#oasisofgalaxies

[rozugold]

🐺 can our wolves be friends :0?

FRIENDS!!!

[calware]

Do you have any advice on how to write Dirk and Hal or know of anyone I could get tips from :0?

okay so first of all i want to say that i don't think that i'm really an 'authority' on the subject, or that anyone else really can be aside from andrew herself. but i do have some thoughts and opinions that i'm willing to share

#1 piece of advice is to reread the comic once in a while. or at least reread bits and pieces if that's too daunting or not feasible. the POV cam extension is really helpful for that because you can specifically reread just the parts where dirk is there (does not work for hal though iirc which is where the dialogue directory is the next best thing) anyway i suggest doing this because it's always better to have their canon depictions fresh in your mind so you aren't accidentally working off of purely fanon ones

i think this is more of just a writing tip in general but try to think about how much you intend to transform the character. and by that i mean how much you want to stick to canon characterization. no matter how far you go with it, your depiction should always be informed by canon, but you can go as far with it as you want as long as it's intentional. so for example, if you want to stay really close to canon characterization, go for it. but if you want to stick them in an AU, ask yourself how that will change their behavior, personalities, etc. and it you specifically want them to act differently than they do in canon, that's okay too as long as you justify it and make it believable to your reader. you don't have to be afraid of changing them as long as something happened to cause that change

i feel like these are the two biggest pitfalls people fall into, usually a combination of the two. either they just don't understand the character well enough to give a believable portrayal of them, they don't give the audience enough reason to believe their portrayal of them, or both. for example there are a lot of hal fics out there where he is evil and kills people for fun, which to me just tells me that the author didn't really get him. but the takeaway isn't that you should never make hal evil and kill people, just that you need to provide basis for the audience to believe that he would be evil and kill people while still feeling in-character for doing so. that's what i mean by intentionality, you need to understand why you make the artistic choices that you are making

i wrote down some common tropes (?) of hal writing i tend to see that are along the lines of "i see these a lot and they wouldn't be bad if the author just made them feel believable" if that's at all helpful. i can do some for dirk as well if anyone wants me to

3. avoid being reactionary. the homestuck fandom is so reactionary with its portrayal of characters, meaning that one mischaracterization will get popular, and people will complain about it and swing the complete opposite direction, leading to a different mischaracterization becoming popular. an example of this is everyone thinking dirk is the coolest ever, and then switching to think he's the lamest ever. just try to focus on your own perceptions of the characters based on what you read from the comic and what you agree with others on, don't form perceptions based on trying to break away from something else

4. this goes more for dirk than hal because hal isn't as popular, but just keep in mind that dirk isn't the main character. i think a lot of people attribute main character energy to him when they don't really have to. obviously if you write a fic about dirk, he's literally going to be the main character, or if he's your favorite character you're going to care about him more than the others. but that doesn't mean he's any more important, more special, more traumatized, more mentally ill, or what have you, than any other character. going back to the example from above, the people who treat him as both the coolest OR the saddest character are both portraying him as the Special Boy. when the reality is that they are all pretty special and he's not an exception

i hope that all made sense... if not feel free to ask and i can explain further if needed

[shepscapades]

Hi!! I just rediscovered ur dbhc au! Quick question, was there a comic made for Etho’s shut down in s8? I don’t see it on the master post for Etho n Bdubs

There wasn't!! It's one of those things i've drawn a lot of unfinished sketches for but have never found a way to properly convey the emotions i imagine in that moment in a way i'm happy with... though if i ever freakin' finish some of these spotify wrapped drawings i'd be able to post some of those sketches :]

[copepods]

Creative writing club is fun

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[ethosiab]

Dude ur sketchbook paper looks like it has an amazing texture what brand is it

Apparently it's a brand called 'Born'? I think they're only available in officeworks so it'd pretty hard to get unless you're aussie.

[leonardalphachurch]

Honestly I trust ur judgement on anyone from rvb like . U get them

gwah… that’s so nice…. i don’t think there are any characters where i’m like. what the FUCK is this guys deal. but i definitely have ones i struggle with more than others haha. there are definitely a long line of people you should go to before me if you want thoughts on the mercs for example

[ind1c0lite]

glavier kavin or whatever his name is /silly

Love this guy, the keyboard man

[beacon-lamp]

georg sunny d YEEHAW

neb oasisofgalaxies!!! :D

hallo and YEEHAW

[the-moon-pal]

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

THAAAANK YOUUUU!! 🥳 <- me

[ancient-romes]

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

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[bovivinator]

It needs the context of both MsCupcakes's accompanying stream notification and this meme:

https://youtu.be/O7FIiYsVy3U?si=R04-Jv6yQgHV6V0K

What??????? Daniel??????

[rozugold]

Allies or Enemies is such a good song augh

IT IS, IT IS!!!! Do you prefer the live version or album version? 👀

[calware]

Sorry for the reblog spam 😬

NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE it doesn't bother me at all. 1. i appreciate the notes 2. i love getting to see fun comments 3. it lets me know i'm curating a good selection of posts. hope you are having a good one o7 <3

[12u3ie]

Behold, my Homestuck OC: carshit vantablack

[copepods]

A happy moon :0? I love her sm

nsh just told her something funny

[twodragonsinatrenchcoat]

terrified for how large the number on that post may be by tomorrow please don't give me any more notes. go give my friends' art more notes please and thank you <3