January 2018

What classpect would you give a know-it-all, who tends to be very selfish and tricks other into doing what they want ? ( this is for an oc )

Light, likely. Not sure about Class though, anything Active would work.

How does ectobiology work?

You have Appearifying Equipment with which to look back through the Timeline at various things, and warp them to your present moment. However, if you’re trying to warp something that still has a purpose, it would create a Paradox, a Doomed Timeline, and as such it can not be allowed to happen. To prevent this, if the machine detects taking an item would cause a Paradox, it will instead materialize a ‘ghost imprint’ of that object as a mass of green sludge.

If the thing you try to appearify, however, is alive, the Paradox Slime will contain the Genetic Sequence, which can then be manipulated, spliced, and mixed together with other DNA samples from Paradox Slime. This can be used to make genetic offspring as seen during the Credits, as well as to create bizarre mutant things like wiht Roxy’s kittens.

Occasionally, though, it can be used to create Paradox Clones. Both the Ectobiology to create themselves and the Frog Breeding require this. A Paradox Clone is a perfect genetic copy of someone, that will, at some point, be sent to the past and become said person. The Frogs in Jade’s Land were there in the first place, because they were created by Jade as clones from themselves, and sent back in time, which may be, I just realized, precisely what Time Players are required for in a Session. Paradox Clones will, as such, create a self-fulfilling loop- The Kids play the Game because they were created in it and need to play it to Exist, the Frogs are in Jade’s Land to be bred and make Billious Slick, because she went out of her way to Make them one by one, and so on.

What's a good godtier for someone who is devoted to their fandoms but is a total badass

Huh… Bard? No idea.

You all will notice these answers are kind of short, but it’s for a reason. Too little information and it’s kind of difficult to tell much apart. Too much, and it seems like I’m analyzing something way too personal. So I don’t tend to give much thought to these.

In what a Knight of Hope would serve Hope to his team-mates? By encouragements? Speaking of Knights, what powers would a Knight of Void have?

Encouragement, ‘never give up’ sort of personality, and maybe literally empowering buffs with Hope Majyyks, who knows. As for the Knight of Void, wielding the power of the Void is certainly a scary concept. Either Horrorterrors or just, the ability to Serve Nonexistence, can be pretty obliterating.

So with the whole class roleplaying the other class thing, what could the consequences of a mage of light roleplaying a thief of light

It would be that they’d act like a Thief of Light, and be a tad unhappy or not efficient. Really all there is to the Roleplaying System, is that someone goes ‘oh, this person is cool!’ and then try to act like them, which often leads going against their own strengths and being less effective, but occasionally can be compatible with their own powers.

Think of Vriska, she wears her admiration of Mindfang on her sleeve while she’s alive, and she’s always the one Making shit happen, the one being the Fairy of the group, the one trying to Improve Tavros. 

Can Kurloz's power can work the other way around too? Like destroying the Rage of others? Or is the Rage aspect only targeted to the Rage player himself?

He actually does both canonically. He Destroys through Rage, by turning Damara’s hatred towards the Session- (Aranea mentions that even with Meenah’s bullying, her behaviour seemed to take such a dramatic, sharp turn that she suspected someone influencing her- And given her allegiance to English, it’s obvious it was Kurloz), and he Destroys Rage as well by appearing super calm and no one from his Session suspects a thing about him, he’s just seen as this harmless weird clown that occasionally flips people off, but not much else.

You think Tumblr is a Void aspect, as it's always breaking things, withholding information, making asks disappear and then making things happen out of nowhere?

Tumblr is Rage, it lacks coherence a lot of the time, it gets angry over nothing, but it’s also a place where I’ve seen the toxic views of society deconstructed and a push for a revolutionary change to the system.

I meant we always saw him destroying his OWN rage but can he destroy the rage of others?

As I’ve said, his peaceful attitude makes others be unable to really get mad at him, he’s the creepy clown, but no one suspects of him to be an Acolyte of English and so dangerous, so they don’t go after him.

Does Eridan canonically drink Faygo?

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What.

It’s just soda. Not great, but not that bad either. What’s the big deal?

We all need to settle down here.

It’s not the most refined thing and highly likely not his first choice of anything, either. But it’s just a Soda.

god i love homestuck

oh worm?

Hmm, ALL LIGHT PLAYERS THIS USER DARE DAWN ARE SYMBOL YET IS A DOOM PLAYER. WE MUST RISE UP AND TAKE THIS CHAT IN A ACT OF VENGEANCE. ( haha nah you chill ^w^ )

:V Black over Green is not as aesthetically pleasing, nor is it that fitting for a blog all about Exposition.

A seer of doom sounds so broken on paper. Having the ability to know/see what leads to doom and death, honestly I think only a seer of time could out do you. ( since they can simply see into the future and all the paths that lead to doomed timelines )

The more you know about bad things, though, the more paranoid you are about said bad things happening. Sometimes it’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion, you know it’s going to happen, and can’t stop it, and just lie back and… Watch.

Heir of hope.... would they be able to literally turn into hope? Like, become a golden light and shine onto their fellow players, to give them an inner Hope and power? Would they be able to see the filaments of hope surrounding everyone, or is that based for a different class? Could a Heir Inspire Hope into their fellow players?

It’s hard to say because Hope is a God Damn Difficult to Grasp Concept. So materializing it like that, with Hopey Ropes or a Golden Light, it’s hard to actually tell. If you think that’s how it’d work, it likely works like that. The Page or Knight may be better giving Hope, but a Heir and Witch could certainly inspire Hope in others.

Do you think Eridan has bad eyesight or he wears his glasses just to be a nerd?

Hard to Tell, it’s easy to tell with the Humans because they were born with Glasses, but Trolls are Grubs at birth, so the fact none of the Grubs have Glasses either means they’re all nerds that wear glasses for fashion, or that they don’t need glasses until after they’re not squishy grubs.

In what ways would an heir of space be able to passively change space? Would they be able move faster than others because they can shrink the space between them and their goal?

Possibly, but think also of Changing Through Space, as in influencing a Change in Someone or Themselves by their influence on Space, perhaps like getting taller or shorter because they manipulate Gravity and over time it affects their growth in general? Just throwing ideas, it’s a bit hard to tell actually.

How, exactly did rose manifest her powers as a seer? How did terezi? Kankri?

I’d say Rose and Terezi are very damn evident, SPECIALLY Terezi since she gets a literal Mind Symbol over her head whenever she’s using her powers. Rose’s search and thirst for knowledge in SBURB leads her to tear down everything in her way just to learn more about what Paradox Space has in store for them. And Kankri’s just… A Bad Example in general, you’d do better taking Suffy as an example and how he Saw glimpses of his past life on Beforus, and Knew and Preached about Bonds and being nice to others and changing the Hemospectrum.

Now that you mention it, both the Alpha kids and the Beta kids were born with glasses when John ectobiologised them in [S] Descend. That's so weird when you think about it

They were also born with diapers, and their characteristic hairstyles. Hell- Eridan was born with the purple streak in his hair.

Sorry if this has been asked before but do you have a master post of your thoughts on just aspects? I’ve seen the class one recently because of the quiz but I can find another like it.

Oh! I don’t have a post about that, mostly because my thoughts are mainly a mixture of the Canon Aspect Quiz, and this:

I find it weird that the Dancestors are the pre-sratched version of the Ancestors, yet they have completely different personalities and completely different appearance. Take Meenah for example; she isn't as vile as The Condesce or Aranea not being as bold as Mindfang.

Well, they grew up in completely different cultures, but also given the chance Meenah would ABSOLUTELY be like Condy, and after getting a bit encouraged by Vriska, Aranea is very much capable of being Mindfangish.

♏ Spider’s Eclipse ♏

You know, I completely forgot about this Album, god dammit I need to properly catch up with some music. I’ve yet to listen and download the Gristmas Carols album.

In fact, the Ancestors look more like the Beta trolls: The Dolosora's short vampire-like hair, Mindfang's long gorgeous locks, Redglare's pixie cut, Darkleer's straight long hair, The Condesce's huge messy hair, etc...

Yep.

Any ideas on the typing quirks of Barzum and Baizli?

No idea, honestly I’m not ready to learn 40+ Typing Quirks. Even if they seem rather simple like Chahut typing lowercase but capitalizing T’s.

Which classpects are more likely to cheat on a test, or cheat the system to get what they need.

The Steal Classes.

Are Heirs open to change themselves, i'm confused?

Heirs are rather malleable by their environment- Witches can be as well, but Witches can become frustrated with changes they don’t want, where Heirs are more… Adaptable.

I always thought that witches can control the changes in their aspect while heirs had no control of how their aspect changes themselves

It really depends, specially, on how successful of a Witch or Heir they are. John can poof into wind at will while Jade couldn’t control being made part Dog, for example! On the contrary, John’s Windy Thing activated by themselves without his control several times, while Jade actively used them to Change the Size of things. The two Classes do need a balance about how they change things and how it all changes them.

Yeesh I feel bad for asking about a mage of light ( since there seems to be SO MANY ) but I’m still to curious. So could a mage of light be able to know relevant future events ? If so than could that clash/overlap with other mage classpects? A major death seems pretty relevant so could a mage of light and of doom receive the same vision ? And what involved “relevant” when is something no longer considered as relevant ?

I’ve talked about the Mage of Light before in general, but let me talk about this- First of all, given Light stands for Information and Facts, Light, and also Time, are two Aspects that likely overlap a bunch with others when it comes to Knowing. A major death could definitely be relevant, but it could also not quite be something you’re going to find if you’re not actively looking for it. Doom is very focused on that kind of stuff, so perhaps a Mage of Light would overlook a death. As for what is ‘relevant’, think about it like how Rose travelled the Furthest Ring. They could’ve sent the Meteor in any direction, but she knew the one direction that would be relevant and true to them- A straight shot towards the Alpha Session, no interruptions, no detours, no slow-downs, no accidents. It’s also very tied to what is the Alpha Timeline- So if you are in a Doomed Timeline or something doesn’t quite concern the Loop of the Alpha Timeline, it may not be obvious to find out about it.

I think I get it, so another way to interrupt “relevant” information could be seen as knowing what needs to be known or what needs to be done to achieve victory. The know light classes could know more than that but it would take more research and concentration and they would have to look for it rather than simply knowing it.

Think about Rose- She didn’t see Jasprose coming, and she had a breakdown because of it, something she had not seen happened so immediately she thought, it had to be irrelevant, right? Meanwhile, back at the beginning of her adventure, she was tearing down everything just to get Information about SBURB. As she stopped her active search for knowledge, she began trusting her Light Powers more, so when something unexpected happens, it catches her absolutely off-guard, which plays into her confidence problems.

speaking of Jasprose, what was Rose's issue with them in the first place? i'm not sure i figured it out right; is it that she didn't foresee their creation, or that they have literally zero filter?

It’s both- Rose is already doubtful about her Role, about what SBURB has in store for her. She refused to go through her Land Quest, only realized about her Mother when it was too late and never got to apologize, she was kind of a mess about how she fit in the Grand Scheme of Things. And then suddenly there’s just. Cat Rose. Flirting with everybody. Not only was it embarrassing as she spewed stuff she most certainly also thinks but keeps herself from saying, it was also just shattering, to not see something like that coming. What kind of Seer of Light wouldn’t see something like that? And if she didn’t see it, does it mean it’s all irrelevant? That she is just that irrelevant? Just Let Rose Have A Rest 2k18.

John <3 Roxy over Calliope <3 Roxy any day, I've always felt that John and Roxy have a depper connection with the fact that they're both from the same timeline and know all the bullshit that happened and I kinda hated it when I see all that scrapped away for Calliope and Roxy, like I LOVE Calliope don't get me wrong but I would've prefered if Roxy and John were flushed and Calliope had a platonic one with Roxy and Jane

I get where you’re coming from, and I think Roxygen is cute, and also I don’t mind the idea of a Poly Roxy just swinging between Callie, Jane and John, but. While it is true that John and Roxy do remember what happened in the GO! Timeline, they’ve literally only met three times in their entire lives up to that point. One when John told him about his life story and encouraged Roxy to make the Matriorb, one when he followed her after Rose had died, and then again in his Land, both before going and after returning to warp his entire Land into the new Session.

Meanwhile, Roxy and Calliope have arguably known each other since forever, with the Cherub trusting Roxy enough that she was the one person she told her name to when she feared she wasn’t going to come back. She loves Jane tons as well, enough to gift her with her Juju for her Birthday. She was the one who connected them all by giving Roxy and Dirk Trollian to contact with Jake and Jane, she makes drawings and stories about them and while she’s in another entire Universe, she’s the Fifth one of the group- Not like Karkat and the others, that were just the 12 assholes trolling them, until they got to really know each other, Calliope was a part of the Alpha Group.

You can like Roxygen, and I do like them as well, but you can’t objectively state that the bond John and Roxy share is deeper.

Homestuck is real goddammit and you can't prove otherwise

Certainly, only Hussie truly knows.

I remember reading somewhere that a bard (of doom?) could take the place of a space or time player due to their ability to mimic other aspects. Of course, I'm pretty sure you need a space player's land to get frogs and a time player's land to perform the scratch. So my question is that do you think a bard could temporary replace an absence space/time player? (Whether they be dead or just missing?) And if so, to what extent and how long?

I don’t think a Bard could fill in for the position of an Aspect that is not theirs. Aspects are something intrinsically tied to the nature of the Players as people. Emulating other Aspects other than your own tends to be pretty damaging and not end up well.

could a Hope player Hope so hard that they're new Universe is just like their old one. which hope player would even be possible of doing that?

Like, making a replica of their old Planet in the new one with the same People and stuff? I think that may be a biiiit difficult. If anything maybe Heart being tied to Souls would be better for that? No idea honestly.

Seer of Light has laser vision/can see different waves of light, Seer of Time freezes enemies in time just by looking, Seer of Space can see an objects mass, velocity, volume, composition, etc Seer of Life can see body functions Seer of Blood can see the circulatory system, Seer of Void has night vision, Seer of Rage can see what ticks people off/their worst nightmares, Seer of Hope can see what people believe in Seer of Doom sees what will kill a person Seer of Mind sees thoughts (1/2)

Seer of Heart can view a person’s soul/deepest desires (2/2)

So you’re saying Seers of Light are all Mantis Shrimps? That Seer of Time analysis is quite literal, but not sure it’d work out. I mean if that were the case, couldn’t the Seer of Doom technically pull off a killer stare?

Seer anon forgot the Seer of Breath and now I feel perso ally attacked(?) Ok no but I was curious to know

Giving Breath = Detachment, obviously the Seer of Breath was too awkward to show up on that post and knew exactly what to do to escape that situation and not have to deal with the notes. Well joke’s on them, now they have a post all for their own.

Could a hope player hope themselves into another classpect? Or MULTIPLE classpects?

Hope is a powerful power, but it’s not “I do everything I want” bullshit power. If a Hope Player hoped themselves into another Classpect, they’d cease to be a Hope Player because Aspects are tied to their Self. The only way a Player can show multiple Classpects at once is if they’re actually multiple Souls in one body.

I wanna prototype myself with my trollsonas but I can't because sburb hasn't been released yet

S o o n.

If you drew a troll and prototyped the picture, would it be the troll or the picture?

Depends on how strong of a concept the picture is. If it’s just a random-ass Troll you drew quickly, your Kernel may not even want to get prototyped with it. If it’s a well defined OC, though, chances are it’d accept it.

Im the anon who post the Seer's stuff and I forgot the Seer of Breath actually. It seemed to evade me, must've slipped my mind. Then again I didn't have the time to write down everything adn you could see that I was running out of space. I didnt have it in my heart to come out earlier but my blood boils that i forgot. Okay dude, I need to take a breath. I musn't lose my head over this and just enjoy life as is. It may have been fate that I forgot, now it is gone and doomed forever

however don’t lose hope and don’t fall into rage, for I have recognized my mistake and I’ve seen the light. My ignorance has been cleared, the void in my memory has been filled. thank you for the opportunity to mention this, and I’m sorry for showing so much class (2/2)

Welp that’s it everybody we had a good run, see you all next year.

What if it's a troll that's literally just me as a troll?

I mean I’m sure you could prototype yourself by tossing a set of cosplay horns and Ben Nye Grey Bodypaint and it’d have the same result in that case.

When is sburbs release date?

4/13

is there a reason why everyone seems to be so focused on the hope aspect?? troll call features a lot of hope players n i guess its kinda difficult to grasp bc everyone has a different concept of what hope is but it also seems like a pretty straight forward aspect

As I’ve come to learn, given it revolves around Belief and Making Fake Things Less Fake, there’s some sort of discourse about it being the most Op Power and being able to do Virtually Everything? Apparently.

Say you prototyped yourself and godtiered. What feature of the sprite would be in the godtier appearance?

If Jade’s anything to go by, nothing. Seems Ascension gets you back to Human with some of the Prototyped Traits.

But Lord English retained that mouth beam attack sprites have from ARquiussprite

I wouldn’t call THAT part of the Sprite part of him, that just seems like part of. Being a nightmarish monstrosity made of too much stuff put together. 

Are you sure? Because thats a pretty distinct sprite feature. Lil Cal had it as a sprite too

Power beams seem to just come from being very powerful in general. Sprites have them in various degrees- Bec just produces it from his body, Nanna from the eyes. Davesprite doesn’t seem to be able to, though. But you could also mention Eridan’s Hope Beam when he’s fighting Sollux, Psiioniic beams in general, and while not beams, the Hope and First Guardian Energy Discharges Jade and Jade do to be similar things.

I thought the mouth beam, at least the destroying souls part, was from being a prince of heart

A fair take. Again, I think it’s just kind of an indicator of having power. You get power, you shoot it.

Okay so if I prototyped myself with a troll version of me then godtiered what would I look like? (And I know it's not very likely I would come across a troll version of me just roll with it)

It’s… Hard to tell. Certainly not 100% Troll if you’re still Human. Maybe you’d get horns?

I think they would kept sprite stuff but its just so outclassed by other powers of the other parts of them jade would probs just use it as a laser pointer

Pfffft. It’s honestly weird because, also, just in general, what ARE the powers of a Sprite? A lot of them Materialize stuff, some have beams, others don’t, their bodies regenerate, they’re just a mess of a Tutorial Guide honestly.

So I once had this meta theory abt doomed Callie and how she's ALREADY HERE in our reality, based on the trivia that black holes might be portals to other worlds, and being a Muse she now inspires us to continue fanworks of the story she once loved. I was wondering if someone made a similar theory or something. :)

D’aww, that’s kind of an adorable way to see it.

The counter to that one however, is the Blackhole Jack made. It's causing Homestuck to be Lost to Time. It's why people who were once fans forget parts of Homestuck. Time. These two Black Holes collide and create gravitational waves which cause us to "gravitate" back to the fandom whenever it makes "waves" like the Hiveswap release, and aspect test, etc.

Okay that’s reading a bit too much into it, even for someone who likes crazy theories. :p

i wonder what a male Muse would be called or what their outfit would look like. I headcanon a female Lord being called a Lady of X and could a male Muse have like a fancy suit with the bowtie and long coat tails and when they get serious they take off their coat and it's just one of those fancy white button ups but colored their aspect with the symbol in the middle (kinda like a Lord's but no suspenders and with a collar and long sleeves and dress shoes)

Given Classes are Gender Neutral, it’s possible a male Muse would still be a Muse. Outfit-wise, who knows- Although I should point out the Suspenders for the Lord and the Bow Tie for both Calliope and Caliborn are extras to the outfit they added, or that are at least just personal for them, not part of the actual outfit.

Also if you’re going to call a Class differently because of Gender Stuff, do remember Classes follow a one-syllable convention!

Yes, even Seer.

Seriously though, why is Seer two Syllables, it is obviously one Syllable!! Sear is one Syllable, and it’s pronounced the exact same way…!