on Homestuck!

[xparrot]

So the brother marched into my room yesterday and informed me that I had to catch up with Homestuck OR ELSE (or else being a massive spoiler dump). So now I am caught up (through this page for anyone visiting from the future/alternate timeline) and:

So uu is actually Lord English? After he kills Calliope?

No wonder he's so hard to kill, if he's gone through the game himself and become god-tier.

Also, the brother points out that while it hasn't officially given his hero title yet, the male counterpart to Muse must be Lord.

So he's the Lord of Time.

WHICH EXPLAINS THE COAT and why it looks so very much like a certain very distinctive scarf and AGHRJKDFAKFLAJFDK;LAF;L ANDREW HUSSIE YOU ARE THE LORD OF (really really really dumb) PUNS.

(and of course the Doctor is British and UU the "limey"blood using U- or non-U English and what is this, I don't even, this is on another plane up from wordplay, another dimension of ridiculous iconography that someday someone should write a book on because what AH does to language and symbolism in HS is like nothing I've seen before...)

--Also the bro has maybe-not-so-crazy theory that since Calliope's dream-self is dead, when she does go to sleep she's out in the dreambubbles - and maybe is the Horrorterrors? Are they her dead-dream-self's self?

Does the red sun turn green when Calliope sleeps? Or is it actually the green sun going supernova after eons?

And WHY do they have the Sufferer's signs? Is that not really the Vantas sign at all? He was the "Signless" after all; did it get adopted by mistake, when really it's supposed to be the sign of the lime-bloods? (But why does Aranea wear it then...?)

Finally it must be said: Calliope is SO ADORABLE omg.

Also, not spoilery, but I still love that this is a story where a girl can say "I love you" to another girl, and then clarify that she means it in a BFF way - and then quickly and concernedly apologize that she's not sure how the other girl feels about her and she hopes she didn't put her foot in something. That everyone considers and acknowledges same-sex attraction being a thing, as valid and worthy (or unworthy) of note as opposite-sex - it's just nice to see (plus there are two confirmed canonically gay characters, in addition to more than half the main cast being bi/pan, which is also nice.)(and one char who I personally have decided to take as asexual even though he might just be not old enough/not have the time for romance now. Also I ship him with pretty much everyone but OH WELL.)

Comments

[sholio]

Calliope is adorable. HER LITTLE FAAAAAACE. And I love that even though she's a total stereotypical fangirl, she doesn't come across creepy and stalkery -- she's so cute, and so obviously sincere in her affections for her fannish love interests, even though they're "real" people. (Unlike, say, SPN's attempt to portray a similar kind of character.)

Your theory about the sun being green when uu is in charge -- oooh, creepycoolinteresting! And it does seem like a very Homestuckish sort of thing to do.

I am VERY curious about the cherubs' use of Signless's sign! (And I never noticed Aranea wore it - she does? *goes to see*)

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I think Calliope comes across as so sweet because, unlike SPN's fangirl, she's not being portrayed as pathetically eccentric and obsessed to the point of disconnecting with reality; instead she's getting emotional satisfaction and connection in her fanning that she cannot get elsewhere in her life, that expands her understanding of herself and helps her relate to other people. It's a very positive depiction of fanning and the benefits of becoming involved with fictional (or "fictional") worlds and characters...

Yes, Aranea wears a necklace with the Signless's sign, I've been wondering about it since she appeared!