#like davekat is alright

[weirdmageddon]

dont like people calling davejade a “straight ship for straight people” theyre so bi4bi (theres no way jade isnt pan or something be so fr) jade is a badass who can fire a shotgun shes not a damsel in distress and also theres rosemary parallels. she effortlessly allows dave to soften and roll down his onion layers of irony by just being herself which he doesnt really do with anyone else (i’d easily wager they have a deeper bond than john and dave) and they have a great dynamic. whatever ………… they are cute To Me

also they apparently collaborated on these songs in-universe and thats really sweet to me (especially crystalanthemums since its so emotional and nostalgic to me) and as this person said probably exchanged music tips with each other since their songs are more polished. love the idea that crystalanthemums was originally written by dave too since the first icon shown is the “source” person and the second is the remixer

^ this is now recontextualized into official davejade theme to me with the revelation. cute…has a snowy vibe like lofaf

[vomiting-rainbows]

davekat because i hate artblock and i was testing brushes too

[kigahto]

hello!!!!! your art is so wonderful and i ESPECIALLY love all the davekat :)) anyways i was wondering if you would be willing to share how you render your art? like i am obsessed with the scribblies and would like to incorporate it into my work :]

if youre not comfy with sharing thats alright <3 you are wonderful have a nice day

Thank you anon thats so kind! Ofc I can share, I made this post awhile ago on twt but I can show it here. The brush I use is the digital pen on IbisPaint. My artstyle uses alot of mid tones so remember to get all your mid tones set up before cross hatching. Then after hatching, use contrasting colors, the lightest one as light, and the darkest as shade. I usually go for green n purple, or orange and purple

[alfiely-art]

Bestie asked for me to explain what I thought homestuck was gonna be like and their opinion is all that matters. This is for you bro

Alright so I thought there were like, Other Kids than the main eight- they just didn't matter or anything to the plot yk. Because you see. I thought the trolls were like... npcs in sburb. I heard the term "patron troll" and was like oh!! Each kid gets a troll to guide them! Alright hell yeah!!!

So basically I thought the trolls would have the role the sprites do, guiding the kids and showing them how the game works (while being stupid and cringe. Cuz. Yk. They're kids.) I didn't match any kids to any trolls other than Karkat and Dave because I figured that'd be why Davekat is so popular, and I also decided that Vriska had an unimportant kid

I had heard she shoved someone off a cliff so I thought she shoved the kid she was mentoring. She didn't wanna just be a guide, she wanted to be IMPORTANT and a HERO!!!! So she shoved her kid off a cliff and took their place in the story.

I also (for some reason) assumed that not everyone could win the game and THATS why so many characters die- like. It's a competition and you gotta kill the others to win. Like. Danganronpa but without trials. You're just fucking killing each other. Wait no that's more like hunger games. Yeah hunger games but with aliens and robots

I also assumed Betty Crocker would be built up to and battled in Act 5, while Lord English would sorta hang in the background and be faced in Act 6 (I didn't know that Jack Noir was. Even a thing. Imagine my surprise, when I assumed betty crocker was gonna be the first villain,)

I ALSO assumed that John was gonna like. Pull an Evangelion and make it so everybody can make it through sburb and be happy. Like "I don't want to hurt people for this stupid game I want to hang out with my friends" and just. Flips off the narrative he's gonna go chill!!!!! And he's taking the npcs with him they should be able to live outside the game too!!!!! Fuck lord english he's gonna go play minecraft. Kinda like the ending of psycholonials now that I think about it

Other things I thought:

Erisol toxic yaoi (they had like one convo ?)

Feferi racism (I heard nepeta hated her for being racist)

They would go to alternate timelines and meet alternate versions of themselves

^^ or at the very least Dirk would. There was a universe where Hal had a body and that's where the sprite of hal with a body came from, Dirk would have to see that Hal is. Just him but being treated like SHITTT. And that giving him a body is. Actually a good idea maybe.

Alpha kids actually do things in the story other than Just Roxy and Jane That One Time When She Was Evil

I think that was the majority of my assumptions ? But yeaggg. Homestuck sure was different than i thought.

[charmikarma]

charmikarma's homestuck fanwork rec list

will be updated as i work my way through more things i like :) check under da cut

notes: parentheses indicate the focus(es) of each work, and works with explicit content are marked [E]. gen means there's no specific ship or character focus.

Canon Compliant or Canon-Adjacent Works

Karkat Goes To A Convention, Act 1 by Cole (gen)

i have two pitches for kgtac. here they are:

if you ever find yourself missing homestuck in the old days before postcanon, or even just the old days of homestuck fandom, you should read karkat goes to a convention immediately.

this is the most homestuck thing i have read since homestuck.

act 1 of kgtac is completed, and is the main draw here. act 2 is currently ongoing and is pretty much completely unrelated to act 1. i think it's alright. but act 1 is absolutely a must-read.

Detective Pony by sonnetstuck (dirk)

do i even need to explain this one? it's detective pony. it's a great character study of dirk. i'm sure you've all heard of it. if you haven't read it, go do that now. please.

Jade Route by SPICYYETI (jade)

jade route is a post-epilogues comic following meat!jade who is trapped in a body controlled by calliope. it's a take on the "ending" that the epilogues don't offer. i think it's pretty clever - it does a great job of using the medium. also, it's about jade :) may or may not have had an impact of some size on how i personally read jade.

AU Fics

Crossfire by HappiKatt (gen; dave)

ok, this series only contains one fic (for now). it's called "the calm is terrifying when the storm is all you've known." ok i literally could not put this fic down. it has the best hook i've ever seen. a proper fucking novel. and some of the best character writing i have EVER seen for the whole strilonde family. augh it's so good. and the art is really good too (YES IT'S ILLUSTRATED).

The Eurydice Suite by callmearcturus [E] (gen; davekat)

inception au. some of the coolest action and plot stuff with an ensemble cast i've ever read followed by the best davekat fic i've ever read. really cool stuff.

Catacombs by oxfordRoulette [E] (jadekat; dirkjohn)

another series. it's a d&d-like au. very tongue in cheek about this fact at times. the real draw here is the third fic in the series, Vanitas Vanitatum, which has stellar dirk and john writing. you could read it on its own, but the first two fics are also QUITE good, are about jadekat, and the second one sets up vanitas beautifully, so... you should read all three??? :3c

Miscellaneous

Homestuck Made This World by Ranged Touch (analysis)

hsmtw is a readthrough/analysis podcast whose goal is not to analyze homestuck on its own terms, but to challenge it and put it back into its historical context. it's not the easiest to listen to as a homestuck fan - the hosts are very critical at times, and i don't always agree with their opinions on things that happen in homestuck - but i think the analysis about what homestuck does, tries to do, and is responding to is very important, especially for people who weren't there for homestuck's original run. which... includes me! i read homestuck in 2014. i missed most of the most important homestuck historical moments. in any case, hsmtw changed the way i look at homestuck and other media. highly recommend, at the very least for understanding homestuck's historical context

Sugoi Quest for Kokoro by death420 (gen)

well well well well well well. well. 🤔 well. if it isn't ratchet and fuckin CLANK

DORITOS & FRITOS by bb-panzu (davejade)

good video. has davejade. i'm not an artist or anything but i think there's some kind of artistic genius happening here. it scratches my brain just right.

[findroleplay]

yello, i’m lookin for rp partners :) i haven’t rped in a REALLY long time but i feel like getting back into it… so here we go!

fandoms im looking for rps in: gravity falls, ultrakill, homestuck, lupin the third, yakuza/rgg, possibly others and MAYBE ocs!

ships im looking for in those fandoms and who i prefer to play:

gravity falls - BILLFORD!!!!!!! literally at any point in the their relationship too. id really prefer to write bill, but id be alright with ford also. im looking for billford the most, this is my priority.

ultrakill - i write v1 and v2, and im looking for gabv1el, v1v2, or gabv2el! i dont REALLY have a preference.

homestuck - i write karkat, dave, aradia, jade, nepeta, equius, tavros, and kanaya. i do SO many ships that listing all of them here would be kinda dumb but my favorites are aradave, davenep, equikat, davekat, equitav, erikar, equinep, and johnkat.

lupin the third - i write jigen, lupin, goemon, and zenigata! i’m also willing to do multiple characters. i’m looking for zenilup, jiglup, jiggoe, lupgoe, jigzeni, or poly ships!!

yakuza/rgg - i write majima and possibly nishitani and im looking for either kazumaji or majitani! jsyi, i’ve only played kiwami 1 and zero, but i have knowledge of the other games!

other stuff i like and would maybe like to rp -

tf2 (i write sniper and engineer, maybe scout)

disco elysium (i write harry! im not very far into the game, but i know what happens and all that stuff.)

death note - (L or matsuda! i really like lawtsuda :3)

mp100 - (reigen! i like ekurei a lot!)

for actual rp details, im 18 and i write lit (i tend towards a bit shorter though because im pretty rusty). i’m also very busy IRL so replies might take a while. i have discord but im willing to rp on here or discord, however im more likely to respond if we rp on discord. if you wanna rp, just reach out!! i’ll be happy to talk :))

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[borzoilover69]

what’s your general opinion on the epilogues / pesterquest / hs2 stuff etc. :0

Epilogues: Haven't read them, thought they were tragic.

HS2: Haven't read them but I've heard enough to assume i have. It's not good.

Pesterquest: Ironically, this was my first introduction to homestuck back in 2019. I remember really liking Mallek Adalov and Elwurd. I've recently watched the Dave and John routes of it, but I haven't watched all of them! I don't have enough to form an opinion on it but i watched all the fantroll stuff. ^o^

I think HS2 and Epilogues at least deserves credit by putting jake into a situation (VAGUE) that I believe he would be in. I can see him getting in over his head over being the worlds most famous god. i think it would just follow him unless he decided to fuck off and make an effort to disappear from the public eye.

We did not need a graphic description of Dirk killing himself. LAME! This has probably been said before but Dirk HS2 isn't even Dirk anymore. I don't care, he hated himself and feared himself he wouldn't.. be *that*. Boyfriend put it well, "Oh alright, the guy whos known to have a few screws loose knows he's in a fictional story . wonder where this is gonna go this sounds so neat. oh. oh he's transphobic now .. oh he's. forcing people to say things they normally wouldn't feel safe saying to make himself feel better oh. ok." Dirk would leave the planet. Not to play god, but to destroy himself. To protect his loved ones and believing isolating is the only way to.

It also turned into something that dirkjake abuse claimers could cheer about. They did Davekat dirty. The only sort of interesting thing I liked was how bitter Dirk was about him and Jake that he was willing to break up the one other green and yellow gay couple to further his plans and it could've led somewhere interesting.

They did Jane dirty. And i hate it. I hate the people who wrote Jane. I hope they burn. Understandable she'd be a person taking charge and not some cottagecore lesbian but if anyone would be a xenophobe it would be Dirk. While I can see Jane becoming isolated from her friends because she is serving life itself, i think it would've been an interesting point to see jane strive to battle that inherent loneliness.

I like the idea of the kids relationships falling apart (guns raise). It's an interesting point, and I feel like it could have branched out on the alphas who i found so incredibly appealing for the fact they were messy. (guns lower) I like the idea of the kids breaking apart because of awkwardness and the fight to fix it and not surrender to your inner demons, in a realistic ways. Just not how the epilogues or HS2 did it.

I have a solemn and actual idea how I could *fix* the epilogues and it would make it better, but maybe that's for another ask.. maybe. (hit up my ask box go on.) The epilogues introduced a LOT of good fucking concepts, but on a whole sucked, and I feel like they were cheated on their potential. I have so many ideas on what could've happened to the alpha kids. none of them were realised properly in HS2 or epilogues.

Also these designs fucked. Shame the content was so ass.

[ranchu-star]

possibly the funniest thing that has happened to me was when i was like 11, at the birthday party of one of my mom's friends, and was upstairs in the bedroom of one of my moms friends kids (important context: everyone there is latino so the downstairs party was pretty intense)

there was like 5 kids there, (may or may not be including me and my sibling i can't remember) so me and my older sibling were talking to 2 boys there because they were basically the only other people we could talk to.

one of the boys took my tablet at some point, it was alright because it was all good fun, but then he goes under the bed so i cant get it back.

then he starts looking at my gallery, and went through some albums that weren't just the basic photos or screenshots, it was alright i guess because the albums were pretty average, there was like art i liked, and a homestuck album of random fanart because that was the first year i was into homestuck, but then he found this one album i had, titled stuff.

ok ok tangent here, at the time i did not know that i was internally a silly guy, so i just looked like an 11 year old girl with some silliness, but mostly normal, the only thing he knew about me was that i drew art.

that album... was not just average stuff you woukd expect to find in an album titled stuff. it was an album with 251 images i compiled of davekat fanart because it was (and still is) a comfort ship, i titled it stuff because i was scared my sibling would think i was weird for having an entire album dedicated to davekat, even though LITERALLY NOBODY WOULD EVER WANT TO LOOK THROUGH MY ALBUMS, RIGHT?

now imagine being an 11 year old boy, stealing a tablet from some weird girl you have only had like 2 interactions with, looking through the albums expecting to see not much, maybe like screenshots of anime because this girl draws or whatever, and finding an album filled to the brim with gay fanart.

my sibling alerts me that he found a homestuck album, he starts laughing, i start freaking THE FUCK OUT out internally, because one of the fanarts had dave and karkles chilling on a bed and blushing because it's wholesome (it was a fanart koroke did) and he might think its GAY PORN.

then literally nothing happens, he just laughed a bit and then i got my tablet back so it was all alright.

i hope whoever found this post enjoyed reading this because it's the funniest shit that has ever happened to me, and for some reason i only remembered it today.

[davekat-sucks]

Ive only ever read Homestuck and never even touched the epilogues so forgive me if I'm missing something, but in homestuck doesn't Dave state multiple times that he has no interest in troll romance. I don't really understand davekat at all given that there's multiple panels with the two explaining that they clearing want different things in a relationship, let alone different types of romance. Dave didn't even want to be with Terezi after she started her blackrom with gamzee anf I think that's an important part of Dave as a character. He grew up in an inherently isolating environment that he outright states makes it hard for him to connect with people. Where we left in homestuck he was figuring out navigating just normal friendships really so I don't even understand the appeal to shop the two. Sure, they have some cute moments together, but from my point of view there's no version of the two that could be in a fulfilling healthy relationship together.

Sorry for the rant, I recently re read homestuck for the first time in years and came back to tumblr to see what was going on in the fandom. I know that davekat has always been a popular ship but I assumed by this point in the fandom most of the people left would've actually *read* the source material. I know the epilogues kinda go hogwild but... Like come on

It's alright. But yeah, Dave stated that he has no interest in quadrants or want to be part of any troll poly relationship. My guess is that once Post Retcon timeline happened thanks to John, people assume he would be accepting of quadrants or that he and Karkat will be monogamous relationship just like how Kanaya is married with Rose. It just makes it all the more strange then he started acting happy and merry with Karkat just because VRISKA saved his sister from being a complete depressed alcoholic. You would think he would spend time more with family/friend that he had always wanted to see. But I guess Rose is too busy making out with her lesbian girlfriend to give a shit, so why should he bother her? Seems like the morals for Homestuck and the fandom itself is friendships and family don't matter. It's all about who fucks with who, but not actually fucking because sex is a no-no, even if they are legal age.

[harpoonsnotspoons]

Alright guys poll time because I need to do the weekly "what do people like seeing?" check

[landofchaosandbloom]

Time for @justleaveacommentfest Day 3: AUs!

Here's some Davekat AUs that i fucking love <3 If you read them, please leave a comment! And even if you don't read these, go leave some comments on what you do read :P

Phoria (or: trans college twink goes to town on his ass) College AU ft. t4t Davekat MY BELOVED

Summary: Between the one amateur porno he can’t seem to stop watching, LIT 104, his most recent (and very painful) breakup, and the price of cigarettes these days, Karkat can’t seem to catch a fucking break.

to be perfectly honest i suck at this job im pretty sure i only got it cause roxy put in a good word for me haha Coffee Shop AU Dave you are the most ridic barista ever and I fucking love you

Summary: Your eyes narrowed, you carefully inspect the leaf he’s drawn. It’s...a leaf, certainly, but the shape still looks...well...suspiciously dick-like.

Red Roots Director!Dave and Actor!Karkat AU. This is a WIP and its SO good plz go read alright alright alright <3

Summary: Dave Strider is an achingly pompous, overrated millionaire with the same artistic tastes as a toddler barely capable of pushing itself to stand upright despite using the edge of a coffee table for leverage. Yet unlike the toddler, Strider shows no promise to grow or improve. His works are a mockery of the masterpieces preceding him. He stands on the shoulder of giants and spits in their face.

OR

Dave Strider is a famous movie director known best for his edgy, satirical works. When he steps away from his norm to film a slice-of-life neo-realistic piece, he's surprised to find that Karkat Vantas has accepted the lead role. Despite their professionalism on set, Dave and Karkat can't seem to get along. Dave is determined to get to the bottom of why and hopefully resolve their differences.

A Bump in the Road Daycare AU ft. baby Dirk <3 (this one is locked, so you must be logged in to read it)

Summary: After earning his Master's degree in education, Karkat can't find a teaching job, so Kanaya gets him a job as a toddler teacher at a daycare, much to his chagrin. Dirk is his quietest and most behaved student; in fact, Karkat has never heard him speak, and he's curious. What kind of person could raise such a child? And just how long will Karkat's patience last in a room full of two year olds?

and they were roommates College AU series. WIP, there’s currently 7 fics in the series and I love it SO much <3

Summary: A slow burn college AU in which Dave and Karkat are randomly assigned as roommates who piss each other off, until they don't.

[crookedgrifter]

pinned post time! this sideblog is for everything homestuck!

you can call me ant. my pronouns are ?? a mystery. how about he/they idk

i will be posting homestuck art, writing or just general noise here. there may also be an insane amount of moot shenanigans, so. uhh. i claim temporary insanity on that front. i am a prospit dreaming rogue of void. i am also a sagittarius. unfortunately.

my main blog is @bipbopdepmop! it's mostly full of mcyt stuff. perhaps follow if you like hermitcraft / life series things too? :0

I am a mod on @davejade-daily!!! come check it out :0

things you should know:

-> i spam reblog sometimes

-> i do reblog shipping (art or fics.) however, it will not go beyond suggestive. i do not write, draw, or reblog nsfw things.

-> sometimes i use tone tags.

-> askbox is open. be nice. i will take art requests on anything relating to homestuck. however, i will do them when i want to and if i want to. do not get mad if i don't do it.

tags (that I never use) and more under the cut!!

tags (that i rarely use nowadays):

#my art <- anything i draw!

#my writing <- mediocre writing

#griff makes noise <- talk tag. random posts. i don't know

#homestuck posts <- original posts about homestuck

#reblog <- general tag

#fic reblog

#art reblog

#friend of diamonds <- for you my dear moirail.

#longposts <- long posts i want to save and find again

#homestuck theory <- reblogs of stuff i find interesting. mostly classpecting and character analysis

#art to scrutinize <- attempting to figure out how to art

masterposts:

in which i bird-ify the kids :] -> link

:> got into homestuck when i saw chrisrin's awesome art on yt

:> jade harley girlie <33 can you tell

:> i don't really ship, but i am fond of davekat (<> and <3), davejade (<3 or <>). my moirail is doing their best to convert me to johndavism / pepsicola. it might be working

:> i enjoy classpecting

:> one of my typing quirks is the little :> face, which is meant to represent a bird

alright. that is all!

[77angelnumbers77]

11, 12, 18, and 31 for the ask meme? : ]

You really went and asked all the difficult ones! I'm going to put this under a cut because it will get long.

11. Least favorite kid?

Jake. I know he's thematically important but he annoys me so much 😭 I can't help seeing him as a source of tension in his friend group, despite the fact that he actively despises their romantic advances. I used to dislike all of the alpha kids, but the other three have grown on me a lot. I don't think I actively dislike any of them anymore, but Jake is difficult for me to really enjoy as a character.

12. Least favorite troll?

Tavros. I know, I know, it's absolutely horrible that the Vriska fan dislikes Tavros. Again, I don't actively dislike any of the trolls, Tavros just fails to captivate me. Everyone else I've had phases for. Tavros? Well. He never really got a chance to make anything of himself, which is mostly the narrative and Vriska's fault, but as a result, he's just a difficult character for me to enjoy.

18. NOTP?

This is a difficult one!! I don't interact with a lot of ship content for pairings I don't like, so I've actually forgotten any more niche pairings I don't ship. The most popular ships I dislike are probably DaveKat and DirkJake. I have my reasons for them both, but it mostly comes down to the fact that a lot of times, when a pairing gets popular, bad content for them becomes really prevalent and difficult to avoid.

I used to be a DaveKat shipper around the time of Homestuck^2, but most of the content I see for it feels really out of character -- even in Homestuck^2 itself, I was just really starved for content. Another thing that contributes to my dislike of this ship is a huge rise of people getting into the fandom just to ship DaveKat. The "yeah I skipped to act 4, got bored, and went to AO3" sort that DaveKat tends to attract. Not a criticism of the ship itself, it just makes it unpalatable for me.

I think it's in part because, when you refuse to see your favorite pair outside of the context of shipping them together, they lose a lot of what makes them individuals. I see this for most ships, but particularly very popular pairings. DirkJake is the same for me, plus their canon relationship is really . . . less than ideal in a way that I don't care to imagine salvaging because I don't enjoy Jake as a character.

Alright, one TWO more that I just remembered from the earlier days. JohnDave. To me they're friends! Very good friends. Best bros, even. I love to imagine their silly and wicked cool antics, I don't like to imagine them together -- which is really ironic, actually, because I found out what fanfiction was after googling something related to Homestuck for an essay I was writing for fun, which, of course, led me straight to some JohnDave.

FINALLY, EriSol also used to be a NOTP . . . ECIP actually started out because I was asking myself the question: how can I make these two work? Now I am, for better or worse, a bona fide EriSol shipper. It's not the worst thing in the world!

31. What do you think of the ancestors?

I don't think they were explored enough for me to have a big opinion on them. In my opinion, they were most important to canon in how they shaped the trolls. For example, Mindfang's role as a role model for Vriska, and how these historical figures shaped the FLARPing and relationships of their ecto-offspring. They also provide a lot of historical context for Alternia, but I honestly can't see them as characters in and of themselves.

Thank you for asking!

[jessilynallendilla]

HOMESTUCK FIC REC

TITLE/LINK RATING COMPLETED-WORD-COUNT SERIES

let me know if the links aren't working and feel free to suggest any

HUMANS AND TROLLS COEXIST 

That Ain't Me  M 10,982 SERIES 

A Homestuck AU where everyone is the same but they're trailer trash. Also Davekat happens and it's somehow the future. 

Ten Little Fingers And Ten Little Toes  G 94,536 SERIES 

A human child is adopted and raised by a high blooded alien who attempts to insinuate himself into human politics, having been farsighted enough to see which way the wind was blowing. He intends to raise the thing as a pawn to push pro alternian ideals but he ends up actually loving his brilliant, alien son. Also because aliens do not know how to infant he gets a nanny. 

Safe With You  T 2,772 SERIES 

Tavros takes Gamzee shopping for new clothes. They go to a petting zoo and Gamzee asks why people keep looking at Tavros like he's some kind of monster. 

Awake At Night  M 10,755 SERIES 

There are certain expectations in troll society about taking in a freeloader with no place to go, as Dad Egbert finds out when he offers to host two of his son's stranded friends post-game. 

Domestic Diplomacy (And Other Minefields)  T 6,832 SERIES 

Karkat's moirail meets his matesprit. It goes alright. Nothing's exploding yet, anyway. Karkat just has to translate, and mediate, and fix Dave, and keep Gamzee in line, and not flip his shit. Fucking easy. It's all under control. Gamzee's moirail introduces him to his little alien flushcrush. It goes alright. Just the human's freaking out, and then Karkat's freaking out, and then when Gamzee goes to fix it it gets worse for some reason. It's not like the little squishy motherfuckers count as quadrants. So who knows what the big motherfucking deal is. Dave's boyfriend brings around his other boyfriend, and Dave has an educational experience on the subject of quadrants. It goes alright. Except the guy's a handsy dick who doesn't speak basically any English and wears clown makeup. And Karkat seems to be making some kind of romance power-move at him to prove a point. And Dave's dripping blood all over his favorite pair of sweatpants. 

Suburbia: Gore, Grubs, & Parenting In A House With A White Picket Fence  EX 23,284 

Cronus is a good cop. Kankri teaches at the local community college. They're a typical young married troll couple in a small town in Illinois. They're expecting their first grub(s), which is the most exceptional thing about them, considering that it's not impossible to adopt and troll grubs are born live and chew their way out. Carrying your own is still a new frontier and modern medicine has little to contribute. Surviving is one thing. Parenting is entirely another. Welcome to the glory and heartbreak therein 

THE TROLLS INVADE 

Battlefield Terra  M SERIES 

John is one of eight mech pilots heroically protecting Earth from an alien invasion. Pretty easy on the moral choices. See evil monster from space, kill evil monster from space. Only then he actually meets one of them face to face. 

Battlefield Mentis  G 2,247 

A scene from Chapter 5 of Asuka Kureru's "Battlefield Terra" from Karkat's point of view. John does not know how to censor his mind. 

Warbound Widow  M 472,357 

So the kids win Sburb and they are placed on a restored Earth (both Alphas and Betas) all injuries healed and even some nifty God Tier powers left over; however there is one thing very wrong- the trolls didn't come with them. Everyone is confused and upset, but no matter how hard they try they just cannot locate the trolls anywhere so they become resigned to never meeting them again. As such, they just carry on with their lives and try to put Sburb behind them. Then, a decade later the Alternian Empire attacks Earth. 

In Which Humanity Is Considered As Lusii By A Conquering Troll Empire  T 14,512 SERIES 

In an earth being conquered by Trolls, one scienterrorist considers the idea that humans once properly enslaved would make excellent lusii. This is her original experiment for lususing capabilities as conducted on a human male. light-hearted for the most part despite the fact that Earth is being conquered, will probably be pretty short. Really its just an excuse for grubs 

It's Science Time  T 

A cobalt-blooded scienterrorist studies the behavioral habits of humans so that they can enslave them better. A can of beans sits in the corner and is of no relevance to the plot at all. Suddenly, vive la revolution. 

In Plain Sight  T 

It’s been this way as long as John can remember; as long as his dad can remember. Jade’s grandfather remembered though. He used to tell stories as they fell asleep under the stars. He’s gone now- lost to the world. Much like the rest of their race will be soon enough. They’ve taken over and soon the human race will be entirely eradicated. 

Never An Easy Path  NR 

John Egbert thought he knew how the world worked. He grew up on stories of the horrible trolls, who constantly invaded the borderlands and never showed mercy to a human. He knew he would become a great warrior who protected humans from these terrifying monsters. But what will he do when he actually meets a troll and learns that the stories he had known all his life weren't entirely truthful? 

NON HUMAN 

Mistaken  G 2,567 

Grandpa Harley guiltily adopts the orphaned Strider boys. 

And Let This Cold Night's Wind Be My Witness  T 17,476 

Hunters look for the demons who murder the hunters who kill the demons. … Or is it the other way around? 

The Start (Original)  T 1,381 

Here is the original if you'd like to read it, though I think the updated version is more interesting in a way.... 

Night At The Zoo  G 1,323 

You are John Egbert and you work at the zoo. 

Broken Reality  M 

Dirk, one of the most known hunter's at a supernatural level, ran into a panicked man after seeing his first demon. This man just so happened to be Jake English, a demon more known for his damage then his name. When Dirk get's caught up in Jake's human form, three years have already past and now he needs his help. Will Jake turn against his own kind and help his lover? Or kill Dirk's entire family as previously planned? And what will John do when he realizes that his best friend, and target, is in danger? 

Eight Days A Week  T 7,766 

The creature straightens up and settles in the sunlight, wrapping its long, glittering tail around itself in thick coils. The scales run up to its waist, where you can see hints of human skin against the smooth hide. It has a thin, cunning face, softened by a strangely mild smile that stretches its too-wide mouth, and its hair is in a wiry braid over its shoulder. “Nnn,” you say, and point with a hand that shakes so badly you’re barely pointing at the creature at all. “—nuh. Nah. *Naga*—” 

Zombiestuck  T 

When a cure for cannibalism goes horribly wrong, the world is thrusted into something it was never prepared for: the Zombie Apocalypse. As the Beta kids, the Alpha kids, and the trolls try to come together in order to better their chances of survival, tensions will be high, secrets and feelings will be revealed, and lives will be lost, all in time for the end of the world. Will our heroes emerge victorious? Or will they suffer a fate worse than death? 

Common Misconceptions  EX 

When Jake notices the company John has been keeping, he immediately becomes fearful for his cousin's safety. Demons are selfish. Demons are violent. Demons are quick to take advantage of humans, and he'll be damned if he let's his cousin fall prey to their whims. He's content to believe that they're all up to no good, but when Dirk shows up and throws a wrench in his plans, he might have to reevaluate his opinion on them. And maybe, just maybe, realize some other important things along the way. 

An Invincible Summer  G 

He’s something wild and strange—his blood and his eyes are the color of the bacchanalian wine and filled with the same banked frenzy…but none of the joy. Well you’re supposed to be a free spirit of nature and your wings are useless, blood-colored abominations. Who are you to judge him for not being happy? 

PET/SLAVE!STUCK 

Unwanted Free Ugly Troll  T 71,873 SERIES 

The first time you pass by the troll in the box you kind of try not to see it. It's gross as fuck when people do this. You guess maybe it's better than driving them out into the country and dumping them to make it on their own, or those stories you've heard about people dumping unwanted wrigglers in sacks into rivers--those you try not to think about because fuck, that is not okay on any level but it's not like you can do shit about it. 

Before I Sleep  T 36,565 

Your name is Rosa Maryam and you grew up dreaming of a perfect family, being the perfect wife, the perfect mother. After the miscarriage at eighteen, you were lost. After the divorce a year later, you were broken. When hope arrives in the strangest possible form, a well-intended but tasteless gift, you don't recognize it. Not at first. You did not give birth to your son but he is yours, and he saved your life, and you will never let anyone hurt him. 

Jade Harley: Adopt A Troll  G 13,773 SERIES 

It wasn't fair. With how badly he’d been treated, the least he deserved was a chance to live a happy, safe life. Not to get put on a death row. But what if nobody adopted him? Against her firm morals and better judgment, Jade decided to adopt a troll as a pet 

Chains  EX 

After the Great War between Alternia and Earth the trolls have been kept and enslaved by the human race. Karkat Vantas is one of these trolls that has been enslaved. He is like any other troll, except that he is a mutant. Even though the trolls have given up their cultural ways one thing from their old world remains and that is the hemospectrum. The humans have taking the bloodcaste and have based the worth of a troll after it. The higher the blood of a troll is the higher the price for that troll is. Being a mutant in this society makes him not only worthless to other trolls but to humans as well. Dave Strider is in search of a troll after turning 16 which is the age when a human can buy a troll. He goes to the market and buys Karkat. After they bond his feelings grow more red for the nubby horned troll but he isn't sure how to fix the scars left on the outside and inside of Karkat from his past to get the troll to see that Dave isn't going to hurt him. 

Broken  T 3,481 SERIES 

Sometimes you're too tired to fight. Sometimes you just don't want to. This was a quick piece I did last night, It's about John buying a new troll companion after his dad dies 

Those Who Do Not Learn From History  M 

Alternate universe. In this world, there was no Sgrub session, and a few events from the human space age have happened earlier, but these are only minorly related to the plot. After a failed Alternian invasion of Earth, humans managed to turn the tide and end up winning the war, and enslaved the entirety of the Alternian people. John decides to purchase a troll without being fully aware of the reality of the situation, instead believing much of "common knowledge" instead, and realizes the reality of what humanity has really done and tries his best to cope with a language and cultural barrier and create an environment for his new troll to live in. 

MISC 

A Heavy Heart  T 12,886 SERIES 

You haven't ever felt bad to pail a brother or sister before, but for some reason you look down on his strange, angry, nubby-horned little face and it hurts inside you. Hurts like a motherfucker. In a universe where the hemospectrum is long-abolished but never forgotten and the descendants of ancient rebels are looked to as the leaders, a tired purple-blood drowning in his drugs find a lonely mutant on the run from his bloodline, in the wrong place, for all the wrong reasons. 

Haven From The Summer Storm  T 3,371 

Not many people understand what being best friends with Gamzee means. Even less seem to understand that there's more to him than schizophrenia. 

Last Days Of Rain  T 4,896 

He keeps calling you his best friend, and honestly you're inclined to agree. 

The First Days Of Sun  T 4,411 

He is your best motherfucking friend, and you love him like you ain't loved no one before. 

Endangered  EX 126,078 SERIES 

Androids have all but won the war against humanity, and the remnants of the once-great human civilization are reduced to miles of wastelands and hidden communities struggling to survive. Dirk and his friends are sent out to scavenge for supplies, while AR is sent to hunt down and exterminate the dwindling human population. Their fated meeting is the beginning of a union between species that was once thought impossible. 

A Spark, A Flame, A Fire  EX 56,156 SERIES 

Deep in Derse's shadowy core languishes the stolen second-in-line to the Prospitian throne. He plays the part of reluctant Ambassador, though rather than politics he finds himself juggling the heavy heart of Derse's Prince, which he regrets ever asking for, and charting out his new life far from the Sunburst Court. Jake is grimly sure he'll never be warm again. 

The Back Of A Truck  EX 76,029 SERIES 

The twelve trolls find themselves in the back of a truck, transported there by a sudden burst of energy from somewhere unknown. They have no knowledge of the humans or of their race, all they know is that they need to find a way back home, a way to fit in. But there are eyes watching them. Eyes that will catch them one way or another. 

Wondrous Adventures Of Harley, English, And Strider  T 264,333 

Jake English has a pretty straightforward life: he is an amateur writer who travels around the world with his twin sister Jade Harley and their dog Becquerel, thinking this is the best a life could be. Meeting Dirk Strider is only the beginning of the journey of changing his worldview, as well as an epic quest of saving the world, when spirits from an ancient legend come to life.  

Never Let You Cry Again  T 7,776 

You didn't mean to do it. Yeah, you consider John your kismesis, no matter how unrequited. But he's still your friend, in some sense of the word...right? You really didn't mean to do it... 

Indisposed  T 1,197 

Culture shock is hard. It's hard and nobody understands. 

Alternative Alternia  M 136,922 SERIES 

A story in which a young mutant is given as tribute to the Grand Highblood and struggles to find his place in the world, ultimately coming to the conclusion that social reform is required. Involves over six separate duels (including two for quadrants), many scenes of violence, episode of traumatic flashbacks, multiple scenarios involving mind control, sexual encounters (both consensual and not), the destruction of no less than five fine seagoing vessels, blatant hemocaste desecration, even more blatant hemodiscrimination, two cases of mild quadrant vacillitation, one instance of quadrant fuckupery, and an inordinate amount of swearing. May not be appropriate for grubs and young trolls. 

Out Of Orbit  T 

The Princess of Prospit is supposed to marry the Prince of Derse. Though she does not like the idea, she must do it for her people. Derse and Prospit are at an all out war due to their great great grandfathers. the war has been going on for ages though, Prospit is coming to their downfall. The royals have never met, and they do not know each others names because they never bothered telling each other at all. They agreed to the marriage for their kingdoms to stop the war. But some plans have changed, how will they resolve?   

No Happily Ever Afters  EX  

Karkat is a breeder troll, a fate to those who were previously seen as freaks and culled. Now, being born with bright red blood makes him destined to give birth to grubs in place of the extinct Mother Grub. He resents and rebels against his fate. He finds an old decrepit castle which he makes his home and eventually turns it into an orphanage. But trolls were never one to take differences lightly and are determined to put Karkat in his place. They won't take change lightly, especially in times of desperation

[vesperaink]

hi kaze!! <3

3 ships: i love so many and in so many different flavors!! (honestly i just love seeing people in love, platonic or romantic or Why Are They Like This hehe) but for the highlight reel- Team Rancher (not just platonic/romantic but a secret third thing...ranchers), Davekat, and ThanZag

last song: if we're counting my penchant for animatics taking over my playlist, C'mon Marianne/Stronger, but also i've been jamming to Hozier's Eat Your Young

last movie: oh man uhhh OH i guess i just watched The Maze Runner for movie night with my roommates (it was alright)

Currently reading: mostly fanfic and various webcomics ngl, been bouncing between a lot of rancher fic (tho i gotta catch up on doctortrekkie's Our Solemn Hour)

Currently consuming: taro fries and eggrolls foodwise and a lot of Limited Life, animatics, and speedpaints media wise :D

Craving: crunchy chocolate, or anything sweet as per usual :3

Tags uh i dont know 9 people ajhfjasf but: @rainbowchaox @sincerely-nines or anyone else if you'd like to join in..? no worries if not! (or if you want me to remove the tag lmk im sorry in advance)

(starting a new thread 'cause the other one got really long)

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Thanks for the tag, @juniperjellyfish!!

Three ships: Pixane, Ralbert, Orphydice

Last song: Phenomena - Douran

Last movie: Hmm, I really can't remember

Currently reading: RED (As in Russia and Measles and Love) by Linda Jane Niedfeldt

Currently watching: Ninjago!

Currently consuming: Strawberry-orange gum and grape soda (I know, I'm sooooo healthy)

Currently craving: Nothing. I just woke up, and I'm never hungry after I wake up (even though I fell asleep starving)

Nine tags: @beetr0t @roguendeavor @giddlygoat @lennon-cuddlywump @dapper-nahrwhale @not-quite-my-tempo @kentucky-fried-thea @orcaofmyheart99 @frau-wilhelm-klink

[rnoonsetter]

i'm so fucking bored of davekat honestly