andrew hussie why did jack english’s disembodied head turn into a black-hole-slash-wormhole that evidently sent objects to earth c in the far future
wait when did it send anything to earth c???
thats how caliborn ends up with the crowbar, and gamzee! they get from the alpha session to caliborn’s somehow, and given that we see gamzee raising the cherubs, they probably got there before caliborn starts playing the game
i thought they just dumped him into the ocean and he used time shenangians to get there
Yea, actually. There was a specific conversation between Vriska and someone else on the Lilly pad where Vriska said she knew Gamzee was important, so she would just dump him in the ocean after the battle and let him find his way out. I guess things could Change though, whether they wanted them to or not
When did Jack English’s head become a black hole though? I remember doomed Calliope making the black hole to destroy the green sun (or… Collapsing the green sun to make the black jole? Not sure what happened, I think it’s up to interpretation?) but nothing about Jack English having anything to do with a black hole
The idea of him just being dumped in the Ocean is very much just an attempt by Hussie to deviate attention to how Gamzee REALLY gets to Earth C using Vriska, a little tease to the Fandom and our headcanons about how the Clown even got there in the first place, and much like with everything else post-Retcon, she only says what she thinks will happen or what makes her seem most important before proceeding to not do anything at all.
The Black Hole happens during Collide if you didn’t remember, right after he gets decapitated, the powerful Majyyks contained within Lil Cal’s eyes are released and make… That happen. It should be noted here that not only does the Crowbar and Gamzee end up in Caliborn’s Session this way, but given over half of LOTAK has been absorbed into the Black Hole, even Yaldabaoth Himself has been transported from the Alpha’s Session to Earth-C. The most likely outcome is that the Black Hole Caliborn and Calliope’s parents mated around was the exit point for all the stuff, unless by using Time Travel, Gamzee could travel back to the past of Earth-C BEFORE it was sucked into the Session, which would have alarming implications about Caliborn and Gamzee being able to travel back to Earth-C at any point, which doesn’t seem too likely. Either way, the last time we see Gamzee, he’s crying in the Fridge, still in LOTAK, and definitely in the half of the planet that gets sucked in. There’s absolutely no way he gets out of that one.
In this instant, Gamzee is doing two things, one, he’s imitating an iconic scene from Indiana Jones, remember the one where he survives a Nuclear Detonation inside of a fridge? Gamzee one-upped him by surviving a god damn Black Hole. The other thing he’s doing is abusing his Plot Shield. With Rage as Narrative Contrivance, we’ve seen time and time again that the Clown just makes absolutely no fucking sense. He only survives as long as he does because he has a literal Plot Shield- As the Alpha Timeline bends to Caliborn’s will, and Lord English needs Gamzee to exist, Gamzee is granted immunity to anything by the Alpha Timeline, and he’s ensured to pretty much reach his destination by the end of the Masterpiece. Many characters have this Plot Shield of needing to get to a certain point in the Alpha Timeline, but only Gamzee absolutely abuses it by doing things that would otherwise kill him or that make no god damn sense at all.
As for why the Black Hole happens in the first place, well it’s never stated clearly, but it’s good to point out that, at this point, Alpha Session Jack Noir is not Jack Noir anymore. Aranea mentions it, English takes upon more than just one form, and he’s subjugated countless Universes. Defeating English would prove to be but a small first step, to prove that he can indeed be defeated. When Dave beheads him, he’s not beheading Jack Noir, he’s beheading Lord English. He’s an embodiment of his power, a vessel for his Soul, there is no Jack anymore. And Lord English has unconditional immortality- He broke the Judgement Clock and absorbed its essence, basically becoming indestructible. And indeed, with many different iterations and projecting himself through Lil Cal, Lord English is indeed eternal! But we don’t actually ever see what happens when he dies. His body isn’t indestructible- His Soul is. One would think a Dead Lord English would rise from the dead like a God Tier and continue the fight, again and again, but with Jack’s death being the only thing we have showing what happens when he dies?
It would seem that rather than resurrecting, in the extremely rare event that Lord English’ body dies, the God Tier Clockwork Majyyks that make up his power are released and collapse into an immense Black Hole big enough to tear a God Damn Planet in half. Furthermore, said Black Hole leads back to the World he was born in. It’s almost as if retroactively ensuring any death would only make him Stronger- Sending items that could potentially kill him, Jujus able to survive the Black Hole and anything that may make up his story from the ground up. His entire existence, thus, becomes a Time Loop th-
His entire existence becomes a Time Loop- Fuck. That’s what the Black Hole is.
Lord English’ End links back to his Beginning. By collapsing in his Defeat and bringing back the things that let him Begin his conquest in the first place, Lord English is actively ensuring he will become Lord English. He needs to Exist and Conquer to be Defeated one day. He is Already There. Fuck.
Note: This post has a lot of speculation, but all drawn from canonical Context Clues and events. Take it with a grain of salt.