July 2015

Is it stated in canon that lowblooded trolls have a shorter lifespan that highblooded trolls, or is that just a fan theory?

It’s canon.

Can you explain the whole ectobiology thing? Like I've heard Dirk is Dave, and Dirk is bro, and that makes bro Dave??! I still get super confused about it.

Dave’s bro is pre-scratch Dirk and Dirk’s bro is post-scratch Dave.

Do we ever see Alpha Dave?

Here.

In what pages do we find out Karkat liked Kanaya?

He doesn’t like her romantically but they are good friends. 

where does the mouse in jake's pocket come from?

Vriska probably put it there.

Wait, Im confused. Why did Vriska make Terezi blind? Was it important or something???

FAQ, anon.

i have never understood ectobiology! how does it work, what does it do, and what was the purpose in the sessions? thank you, and have a nice day! :-)

From Hussie’s second recap log.

Ectobiology is necessary to produce the players and complete the time loop and in case of a scratch where you would have another group of players available. 

Do you ever feel like some of the people asking questions didn't even read the story?

What or who is gcat

Gcat is post-scratch Earth’s First Guardian.

Whats the deal with johns sister like what even is that thank

John’s sister is Jade. 

Was there a fist guardian for the A1 universe? Or is Doc Scratch the first guardian for both a1 and a2?

The pre-scratch First Guardian of Beforus was never revealed. 

what happened to the glitches caliborn created ?

John blew them all away with the Breeze when he cleaned out the cartridge. 

Why is there not enough Jade in the recent updates

She’s taking a lil nap.

I just wanted to say thank you to all the mods and the blog as a whole for putting up with the community. Thank you for answering the stupidest questions and thank you for running this blog. That is all. Have a nice day.

Why did Vriska kiss Tavros?

Because he has a great rack.

who are the people john's (and i think jane's too) dad chat with, and that nannasprite eventually chatted with as well?

People who are passionate about garment maintenance and dad stuff.  

just wondering when exactly Gamzee killed Tavros? I can't find it.

Gamzee didn’t kill Tavros, Vriska did.

were there any logs between vriska and sollux? vriska and aradia? (sorry ): im sure you hate these types of questions, but i cant find any so far??)

Vriska and Aradia speak here

In many previous asks you keep saying characters can't go god tier without a dream self, however the page you are quoting disproves you since the beta kids use "quest slabs' or whatnot in the center of (derse i believe?) to go god tier. Cant everyone effectively do the same?

FAQ, anon.

What pages does it imply/fully state the abusive nature of Dave and his Bro's relationship?

Dave talks a lot about it here

what is that awesome music that plays when you're Karkat on page 007208?

Crab Waltz

Why did Caliborn shoot Gamzee?

Hey, I just wanted to thank you guys for everything you do for the community. You do amazing and important work, and you deserve recognition for that. So on behalf of the entire fandom, thank you. I mean that.

Sorry...hi how do I get past the roxy page full of 'sup' s on 009001? :"0

did alpha rave and alpha rose had a romantic relationship since they didn't know they were related?

They did not have a romantic relationship.

On what page does Dirk go God Tier? (Homestuck really needs a search function that tags images to make them searchable too!)

Here.

is Dave canonly albino? Or it's just a headcanon?

Headcanon. He does have red eyes though.

Why aren't Jake and Jane, and Roxy and Dirk siblings but Jade and John, and Rose and Dave are?

They’re genetic clones of themselves, they have no parents.

Is it possible for someone's dream self to be alive but still asleep once they enter the medium?

Yes

When did kanaya become God teir (or is that only a fandom thing?)

She has not ascended

Were Jane and Jade sleeping during the entire three years in the meteor?

No.

How exactly did the Psiioniic die again? And where is it mentioned?

He was killed by the Vast Glub

I don't see how it would be lazy writing if it becomes necessary and someone is capable of doing so. In that case you could argue that Roxy appearifying a new Matriorb is lazy writing too. Or Jade saving the planets from the Beta session. Or John retconning the timeline.

I’m no English major so this isn’t a perfect analysis but,

It would be lazy because there’s been no build up to it. Creating a new Matriorb has been a thing for years and Roxy was forced into the role of attempting to create it by the Condesce, and then chose to continue to try to make it of her own free will.  Jade saving the planets was also an established plot point before hand as Echidna’s request was for Jade to do so. John’s retcon was kind of lazy writing but due to Homestuck being a webcomic Hussie was able to pull that off in part to the nature of the story.  This of course is only my opinion and you are free to yours but I just don’t think it would be strong for the story if Roxy just up and made the trolls’ slabs.

How many trolls can become god their other than Aradia and vriska. (Unless jack killed the rest)

None of the currently alive trolls that haven’t ascended can ascend through any means that have been stated in canon.

Have we ever seen Gamzee without his make up on?

no

Why does the GHB have more letters in his name then the other trolls? Ex. Mindfang-8 Redglare-8 Psiionic-8 Signless-8

It’s unknown why he has more

is the "david elisabeth strider" thing canon in any way or where does it come from?

That’s not canon. It’s been in the fandom for years though and I’m not sure exactly how it got started, my best guess would be from a fancomic.

Do we know how Jake is connected to Lord English yet?

Yeah, Caliborn said he was going to steal his last name. Caliborn also wanted to groom Jake into a worthy adversary

If dam works under LE the could her and kurloz be friends

The girl who speaks in tongues and the boy who speaks in signs. Both appear only to be truly understood in their speech by one person, an ex-matesprite.  Both make other uneasy in their presence.  

I can totally see them hangin’ out.

mod t does the t ALSO stand for tea

No, I don’t like tea.

Does T stand for T-Rex cause u the biggest and bestest one?

Nice guess, but no.

Sorry, I know that this has already been asked, but I'm on mobile and can't scroll through the Jade tag (as it was answered a long while ago.) But, how did jade get her dog ears? Thank you in advance.

Here.

Why did the ecto-creation of the players take place before the Scratch in the B set of universes, but after the Scratch in the A set?

FAQ, anon.

Why did Spades Slick in Cascade kill Snowman if he knew that it would destroy the universe? Thank you.

Because all of his friends had already died and he had nothing to lose. 

Not sure if anyone else noticed, but at the page before terezi is about to kill Vriska, a password page is available to view John stopping terezi and changing the timeline.

We did notice, trust me.

was anything ever made with the code for Vriska's dice ("82the8th" on page 005752) that Vriska sent to John before Terezi killed her?

John used them to alchemize his Warhammer of Vrillyhoo

if your dreamself dies can you no longer god tier?

FAQ, anon.

the kids are 16 in canon but shouldnt they technically be 19 by now ?

In real time they’d be 19,but it’s still 2012 in story. 

What does "FAQ" mean?

Frequently Asked Questions

So what were Jane and Jade doing during those 3 years?

Jade was alive, on the ship, alone, as she said.

Jane was living on Earth until she started playing the game five months prior