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Post by pointycatears on Mar 31, 2016 15:08:18 GMT
I joined this forum because I missed reading people's thoughts on the updates now that we have updates again. Why did the forums have to go down? And is this the only thread here at the moment?
Well, It's good that we're going to see the characters again before the final part. It may be the last time we ever see them...I hope they get one more chance to be happy before it all goes wrong (Which I'm sure it will).
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Post by Fish on Mar 31, 2016 15:41:50 GMT
Since the Typo thread is also down, It's super odd to think that Andrew Hussie churned out the entire remainder of Act 4 (after Jack: Ascend) in two months. That includes a huge recap, which only took him two days. Dude must have not been sleeping much.
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Post by mementovivere on Mar 31, 2016 15:46:02 GMT
I loved loved LOVED Davepeta's whole monologue about how all aspects ultimately lead to a final conclusion about one's "ultimate self", like a sort of platonic ideal of who the characters are. It works on a Meta level (the readers have a certain overarching "idea" about who the characters are regardless of their individual experiences) but I think the characters will probably end up literally transcending those boundaries and become "complete", like Terezi seems about to do in |S| Rembem8er by remembering her other selves. Before I figured she would help ALL of them remember, but now I'm curious to see how each aspect's "path" goes towards that final conclusion. I suspect that THAT is actually what the Ultimate Riddle refers to (especially with how much they use the word "ultimate" throughout) and it ties in a lot with gnosticism. This post on tumblr articulates it pretty well, and it makes me really interested to see what the nature of the ending is. He's talked about things like platonic ideals before in the earlier acts (see: perfectly generic objects), and gnosticism has been a theme for forever, so I kinda suspect that this is the kind of thing he was talking about back when he said that the nature of the ending of Homestuck has remained virtually unchanged. I dunno, it seems to me that Kanaya does have similar themes--her whole matriorb arc involves a whole lot of "waiting until the time is right", both before and after it got destroyed. Hell, even her sylladex is explicitly based around waiting and only being able to access her items when the time is right. Both versions of Calliope mostly did a lot of waiting, too. It's a pretty consistent theme among the space players, even if it IS a justification after the fact. I don't see why her monologue about waiting and being lonely is that cringeworthy when the point was more for her to then be able to be told "nah, fuck that, wake up and go grab the reins to your own fate!" as a culmination of part of her character arc. As far as Jade goes-- I definitely wish she could have taken a more active role throughout Act 6, but it's always tricky to write a high-stakes plot around a protagonist who is so overpowered that she can immediately neutralize any threat that comes at her. At the very least, I thought her whole Grimbark phase was an interesting way of exploring another side of someone who started the story as the sweetest, silliest character. I'm pretty interested to see how things go with her now that she's awake despite all advice to the contrary... obviously being mind-controlled by the Condesce is still a concern, but her immediately going Grimbark again seems like the expected thing to happen, so I'm kinda thinking something more interesting is going to end up happening there. As a side note, somebody pointed out that the last panel with Jade waking up is a callback to when we first got introduced to Jade, which I love. I can't wait for more callbacks of that nature going forward
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 16:21:06 GMT
I dunno, it seems to me that Kanaya does have similar themes--her whole matriorb arc involves a whole lot of "waiting until the time is right", both before and after it got destroyed. Hell, even her sylladex is explicitly based around waiting and only being able to access her items when the time is right. Both versions of Calliope mostly did a lot of waiting, too. It's a pretty consistent theme among the space players, even if it IS a justification after the fact. I don't see why her monologue about waiting and being lonely is that cringeworthy when the point was more for her to then be able to be told "nah, fuck that, wake up and go grab the reins to your own fate!" as a culmination of part of her character arc. I see what you mean. Well, i have that way of thinking most probably because i'm saddened by the fact that Prospit kids are WAY behind Derse kids in terms of character development, and Jade is the worst case of all of them. But anyway, we'll see - there's still pages to read and developments to freak out about. Everything can change unpredictably
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Post by Holly on Mar 31, 2016 16:51:12 GMT
UPDATE
aww daave I'm sad we didnt get a gif of jade sitting up sprite-style. those are cute... Man, the lack of gifs actually makes me confused about what happens sometimes haha and there WAS a gif of course. nice teleportation
heehee good stuff here. Everything is just GEARING UP so much all the time. all the gearing up. can't wait for monday
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 17:43:03 GMT
Oh, so fucking smooth. And refrances, man... What a good time to be Homestuck.
Although i am worried that Terezi didn't say a single word about her Mindy Thing.
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Post by kmsumrall on Mar 31, 2016 17:51:57 GMT
Wow but doesn't this update really hammer home that this is the finale?
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Post by Blaperile on Mar 31, 2016 19:38:32 GMT
I just caught up again! Read the last part of the Davepetasprite^2-Jade conversation and then the Jade + LOTAK update. Holy shit all of this is so cool. I gotta say, today's update is my favorite one of post-Omegapause so far. SO MANY REFERENCES. Like, almost 10 different scenes being referenced at the same time. My very big reaction to everything that happened is over here.
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Post by plainWonder on Mar 31, 2016 19:40:05 GMT
If you are interested, you can find my reaction to the latest potato here: abundantchewtoys.tumblr.com/post/142026469962/hs-re-p9907-9944Click the "reaction" tag for previous reactions. Wow, this was the coolest update of the week. The visuals of LOTAK and LOFAF by themselves, and all the callbacks in the update, seeing WV again. It's not entirely hitting home yet, but the realization that this is building up to a finale is beginning to sink in for me. EDIT: Heh, yesterday when I viewed this forum, the thread has 8 replies and 88 views. Today, 33 replies (with mine included) and 383 views. Vriska, Nepeta and Fefeta approve!
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Post by partymember57 on Mar 31, 2016 20:46:33 GMT
I love the callback Jade made when she said she was awake and intended to stay that way. That's exactly what Aradia said so long ago, except "alive" instead of awake.
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Post by Blaperile on Mar 31, 2016 22:04:40 GMT
I think Calliope is trying to aim for just shutting down the GS completely. Pretty smart move strategically speaking, but I don't think it will actually hurt any of the Green Sun users except make them unable to use it's powers for stuff like teleportation. Jade does have other powers besides that, so I think she'll be fine. Plus, Bec Noir and PM are also still very dangerous even without Green Sun powers, so they could still prove to be a big challenge. Also happy that JadeDave sort of got a comeback. Me too!! I like how Andrew always makes a lot of different ships come true, through many different timelines and alternate selves and all that. I am thinking that Davepeta waking Jade up does indicate that Alt Calliope is wrong about at least some of her assertions. Yeah, and Alternate Calliope said that by the time Jade woke up the fights would be all over, but it turns out they all have yet to start! She might seem somewhat omniscient, but she definitely isn't. Someone on the IRC pointed out this page: www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007873, which states that cherubs can "feast on the resulting stellar energy" of a supernova. It's possible this is the reason Calliope wants to destroy the green sun; so that she can harvest enough power to stand up to Lord English. On the other hand, it seems like she isn't planning on actually confronting Lord English. She said that once Jade woke up, nobody would ever see her anymore. This would imply Lord English will also not see her, according to her plan. I think she wants to destroy the Green Sun and so weaken Lord English, but believes she will double die in the process. And is this the only thread here at the moment? At the time of you writing that post, it was, other than the "Read Me" announcement to describe the purpose of this forum. But now in the meantime I have also created a substitute for the IDE/Theory thread! If you want, it's allowed to make new threads here, following the same principles as on the mspaforums. Oh wow, thank you for posting this! I didn't know it was possible to do spoilers on this forum. I tried to do it yesterday but it didn't work, I probably typed it wrong for some reason I guess. Although i am worried that Terezi didn't say a single word about her Mindy Thing. I guess it's something that will come up once the battles are over.
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Post by Gab on Mar 31, 2016 22:54:52 GMT
Whoa hey okay this is cool. Apparently I already had an account for PBforums. I looked it up and it was from when I was doing a megaman ZX rp. man, memories... So the short story is I've been pre-writing this post as I react to updates, both in text form as well as with video recordings! To make the finale extra super special. It has been surprisingly fun despite my camera shyness and kind of... boring nature. I guess I'll post what I've made here with some minor alterations, but I still intend to post it on the MSPA Forums, whenever those come back. Anyway, here we go: Part OneBoy I can't tell if the spoiler tags are working but I sure hope so because geez this is a whopper of a post. I kind of feel like guest artists suit regular static panels better than flashes. The general tone and pace of flashes tends to suit seeing Andrew's regular art the best, in no small part because we're trained to register it as normal. Like after reading a quirk for so long, you almost stop seeing it altogether. But with a regular panel, we can digest differences in art style and whatnot without getting distracted from the plot too much by the sudden change. Plus, without worrying about animation and grandiose plot developments, the composition of each of these panels has been really stunning in a way that you wouldn't even really see as much in flashes. It's a real treat.
Also, on top of getting into some serious Endgame buildup right away from the unpause, there's something oddly (yet intensely) satisfying about seeing Slick get some closure on the Intermission arc from waaaay back when, now primed to face off against Lord English... sort of. No, I still don't think lord Jack counts as any real version of Lord English yet. But I might yet be proven wrong pretty soon here. (Though at the same time I won't be the least bit surprised if we perspective switch again. Say, to bec noir and PM.) (Note from the future: I ended up being wrong.)
Also, on the news update, I'm loving the numerical theming going on. SIX days of updates, followed by a seventh(!) update on the SIXTH of April to cap off Act Six. Then, SEVEN more updates, starting on the seventh and ending on 4/13, the SEVENTH anniversary of Homestuck, and featuring Act 7. Part TwoThis buildup is really great y'all. I can already imagine doing this run of pages all at once would be like an adrenaline hit, getting you all kinds of pumped up for the payoff we're in for, which will be like ecstasy. Whoever is drawing this art has a really cute way of drawing John and Jake's glasses that makes the two of them just look adorably derpy, and I love it. In general this guest art being employed as it is kind of makes endgame buildup all the more special since guest art has usually only ever been in flashes before. This page is stupidly satisfying, even emotional. I dig it. I can't believe that guy's still in jail though, hopefully he gets to deck somebody one more time before the comic ends. Karkat looks absolutely hilarious in this panel and the weird asynchronous jittering of his animation reminds me of Problem Sleuth for some reason. Also, Meenah is kind of an asshole to him here. But whatever, she's a villain, so. Oh, also, some interesting consequences of the retcon to observe here, and maybe comment about elsewhere. *cough* Hmm. Actually, this exchange is kind of bugging me. MEENAH: gonna take down english for good MEENAH: even tho hes supposedly "invincible” MEENAH: got a good feelin about this one though MEENAH: feel like we gonna make it STICK this timeMultiple repeated implications of English having been defeated multiple times in the past. Has news of his rumored "first defeat" at the hands of the kids, Jake in particular, become widespread? Have they witnessed him dying and reviving at some point? That manner of "invincibility" HAS been implied via the wording of others if I recall correctly, such as Aranea's story. It's kind of interesting, and this close to the end, worth pointing out. I wonder if it will be relevant. And a number of things about the last panel(s). First, how about another prediction about where we'll jump to next? The green sun and Karkat's monologuing open up transitions to either Dave and Dirk or Jade and Calliope, and I don't think we'll be seeing billiards Jack, again so soon. Second, the appearance of cracks so relatively close to the green sun I think lends credence to the thought that since LE completed the circle around the green sun for the treasure map, he's been filling in the empty space, making a solid disc-shaped field of cracks all around the green sun. I don't know if that's a particularly common theory or what it might imply, but... Third, perhaps related to the above point, oddly, the green sun's edges look oddly dark, but more importantly the center has a distinct white spot in it, something I think has never been portrayed before, suggesting something unusual is happening to it. Could just be a stylistic coincidence, but if it DOES mean something that'd make it all the more likely we see what alt Calliope is up to next. It's kind of surprising to me how different this overall moment in the story feels in comparison to even its immediate predecessors, and I don't think it even has much to do with the omegapause. To finally be seeing some "this is really it" content I think is changing everything. To get into some stuff that probably only makes sense to me, it's kind of like I can compartmentalize certain moments or even almost like "seasons" of Homestuck, and each has their own feel, I guess a way I think about them all when I'm feeling nostalgic. Acts 1-4 each have distinctly different "feels" to them, as does Act 5 Act 1 and Act 5 Act 2. I think that sort of went away for me for a lot of Act 6 since I read that live. But now I have this funny feeling, almost like a PREEMPTIVE nostalgic sense, derived just from the teasing bit of info we've gotten already. This sense that what we're about to get, the endgame, the finale, is going to be an instant classic and will be something I remember fondly for probably ever. Basically, I have a feeling this is gonna be really good. Oh, and I can't wait to see all the snarky unnecessary comments about the typos or whatever Probably some people freaking out that the projected page number and direction we're seeing is primed to NOT resolve all that character development some people have been worried about. I still have confidence, though. And anyway I'm betting those 40 pages between EOA6 and Act 7 are gonna be pretty beefy storywise. Man the smilies on this forum aren't too bad, they're actually kinda cute. You don't get that very often. Part ThreeApparently, if there is one word I could use to describe this update, many times over without noticing how repetitive I'm getting, it would be "interesting." That's about as excited as I get really, but this was a really good update. More development on the Calliope stuff, which is only getting more mysterious. Some VERY int-- I mean, fascinating stuff on aspect roles and how they affect the players, as well as Davepeta's speech about an ultimate, trans-timeline self which is the real kicker for this update, because how one views the retcon is hugely affected by this perspective, as is Terezi's remem8rance, for better or worse.
Oh, and of course there's the very heavy implications that Calliope intends to neutralize the green sun in some way. Which on some level worries me, because there has been evidence to suggest that the green sun not only would remain intact for pretty much ever, but also that removing it or destroying it would have Serious Consequences. Not to mention how it affects the balance of power in Endgame... I don't even know where to get into talking about this, so for now I won't.
In a funny sort of way, not getting any flashes at all in each update is somewhat relieving, as well as thrilling. It means the "projected ~30ish minutes of flash" we were told of is that much more condensed, in comparison to the total page count and update schedule. Not that I need the confirmation per se, since obviously whatever kickass thing is waiting for us will be indescribably amazing no matter what. But it's fun to take note of certain signs up front which lend credence to that theory.
I'm one for two on guessing where the next update goes, let's try for 2/3. It's kind of a long shot, but a big part of me wants to say we'll actually stick on Jade for at least the first page or two on the next update, so we can see that note, maybe have her catch up with WV and Calliope. Maybe that's a bit easy though, because I'm having trouble of thinking where we'll go after that. Maybe back to Dave and Dirk? But I think with Terezi that'll be the last thing we see before the end of Intermission 5. So, I really dunno. Part FourOh snap, I called it RIGHT ON THE MONEY last time! We continued to see Jade, then in the same update transitioned to LoTaK! I'm really proud of that, and award myself bonus points. Anyway, considering all the badass buildup we just got this whole update, and the fact that I THINK we've covered just about every party in the session, it seems very likely to me the next update will be a flash that kicks off this big brawl. Either that, or it subverts it all by sharply ending the intermission and going to Act 6 Act 6 Act 6, with some dark twist involved therein. But I'm putting my money on the first one. There's really not much else to say here. Lots of callbacks, which is fun. And since Blaperile pointed it out on their tumblr reactions, I've started noticing it as well. There has been a LOT of looking upward in the panels lately, it seems to be a theme. Maybe it hints that one of the flash names will be "[S] Ascend." to complement Act 4's Descend? It's also kind of funny to me to see so many pages thrown away to make this moment more epic, when I'm sure there are still people panicking that the ending is being "rushed" and there isn't enough time left to finish off all the character arcs or whatever. I'm having a pretty fun time. Between working my part-time job before the update hits and immediately working on editing/rendering the video reaction after, along with other distractions here and there, I have precious little downtime to really let the updates sink in and start theorizing or thinking about what's next to come very much, beyond pre-writing this increasingly ridiculous post. Speaking of, all those comments above were written after I recorded the video part, but before I ever saw the next update, with some editing done here and there as I review this post over and over again every time I come back to it. For real though I hope the MSPA Forums get fixed soon. I can only imagine the influx of responses that are going to all flood in at once like a dam bursting is only going to get exponentially worse with every passing day, even with really resourceful solutions like these. (Btw kudos Blaperile) Though part of me, despite doubting it at first, is starting to wonder if this might be intentional on Andrew's part...? But I don't think he would go so far, and people might find it in poor taste, so. Yeah, pre-retcon and post-retcon Karkat meeting would be amazing. Karkat has had so many arguments with himself through chat, it would be great to have that culminate in one final face-to-face argument between two of his selves. Maybe Karkat will be the one to finally actually make out with himself. I suspect that THAT is actually what the Ultimate Riddle refers to (especially with how much they use the word "ultimate" throughout) and it ties in a lot with gnosticism. This post on tumblr articulates it pretty well, and it makes me really interested to see what the nature of the ending is. He's talked about things like platonic ideals before in the earlier acts (see: perfectly generic objects), and gnosticism has been a theme for forever, so I kinda suspect that this is the kind of thing he was talking about back when he said that the nature of the ending of Homestuck has remained virtually unchanged. For sure, as I've thought more about what Davepeta said, the more it's seemed like a kind of pretty huge thing, something that has been in mind since the bigger plot elements of Homestuck started rolling along, something that was always kept in mind but never really brought up until this very last minute, because at least for me it has big implications about a great many moments throughout the entire story, it practically changes my entire perception of it. Which is kind of funny because it's just one small page with a silly 11th hour character saying some stuff to cheer up someone, yet it means so much despite the lack of dramatic gravitas in the moment. I didn't think of it, but now that you bring it up it definitely feels possible, even likely that this is the answer to the ultimate riddle. It's not entirely hitting home yet, but the realization that this is building up to a finale is beginning to sink in for me. To me I felt like it was already starting to hit home after the first update, seeing Slick and referencing Act 3. But for me, I really haven't felt melancholy about the story ending at all. It just feels right, like this is what we've been building up to, and it's gonna be a great ending.
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Post by Blaperile on Mar 31, 2016 23:17:56 GMT
Also, on the news update, I'm loving the numerical theming going on. SIX days of updates, followed by a seventh(!) update on the SIXTH of April to cap off Act Six. Then, SEVEN more updates, starting on the seventh and ending on 4/13, the SEVENTH anniversary of Homestuck, and featuring Act 7. Haha, wow, sweet catch on that numerical theme! Great to have you here with us too, bA! I'm very interested in watching your reaction videos! I've saved a link to their playlist to remind myself of watching them later. Anyway, considering all the badass buildup we just got this whole update, and the fact that I THINK we've covered just about every party in the session, it seems very likely to me the next update will be a flash that kicks off this big brawl. Either that, or it subverts it all by sharply ending the intermission and going to Act 6 Act 6 Act 6, with some dark twist involved therein. But I'm putting my money on the first one. We've yet to see Bec Noir and PM arrive in the session, and we've also yet to see Lord English arrive at the scene of the ghost army. I think those are the two main remaining requirements before the battles kick off. I definitely wouldn't be surprised if a shot of Lord English arriving at the scene of the ghost army is the actual end of Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 5, and then the battles kick off in Act 6 Act 6 Act 6. For real though I hope the MSPA Forums get fixed soon. I can only imagine the influx of responses that are going to all flood in at once like a dam bursting is only going to get exponentially worse with every passing day, even with really resourceful solutions like these. (Btw kudos Blaperile) Though part of me, despite doubting it at first, is starting to wonder if this might be intentional on Andrew's part...? But I don't think he would go so far, and people might find it in poor taste, so. Thank you! Yeah, I'm hoping for the MSPA Forums returning soon as well. I think having everyone of us together on the forum would the best way for us to finish this story. But just in case the forums fail to return in time, I hope this place might prove to be at least somewhat of a valid substitute. I'm glad to see the way people have been using this thread so far, in any case! We're at least approximating what Comic Discussion would normally be like, except sadly with not as many people around of course. I've been trying to reach as many people as I can, but my reach is unfortunately pretty limited.
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Post by partymember57 on Apr 1, 2016 0:05:04 GMT
Does anyone still think that someone (other than alt-Calliope) is going to double die towards the end? I mean, it seems kind of unlikely, but then again this is gonna the climax and all and who knows what could happen. I'm especially worried about somebody like WV or Dad Egbert dying because they don't have backup lives.
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 1, 2016 0:10:17 GMT
Does anyone still think that someone (other than alt-Calliope) is going to double die towards the end? I mean, it seems kind of unlikely, but then again this is gonna the climax and all and who knows what could happen. I'm especially worried about somebody like WV or Dad Egbert dying because they don't have backup lives. Right now I'm mostly afraid for the lives of the Sprites, Dad Crocker, Alternate Calliope, Spades Slick, Vriska (either of them), and the A1 Trolls.
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Post by partymember57 on Apr 1, 2016 0:17:54 GMT
Yeah, I don't want any of them to die. Not even Spades Slick. I know he's looking at Dave's group a little mean since the last update, but he hasn't done anything that's really made him a real villain in terms of morality alignment. Since this Jack seems to have the most amount of screen time and development compared to the others, and he opposes Lord English, I feel like he deserves to live. Maybe he'll have to get locked away in some Problem Sleuth style universe or just does time in the Prospitian dungeon, but I don't want him to really die.
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 1, 2016 0:22:51 GMT
Yeah, I don't want any of them to die. Not even Spades Slick. I know he's looking at Dave's group a little mean since the last update, but he hasn't done anything that's really made him a real villain in terms of morality alignment. Since this Jack seems to have the most amount of screen time and development compared to the others, and he opposes Lord English, I feel like he deserves to live. Maybe he'll have to get locked away in some Problem Sleuth style universe or just does time in the Prospitian dungeon, but I don't want him to really die. I definitely agree with that. Plus, he's the only one of them who has experience with building a new civilization from scratch. They could use his help when they start their new world. About him "looking a little mean" at the group, I think it mostly has to do with the fact that Terezi is among them, and he probably remembers that she was the one responsible for his exile. And judging from her face, she remembers it too.
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Post by plainWonder on Apr 1, 2016 5:41:25 GMT
I wonder if the Condesce is going to sic Drollgorg, Dignitary, the entire Dersite army AND Battleship Condescension on auto-pilot onto the Derse attack force? Also, how nice would it be if the Rapbots (original flavour + Zilly edition) come to Jake's aid? 5 against 14 is a better match than 1 against 14, after all. And it would be kind of an atonement for the hardships Jake endured at the hand of Brobot. Since the Typo thread is also down, I also liked the typo "stuggled" in Davepeta's monolgoue. Someone on the IRC pointed out this page: www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007873, which states that cherubs can "feast on the resulting stellar energy" of a supernova. It's possible this is the reason Calliope wants to destroy the green sun; so that she can harvest enough power to stand up to Lord English. Ooh, nice, I just thought of how the Green Sun must hold very tastey "special stardust", but I didn't remember that they really feast on supernova remains, I just figured generic space dust. I suspect that THAT is actually what the Ultimate Riddle refers to (especially with how much they use the word "ultimate" throughout) and it ties in a lot with gnosticism. This post on tumblr articulates it pretty well, and it makes me really interested to see what the nature of the ending is. Oh man that is a good observation in that Tumblr post. It would actually make sense if "Alpha Self" and "Alpha Timeline" are a construction from the same guy who uses "Alpha Male", after all. Wait a minute. Alpha vs Ultimate. Ultimate = Final = Omega. This is the omegaupdate. *mindblow* As a side note, somebody pointed out that the last panel with Jade waking up is a callback to when we first got introduced to Jade, which I love. I can't wait for more callbacks of that nature going forward Pooplord English gets defeated by Zoosmell Davepeta. Whoa hey okay this is cool. Apparently I already had an account for PBforums. I looked it up and it was from when I was doing a megaman ZX rp. man, memories... So the short story is I've been pre-writing this post as I react to updates, both in text form as well as with video recordings! To make the finale extra super special. It has been surprisingly fun despite my camera shyness and kind of... boring nature. I guess I'll post what I've made here with some minor alterations, but I still intend to post it on the MSPA Forums, whenever those come back. Anyway, here we go: *snop* Ooooooh, nice! If there had been more time to record AND subtitle them, I'm sure Blaperile and me would do more reaction videos. As it is, we've recorded plenty for past flashes, but while we speak in Dutch, it wouldn't be immediately informative to most fans. I'll definitely try to read up on your observations, after I do so with Blaperile's. Luckily the weekend is almost here.
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 1, 2016 10:00:09 GMT
Oh god today is April Fools. I wonder if today's update is going to tie into that in any way.
Seeing Gamzee today would be close enough, I think.
If we'd had the Davepetasprite^2 update today that would also have been cool, seeing as today it's been exactly 6 years since Alternate Future Dave (Davesprite) was first introduced.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 12:10:11 GMT
Hey, iirc determinablePhilosopher (or whatever his nickname was, i don't quite remember) was making a skype group for forumites. Is anybody here in it? We can drop them a link to this temporary place. If it wasn't already done ofc.
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 1, 2016 12:22:07 GMT
Oh shit the sudden realization hit me that Spades Slick will be able to use that sceptre as a rifle. Terezi will need to be careful that she doesn't get shot! Hey, iirc determinablePhilosopher (or whatever his nickname was, i don't quite remember) was making a skype group for forumites. Is anybody here in it? We can drop them a link to this temporary place. If it wasn't already done ofc. Yup, I'm in that Skype chat and I dropped a link there! In fact, they themselves have also joined this forum already.
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Post by therationaldove on Apr 1, 2016 17:41:19 GMT
Hey everyone! It is good to see you all, what with MSPA forum's downtime. These past three updates have been wonderful in my eyes. Two-way Jack Off being confirmed, Jade finally being incorporated into the plot, Dave and Dirk being the best bros, the rest of the human crew + Kanaya getting ready to whoop the Condese's butt- it's really shaping up to be an exciting climax. Not sure what else to say about it.
EDIT: Also, I am really loving to have an active Homestuck presence on Tumblr again. It's wonderful to experience for the last time. :')
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Post by therationaldove on Apr 1, 2016 20:07:57 GMT
Upd8 time! Reaction under cut (once I figure out how to cut) www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009945Looks like we are back with the ghost army. There are so many of them, thanks to Tavros. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009946Oh man! Meenah and Karkat are all weaponized and ready to go! This is getting exciting. And Tavros is there too! I'm glad he was not completely brushed to the wayside despite everything. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009947And there's the one and only Vriska. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009948She looks weirdly...happy here? Like her expression feels more like someone who is greeting a friend on your way to hang out rather than an army on the way to fight the evilest of evil there is. Also, you didn't think I would see you there Hussie, but I definetly see you there, Hussie. I think you might wanna skedaddle. The author of the story shouldn't double die. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009950We got some looking at the cracks in space. Man, did Lord English really do a number on space. It's kinda incredible when you think about it. Goddamn. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009951Speak of the Devil! There he is, making a grand entrance, because how else is the final boss supposed to arrive. Good lord. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009952This update really needs a seizure warning. I couldn't look at that page for too long. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009953back to the Ghost Army's POV www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009955So is this a final boss fight or the opening of a rock concert? I'm not sure yet. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009956Uhhh...? www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009957You know, now that I think about it, it has been quite a while since we legit saw Lord English in comic. It's kinda surreal, to be honest. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009958Welp, that'll give me nightmares for a bit. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009959Karkat has the face of someone who is having some second thoughts about all of this. Meenah is the only one who looks at all confident. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009960Oh good. Back to this piece of shit. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009961Is this where we will see Caliborn get some of the boons for travelling the warrior's path, maybe? He is definately going to see his denizen. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009962I see the rock concert vibe continues into Yogurtbreath's lair. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009963"I walk a lonely road/ The only road that I have ever known." -Cherub Shakespeare. www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009964And we have arrived! www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009965Hello, snake body! Care to get this moving along? www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009966Well, this is some epic-ass art if I have ever seen one. Also, is it just me or does his face look super flat? [/SPOILERS] So, no dialogue for that entire sequence, but it looks like a lot of shit is going down all at once now. Pretty exciting!!!!
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Post by whitehelm on Apr 1, 2016 20:11:28 GMT
I really didn't expect to see Caliborn and Yaldabaoth again. I guess tomorrow we'll get the setup for the fight against Bec Noir.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 20:14:00 GMT
Inb4 S U C K E R S
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