March 2018

Would it make sense for a Seer or Mage of Space to have a good spatial awareness? Or maybe they’d be a good architect.

Yeah of course.

I would be the idiot to prototype Wonder Woman or something and make the black kind basically invulnerable

At least you didn’t prototype a god damn Space Marine Power Suit.

What would be the name for a strife specibus with only object found in pencil case (scissors, pencil, brushes, glue stick, ruler) ? Thank you

Schoolkind.

(Dunno if this has been asked before but here I go) Do you think a life player could be able to bring their stuffed animals to life and have an army?

That’s an awfully specific scenario but uh… Maybe? I’d imagine certain Life Players, like Maids, could Give Life to an item, yeah?

Was Terezi's dream self blind?

Seems like it was, yeah.

Didnt Jade and John level up the echeladder after they godtiered once more while they where crossing the yellow yard? (Revenge of doctor ragnorak and sayonara kansas)

Yeah, there are several God Tier levels.

If feferi never made the dream bubbles would sprite resurrection not work?

It still would, Aradia was a ghost outside of the Bubbles and still prototyped herself. They’d just be literally yanked out of the Afterlife rather than just the Bubbles I guess?

I headcanon that troll horns aren’t /that/ kind of sensitive to touch, but they don’t like people touching them because it’s more of a quadrant or otherwise intimate/close thing they do. I say this because if you grab something’s horns you can move their head, since horns are bones coming off their skulls. So Kismessises hold eachother still by the horns, or Matesprits pull eachother into kisses by the horns, Auspices hold the other two in their quadrant away from eachother,(1/2)

(2/2) and Morails knock horns or something after a feelings jam or something.

(3/2 horns I forgot) and otherwise friends just bonk your horns or use them to mess you up on whatever

I’ve always personally seen them as sensitive, in the sense animal ears are sensitive, so like if you scratch or rub the red base the Troll in question will just melt, with orange and yellow being less sensitive.

If gamzee doesn't die then what the heck happened when kanaya chainsaws him in half???

It’s not that Gamzee doesn’t die, it’s that there’s no Ghost of him anywhere. The mere fact Prospit was blown up is, in fact, a hint that he likely did die at least once? The Gamzee Paradox comes into place when you consider there’s never been a single Ghost shown of him, and the only instance in which we saw how he died was also in like the worst possible Timeline- Which is also concerning given he was split in Half, and we know Gamzee dying split in half is how part of him gets into LE? But that’s a theory for later.

There’s really few explanations for why this happens- Maybe it’s, as I’ve theorized, that they just kind of… Don’t become Ghosts if they’re indivisible from the ‘Alpha’, there’s no divergence in personality or goals between Gamzee from that Timeline and Gamzee of the Alpha, so he takes preference. It cannot be just because he’s part of LE, because there’s Equius ghosts going around the Bubbles. It could also just be stylistic, maybe there ARE Gamzee ghosts living in the Bubbles, just never shown. 

Currently I’m starting to think that, maybe Gamzee died… Once? Like- He may be his own Dreamself, and not his main Body, or perhaps both his Body and Dreamself are active and around? Dreamselves are weird, operate outside of the flow of Time and Space, and can merge with the Alpha, sooo if Gamzee were his own Dreamself, maybe just maybe he could survive long enough, you know, being bisected, somehow, to merge with the Alpha?

It’s. Really weird.

After reading your last ask, I remembered that rose and Dave's god-teir titles made no sense to me. I guess I didn't get the reference? Same with johns. Is there a place online where all the references are explained?

I mean all the references in homestuck, not just the god teirs

Maybe in the Wiki there’s some reference list? Not sure. But as for the God Tiers, let me explain what the refrance is. (8^y)

Let’s start with John, his two God Tiers shown thus far are:

Galesmate, which I’m not sure what it could mean. Obviously, Gale is the wind, but the -mate part, I don’t know if it’s associated with something I don’t know, a reference to Checkmate tying with the comic’s chess theme, or perhaps tying Galesmate to Scalemate as a reference to John and Terezi? Unsure.

Revenge of Doctor Ragnarok, again, if there’s some deeper reference here, but thus far it seems to reference an old Rung- Doctor Ragnarok, right beneath Heir Transparent, his final Echeladder Rung. “Revenge of” is a pretty typical sort of ‘sequel’ start, and Doctor Ragnarok equates John to a Doctor- As his Land’s theme song implies, as well as the fact he removed the Tumor from the Battlefield.

Jade’s God Tiers:

Growing Panes Await, this one is kind of obvious, Panes as in Window Panes, she resizes the 4th Wall Window thing.

Sayonara Kansas is also very obvious given Jade’s intense ties to Wizard of Oz.

Rose’s God Tiers:

Pentacle Therapist, obvious as well.

Ariadne’s Threadspinner, Ariadne is the daughter of Minos, who gave Theseus a ball of thread to find his way out of the Minotaur’s Labyrinth. Obviously she’s the Seer of Light, so finding the most correct route, like Ariadne’s Thread allowed, is in her title.

Surya’s Lurid Glare, Surya is the Solar Deity in Hinduism, particularly in Saura tradition it seems. The word also literally means ‘Sun’, so… “The unpleasantly bright glare of the Solar Deity” fits Rose to a T, specially considering Seer - Sight.

Dave’s God Tiers:

Hotpotato Butterfingers, Butterfingers is someone clumsy that drops stuff, and Hot Potato is just that game. Passing something to him, then dropping it, it’s hard to say what it may reference exactly, if anything other than just a jab at Dave?

Revenge of Ricky Schrödinger is a reference to a Terezi Pun. Everyone knows about Schrodinger’s Cat, and Dave uses to exemplify the thing Terezi did with her coin toss. She then proceeds to ask if Schrodinger is “Ricky Schrodinger”, confusing the name Ricky Schroder- Which I believe she drew glasses on as part of her “1S TH1S YOU” schtick with Dave.

And Pimpslayer references the whole prophecy of taking down LE.

Is it possible to godtier without a dreamself?

If you use the Sacrificial Slabs in the Moon Crypt rather than the Quest Bed, yes.

Do rainbow drinkers have reflections?

Likely, Rainbowdrinkers aren’t actually Undead, they’re sort of just basic Jadeblood biology. They do not have shadows however, at least whenever they’re glowing brightly, since they are the light source.

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Ok but seriously Globglogabgalab is maid of mind

Glubglub is more Lifey in my eyes!

How do you think troll horns work? There’s like, two different kinds on our world, where they are 1. Shed each season and grow back and 2. They are fused to the skull and have blood vessels flowing through them, growing a feltish layer that has to be scrapped off. Do you think they may be one or the other, or a mix of two?

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Horns don’t seem to regrow or simply fall off, and by all the pictures of people being Skeletonized in Homestuck, they seem to be attached to the skull.

However, the pic of Damara being electrocuted tells us that, while they do seem to have a point of attachment to the skull, they’re made of something different than Troll Bones. That being said, we also don’t know what Troll bones are made of, so who knows.

so could you say that a seer of light sees the way to the most prosperous outcome, and a seer of hope sees the way to the outcome with the most happiness?

Rather than the most ‘prosperous’, Rose seems to lead down the Alpha, Relevant Road. The most happy or prosperous outcome may not quite be the Alpha after all.

I think that ask about Globgogabgalab was talking about a meme and not Gl’bgolyb.

Huh. What m-

OH

OH I KNOW WHAT MEME.

Christ.

Are the dancestors genetically identical to the beta trolls? Or are they all genetically identical to the ancestors?

Meenah’s Group is just the pre-scratch Ancestors, just like how the Kids’ parental figures (Except Nanna instead of Dad), are the pre-Scratch Alpha Kids.

could a sylph of time use music to fight? or sound? i'd like the concept of a sylph of time trying to copy lucio by rollerskating with deadly music

That sounds like a fun concept and- Honestly, Lucio as a Sylph of Time could be a great match too…

Can we say that Calliope's and Caliborn's surname is Makara since Gamzee raised them?

Given they don’t appear to have much of a memory of him, I’d say Caliborn English and Calliope Lalonde may be more fitting. English because he stole Jake’s name, Lalonde because she’s very married to Roxy. 

what are the horrorterrors intentions? ive heard they wanna destroy reality but im not sure if thats correct and why they would want that

Nah they don’t want to destroy Reality, but they do tend to seem to benefit from preventing more Genesis Frogs from being created. Similarly, even when they do seem to want to help the Players, they’ll actively try to mess with them. They’re chaotic beings and to an extent, seem to like making the Players ‘prove’ they are capable of creating the Universe against their hinderance.

Could a prince of light, or some other god tier, have some sort of function like a light switch? like be able to turn light on and off at will, metaphorically or in actuality.

Yes, specifically the Knight of Light may quite literally become a Night Light for their partner who’s afraid of the dark.

Why do trolls have bones if they are bug people?

Why do trolls have boobs if they are bug people?

Troll Biology is a weird arbitrary mish-mosh.

What's inside the "I <3 mustache" mug in the manor's basement ? I thought it was sugar cubes, but the text suggest otherwise. It's not alcohol, so what is it ?

The text just mentions Roxy drinking in the basement because the mug reminds Joey of Roxy drinking, I don’t believe the text suggests there’s anything alcoholic in it as far as I recall. It always seemed marshmallows to me, but honestly? I bet it’s tiny dice.

A life expectance of 46.15 sweeps [100 human years] would fall under which caste? Rust? Bronze? Gold?

Likely somewhere between Gold and Olive.

Aspects are complimentsry right? That means that an someone of an aspect may have characteristics of the other and vice versa?? Or i'm wrong?

Rather, it means two complementary Aspects will touch different facets of the same whole, form a cohesive something together, which cannot exist without both parts. Space and Time for example are the bases of all physical reality, and you need the two of them for things to just, happen, physically. And as Calliope says, Jade, as a Space Player, should find the nuances of Time intriguing, since Space and Time, being complementary, have more in common than you’d think if you saw them as ‘opposites’.

So if heart and blood are aspects that can correlate together with relationships, and time and doom are said to be connected, are there any others like that?

You can find overlapping things like that with most Aspects really, just by the way nature is made of like, all of the Aspects together to some degree.

I find it interesting that while Derse and Time share a lot of connections and Prospit and Space, you can still have Derse dreaming Space players and vis versa. I realized with Mind, each Lunar Sway embodies a different side of their aspect a little more. The Prospit Mind players embody the flexibility of self the most, and the Derse Mind players the shrewd, logical mind he most.

Apparently it used to be a headcanon of some people that Time could only be Derse and Space could only be Prospit, even, and I honestly never knew until it was debunked.

Do trolls have currency?

So far, Troll Caegar Coins and Embezzled Beetles seem to be the most likely candidates.

Why do some people not like feferi?

Because they’re weak.

Or bc Fef isn't that great anyways, but oh well

Sounds like someone is weak.

Are there known jobs for Trolls?

Lower bloods are known to become butlers, and likely also waiters and jobs related to service in that sense. Vendors of various kinds are also valid jobs, as we see with Ticket Vendor on the Concept Art. Skylla implies farm work is a thing on Alternia, Apiculture and Game Development may also be potential jobs. Goldbloods eventually may become Batteries for a Ship so you could count that as a job. Jades are bound to caretaking in the Brooding Caverns. Law jobs exist, as do various sort of like, military rungs for the different castes. Likely also jobs as the crew of a ship. Janitorial jobs… There’s a bunch.

Do you hc the Limebloods having great pacifying abilities like Karkat had? It would make sense even if what KK used in Gamzee was Blood powers, as Cancer is their True Sign.

They may have pacifying abilities, but if they do, I don’t think that’s all they would have. I just don’t think that would be enough to desestabilize Alternia enough to grant their extermination.

Imagine a Time player having egg-timers as Timetables

Oh God pls no, we don’t need more Eggs Shenanigans.

Do you think that part of the limeblood extiction was caused by Lord English? It was the same caste as his Sister’s blood.

It may have been influenced by the fact they share the same Blood Name with her, specially given the entirety of Alternia is basically shaped to his whims, but there’s likely also an internal explanation as to why they were hunted down.

Possible time player tools: Egg timers, Music Apps, Alarm Clocks, Film Spool

Ooooh, an app. That’d be an interesting one.

Is there significance to the beta kids sprites matching up their ectokid’s colors?

And the Alphas match the Betas. No idea? Perhaps it has something to do with their sort of role as a guide, a ‘Guardian’ of sorts?

Is there any naming convention for kid last names?

I’m pretty sure most of the names in Homestuck were chosen by the fans. Were the Kids’ chosen as well? I can’t quite recall.

Yay for Limeblood Speculation! I’ll wait for Hiveswap to tell us, really, I have the feeling it’s something we haven’t quite considered.

is it actually canon that kk is a mutated limeblood or is it just fanon? i remember that post with the lime text after he stopped gamzee but i cant remember if we ever got it confirmed? i know some people who kin lb!karkat but that could just be bloodswap

Yes.

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hey just so you know in the description, it says "the Homestuck Homestuck" instead of "the webcomic Homestuck," just letting you know!

I think your Tumblr may be glitched? It looks fine to me.

aaah god it's the description anon, I have a extension that lets me replace words, it puts "Homestuck" in the space of "Webcomic." I'm sorry!

Lmaoooo.

For some reason I feel like I'm one of the only few who actually considered how much pain that vriska would have been in after she blew her arm off...

Have you seen the full Vrisky Business comic? Not even the full comic, the preview itself is great, but the full one, Vriska’s life in Alternia was absolutely horribly shitty and the Cueball Explosion was just the straw that broke the camel’s back, it’s such a powerful comic.

Still an utter and a8solute 8itch though.

I feel like he Act 2 trailer will come out on April 13, but the book is releasing then so it might not.

Implying they wouldn’t absolutely release the Books, Act 2 AND the Homestuck Epilogue on the same day if they could.

Whoah whoa epilogue???

Yep, it’s coming. Eventually. Y’all didn’t think Homestuck was over right? The ride never ends.

I think it’d be cool for sburb players to download an apps that have general info on stuff, like maybe what time it is on your dream moon, writing space to keep yourself sure on what you’ve done on your land/things you have to do, be able to set timers for different tasks and events, and have a general over view on aspects and stuff like that, idk like ancient times are cool and stuff but also pulling out your phone and searching up esoteric knowledge also a aesthetic

I mean, that’d be useful, but it’s also going off the assumption that you’d have extensive knowledge of SBURB going into it. Let’s be fair, most SBURB scenarios we have in our minds stem from the idea that, as we are, SBURB could just begin tomorrow and we’d play it- In reality, if SBURB were real, chances are we’d know nothing about it and like, 99% of us would be dead before we can figure what’s going on, let alone get an App to make the trip through SBURB easier.

Honestly after the epilouge, hiveswap, hauntswitch, and all of the books are released, I think we're getting sburb. But instead of beta or alpha, the full release. Now just to ponder on when that will be, not that it really matters because I can play as an adult, but I'd rather it be sooner than later.

In all seriousness, if WhatPumpkin keeps developing games after Hauntswitch, which, I hope they will and see no reason why they wouldn’t- An official Homestuck Fighting Game would be a dream come true, I feel, even more than a SBURB Simulator of sorts. Just like a good, Fanservicey 2D Fighting Game with every single character in Homestuck. Please.

What do you mean "simulator"? I was thinking the real sburb. It WILL happen you know.

If only.

Would two trolls with the same sign be able to exist simultaneously? Because my friend is a true Aquarius and we want to make an ask blog about our trollsonas

I mean, Feferi and Condy DO exist at the same time, but they’re special cases. It seems Trolls with the same symbol from the same era are really rare, and to have your Ancestor live while you do is likely just as rare- And even if they did still live, there’s the fact Adults are banned from Alternia. Sooo. It’d be an extraordinary case.

Well, because I doubt there would only be 288 trolls in the planet, there must be different alphabets for signs. It seems like it would be more than possible for 2 of the same sign class, Lunar Sway and Aspect at once.

Yeah that’s more likely, but yes, who knows the real amount of signs for the Trolls, honestly.

what if there are only 288 trolls alive at a time

You know that’s not true.