#[S] Dirk: Synchronize

[karkatbug]

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just gonna post my fave hs flash here for ease of access don’t mind me

[typographic-horror]

tried to sync that one part of atomic copper claw with [s] dirk: synchronize and it comes out..... decent

[callmearcturus]

what do you think about hal is he good evil or just misunderstood thoughts??

Hal as in Whomstve Hal?

Here's my problem: I am, like, the One Person in the fandom who just doesn't find Hal all that interesting. I get what's going on, but I'm not invested, maybe because I spent all my Super Invested points on Jane and Jake when others don't find them as interesting.

Hal is not "evil" though or misunderstood, IMO, because that implies there is a Correct way to interpret him.

That said, I do consider a Litmus Test of Did You Actually Understand Act 6 to be the simple question of: Who orchestrated Synchronize/Unite? Because if you think it was Dirk, then I would recommend rereading the opening three acts of Act 6 again.

The entire Synch/Unite thing is, to me, the one of the two interesting things Hal does. The S/U deal is this ultimate devil's bargain that Dirk strikes to save everyone. Hal will direct him and get everyone back alive again... but in return, Hal is going to kiss Jake first. Which is in of itself a Complicated price, given the animosity between Hal and Jake, and how Jake does understand more than pretty much anyone what Hal truly is... but covers it up with obfuscation to avoid how uncomfortable it makes him.

But I'm also of the opinion that Jake's belief in Dirk, his Hope Bullshit, is partially why the AR project even succeeded, and I find his culpability in it fascinating. Dirk and Jake keep making surrogate children out of their powers, it's hilarious.

Anyway, the other thing Hal does that's interesting is the Suicide Conversation on the rooftop, which to me is fascinating because as Dirk gets angrier and angrier (on some level rightly imo) at Hal's manipulations, the trump card that Hal pulls is "Of course I'm scared of dying, aren't you?"

Because Dirk isn't scared of dying. He categorically proves this so frequently that it's arguably one of his core character traits. He kills himself in Synch-Unite, he considers his dream self hella expendable, he kills himself in the Game Over timeline, he has no problem killing himself on the slabs of Derse but can't bear to hurt Roxy (even when its literally the Right Choice in the moment and impermanent besides), he kills himself in [S] Collide to defeat the Jacks--

Dirk Strider is not afraid of dying. But Hal is, and that is proof that Hal and Dirk are not even remotely the same person, that they diverged long ago. And IMO that's part of why Dirk goes "fuck it" and prototypes Hal, because that's not him. If Hal was just another splinter of Dirk, he'd just kill him(/himself) again, no big deal. But Hal is not a Dirk anymore.

Anyway, I guess to sum up: I unfortunately mostly like Hal in the ways he is Not Dirk. That's the interesting shit.

[umbreonstuck]

Quick question, how many pages are there that feature kissing?

i excluded hs2 and also did not include a few panels from doc scratches segment where there were kiss panels that were both already scene and also very far in the background where it didnt really matter

apologies for any errors. i had to make this on desktop for image limits. problem? im a mobile baby

Aradiabot + Equius

pre and post retcon. page 2287

Tavros + Vriska

page 2380

Sollux + Feferi

page 2480

Jadesprite + Jade

pages 3252-3253

Karkat + Kanaya

page 3384

Terezi + Tavros

page 3384

Rufio + Hussie

pages 3391-3393

Snowman + Spades Slick

pages 3855-3857

June + Rose / Terezi + Tavros / Karkat + Kanaya / Jade + Dave

jade and dave dont touch lips here but she does still kiss him. page 3870

Gamzee + June

page 4944 ([S] DD: Ascend more casually.)

Dirk + Roxy

they do kiss but squarewave censors it. page 5238 ([S] Dirk: Synchronize.)

Jake + Dirk (Hal ig)

like do i legally consider this a kiss with hal or just dirk? funny how this is the only kiss in the unite and synchronize sequence that was not censored. pages 5249-5250

Dirk + Jane

again, they do kiss, but a fade to white censors the touching of lips. page 5252 ([S] Dirk: Unite.)

Jake + Dirk (Hal)

again. page 5252 ([S] Dirk: Unite.)

Kanaya + Rose

you were waiting for this. pages 5421-5422

Roxy + Dirk

page 5758

(Vriska) + Meenah

page 7351

Jade + Davepetasprite^2

page 8008. boob

apologies if i missed any. im 3 years old and have memory loss

[kennykenbee]

Thinking about how in [S] Dirk: Unite Synchronization it’s dirk and Roxy’s first time seeing another human. Roxy. Is sooo happy and hugging dirk and holding Jane. And dirk is so emotionally repressed he won’t even take a second to like.. say hi. Or anything. It really makes me wonder why he’s like this. Like what in his upbringing made him think that being emotionally desolate was the best idea. Was it a coping mechanism???

[nintendont2502]

(For context.)

7, 9, 27, 46, 47, 48, 82, 93

(If you can't, don't answer them all.)

Ever cosplayed a HS character? A few! In rough order it was uhh regular Dave, god tier Dave, god tier John, a remake of my regular Dave, and I'm currently remaking my god tier Dave for a con this 413

Ever made an MSPFA? Never. I have a few vague thoughts, but I just. Do not have the time to do one rn, or the motivation. Ig you could technically argue that the one thing I did on sdd was a proto mspfa, but eh

Favourite carapician? PM my beloved

Character you'd be best friends with? I think I'd get along so well with Roxy tbh. Maybe John

Patron troll? ....Eridan. dear god

Zodiac troll? Fef my beloved

Favourite HS moment? EOA5/[S]: Cascade will always give me chills no matter how many times I watch it, and Synchronize/Unite is up there. The Dirk/Dave rooftop conversation and the Dirk/Hal rooftop confrontation, Davesprite being prototyped, the Nep/Equius conversation in Seek the Highblood,,, homestuck can be good sometimes I think

Favourite MSPFA? I. Dont read them. I started Crow Strider and then just. Never continued reading it for reasons I can't remember, I think I started Karkat Goes To A Convention and I remember enjoying that, and I've heard good things about Vast Error but I just. Idk. I haven't gotten around to them yet. Maybe one day when I've extracted every drop of enjoyment out of HS proper

[29pageshomestuckeveryday]

Homestuck, page 5,252

[S] Dirk: Unite.

Song used: Unite Synchronization by Malcolm Brown

[bolasmasivas]

[S] Dirk: Synchronize was certainly an experience bro what the scallop

[caliborniahomestucks]

MOD INTROS!

I'll start, I'm mod Clown! My username on most platforms is BattleblockB0ss, and I use all pronouns (they/he/she). I'm the founder of Calibornia Homestucks and I plan to stick with it for a long time. I've read Homestuck 4 times and am working on my fifth, and consider myself a Homestuck historian/archivist. Favorite Act: A4 or A5A2. I love the brief period where hero mode was everywhere, and something about the fantasyshit that plagued the entire comic is just great to me. I don't like A5A1 much because it feels rather slow, but shit gets GOOD in A5A2. I also really like one specific act in A6, I think the one with a ton of openbound segments, but I don't remember which one that is. Favorite Character: Dave Strider! He's just so cool. I love all the strilondes. I love all the characters, really, except for Jane and Jake. I will rant about them at length at any opportunity. Favorite Flash: [S] Wake!!!! I love it so much. It's what got me into Homestuck so it's super special to me! Favorite Album: Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido will always be special to me! It's one of my most listened to albums of all time on Spotify, and it's just absolutely brilliant. I love the 80's/90's pop sound, and all the songs just stand so excellently on their own both out of the context of the album and out of the context of Homestuck! I've done enough talking, it's time for Consort and Cowboy to take over :3

Cowboy… (So cool…) ((He/Him)) Hai I’m mod cowboy… I like cowboys. I’m also dyslexic (only saying cuz I’m almost never coherent over text.) Favorite Act: I’m not sure? I like the beginning, but it’s pretty slow, but I also don’t like sad stuff. Favorite Characters: I like Jane, Jade, Jake, Dave, and Dirk. There are a lot more but I’m stopping myself here before I list the whole cast and make an intro rivaling clowns in length. There just isn’t really a character I dislike. Favorite Flash: [S] Dirk: Synchronize. Cuz Dirk is actually real af in that one. It was also one of the only [S] that I was able to watch with sound on (for a bunch of convoluted reasons). It also brought 13 year old me to tears the first time I saw it. (Again, for a bunch of convoluted reasons. Tbh I don’t even know why I was just a very weird 13 year old.) Favorite Album: …I’ve only read HS with sound off… Okay I’ll explain why just because I feel like I HAVE to now (so thanks a LOT). My first read through I didn’t have headphones and so I wasn’t allowed to have the audio on or my mom would get mad. My second (attempted) read through I AGAIN DIDNT HAVE HEADPHONES so I couldn’t blast HS music in the middle of english class. Then my 3RD attempt, you will not be able to guess it… BUT I DIDNT HAVE FUCKING JEADPHOMES so I couldn’t blare HS music on a 12 hour bus ride. AND ON MY FORTH GOD DAMN FUCKING ATTEMPT TO READ HOMESTUCK I DIDNT HAVE HEADPHOMES so I couldn’t BLAST HOMESTUCK MUSIC on a airplane. THERE. THATS MY STORY.

i got bored of waiting for consort to respond so i'll just edit his intro in later

[hsrips]

can i get some rips from unite synchronization where dirk kisses roxy and jane? preferably with it being put together (i wanna edit it into my ocs :3 )

8ecause of the way Flash pages are done, the different pieces are separ8 from each other.

Here's Dirk kissing Jane in [S] Dirk: Unite:

And Dirk kissing Roxy in [S] Dirk: Synchronize:

[transgenderer]

it feels so weird that succession only has one more episode left. like...theres so much left to explore! shivs baby! shiv and tom! rome and gerri! tom and greg! ken and his family! mattson! idk. im really hoping they pull it off but leaving it feeling...idk, tight, complete, thats gonna be very tough

its gotta be like. its gotta be like [S] dirk: synchronize. or actually i guess cascade is a more apt comparison. its gotta be like cascade!

[dash-n-step]

If you really want to trip people up, ask them whether the song used for [S] Prince of Heart: Rise Up. is a Dirk song or not

If you REALLY want to trip people up, ask them whatever Unite Synchronization is a Dirk song or not

[therianomalocaris]

3, 19, 26?

3 was answered here!

oh boy i was HOPING someone would ask for my brotp because!! JADE AND DIRK!!!! they have soooo much in common they could hang out and build some cool science robots together... i like to imagine jade getting dirk into gardening and he's actually kinda good at it? also they 100% play minecraft together and have the world's fanciest automated farm.

my favorite flash is [S] dirk: unite synchronization. i have no deep reason for it i just really like it ::::D

[kaywavy]

cut scenes from homestuck include a take of [S] unite/synchronization where dirk just eats absolute shit while trying to ride the rocket board around and perform the medium entry sequence

[withered-tears]

Sometimes i rewatch [S] Dirk: Unite Synchronization and just become baffled by the fact i actually understand everything thats happening on screen

[nintendont2502]

favorite homestuck moment/s and what's ur favorite drink ??

Favourite homestuck moment/s

Definitely the entirety of [S] Cascade + Dirk: Synchronize/Dirk: Unite, the Bro and Davesprite/Bec Noir strife, the Dirk and Dave rooftop conversation and a lot of the meteor intermission stuff I think. Probably so much more that I can't remember

Favourite drink:

Fruit smoothie, Masters chocolate milk or Maccas orange juice