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69619 No. 69619
*fandom explodes*
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>> No. 69620
Well that was... short.
>> No. 69621
Nooooooooooooo I wanted more alpha kids! I was getting sick of the beforans and really needed my Jane and Jake and Roxy and Dirk fix.

...I like how Jane's outfit is the least ridiculous, but she balances it out by wearing a goddamned mustache.
>> No. 69622
w-what?!?
Goddammit Hussie, this better be a psyche again.
>> No. 69623
Shortest act ever!

Of course it's probably a PSYCHE
>> No. 69624
>>69623
Remember how short the intermission was when LE was summoned? Act part numbers mean nothing.
>> No. 69625
We--we missed the alchemy session.

And what happened to the other 3 kernelsprites?
>> No. 69626
HUUUSSSIIIIEEEEEE

Also that's some fucking awesome alchemized equipment right there. High caliber precision portal gun, anyone? And Jane seems to have gotten her hands on the WK's scepter.

I'm really curious how those lands work, though. Lots of electrical discharge stuff going on, apparently? And LOTAK doesn't even seem to have a breathable atmosphere. What's with those two huge trenches on LOMAX?
>> No. 69627
Apparently, the lack of prototyping makes residents come back as undead monsters.
>> No. 69628
>>69627

I think those are the Underlings, actually. Without any prototypings, they're skeletal. Like wireframes before any "skin" is laid over them.

Here's the real question: DIRK DID YOU PRISON-TATTOO SWEET BRO ONTO JAKE'S ARM?!??!???!? WHAT THE FUCK
>> No. 69629
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69629
lands are fucking beautiful looking
i wonder how long hussie spent on them because dayum that's some good eyecandy
>> No. 69630
>>69628
Maybe it's a temp tat that he alchemized
>> No. 69631
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69631
>>69628
>Without any prototypings, they're skeletal.
We've seen some unprototyped imps way back in Act 2 (/?s=6&p=002324). They looked like pic related.
These guys being skeletons is probably more of the "dead for millennia" theme the whole session has going on.
>> No. 69632
Well if this is all we're getting about the alpha kids for now, the following intermission had BETTER be about the cherubs. I really don't want to go back to the trolls and beta kids.
>> No. 69633
>>69631

Oh fuck, haha, good catch. I'd forgotten that. Yeah, you're probably right, the skeletal underlings are either skeletal from the passage of time prior to Alpha entry, or it's just the consequence of a null session
>> No. 69635
So... Jack's counting off the weeks.

It looks like it's about April 13th now...
>> No. 69636
First off, all the lands are beautiful in so many ways.
>>69626
> Lots of electrical discharge stuff going on, apparently?
Yeah, I'd definitely say that's what's going on, which explains aaaall the pretty colors.

>And LOTAK doesn't even seem to have a breathable atmosphere. What's with those two huge trenches on LOMAX?
Interesting thing to note about the breathability of the planet's atmospheres: Neon, like Helium, is "lighter than air", and so will naturally float up and away, which explains the pretty glowing fountains on the tops of the pyramids.
Both Krypton and Xenon, however, are both much heavier than your standard Nitrogen/Oxygen atmosphere, and so would settle and sink to the surface. And unlike LOMAX, which has huge-deep canyons that act as a "bowl" for the Xenon, it appears that LOTAK simply has the Krypton lying around everywhere.

On another note, Jack's been in jail for 21, almost 22 weeks. That's five and a half months. Wonder what's taking so long?
>> No. 69637
fun easter egg: if you count the number of jack's scratches it matches the number of non-cascade hiatus days
>> No. 69638
Homestuck is always good for land art.
>> No. 69640
I wonder what Jane used to get that fancy new spoon of hers. The White Queen's scepter?
>> No. 69641
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>>69628
>> No. 69642
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>> No. 69643
>>69641
God fucking damn it why

Why, fandom ;o;
>> No. 69644
>>69636
Oh, yeah, the density thing. That makes a lot of sense.
As for what's taking that long, I think SBURB sessions usually take several months. Davesprite also spent months exploring his session before going back. The trolls are apparently an anomaly, powergaming a swath of destruction through their session in only 612 hours.

>>69640
I don't think queens naturally get scepters. (Kings get scepters, queens get rings. Yay symbolism.) The one she used to beat SS over the head with was probably the WK's. But yeah, looks like Jane got her hands on it, or at least its code. I'm kinda surprised it even has one.
>> No. 69645
>>69641
that's not how tattooing works at all

i am upset
>> No. 69646
>>69642
why the moustache, Jane? I get that you LIKE moustaches, but why are you wearing one?

(and does Roxy have a sniper portal gun? That's pretty effing cool)
>> No. 69647
>>69646
it's red, she must have alchemized it with her mobile appearifier thing.
>> No. 69648
>>69645
i don't think it is tattooing, it looks like dirk is just drawing on him with a marker
>> No. 69650
Roxy doesn't have a useful weapon.
>> No. 69651
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69651
>>69650
>Roxy has an effing PORTAL GUN
>not useful
>> No. 69652
...
I've been waiting since we first met the fucking Beforans to get back to the alpha kids. I'm so sick of all these damn trolls after enduring two months with them. And instead of funny pesterlogs that aren't just exposition, silly teenage drama, freaking ROXY and all-around shenanigans I get a short flash which gives us a brief view of their lands, their new kewl outfits n weapons and Yaldabaoth.

I usually don't have any problems with how Hussie runs his comic, but unless this is a psyche I think I'm going to have to take a short break. I can't take another two months of dreambubble bullshit, no matter how much time we get to spend on the Meteor or the Battleship.
>> No. 69653
>>69650
>implying Roxy has no other weapons alchemized

Hahaha, no.

Oh man, I wonder if when they meet up with the Betas, Roxy'll make use of the Ahab's Crosshairs! Unlike Jade, I don't think she'll be too proud to use it, and it'd be nice to see that weapon be more than a joke again.

Probably not, but still.

>>69652
It's been pointed out that Jack's miniature calendar indicates the Journey Across the Yellow Yard and the Ring may be at an end! You may get the Alphas meeting with the Betas and the Alternians.
>> No. 69654
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>>69652
Well, in that case, see ya later I guess?

But yeah I'm kinda hoping we don't go right back to Meenah & co. Some elaboration on the Cherubs and LE might be nice.
>> No. 69655
I want to see Alpha/Beta shenanigans, or the Alternians doing something unrelated to their freaking ancestors, or cherub session, or Denizens! I'm excited for Yaldabaoth.

I really gotta agree with not wanting to see more Beforans just yet. Let us catch up with the Meenah/Vriska Cooperative Debacle later.
>> No. 69656
>>69655
Well, I have a strong feeling that lots of the Beforans are about to doubledie, so there's that.
I also have the feeling that we're going to get a flashback to Beforus itself, and its destruction, at some point. And that this will be how those two fantrolls will make their appearance in the comic. And die. It'll probably some kind of crowd scene or something.
>> No. 69657
>>69646
reminds me of Rose and her magnetic Wustache, actually
>> No. 69658
I think it's funny how months ago everyone was like
>I'm so tired of these alpha kids, I want to get back to the trolls and beta kids!
and now everyone is like
>I'm so tired of these trolls, I want to get back to the alpha kids!
>> No. 69660
>>69658
Not really? Hussie tends to dwell on things yet skips other things with almost irritating frequency.
>> No. 69661
>>69658
I think it's mostly that there's a vocal subset who are really astonishingly bitter about the Beforan trolls and that dwelling on them at all happened, and even those who liked them and appreciated the jokes are kinda like "hey, okay, let's leave behind the joke ghosts and return to the living characters who have bearing on the plot."

Cause, like, if we switched back to Karkat right now that'd be great, maybe we could finally see if the poor sad fucker is going to make it or if he's ever going to get better or smile. Or if we went to Gamzee and got to see what that clown duck was even DOING. Or maybe Aradia! She could be important!

Hell, even Vriska, just a focus on the developed, real characters and not the joke background cast as much.
>> No. 69662
>>69661
Addendum: also, Terezi would be great! I'd love to see what the hell is actually going on for the non-obnoxious Pyrope!
>> No. 69663
>>69661
>>69662
wow no bias detected there
>> No. 69665
>>69658
Maybe the change was CAUSED by all those months of trolls? A very large amount of that time was spent waiting on flashes, and once we got them they consisted almost entirely of talking to incredibly self-centered joke characters whose interaction with each other consisted almost entirely of bullshit drama from millenia ago. I realize that they are important, even if only because they set the whole plot in motion, but I feel that this whole thing could have been handled a lot smoother.
>> No. 69666
>>69665
I guess the whole thing is a smaller case of what people went through during the first part of act 5, which I conveniently missed since I started reading just days after it ended.

But hey, I looked at the latest page again. I spot an exclamation mark, so I'm thinking this is another attempt at trolling.
>> No. 69667
we just didn't fucking need to see any of the alpha trolls at all. not only are most of them annoying and terrible they're completely superfluous and everything they do could have been accomplished by trolls we already know.

the alpha kids at least were necessary to have insofar as they needed to have a session with a pristine skaia for the beta kids to jump into.
>> No. 69668
>>69667
And the alpha kids had that whole years of foreshadowing thing going.
>> No. 69671
>>69666
>I spot an exclamation mark, so I'm thinking this is another attempt at trolling.
That's an animation error.
>> No. 69672
Nah, we need more trolls.
>> No. 69674
>>69665
I don't think it really could've--despite what people say, recall that Hussie's original mission statement for the interactive A6I3 portion was one big event, and maybe the Halloween flash. That's really not a lot of time dedicated to them, archivally speaking. Sure, we saw Aranea and Meenah earlier on, but they're the two most developed Beforans, intentionally so, I'd argue--Meenah's at least important for seeing background to the Condesce, much like Caliborn/Calliope is important for background to Lord English.

I think it feels like we've been inundated because of how the updates have gone on and the focus on the meteor and bubble environs, that and the larger fan response to the Beforans. But we kinda needed to see them, because, well, it's nice to have some context for the A1 session that isn't pulled out of someone's ass other than Hussie's. Jokes that they are, at least they ain't fanfic.
>> No. 69675
>>69674
We didn't need context for the A1 session. Until he decided to introduce them all to us, what happened in that session was totally irrelevant to the plot. It basically still is even after their introductions.
>> No. 69676
>>69675
Remember when Karkat had that conversation where he wondered if the grubs he made weren't really himself and his friends, but instead, the "real heroes" that were meant to play the session?
I think this is relevant to that, showing that... the other heroes to play sucked butt.
>> No. 69678
>>69676
And remember when Rose had that same gut feeling about her mom? And then AR joked about the drunk girl being the best player. It wouldn't surprise me if Roxy turned out to be a big damn hero.
>> No. 69679
>>69678
Big damn hero? Sure, why not. But while there may be great power in foreshadowing, let's not forget the greater power still that lies in raw screentime.
>> No. 69680
>>69676
It's relevant to that particular throwaway line, not relevant to the plot. My point is, there didn't need to be a followup. We already know they fucked up. No one needed to know the specifics of how they did it in order to understand anything about the plot or the other characters. In serial readers' time, it was 3 months time spent on a detour to wait for and then slog through irrelevant garbage that Hussie damn well KNEW was irrelevant garbage. In archival readers' time, it's 3 hours. That's a misstep no matter how you look at it.
>> No. 69681
I would have liked to get some info on the Beforans in the form of a journal from the A1 session (either Aranea's or Meenah's) that was flung into the Ring before they scratched, just like Rose did. A mix of Mindfang's journal, Aranea's exposition stand and Rose's giant journal of everything. Somewhat short and relatively simple.
>> No. 69685
I liked meeting the dancesters, I thought they were a pretty interesting sub-adventure.
>> No. 69686
While plenty of good jokes were milked out of the dancestors, they are good and well done with now, I hope.
>> No. 69687
True, I hope we see more of the living characters.
>> No. 69689
Hey look, it's that guy. And he's not a troll!

moar english origin story plz
>> No. 69690
An act curtain?

...Do the cherubs live in the same dimension as Hussie or something?
>> No. 69691
HELL YES, BITCHES. Time for the intermission of Our Lord.
>> No. 69692
>>69690
My currently running theory is that the cherub twins are from C1.
>> No. 69694
>>69692
Man, that would deal a serious blow to everything Calliope had hoped for. Yet another instance of the attempt to escape your circumstances ending up creating them.

I'm just gonna go with Beforus instead. No fucking idea how the cherubs, the meteor, the statues or the curtains got there, but hey, it's a known planet and the size of the sun kinda fits too.
>> No. 69695
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69695
And i wanna know: whats up with DD? He was red miled into kids' session on Derse. So where the fuck is he is now? Its about 6 month past guys are entered the Medium.
I dont actually get it. Is kids' session Kack Noir is in prison now on kids session? And what about cherubs' session Noir? Ive really missed him.
What about Dirk's robots? What's happened with kids prototype cores during this time? Do Jane's core blasted off forever after Gamzee's Tavrros-Vriska intervention? Did it mean Tavros and Vriska now are sto being dead forever and they realy can to start being again in any time?
>> No. 69696
>>69695
unknown, unknown, yes, unknown, unknown, unknown, yes, no
>> No. 69698
I don't think it would be fair if the other kids had their sprites and Jane didn't.
>> No. 69700
I bet Gamzee destroyed those as well, to ensure they have no one to guide them through their session. I mean, if he wanted to he could even go about it the same way he did with Tavrisprite; he's still got the bodies of Eridan, Feferi, Nepeta, Equius and Sollux, after all. Hell, I wouldn't rule out him jumping into the kernel himself to gain some extra powers.
>> No. 69701
>>69652
welcome to how everyone feels since act 5
>> No. 69702
>>69661
>Hell, even Vriska, just a focus on the developed, real characters and not the joke background cast as much.
>real characters and not the joke background cast as much.
>wants to focus on the trolls
>> No. 69704
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69704
Is this really what a denizen looks like?
I thought they'de be stronger looking.
>> No. 69707
>>69704
I have a feeling that's just a statue.
>> No. 69708
The Dancestor focus at least showed us that
1.) There is a Plan, or rather three of them, although it looks like they're most likely all going to combine into a single three-pronged plan.
2.) The three prongs are being lead by Meenah, Vriska, and Aranea respectively at the moment, though I suspect someone alive is going to take over at least one if not all of those.

I think most likely Aranea's plan is going to end up getting taken over one of the pre-scratch kids, most likely John (since he IS their leader).

It's also possible that Jane and the Alphas takes over Aranea's plan instead, since they've had personal contact with and know the name of Calliope, and instead the Betas go after the "Weapon." Leaving Meenah to form her army of the damned, possibly with Karkat becoming her lieutenant and maybe taking over at some point if there's some reason being alive ends up being a big deal.

...that's all assuming we want to separate the Cast Herds in a way that maintains the leadership that's been status quo for so long though. Homestuck isn't really a thing that has a deep devotion to status quo, so it might very well avoid it, but that's the future course I see being the simplest at the moment.
>> No. 69709
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>>69704
Well if the artwork people have made based on other ones stands, then they could be rendered to be quite frightening and awe inspiring.

See image for example.
>> No. 69710
>>69709
You mean there is art of the Denizens?
I thought no one cared about them; could you post more?
>> No. 69711
so the Cruxtruder is essential to a session but it seems Caliborn's session has no alchemy.. at least not by any means we've seen so far.
>> No. 69712
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>>69710
>> No. 69713
no alchemy.
no gates.

So he's stuck on this planet, which appears to actually be the planet he was on in the first place just in the medium now?

>You love having a dead sister. Having a dead sister is an experience you would highly recommend to everybody.

I laughed.
>> No. 69727
>>69710
Hard to make fanart of characters that we have nothing visual to go off of for besides simple icons.
>> No. 69730
>>69713

I've seen theories that this may be because Calliope's dead, and thus the session, without its destined Space player, is even more broken than the other broken sessions we've seen.
>> No. 69731
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>>69710
>> No. 69732
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>>69731
>> No. 69733
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>> No. 69734
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69734
It's vaguely nsfw-ish.
>> No. 69743
...I'm...I'm actually starting to kind of pity Caliborn, just a little. What a fucking shitty place to live, and an even worse place to get brought into the Medium with.
>> No. 69744
Okay Caliborn seriously dude. You're going to need to be a little less adorable so we can properly hate you.
>> No. 69745
Funny, I was feeling like Calliborn's thougts did not sound like it should, and suddenly he gets medium awareness.
>> No. 69746
"Naturally occurring puppets"? Huh.
>> No. 69752
Hussie is Caliborn's exile...
>> No. 69753
The more we learn about the cherubs, the more it seems their existence was just someone's deranged science experiment on how to create the most dysfunctional child imaginable.

I mean, obviously SOMEBODY set up their room full of magic bullshit rules that they themselves don't fully understand.
>> No. 69754
>>69704
He seems somewhat atypical for a denizen, but also like he probably has some crazy spirit powers to make up for being physically weak. Maybe something like a denizen equivalent of bard powers.

Caliborn's lack of adventure seems to be on some level a result of how he constantly derided the adventures of others, as well as how he killed his sister. At the same time, he listened just enough to have hopes of an interesting adventure that could be dashed. Sounds like something Gamzee could have planned with his omissions to the book, though as usual it's not apparent why.
>> No. 69755
>>69754
>he probably has some crazy spirit powers to make up for being physically weak.

Based on what, exactly? All we about them combat-wise is that Cetus uses magic and that Typheus likely uses wind.
>> No. 69756
>>69755
>Typheus likely uses wind
I actually doubt that. He's opposed to the Breeze, isn't he? What with clogging the pipes and stuff. And whatever happened to the John that met him ended with his suit singed.
>> No. 69757
>>69755
It's mostly an impression I get form how he looks. I mean he just sits there with a picture of a sun for a head, a weird tapering snake body, and a seemingly unchanging look of disdain on his three-line face, looking over a planet-wide city where the streets are choked in unbreathable fumes. To me, that just looks like a guy who passively invites destruction through fortune, like a bard of light would.
>> No. 69758
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>>69707
That's what I assumed. Why do so many people think it's literally Yaldabaoth?
>> No. 69759
>>69757
Why IS his head the sun symbol? He is the Heart denizen.

Also >>69704 is probably a statue, like Echidna's in Jade's Land. Dave and John both found their denizens underground, so it's kind of weird that Yaldabaoth would just be chilling on top of a building like that.
>> No. 69760
>>69756
I swear we read at one point in canon that it's not that Typheus wants to stop the Breeze, but he wants to be the only one who wields it-- only he is allowed to play the vast pipe-organ thing beneath his castle.

But you have a good point with the singing, and he did invite the oil into the Pyxis. Hmm.

As for Yaldabaoth's appearance, his face is supposed to be "like the sun" mythologically, so that's why he looks like that--it's a play on how Earth's sun has also always been traditionally depicted in Homestuck, which is as the Light sigil in white.

That and that is almost certainly a statue, a la Echidna's.
>> No. 69761
>>69755
Where do we know Cetus uses magic from? I'm not doubting you, I just think I missed that.
>> No. 69762
>>69754
See, that makes sense symbolically, but he's still the Lord of Time in Sburb terms--still a Player. He's got to have some sort of game structures in place to challenge him, you'd think.

I'm still hoping he just hasn't found the way to his Land yet, I suppose.

Does this mean poor Calliope would've been deprived of a land, too, I wonder? I mean, given their shared body...

Gah. Still so many questions.
>> No. 69763
>>69759
It's true that he could be a statue, though I figured it was just him being out in the open to flaunt his power and tempt players to attack him too early. As for the element mismatch, I think the denizens generally don't match their player's element. Hephaestus has a connection to time in that clockwork is one of the things he can make in his forge, but do any of them really have a more direct link?
>> No. 69765
>>69762
It may have been the case that there was supposed to be only one player in the session

Or none
>> No. 69766
>>69762
Well, lands are supposed to represent the character or a challenge the character must come to terms with. Seems fitting enough to me.
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