May 2015

What're the different kinds of session? I know doomed and dead sessions are a thing, but what else?

There are three kinds of bad sessions: null sessions, dead sessions, and void sessions. An example of a void session is the Alpha kid’s session. A void session is when nothing is prototyped pre entry. This means the battlefield cannot evolve and grow and the session will go on forever because the Black and White king’s war will be an eternal stalemate. 

what are all the ships that have become canon?

Right now the canon ships are as follows:

Terezi <> Vriska

Punk!Vriska <3 Meenah

Mituna <3 Latula

Meulin <> Horruss

Spades Slick <3 Ms Paint

Nepeta <> Equius

Kurloz <> Mituna

Rose <3 Kanaya

Could you explain the vast glub? Like when it happened and what it caused?

The Vast Glub was a psychic shockwave released by Feferi’s lusus that killed every troll in the galaxy except the trolls with fuchsia blood who are Feferi and the Condesce. The Vast Glub was released right before Feferi’s lusus died. 

Do you have the first memo that was made by Karkat?

Here you go.

Why did the condense destroy the derse moon?

The Condesce destroyed the moon so Dirk and Roxy could ascend to godtier.

did Roxy actually have a crush on Dirk or was that a friendly/notsofriendly joke?

Yes Roxy does canonically have a crush on Dirk. She states that she loves him on this page. 

can you ascend to the god tier if your dreamself is dead? is it also possible if you haven't completed the echeladder, or are these things not elaborated in canon?

Yes, you can ascend to godtier if your dreamself is dead, you just have to use your Sacrificial Slab and not your Quest Bed. Everyone who has gone godtier has reached the top of their echeladder but it has not been stated outright if it is a requirement to ascend.

what's the scratch and how did it affect the timelines?

The scratch is a release of temporal energy that causes Skaia to switch which portals the meteors go through. It results in a reset universe and a switched set of players. The scratch was always necessary for the alpha timeline so it didn’t affect any other timelines. 

Why were trolls all over Gamzee after he went sober? Apparently Sollux felt kinda flushed, Terezi caliginous, Karkat pale, and Kanaya ashen. And why didn't he accept any of these advances (other than Terezi)? Also, since this is kinda the topic, did Gamzee have Terezi kill Vriska to eliminate a blackrom rival? Thanks babe, keep up the great blog <33

Sollux felt both flushed and pitch for Gamzee because of his duality theme (although his initial feelings may have been caliginous since Gamzee just killed two of his friends). Terezi felt caliginous for the same reasons. Karkat felt pale because he wanted to pacify Gamzee to calm him down. Gamzee did accept Karkat’s pale solicitation. Gamzee manipulated Terezi into killing Vriska possibly so that he didn’t have to deal with her himself. 

homestuck kids werent born, does this mean they dont have bellybuttons?

Since they’re paradox clones then no they probably don’t have bellybuttons. 

is fefeta mute? if so why

Fefetasprite is not mute she just never speaks directly in the narration. Roxy mentions that she spoke with her all the time here.

Uh... I can't recall... Who exactly is dad Egbert or were we ever told?

Dad Egbert is John’s dad, the guy with the pipe and hat who baked a lot.

So Roxy was taken care of by her neighbors when she was a baby, but how did dirk survive? I don't think lil cal can raise an infant

Nobody raised Dirk, he was on his own from the start

So this is something I've been confused about for a while. Who is Lord English? Like I get that it's Caliborn grown up, but didn't we see Mr. Vanilla Milkshake turn into him in [S] Begin Intermission 2?

On this page we see that Arquiusprite, half of Gamzee, and Caliborn are sucked into Lil Cal. Doc Scratch was created ectobiologically from Lil Cal and a white cue ball. So when he died Lord English emerged from his body as a fusion of those three guys. 

Was there a reason the denizen killed retcon davespeite? Or was it just bad timing? And won't there be two jaspersprites now?

Retcon Davesprite was killed because he happened to be on lowas with John. As for there being two Jaspersprites that remains to be seen. 

who developed sburb in the beta kids session?

Sburb was developed by a company called Skaianet in the pre-scratch universe. Considering that the technology for the game is found in the frog temples on Jade and Jake’s island, it’s highly possible that Grandpa Harley had a hand in it’s making. 

What would be an heir of time's power's?

An Heir is someone who brings about change via their aspect. For a more in depth explanation of the Heir class and the Time aspect I suggest taking a look at this post but I wouldn’t recommend opening it if you’re on mobile since it is a very long post. 

At any point did Dr Scratch interact with Kanaya?

Yes actually in person on this page. 

What does it mean to be a page of hope

Pages inspire their aspect in others and have great potential. A Page of Hope inspires Hope in other people and is a very powerful title to have. 

This may be a stupid question. But what causes the vast glub again and in the newer updates, (Spoiler I Guess?) How did Sollux die from it/how did they save him from it??

Sollux died because he had not yet entered the Medium before it was released and also because he was a yellow blood and only fuchsia bloods can survive it. His Derse dream self woke up and took his place after Feferi kissed his dead body. I explained the Vast Glub already here

So just to be clear, Lord English isn't just Caliborn, he also contains Gamzee, Equius and Hal?

Yes

Does anyone who asks questions actually pay attention reading homestuck?

Homestuck is a long and confusing story so it’s easy to get confused. I became a Mod because I like helping clarify information and talking about Homestuck so I don’t mind answering these questions. 

How did Spade slick and ms paint become canon?

They became matesprites on this page. 

is kanaya glowing because she got shot with pure science?

No, she can glow because she’s a Rainbow Drinker

Can trolls be gay? I know there all bi but can one be strictly gay?

Kanaya was confirmed to be a homosexual on Andrew Hussie’s formspring account.

Umm isn't Dad Egbert, technically John's brother and Bro Strider Dave and Rose's father?

Dad Egbert is the son of Nanna and technically the half brother of John. Yes, Bro Strider is Rose and Dave’s father. 

I've got 2 questions actually. 1. How do you still know all these things 2. I can't really understand what has happened with doc scratch? How he transformed into lord english and what he did with damara (sorry if this is too much to ask, thank you so much for all the explenation, It really helped me a lot)

1. We read Hs often and check the wiki a lot. 

2. Lord English’s soul resided in Doc Scratch so once Scratch was dead, he emerged from the body. Doc Scratch intercepted the Handmaid’s meteor and raised her himself. He trained her in the clockwork majyyks and when he died she would be enslaved by Lord English and placed under a curse. 

I was told Jake tried to jump and attack Meenah while calling her "SEA HITLER" and I wanted to ask: do you know where this was? I mean which page. Thank you!

Jake did attack her on this page because he thought she was the Condesce from the past. 

why isnt vriska in her god tier clothes??

Godtiers can change out of their outfits as stated here by Calliope. 

The Condensce is the black queen of the session though, right? Doesn't that mean the players have to defeat her to get the planet for her to rule over? Or do they just need to kill the king?

The Black and White kings have been killed already. The Black Queen’s defeat isn’t required to win a session. Right now the Alphas need to place the beta kid’s battle field at the center of Skaia, request the Genesis Frog from Echidna, and place that frog at the center of the battlefield and the new universe will grow. 

This is killing me, I need know. Did the ectobiology thing happened in the A1 and B2 universes?

No, ectobiology was only performed in the A2 and B1 sessions. 

should I start a blog for classpect explanations and stuff? do you think it could actually be popular??

There are countless blogs dedicated to classpect explanations but if you want to then go ahead. 

SO rose just got her own version of davesprite, Given Terezi's body is also on Johns Planet, could there possibly be two terezis (Terezai plural?) at some point.

If somone prototypes her then yes there could be two Terezis. 

Edit: Terezi’s body is on Lopan not Lowas and John only brought Lowas with him so no Terezi cannot be prototyped.

Does the serkets have telekinesis powers or something alike?, Aranea moved planets in GAME OVER, so...

Aranea was mind controlling 3 Damara ghosts and using their telekinesis powers. 

Why the condesce have the other trolls powers like for example sollux's psionics?

FAQ

What does retcon mean

When you go back and change something. 

are there other sessions going on with other humans too? or everyone except betas and alphas is dead?

There were other sessions with other humans going on, whether or not they are still alive is unknown.

What decides sprites' color?

For the trolls it was their text color.

For the kids except Rose, it was their post/pre-scratch guardian’s text color

Hey sorry if this is asked already but can a person go God Tier if their dreamself is dead? I'm just wondering since Jade went God Tier but her dreamself was sorta alive because she was a sprite... Anyway I'm asking if a person can go God Tier if their dreamself is DEAD and not a sprite. By the way, I like your blog!

Thank you, and yes a person can ascend without a dreamself if they use their Sacrificial Slab located at the heart of the player’s dream planet’s moon.

Something that's always confused me is why did Terezi's eyes turn red when she was blinded if her blood is teal?

There’s a theory saying that in troll society bright red=damaged.  Terezi’s eyes were damaged and turned Red.  Karkat has something wrong with his pigment gland and his blood turns red.  Wearing bright Red gives the illusion that the troll was gravely injured and is walking around like it’s nothing, possibly why Vriska and Terezi wear red shoes, to intimidate their opponents. 

Do you think there are any terribly important things about Kankri and his character or do you think he'll remain pretty unrelated to anything for the rest of the story? Are there any key elements about him that are pretty important?

I don’t think any of the Beforan trolls, aside from Meenah and Aranea will have any impact on the story considering Hussie originally wasn’t going to introduce them.

Would it be possible to ascend twice if you were asleep on your quest bed, put your dreamself on their quest bed, and had both die at the same time?

I don’t think it’s possible to ascend twice.  I also don’t think that their are multiple ascending stones.  Since Skaia already knows everything about the session I think that Quest Beds are give to those that will need them and Sacrificial Slabs are given to those that will use them, and no one gets both. But that’s just my headcanon, there’s nothing mentioned about it in canon

why is tavrosprite blue?

Because he is Jane’s sprite.

I'd like to clarify the question about vriska and the sprites... All of the beta kids' sprites were prototyped twice right? Like johns sprite was prototyped with nana's ashes and the Harley Quinn doll. Dave's sprite was prototyped with the crow and a doomed Dave. Rose's sprite was jasper(?) and that weird cephalopod plushy. And jade's was becquerel and dream jade. So vriska would be right about jake and tavrossprite then, right? (Sorry if I did this in the wrong area. First time doing this :/ )

When John high fived his sprite it didn’t have Nanna’s ashes in it yet so it was only single tier prototyped.

We’ve also seen Kanaya’s sprite touch her and it was only single prototyped as well.

When did Kanayas sprite touch her?

After she saw Vriska kiss Tavros.

Has anything been confirmed about the pre-retcon sprites? Like, pre-retcon Erisol, pre-retcon Davesprite etc. Are they all on LOWAS or was it just Jaspersprite that came over?

As far as we know it was just Jaspersprite

what does that mean, "sollux is half dead"?

It means he’s half dead, half alive.  Sollux almost explained how that can be a thing once but then didn’t.

If a person had no dreamself but was alive as a sprite do you think their sprite could go god tier with the sacrificial slabs?

Yeah, probably.

Could you possibly link it the theory for the bright red meaning damaged please?? And what about Kanaya? Her skirt is bright red and I was wondering, like how Nepeta wears equius' colour, is it like her and Karkat without the moirailleigence? Or?

Sure.  And I doubt Kanaya’s skirt is in reference to Karkat’s blood color since she didn’t know it was red until after they started playing the game.

wasn't the dave that was prototyped a doomed timeline dave? and the jade was her stuffed dreamself right?

Yes