optimisticDuelist is dead. welcome to the eternal storm of the utopianParadoxist.

It took a little while, but I'm mostly put back together. Youtube videos should resume sometime this month or next. In the meantime, if anyone happens to be waiting for a sequel of Homestuck you might want to start checking out my 2017 Post-Epilogues continuation fic, THE APOCRYPHON OF JAKE ENGLISH.

Of course, that's only if you'd like to be ready for the real story it was meant to serve as a mere intermission for-a cascade of coloUrs and rhythmically violent divine yaoiyuri lovesavagery I can only describe through it's title;

PUMPKIN TRACK ACT 1 - W(I)LDSCRIPT BAROQUESTUCK

SUBTITLED:

FUSION IGNITION; THE STAR NAMED LADY ENGLISH.

It's c8ming. The UPD8 ST8RM is C8M1NG.

4ND 1, F0R 1.

C4N'T W41T.

Halloween Night Decor- The dark path through the woods is illuminated by the bonfire's glow, and the dancing lights of Jack o' Lanterns showing the way. 

Day 31/October 31: Halloween || Death || Costumes

never forget the skeleton had hair

INKTOBER AND RISETOBER DAY 3 ARE FINALLY DONE!!!!!!!!!

Inktober Day 3: Path

Risetober Day 3: Pumpkin

Feature: Ink Sans and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Donnie

Holding out for a psyduck.

halloween thorns

People

𝓜𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓫𝓸𝓪𝓻𝓭: 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮

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Hi! I'm most interested on reading your version of HS extension(?) continuation? re-adaptation? Ever since I first saw your analysis on Dirk and Jake I've considered you with amazing grip of the characters and the HS universe over all, Dirk is one of my fav characters of all time (if not the), and there is nothing I'd want more for him than a happy ending, the epilogues were truly heart breaking for him (even though I was more than willing to see where they were going with him in HS^2 in hopes of seeing him reach a happy end) Homestruck was and still is one of my fav properties ever and I'd love to see more from you, I'm sorry you had a hard time but I'm really glad you're back, here and in a better headspace. That said, I guess I'm just somewhat confused on in you have something written already or if it's in the works or from where in the timeline you're continueing from ? Maybe you have like, a master post with your list of essays and fics?

I also loved your youtube videos btw

Thanks! It means a lot to read this. As to your question:

The main project I've been managing since the Epilogues got posted is Pumpkin Path/Pumpkin Track, a sequel to the Meat and Candy epilogues focused primarily on Pumpkins and Vegetables as an alternative form of fan consumption.

The first installment of this arc is THE APOCRYPHON OF JAKE ENGLISH (2019), which follows Meat Jake immediately following Ultimate Dirk's desertion of Earth C. Brain Ghost Dirk declares Dirkjake cancelled and (trigger warning) self-destructs, unleashing the inner barriers in Jake's psychology that he always used his inner Dirk voice to maintain.

Thus Jake's own mind begins to lead him down a rabbit hole of speculatory metaphysics, esoteric spiritual symbolism, and esoteric magic theory that ultimately leads to his ascension to Ultimate Self as Prince English: Himself wearing Dirk's shades and orange hat and essentially larping as a Prince in imitation of Dirk proper.

Through the power he gains from this, he blasts off from Earth C and tracks down Ultimate Dirk for a no holds barred 8eatdown in which he reclaims their lost love and makes Dirk his prisoner with chains of love and mercy, cancelling his ability to die and comitting to becoming the vill8in of Homestuck, as well as its Her8, if it means he can keep Dirk safe and alive.

In the process he finally establishes Dirkjake as indisputable endgame canon, and becomes the equivalent of the I AM Christian God, the new existential equivalent to Lord English himself, with a will that predominates completely over everything else in Paradox Space. There may be some surprises that happen along the way, too.

Now, That much of the story has been written and published since 2019. You can read it on A03 right now and always could. In fact, I'd encourage you to do so and @ me, as well as maybe tag it with #Pumpkin Path, #Pumpkin Track, or just straight up #Homestuck for all I care. I want eyes on this thing, and I wanted them 4 years ago.

That said:

I am now nearing completion on the follow-up to the Apocryphon as an intermission piece between the Epilogues and Pumpkin Track proper, with what is essentially ACT 1 of Pumpkin Track: W(1)LDSCR1PT-B4R0QU3STUCK, a high-drama spectacle driven continuation of the plot of the Epilogues centering on a confrontation between Ultimate Jake English and Meat Jade Harley, who must duel for the right to decide if Dirk Strider dies.

In the process of their battle and Jade's necessary Ascension to Ultimate Selfhood in order to Rise uP to the level necessary to compete against a being like Prince English, deeply hidden truths will be unveiled; about the lives of Jade and Jake, about the moral logic that rules Earth C, and about the very nature and purpose of Paradox Space itself.

If I have it my way, if all goes as I Hope, then nothing in Homestuck will ever be the same once it's posted. The Apocryphon was setup. Now it's fucking Sh8wt1m3, and I can't w8.

The first half of Wildscript is written and has been being beta'd for several months, and I have a full outline written for the rest. Anyone who gets their eyes on the thing seems to come away pretty excited. Sometime in the near future, I'll post the first four Chapters of Wildscript on Ao3 or some other platform, and update the rest as I go. And once Wildscript is finished, I have future Acts and Intermissions planned for the foreseeable eternity, tackling off the top of my head: Ultimate Ascensions for Rose and Kanaya, Vriska and Terezi, Roxy and Calliope, Jane Crocker, and Nepeta Leijon and Tavros Nitram as they lead the twin charges of Nepetaquest 3033.

There is no endpoint to my ambition for the future of Homestuck save simply: 8. The only question is whether the fandom wants to come along for the ride with me in the long run. I think Hope Remains that we'll have a great time here if they do.

If not, I hope they have even more fun elsewhere.

Let's rise.

Song of the Day: December 7

"Wolverine" by Goghi

Frankly, it's a bit creepy.

image description: screenshots from the scene where Sam meets Castiel in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester” overlaid with text from ‘a softer world’

Closeup on Sam looking at Castiel in wonder, smiling slightly. text reads [I feel like your smile is a sun that shines only on me.]

Shot from above of Castiel looking down at Sam offering his hand to shake. text reads [and to be honest]

Closeup on Castiel looking at Sam seriously as he calls him ‘The Boy with the Demon Blood.’ text reads [that’s a lot of pressure.]

VERY grumpy a certain someone keeps drinking from me while I sleep without even ASKING

i am never going back to that starbucks btw the fact that i have gone there to get a pumpkin cream cold brew often enough that the barista recognized me is a sign that i have a problem . entering the path to recovery