” thing.
There is a more drawn out theory written by Bladekindeyewear a few years ago on the same topic that I would highly recommend checking out.
As for Dirk, he arrived with Cal, they’ve literally always been together. That was the only relationship he had until he met the other kids. You’d come to value a puppet as a friend too if that was the only type of interaction you had for years.
A6A6I5 talk
bilious-slick:
Timeline of changed events:
Gamzee isn’t allowed to fool around on his own with Vriska around. A+
Vriska promptly goes into Auspistice mode with Terezi and Gamzee. A++
Karkat hates himself a lot less without Terezi/Gamzee happening and without Terezi mourning Vriska. Possibly dating Dave now.
Terezi hates herself a lot less without Vriska being dead. Scourge Sisters rise again! A++
Vriska helps out Kanaya with alcoholic Rose. Are they back to being moirails? HMM. A+
Gamzee whines to Kurloz that Vriska has changed the timeline somehow. A+
Without being tied down by alcoholism, Rose and Kanaya’s relationship friendship is pretty well off. (That said, it was drunk!Rose that asked her out. Did this happen in this timeline? WAS ROSEKAN REPLACED BY DAVEKAT OH NO)
Alive!Vriska met Dating-Meenah Vriska. Awkwaaard.
Vriska uses the time machines instead of Gamzee to create better, more balanced sprites for the alpha kids. Now they’re just stretching things but this is probably in line with the “Vriska keeps messing with Gamzee’s shit” changes.
That said, Tavrosprite being allowed to live without blowing up? A+++
Now the upd8 is very confusing so here’s how I’m interpreting it.
The Meteor Crew has just rescued Jake from Derse and now they are hiding from the Condesce. They’re on the platform that is where the Genesis Tadpole is released at and allowed to grow, that probably isn’t relevant though. I do not know why the planets are gone.
Hopefully we’ll get some clarification in the next upd8.
Today’s upd8 confirms that in the retconned timeline Erisolsprite and Fefetasprite never existed.
This is a sad day in Homestuck.
