#homestuck bard

[superxstarzz]

Can you do:

Anarchist of Cognition

Gatekeeper of Expression

Cleric of Sentience

Displacer of Exile

Hoarder of Grief [New Class]

here ya go!!! :3

[aqualiems]

Trollsona is a bard of heart except I changed the outfit bcs its fucking ugly

[emperor-of-blood]

Do you think you could find a classpect for the immortal snail? Also hi, been a while since your last post, how are you?

Hello! I've been good! Very busy with life. Got my first big kid job after grad school, got a girlfriend, life is going well! Just very busy lol. How're you doing? It's also been a while since I've gotten an ask from you lol.

So. The Immortal Snail. This has got to be about the hypothetical Snail that is immortal, out to get you, and instantly kills you if it touches you, right? I think there's a few different variations of this scenario but they all involve that + some instant reward in exchange for taking on this assassin, right? I feel like I've heard one version that includes the snail periodically teleporting too.

But anyways this is a pretty simple character to analyze, which always makes me lean towards an Heir. Not to say that Heirs can't have nuance of course, but more that if you boiled each class down as much as possible, I think Heir is probably the most intact at that final stage. If that makes any sense. I'd also consider a Bard here, or maybe a Prince.

Light is a pretty obvious aspect here, but I'd also consider Void. Bard of Void is pretty interesting. I think I like that!

So Bard of Void:

One who invites destruction through [Void]/one who lacks [Void]

Popping into existence from nowhere, and as a snail of all things. It brings along with it great wealth, which ties into the absence of Void part. You suddenly live a very wealthy life! How exciting. But then one day, it suddenly ends. No warning. It's just over. Because a snail touched you! You really thought you sealed that jar well but apparently, something happened. Or maybe nothing happened. Nothing you could notice anyways.

[takendruid]

Those goddamn Violet bloods and their bards

[botanicalcanopus]

a time player's timestop can have different interpretations

while for maids and sylphs they would be giving time to themselves or others, for princes and bards they would be cutting down time from the enemy

Yep, or at least how I see it. The best way to visualize it is like this: Maid/Sylph: think of how Aradia trapped Jack in a time pause to give others time. We/others can obviously see something is paused and inmoving. Prince/Bard: It be more like an instant thing since the time is literally destroyed. The object/person the time magic is used on will either age before everyone's eyes or will reference/finish an action that has no purpose/target anymore. It would feel kinda like how you feel like 2020 was like last year but really its been a 4 year gap.

[lesboygamzee]

everytime i see something about how homestuck is like Influential Queer Media its always about how dave transed thousands of tboys genders and not how half the comic was driven by lesbians or how vriska is like the joker for trans women . come on now

[nictelsm]

Imagine if they came outta the panels

[arachnidsgrippysocks]

woah i drew characters other than Vriska for once!!!!!!!!

[propheticclown]

Gamzee Makara: The Bard of Rage and Puppet of Faith

I've seen a lot of people talk about certain characters classpects and how it plays into their characters. Usually, it's about how Eridan as a Prince of Hope is destined for misery. But I wanna talk about how it relates to Gamzee as a Bard of Rage. Rage is described as this: "Those bound to the aspect of Rage are bringers of chaos. They possess great contempt for lies or false ideas, including the stability that false ideas can impart. To them, the true is far more important than the good; they would tear down a system just to destabilize it if, by their reckoning, it is built on faulty premises. Often the Rage-bound prefer anarchy to any of the alternate forms of civilization, which they believe to be riddled with lies and foolishness and obedient masses. They are bringers of confusion and doubt, and they can be frustratingly difficult to convince otherwise when they have attached themselves to an idea. If they sound dangerous, they are. The Rage-bound tend to be the most volatile and unpredictable of the aspects. At their best, they are original, revolutionary, and fearless. At their worst, they are cruel, uncompromising, and vicious." To summarize; Rage is quite similar to Light in a way, but instead of wanting information, they want the truth. They are skeptical until all possible doubts are not just cleared, but destroyed. So how does this apply to destroyer classes like Bard and Prince? Well, for a Prince of Rage, destroying rage is like destroying skepticism. Obliterating motivation for questions until there is only one true belief, which we see in Kurloz through his unwavering faith. But for Bards, as a passive class, instead of destroying rage actively, they destroy it passively. How do they do that? Simple. Through belief in everything. Saying that Gamzee is gullible is an understatement. As long as it's under the guise of "mIrAcLeS" he'll believe it. As he's dragged along for the ride, his aspect manifests as his observations and passively noting things that don't add up, which we can see through his breakdown during Act 5 Act 2, when Dave shows him the ICP video. He's also shown to be easily mind-controlled and manipulated and that's where the tragedy of the clown shines through. Gamzee is destined to be nothing more than a means to an end. His purpose is to serve and nothing more. If he dares not to do so, he is punished severely. As a Bard of Rage, he is relegated to that of subservience to everyone and everything, due to his lovingly gullible nature. He is more of a puppet than Lil Cal. His breakdown in Act 5 Act 2 was the beginning of his loss of freedom, being controlled by Lord English to kill and bring about his arrival. Gamzee Makara is a character who pleads to have free will and is given nothing but neglect because he is nothing more than a plot device to a cruel story. His own.

[starlit1daydream]

Dipper Pines is a Dersite Heir of Mind

Mabel Pines is a Prospitian Witch of Heart

Stanley Pines is a Prospitian Thief of Void

Stanford Pines is a Dersite Mage of Light

Soos Ramirez is a Prospitian Page of Life

Wendy Corduroy is a Dersite Knight of Time

Fiddleford McGucket is a Prospitian Bard of Light

Gideon Gleeful is a Dersite Prince of Space

Pacifica Northwest is a Dersite Maid of Rage

Bill Cipher is a Prospitian Lord of Mind

[rayquazaxd]

so… you’re telling me that our dad isn’t actually our dad, and we’re just his genetic clones?! and my dad wasn’t even my dad… HE WAS JUST A BODY DOUBLE???

[superxstarzz]

Heir of Space + Knight of Heart or Mage of Space + Bard of Blood.

(I'll draw my respective characters wearing them)

KABOOM u get both!!!! >:3

[meulinmakesmatesprites]

ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧ < REBLOG WITH YOUR F/O AND ILL GIVE YOU AN IKEA PLUSHIE!! ILL START!! :33

ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ < THROW IN UR HEADCANNONS TOO!! IT HELPS!! > _ 0

[goodeguy]

gAMZEE & TaVrOs god TIER,, (o:{ :o)

gamtav is cool, but them being god tier is way MOTHERFUCKING cooler

+ pupa and doomed timeline versions!!!

[rainbowspinch]

Variety of doodles and art that I don’t feel like posting on its own

[emperor-of-blood]

I think the hardest part about classpecting this group is going to be that I've read the whole manga but only half the show has come out. I'm going to avoid spoilers to the best of my ability for the aniem-only folks.

I guess I might just have to imply some of the stuff for later lol.

Anyways, let's dive right in starting with Marcille Donato!!

Our elven friend here plays a very interesting role in the little group! With Falin's absence, she's the only mage in the party (I suppose you could count Laios one he starts learning) and she's also quite often the "Straight man" of the group, being the voice of reason amongst a bunch of weirdos. That being said she has her fair share of wackiness! For one thing, she specializes in dark magic! It seems she mainly knows how to make stuff explode, some healing spells, some miscellaneous buff magic, and then a whole bunch of forbidden mumbo jumbo.

She is shown to be both caring and intelligent and is instrumental on the quest to rescue Falin. Probably her most notable moment comes when she finally gets the chance to employ some of that illegal magic and revive Falin.

With that out of the way:

Marcille is...

A Bard Of Doom!!!!

One who destroys [Doom]/one who invites destruction through [Doom]

Now, if you're done laughing, let's dig into this a bit more. Marcille very succinctly fulfills her role as Bard Of Doom, give me a chance to convince you. Take a look at Falin's revival. Marcille brings her back from the dead by employing forbidden magic; but she doesn't just undo her death, she undoes a death that is by and far insurmountable. This resurrection, whether purely her fault or not, results in Falin becoming a chimera and falling under Thistle's control. Shortly thereafter, Falin decimates the combined might of 4 adventuring parties.

As fun as these huge, all inclusive examples are, I also quite enjoy the more minor aspects that allude to her classpect. They're everywhere! For example: Marcille's distaste for eating monsters. Senshi's focus on the dungeon as an ecosystem. Marcille's constant resistance to participating in cycle this showcases how she continually tries to destroy the aspect of Doom in herself. She keeps herself removed from the cycle of life in the dungeon as much as possible.

There are more examples later on and unfortunately, I can't really go over them without spoiling the hell out of people. It really is a shame, but that's just how it is. So if you're anime-only, you'll just have to trust me. And if you've read the manga, then I'm sure you can instantly figure out what I'm talking about.

Alright folks! That'll be it for now, look forward to more soon! I'm planning on going thru the rest of the crew soon as well as answering some of the asks that have built up.