May 2015

What's the difference between Bro Strider and Dirk Strider?

Dirk Strider is post scratch and from the future. Bro Strider is pre scratch and is lacking facial features.

What would happen if Rosesprite's second prototyping was also Rose?

OOOOH do you mean the Lusus sprites? I thought you meant Karkat had a sprite of himself

Yes, and no there is no Karkatsprite, except for in that one paradoxspace comic

do you still need more help answering asks? I sent an ask about this a while ago but I think it got buried

Oh, sorry, but no we’re good right now, thank you.

What happened with Davesprite? Is he dead? When?

Yes he is dead, he died when retcon Lowas exploded during the 3 year trip

What is karkat's best weapon?

Arguably, it’s the Clawsickle

How come jade and john couldn't message anyone on the meteor while they were passing through the yellow yard?

They were kinda in a different dimension.

Was the "original" midnight crew intermission(or whatever it was) from the trolls' session?

Yes, it was set 612 sweeps after the trolls played Sgrub

ilu mod T. especially for recent sass to Vriska (who is a glorious character but fuck her as a person)

I love you too random anon, thanks for following

how and when did aradia god tier

She ascended here, when Bec Noir killed her dreamself that was sleeping on her Sacrificial Slab

Can sprites die?

Yes.  See: Davesprite, Tavrisprite, Fefetasprite and all the trolls’ sprites.

So how do dream bubbles work if you're alive or dead? I'm so lost

When you’re alive you can travel the dreambubbles while you sleep or if you are actually passing through the dreambubbles.  Karkat did both once, it was kinda funny.

If you’re dead, you’re ghost lives there.

The areas in the dreambubbles are made up of the memories of those inside it.

Does Kanaya like to garden. One of my friend said she does but I don't know if it's true

On her intro page it says she enjoys landscaping and tree trimming so she probably enjoys gardening as well.

How do you think Sollux gets in his recuperacoon? It looks like it has places to put his feet and climb up but they split and go to different holes. I've never fully understood how he sleeps in it.

Each side has a different goop in it so he probably picks which to use based on his mood, to fit with his duality theme.

What are grubs

Grubs are the things lying all over Sollux’s floor

Do you have an eidetic memory, or have you devoted your life to Homestuck? Your powers of recollection are astonishing, it would seem.

I’m very good at internet research is more like it.  Knowing how to effectively use the Search and Log function on the mspa website is very useful. 

how did arquiusprite come to be?

Equius was prototyped in Dirk’s kernelsprite and then Dirk prototyped the shades containing Auto Responder. 

Why did Aradiabot explode?

Because Aradia’s dreamself died. 

why did vriska kill tavros?

She was irritated at him and also he was about to stab her with a lance.

wheres dirk?

He’s on his way to the session now, traveling in the Furthest Ring.

Wait so grub aren't baby trolls and grub souase isn't made with troll babys

Wigglers are baby trolls. 

So, mod A, what is your opinion of the whole Vriska/Gamzee thing that's happening right now?

Do you mean as a ship? I’m not sure what you’re asking.

when did karkat travel through a dreambubble both physically and via dreaming? (at least that's what i think you were saying happened…)

This took me like six years to find, but it’s in the third openbound flash.

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He has some interesting dialoue too

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in response to something mod t said in a previous answer, how /do/ you effectively use the search and log function on the mspa website??

You pick a keyword and Ctrl+F that son of a bitch until you find a source or explanation or whatever the hell you’re looking for. You also have to factor in quirks so you might need to search it in the quirk.

not a question, but i just wanted to say that your jade profile pic is adorable.

Thank you, it’s been that for about three years I think, long before my time as a mod.  I do remember that it was changed to Jade because she used to forget things in the beginning of the story.

where is nanasprite?

She arrived on Jade’s yellow prospit ship but she’s not around currently.

How did the beta and alpha kids get troll bodies to prototype their kernels with?

They were preserved in the refrigerator seen here.

why did Equius prototype Dirk’s kernelsprite? and why did Dirk decide to prototype AR?

In the pre retcon timeline Gamzee was the one who prototyped Equius behind Dirk’s back and Dirk just decided to prototype AR for the second tier because he promised he would. In the post retcon timeline Vriska was the one to prototype Equius. 

How did Jade's grandpa acquire her dream self's dead body?

He used to the portals in the Frog Temple to teleport into the Medium, get her dream corpse, and bring it back through the portal to Earth.

Not as a ship, but as is Vriska the worst for keeping Gamzee locked up, or is she totally justified and stuff?

In my personal opinion I’m ambiguous to her actions. If she didn’t have him there he probably would get up to some more rascally clown stuff. While her methods are unorthodox, they’re effective in keeping an eye on him.  

I know Karkat called Nepeta autistic but was that just being mean or is Nepeta canonly autisic?

That was most likely him just being crabby.

Okay I apologize in advance for asking a prob really obvious question but, didn't jades grandpa die when jade was young? How did he do all of this stuff?

He traveled to the Medium before he died. The Medium’s timeline began when John entered. 

IS it possible that Dave and Karkat are moirals?

Dave does pacify Karkat many times but they could still be matesprits. 

How did Davesprite die? I probably skipped it, but in one of the recent updates, someone said that Davesprite died?

He died when Typheus destroyed Lowas during Jade’s three year trip.

what would happen to the mayor if the kids won the game? im rlly worried about the mayor

They would take the Mayor with them to the new universe and rebuild Can Town obviously.

is there any explanation as to how the guardians know about the game? how bro knows how to start the scratch, even what a scratch is, how mom knows to open up the secret passage for rose?

All of the guardians knew about the game except possibly for Dad Egbert. It’s stated on this page that Mom was studying celestial anomalies at the request of a wealthy scientist who may have been Grandpa Harley since his company Skaianet made Sburb the game in their universe. 

I dont think this has ever been explained. How does the Condesce controls Jade? It's something about the green sun but i think i missed the explanation of what it is exactly

The Condesce has Nitram powers to control beasts and since Jade is part dog this makes her vulnerable to those powers. 

what does FLARP stand for?

The acronym LARP stands for Live Action Role Play. What the F stands for is unknown but it may stand for Fatal. 

Wasn't it said that the decedent of the signless would have a relationship that would transcend Quadrants

No, the Signless was the one who was stated to have a relationship with the Disciple that transcended the quadrants. Although Karkat may be capable of that too. 

Do Karkat and Terezi still care about each other, even in this new timeline? ~the curious karezi shipper~

They’re probably still good friends.

have john and dave ever met in-comic?

John met Dave pre-retcon in Dave’s room after they arrived in the Alpha session.

But post-retcon Dave’s first irl meeting with John is right now on the platform.

Can god tiers only die if it's heroic or just? :?

Yes

1 sweep = 2 years?

1 sweep = 2.17 years. 

Here’s a spiffy sweeps-to-years calculator for all your conversion needs.

Is Pale GamKar still a possibility in this new time line?

Maybe, but since the 5x Showdown didn’t happen, it’s likely that neither did their moirailship

Sometimes I suspect that Andrew Hussie runs this blog in disguise just o make sure we have our facts right

Well he sure is doing a bang-up job

I've heard that the Nitrams can control fire. I probably missed something but I don't recall ever seeing a panel where that happens??

We’ve only seen it used once in this panel

What's the difference between grurbs and wigglers?

Grub is a little worm kinda guy used as technology or food in troll society , and wigglers are baby trolls.

how does the condense have all of her powers (serket nitram captor etc.)

FAQ

Are you able to prototype a sprite with living things?

Yes, Davesprite was prototyped with a living Dave.

I'm sorry to Mod A but a lot of your replies to these asks are flawed and incorrect.

Sorry, I’m still getting the hang of being a mod. I’ll double check all my sources from now on.