July 2015

how did all the lusii get to post-scratch earth? was Gl'bgolyb near jake's house too??

The Condesce brought them

Just saying your link in the sidebar to the FAQ doesn't seem to be working. The top one still does though.

Thank you for letting me know! I changed the faq’s url and I forgot to change the link in the sidebar. It should be good now >: ]

Do we know how powers are distributed in the troll castes? Not every troll gets an ability, but what I mean is, for example, 1) can only ceruleanbloods be born with vision eightfold? 2) Likewise, is vision eightfold the only ability ceruleanbloods can have (are there more powers we haven't seen yet)? I've been thinking about this for a long time and haven't found any solid answers. Thanks for any help / speculation you can offer! <3

We don’t know how the powers are distributed within the castes so I don’t have any tips to give you, sorry. Hopefully Hiveswap will clear some of that stuff up when it’s released.

okay so the hs wiki says in regards to the ring of void and ring of life "when one goes missing the other is miraculously found". well in caliborn's claymation ACT6ACT6. php?s=6&p=009316 he says that later he gets the ring of void. atm calliope is wearing the ring of life so does that mean callie is going to lose the ring of life and be dead again when caliborn acquires the ring of void?? also where did the ring of life come from cuz i know the void one was the post-scratch black queen ring.

The Ring of Life came from Hussie’s self-insert. He tried to propose to Vriska with it and she turned him down.  As for if Callie will lose the ring, only time will tell.

What are your thoughts on the theory that doomed gamzees mutate into horrorterrors

I’ve never heard of that theory, but I don’t think I’d agree with it.

Why are there so many Aradiabots?

The trolls had a lot of doomed timelines

What is the most powerful weapon in hs?

The Zilly Santa

Only purple bloods can have chucklevoodoos. Also Lowbloods have a much higher probability of having powers (hence helmsmen being lowblood psionics). Also only Jadebloods can be rainbow drinkers

That’s not what the person was asking. They were essentially asking what percent of a blood caste gets the powers. 

My moirail has this idea that because you never see a dead Gamzee in any dream bubble and it was stated (before Gamzee's death) that Gamzee can't die then what if there is only one Gamzee and all other timelines don't have a Gamzee therefore we ARE reading about the alpha timeline because the alpha timeline is the one with Gamzee. Is there any proof (other than what I said) that can prove this theory or did my moirail just pull it out of his ass like he always does?

The reason there’s no dead Gamzee’s is because he can’t die and his alternate selves from doomed timeline are still alive when the timeline is erased so he is always erased along with it.

( I was actually asking if, for example, a jadeblood could be born with vision eightfold, or a yellowblood could naturally have animal communion (excluding things like Condy experimenting on herself) basically if powers are restricted to one caste. ^^; )

Oh, in that case yes powers are restricted to caste.

did trickster mode still happen in the retconned universe?

Yes

In caliborn: enter, what was that flashy thing that looked like an egyptian statue? was that caliborns "bed"?

That is his Cairo Overcoat actually

I think we can all agree that today’s upd8 was the greatest upd8 we’ve gotten since Arquius’s formation.

Oh my cod for a second there I thought ARquius and Davepeta were going to merge for some unknown odd and complicated reason and then it got me thinking, lie, if they merged they would look a lot like LE??

They would, and they’d probably be the best one to fight him.

did the omegapause start?

I think we still have a few more before it does, but this would definitely be a gem to pause at

Why was the upd8 so awful and why am I still going to read the next one?

Because a main theme in Homestuck is the Irony of liking things that are bad

so when the beta kids got sucked into the juju, did that take place before what we see happening right now? or was it an alternate timeline or something because i am confused as so how that ties in

It’s in the future

on todays's upd8 (7/24/15) what was the final page's pic/gif/flash about? or rather, what did it have on it? i am on mobile ahh!!!! :-(

image

*Mod T sniffles and between bouts of joyous tears agree with themself that this was the most beautiful things they’d seen in their entire life*

do you think the omega pause will be a longer megapause or it will be the last pause (omega = last letter of greek alphabet ie alpha and omega)? If so will it be megapausian in length?

Last pause, I predict it ending on October 25th

Wait people are saying homestuck ended with this upd8 that's not true right??

No, it is a joke. But if it did end now I would be perfectly satisfied.

Exactly how long was this Gigapause? (also you are amazing for running this, bless u you wonderful person)

Approximately three hundred and sixty-five days

what if the (best) person to fight LE was LE?

*x-files theme starts playing*

did all of the stuff that happened in the first few acts happen in one day? or was it over a longer period of time?

It was all in about one day, yes.

If Gamzee can't die in any timeline then how did he die in the Game Over timeline? Also, shouldn't that Gamzee be a Ghost in the dreambubbles since the dead Vriska from that timeline still is?

Who said he died in Game Over? Sure he was cut in half but we didn’t get a DEAD screen for him

You two are a blessing to this fandom

Mod T is a major cutie pass it on

Why don’t you pass it on yourself?

okay so, i might just be a conspiracy theorist but, is it just me or does ANYONE feel like maybe the reason he wants us to post over 9000 selfies, (which i understand is a joke) is maybe, just maybe, he'll delete homestuck and those that will literally be the legacy. just a bunch of selfies of people next to a horsecomputer and a cathuman monstrous hug.

It’s just an “Over 900″ joke, this is like the sixth time he’s used it. (Coincidentally, almost every time it’s used is around Lil Hal)

Why do so many people suddenly hate Hussie after this update? Slangwang was ranting about him earlier but I don't really understand whats going on. Do you have any idea?

People are just jealous that they can never obtain the artistic mastery that Hussie has achieved with this upd8.

I need to ask an important question; who's your favorite, Equius Zahhak or ARquiusprite.

Oh god, um, um, um, how can you make me choose?? Equius is amazing on his own, but he’s just so much happier as Arquius. I think I’m gonna have to go with Arquius.

some friends don't believe me. Can you find some proof that acts 1-5 was about a day for the kids and a few hours for the trolls?

It was just over one day for the kids

Act 5 Act 1 (aka Hivebent) was over the course of about three weeks though. And the trolls were on the meteor talking to the kids for only a number of hours.

wait gamzee cant die? why not?

Because he has to stay alive to become apart of Lord English in order to fulfill time loops.

I'm sorry if this was asked many times before, but why did HIC needed the alpha kids to enter the game?

She needs them to create a new universe for her to rule over and restart her empire.

why do people h8 hussie for killin all his char??? i mean in romney and juliet, they both die and everyone loved shakespeare???? (ya i meant romney)

I don’t think people legitimately hate him for that. People in every fandom complain when the writers do something nasty to their favorite characters. Luckily in homestuck death doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t see a character again.

Did Dave cry when his brother died ?

No

Which gamzee becomes part of lord English and which gamzee raises the cherubs

The one currently locked in the fridge

what social media is andrew hussie active on? is it just twitter?

Twitter’s the only one I’m aware of that he still uses.

How did nepeta and equius die but not become a ghost

They did become ghosts

How did the alpha ascend if they didn't have dream selves?

This is explained in the faq

so im confused, what is daves sexuality?

We don’t know exactly quite yet, it’s just not straight.

Did we ever figure out what the password for Bro's computer was? p=002357

Considering the password is “the most awesome thing it can be” and that the password is six letters long, it’s likely that the password is lilcal

Can you list a few of Nepeta's interests

Friendly roleplay, wearing the pelts of the animals she kills, making comics and shipping of course

I have mem probs and cant remember certain stuff so im sorry for askin this but who are the jacks and here did they come from and like whats in them. I kno bec is the beta kids jack and he has jades dog in it but whats up with the white one and stuff

PM is from the beta kids session and she’s chasing Bec Noir because he killed AR and attempted to kill WV.

Spades Slick is from the trolls session. He is currently in command of the Felt and works against Lord English but mostly his interests are money.

Jack English / Union Jack is the alpha kids Jack. He’s been possessed by Lil Cal and just wants to destroy.

So, homestuck is taking a break?

Yeah, what else is new?

I know Davekat might be canon, but is it pale or flushed?

Jasprose said Karkat had a matesprit so Davekat would most likely be flushed

Why is JakeDirk such an awful relationship, apparently?

Dirk was possessive and overbearing which caused Jake to be distant and to avoid him.

do you think the condesce will help defeat lord english?

Hasn’t she already? She made Dirk and Roxy ascend (purposefully) so that they could eventually fight him.

Do you think Jake and Tavros are going to fight Spades Slick, or are they going to gain a (sort of) ally who hates LE and wants to punch his skull face?

Tavros won’t be going with since he’s grounded. As for the Jake/Slick meeting I see two possibilities. Either A) he gains an ally like you suggested or B) Jake mentions his last name is English and Slick tries to beat him up.

why doc stratch acts like a doll next to hussie?

Doc Scratch is a doll in every sense of the word.

where has johndave been canon? (pictures please!) ((im roasting someone))

It has never been canon. In [s] Caliborn: Enter there’s a dead John and Dave standing next to each other and people insisted they were together as desperate shippers tend to do but there’s no real evidence to support that.