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Post by plainWonder on Apr 11, 2016 20:01:24 GMT
plainWonder: Behold glory of thread title change.
Dad gets all the reunions, all of them.
First his nanna as a sexy queen, then his daughter as an old woman, then his dad as a young boy, next his daughter as... his daughter.
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 11, 2016 20:03:51 GMT
Whoops, I just realized I forgot to post my reaction I'd written down in Notepad. Here it is:
IT JUST HIT ME THAT HOMESTUCK IS ENDING IN JUST TWO DAYS, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Though my heart wishes we continue with the lilypad platform, my brains tell me we're probably cutting away to some other scene. Let's find out... OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THE REST OF THIS REUNION. I DIDN'T EVEN DARE THINK OF IT BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING; So uh, oh boy. Let's see where this is going. Is Dad going to hug John or just Jane, leaving John sad? That would be pretty bad . Best case scenario would be Dad recognizing John as his father and thus hugging both John and Jane here. Hehe, I like how the cyan light of Nannasprite shines on John's glasses here. YES YES YES YES, THIS IS SIMPLY THE BEST. I'm so happy that Dad's actually recognizing John as Poppop!!!! Oh god yes. Pffff, I love how Poppop's doing the silly John wave pose there. Oh man this is going to be one hell of an awesome reunion. WE'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR THIS. N'AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. I was half-expecting a panel of John running towards Dad in a callback to Dream John jumping towards Dad, but THIS IS BETTER. I wasn't expecting Dad to hug John FIRST, I was expecting the opposite. Oh god yes. This cuteness is overloading me. They've FINALLY been reunited. After all these times that John got ALMOST reunited with his Dad but barely missed him... IT FINALLY HAPPENED. Now a panel of John hugging Dad back? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. N'awwwwww. So sweet. John never got to tell his Dad just how much he misunderstood him, it's so cool that he might finally get the chance for that now (even if this Dad doesn't have those memories). After all other B1 Kids got the chance to (sort of) reunite with their Guardians (in the form of the B2 Kids), now John finally gets that chance too. Woah, this is a cool panel. Everyone's just so happy for John to have finally reunited with his Dad... even Karkat!. Seeing everyone together like this, smiling, warms my heart. Come on Jane, run over there as well! Aww, that was the end of the update. That was one hell of a sweet update!!!! We'd been waiting for years for this one to come.
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Post by ForestGardener on Apr 11, 2016 20:13:27 GMT
Third to last update. Hoping to continue this scene. Switching to other sprites, the Felt, Calliope, or Caliborn are options too. Nah those last three aren't gonna happen. Besides, 'Johndad' came after 'Lilypad'. Don't remember what's next; don't want to know.
10018: Oh, what jumble of emotions must be going through your head! Do you know how this man is related to you? Does he? 10019: Why, yes he does. In part at least. That lack of a face though. 10020: *Happy gasp* This is the first time we've seen the bottom of John's shoes. <= two separate thoughts Yeah this is all gonna come crashing down on Wednesday, isn't it? Hey there's a little squiggle where Dad's eye should be. 10021: Awww. What about Jane? 10022: I have no words.
End of update. Please don't kill Dad. Especially not after he gets introduced to everyone offscreen. For 16 years old, John is rather short compared to an adult in his immediate family. God Tier immortality halting growth (I hope not) doesn't explain it 'cause the alpha and beta kids are the same heights. Stylistic?
WE ARE ALL GOING TO CRY ON 4/13
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Post by imglasses on Apr 11, 2016 20:39:21 GMT
Well I'm guessing that Dad dies tomorrow. Like how Jade died right before [S] Cascade. This time it'll be right in front of John and Jane too...
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Post by partymember57 on Apr 11, 2016 20:50:27 GMT
Too sweet. He finally, finally got to see Dad again, even if it wasn't the exact same Dad. My pancreas is just exploding from the sweetness.
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Post by thecrystalship on Apr 11, 2016 20:56:17 GMT
Well I'm guessing that Dad dies tomorrow. Like how Jade died right before [S] Cascade. This time it'll be right in front of John and Jane too... There's only four pages for that to happen, I'm starting to doubt it will happen before Act 7, if at all.
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Post by randomwriter on Apr 11, 2016 21:21:33 GMT
Caliborn needs the alpha kids to come to him, to become LE.
What would cause John to try and use his retcon powers?
He'll probably give a big monologue about it, too.
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Post by ForestGardener on Apr 11, 2016 22:51:57 GMT
Did Jane even know her Dad was alive? I remember someone saying he was dead in-comic? but maybe they found out he was in prison but that was sweet anyway That was Caliborn, taunting Jane with the news that her dad was in a Derse prison. He told her how terrible the conditions are for most prisoners, that many of them died in jail, that Dad was deemed VIP, and implied that being VIP meant his treatment would be worse. That was the last (and only) any of them heard until just now, unless they became aware of the fashion craze sweeping Derse, led by one pipeFan413. They were avoiding Derse for their own safety.
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Post by Fish on Apr 11, 2016 22:56:11 GMT
If Dad dies AGAIN I will do an acrobatic sports maneuver off of this computer and fly off into readerspace.
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Post by Shadow of the Lotus on Apr 12, 2016 0:41:41 GMT
Eh, I dunno... All of this is vaguely unsatisfying to me. Like Andrew isn't punching at the same level of complexity that he did earlier in the series. This seems too simple really. Too much of a bow tied on top of it all.
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Post by thezcmme on Apr 12, 2016 0:51:44 GMT
Eh, I dunno... All of this is vaguely unsatisfying to me. Like Andrew isn't punching at the same level of complexity that he did earlier in the series. This seems too simple really. Too much of a bow tied on top of it all. Yeah but if Hussie is still Hussie then we know this bow on top has a twist in it somewhere.
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Post by comicalArchitect on Apr 12, 2016 0:54:48 GMT
Seeing FG mention Dad's chumhandle made me realize something for the first time. He named himself after his DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY. SO SWEET.
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Post by cookiefonster on Apr 12, 2016 0:57:53 GMT
Seeing FG mention Dad's chumhandle made me realize something for the first time. He named himself after his DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY. SO SWEET. FYI B1 Dad is also called pipefan413. Eh, I dunno... All of this is vaguely unsatisfying to me. Like Andrew isn't punching at the same level of complexity that he did earlier in the series. This seems too simple really. Too much of a bow tied on top of it all. Yeah but if Hussie is still Hussie then we know this bow on top has a twist in it somewhere. And bows are always twisted together which nicely expands upon the metaphor.
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Post by ConstantTroublemaker on Apr 12, 2016 1:04:53 GMT
Woah. This. Is. Sweet.
Also, I'm officially calling this DADLY DOUBLE REACHAROUND. Yeah, both of them are hugging an alternate version of their Dad.
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Post by soeroah on Apr 12, 2016 1:04:54 GMT
Seeing FG mention Dad's chumhandle made me realize something for the first time. He named himself after his DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY. SO SWEET. FYI B1 Dad is also called pipefan413. Yeah but if Hussie is still Hussie then we know this bow on top has a twist in it somewhere. And bows are always twisted together which nicely expands upon the metaphor. Yeah and then you tear them open to get at whatever the end result is!
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Post by thezcmme on Apr 12, 2016 1:06:59 GMT
FYI B1 Dad is also called pipefan413. And bows are always twisted together which nicely expands upon the metaphor. Yeah and then you tear them open to get at whatever the end result is! And then you decide if it the result is actually good or not. If the person knows you well then you get a good gift. If Hussie knows his fans well then he'll give us an ending at least a majority of us will enjoy.
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Post by alleywaycreeper on Apr 12, 2016 2:42:27 GMT
While I can understand people being suspicious of all the happy moments... I suspect we may be at the point of the story where the characters are actually allowed to be happy and stay happy. Not that Act 7 won't bring some shitty twists of its own, because I'm sure it will, but I feel like those twists are probably not going to be so cruel as to rip apart a happy family reunion that literally just happened two pages beforehand. I know the fandom is accustomed to constantly expecting subversion all the time, but Homestuck also plays things straight a lot of the time, and we ARE kinda at the point in the story where "and they all lived happily ever after" is most likely to happen.
I agree with memento that it would be terribly cruel--too cruel for Hussie, even--to rip it all away. At least, just yet... The way things have been going, I'm convinced now: Hussie is totally that cruel. I already knew this was gonna hurt but damn. This is gonna be awful. But...potential horror and tragedy aside, that was a really sweet update. I didn't know whether to expect that Dad would realize who John was, so that was a very welcome surprise. I just need John, Jane and Dad hugging in the next update and I'm good.
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Post by PieTheDerptacular on Apr 12, 2016 2:58:09 GMT
This update made me so happy that I saved the picture to my computer. These past few pages are like the ultimate reunion x100 combo All of this happiness is making me more and more convinced that everyone is gonna be completely destroyed.
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Post by soeroah on Apr 12, 2016 3:26:35 GMT
Honestly the pages since Collide are all so nice looking I want the majority of them as wallpapers.
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Post by therationaldove on Apr 12, 2016 3:29:08 GMT
Everything is gonna be pain and suffering on 4/13. It'a gonna suck.
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Post by ForestGardener on Apr 12, 2016 3:39:43 GMT
In the best way possible.
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Post by sasuke on Apr 12, 2016 4:12:20 GMT
24 hours till 4/13 gaiz 24 hours for any last min theories. 24 hours for me to finish up my 4/13 cosplay. anyway im kinda disappointed we probably wont get to see new universe the kids make. but i was always expecting that.
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Post by tentacleTherapist on Apr 12, 2016 5:04:09 GMT
24 hours till 4/13 gaiz 24 hours for any last min theories.24 hours for me to finish up my 4/13 cosplay. anyway im kinda disappointed we probably wont get to see new universe the kids make. but i was always expecting that. Last minute theories? Umm... Umm... -Neither Pre or Post Retcon Caliborn become Lord English; Alt!Caliborn Does. -Homestuck is a coma dream Andrew Hussie had at an Olive Garden he imagined up in the Dream Bubbles; Caliborn and the Felt are caricatures of the actual heroes, and the trolls and humans are the actual villains (All the interactions Hussie has with the narrative are canon, though.). -Homestuck is a fan-fiction that Rose and Jade Collaborated on; but they still actually played Sburb. -Muse! Calliope accidentally creates a second Green Sun when trying to destroy the first. -Homestuck is a prequel to Undertale, and a sequel to Dinosaur Comics.
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Post by alleywaycreeper on Apr 12, 2016 5:11:36 GMT
-Homestuck is a fan-fiction that Rose and Jade Collaborated on; but they still actually played Sburb. I would totally read the AU fic where that was the case. There are a lot of fairly good AU fics out there, but few of them incorporate S***b in them as an actual, normal game that the kids play together, and I'd loved to see that more often. Also, it's only now occurred to me after I've been re-reading the recent pages, but Dad must be so confused. He's met his daughter as a little old lady sprite, and his dad as a teenager. But maybe he's used to this kind of crap by now.
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Post by headwind on Apr 12, 2016 10:25:22 GMT
24 hours till 4/13 gaiz 24 hours for any last min theories.24 hours for me to finish up my 4/13 cosplay. anyway im kinda disappointed we probably wont get to see new universe the kids make. but i was always expecting that. Last minute theories? Umm... Umm... -Neither Pre or Post Retcon Caliborn become Lord English; Alt!Caliborn Does. -Homestuck is a coma dream Andrew Hussie had at an Olive Garden he imagined up in the Dream Bubbles; Caliborn and the Felt are caricatures of the actual heroes, and the trolls and humans are the actual villains (All the interactions Hussie has with the narrative are canon, though.). -Homestuck is a fan-fiction that Rose and Jade Collaborated on; but they still actually played Sburb. -Muse! Calliope accidentally creates a second Green Sun when trying to destroy the first. -Homestuck is a prequel to Undertale, and a sequel to Dinosaur Comics. I have a few theories about the Homestuck Myth of Creation. They are not completely new, but maybe their linking together can be of interest: - The trolls and humans will succeed at creating Universe C, closing all causality loops, including those involved in the creation of Lord English. That sounds bad, but the twist is that this will be seen as a good thing. - The trolls and humans will open up the ability to create numerous additional universes, outside the A+B+C causality loop (and perhaps outside LE control). - Both of the above! One would be the reason the other is good. Vriska's self-serving speech will be seen as even more true and more dark that she intended or understood. The sacrifice for the sake of the future will not be limited to the destruction of uncountable ghosts: it will include the eons of suffering inside the linked Universes A+B+C, ruled by LE. The sacrifice will be necessary for the sake of the future uncountable shimmering universes to arise, outside that loop. - High energy astrophysics (such as giant black holes) will be involved in this process. - The creative powers of Skaia and the Sburb game will be involved in the process. - Both of the above! Skaia and Sburb set up the physics laws of each universe through the game rules. - In summary, Sburb/Sgrub/S***b/BH/GS is the genetic code of the never-ending Multiverse. Homestuck shows a crucially important three-universe slice of that infinitely larger multiverse. It is crucially important because it is the place where many things started. A+B+C will leave a subtle but permanent imprint in every reality arising from them. Just as Universe A left some subtle signs in Universe B (such as the Zodiac), but in an even larger scale. - The Denizens already know all of this, through their communion with the other slices of reality. - If this is true, in a sense Homestuck can be a prequel to Undertale. In the sense that it is a prequel to a huge number of realities to arise, Undertale could be presumably included. - I see these cosmic theories as interesting and appealing, but not completely new. Just a few hours to see if Hussie will show this, or something even more puzzling, spectacular, outrageous, or cosmic . I am looking forward to it!
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