#i just wanted to draw karkat crying

[faygos]

he just needs a hug

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

I really love how you draw Karkat and Calliope. You've already talked about how the other relationships within the POABPCL, so I was wondering if you could talk about Callikar in more depth as well.

Heehee okay so the short reasoning is that first of all, Karkat is also highly reminiscent of Caliborn, so there's Calliope's natural attraction there. But also Calliope desperately wants to experience a flushed romance, and Karkat is a crazy person who can't keep his quadrants straight. Which, for Calliope, would actually be a plus instead of a minus????

But yeah, for the Caliborn similarities, apart from the grey text and (mostly) capital letters and general cantankerousness and candy red blood and random textual callbacks to shit Karkat says:

CG: OK I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BECOMING FRIENDS IF YOU RECOIL FROM MY OLIVE BRANCH LIKE I'M WIGGLING A GNARLED TREE MONSTER'S DICK IN YOUR DIRECTION. [...] uu: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE BECOMING FRIENDS. IF YOU RECOIL FROM MY OLIVE BRANCH. uu: LIKE I'M FLAILING A WITHERED MUMMY'S SEVERED LIMB IN YOUR DIRECTION.

CG: THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DUMB CG: IS AN IMMUTABLE FACT I AM STATING FOR THE RECORD. CG: IT DOES NOT MEAN ANIMOSITY IS WHAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE. [...] uu: AND THE FACT THAT I MIGHT NOT CLuE YOu INTO YOuR FATE ALL THE TIME. uu: DuE TO MY AGGRAVATED APATHY OVER THE MATTER. uu: IS AN IMMuTABLE FACT. I AM STATING FOR THE RECORD. uu: IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GIVING A SHIT IS WHAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE.

Did you know they both weirdly have a thing for right angles?

DAVE: i dont want to see your lines making any right angles do you understand KARKAT: IN MY MIND'S EYE I AM PICTURING A BEAUTIFUL LATTICE OF LINES AND COMPARTMENTS, INTERLOCKING WITH SUBLIME PRECISION AT NINETY DEGREE ANGLES. KARKAT: I IMAGINE THIS MODULAR RETICULATION AS AN ELEGANT VESSEL, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE GRAND SYNTHESIS OF OUR SHARED SHIPPING DREAMS.

So yeah, you know, they've got some similarities! Enough to fuel some initial cherubic romantic interest, I feel.

But obviously, cherubic romance is primarily - if not exclusively - pitch. Calliope expresses this in a way that makes it very much sound like it's a setup that her happy ending does, in fact, involve her finding a matesprit.

UU: thoUgh i trUly wish i were capable of those feelings. UU: perhaps the fact that i am not is why the topic fascinates me so. UU: and why i have been prone do indUlge in sUch... UU: fancifUl visUalizations. UU: of yoUr people's lovely bright red relationships. UU: they mUst be nice. u_u

Personally, I think that cherubs "can't experience redrom" the way humans "can't experience blackrom". In that, y'know. ;)

But let's move from Calliope's side from a moment and talk about Karkat. Hey, do y'all remember how he had a crush on a different Space player? (The fact that Karkat actually totally had a crush on Jade, and continued to think incredibly fondly of her for years after the fact, to the point of using one of her passwords as the password to his dream hive, gets lost in the melange of ~yaoi~ is honestly one of the reasons I'm not a fan of DaveKat).

CCG: I'M GOING TO VOMIT. CCG: I'M MAKING A MENTAL NOTE TO SLAP MYSELF THREE HOURS FROM NOW, FOR BEING ENOUGH OF A SAP TO START DEVELOPING RED FEELINGS FOR A DUMB ANNOYING HUMAN, IF I'M READING BETWEEN THE LINES CORRECTLY. FCG: I JUST SLAPPED MYSELF! I REMEMBERED MY LAME NOTE TO MYSELF FROM THREE HOURS AGO, AND THEN SLAPPED MYSELF SPECIFICALLY TO MOCK YOU. FCG: IT STINGS TOO, YOU'LL FEEL IT IN A WHILE. AND THEN THE GHOST OF PAST ME WILL CRY.

Hussie's commentary on this is also fucking hilarious, by the way:

First, by defending Jade like this, Future Karkat is virtually making the case to his own past self to give her a chance, and to try to acknowledge that his aggression toward her is masking romantic attraction. If that wasn't nuts enough, the altercation doubles as an actual confession of this to Jade, which she now has to bear in mind as she goes forward befriending this guy. Like most other shouting matches Karkat has with himself, it's a complete free-for-all of self-owns and eyebrow-raising psychological revelations. And yet, in the totality of this clusterfuck, it's probably about as sufficient as anything else he could have done to get her to start giving the friendship a chance. How do you sidle out of something like this? You don't. This miserable basket case needs all the help he can get.

But this is another example of Karkat's horrible problem with mixing his quadrants and sending out all sorts of mixed signals, which he lambastes himself for later RE: Terezi.

FCG: IS IT?? TELL ME, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TREATED HER IN A WAY THAT COULD BE OBJECTIVELY CONSTRUED AS A FORM OF BLACK SOLICITATION? CCG: THAT'S JUST CCG: NO, THAT'S HOW WE'VE ALWAYS ROLLED TOGETHER. IT'S LIKE CCG: SPIRITED PLATONIC CONTENTION. CCG: TOTALLY NORMAL TERRITORY IN A HEALTHY MATESPRITSHIP. FCG: YEAH, A *HEALTHY* ONE, NOT ONE INVOLVING A DEMENTED LOUDMOUTH WHO CAN'T KEEP HIS SHIT UNDER CONTROL. FCG: LET ME ASK YOU, HOW MUCH OF THAT ANIMOSITY IS INNOCENT "PLATONIC RAGE"? FCG: COULD IT BE THAT SUBCONSCIOUSLY YOU WANT TO PUSH THINGS WITH HER ONTO CALIGINOUS TURF, MAYBE SEE HOW THINGS WORK OUT THERE? FCG: SEE IF YOU CAN HAVE YOUR GRUB, AND CULL IT TOO?? FCG: THAT WAY YOU HAVE HER ALL TO YOURSELF!

And even his "confession" to jade has shades of this, as he basically forced her to auspicetize between himself and... himself. Just a really messy guy who can't keep his quadrants straight. I've already talked before about how this would be completely fine for Eridan, who is literally too bad at social shit to notice and is just happy for the attention, but... doesn't that seem like it would work for Calliope, whose fundamental attraction model is based in pitch?

And to really get into this, we should also talk about Karkat's taste in movies. The three posters he has hanging up in his room are for Serendipity, Hitch, and 50 First Dates. Between the three of them, it becomes really clear that Karkat is really into the idea of soul mates - of finding a romantic partner that just kind of perfectly clicks with you and all your idiosyncracies, with whom the romance is natural, and brings out the best in both partners.

Serendipity most obviously, as the entire movie is practically a treatise on destiny and fate (and also, if you're only going to watch one, watch this one - it gets namedropped twice in the comic and I genuinely think HS draws like 30% of its DNA from it). Hitch's A-plot couple is widely considered the worse one, but the B-plot couple turn out to be perfect for each other - all the guy's lame, embarrassing aspects just happen to be what she finds adorable, and he just needed a courage boost and chance to be noticed by her. And 50 First Dates features a guy in Hawaii who loves taking visiting tourists on whirlwind romances, but is terrified of commitment, meeting a girl who can't make new memories - functionally rendering every date their first from her perspective - and it's really sweet. It doesn't even make you want to punch Adam Sandler at all. Like, not even a little bit.

In any case, what this says to me is that, while he still needs to undergo character development to be ready for it, the romance Karkat should eventually end up with is one where he doesn't have to compromise who he is, warts and all.

A lot of Karkat's more common fandom pairings tend to downplay, or even outright forget about, how genuinely uncomfortable it is to experience Karkat's nutso vascillation. Even if the edge is taken off via moirallegiance, Karkat is still the sort of messy guy who tells his flushed crush to "set the table on [his] bulge for their candle light hate date." Jade clearly isn't a fan of being treated rudely, while Terezi eventually gets driven off by the mixed signals he puts off... but what if there was a species who primarily experiences pitch attraction, who would find Karkat's frequent dips into black-coded flirtation hot?

And also... Karkat is obviously Calliope's favorite character troll...I mean, she's got his symbol as her cufflinks. And also:

CG: I THINK THIS SUBJECT IS BEYOND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S GRASP BUT I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, NOBODY EVER REALLY WANTS TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT THOUGH. AG: Whoa really? Oh no shit, REALLY???????? CG: OK, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD THEIR LOBE STEM CAUTERIZED ARE CAPABLE OF FEELING THE TWO PRIMARY EMOTIONS, HATE AND PITY. CG: PITY IS OF COURSE JUST THE TONED DOWN VERSION OF THE CENTRAL EMOTION, HATE. CG: AND ALL THE NUANCES OF PITY MANIFEST AS VARIOUS OTHER KINDS OF FEELINGS LIKE WHATEVER CHEMICAL REACTIONS TRIGGER MATING FONDESS OR THE MYSTERIOUS FORCES THAT ARE BEHIND MOIRALLEGIANCE.

And:

UU: actUally, i have written hUndreds of pages examining the striking differences between hUman and troll romance, as well as reprodUctive habits, as the comparison makes for a marveloUs case stUdy in xenobiocUltUral differences. UU: as long as i am sharing specUlation with yoU, perhaps yoU woUld like to read my essays? UU: i coUld even paste each page right here in sUccession, and allow yoU to read them back to back to back to back to back to back! ^u^ TT: Oh hell no. UU: ah. UU: yes, yoU're right of coUrse. i'm probably getting carried away as UsUal. UU: forgive my enthUsiasm, it's jUst that i so rarely have anyone to talk to who shares my passion for these matters.

They could both be SO ANNOYING about quadrants and romance together. It would be beautiful.

[softbabyfeferi]

I guess i have 2 send frum my main. But... i want to request >< but idk what aaa i want something related to agere sollux and cg karkat >< maybeee headcanons?? Idk do u do art? Idk o.o

I just love little sollux and cg kk so much lol i need content >< aaa

(My agere blog is @kittypetgirl im gonna tag it so i rememebr to go there lol)

Oki baiiii!

okie dokie! i make no promises on the art but i might draw it and some headcanons coming right up

little sollux and cg karkat headcanons!

🐝 sollux usually ends up 2 sweeps old (four years) (because of course)

🦀 the first time sollux regressed karkat didnt know and thoroughly roasted him and sol started crying :[ so karkat took care of him and has been his cg ever since

🐝 nobody else knows about it so if sollux regresses around other people kk will make a distraction and get him out

🦀 sollux likes to play video games with karkat obvies so when hes little they play kids games together :] theres this one game called phogs its two dog heads on one body and two people control them? really cute stuff and they have a red and blue color scheme so sol would like it

🐝 the voices of the doomed can get wayyy too loud for sollux when he's little so karkat does his best to drown them out. luckily for sollux karkat is insanely loud lol

🦀 karkat has to fight to get some food in him so they made a deal- if sollux eats a meal and drinks a liquid they can play another hour of video games

🐝 sollux gets shy when he's little but karkat can drag him out of his shell

🦀 sols lisp comes out in full force when regressed

[onlysushicat]

writing an idea because I tried drawing it on my phone but it was lame af

Long background setting for a simple Davekat drawing: Karkat gets a wriggling day party, at maybe Rose's or Jade's house because they could be the biggest, with every 🎉friend🎉 he has. AU where everyone gets (kinda) along and all the people are alive etc etc

It starts calm but slowly turns into a mess as midnight passes with everyone drunk or passed out in some room, some making out some just trying to stay awake looking out for each other.

Karkat is sober even tho everyone tried to get him drunk, he just kept drinking water after each shot. So after some dancing and eating goes out to look for Dave who was missing since 2hours ago. But then Dave is the one appearing out of nowhere, looking the opposite of sober.

Karkat: Ugh you finally decided to come back, where have you been, and your shades?? Your hair is a mess and your clothes are all fucked up

Dave: yeah i mean, its a party its supposed to be fucked up in a way. my shades i think broke and fell down some hole when i wrestled with Jake some time ago, dude is built like a tower. And my bro decided we end in a truce even tho I was the one winning for sure

Dave: man you look so much like my boyfriend did u know that

Karkat: Excuse me? Dave Its me, I'm Karkat

Dave: you even share the same name, thats rad. you should meet him someday i can take you home with me, but he would get soooooo jealous seeing you 'cause youre such a cutie

Karkat:

Dave: liiike, your nails and fangs could make me cry tears of joy just from imagining the things those could do. even your horns are shining tonight, did you polish them???? thats awesome dude

Karkat:

Karkat: Last time I had to wait half an hour just for you to say you liked my laugh without looking away from my face, youre unbelievable.

Dave: have you seen Roxy? we can both search for them. they said i would have a drink made from them anytime i wanted and im feeling so thristy for some liquour rightnow

Karkat: Ok I can take you with them but after that youre coming home with me so you can rest. This party is giving me fucking migraines.

Dave: dude i was joking about taking u home, im loyal breaking no promises. sorry but i wont change my man for anyone

Dave: unless we get permission from the man himself

Karkat: Can we please go home now????

Dave: yeah sure whatevs

The walking back to their house was calm, Karkat helping Dave a little by holding him from his arm while he kept talking about the things he did at the party. Karkat just nodded because his head hurted like hell, in his head he tried to understand why he had so many people over instead of doing something more chill.

The sun was gonna rise soon but they both went to sleep anyways, Dave in the same outfit he wore the whole night and Karkat changed his pants only for something more comfortable.

* Snore, mimimi *

[weirdmageddon]

ur davejade posting has me Remembering and goddddd. theyre so good. thank u

i want to make a davejade analysis masterpost but the funniest thing with these asks is that theyre the ones that really prompt me to put my thoughts together in some direction and i ALWAYS find a new implication or connection to talk about. like while i’m writing the connections will just make themselves known. if i made a masterpost i’d have to update it every time i think of something new which defeats the purpose of a masterpost because it’d never be finished. so i just like to spitball into separate posts and just shove them in my davejade tag. i was NOT expecting to get back into homestuck with davejade at the forefront but i can see things now i didnt then

im gonna go off again because it’s so obvious to me on this jumpy scrambled “reread” that dave has a fat fucking heart-on / affection erection for jade. hes tryin soo hard to be cool but hes like this with jade actually behind the screen and she knows it

words and deeds of a court jester dude who totally has a crush on his childhood internet friend and doesnt acknowledge it (btw this is woefully incomplete for the sake of brevity but i could elaborate in another post. i actually have a draft (edit: posted) with a shit ton of more analysis stuff in it on why he acts differently with her than other characters):

the next day (chronologically) when jade messages him:

hussie commentary: “Dave's one-pixel-smile there means that there are literally more than ten thousand drawings on the internet of Dave and Jade kissing. That pixel literally made that happen.”

i mean … it sure is easy to assume how he feels about jade based on the way he talks to her and when his sprite only ever smiles one other time in the entire fucking comic and the reality of that other one was arguable since it was during [S] Karkat: Mental breakdown and its likely karkat was hallucinating it based on the content and context of the flash

nah this one was real. and it was from the first conversation we saw between dave and jade in the comic and thus set the standard for their dynamic. and remember old school 2009 dave was kind of a menace so it says a lot

this girl was special enough to him to warrant that pixel

jade calling dave a “huge baby” for him getting nervous about a piss while she’s his server player. he makes such a big deal about it while shes like oh my god just go:

and the absurdity of the situation being one of his favorite memories

i know pesterquest isn’t “canon” canon but it passes my character essence check and still contributes something of substance to my argument. like i can say this is not at all out of place if these characters were plopped into these scenarios. remember this takes place on the same day as the above, 4/13/2009. theyre the same age as above and have the same relationship as they did above, just in a different scenario that wasn’t possible in canon wherein they didn’t play sburb

Jade wanders away from that window and toward another one, whose view is exclusively centered on the rolling blue. She presses a hand against the misty pane and sighs. JADE: you know, dave talks a lot about coming to visit me here. i mean, all of my friends do but dave especially JADE: in his usual davey way of course, which means making lots of jokes and not sounding very serious about it JADE: "yeah im itching to put on my safari hat and come traipsing down to doomdeath archipelago to get my ass murdered by infinidog the eldritch retriever," stuff like that JADE: i know he really means it though! he wants to see me, just like i want to see him JADE: but its just wishful thinking

anyway daves reaction to seeing his isolated online friend for the first time irl cry because she has guests. its even better with the character sprites

JADE: we can play with all my toys and jam out to some music and stay up all night chatting with each other and oh my god oh my god youre here youre all here this is really happening!!!!! Jade's next laugh verges on hysterical and she's got tears streaked down her cheeks. Dave looks a little perturbed. DAVE: wow holy shit uh DAVE: its cool jade no need to get so DAVE: like this DAVE: kind of fucks me up seeing you cry DAVE: not that im trying to make this all about me DAVE: i mean uh

and so after mspa reader’s intervention, who do we see with jade the next time we see her?

dave. and hes goofing with her squiddles while grinning

DAVE: okay so lets see what we got here Jade's room is bright and cheery, fresh flowers in the hanging pots, curtains pulled open wide to let in the afternoon sunlight. Jade sits on her bed while Dave paces in front of a line of squiddle toys, carefully assembled in neat ranks. DAVE: this blue one is clearly in charge look at his dominant posture DAVE: also hes the only motherfucker not tentacle deep in his homie DAVE: hes an untangled buddy that is some shit really cuts to the core of like DAVE: DAVE: emotions JADE: its actually because the magnets in him are messed up, and always have been!! DAVE: harley you are ruining the magic come on

basically what im putting together is that dave was REALLY fixin to spend some time with jade. extending into her sphere of interests that he doesnt express much with anyone else; you can tell he really wanted to engage with her in a less irony poisoned way. he’s softer with her than his other friends and god forbid the trolls, he is much less skeptical about things when talking to her (he even questions why he just seems to go along with her eccentric precognitive statements but he doesnt change his attitude about it), he showers her with his music and raps to the point where jade is expectant of getting poetry from him. rap IS poetry. please realize that dave is sending her his poetry, regardless of how goofy it may be. this is the level on which im viewing this at and once you realize this theres no going back. there comes a time in every homestuck’s life where they have to see how dave interacted jade and conclude that he had a cute little puppy crush on her unbeknownst to either of them. and it was adorable. and now, in the year 2023, it’s your time to realize this too. no going back.

and btw it all came back around…………………nimblest son of a bitch who had the gumption to glue a nasty pair of latex cat lips to his face

for a reason that wasnt a joke anymore

don’t think ive seen anyone talk about this parallel at the end to one of their first conversations in the comic. maybe somebody did back in the day but i never saw it

[alternian-cringe-collector]

《《 3nough about 3v3ryon3 3ls3 how cring3 ar3 th3 mods p3rsonally 》》

☆ we have a sketch drawing of mod karkat from bfrj ☆ drawn by yours truly ☆ that we pass around in group chats ☆ to make fun of mod viperfish ☆ because it makes him way angrier than it should ☆

☆ mod beta has a flush crush on mod anchor ☆ shes been crying nonstop about mod anchor being on beforus ☆ and not online ☆

☆ sucks for her i think mod anchor has a thing for the alleged cherry blooded mutant she culled ☆ beforus style ☆ so mod beta doesnt stand a fucking chance ☆

☆ and mod trout writes rpf fics ☆ of people we work with ☆ and then prints them out ☆and asks us to proofread them and give feedback ☆ so they can improve their work ☆ they have several long term updating chaptered series ☆ like ongoing ☆ my favorite is the zombie one ☆

☆ as for me? ☆ well ☆ im just based ☆ and i want to pail mod viperfish who said that ☆ who said that ☆

[random-conspiracy]

Blorbos (I guess?)

(Here's the thing, I have 5 minutes before I have to go back to drawing architecture plans. Don't tell anything to the Administrative-High-Secretary part of my mind.)

Time ago I did not have something as a favorite character beyond some guys I liked, but nothing more. Then Tumblr made some silly brainwashing shenanigans (blorbo) and this is the list updated to this exact moment:

Karkat Vantas (Homestuck [As if the clarifications were necessary])

Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium)

Daniel James Fenton/Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

The Warden (Superjail)

Perseus Jackson (Percy Jackson & The Olympians)

You can bet your ass I'm completely forgetting someone. I'm pretty sure of that. I constantly have to remind myself of writting down my favorite movies/series/books/music/etc because I'm one disco night of completely forget who the fuck I am.

Everyone of these pieces of shit are crucial puzzle pieces in the way I think of myself and the world. (Ok, that sounds waaaaaaaaaay deeper than it actually is, but whatever).

Karkat Vantas: God damn it. I mean. How not to love him. He's so brave and silly and crazy and mean and full of love for his friends and full of hate for everything. When I think about "putting blorbo in situations" he's the one because is so fucking funny. I want to push him in a washing machine (full cycle) and then give him a party. About fanart, I specially like the ones where he's smiling. After the chaos Homestuck was and even before with Alternia's death traps, I really (REALLY) want him to be happy. And here me out, I'm aromantic so I don't really relate a lot with romantic crushes and stuff BUT that stupid animation of him hate-falling for Egbert broke my heart. The music, the MUSIC!!!. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA. (However, Dave Strider is another cool dude, and seeing them together is the only thing that still makes me want a romantic relationship).

Harry Du Bois: I like to think about Karkat when I need comfort in my life, but the real deal in that place is for Harry. During the game I was so attached to him that when I found out about the hobocop (sleep outside, specially the trash bin thing), I was pretty sure I was going to cry if that happened. Harry is hilarious and I love him. Is a fucking mess and the most sad wet pathetic cat (I don't care about Vriska). I tried to make the best person out of Harry. Be kind, be gentle. Go to sleep and don't abuse drugs, caring for himself and for others. "You can live Harry!" I used to whisper. Now, when I find myself at 3:00 am feeling empty, drinking unhealthy dosis of coffee and energy drinks, without having taken a bath in a week I think of him. And I cry.

Daniel James Fenton/Danny Phantom: This one is slightly creepy. When I was a boy I used to have very non-traumatic thoughts like "what would happen if I died?", "would someone care?". I used to imagine myself as a ghost wandering through my funeral. And OH BOY! You can bet your ass I used to think about Danny too. Not quite dead, not quite alive. And turns out I wasn't the only one! Hahaha. A quick check of the #Corpse AU tag and holy shit. The Phandom is doing horrible things to this kid and I'm here for that. I don't have those thoughts anymore (at least not that recurrently). I like his silliness, and specially, the theme of identity. Have you ever imagined what it must be like to hold your own skull? Visit your own grave? He's the one I make suffer the most (as a way to process my own dark thoughts), hahaha, but as the others, I imagine for him a happy life. (Even if your corpse is rotting in Amity's forest).

Evelyn Wang: Until last year, I did not have a favorite movie either. That changed after 10 minutes of EEAAO. I have watched this movie at least 50 times just in the following 3 months and I cry every time. If I told you about Evelyn, what should I tell you? I love how she's a little of shit at the beggining. And I look through her eyes, wondering "what if?". I'm in my 20's but everything seems so possible. Being an architect, devouring the world, dying in a traffic accident. Everything is happening at the same time and I feel that I'm falling behind. Her journey is finding the empathy that she lacked to embrace her life. Glimpses of other worlds. A buffet of possibilities and choices. Full of inconditional love. You can look at my cover photo: Is Rock Evelyn, and her phrase "There are no rules" will forever be in my heart (and hopefully, in my skin this year). She made me want to live. (Oh my god, I'm about to cry again). And, as a extra. I know the DMS-V ADHD syptoms from memory and watching the movie was like playing bingo. I'm sorry Percy, but EVELYN? Girl, you don't have ADHD. You ARE the ADHD!

The Warden: He may be the one I care the least, in a intimate sense. BUT JESUS CHRIST!!! The energy this goof has is obnoxious. Fire, hell and rainbows. Oh boy! OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!!! (And the mannerisms god lord. I want to steal his gender)

Percy Jackson: And finally, the first character I had a deep relationship with. I mean, I never was sooooo into him. He made me realize that MAYBE I wasn't what we call "straight" hashahsha. (I feel you Nico). Another goof you may say, but I really like the way the prophecy is handled about him , like the gallow of his own death. I don't have something particular for heroes, but he was a very important part of my life (the books in general) when I was a kid. I used to felt them as a part of myself in a way that I usually slept hugging them. I refused for a long time to read the last chapter of The Last Hero because that would be like throwing the last shovel of dirt in the grave of a childhood friend. Because that's what he's to me.

All these people are idiots, have menatl issues and need a hug. What else can I tell you? Probably before I see the last movie of Spiderverse, The Spot may be here too. But probably more related to The Warden than the others.

I guess you can learn more about what type of guy I am through these characters and my relationship with them. [Thx for reading]. (I'd love to learn about yours too).

(That's it baby! Front view picures! Everyone! Smile for the photo! [They're so done ahshahs])

[weaselishmcdiesel]

Ok but my actual thoughts. Eh I’m a little underwhelmed by the plush. Let me preface this with - I was 100% ready to receive whatever garbage they chucked out when I preordered the toy based off just the mock up drawings. I still just would like to give some critique for fun n maybe it helps others decide whether or not to buy it

I have two other makeship plushies of mammon and satan from obey me, and the way they did the hair on those toys is really nice! Wafts of hair layered on one another, mammon’s hair has stitched gold details, etc. I guess they wanted to do the thin 2D piece of hair on Karkat to be like. Funny. But I would have liked if it could be the full extent of makeship quality, like 3 dimensional hair and bangs n whatever. Happy the horns are 3 dimensional though! Hopefully the colors aren’t printed onto the fabric! (Mammons horns are made of different color fabrics sewn together)

The other issue I have is just his symbol and his pants being printed fabric? Which actually might just be makeship’s approach to bodies, looking at my obey me plushies, BUT. Satan and mammon have crazy detailed outfits, mammon even has chest tattoos which are represented in stitched patterns. Their clothing’s patterns are printed but they have three dimensional accessories (belt, bow tie, feather boa, belt buckle even, etc). Their shoes and cuffs have stitched details, so I hope there’s some level of detailing on Karkat’s feet given he has no arms. I would understand the choice to represent the low-quality, ms paint drawings of the comic through lower quality material, it’s just the fact that Karkat’s design is so simple that it begs for a little more depth and care put into the toy so as not to seem cheap.

Last small thing I think he’s a little more wall-eyed in the comic than his plush. I think the wall-eyed look is more charming :)

But anyway! Maybe I just can’t see the images too well n hopefully it’ll be better when I get it :)

Silly picture of my obey me plushies below for reference hehe

Also I sorta understand. Comparing toys of otome bachelors to a tween from a sci-fi comic might be a little unfair but ehhhhhh cry me a river. Though if I remember correctly satan and mammon were each 40…? Compared to karkats 30 bucks I think. But I don’t think that warrants such a quality drop. Not pictured is satans tail for crying out loud. They gave them a tail and wings. They can give Karkat a stitched pattern XD ALSO NOT PICTURED: BOTH BOYS HAVE COLORED NAILS. THATS AWESOME. They could put more detail on Karkat

thoughts? https://www.makeship.com/products/karkat-vantas-plushie

Oh I think you know my thoughts 🥰

[scrapoddles]

hello!! i am in love with your art style and everything about it! the way each character looks in your art- they feel really alive somehow, it's amazing. and the colors are so nice to look at as well.. just kind of. wow <3

(also i don't know if you're still looking for requests but if you are.. may i ask for karkat and terezi please. only if you want though :] )

Hi sorry this took so long!!!!! Your ask was so sweet and made my cry a little fr ,,,,,, and I ALWAYS want to draw Karkat and Terezi <3

[goblinrockcandy]

~ Eridan ♢ Karkat ~ (rambling under the cut)

Ignore how they’re on a bed instead of a sopor slime pit.  This can be an Alternian-inaccurate AU where trolls sleep on beds.  If you still require sopor, you can just imagine the mattress is filled with slime.  Oh shit wait that’s actually a kind-of cool idea to have Alternian waterbeds filled with sopor.  Write that down, write that down—

Anyways, these two have been in my mind for so long.  I absolutely love these two separately, and I think they have an unusual potential for moirallegiance together?  I want them both to be happy and I think they can achieve that together.  They both have intriguingly different ways at approaching quadrants and the sheer amount of content in-canon where we have Eridan seeking out Karkat’s advice and Karkat actually intellectually responding with in-depth responses is just... wow?  Karkat wants (and in some ways needs) to help others, and oh BOY does Eridan need help.  He mostly just needs companionship; he’s alone in a world where he nurtured his own isolation by setting all his bridges on fire and crying about the broken bonds that he unintentionally caused.

I never really do ship art just because I suck at drawing physical interactions, but I tried something new!  I don’t have anyone to disappoint because I have about 5 followers and half of them are probably bots so here’s to hoping that it’s a lovely treat for the other 3 followers (you know who you are)!  Let me know if you want more ship art... this was kind of fun (albeit challenging) and I’d love to do it again.

[dafukdidiwatch]

CG: OK LISTEN UP HERE GRUBBERS BECAUSE I AM GOING TO SAY THIS ONCE SO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PART OF WHAT YOU CALL A THINKPAN IS FOCUSED ON WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SAY

CG: I KNOW THAT HUMANS ARE UNFORTUNATELY LIMITED TO ONE QUADRANT SO OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO PROCESS THE OTHER THREE QUADRANTS TAKES SO MUCH ENERGY THAT IT LEAVES THEM TO BE THE INCOHERENT MEANDERING MORONS THAT SOMEHOW KEEPS LOWERING THE BAR ON COMMON SENSE EVERY TIME I INTERACT WITH THEM

CG: BUT THE WAY THAT HUMANS TEND TO MERGE TWO DIFFERENT QUADRANTS INTO ONE IS AN ABOMINATION TO ALL THAT IS DECENT IS SO SICKENING THAT I AM CHOOSING TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR THE NEAREST LOAD GAPER AND PUKE

CG: YES KOKORO AND UNDINE ARE IN WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDER A “HUMAN COURTSHIP” AND MATESPRITES BY HUMAN STANDARDS, BUT THEY ARE SO CLEARLY MOIRAILS THAT I JUST WANT TO RIP OUT MY OWN GLANCE NUGGETS TO I DON’T HAVE TO SEE JUST HOW WRONG YOU ARE

CG: THEY WORK TOGETHER AND LISTEN TO THEIR OTHER’S PROBLEMS, THEY FOCUS ON THEIR PARTNER’S WELL-BEING BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. THEY EVEN HAVE FEELING JAMS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! IN A PUBLIC SPACE OF ALL PLACES!!! GRANTED THEY WERE BY THEMSELVES BUT NO SELF-RESPECTING TROLL BE SO BRAZEN TO PUT THEIR PILES OUTSIDE!!!

CG: YES YES MATESPRITES DO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, BUT THE FACT THAT KOKORO AND UNDINE ARE BALANCING EACH OTHER OUT AND PUSHING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EACH OTHER IS SO OBVIOUSLY A MOIRAILLEGIANCE THAT I CAN’T TELL IF IT’S THE HUMAN AUDACITY OR IGNORANCE THAT IS PISSING ME OFF

CG: I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION

lol so hello outside of Karkat character, yeah those are my sort of feelings on that. I mostly think that from a troll perspective, because of how Kokoro and Undine are focused on helping each other and their multiple emotional discussions of various topics, they would be seen as a Moirail couple instead of a Matesprite couple.

Obviously as a human they are dating and in a romantic relationship, so it would be seen as Matesprites or a possible hybrid of feelings between flushed and pale.

But I just kept calling them Moirails because honestly I think this was one of the few couples outside of homestuck that explained what Moirails really are, so I just kept calling them that.

also I hope you don’t mind the Karkat Ranting, I was actually very excited about this act because I had that picture in mind when I saw it so it really helped me get back into drawing.

[superskaian]

Now that you’re finished reading, care to give a brief (or not so brief) overview of your thoughts on each character?

i did try to answer this on my main but i got overwhelmed with describing all of the characters! i have a tendency to ramble and prattle so the only way i'm getting through with this is with very. brief thoughts.

[roxy lalonde voice] lightning round go!

john- that's my friend he makes me smile c:

rose- manufactured in a skaian lab to destroy me specficially

dave- i feel very proud when i see him near the end of the comic. he managed to escape all that and i love him for it

jade- one of the characters i've shed the most tears over i want her to be happy so bad

~

aradia- wrath! of! the! lamb! aradia's arc is so good i love seeing her smile

tavros- he's very pathetic (affectionate). cheered for his ghost getting that big moment at the end

sollux- i do not remember very much about sollux. the bifurcation theme fucking slaps though

karkat- THAT'S MY FRIEND KARKAT I AM NEVER GOING TO FORGET KARKAT. THERE'S ONLY ONE STEP AND IT IS CRAB

nepeta- she's adorable and i'm kissing her on the mouth for drawing vriska ♠ terezi on her wall-

kanaya- I Love Kanaya So Fucking Much

terezi- blorbo. i post about terezi at least five times per day my feelings about her are the worst kept secret of my life. she makes me feel every emotion on the hemospectrum

vriska- years and years before i read this comic i thought i'd be a fan of hers. i was right. i loooooooove vriska. i have absolutely nothing normal to say about her

equius- he's funny c:

gamzee- i'm pretty sure his role in the overall scheme of things went entirely over my head. will pay more attention on my new game+. i fucking owe him for his relationship with terezi though thank you gamzee

eridan- also did not make much of an impression on me

feferi- i have an irrational emotional attachment to her

~

jane- she's bigender for real i make the rules.

jake- fucking lvoe the brain ghost man keep up the good work. normal boy behavior (affectionate)

roxy- manufactured in the same lab as rose to destroy me but in a different color

dirk-fucking lvoe the splinters man keep up the good work. normal boy behavior (very affectionate)

calliope- ough callie's my special friend

caliborn- i'm putting him in time out (affectionate)

~

i'm not listing all of the ancestors and dancestors just the notable ones

meenah- rotten girl. i really really like her.

aranea- one of the biggest surprises in the whole thing (absurdly affectionate). i'm making a whole list of things about aranea to obsessively study on new game plus

damara- oh my god damara is fucking cool

mindfang- i have nothing sfw to say about marquise mindfang.

redglare- my neck is right here 😩

the condesce- hhhhhhh trolls who do war crimes have the best pussy

~

jasprose- we bingewatch nekomonogatari white together and cry over never having a troll wife together

davepeta- ough theyre so cute

arquisprite- vriska i'm sorry i dont think he's very funny but i made you a list of all the different ways you can punish me and also i made a copy of that list in case something happens to the first one-

[davekat-sucks]

since most of the trolls never god-tiered, wouldnt most of the trolls on earth c die off (excluding vriska of course) in time? how would the kids deal with that seeing as they are functionally immortals.

Most of the trolls would grow of old age and die off. Karkat especially, is one in question people had worried that he would be the one to grow old and dead faster or equally to a human's, because of his mutant blood. I'm surprised not many Davekat fans went far to explore this. I can imagine that Kanaya had lived long enough with Rose and was happy to have met her. Rose would definitely feel devastated and might attempt to go back to drinking. But Kanaya stops her this time. She doesn't want to see her go down that road again. Kanaya would want Rose to see the troll race continue with the humans. If Rose doesn't want to be seen as a God among them, then at least a mother towards them. Even if it is just one person, that would be their child. It would continue for the next generation, and the next, and the next... Despite playing it cool, Dave can't help but feel down that Terezi would soon be gone as well. Terezi herself, tries to be a little optimistic, wanting to at least do many things as much as she can with her friends. I can see her getting Dave to draw silly comics with her or playing games. She pretty much accepts what will happen and is proud to have lead a good life with them. It wasn't perfect, but the moments they had together were worth it. Jade would definitely cry over Karkat as his time comes up. But Karkat is flustered someone would sob over him like this. Much a bit to John's amusement. Karkat convinces Jade that it happens and he accepts it. It sucks, but he can't stop what he has biologically. And that even if his life was short, he was thankful to have met the human kids. He might make a funny remark on how strange it was that it was the trolls who made the Earth, were supposed to be their gods. But now, it is the human kids who became the gods themselves. John would deny thinking they are anything like deities. They are all, just people here. Friends, family, loved ones. Nothing that extraordinary. For Gamzee, it will be a strange one. I can see that maybe his talk with Karkat would have to let him go and be glad to have reconnect after so long. It was also thanks to Rose's therapy sessions, he was back to his sort-of normal self again. I could see Gamzee at one point, wander around the Earth C. Just walking around, seeing the sights, just enjoying the peace as it is. He doesn't harm and rarely talks to anyone. Just one clown looking at all the miracles around him.

[partyrockin]

after 3 years off tumblr im tryna find new artists to follow and duuuude your art is so cool im living for it!!

i see you're reading hs2, do you recommend it? (im in the process of re-reading hs...)

(also any other artists recs??)

Aww thank you so much!! Welcome back to Tumblr :3c

I was reading HS2 for a while, but honestly? I couldn’t in good faith recommend it to you, especially if you deeply value the characters and themes from Homestuck proper. Everybody has their own individual taste and connection to these characters, but with the way that the narrative of HS2 has been gradually declining in quality... it’s kinda left a bad taste in my mouth. idk, if you want to continue to find enjoyment in HS and its fanbase, I would strongly suggest not engaging with HS2.

That being said, there are a plethora of fanworks and artists that i can recommend to you! I don’t know if many of them are very active on their Tumblr blogs, so I’ll also list their Twitter profiles since this is where most of these artists are most active:

- @disteal / @distealart on twitter:

Has made an insane amount of QUALITY Homestuck art and comics. Your eyes will thank you.

- @hootpoop12 / @hootpoop12 on twitter:

Makes high-quality Homestuck comics (and shitposts). Ideal if you want a good laugh!

- @karketamine / @nyquillionaire on twitter:

Made a series of dynamic Homestuck drawings and incredible music for HS fanworks too! Scientifically proven to give you a healthy dose of serotonin every time you listen to it.

Is currently working on an album project called ‘Sarah and The Blood Witch,’ which you can find on Bandcamp.

- @vintage-foods / @vintagefoods_ on twitter:

Specializes in delivering amazing Homestuck illustrations and character designs.

Has made official Homestuck sprite art and has contributed art to a few Homestuck^2 updates.

- @spicylizard1 / @muthahomestucka on twitter:

A COMICAL GENIUS! Has made a crazy amount of Homestuck comics, illustrations, and fanfiction. You can find links to these on his website, along with his original works.

Is currently working on a webcomic called ‘Godhead’, along with @karketamine and a couple other contributors. It’s a thought-provoking and insightful narrative while never straying from @spicylizard1‘s iconic comedic style. 

- @cometjynx / @cometjynx on twitter:

Here to fulfill all of your soft Davekat needs!

Is currently working on their own Choose Your Own Adventure webcomic called ‘Lumistar’. It’s still in its beginning stages, but it shows a lot of promise!

- @rahafwabas / @raharWabas on twitter:

Makes fun, dynamic Homestuck comics. If you’re into Davekat, they’ll make your heart SOAR.

- @tea-n-pens / @TeaNPens on twitter:

Is well-known for their geometric, adaptable art style. They’ve got you covered if you’re into Dirkjake!

- @frankenflora / @FrankenFlora on twitter:

You want cute Davekat art? They’ve got it! You want Davekat shitposts? They’ve also got it.

- @hipdadz / @hipdadz on twitter:

Master of destroying my heart with his use of colour and composition. Has a ton of lyricstucks under his belt, and he WILL make you cry. 

- @tomatograter / @tomatograter on twitter: 

His art is literally so pretty. Will never fail to deliver on good quality sadstuck and meta-analysis. 

Is currently working on a Jake-centric fanfic called ‘Don Juan Manlet King’. It’s updating soon and it’s just... so good...

- @spidgey / @spidgeyart on twitter:

Professional artist and animators who’s come to share their insane skills with the Homestuck community. Do we even deserve them??

- @wickedgoogly / @wicked_googly on twitter:

Is currently working on a June-centric fanventure called ‘Failure to Launch’. It’s beautifully written and the art style is *chef’s kiss*.

- @sarcasmprodigy / @SarcasmProdigy on twitter:

I’d honestly be surprised if you found me before you found @sarcasmprodigy. Their art is so fun and they continue to be really active with the community. 

- @floralmarsupial / @floralmarsupial on twitter:

Has blessed the Homestuck fandom with her comics and lyricstucks. Have you SEEN their ‘The Best of Times’ lyricstuck???

She is currently working on a Homestuck comic series called ‘Liminal Space,’ for all of your Jade Harley needs.  

- @marinaraimpasta / @marinaraimpasta on twitter:

Professional artist and animator who DELIVERS on their Meenkri art. 

Is now working on a fanventure comic called ‘HybridRule,’ featuring a lively cast of original trolls living in an entirely new and interesting world. I can’t say much about it yet, but it’s still updating!

- @indigonite / @indigonite0 on twitter:

Yet another artist who delivers on their high-quality Homestuck illustrations and comics!

- @whichoftime / @whichoftime on twitter:

Single-handedly carries the Aradia fandom. Has some of the best character designs I ever did see. 

- @yoitscro / @yoitscro on twitter:

Involved in and directs so many Homestuck projects, zines, animations, podcasts etc. that I literally couldn’t list them all. It wouldn’t be that much of a stretch to say that they are one of the reasons the Homestuck fandom is as active as it is now. You’ll just have to take my word for it. 

- @koa_doodles on twitter:

Their art style is so soft and their comics? Hilarious.

- @tmblrusrgmz on twitter:

Yet another reason the fandom is so active. Is currently working on the now UNdiscontinued Act 8 fanventure!

- @PanDaePan on twitter:

Is possibly one of the most active artists in the Homestuck community right now. I find myself deeply inspired by their art.

- @protagonist_of on twitter:

Has easily one of my favourite styles in the fandom. Their comics have a unique, Hussie-esque humour, and they’re really fun to engage with. 

- @SK_intheballs on twitter:

Currently works on ‘Karkat Goes To A Convention,’ easily one of my favourite fanventures to date. 

[jaketism]

OH ask game! hm.. jade or terezi >:}

doing both again bc i like themmmm

jade -

first impression: she's very cute!!! omg she has Omens... that's so cool. and her memory bands are cool and hehe i have memory issues and sleep a lot isn't that fun

impression now: [dark scribble emotion] uhm she's fun to draw ^-^. sigh. hanging my head in shame wearing a sign on my neck that says witch of space. she gets it. girl we're going to get you some ability to reach out to your friends. we are also going to go apeshit together.

favorite moment: oh hmmmmm.... i like when she does cool space power things. i also like when she yells herself that scene was big for the me community

idea for a story: got a big abstract tangle of what could eventually become an arajade story. spoilers for the question after the next one i guess.

unpopular opinion: at some point i found out that some people (hussie included) don't like her and that does make me want to start ripping throats out with my teeth

favorite relationship: huge fan of her and aradia dating. does this have a canon basis. no. why should that matter. they'd be good together. it's got all the space/time compatibility and shit that davejade had without uhm. being davejade <3 which is bad fucking hell he's like really mean to her? like he's Really mean to her also i think she's a lesbian

favorite headcanon: her transautism swag... i think i've said some variant of "i think they're trans" for literally every one of these i've done lmao. i go back and forth on if i see her as transfem or not but she's def nonbinary in the like. i'm too autistic to understand what the fuck gender seems to mean to everyone else

terezi -

first impression: for a while when i saw pictures of her i thought she was vriska bc i didn't know that much about homestuck. the textposts in my friend's thread that were attributed to her were rlly funny. i think in my livetweet thread i said "omg terezi of being mentioned in karkalicious fame"

impression now: screaming crying throwing up thinking about act 6 terezi. good g-d. THE TWO THINGS MOST IMPORTANT TO HER ARE WHAT SHE BELIEVES TO BE JUSTICE AND HER LOVE FOR VRISKA. AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE TWO THINGS IS WHAT MOTIVATES NEARLY EVERY ACTION SHE TAKES.A

favorite moment

idea for a story: the expansive humanstuck au i have in my brain that started as "i think they should play hockey" and just spiraled out of control.... most of what i've technically written is davekat centric but most of the time spent thinking about it in the last 6 months has been about the vrisrezi of it all

unpopular opinion: i don't think her relationship with karkat works/ed the way people seem to think it did

favorite relationship: vrisrezi baby that shit powers the entirety of the plot if you don't like them you don't like homestuck cause they Are the narrative

favorite headcanon: one of the most he/xe/it/any characters i've ever seen good g-d. i sometimes genuinely feel weird using she/her (same deal w nepeta --> they/mew/she)

[pikminbleu]

ur anti-collage AU is fucking amazing n the dumb shit i live for, u mentioned u had reasons for different people not wanting/being able to go r u able to share?

oohh man im glad you asked!! god this is going to be so long hjkGHJKL heres the reasons for the ones shared until now:

Dave ==> i know its anticlimatic to start with the one i can’t really elaborate on but the jist is ==> he’s got a bad home situation and he’s kind of stuck with raising his brother until they can both leave ==> the details on what exactly goes down in his house remain blurry because he hasn’t shared it w everyone except karkat and also because he, just doesn’t ever share it, even June doesn’t know the full picture all she knows are like bits and pieces but she does know it’s incredibly bad even if he never talks ab it

Terezi ==> deception in the world has led her to give up on her dreams because “what’s the point” and “if i can’t make a difference then why try” she’s actually part of the ones who did go to college but dropped out!! i can’t pick what she’d be studying, maybe something on humanities? or law, which is kind of the obvious choice, ill be honest i know bat shit about american college fghjklGHJK ==> she talks a lot to vriska about the state of the world and how horrible it is and how blah blah blah blah and vriska tells her who cares get a job for money not for useless ideals ==> it’s also possible studies just stressed her out, and she dropped out from exhaustion, if you ask her about it she’ll probably draw a blank but that’s the case of most people in this au don’t ask them why they aren’t/didn’t go to college most of them will cry or laugh

nepeta ==> okay nepeta is just plain weird, she doesn’t abide to human rules ==> she doesn’t want to study because she wants to eat squirrels and sleep ==> i don’t have much to say other than she’s a cat stuck in a human’s body and its not in a catgirl way but like in a literal i am a cat reincarnated in a human’s body and i guess ill have fun in it since now i can talk and walk and have thumbs and shit ==> so why would she waste her time in college?? whats the point of college? humans are only advantageous when they do cool human things like talk about feelings or use their hands to make pretty things otherwise they’re so boring

Aradia ==> honestly i dont know i think she just got a job at marshalls and stayed there? because its blank and enough to live off of ==> i think she’s just keeping to this job because shes got nastier things to take care of in the dark ==> like magic, demon kind of shit, catch her at midnight with a shovel and a knife ==> so shes part of the ones who don’t really care to go: a club which now has nep and aradia in it!!

Sollux ==> hahaha a mess ==> another one in the club of ‘i dont want to go’ ==> he could go to college and leave behind all his friends and have to do things because they’re due ==> or he could work a shitty job for the rest of his life ==> everyone’s frustrated he doesn’t go honestly but his brain just!! doesnt vibe with it

Gamzee ==> im happy hanging out forever in this shop with my motherfuckin bros :o) ==> i dont think they could go into college even if they tried its one of these things they just dont think about because its blatantly obvious ==> the sky is blue, clowns are rad and im not going to college ==> come to think of it they probably didn’t finish high school either?? i dont know what are the requirements to be a GameStop employee ==> hopefully very very low

OH AND I FORGOT TAVROS MY SWEET SUMMER CHILD ==> life hasn’t been kind to him!! but he’s also kind of mediocre honestly ==> not very smart, not in full capacity of his body, not very confident in his abilities to do it either ==> i mean hes part of the most normal ones so college should be a default but ==> someone said he wouldn’t really make it, and even terezi dropped out, and he doesnt want to leave his friends even for a few years since hes kind of dependent on them ==> hes a disappointment to his family but yeah he lives w it }<<:)