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Well, Karkat just died, so you came back at a crazy time.

I think I started a bit after the Alpha kids were introduced – at least, that's when I caught up – so it's been about a year and a half.

Limited catchup (gotta use a borrowed ip to get Internet of now, so no flash animations… One time resurrection ? Needless to say I want Nepeta to get one… After everything is done.

There are two constants in Homestuck:

1. Gamzee is alive and unkillable
2. Nepeta is Dead

unlikely.

Addendum to Constant II:

Nepeta and Equius are dead.

To answer this question: I introduced myself to Homestuck towards the end of the point where Doctor Scratch (the white cue-ball guy) was narrating the story in Hussies place. So precisely before INSERT DISK 2.

I don't know what panel we were up to when I began reading but I assume it was one of the ones where Hussie is attacking Doc Scratch. I know this because well before I started reading; the KYM Pantskat entry had this image in it:

That image had been there for a while and Hussies assault on Doc Scratch comes after Doc Scratch is done narrating that image

I started reading the comic from the beginning at that time and, by the time I was done, we were up to exactly this panel

We could do the math to figure out how long it took me to read it by looking at the time difference between the aforementioned scenes but I'll just assume it was roughly one or two weeks

I started reading it around february 2012, and caught up exactly in the beginning of Act 6 Act 3 (Myststuck) (4/17 looking at the log). From there I was happy to read on in a serial way, and I installed a little app that notifies me whenever a new page is up.

aw yes

I'm having trouble adjusting to "page-a-day" mode. I feel like I know less of what's going on, less in the "flow".

Of course, that's clearly better than "not reading Homestuck".

@Serious

Yea that happens. The plotline is intentionally designed to be complex and hard to follow. So if you speed through it, you'll probably end up confused. Sometimes you will even have to backtrack a little to stay informed.

I read this comic because trying to understand it gives me a challenge

Why does this keep happening!?

Holy shit we almost had the thread closed. Gotta be more careful.

The thread is featured so it won't close automatically.

That said, it's been a while since we had some discussion. Is there nothing to talk about?

The webcomic currently updates a bit slowly, and in general I'm not too much of a fan of the constant glitchy stuff. Feels more like filler than actual progression.

But yeah, the Alpha and Beta kids meeting is getting closer by the panel, what do you all expect on how it will go?

Yeah, I feel like the breaks and general slowness of the updates have been giving Homestuck a bad feel, recently. Hopefully it'll get back into a constant updating rhythm again soon.

@RM
Based on John's recent conversation with himself, he'll hopefully see and help out Roxy soon, so I expect that to come before any other alpha/beta encounters.

You might say we're due for some

"Alpha-bet- SOUP"

YEEEAAAAAAAAHHH

Read the new upd8.

…Has Jake always been this unintelligible?

I think the fact that he was being a pussy in the face of his brainwashed comrade is a big factor in that.
EDIT: Jesus christ this is my first post in this thread I just realized.

He's just lucky he's so hot.

motherfucking johnroxy
@twilitlord you shut your smugass face about this ship and the update
god help us all

That latest update was the first in a while that made me laugh, as in actual laughing out loud and not just a chuckle.

Did John just tell her about Homestuck?

It seems he did.

Gentlemen…the impossible has just been achieved…and Roxy ignored all of it.

@prof johnroxy is so fucking canon shut the fuck up you're just jealous i saw it before it happened

So has John always had that ring he told roxy about? Because if so I am awful at paying attention.

Old question but I'll answer it anyway. If my memory serves me right: John got that ring from ghost Tavros who was going to use it to propose to ghost Vriska…I think…in a particular dream that John had the last time he fell asleep (and it would have been towards the beginning of that dream). That was ages ago, I can hardly remember.

As for where Tavros found it…no clue. Did he fight it off Hussie who was going to propose also? Shit, I can't be bothered going all the way back to the panel that confirms that.

Anyway I came here to point out: HOW THE HELL DID GAMZEE GET THERE? Was he stowed away in that the entire time? He just appears anywhere doesn't he?

Also he's the one that stole the ring.

So

was anyone expecting THAT character?

If you say yes you're lying

>mfw [S]

>tfw just a single panel with some sound

>mfw [S]

Heres a question: did anyone reach that panel and immediately check their phone?

No, because ringtone.

I'm not certain what to think about that upd8. Does this mean Areana's alignment has shifted towards the eviler sort?

@BSoD
What DarkErmac said. I was super excited before the page loaded, though. :|

Welp… Looks like Aranea has decided to go off the rails.

"the only thing thats left to really do its watch that ass whole fall."

(I completely forgot this Thread still exists! It moves way too slowly for my tastes!

Anyways, excuse me while I return to my Crossover fanart… I'll leave the tab open from now on just in case.)

Twilitlord the Canadian Coolkid wrote:

So

was anyone expecting THAT character?

If you say yes you’re lying

Vexarian on Tumblr did.

As for me, she wasn't anywhere near my first guess, but I wasn't particularly surprised anyways.

…Although that could be just because my definition of "Surprise" is too narrow, considering a dull "huh, wasn't expecting that" doesn't count if I feel like it makes sense at the time but had other expectations placed ahead of it.

And since my reaction to this was "Hmm, in hindsight I was kinda thinking Aranea was kinda being a bit more evil… I guess this turn makes sense." It doesn't count as surprise.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that for me I don't call it "Surprise" for anything short of "I could never have seen that coming even if I was a Seer.

…

It also helps that prior to the reveal, all other suspects to recive the ring were ruled out. Nobody else had enough screen time really to deserve it besides Meenah, Tavros, Vriska, Aranea or Calliope.

In reverse order: Calliope can't get the ring because it was just stolen, John said he's not going to give Vriska the ring, Meenah wants John to keep the ring away from her, Tavros flew off too soon to even care about it… Which leaves?

Yeah… Not really anyone around really important enough to get it besides her.

I'm getting real sick of Jake's shit.
EDIT: Scratch that. Jake has redeemed himself by that badass display.

Tally Ho Motherfucker.

KABOOM

Hussie strikes again!

Death by terrible reference. Talk about insult to injury…

Whoops did I just post that.

If you didn't see that coming from a mile away then you don't know how to Homestuck.

You just died.

Let's go over the life-restoring options covered by your insurance.

It says here you have reached God Tier. Good, good, that means you're eligible for God Tier Automatic Revival (some restrictions apply). What's that? Your death might be justified by your evil actions? Luckily, you have other options, but considering you were thoroughly possessed, we won't rule this out just yet.

Okay, having ascended to God Tier, you no longer have a chance of dream-self oral revival, so we'll go ahead and mark that as a "no"…

Hm… we could try magic ring transplant, but the likelihood of donation is slim to none.

Probably your best bet is to find a Hero of Life who can revive you, but be aware that this procedure can only be performed once, so you'll need to avoid dying again, and I believe that means a few lifestyle changes for you.

When I read "Only once" I immediately thought about Dragon Ball.
Fuck me I just realized i'm a weaboo.

I really wasn't expecting her death to be just. I didn't think Hussie would do that to a Beta kid just yet.

Her death wasn't just, that's the thing. Watch the flash again. It stopped for a fraction of a second in the middle, then flashed with the Serket eye and shifted to just.

Aranea rigged it. She's built up so much luck since she's been dead that she can overturn a GT revival.

Yeah, I saw what happened; I was just talking about Hussie writing her death as just through shenanigans. Wasn't expecting that.

Daww! What an adorable omnipotent cat thing. And its being cute!

…I wonder how long this will last…

(Anyone got the full gif? the only one I could find is a transparent one.)

@Lunar Protege

Here. Making it was easier than finding it. Just had to crop the image.

Squee~!

Thank you!

Just caught up properly.

HOOOOOOOOOLEEEEEEEY SHIEEEEEEET!

That is all I can say in response.

So….THAT's the special power that Heart players have…

Dayum

It's funny that it turns out the Prince can rip the soul from one's body…

…When there's already "Rogue of Heart" Nepeta out there who could have done the same thing, except much quicker and with little fuss.

As for the lightning powers?

MWAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAH!

(I'm kinda Thief of Heart-y, so yay!)