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thewertsearch · 2 years

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Asks Compilation 11/07

[ I have a list of fanworks to send after the end of Hivebent but feel free to send more :D - Cat ]

That’ll be a fun diversion! Yeah, definitely send them on!

Honestly, the fucked up Fetch Moduses was a big part of what got me hooked initially. Programming trivia used as an in-universe mechanic? I mean, come on.

Good idea. My anime-addled brain initially pronounced Karkat as Kakorot...

I watched the first two(?) seasons in a single day when I was a student. I remember thinking the weapons were cool as shit, but I clearly wasn’t hooked enough to continue.

I mean, tell me this doesn’t look like an alchemy weapon.

You know, I’ve never actually seen Homestar Runner? I think I confused it with Homestuck a lot before I started reading the latter.

Honestly! I’ve come to accept that that’s just how they communicate.

Maybe they’ll start to relax when they’ve been out of Alternia for a while, but I’m not holding my breath.

Oh, they’re good. Guns & Roses is a fucking excellent RoseJade ship name.

You have my blessing to use the LeaderShip, but damn.... Communism is pretty amazing.

Yeah, I think you’re probably right. I don’t think the ‘Grief = Crabdad is doomed’ thing was intentional, but damn is it good.

Ok, that makes a lot more sense. ‘Freak of nature’ usually denotes an abnormal or unnatural life form, so I wonder if that implies the Lusi were engineered by Alternia, who wanted a biotech nanny monster to automatically raise their little soldiers.

And I’m not the only one wondering this, it seems!

Honestly, the entire troll life cycle reeks of bioengineering, so I think this is actually pretty likely. The Mother Grub ensures that as many trolls are born as possible, the Trials ensure these trolls are as brutal as possible, and the Lusus ensures that trolls don’t need to waste time raising children.

@iris-in-the-dark-world asked: i just realized that jade's tower looks like one of the moon towers from the frog temple [snipped for spoilers - C ]

Yup. We already know her house is a copy of a Prospitian Dream Building, and this is another example of Grandpa’s house following the ‘Sburban architectural style’.

It hasn’t been explained yet, but I guess the default explanation is that Grandpa built it this way on purpose. Who knows why.

[ yeah, friendsim isn’t canon but this is implied there xD - Cat ]

Space empires have no need for flying machines that can’t destroy the enemy’s planets!

‘They’re a military state’ explains it all, really.

Sburb can hit any civilization, including ones which would be the villains of a sci-fi movie.

They’re awfully amorphous, aren’t they? Maybe that’s her real psychic power.

I’m just going to assume the shape we see in her main sprite is the canon one.

This was the real Mistake.

Noted - I was probably just going to keep doing what I was doing - reading the full comic while omitting quotes with slurs. It’s not like I need to include them to analyze the comic, or anything.

Does the fact that I’m considering making theme music for my ‘sona change anything? 👀

Probably not any time soon - I do not understand FL Studio - but maybe eventually. Gotta give her the full set of Homestuck patterns!

One thing I’m not is the Blogger of Consistency. Rest assured, I’ll always come back when the hyperfocus returns time is right.

Thank you! My blog is a safe space for lurkers of all kinds. I’ve certainly done my fair share of lurking.

Gamzee is the first pattern breaker of the trolls. Gamzee x Jade confirmed??

Haha, but no, these patterns are really more like guidelines these days. Terezi already doesn’t have a lusus, and TA quit his own introduction page in a huff. We can’t be 100% sure that any of these will hold anymore.

That’s the closest thing to a ‘canon’ pronunciation of Terezi’s name as we’re going to get - although, really, it’s up to the reader.

If any class would just have things given to them, it would be the Heir. John is much more likely to react to things than be pro-active, and I think the fact that he has a class that evokes just being given things is deliberate.

This is why I don’t think GA is Vriska. She just doesn’t have that X-factor.

Literally how. HOW did Homestuck characters get into a Namco game.

Is it a fangame? This is so funny to me for some reason, it feels like two streams that should never ever cross, but I suppose Toby Fox has done some music for Nintendo before...

Yeah, the tumblr mobile app is a mess. I’ve tried to make liveblog posts on it before, but it’s much too fiddly, and it completely breaks my workflow. The mobile browser works fine - it actually respects the custom HTML on my theme - but I doubt the app is even using HTML.

The green background fixes the hyperlink contrast issues - and as a bonus, I actually really like it. I’m keeping it.

#homestuck liveblog #full liveblog #act 5 #asks #classpect

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mikiruma · 4 years

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🏳‍🌈📌💎🎥💕 for homestar runner!!!

🏳‍🌈 do you have any headcanons (lgbt, race, neuro, etc) that are important to you?

GAY STRONG BAD... and while a lot of it is projection & kinny its not just that... i think it's hilarious how in an effort to make strong bad into this. whatever he is. bragging about how many ladies are on their knees just to date him? he always has these ridiculously beautiful girlfriends who love him so much, but you'll never meet them because they live in far off lands? or on the moon? (sbemail #67: autobiography) the though of trying to hit on the ONE girl to further his "womanizer" image disgusts him??? imagining a male character to be female so it would be "acceptable" to date him?? (sbemail #99: different town) imagining a male character falling in love with him but only expressing distaste outside the imagination sequence? (sbemail #130: do over) receiving a love letter in an email from a dude but only saying so much as "it just wouldnt work out" when he remembered people are watching him??? (sbemail #8: brianrietta) TEXTBOOK!!!! hes gay man!!!! yeah theres internalized stuff which is. kinda what im hinging on but like. he's gotten better over the years w his general personality shift. im just disappointed that this probably wasnt how he was meant to be written at ALL but like. if i had free reigns over the show i'd want him to find acceptance and realize yeah, you can be gay and still commit arson.

(other than that homestar/homeschool/champeen/strong mad are autistic. also coach z is trans & him and bubs are married. i also rly like trans strong bad)

📌 how did you find your hyperfixation?

my uncle actually introduced it to my sibling & i way back when!! and we hadnt actually talked about it SINCE he told us abt it... until last time he was in town!! and i didnt even know he remembered it until he saw the trogdor board game which came in the mail the day before & we got to go crazy go nuts over that again!!! (i dont rly remember much of the introduction other than. we were at my grandparents house for christmas or something & i had to go home to visit the site... and i was like 9 or 10) anyway cool uncle rights

💎 are there any fun facts or trivia that you would like to share?

the brothers chaps have regularly used the fan-owned homestar runner wiki as a resource... useful when u put out as much content as they do! the wiki is credited in all five episodes of strong bad's cool game for attractive people in the "special thanks" section, the brothers have mentioned the wiki itself by name in interviews & at least one toon (that i've seen), just over the past few days on strong bad's twitter page they linked to one of the pages! it is an incredible resource if you wanna know everything about everything in the series, but i think it's really something knowing the creators use it as well. oh yeah and they donate when they can to help keep the servers afloat when the site runs donation drives so. that's pretty cool.

🎥 do you have any favorite scenes from your hyperfixation?

"favorite scene" or "favorite toon".... im gonna drop some of my favorite toons (or the ones i quote the most) bc most are 3-5 minutes long

fall float parade

sbemail #129: garage sale

pumpkin carve-nival

doomy tales of the macabre (cw: body horror)

halloween potion-ma-jig

i killed pom pom! (cw: alcohol)

sbemail #206: videography

sbemail #110: for kids

play date

donut unto others

where my hat is at? (cw: alcohol)

the homestar runner goes for the gold

the homestar runner enters the spooky woods (cw: emetophobia, (one) dead animal is part of homestar's final fear)

sbemail #207: too cool

a decemberween mackerel (cw: unsanitary in an easter egg)

added some content warnings just in case, also the links in red go to the official site while the black links go to youtube!

💕 tell us about one of your favorite characters and why you like them!

i will lay down my life for strong sad no questions asked. he deserves several hugs. i would like to be his friend. i like to think if everyones aware theyre in a cartoon and does their own thing outside what we see on the site, then like... hopefully theyre nicer to him.... i know its fun to rag on him bc he is kind of an easy target but listen. goth king. similar music taste. we totally would have hung out in middle school. also thinkin abt how him and strong bad used to get along.... bro.... i would like to see more of that....

#response #tilde-heart #ask game #THIS ENDED UP BEING SUPER LONG SO I'LL AT A READMORE LATER BUT THANK U FOR SENDING!!!! QWQ

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welovepokernight · 6 years

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What If This Character...? Episode 2: Dave Strider, Sans, Peacock, BLU Spy, King Dice, and Bubs

Now, we’ve already discussed Peacock on this blog, but as a dealer. I now realize this may have been a mistake; Peacock isn’t really patient enough for that sort of thing. So, without further ado...

What if

Dave Strider

Sans

and the BLU Spy

were all players at the Inventory,

King Dice

was a dealer, and

Bubs

was a bartender (and had dialogue)?

Playstyles:

Dave: Has little experience in Poker, but manages to play competently anyway (usually). Is the most honest player at the table, similar to Sam. Unlike Sam, however, he does sometimes tend to bluff, which he refers to as “trying to bullshit [his] way through the hand”.

Sans: Similar to Max’s random playstyle, only less due to an apparent lack of understanding the game and more because he simply doesn’t give a flip.

Peacock: Similar to Strong Bad’s reckless playstyle, albeit more due to impatience rather than a delusionally high ego.

Spy: The most competent and cautious player at the table. Being a master of deception, his tells are subtle and difficult to spot, making him good at bluffing.

Buy-Ins:

Dave: His 1/2-sword, usable by the Demoman

Sans: A replica of Papyrus’s cape/scarf, team-colored in TF2

Peacock: A replica of her top-hat

Spy: A fancy new revolver weapon (design of Valve’s choice)

Challenges:

Vs. King Dice: Once you have won all the other characters’ collateral, you will play a game of Texas Hold ‘Em against the dealer. The first time you win, he will reward you with a new weapon to use in TF2: A glove that acts like a pistol for the Scout and Engineer. The glove looks like Cuphead and Mugman’s gloves. You can select this challenge from the menu if you want to play against him again.

Beat the Bartender!: Face Bubs in any of the three card games. The first time you win, you’ll be rewarded with a little Sharktooth Bubs keychain that’ll dangle from your player character’s person in TF2. This mode will only be available from the menu if you beat Vs. King Dice the first time.

Poker Games:

Texas Hold ‘Em: The default Poker game for three Poker Night games now.

Black Jack: An interesting set-up that pits the players against the dealer. Try to get as close to a sum of 21 as you can with your cards. If you go over 21, you’re Busted.

Tripoli: This is actually three card games in one (hence its alternate name, Three In One). It starts with Hearts, shifts to Poker, and ends with Michigan Rummy.

Decor sets and effects:

Homestuck: The Inventory will resemble the meteor the Trolls played on, and that Dave and Rose ended up on for a few years. Dave’s outfit will change from his default white and red-sleeved shirt to his snazzy red Plush Tux. Those who are the first to be busted out are “escorted” away from the table by different characters from Homestuck. Dave, for example, might be chased away by hungry Nakadiles.

Undertale: The Inventory changes to resemble Grillby’s, and Bubs is even replaced by the soft-spoken Grillby himself. Sans’ jacket changes from blue to black, reflecting his monochromatic sprite in the battle screen. The first to be busted out in a tournament is sent away from the table by a different Undertale character. In Sans’ case, Papyrus drags him away to try a new spaghetti recipe he concocted, much to the shorter skeleton’s dismay.

Skullgirls: The Inventory will now resemble Lab 8, before its destruction. Peacock and her gang may get a little misty-eyed the first time they see it... Peacock’s outfit changes from her default dress to her “That’s All Folks” colors, her 8th palette, which is a reference to black-and-white cartoons. The first to be busted out is chased away from the table by one or two of Peacock’s goons. In Peacock’s case, however, she simply teleports away (via portable hole) and watches cartoons on a nearby tower of TVs.

Team Fortress: The interior of the Inventory now resembles a BLU base. The Spy’s costume change is simplest of all: he now wears a poker visor. That’s it. The first to be eliminated is chased away by another member of the BLU team, or in the Spy’s case, an intruding RED Pyro.

Cuphead: The Inventory is dressed up to look like the Devil’s Casino, undead patrons and all. Peacock’s appearance changes to more look like a Cuphead character (e.g. giving her the ol’ pie eyes). The first eliminated player will be chased away by one of the bosses from Cuphead, or in King Dice’s case, Cuphead and Mugman themselves. “Oh, applesauce, not again!”

Homestar Runner: The Inventory now looks like Club Technochocolate, and you can see various Homestar Runner characters partying in the background. Sans is now wearing a propeller cap similar to Homestar’s. The first to be busted out is forcibly escorted away from the table by Strong Mad, the club’s bouncer.

Sample dialogue:

Spy: So, let me see if I have this right: I’m playing Poker with an animate skeleton, a cyborg, and a time-traveler.

Sans: you’re on the right track so far.

Spy: Our dealer is a man with a die for a head.

King Dice: Who worked for the Devil before his casino went under.

Spy: And our host is a former pirate.

Winslow: Aye?

Spy: Do none of you find this odd?

(All the others respond in the negative.)

Spy: ...Hm.

Bubs: Hey! What am I, chopped liver?

Spy: To be honest, I have absolutely no idea what you are.

.............

Peacock: (first time winning a pot) Come to Mama, chippies!

Andy Anvil: Hey, boss? Are you gonna bring one o’ those chips to life? We could use more members in our mob!

Peacock: Nah, I’ve got enough mouths to feed.

Andy: ...Wait, we have digestive tracts?

..............

King Dice: (won a game of Black Jack) (chuckles) Gonna need to do better than that, folks. (singing) Hi-dee-hiii-dee-ho!

Skeletons: (popping up from the ground around King Dice; singing) Hi-dee-hiii-dee-ho! (retreat back underground)

.............

Dave: (won the Kitty in Tripoli) im more of a dog person, but shit, i aint complainin

............

Sans: (won a hand against Dave, who had a really bad hand) uh, i know you haven’t played poker in a while, but why’d you play cards with values that low?

Dave: ...honestly, i dont know; its like the fuckin uh...

Winslow: Perhaps we should move on to the next hand, before Mr. Strider goes off on another rambling tangent.

...........

Sans: hey bubs? where’d you say you were from?

Bubs: I came straight from humble lil’ Free Country, U.S.A!

Sans: so, if i ended up headin’ over there at some point, would you have any souvenirs at your concession stand?

Bubs: Glad you asked, Skele-man! I’ve got all types o’ souvenirs! Mugs, plushies, action figures, “I survived Free Country, USA, and all’s I gots was this crappy T-shirt” T-shirts; you name it, I just might have it!

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