#bloodied-lalondes

[chrisrin]

alpha crew! alpha GANG!!

[twizzlerstriders]

Not sure if they have a Twitter so posting this here but my art and charms from @0l-unreliable arrived!!!! I love how it’s packaged omg they’re in cute baggies!

[dontronick]

This was just an excuse to draw them in casual clothes & just in general.

I missed them

[cybergoth-damsel]

what homestuck girl would you be housemates with

Crepe my friend you are giving me such indulgent asks thank-you.

The general trend of being a woman in homestuck is being intensely self destructive/messy so a lot of my favs are ineligible. The correct answer is, of course, Jasprosesprite^2.

[capnkirk17]

rosey rosa rose

[astronomicaltaxon]

day 16: spring

[euphoniousjester]

rosemary fanart based on bloody kisses by type o negative! hope you like it

[homestuck-fanauthor-coalition]

Red 40

Chapter 2: Bloody Mary

"Fine, you're right." Karkat steps out, making sure to lock the car before they get too far. "I don't know why I'm being weird about this." He knows exactly why, just doesn't want to admit it even to himself. He holds the door open for Dave, and once they're in the building he can feel it. There's a different sort of haze in the air, and every eye in the room seems to be on them. No- not them. Just Dave. Karkat finds himself also glancing at the man beside him, holding his gaze on Dave for about five seconds before he manages to look straight ahead instead.

@ambrosianlullaby and @davekatgnocchi bring us another chapter of their monsterstuck fangfic! If you need a reminder of why you should take a bite, check out the summary below!

Red 40 (18923 words) by DavekatGnocchi, ambrosianLullaby Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Homestuck Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas, Minor Dave Strider/Jade Harley - Relationship, Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam, Jake English/Dirk Strider Characters: Dave Strider, Karkat Vantas, Kanaya Maryam, Rose Lalonde, Dirk Strider, Terezi Pyrope, Gamzee Makara, Aranea Serket, Dave's Bro | Beta Dirk Strider, Calliope (Homestuck), Caliborn (Homestuck), Jade Harley, John Egbert, Jake English, Jane Crocker Additional Tags: Dirk Strider and Dave's Bro Aren't the Same Person, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Humanstuck, Blood, Violence, Altered Mental States, Dubious Consent, Sexual Harassment, Past Sexual Harassment, Body Horror, Gore, PTSD episodes, Panic Attacks, Possessiveness, Explicit Sexual Content, Alcohol, Implied/Referenced Torture, Past Torture, Dave Strider Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Alternate Universe - Monster Hunters, Vampires, Fae & Fairies, Shapeshifting, Magic, Past Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Trans Dave Strider, Trans Male Character, Suggestive Themes, Awkward Flirting, Drunken Flirting, Drunk Sex, Roleplay Logs, Fluff and Angst, Eventual Smut, The Homoerotic Implications of Vampire Bites, bigkat Summary: Dave Strider is twenty-three years old, and for the past three years he has finally gotten to live a normal life; a retired monster hunter living in a town near the Rainbow Falls in New York. Though, it’s been a month since he’s even heard from his new best friend, and his old instincts tell him that, that can’t mean anything good.

[homestuck-best-girl-tournament]

Did you know? Grandma English only appears in TWO (2!) panels of Homestuck! One of them, seen above, is Jake imagining her and her brother as youngsters. The other is of her bloody corpse.

[dyspunktional-leviathan]

Seeing a post about characters named Jack and Rose, and rolling your guessing through three options while you’re reading

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Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater from the movie Titanic, young adult humans standing on the ship deck in the open sea at sunrise. Rose is spreading her arms, looking forward with awe, and Jack is embracing her from behind, smiling at her.

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[Image description 2/3:

Rose Tyler and Captain Jack Harkness from the TV show Doctor Who, both humans, Rose is a young adult and Jack is a somewhat older (but still young) adult. In their background is the Big Ben clock face, they are facing each other and laughing, Jack is holding a bottle of alcohol and Rose is holding two shot glasses.

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[Image description 3/3:

Rose Lalonde and Jack Noir (specifically, Sovereign Slayer) from the webcomic Homestuck. Rose is a young teenage human, in the Grimdark state which turns her skin dark grey, has white light come out of her eyes and mouth, and a black aura around her; Jack is represented by a black silhouette with some details, and is a member of a humanoid species covered with chitinous carapace; currently, he also has a dog head and crow wings. They are fighting, Rose parrying Jack’s sword with her knitting needles and magic. Dead, bloody body of John Egbert, Rose’s best friend, is lying on the ground behind them.

/End image description 3/3]

[marisoft-paint-adventures]

Raise of the Conductor’s Baton: Pgs. 248-270

IT’S FUCKING WAYWARD VAGABOND.

HE’S HERE.

oh? what’s that? you call him “The Mayor?”

THE MAYOR

IS THE TITLE OF THE FALSE IMPERSONATOR.

WV is an honest chess man thing, a humble farmer turned revolutionary leader against the tyranny of the kingdoms. he stood for democracy and freedom and fought for these ideals. he was the last man alive in a bloody massacre, left to sulk in survivor’s guilt.

“The Mayor” is a strange childlike creature with no true morals, relenting all of his autonomy so he can be coddled by everyone around him. he let Earth C be ravaged by a bunch of 16 year olds who turned it into a racially divided monarchy. he is a false idol and an insult to the legacy of WV.

anyways Rose Lalonde made a GameFAQ.

the 2 flashes that open Act 2 have some really nice shots, seeing the skies of LOWAS without knowing what’s below is pretty damn menacing. you’d think the Egbert household got banished to the fucking void or something. welcome to purgatory, featuring clowns.

and then oh FUCK it’s a WALKAROUND BABY.

the walkarounds are so fucking good, I just LOVE registering the dimensions of these fictional locations admiring the random shit placed within them.

weirdly enough, the Act 4 opener is the only other flash to exclusively use this style of walkaround. by that I mean, using the regular sprite mode art style in and letting the player move around in the isometric camera angle. on 1 hand, completely understandable, it would be an utter nightmare to constantly reuse or make brand new traditionally drawn art assets just for some open areas to fuck around in. on the other, literally controlling in a Homestuck environment is fucking cool, the feeling is like no other, this is the John house and I am walking through it.

best part about this has to be witnessing WV’s manner of speaking, it’s so fucking good. he’s eternally yelling in direct mannerisms while not knowing shit about anything.

some highlights:

also very good that he utterly despises clowns because that was the attire of both the monarchs and Jack Noir.

oh also there’s the 

command where you can turn

and walk through walls.

Trickster Mode is fun, Trickster Mode is silly, I am not going to talk about the white part, let me have this for a moment.

we should instead talk about how you can enter Problem Sleuth’s office.

god Problem Sleuth is so fucking good.

John.

John is afraid of heights, another character detail that needs to be represented more in fanworks. we need more acrophobia content.

just look at him, the poor child.

[scuttles around like a little guy.]

YOOOOOOO IT’S FEDORAFREAK!!!!

EB: i'm fine i guess. EB: since i got here i feel compelled to do these weird things i don't really want to do. EB: by some kind of voice that i can't really even hear. i don't know, it is hard to explain. TT: Perhaps the early symptoms of an anxiety disorder, like post-traumatic stress?

haha, John??? suffering from anxiety and PTSD??? hahaha, imagine. haha.

ha.

uh.

[whamss]

13 17 19 22

13. Favorite ship without any humans and/or trolls?

Ahhh I'll admit that I don't think a lot about characters who aren't the humans and trolls... But thinking just about art I've seen and liked in the past maybe Spades Slick/Snowman? I think that one can be fun

17. What was your first ship?

I think AraVris was the first ship that I had any thoughts about when I read the comic , but DirkJake was the first ship that I actually dedicated Brain Power to. So I guess DirkJake? I had such an annoying DirkJake phase...

19. Do you have any headcanons for any ship?

What is shipping... If not headcanon...

No but seriously, I have so many, but I feel like talking about headcanons is so boring if I can't give like 200 words of lead up dhdkdhdk Rotating... I think Kanaya makes most of the money in the Rosemary household (Rose Lalonde: Chronically Unemployed), and despite Rose's contribution to their joint income being extremely negligible she still gets weird about it if Kanaya buys a lot of frivolous things. But anyways, Kanaya buys a greenhouse, which Rose can't fathom why (they have a perfectly good garden!) until she finds out that Kanaya is using it to raise Alternian Plant-life, many of which are deadly and want to kill you. Whenever Kanaya goes in there it's like she's fighting a bloody battle for her life. It's enriching for her. Rose likes to watch

22. Least favorite popular ship?

Ough this is so hard, I feel like most of my Shipping Opinions lean on either "I love this" or complete and utter indifference. But I do have Eri/Sol muted, so I guess that one is a good contender

[pesterloglog]

Terezi Pyrope, John Egbert, Roxy Lalonde

Act 6, page 7022-7025

TEREZI: TH3 POW3RS YOU W3R3 T4LK1NG 4BOUT 34RL13R

JOHN: huh???

TEREZI: DO NOT HUH M3 3GB3RT

TEREZI: YOU LOOK L1K3 4N 1D1OT, BUT W3 BOTH KNOW YOU 4R3 NO FOOL

JOHN: hey!

ROXY: i wouldnt argue w her john

ROXY: shes all bloody and she clearly means business

JOHN: er...

JOHN: ok, you're right.

JOHN: yes, terezi. i agree to the fact that i look like an idiot.

JOHN: primarily because you seem badly wounded and angry.

JOHN: are you sure you're ok?

TEREZI: SHUT UP!!!

TEREZI: ON ROS3'S R41NBOW C4NDY PL4N3T

TEREZI: YOU 4PP34R3D 4ND S41D YOU H4D TH3 4B1L1TY TO CH4NG3 TH1NGS

TEREZI: TO 4LT3R H1STORY W1THOUT DOOM1NG TH3 T1M3L1N3

JOHN: oh.

JOHN: yeah.

JOHN: the thing with that is, um...

JOHN: wait a minute.

JOHN: terezi, are...

JOHN: are those jade's shoes???

TEREZI: M4YB3

JOHN: maybe?????

TEREZI: Y3S

JOHN: yes as in yes??

JOHN: or yes as in maybe?!

TEREZI: Y3S 4S 1N M4YB3

JOHN: terezi.

JOHN: why are you wearing jade's shoes?

JOHN: WHERE'S JADE?!

TEREZI: J4D3'S D34D

JOHN: aw, man.

JOHN: not jade too.

JOHN: are you sure?

TEREZI: Y3S JOHN

JOHN: you mean like DEAD dead?

TEREZI: 3V3RYBODY'S D34D, JOHN

JOHN: everybody??

JOHN: even dave???!!!

TEREZI: H3'S D34D, JOHN

TEREZI: 3V3RYBODY'S D34D

TEREZI: 3V3RYBODY 1S D34D, JOHN

JOHN: so...

JOHN: jade, dave, karkat... they're all...

JOHN: EVEN THE CUTE MAYOR GUY WHO DAVE LOVES SO MUCH??????

TEREZI: JOHN L3T'S NOT DO TH1S

JOHN: dammit.

JOHN: well, did you actually take jade's pulse?

JOHN: you know, she does like to sleep a lot.

TEREZI: 1 SN1FF3D BOTH H3R 4ND D4V3'S PO1GN4NTLY OV3RL4PP1NG TORSOS V3RY C4R3FULLY FOR 4 HUM4N PULS3

TEREZI: 4L4S 1 FOUND NON3 >:[

JOHN: oh.

JOHN: and then...

JOHN: you decided to take her shoes.

TEREZI: Y3S

JOHN: and you thought that was an appropriate thing to do...

JOHN: why, exactly?

TEREZI: JOHN, H3R SHO3S W3R3 R3D, SP4RKLY, 4ND D3L1C1OUS

TEREZI: 1 4M ONLY FL3SH 4ND BLOOD

JOHN: ugh, you are such a weirdo.

JOHN: why are all troll girls so WEIRD?!

JOHN: every single one i have met is some kind of depraved lunatic.

JOHN: all the troll boys i have met are just lame weenies though.

JOHN: well, except for karkat. karkat was great.

JOHN: may he rest in peace :(

TEREZI: DON'T FUCK1NG S4Y TH4T!!!

JOHN: what?!

TEREZI: H3 1S NOT D34D!

JOHN: but, you just said...

TEREZI: 1 M34N, H3 DO3SN'T H4V3 TO B3!

TEREZI: 1 D1D NOT COM3 H3R3 TO B4TH3 1N TH3 R3PUGN4NT 4TT1TUD3 OF 4 D3F34T1ST DORK

TEREZI: 1 C4M3 H3R3 TO FORC3 S41D DORK TO US3 H1S 1NCR3D1BL3 4ND TOT4LLY UNPR3C3D3NT3D POW3RS TO S3T 3V3RYTH1NG R1GHT, 3V3N 1F 1T M34NS ST4BB1NG H1M UNT1L H3 COMPL13S

JOHN: ok! you don't need to stab me, really!

JOHN: don't you think i WANT to?

JOHN: we just lost everyone we cared about! of COURSE i want to go back and change things!

JOHN: i just have no idea HOW!!!

TEREZI: TH4T 1S NOT MY PROBL3M

TEREZI: JUST 4S 4 L4CK OF STYL1SH G3MSTON3 STUDD3D FOOTW34R 1S 4LSO NOT MY PROBL3M, 4S OF PR3C1S3LY TOD4Y

TEREZI: TH3S3 TH1NGS 4R3 YOUR PROBL3MS TO SOLV3

TEREZI: BOTH TH3 P1T14BL3 L4CK OF COMM4ND OV3R YOUR Z4PPY PROW3SS, 4S W3LL 4S TH3 GROT3SQU3 P41R OF B4N4N4 LO4F3RS ON YOUR F33T

JOHN: EARGH, I FRIGGIN' *HATE* TROLL GIRLS!

ROXY: john

[homestuck--edits]

could i please get any panel (of your chosing) edit of heinoustuck rose :3

yeah ofc!

under the cut for blood + body horror

you said any panel so here she is making a little snow abomination :>

Enjoy!

-Mod Davesprite

[overtrolled]

2021 HS fanfiction recs

I read a lot of Homestuck fanfiction this year, including fic I rediscovered, fic which are old favorites, and fic I read for the first time. I thought, since my previous fanfiction recommendation post got some interest, that I would provide a list of some standouts, excluding the ones mentioned in that post. Since There are so many I’ve read, I am limiting this to works that are both single and complete.

Fics which I have reread this year

California Dreaming (M) [JumpingJackFlash] Complete. Human AU set in Los Angeles. A romance between the stuffy roboticist Equius and unsuccessful actor Eridan Ampora.

the cure for anything is salt water (E) [Ghylle] Complete. A DirkJake fic, wherein Dirk is a Selkie, and Jake is the man who finds his skin.

The Fisher-Prince (M) [roachpatrol, urbanAnchorite] Complete, part of a larger series. A grimy/gritty fantasy AU which asks who Eridan Ampora is when seadwellers are at the bottom of the totem pole instead of the top?

Morning and Evening, Day and Night (T) [digimaniac33] Complete. A fic based on "Fisherman of the Inland Sea" by Ursula K. LeGuin. John and Jade are from a culture which has a four way marriage called a sedoretu, wherein each member is part of a pair, and each member is married to both members of the other pair. Dave and Rose join them in a sedoretu.

One of Our Submarines (T) [VastDerp] Complete as it's getting. Non SBURB AU. Sollux is helmsed, and discovers a community of other helmsmen messaging each other, coping with the horror of their situation. One of the big fanfics, you can see its influence in most fanon around helmsmen.

out on the new frontier (T) [orphan account] Complete. No SBURB shared universe AU. A post-SA hurt comfort thing where Dave helps out Cronus, a marginalized alien doing survival sex work on Earth

Second Best (T) [NoBrandHero] Complete. Postgame Earth. The Dave that survives the game isn't the main timeline Dave, it's Davesprite--but no one else knows just yet.

Tony Stark is not Willie Wonka... (M) [RainofLittleFishes] Complete as it's getting. A crossover with the MCU. Some of the Homestuck cast are transported to New York around the time of The Avengers. Having read exactly no MCU fanfics, I can't say for sure, but the fic has a very upbeat vibe that I associate with fandom tumblr posts from like 2013ish. I don't know, the lightheartedness was fascinating and somewhat endearing.

Within, Without (M) [reinkist] Complete. Meteorfic. A story of Dave and Karkat's developing relationship in the retcon timeline.

Young Dumb Things (T) [RainofLittleFishes] Complete. Non SBURB AU. Pitch pornstar Nepeta and robot technician Equius go pale for each other, and Karkat tries to set the two shy lovebirds together.

Fics which I have read for the first time this year:

401 (k) (M) [oncewewerezombies] Complete. No SBURB AU. A centuries-old Equius, grieving Nepeta's death, bonds with The Helmsman and plans a lovers' suicide with the one person the Condesce intends to keep alive. As you can imagine, it's a pretty heavy.

Astronomy in Reverse (T) [PunkZucchini, sicklekind] Complete. No SBURB shared universe AU. Dave and Karkat meet as penpals as teens. Now, Karkat is granted asylum on Earth, and now that he and Dave can meet in person, their mutual attraction develops into something more, while Dave weathers Bro's abuse until he, too, can flee his dangerous home.

chamomile, rose water, and other unlikely intoxicants (E) [callmearcturus] Complete. Fantasy AU. Dirk is the Year King, who is killed in sacrifice to bring the spring, but does not die. Jake is the Alchemist’s grandson, who sees the person beneath the bloody crown. But how can you love a sacrificial lamb?

Down by the Water (T) [spockandawe] Complete. A long, sad look at the life of the Handmaid, who keeps finding personal connections in the ancestors and keeps having to betray them to create the correct version of the timeline.

Faint (G) [TheMockingCrows] Complete. Rose Lalonde plays SBURB while coping with the chronic illnesses P.O.T.S. and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

The Four Kings, the God Thief, and the Black Diamond Pirates (E) [oxfordRoulette] Complete. Pirate AU longfic. The Beta kids are pirate gods, Dirk is the first mate on Vriska's pirate ship, and Jake is the mysterious cursed hottie from a faraway land whose appearance may hold the key to rescuing the vanished Jade and restoring her godly powers. (Note: this features illustrations and some interesting formatting best experienced on desktop)

Hold the Line (T) [dashery] Complete. Alpha universe Jade meets Alpha Dave Strider and Rose Lalonde. The first chapter makes you love them and the second makes you mourn.

Lee Shore (M) [JumpingJackFlash] Complete. Postgame Earth Dave/Eridan - This pairing looks like crack but I was rooting for them by the end. Very lovely and very gay.

my body feels young but my mind is very old (T) [oncewewerezombies] Complete. A short meteorfic featuring a pale interactions between Gamzee and Rose, who bond over crappy childhoods and substance abuse problems.

The Neon Bible (M) [tactfulGnostalgic] Complete. Shared universe AU. The Condesce occupies Earth, and hires Roxy Lalonde to be her Heiress Jane’s bodyguard. But soon, Roxy gets caught up in a rebel group and must juggle her loyalties between Jane and the freedom of humanity.

O+n the Care and Feeding o+f Wigglers (T) [CurlicueCal] Complete. How does a woman from a species with no nurturing instinct end up raising a giant ticklike larva? This fic has an answer.

drive it home with one headlight (E) [BlackHolesandUnicorns] (Edit: formerly this was mislabeled Virtual Reality by Rikudera. Whoops.) Complete. Dirk and Jake had a summer romance as teenagers, but their breakup had a massive effect on their following lives. Meeting again in a virtual reality world as old men, the pair finally confront each other and themselves.

What a Disaster (T) [Laurasauras] Complete. Human AU. A short humorous story where Karkat meets hot mess Vriska during court ordered community service and comes down with 'I can fix her' disease.

the wonder that's keeping the stars apart (M) [Laurasauras] Complete. An HSE/HS^2 fic centering on a revived John on the Theseus, interspersed with meditative bits of self reflection and a sadomasochistic back and forth between John and Dirk.

Some of these are extremely popular, others fairly obscure. One of these has a 100k+ word count, another is <2k. Some of these focus on romance, others on the various other aspects of the human experience. Some of these get dark and heavy, others stay light and some even get a bit schmaltzig. Enjoy!

[kincalling]

Yo I'm a Bro Strider fictive from Homestuck, kinda source divergent now uh. I'm lookin' for sourcemates, mainly Dave Strider, Mom Lalonde, Dad Egbert and Grandpa Harley. Uh hit me up on @bloody-strider I guess? Yeah that's basically all.

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