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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

why did the horror terrors ask rose to burn the genetic code journal?

It was part of Bec’s genetic code and they didn’t want him to be created so he couldn’t eventually prototype himself and give Jack Noir the powers of a First Guardian. However, the Draconian Dignitary had already gotten a copy of her journal.

Which Rose was used to make the current Rosesprite?

GameOver! Rose’s corpse.

okay so basically me and my friend have been arguing about this forever and i was wondering, what is the true distinction/difference in aradia s and sollux s powers?

Both of them have telekinesis but only Sollux has the eye rays.

Is auspistism only for kismesis or for moirails and matesprits as well?

Auspistism is only for two trolls who may become kismesises. 

Do the female trolls have tits

Yes, Arquiusprite mentions them here

Why did eridan half kill/knock out sollux??

Eridan was about to go join Bec Noir and Sollux and Feferi told him that it was a bad idea. Sollux dueled him because if Eridan had found Bec Noir he would’ve revealed the trolls’ hiding spot in the Veil. Eridan used his White Wand to knock Sollux out. 

Yoooo I just wanna say that the classpect test you linked is not at all accurate. There's psychological stuff behind your God Tier, it can't be picked via "What would you do" type questions. People should really use the test by tumblr user thepageofhopes; It takes into account those psychological factors.

Yes, I know it’s not as complicated and in-depth as others. It’s just a test I linked earlier that I see being used a lot. They were just asking for a link to the test I mentioned earlier.

I'm sorry, I thought an auspistice kept two trolls from getting into an unhealthy kesmitude, not just preventing one altogether. Is that wrong, or is that also what they do?

An auspistice is someone who prevents two trolls from entering a kismesisstude if one or both of the trolls are already in a black relationship. Auspices are important in troll society because they can prevent widespread black infidelity. 

When was nepeta<>equips confirmed canon? Thanks!

Here

Hi, I hope it's alright to ask you this, but when is Lil Hal's body seen? (The one that looks like Dirk, with the red wire vein things on his face.) I don't remember at all, and I'm too embarrassed to ask anyone else...

This flash.

Who's the gayest character.

Caliborn obviously

What will happen if Calliope takes off the ring now? Will she turn back into a ghost? Or does the ring just ensure that she won't die again as long as she's wearing it?

She would turn back into a ghost, I believe. Wearing the ring makes her invulnerable and immortal. 

What exactly is a fraymotif?

I answered that here.