April 2016

fuck you for ignoring all my asks.

We have like 900 messages in our inbox rn so chill out.

fraymotifs are really just 'moves' though, altho what we saw in the flash were indeed combo fraymotifs. in that one walkaround flash where john was looking for his quest bed we see that there are also fraymotifs intended for use by a single person

where was sollux when aradia came??? do we know???

The particular Sollux accompanying Aradia was blind so he couldn’t really do anything

why was gamzee god tier in a fridge? the last time we saw him out of fridge he was captured and not in it, and i dont recall him making it in that timeline. also isnt it canon that he never died? so how is he god tier?

He’s not god tier, it’s just a costume

What's in the red chest Vriska has? Is that the one with all the Beta kids in it?

Yep, the house juju jam packed with the kids

Did Bec Noir die or just get KO'd?

Ko’d presumably

How long does it take for you to sort through all the asks you receive on a daily basis. And are there certain asks that get answered right away or some that get completely ignored. If you don't mind me asking

There are some that get answered right away. And others that are complex and require a lot of looking up or that might be controversial are often left for later and then never really answered. But we’ll get there eventually. Repeat questions get deleted. Asks expressing gratitude are appreciated but we often delete them as not to have too much non-homestuck related content on the blog

So this isn't an ask but a cool theory I saw related to your post about Gamzee being on LOTAK when Lord Jack's head exploded into a black hole. Do you know what else was on LOTAK? Yaldabaoth and the Crowbar. What are three things that end up in Caliborn's session but we don't know how they got there yet? Gamzee, Yaldabaoth and the Crowbar.

Also presumably the trickster jujus. I’m pretty sure that’s the last place we saw the sucker.

fuk u for ignoring my asks!!! how am I gonna learn what color underwear tavros wears now!?!

Blue

Quick question. How did the dirk / Jake break up go? I can't seem to remember any of the details.

It happened while they were all tricksters, need I say more?

What do you think will happen to Caliborn? Will he just end up becoming LE and get killed by the crew?

He just got the house juju. He just needs his magic ball eyes and then he’ll be all set to the events that took place in his Masterpiece

Also related to that Eridan / Shrek thing.... Why is Eridan alive?

He’s not alive. He just hasn’t realized he’s dead yet. Remember, their eyes don’t change until they realize they’re dead.

why did PM want to get the ring from bec noir anyway???

So he couldn’t be omnipotent anymore

Your thoughts on [S] Collide ==> ?

I was expecting something similar to [S] Cascade but Collide was equally good. It was still dramatic, just less so but it was also a lot more humorous.  I’ve watched it three times already and it’s still stunning. I continue to get chills at certain parts like when Dad Crocker breaks open the wall and the flashback to the betas’ homes.

And the animation was so good, it was different than the animation normally in homestuck and it definitely benefited from that.  I really liked the art style Jade was drawn it, it really suited her much more than how she’s been drawn in the past, or at least that’s my opinion.  The use of fraymotifs was amazing, they are so cool I really wish they would have been explored more in the comic.

All and all, Collide exceeded my expectations, and was a fitting end to the colossal Act 6 and good spiritual successor to GAME OVER.

What is significant about 1025?

413 (Homestuck started) + 612 (Hivebent started) = 1025 (Cascade)

Weren't both dogs supposed to already be missing their left arms because of the rings but at 0:43 you can see Jack has both arms. Or is it just part of the arm and doesn't register right with me

Well I’ll be damned, I’m surprise that got through. I’m sure it was just a mistake on the artist’s end

Can you please link [S] cascade?

It’s page 6009

Where's dad Egbert?

dead

How is Terezi able to use Mind powers if she's not god tier?

Players have powers before they ascend, becoming God Tier only furthers their abilities, unlocks new ones and allows them to further enhance and hone the ones they already had.

we got to see Aradia during [S] Collide but where is Sollux?

She was holding his hand…he was right next to her. 

Why have the players been so hyped up to be uber strong and yet they still got fucking wrekt?

Their enemies are alien empress space Nicki Minaj who has psionics and telekinesis and has been alive for thousands of years and the hulk who also has rainbow laser powers and can shatter reality, give the kids a break. 

Was Vriska being useless in S Collide or just waiting until everyone's done fighting and weakening Lord English so she can take the kill and get all the credit like in S rex doudecim angelus?

Yes, that’s exactly what she’s doing. 

What is going to be happening in the next seven days of updates?

Some sort of intermission since Act 6 is done and Act 7 is all on 4/13. 

What's the jack that stabbed karkat up to rn?

He became Spades Slick and just got decapitated. 

are either jane or jade dead after this upd8? im really confused sorry...

Jade was knocked out and Jane is uncertain. 

Have we ever seen karkat's god tier in the comic?

Yes, we see a godtier Karkat in [S] Roxy: Sleepwalk

okay so I definitely forgot what happened to gcat

In the GAME OVER update, Dave and Rose were both stabbed in the torso area and flat out died, but Terezi ripped the sword out of her chest and continued living longer than those two. Is it possible troll anatomy has organs in different locations than humans? Or is Terezi just a general badass?

TZ’s just that badass

How come when wearing the ring, the black and white queens both have tentacles, but PM and Jack do not?

They do, they can turn the tentacles off though

How long was the longest pause? (Gigapause and omegapause anon again, sorry)

Gigapause: 1 year
Omegapause: 8 Months
Minigigapause: 3 Months
Megapause: 2 Months
2012 Pauses The Series: 2 months
Eoa5 Pause: 1.5 Months
Post Act 5 Pause: 2.5 Weeks
The Brief Pause: 4 Days

I thought the retcon didn't affect anyone in the dream bubbles?

Right, which is why the pre-retcon versions still exist

Did gamzee make terezi kill vriska because she killed tavros?

Gamzee set it up to make it “look” like Vriska was also the one that killed Equius and Nepeta making Vriska seem more dangerous than she was. He also took her communicator glasses so Karkat couldn’t tell her that he was on the loose. He even wrote Terezi a note pretending to be Vriska telling her to come up to the roof.

So no, he didn’t make Terezi kill Vriska but he’s definitely the reason she did.

So, because of the retcon is Terezi still blind/blind again

Yes

at the start of Oppa Toby Style (one of the songs from the upd8) at the start i reconize another song but i cant figure out the name, would you be able to help me?

It sounded a lot like Rex Duodecim Angelus to me. 

what's pm most likely to do with jacks ring? Give it to a troll or kid? Lose it? Wear it herself? Smth else??

She might give it to the kids’ to stoke the forge. 

Which of Jades spacey powers were from the ring and which were from her classpect?

Jade doesn’t wear a ring. Her powers to change an objects size and move them around are her Space powers. Her powers to teleport stuff and use green fire are from the Green Sun.

does condy's death mean roxy is the new servant of lord english?

That remains to be seen. 

just about how many times have you had to say "he's not in godteir it's just a costume" ((thank you for this blog btw c: it is very nice and helpful))

Too many times.

about that previous ask- the one about how now that the condesce is dead, roxy might be LE's new servant? was the condesce LE's servant? and why would roxy be the next one in line?

It’s a curse that forces the bearer to serve LE. The Handmaid was the first to have it, and then Condesce inherited it when she killed the Handmaid. Presumably whoever killed the Condesce (Roxy in this case) might inherit it as well, we’ll see

If Roxy can void pumpkins, then does that mean she can snag people from alternate universes? Or am I misunderstanding how her powers work

Roxy removes the absence of something, she doesn’t teleports them in from around timelines

so like homestuck at the beginning was done through commands given by the fans, does that mean the Beta kids names were made up from them or Hussie?

Hussie picked from fan suggestions

would it be possible to include the dates for the pause post? (142380994789) if its not too much trouble?

here

I'm sorry but where did the shrek/eridan picture originate from? is it real and what page is it on if it's real?

It was in [S] Collide, it’s based on an old school meme

why aren't there two dog jacks? one from John's timeline and one from the new

No, there’s only one dog jack

I saw someone ask about if there would be an update over the next couple days and you're answer was "the next 6 days will most likely be Intermission 3" does that mean an intermission in updates or a hs intermission like with spades slick. Also is it possible Act 7 could be a really long update.

Like a HS intermission. Intermission 1 was about Spades Slick, but Intermission 2 was about Lord English so Intermission 3 could be about a variety of things, I guess we’ll find out tomorrow :3

what is the brightly colored ring around Calliope and the green sun?

Those are the cracks in reality that Lord English has caused each time he destroyed a dream bubble.

What do you think of the jarring ending to Collide? The static on the panel during the fade out and the sudden black and white stop?

The sudden black and white stop that lingered for a moment was very ominous to me and I’ve got a bad feeling about it. 

Is there no hope for the beta kids at all then? Are they trapped forever in the juju? Or are those future kids part of a different timeline? I gotta know man.

The beta kids will be released once the juju is used on Lord English. 

k so if I am correct, kanaya and karkat (and maybe a few others) can't go godtier because their dreamselves are dead. but in [s] collide, we saw a godtier kanaya, how can this happen?

She was a ghost from an off shoot timeline.

Do you know of any good homestuck summaries or reviews that are up to date?

The synopsis on the Homestuck wikipedia page is surprisingly good.