#also tinkerbull

[zestest-lemon]

Tavros as a sort of toddler stage

[peixespyrope]

CG: HEY ASSHOLE, STOP PLAYING GAMES FOR GIRLS.

this is a trans hc!!! imagine one of those huge post banners here. personally nothing against genderbends but this is Not One

[thewertsearch]

Oh, it's just Tinkerbull writing MEOW.

Unlike Rose's lavender cipher, Tavros isn't authoring this sequence in his signature color. Instead, his code is Doc Scratch white - a bad omen, if I ever saw one.

AA: an incomplete fragment consisting of four symbols AA: comprising the first word of a binary refrain

A binary refrain, implying the existence of a TOCK Player. Does each code constitute half of MEOW, or has Doc Scratch's genome been spliced with something else entirely?

AA: a pair of sounds emerging from the belly of a fabled tyrants menace

That would be the crocodile from Peter Pupa Pan.

Come to think of it, The story of Hook's crocodile draws some possibly-unintentional parallels to Homestuck's current arc. In the movie, it constantly circled Hook like a buzzard, the ominous ticking in its belly serving as a constant reminder that he was living on borrowed time.

AA: but you authored only one sound of the pair AA: i would write the other

Breath and Time, T1ck and T0ck.

What have you got cooking, Team Charge?

AA: completing the phrase of legend AA: the persisting sounds said to accompany the ultimate demise of the tyrant less an arm and an eye

These legendary injuries again. Just like in the original story, it seems that Pupa’s Hook also dies to the ticking of a clock.

In the context of the comic, this might actually be a prophecy about the death one of our Hook cosplayers – namely, Slick, Jack and Vriska. Perhaps the real reason these injuries are so common is to ensure we can't tell who this prophecy's actually about. Tyrant currently suits Jack best, but a lot can happen in four thousand pages.

AA: but even these eight characters AA: the scrawlings of charge AA: were still but half the code

Charge provides half the code, and Scourge undoubtedly provides the other. The nascent Doc Scratch is composed of four sequences, supplied by the progenitors of this group's bloodiest conflict.

It seems this code was implanted in three Prospit dreamers, and only one Derse dreamer. Sgurb's mechanics are almost universally balanced by moon, so I find this a little odd.

Immediately after the cueball incident, Vriska subconsciously authors break.

What does Terezi get, then? R3P41R?

‘BR8K H34DS.’

Team Scourge is the story of a rigged coin, and a broken 8-ball.

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

Granted the possibility that Eridan, Vriska and Aradia could be friends, by extension, could Eridan have the possibility to become friends with Tavros?

Unfortunately, no 😔 and what it comes down to is this: Eridan is REALLY STRESSFUL to be around if you aren't Karkat (even for people who like him, which is why such an important quality in his platonic friend group is an ability to set and maintain hard boundaries), and Tavros is REALLY BAD at dealing with stress.

Tavros often gets mischaracterized as being really sweet and kind, and I think that's a little south of where he actually is. His main character trait is avoidance, not acceptance. When the going gets tough, Tavros gets going, either physically (leaving Vriska to bleed out, or ghosting Gamzee after being put off by his offer to make out a little, or blocking Dave after getting scared by his sexual remarks) or mentally (his reliance on his imaginary friend, and the way he turns to them for comfort while being tormented by Vriska). He doesn't actually LIKE Vriska at all, and is actually pretty vocal about DISliking her, but he's too afraid of real confrontation to actually mount a resistance until well after it's too late, resulting in his death.

He's still a lot nicer than most of the trolls, but it's a low bar. And he deserved to be treated better, but that's also all of them. Let's not forget that once he really grows a spine after being combined with Vriska for a little bit, he flips her off. Even then, however, his response to things he doesn't like is still, like. Leaving. Growing a spine just lets him actually do that, instead of meekly expressing that he would like to, and then getting bullied into not.

And Eridan is just stressful to be around. He's basically a weeping geyser of emotional sincerity and neediness 24/7. Even the people in his life that like him need to set and maintain hard boundaries with him so they don't exhaust themselves, and this is even true of his romantic interests (with the exception of Karkat). Even Roxy gets stressed by him, even if it's good stress (excitement, fun).

And the thing is, even at his absolute best, most therapized, Eridan is still going to be the team's Murder Advocate. More intimately than anybody else, he understands the connection between sacrifice, duty, and the greater good. A lot of people seem to think Eridan's ultimate character arc should lead to him refuting violence, but I disagree; there are times where violence, and even murder, are necessary (for an easy example, killing Condy, and for a very personal example, killing lusii/trolls so his species/friends could stay alive). He's the teammate that reminds the rest of the team that violence and murder are viable, and sometimes the only, option; who offers to do the dirty work himself and shoulder that burden; and who has a powerful driving force of duty, responsibility, and - that most hopeful of qualities - CONVICTION.

His character arc doesn't lead to him refuting his prior beliefs, but gaining clarity on them: exactly what he believes in and why, disentangling it from his shitty society and the expectations it placed upon him. This inevitably leads to him having a very strong personality that clashes with a lot of his teammates, even post-character development, and unfortunately, Tavros is one of them.

So if we're talking Tavros before he grows a spine - they would definitely not be friends. Eridan would be able to trap Tavros into conversation, but if Tavros already doesn't like Vriska for being an asshole with empathy problems, there's no way he'd like Eridan, who's that turned up to eleven. I mean, let's be real, do you think Eridan "refuses to have fun and is also a hipster and also phrases things in a hostile and aggressive way as a default" Ampora would not wind up 1) insulting fiduspawn, 2) insulting tinkerbull/bringing up that he kills lusii regularly and that Tavros is really lucky tinkerbull is so small because it made them not a target, and/or 3) insulting Tavros for his spinelessness in an effort to pitch flirt, or even just as a factual observation?

And if we're talking Tavros after he grows a spine, all that would change is that he'd voice outright that he doesn't really like Eridan and doesn't want to talk to him. And then leave, probably.

And that'd be a problem for Eridan, before or after his character development, because he desperately craves attention, and Tavros's whole thing is avoiding the stuff he doesn't like. This is also why he wouldn't get along particularly well with people like Sollux or Equius; they don't really give him attention, good OR bad, and either tell him to fuck off, or fuck off themselves. Let's remember how Vriska ghosting him on accident led to him having an anxiety episode where he beats himself up for being SO STUPID!!!!!!! People who don't really like him and simply withhold attention from him are the people he feels the worst interacting with.

And that's BEFORE Gamzee gets added to the mix LOL

[brightb-vt]

Bing bang guess what fuckers the trolls are next and I mean ALL of the(non dancestor)m let's give these rat bastards digimon

Quick preface, I went into this with the idea of giving all the trolls one of the royal knight. They all felt like they fit them and had some nice overlap with the devas

Karkat, super simple but it felt right. Weak scrappy little guy suddenly shooting up into royal knight status matches Karkat in my mind

Vriska, was there ever any doubt she would get a spider line? You may notice that she got Kentaurusmon, the horse knight, instead of Equius. This is because I dislike Equius. (Also the eight limbs fit Vriska better)

Sollux, he obviously needed two digimon for the whole dual theming he has. You could just have his lines be Agumon and Gabumon but that felt boring to me so I'm being different for the sake of being different sue me.

Aradia, there's thankfully a ram digimon at every level so a line based on her zodiac sign was rather easy. I chose Dynasmon for her because of the horns lining up nicely with the rest of the line as well as it using ghost projections of dragons which also fit Aradia rather well.

Tavros, another easy line aside from the rookie but I'm sure there's a joke about Tinkerbull and ground beef somewhere. Examon was chosen given its focus on flight and its use of a lance, both fitting Tavros perfectly.

Terezi, I based her line off of her themes of justice. I made sure all of the line had covered eyes and, if I wasn't using royal knights only for megas, I would have given her Justimon instead. I do think Gallantmon works just as well, though maybe with the visor on the helmet down to cover the eyes.

I can only fit 10 on one post and I'm not making a post for the last two so I'll post the rest of them shortly after this goes up

[best-transgender-character]

Round 1 Matchups!

Before I announce who made it into the competition, I want to ask that there's no negativity about the results. I'm sure there were some of you who submitted characters that didn't make it, but I'm only one person, and there's only so many characters I can have in a competition. For this reason, I've gone with only the most frequently submitted characters, which felt like the most fair way to do it.

You also may notice some trends, and for this reason I've chosen to match up the polls a little differently than most competitions. Each match will have more than two competitors, and more than one winner. There will be a total of five rounds. For this first round, matchups are determined by similar traits. I believe this method keeps the competition more interesting for the more niche characters.

Here's a link to the FAQ, I recommend checking it before asking any questions.

Without further ado, here's your matchups, for Tumblr's Favorite Transgender Characters:

Round 1 Match 1 (two winners)

John/June Egbert (Homestuck) Rose Lalonde (Homestuck) Jade Harley (Homestuck) Dave/Dove Strider (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 2 (two winners)

Jane Crocker (Homestuck) Roxy Lalonde (Homestuck) Jake English (Homestuck) Dirk Strider (Homestuck) Hal Strider (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 3 (two winners, plus 1 runner up from match 3 or 4)

Aradia Megido (Homestuck) Tavros Nitram (Homestuck) Sollux Captor (Homestuck) Karkat Vantas (Homestuck) Nepeta Leijon (Homestuck) Kanaya Maryam (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 4 (two winners, plus 1 runner up from match 3 or 4)

Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck) Vriska Serket (Homestuck) Equius Zahhak (Homestuck) Gamzee Makara (Homestuck) Eridan Ampora (Homestuck) Feferi Peixes (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 5 (one winner)

Caliborn/Lord English (Homestuck) Calliope (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 6 (two winners)

Damara Megido (Homestuck) Rufioh Nitram (Homestuck) Mituna Captor (Homestuck) Kankri Vantas (Homestuck) Meulin Leijon (Homestuck) Porrim Maryam (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 7 (two winners)

Latula Pyrope (Homestuck) Aranea Serket (Homestuck) Horuss Zahhak (Homestuck) Kurloz Makara (Homestuck) Cronus Ampora (Homestuck) Meenah Peixes (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 8 (two winners)

The Handmaid (Homestuck) The Summoner (Homestuck) The Psiioniic/Helmsman (Homestuck) The Signless/Sufferer (Homestuck) The Disciple (Homestuck) The Dolorosa (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 9 (two winners)

The Neophyte Redglare (Homestuck) The Marquise Spinneret Mindfang (Homestuck) The Executor/Expatriate Darkleer (Homestuck) The Grand Highblood (Homestuck) The Orphaner Dualscar (Homestuck) Her Imperious Condescension/The Condesce (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 10 (three winners)

Dad Egbert/Crocker (Homestuck) Nanna (Jane Crocker) (Homestuck) Grandma (Jade English) (Homestuck) Poppop (John Crocker) (Homestuck) Colonel Sassacre (Homestuck) Dirk's Bro (Dave Strider) (Homestuck) Roxy's Mom (Rose Lalonde) (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 11 (three winners)

Tinkerbull (Homestuck) Biclopsdad (Homestuck) Crabdad (Homestuck) Pounce de Leon (Homestuck) Mother Grub (Homestuck) Dragonmom/Pyralspite (Homestuck) Aurthour (Homestuck) Goatdad (Homestuck) Seahorsedad (Homestuck) Gl'bgolyb (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 12 (four winners)

Davesprite (Homestuck) Davepetasprite^2 (Homestuck) Erisolsprite (Homestuck) Fefetasprite (Homestuck) Gcatavrosprite (Homestuck) Tavrisprite (Homestuck) Jasprosesprite^2 (Homestuck) Jadesprite (Homestuck) Arquiusprite (Homestuck) Nannasprite (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 13 (two winners)

Sawtooth (Homestuck) Squarewave (Homestuck) Liv Tyler (Homestuck) Lil Seb (Homestuck) Brobot (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 14 (three winners)

Becquerel (Homestuck) Halley (Homestuck) Gcat (Homestuck) Jaspers (Homestuck) Vodka Mutini (Homestuck) Maplehoof (Homestuck) Serenity (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 15 (two winners)

Crocodile (Homestuck) Salamander/Casey (Homestuck) Turtle (Homestuck) Iguana (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 16 (two winners)

Jack Noir/Spades Slick (Homestuck) Hegemonic Brute/Hearts Boxcars (Homestuck) Courtyard Droll/Clubs Deuce (Homestuck) Draconian Dignitary/Diamonds Droog (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 17 (three winners)

Authority Regulator/Aimless Renegade (Homestuck) Warweary Villein/Wayward Vagabond/The Mayor (Homestuck) Parcel Mistress/Peregrine Mendicant (Homestuck) White Queen/Windswept Questant (Homestuck) Black Queen/Banished Quasiroyal/Sn0wman (Homestuck) White King/Writ Keeper (Homestuck) Black King (Homestuck) Jack Noir/Bec Noir (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 18 (two winners)

Ms. Paint (Homestuck) fedorafreak (Homestuck) The Genesis Frog/Bilious Slick (Homestuck) His Honorable Tyranny (Homestuck) MSPA Reader (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 19 (three winners)

Typheus (Homestuck) Cetus (Homestuck) Hephaestus (Homestuck) Echidna (Homestuck) Hemera (Homestuck) Nix (Homestuck) Abraxas (Homestuck) Yaldabaoth (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 20 (three winners)

Itchy (Homestuck) Doze (Homestuck) Trace (Homestuck) Clover (Homestuck) Fin (Homestuck) Die (Homestuck) Crowbar (Homestuck)

Round 1 Match 21 (three winners)

Matchsticks (Homestuck) Eggs (Homestuck) Biscuits (Homestuck) Quarters (Homestuck) Cans (Homestuck) Stitch (Homestuck) Sawbuck (Homestuck)

[lesboygamzee]

i have refined a transfem tavros essay thingy i wrote recently because it was initially something i quickly wanted to write out for a friend because someone was being a cunt about her getting into the transfem swag bracket but i wanted to extend it and tidy it up a bit because i was RIGHT im so smart . under the cut because it is like comically long . did you guys know i love her

tavros' journey as a page of breath on it's own reads to me as a journey a closeted queer person would go through, of course on a larger scale. being a hero of breath means having strong ties to freedom, confidence, fluidity, and change, among other things. of these, tavros has the strongest ties to freedom and confidence, but she of course she embodies most to all themes surrounding breath.     as a page, the structure of her journey involves her initally lacking her aspect (so in tavros' case, she begins with little freedom, as well as self-esteem issues), and overtime growing to embody her aspect. while this obviously manifests in more obvious ways, i think it's important for a trans reading of her to take into account how this would also show through her being allowed to express herself in the ways she wants to.

tying into the previous point; tavros is a character repeatedly forced into a masculine role by other characters (whether it be actively trying to get her to play the part of a masculine figure, or is simply the result of how other characters expect her story to play out). due to it taking away her freedom on the matter, it ends up fitting (unsurprisingly) awkwardly, and when this happens she is mocked for not being able to play the part.     when she is actually allowed to choose her role, she fits it far better. she is meant to be given freedom as a breath player, and this involves not only not sticking to a confined role (e.g. she assembles the ghost army on her own only to pass on the leadership to meenah, giving up her position to essentially play support instead) but to take on each on her own terms rather than just going with what's expected of her.     (of course, this isn't a situation specific to transfeminine people. anyone in some way viewed as a man is going to be assigned certain standards by others and mocked for being unable to conform to said standards, as happens to anyone viewed as a woman with female standards, but i do find this type of situation to be something that can deepen a reading of a character as trans when paired with everything else.)

outside of the breath aspect, tavros shares common themes with aradia and vriska. they're all fairy-themed characters; aradia is described as a red pixie, and vriska is frequently compared to a fairy (& her ancestor is the inspiration for blue fairies on alternia, as well as being a joke on 'exposition fairy' pre-scratch).     of the three, tavros' fairy themes are the most prevalent from the beginning. one of her main interests is in blue fairies, her lusus is a fairy bull she named 'tinkerbull', and her ancestor had a mutation that caused the growth of fairy wings.     notably, of the three, tavros is the only one to not god-tier in the alpha timeline, making her the only fairy without wings. the only fairy that isn't immediately recognisable as one, the only fairy who doesn't 'pass'. self explanatory.

if you also read vriska as transfeminine, there's something to be said about one of the reasons why she resents tavros. specifically, tavros not suffering in the same way vriska does.     i feel it's self explanatory as to why i can read a potential part of this dynamic as vriska being a trans woman who experiences very strong dysphoria, and getting jealous that tavros doesn't seem to be showing signs of it, but still wanting to present as a girl. what i'm saying is vriska is truscum i can't be overly verbose here she's such a fucking failgirl good lord.

other things of note:

•tavros specifically names her fairy bull lusus 'tinkerbull', after a female fictional character. all lusii share a gender with their ward, making tinkerbull male, but tavros still chooses to address him with a name that could give the impression that he's female. •in the dream bubbles, a ghost of tavros is shown wearing a fairy dress with fake wings. i feel like this ties into my earlier point of her being a fairy that doesn't pass.

conclusion: transfem swag

[notwhatyoucameherefor]

Family dynamics for my silly humanstuck au

Because having every family consist of two siblings and one parental figure felt really forced. All lussi are humanized.

Megido: Damara is the Handmaid's daughter, and Aradia is Ram Mom's daughter. The Handmaid is trapped in the clown cult and playes basically the same role she does in the comic. She gave Damara to Ram Mom because her position in the cult prohibits her from having kids at all and keeping her around was putting both her and her kid in danger. They were both raised by Ram Mom and told they were siblings, but Damara knows that's a lie because she was there for the cult stuff and Aradia knows because she has any level of observation skills.

Nitram: Nitram is in quotation marks because they are in no way related. Rufioh is a kid in the same neighborhood as Tavros who hangs out at the same places and shares a lot of interests and helps Tavros with his school work and personal issues. Their relationship is sibling like enough in nature that they just refer to each other as their older/younger brother when referring to them in conversation. Summoner is Tav's dad, Tinkerbull is Rufioh's dad who considers Tavros honorary family.

Captor: Captor is also in quotation marks bc they're not related either. The biclopse lussus has been split into two people for this au and Sollux and Mituna are honorary family by virtue of their dads hanging out a lot. Mituna calls Sollux his cousin for convenience. Sollux explains the situation once to new people and from there on refers to him with an extensive inventory of mean spirited nicknames.

Vantas: They actually are related so uhh here's a fun fact that is fun. The Signless (grandpa in this dynamic) was a pastor (and also the Dolorosa's adopted kid btw. This gives the Mariyams and the Vantases a really weird relationship) and bc of that Crabdad is super aggressively religious. Kankri will tell you he's Christian because "he believes in the message not the literal interpretation" and then explain to you why organized religion is evil in the same breath. Karkat is 100% atheist and pissed that it's even a thing he has to think about on a daily basis.

Leijon: They're also just regular ol siblings. Meulin has cut off contact with everyone but Nepeta and doesn't get invited to family stuff though, she had a really big falling out with everyone over her involvement with the clown cult. Nepeta was too young to get the full details of that and doesn't really care enough to ask questions. They talk daily and have a good cool relationship.

Mariyam: The Dolorosa adopted Grub Mom way late into her life which is why Porrim and Kanaya are the same ages as Kankri and Karkat. Kanaya and Porrim are both test tube babies. They actually have a healthy functional family dynamic so idk what else to say.

Pyrope: Once again not related. Don't even live close enough to physically meet up. They met online through epic gaming and Latula became kind of a sister figure for Terezi after they bonded over the shared experience of needing to raise yourself because your parents didn't. (Terezi's dragon mom is alive and loving and she gives the best advice ever but she's also too bedriddenly sick to do much actual work. And I'm thinking Latula grew up in foster care maybe.)

Serket: They're cousins who don't talk much but keep up with each other on social media and look up to each other in the way where they both go "wow she's so cool!!" online and then when they actually meet up they realize they annoy the hell out of each other. Vriska has Spider Mom (who is probably less murdery but still abusive) and Aranea has Mindfang (who is pretty absent and may or may not be deep in some really sketchy shit. Vriska and Aranea both idolize her way too much.)

Zahhak: I don't remember why I came to this decision so it may be subject to change, but I remember thinking it was clever as fuck when I did. They're blood related siblings, but they're both adopted. Into different households. They found out about each other because they went to the same school district all their lives and Equius's teachers kept being like "Equius Zahhak??? Is Horuss your brother" and after years of being like "Whomst" he eventually looked him up and realized that yeah I guess he is my brother actually. Equius stopped talking to him or mentioning him to anyone after like 3 Facebook messages but Horuss tells literally everyone he knows about it as if they actually has a sibling bond. Also the plotline of him deciding to get closer to Meulin because he saw what Eq and Nep have and went "I want that" remains the same.

Makara: I don't know (or really care honestly) if they're biological siblings or not but it really doesn't matter. Their dad fucked off out of their life when they were really little and Lord English indoctrinated them into the cult by giving them a home and family in it. (He did this solely because he was old and gonna die soon and he needed at least one trusted and devote member to raise his kid in accordance to the cult rules by the way.) Gamzee and Kurloz consider the Cult of the Messiahs their family and they live together with Calliope and Caliborn. They consider the two of them brothers and they have a secret cult dlc relationship to the Cals.

Ampora: Normal siblings so ummmmmmmm. Seahorse Dad is a rich and successful guy with a Reputation. He tried to raise Cronus super strictly but he chipped away at his willpower fast, so now Cronus is the most reckless entitled adult ever and Eridan gets everything he wants handed to him on a silver platter. Fun!

Peixes: They are siblings but they don't have a familial bond because their mom never treated the household like a family. Gl'bgolyb is also a rich successful girlboss (I mean like she inherited all of Condy's stuff and then didn't expand upon it or go out of her way to achieve anything more, but she still manages all of Condy's stuff, which is a lot of stuff.) She tried to raise Meenah to be the perfect heir but she was not down for that so all it accomplished was giving her the skills to more successfully do the opposite of whatever Gl'bgolyb wanted. As a result Meenah is kind of seen as a family disgrace. While she was trying to raise Meenah Feferi got shoved to the side as the Other Kid and was treated less like a daughter and more like a freeloader (which her constant insistence that the company's business practices were flawed did not help). But now Gl'bgolyb has no one to leave her company to except two kids she views as disappointments (She has her eye on her niece Jane though). Feferi and Meenah have started to bond a little bit (like a microscopic bit) over this, but Meenah still needs to unlearn the "you are competing against your sister for the company and if you trust her she will ruin you" mentality that Gl'bgolyb instilled into her. Also sidenote Condy's dynamic with all the humans she adopted is exactly the same as it is in canon, down to her marrying Colonel Sanders. Also the clown cult has serious beef with CrockerCorp.

Cals: As previously mentioned, Lord English (leader of the clown cult and considered to be god by his followers) is their dad and he left them with the Makaras. Calliope doesn't want anything to do with the cult but loves Gamzee and Kurloz as family nonetheless. Caliborn is her headmate and considered by the cult to be Lord English reincarnated, and boy howdy he sure is Caliborn.

[knights-unwelcommentary]

Lusus naturae seem to not only have a strict adherence to adopting trolls of their own blood color, but also seem to have a preference for trolls that also share other features with them

Tinkerbull and Tavros have similar horns, Nepeta and Pounce have similar lips, Sollux and the bicyclops have the same eye colors, the mothergrub has the same horn shape as Kanaya, etc

[airprime7]

Wait a second...

There *is* a cow!

THE BULL PENIS CANE

(Also tinkerbull technically)

Sorry just need some space here to play with my emojis

🦕 playing dinosau

🛖playing hut

🦣 playing mammoth

🎂 playing birthday cake

🌵playing cactus

🐩 playing poodle

🍄playing mushroom

🌋 playing volcano

🫎 playing moose

🐗playing boar

🐖playing pig

🖼️ playing picture

🦃 playing turkey

🐛 playing caterpillar

🍯 playingy honey pot

🛶 playing canoe

🪅 playing viva pinata

🎃 playing jackolantern

🦠 playing with germ

🎳 playing ball and pins

🧽 playing sponge

⚗️ playing alembic

🩻 playing xray

🪜playing ladder

🧲 playing magnet

📐 playing angle

🏺playing pot

⚰️playing vampire coffin

💣playing bombs

🚬playing cigarette

[pesterloglog]

Vriska Serket, Tavros Nitram

Act 5, page 2349-2351

AG: Taaaaaaaavros!

AG: Go outside and look at what I 8uilt for you! You are going to FLIP!

AT: oKAY,

AT: i THINK THIS, iS,

AT: pROBABLY MEANT TO ANTAGONIZE ME,

AG: What are you talking a8out. Look at my 8eatiful 8uilding. Don't you think it's a8out time someone got a little cre8tive with this game????????

AT: uMMM, mAYBE,

AG: Everyone always wants to do things the 8oring way.

AG: Didn't we make a truce, Tavros? That we would try to 8e less 8oring from now on?

AG: You don't want to 8reak your truce with me, do you Tavros?

AT: nO,

AG: Gr8. Now get clim8ing!

AT: pLEASE DON'T READ THIS AS,

AT: a BORING THING, i HOPE,

AT: bUT,

AT: iT'S PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT, mOSTLY,

AG: Man. I knew it. Toreasnooze is 8ACK IN ACTION.

AT: wHY DON'T YOU, iN LIKE,

AT: a NOT BORING WAY, bUILD,

AT: mORE INCLINED SURFACES, lIKE YOU DID OVER THERE,

AT: mAYBE YOU COULD COLOR THEM, wITH FUN COLORS,

AT: sO YOU WON'T THINK THEY'RE BORING AND GET ANGRY AT ME SOME MORE,

AG: I 8uilt that ramp 8ecause we were in a hurry to save your life, remem8er?

AG: A dead Tavros is even more 8oring than an alive and crippled Tavros 8y a slim margin.

AG: My stair structure is lovely and I'm not changing it.

AG: Now hop out of your wheel device and get clim8ing!!!!!!!!

AT: uHH,

AT: cLIMBING,

AG: Or crawling. Whatever! Stop 8eing so helpless. It's pathetic.

AT: iT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME,

AG: What's the rush! You're in the game, safe and sound. Look in the sky. Do you see any meteors? I sure don't!

AT: bUT, tHERE ARE IMPS AROUND,

AT: aND i'LL BE SORT OF DEFENSELESS,

AT: lYING DOWN ON STAIRS,

AG: Siiiiiiiigh.

AG: You did not just use that excuse. We 8oth know you can commune with these things.

AG: Hey! Why don't you psychically command them to carry you up????????

AG: Oh my god that is a gr8 idea. Once again, leave it to Vriska to come up with the cre8tive solutions.

AT: i WOULDN'T REALLY,

AT: WANT TO MAKE THEM DO THAT,

AT: i JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, wHY,

AT: wE CAN'T DO THIS THE EASY WAY,

AG: What good would that do you?

AG: Whatever the purpose of this game is, it makes you work hard for it!

AG: That way you 8ecome stronger along the way and you are 8etter prepared for whatever's next.

AG: Remem8er when we used to flarp together???????? It was the exact same principle. And that's why you were always outmatched! You were too soft and not well prepared.

AG: Nothing comes easy, Tavros. That is why we go through the trials in the 8rooding caverns when we are young.

AG: To make sure we are strong when we come out!

AG: Do you remem8er the trials, Tavros?

AT: nOT VERY WELL, nO,

AG: Well, I do, and they were a 8itch.

AG: 8ut now that I think a8out it, it would make perfect sense if your trials were really easy 8y some mistake.

AG: That is why you are such a soggy phlegm sponge, and why you got picked 8y such a sad, frail little lusus!

AT: }:(

AG: 8ut that's ok, it pro8a8ly wasn't your fault. Just a 8ad 8r8k!

AG: You're lucky you have me as a server player, so I can challenge you and help you get strong.

AG: Now hop out of that seat and get clim8ing! I will deliver the device to you once you are at the top.

AG: Clim8, Pupa!

AG: Cliiiiiiiiim8!

AT: mAYBE i SHOULD ASK TINKERBULL ABOUT THIS,

AT: hE'S REALLY SMART, nOW THAT HE CAN TALK,

AG: No!!!!!!!!

AG: You don't need help from your lame 8ull fairy. He is only holding you 8ack.

AT: hE'S MY FRIEND,

AG: God. Pathetic.

AG: This is getting frustrating.

AG: Why did I have to get stuck with the cripple? Just my luck.

AG: Do you have any idea how inconvenient this is? Do you have any sympathy for what I'm dealing with here?

AT: uHH,

AG: You're so inconsider8. You just sit there looking smug. It's infuri8ing to look at you.

AG: You haven't even thanked me! Or apologized for that matter!!!!!!!!

AG: uHHHHHHHH THANKS VRISKA, fOR sAVING UHH MY LIFE,

AG: uMMMMM IT SURE WAS 8RAVE AND HEROIC AND PRETTY OF YOU,

AG: aLSO uMMM dUHHH,,,, uMMM,,, i AM SORRY FROM THE 8OTTOM OF MY NOOK,,,,,,,,,,

AG: Seriously, how hard would that have 8een?

AT: oKAY,

AT: tHANKS, i GUESS,

AT: bUT,

AT: sORRY FOR WHAT,

AG: For 8eing crippled, you ass!

AT: yOU WANT ME TO APOLOGIZE,

AT: fOR BEING PARALYZED,

AG: Yes.

AG: Say you're sorry.

AT: i DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE, oR bORING,

AT: bUT THAT'S RIDICULOUS, gIVEN,

AT: uH, tHE CIRCUMSTANCES,

AG: 8ullshit!

AG: It's something called 8asic decency and civility you fudge8looded 8oor.

AG: Now get down on your useless wo88ly knees and apologize.

AT: nO, i DON'T WANT TO,

AG: >::::O

AG: Apologize, Pupa!

AG: Apologiiiiiiiize!!!!!!!!

AG: Say you're sorry for being a cripple! Wheeeeeeee!

AG: Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!

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Homestuck, page 2,109

Tavros: Command faithful steed.

With a brooding whinny, Horsaroni shuffles his mighty hooves and makes short work of the fidusucker, boosting his vitals! Horsaroni is now primed and raring for battle. Look out Tinkerbull!!!

Author commentary: This, frankly, is a bit gross. How about we just kick off Tavros's intro with a ton of graphically unpleasant gooey alien shit? Why not. It also establishes his animal communion power, which, to be fair, is a pretty good justification for playing Fiduspawn, no matter how lame Vriska thinks it is. Could it be the game of choice for many brown bloods, who also happen to have this ability? No wonder she prefers to pull Tavros into a game that grants her powers a major advantage, rather than his. Wow, she is so smart.

[thewertsearch]

CA: anywway a lot of us believve wwere meant to trace the footsteps of those ancestors evven though wwe can nevver knoww em CA: and on that journey wwe can come across belongings they once had cause wwe wwere hatched to find em and finish their wwork

The human Guardians seemed fully aware of their offspring's special role in their planet's fate. Doubtless the same was true of the troll ancestors - especially if they landed with heirlooms from the Veil.

If any of our trolls had sought out the story of their predecessors, I'm sure they would have discovered some very interesting things indeed.

For no particular reason, I'm suddenly reminded of the fact that Terezi lived next to an ancient Sgrub construct - one which bore the symbol of her family.

And nothing of value was lost.

That being said, I'm a little concerned about Eridan's ability to do this. This is a move we've seen Rose use on him, and it feels like an ominous hint that his powers are a lot stronger than we thought.

If his science wand is at all comparable to the Thorns of Oglogoth, we should all be very nervous.

Looks like we’re getting a timeline refresher.

At the end of their game, Jack attacked the trolls. This event occurred about ten hours before some critical point, which is probably the moment the trolls' session dissolves.

Four hours later, he destroyed Prospit.

Frankly, I'm surprised it took him that long. Maybe he was just fucking around in the session until then.

After an hour dreaming in the Furthest Ring, Karkat woke up, and finally learned about the humans.

And an hour after that, we enter a scene I don’t think we’ve seen before. Judging by Nepeta's dream, we at least know it's prior to the destruction of Derse.

Also….

Is that Tinkerbull's body, somehow removed from its Sprite? Is it a plushie of Tinkerbull? What's going on here?

AA: hi TA: hii? AA: i guess i sh0uld say s0mething AA: bef0re i g0

Aradia appears to have foreseen her own destruction. I used to think that Rose might be responsible - but now Eridan, too, has gained the ability to destroy technology with magic, and he's significantly more likely to use it maliciously.

[celesticalcryptids]

Sollux would let him kill and eat bi-clops like no hesitation I feel like

But it's a humanoid creature so Chilchuck and Marcille wouldn't let him and he'd be bummed as hell about it.

I also think Marcille would get sad as hell eating a Tinkerbull or the double mouth cats like Pounce

A Lusus from Homestuck (pick whichever you think would be funniest)

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

AT: wHEN MY LUSUS WANTS, uH, pETS, fROM SOMEONE, hE'LL GO UP TO THEM, aND LOWER HIS HEAD TO SHOW HIS NECK,

AT: rECENTLY, hE'S BEEN DOING THIS, tO A PITCH BLACK CREVICE BEHIND MY RECUPERACOON, eVEN TRYING TO CAJOLE THE, uH, dARKNESS,

AT: hOW DO I, tELL HIM THAT, uH, dARK CHASMS ARE NOT FRIENDS,

AA: theres a gh0st in there

CG: A DAMN RUDE ONE TOO. PET THE LUSUS.

[colour-collection]

for that drawing suggestions post: nepeta or jake please!

You probably wanted an action pose but look: I love tinkerbulls