#or the giant matriorb

[corvidterror]

Kanaya, chainsaw mom

[everypieceintoafire]

my homestuck fics on ao3 - a smallish masterpost

I realised I only had these linked on a custom page, which isn't very mobile-friendly, so here they are.

Let There Be Light

An Earth-Shattering Confession was the first fic I ever finished and, aside from an abandoned Star Trek story, the first of my fiction to see the light of day since the mid-00s. I wrote the first chapter on our netbook, sleepless, sat up in bed, uploaded by morning, and I had no idea where I was going with it. Two days later I was uploading chapter two. I had so much fun.

It's about a trans girl who comes out to her friends. That's pretty much it. It's like fifty percent pesterlog.

The amazing thegeekgene has performed the whole thing!

TT: I've been meaning to ask you for a favor. And that favor comes with a confession. TT: It's rather a large favor. GA: I See GA: How Does It Compare To The Size Of The Confession GA: Are We Talking Mountains And Burrowbeast Hills Or TT: The confession is, if anything, larger. TT: Earth-shattering, if you will. Or possibly Alternia-shattering. One way or another one of our planets is going to get caught in the shockwave created by my horrifying secret. TT: The moment I open my mouth to speak the terrible truth will be remembered in the histories of advanced civilizations as the origin point of the bizarre spatial anomaly that erased this world, burrowbeasts and all, from the universe. TT: You may wish to bring a portable transportalizer so you can escape to a less doomed planet once I've opened my heart to you. GA: I Am Afraid I Have No Such Device GA: But As A Troll I Am Capable Of Surviving The Vacuum Of Space For Several Minutes Without Suffering Harm GA: Its Entirely Possible My Mysterious Rainbow Drinker Powers Will Extend That GA: And According To The Book You Loaned Me Two Weeks Ago A Mere Thirty Seconds Is All You Need Before A Helpful Soul In A Passing Spaceship Arrives To Affect A Rescue GA: Provided Said Ship Is Powered By An Engine Sufficiently Humorous And Improbable GA: So We Can Assume I Will Live Through This Momentous Event GA: And With That Assumption Safely Made And Acknowledged By All Parties Move On To The Confession Itself TT: Ah.

The Other Girl came next and is a one-pager about dysphoria.

On Bananas followed that and is basically about how I don't understand Spironolactone.

These stories are grouped together in a series called Let There Be Light. There's also the unfinished stories Growing Up Again and We'll Stand Up Together, which may well continue at some point!

Prompts

Finding the Path was written (mostly on trains and in a great hurry) as a pinch-hit for Homestuck Ladyfest 2013. It's patchy, but the dialogue is kind of fun (primarily because I only had about two days to write it so I wrote the dialogue first and filled in everything else after).

AG: Where did you land? GA: I Am Stuck In A Tree GA: It Is Not Dignified GA: The Branches Are Poking Me GA: The Matriorb Is Okay Though The Future Of Our Race Is Still Assured GA: So GA: You Know GA: Good AG: Stop ram8ling and tell me where you are! I don't like the look of these woods. GA: How Can You Not Like The Woods Isnt Your Lusus Literally A Giant Spider That Eats People GA: Are You Not By Definition The Scariest Thing In Any Given Set Of Woods GA: Oh No A Spider Troll Come To Feed Me To Her Enormous Monster Parent GA: Isnt That You GA: And Yes Of Course I Am Rambling I Go On Like This When Im Nervous GA: For Some Reason Dropping Through A Weird Glitch In The Side Of A Hill Into A Wood That Wasnt There A Moment Before Has Put Me A Little On Edge

Little Blue Heart was written for Homestuck Rare-pair Swap 2014. It's a Rose/Vriska story set a while after the end of Homestuck (which is a thing that hadn't happened yet when I wrote it) when the characters are adults and finally old enough to fuck up their own lives without any outside assistance. It contains the only sex scene I've ever written.

Your name is Rose Lalonde, and something inside you makes it rain.

A reporter came out to the house a few weeks ago looking for a story in the stormclouds that persist over Rainbow Falls, but what was there to say about it except, it's always raining? She asked questions; you lied. She got some footage you doubt ever made it to TV. You deliberately wore a borderline-offensive shirt for the interview, not because you thought it would make them omit you from any potential broadcast—pixelization is a thing, after all—but merely to express your feelings on the whole process.

When she left for the last time, Kanaya told you that your growing contempt for other humans was an unbecoming quality, that your whole attitude towards people and the planet you ended up on was evidence of a bruise on your soul she was on the verge of giving up trying to heal. Things could have been so much worse, she'd said; you could, after all, have all reincarnated on a recreation of Alternia! You shouted back that that would have been better because maybe some troll there would have been willing to take you apart and find out what's wrong with you, and that was what prompted her to slam the front door on her way out. It still doesn't close properly.

Kanaya's staying in town, for now, and occasionally pops up on Pesterchum. She worries. You wish she'd go further away.

But it's true; something inside you makes it rain. The weather responds to your moods as if auditioning for a horror movie, and in the lightning flashes of your anxiety attacks you see writhing shadows in the forest, reaching for the clouds. They match the wriggling and itching under your skin, and what began as a creeping dread grew in the weeks of your solitude into a horrified certainty: when your head aches and the storm breaks the sky in half above you, you feel them as the limbs of something that crawled inside you long ago.

You can put a name to its tendrils, to the things curled around your spine, to the smoke that gathers in your head: horrorterror.

You are almost insulted to be so comprehensively invaded by something with such a stupid, stupid name.

Skylighter was written for When Worlds Collide: Crossover Fanwork Exchange, and is a Homestuck/Pacific Rim crossover. It's also kind of rushed, but it's okay.

AG: This is the 8est one yet! CG: YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT. IT'S ALWAYS THE BEST ONE YET AND JAEGER PILOTS ARE ALWAYS 'ULTIM8 8ADASSES' AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE A PILOT ONE DAY. AG: Yeah, just as soon as I find someone awesome enough to Drift with me. AG: And none of that ever stops 8eing a thing that is true. Look at that punch! CT: D –> This is e%traordinarily gratifying GA: Yes Oh My Goodness I Am Enthralled GA: Left Hook Right Hook Oh My CG: YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING SARCASM AGAIN, HAVEN'T YOU? GA: I Dont Know What You Mean CG: SOLLUX SHOULD NEVER HAVE MADE THAT INTERDIMENSIONAL TRANSCEIVER, ALL IT GETS USED FOR IS APPALLING HORNLESS ALIEN SOAP OPERAS AND DEPRESSINGLY PERSISTENT BONE-POLISHING OVER ALIEN PORNOGRAPHY. TA: hey fuck you. TA: iif the iimperiial navy ii2 goiing to hang a hiighly 2ophii2tiicated panuniiver2al trackiing 2y2tem diirectly over our head2 they 2hould equiip iit wiith a better 2ecuriity 2y2tem and 2taff iit wiith troll2 capable of fiindiing theiir 2hame globe2 wiithout a map.

[dontfollowmeman]

Here I am, talking about SBURB classes when no one cares anymore

I’ve seen my fair share of classpect analysis on this site, and most of them are good, but often have some things I disagree with, so here I go with my super duper take on the whole class part of the classpects.

First of all: a short overview! It’s gonna be the class type, with both the active and passive role of that type, and their corresponding phrase.

Utilization (-) Knight: Utilizes aspect (+) Page: Allows utilization of aspect

Robber (-) Thief: Takes (through) aspect for themselves (+) Rogue: Takes (through) aspect and gives to others

Destruction (-) Prince: Destroys with aspect, destroys aspect (+) Bard: Allows destruction of aspect, invites destruction through aspect

Healing (-) Maid: Heals/saves with aspect, heals/saves aspect (+) Sylph: Brings healing/salvation of aspect, inspires healing/salvation through aspect

Control (-) Witch: Takes control of aspect, takes aspect (+) Heir: Is given control of aspect, is given aspect

Knowledge (-) Seer: Takes knowledge of/through aspect (+) Mage: Is given knowledge of/through aspect

But why? Well, you see...

KNIGHT A straightforward class: You learn how to use your aspect to great effect, often by being taught. The Dave that became Davesprite took months to master time travel, and taught alpha timeline Dave how to do it. Alpha timeline Dave was also instructed by Terezi. Karkat learned how to handle relationship troubles from his romcoms and the many many memos and issues during their session. Importantly, the knight’s aspect also works against them in some way, with Latula’s session being doomed by the brilliant mind of Doc Scratch, Karkat having mutant blood and his group being torn apart by their own interpersonal problems, and Dave suffering from a critical lack of time.

PAGE The page allows others to use their aspect. Vriska was able to utilize Tavros’ abilities throughout the comic, with him having little influence over it, and even when he manages to do something by himself (amassing a giant army) he lets Meenah take the lead. Jake’s hope powers are utilized by Aranea and by Brain Ghost Dirk. Horuss allows others to utilize Void, in this case nothing, him being absolutely useless.

THIEF This class is undisputed. Vriska took other people’s luck and knowledge (the orb) with her eyesight, Meenah took an army of ghosts from Tavros.

ROGUE This class is undisputed. Roxy was able to steal the nothingness from objects she then gave to others, like the Matriorb, and took through the void, like she stole Rose away and took objects from other times and places like the pumpkins. Rufioh, as the summoner, tried to take his and the other lowblood’s freedom from the highbloods. Nepeta took her friends’ relationships and put them on her shipping wall.

PRINCE This class is undisputed. Kurloz destroyed Meulin’s eardrums and possibly Mituna’s mind. Eridan destroyed the troll’s hope to revive their race with a wand powered by hope.Dirk tries to destroy himself (Lil Hal) and tries to destroy both Aranea’s and Caliborn’s souls. Princes are always in danger of destroying themselves, like Dirk ruining his relationship, and Eridan destroys his own hope.

BARD This class is undisputed. Gamzee manipulates Terezi into killing Vriska by making her angry, manipulates Nepeta into facing him which leads to her death, manipulates Terezi again into developing self-destructive tendencies and he’s the one raising Caliborn. Cronus’ flirting always leads to him being told off and his hopes being slowly destroyed.

MAID Aradia saves herself using her time powers and tries to save the timelines by correcting paradoxes. Jane fixes life with her life powers. Porrim doesn’t do much.

SYLPH Kanaya is instrumental in creating both the B and C universes, and saving her race from permanent extinction. Aranea restores Terezi’s eyesight and brings about the events that would at some stage lead to Vriska being saved from her fate.

WITCH The witch takes her aspect and takes control of the aspect. Feferi took control of Gl’bgolyb who would eradicate all life on her planet, and she took life to do so. She took control of all the little animals she took as her pets. Jade’s own actions lead to her going Dog tier. Damara takes her time becoming active, but then gleefully initiates the scratch.

HEIR The heir is given their aspect and given control over it, such as Mituna being placed in a situation where he can protect the group from disaster but in the process loses his powers and sanity. John has no real own motivation, instead he is always guided, instructed and inspired where to go and what to do.His wind powers kick in suddenly as he is told to use them, Vriska gives him the opportunity to become unstuck in canon, his denizen makes him find his ability to control the teleportation. Equius’ beloved rank and nobility are made void because no one cares anymore, he is uncontrollably strong so both his tendency to break things and his fistfighting is “control of nothing”, he is given a limited amount of control over the ghost Aradia who is void of emotion and motivation, he is given her as a matesprit, he is given nothingness by being strangled, he is given control over secrecy by being used to block out information in Rose’s tomb, he is given (control of) an empty kernelsprite, given (control of) the soulless AR, he is given a limited amount of control over the void session and he is given control over the by that point empty Lil Cal.

SEER The seer takes knowledge, like Rose using her majyyks and tomes and so on, and the Signless travelling the world and meeting people and thinking about shit and Terezi by strategizing, investigating and later, like the others, using her newfound powers to see what would happen in the future.

MAGE The mage gets his knowledge from outside or via intuition, like Sollux could hear the voices of the imminently deceased and Meulin being inexplicably good at matchmaking.

A little afterword about genders: As the destruction classes are male only, it would make sense for the female titled healing classes to be female only. As the robber classes are predominantly but not exclusively female, they may have a counterpart in the utilization classes which seem to be predominantly but not exclusively male (3 male pages, 2 male knights and 1 female knight as opposed to 2 female and 1 male rogue and 2 female thieves). The knowledge classes are unisex, but the Control pair is probably split between the exclusively male heir and the exclusively female witch, so we have 6 unisex, 3 exclusive male, and 3 exclusive female classes.

I think it would be interesting to know how SBURB handles assigning classes to transgender people.

[missfinefeather]

ROSE: While most landed in time periods corresponding with the original group, ROSE: It seems that two of the new players arrived four centuries ahead of everyone else. 

Huh, confirmation on that.

I guess Jake is in the past with Jane

Wait, 4 centuries? How old was Rose and Dave when the babies arrived? God Roxy and Dirk spent their entire lives grown up in the post-apocalypse.

Though that makes me confused. Jake’s island is underwater. We see the forge and frog temple still there... did he not make it into the game?

I mean, I guess considering the new game doesn’t need ‘em, he could have left them behind, but then what’s the point of the lusii? Does Jake already have the matriorb?

WAIT! OMG! OMG!

THE THING! THE GIANT THING IN HIS INVENTORY! THAT’S A MOTHER GRUB BODY! I KNOW IT! :O

ROSE: But they're still apparently able to communicate with their coplayers through I guess some Trollian-like technology, and they're still able to establish game connections with the others. So this stands as an odd but not otherwise terribly significant detail. 

Except whatever they are using doesn’t troll them... I don’t think...

DAVE: in this alt universe group of us and DAVE: them DAVE: which ones are the actual players ROSE: I'll give you a hint. ROSE: It isn't us. DAVE: fuck 

I mean, it makes sense. I mean, if you were always meant to join this session, why would the game allow you to play with yourself?

Oh wait, Knight of Time, you already do.

Oh wait, that statement sounded sexual... Like Skaia is desperately trying to keep them from masterbating.

[dahniwitchoflight]

Who inverted in the comic and who overembraced? This is really interesting.

oh man a list of everyone? oh boy lol

I dont think I can list everything AND explain why in detail all in one post, but I can at least make a basic list of my thoughts roughly in order

so in the first four acts of the comic roughly, there was Alpha Jade who wandered near the path of inverting to a Seer of Time, but snapped out of that when she saw a dead dave in her googles

there was Jadesprite who had become comfortable with nonexistence/death being suddenly brought back to life and Inverting because of her situation

then later incomic Grimbark Jade I would say with our new knowledge of what things are Time and what things are Space is probably that Grimbark Jade was overembracing (Space as bigger picture thinking/not worried about details/patience focused ie “playing the long con” = GrimBark Jade as wanting to go through with the plan of Dave killing LE with the cueball and not explaining anything just wanting it done, her being patient but threatening with Roxy getting her to make the matriorb etc things like that)

Rose obviously spent a lot of time falling in the beginning, and then made a big splash inverting when she went grimdark. later in the comic she become more balanced, more okay with not having all the answers or the answers that she “wants”, still dipping now and again but nothing too bad

Dave overall at the beginning was alright, Davesprite however was I believe heavily inverted throughout most of his existence (and then later finding some happiness as an existence in Davepeta, but I also consider that partly him “giving up” at being “Dave” in general so ymmv)

Dave himself foundered here and there in parts, but I wouldn’t say he ever got as bad as even John in the ship, his path was mostly “maaaan why do *I* have to be the guy who does things all the time, like yes like I’m good at Time, but can’t somebody else be good at Time too? Give me a break” like his situation was trying to set him up to overembrace and do everything himself but he was actively trying to avoid that, so it sort of ended up evening itself out in a comfortable balance kind of way

John has, obviously, the Prospit ship, but other than that one bad situation he found himself in was otherwise actually pretty alright in his role

as for Alpha kids, Jane was somewhat similar to Rose in that she had a lot of buildup for going down a dark inverty path at the beginning, it kind of came to a semi head under Caliborn’s mockery of her, then she stuffed it down until Crocker!Jane happened and let it all out

Dirk and ARr have an interesting situation where one was an overembracer while one was an inverter, and they kinda push eachother away from themselves as they both attempt to distance themselves from eachother, in some ways both versions of Dirk are trying simultaneously to be “less like “Dirk” ” and “more like themselves (who is Dirk)” in varying ways throughout the comic, so they both show signs here and there of flip flopping between those two states, overall though I think Dirk was more likely to overembrace at the start and invert near the end, while AR was more like to invert near the beginning and overembrace near the end

Roxy of all the kids was actually the most straightforward in her path, even moreso than John, she never really wandered from the straight and narrow, even when her vices came to a head or when she stumbled a bit she didnt let it overwhelm her, but shook herself off and straightened herself out and kept on trucking

and then Jake was fairly alright, but I do think a lot of his bravado at the beginning was maybe him trying to cover up that he didn’t really feel like a valuable contributor/part of the rest of the team, which is probably why he seemed to fall easily into place whenever Dirk stepped up tor try and take the reigns of any situation they were a part of in the beginning. Jake always did seem more comfortable leaving difficult situations in the hands of other people rather than deal with things honestly and thats probably because of his own perspective that he wasnt able to handle those things

and then when Aranea did her thing with him, technically during his giant hopey ball thing you could consider that “environmental factors forcing him to act overembracey” but I dont think it really counts cuz it wasnt of his own free will at all

and then for the trolls, most notable examples of either inversion or overembracing were:

Aradia as inverting while still a ghost/dead aka before god tier

Vriska as HEAVILY overembracing to the point of being poster child, while (Vriska) or punk Vriska/Ghost Vriska going the extreme other direction of inverting for a bit

Terezi at the super beginning you could say was more likely to overembrace (mostly because of Vriska influence probably), then mellowed out a bit, but then far later her relationship with Gamzee caused her to somewhat invert

Gamzee, did make drastic personality flips over the course of the comic, but he’s an ambiguous character and thats overshadowed by things like his personal Loyalty to LE and Lil Cal, I’ll give him that. But, overall, he did decide that what he wanted was the same thing as what LE wanted, he decided he was going to become his own god/s, and he sort of suceeded at that, and everytime, when it came to a head between what he wanted and what other people wanted, Gamzee did what he wanted every time (because he wanted what LE wanted which he understood as things that he himself wanted, because he knew he was going to become LE) so I would consider that a tendency for overembracing overall, with the slight exception of the beginning of the comic where he was a complete sopored up pushover

Eridan you could consider was a straightforward example of of overembracer in the same vein of Aranea later on, where he decided on a plan of action/his own beliefs, didn’t let anything or anyone else come into his consideration, and ended up having that plan blow up in his face

Tavros has a notable mention of as a ghost with Vriska dipping slightly into inversion but it never really came to a head/amounted to much

then the other trolls are more like, Equius was submissive, but he *wanted* to be that way, but he didnt do anything at anyone elses expense really, so he didnt invert or overembrace

Kanaya like Roxy was fairly steady in her role overall, and more rose to occasion whenever she was needed

Nepeta didnt really get much either way and neither Sollux

and while I definitely agree Karkat had some up and downs with his own self worth, neither were really that extreme, I think he did end up coming out on top with a better understanding of his role at the end of the day

and of the older trolls, the only notable example out of any of them inverting or overembracing wise was Aranea for overembracing, for already spoken about reasons

Meenah was a notable character, but again, was one of those that stayed fairly steady in their path without really trampling others’ wills

then finally cherubs

of course Caliborn/LE is THE poster child for overembracing as a universal concept far greater than even Vriska

Calliope, especially when dead, fell more into a situation where if she had been left in it, she would have bent towards one of the extremes overtime, probably inversion, but overall in the comic was a great example of someone who found more of a balance in her role overall

and then Alt!Calliope was, again, now knowing a better understanding of Space as patience and broad thinking versus Time as impatience and details focused (unlike before where I had those parts actually switched) I now understand her as someone who’s situation forced them to overembrace their talents, to become like Caliborn and his overembracing ideals in order to survive, to think only of themselves and nothing else in order to continue existing at all and find a way to claw themselves out/be able to do something

thats about that roughly

[clonerightsagenda]

I did approximately 45 seconds of research for this and most of it was looking at pictures of space

tuesjade prompt: space

"Kanaya, are you busy?"

You consider this. You are, at this very moment, considering your artificially miniature tree (bonsai, Dirk called it) trying to decide if it's growing too fast. There is no topiary for you to style with a chainsaw here, so you've channeled your gardening precision in smaller pursuits. Aradia introduced you to the technique, which she says is an East Alternian tradition. She thought you might like it, and the process looks soothing from a distance. Up close, it involves a lot of neuroticism about angles. Or maybe that’s just how you do it.

Although you've been deep in contemplation of which branches might need pruning, to external observers you've been staring at a tree for fifteen minutes. The contemplation might have veered off course a while ago. Your mind is foggy a lot these days.

Speaking of which, Jade is waiting for a response. "Not exactly," you hazard.

The two of you cross paths often in her greenhouse. You and Calliope are its most frequent visitors. Sticking your hands into soil is a good way to ground yourself in a life where you’re still putting down roots. When she’s busy with a project, Jade will only nod as you walk by, but if she’s passing through she likes to chat. You’d only spoken for a few hours while cooperating on creating the genesis frog, but then you’d gotten along. You’d bonded laughing about the Knights assisting you and reminiscing about childhoods spent gazing at the clouds and longing for company. She could be prickly too – demanding passwords or doubting your intentions. A troll on Pesterchum, even a polite one, wasn’t important enough for her to hide those parts of herself from. It’s a quirk of her character that strangers are the ones who knew her best.

Now, she leans in to admire your work. Her hair is growing out, but it doesn't cover the curve of her neck as she reaches out to tap the pot. "It's so cute!"

You readjust the pot's position. "Could you move your carotid artery out of my line of sight? It's distracting."

She hops back and sits on a greenhouse table reserved for equipment. A watering can topples over with a thunk. "Is the vampire thing still a problem?"

"It's a work in progress." What it is is maddening. Your life has been set to half speed - where once you were the fastest of your group on foot (discounting flash stepping), now you lag behind. Your thoughts lag too, making your conversational pauses even more ponderous while you trudge through mental muck. Rose and Roxy have had it as bad with different symptoms. You and Rose spent the morning slumped over the kitchen table pulling grotesque faces at each other. She'd squeezed your hand and said, "I feel terrible" with exhausted pride. At least you're not going through this alone.

"I'm not going to abandon all restraint and attack you,” you reassure Jade, “but it's like dangling a raw haunch in front of a cholerbear."

“Sorry I’m so delicious!” she says with a laugh, and hunches her shoulders up around her neck. "I'll try not to be too tempting. But I do have something else that might distract you. Do you want to come to outer space?"

You look back at some sprigs of new growth questing too far above the tree's canopy and itch for pruning shears. "I know we share an Aspect, but my interests have always been more terrestrial."

"You won't be disappointed, I promise."

 There's a temporary transportalizer plugged into an outlet in Jade's room. They're simple to drop down and activate, thanks to alchemizing them with fenestrated portal technology. Maybe they're too easy to use - Jake left one in the bathroom once, and when Terezi went to take a shower she ended up in an ocean several thousand light years away. She hid a fish in his bed when she got back.

"This seems out of character," you say. Jade usually teleports rather than taking the stairs.

"My range isn't as far these days, and we're going way out."

“Should we tell anyone we’re leaving?”

She shakes her head and steps onto the telepad. Over her shoulder, in the instant before she vanishes, she calls, "It'll only take a few minutes. You'll want to see this. Trust me."

 When you rematerialize, your first breath doesn't come. Jade sees your eyes widen, and she catches your arm before you can step back onto the exit telepad. "There's not much of an atmosphere here. Your game powers will kick in in a moment, don't worry." Sure enough, your next breath comes easier. You focus on respiration until you're reassured that you won’t lose consciousness, and then you look around.

The landscape is nothing but dust and rock. It could be the surface of the Veil laboratory meteor that served as your temporary home, except no structures jut out from the surface. The sky isn't the flat black of the furthest ring, but it isn't the starry expanse of normal space either. Instead, a bright haze of gasses swirls and churns.

"A star formed in the middle of this nebula," Jade tells you. "The rest of the disc around it is still taking shape into planets. Either this chunk wandered in from outside and gotten pulled into the star’s orbit, or otherwise its accretion happened way faster than anything else’s. I haven’t looked closely enough at it yet to tell." She scans the sky. "It looks like we're rotated away from what I brought you here to show you. I can handle a local jump on my own. Are you ready?"

You nod, and your atoms fizzle into green fire. Normally after a First Guardian teleport you blink the flashes out of your eyes, but they remain dazzled. There's a rift in the middle of the haze, where a larger object has pulled surrounding dust and gasses into its mass. It's a shifting, molten sphere that you can only look at from the corners of your vision. "What is it?"

The light reflects off Jade's glasses, making them flash bright yellow when she turns to smile at you. "It's a planet being born."

 After a few more seconds, you drop your gaze to the rock at your feet, blinking away afterimages. Your eyes burn. "Do you recognize it?" she asks.

"Yes, I'd be able to pick this particular glowing orb out of a lineup."

"Pff, don't be sarcastic. Use your spacey powers!"

You close your eyes with relief and try to reach out with a sense that isn't any of the five. Space usually feels uncomfortably vast, a place that could swallow you up and leave nothing behind. There is infinite creative potential in Space, yes, but what it is most of all is empty. Void. Right now, though, it feels vibrant. Alternia was old, lit by a dying star growing too large for the species dependent on its rays. Everything in this place feels fresh with the birth of stars and planets. They have red hot cores and fission reactions that are only beginning to burn. Recognize it? "I'm not as expert at using them as you are."

She purses her lips. "If it helps, this hunk of rock we're on right now is going to be pulled into orbit and become that planet's moon. In a few billion years some of the gasses floating around will form an atmosphere and rain down to the planet’s surface to create oceans. Eventually it'll be able to support life." She raises her eyebrows like this should mean something to you. When you don’t speak, she says, "It's the planet where we'll raise the mothergrub."

You look back at the white-hot giant in the sky. Postponing the revival of your species is the right decision, you’re sure of that. Attempting to properly raise a mothergrub and then batches of wigglers while not even eight sweeps old and lightheaded from rainbow drinker withdrawal would only end in disaster. Few of you were raised well. None of you want to pass that along. Still, after seeing the matriorb shatter and finally getting it back, it’s hard to know your greatest responsibility is so far out of your sight, even if the screens have already shown you it will be fine. "It's not there now?"

"No, of course not. It won't be for another few billion years."

You hadn't checked all the readouts on the lab equipment. All the numbers for date ranges had been too large to grasp. Universes are vast in many dimensions, time and space. It’s something you’re only just coming to appreciate. "That's a long time to wait."

"John can take you there whenever you'd like. We don't have to move in chronological order. It's kind of like how you're not expected to read through an entire encyclopedia set front to back." She sticks out her tongue. "Although you can."

You’re not sure what an encyclopedia is, but this sounds like a sore subject. "Did you?"

"My grandpa only left me with so much to read, and I wanted to know what was going on with the rest of the world! They were very outdated though. I thought the Cold War was still happening. When a plane came by to do a package drop after I finished the C volume, I hid in case it was a bomber."

"Cold War? Was that a war you only fought in cold climates?"

"Noooo, not exactly. I'll explain it some other time, it was kind of messy." She scuffs her foot through the dust, kicking up a cloud that settles quickly in the thin atmosphere. "We can go back now. I just thought you might like to see it all get started out here. And now you know we can flip to the page where the mothergrub is any time you like."

You turn back to glimpse the planet one more time. Someday, civilization will spring up there. You’ve seen it happen. In theory, you’ll be there to help. That’s the responsibility you were given, and it’s one you’re determined to execute – just not today.

Today, you’re watching a world get born. The energy of creation hums around you and thrums deep in your veins. Who needs someone else’s blood when you can have this?

A few nights after the game, you and Rose had climbed up onto the roof to watch the sun set. It was the first time either of you had seen one in sweeps. You half-expected Rose to say something scathing about how cliched it was as a romantic venue, but she stayed quiet until the last traces of light slipped under the horizon. “I know when I was drunk I said everything was beautiful like some roadside hippie peddling dreamcatchers,” she said. “Enough that it must have lost its meaning. But the world is beautiful sometimes.”

“You’ll make that concession?” you’d teased.

“I’m still at war with the fundamental injustices of reality. But…” She leaned against your shoulder. “We can stop and enjoy the highlights.”

“It’s beautiful,” you say now.

“There are a lot of really cool sights to see out here,” Jade says. “A whole universe full of them! But I know you had a tree to chop up. Are you ready to go home?”

“I think I can just about handle one planet at a time.” You wave farewell to the burning sphere in the sky. “I’ll be back.”

“Before you know it,” Jade agrees, and she takes your hand, and you’re gone.

[a-panda-reads-act-omega]

ACT OMEGA PART 8

THE 24/10/16 UPDATE

Woow, another liveblog from your favorite act omega liveblogger. Are there any other livebloggers out there i need to know.  So yeah, here we are with part 8! Big Vriska number for the win. Also only two updates away from double digits! Yeah, I’m not sure I thought this through with the whole update-update format, this might take a L OT of posts to get caught up. Luckily, I have no problem with making a fuckton of posts. Anyways, I think we left off with the kids, so lets hurry up and get back to them!

(Cant post the image. Here’s the link. http://mspfanventures.com/?s=16414&p=47)

GASP, IS thIS SOME MULTIPLE CHOICE SHIT? Well considering I’m forever going to be staying chronological, I suppose I should start with the one on the next page! 

A CHARACTER SELECTION MENU appears through the power of NON-LINEAR STORYTELLING. You know the drill by now, have some free will! Or just go in this order, if you think agency is overrated

ONE | TWO | THREE | FOUR | FIVE

Oh, that’s helpful. Great, I’ll start with ONE then.

The fact that you are a dedicated and loyal reader is obvious and indisputable, so of course you won’t be moving on ahead without having taken a gander at all of the options presented to you.

Obviously! what kinda brainless CHUMP would move on without you explicitly stating to? NOT ME.

Anyways, starting with ONE.

PFt, woah their eyes. 

KANAYA: (Hey) ROXY: oh heeeeey! KANAYA: (Hey To You Again Except Slightly More Quietly) ROXY: (oh sorry)

It seems they gotta be quiet for reasons. H  m m M..

ROXY: (why r we whispering) KANAYA: (I Am Not Entirely Sure)

So they just need to be miss zuipPer lips for no reason then?

KANAYA: (That Just Seems To Be What Everyone Has Lapsed Into Doing) KANAYA: (And Now Speaking In A Normal Volume Will Draw More Attention Than Desired Especially When Attempting To Have A Private Conversation) ROXY: (im lovin this private convo already but you might need to make it snappy)

so everybodys just whispering? do they all got SECRETS? Also, what’s the hurry Roxy?

ROXY: (john looks about ready to get down n dirty with some srs leadership biz)

Oh yeah.

KANAYA: (Alright Then I Will Attempt To Be Brief) KANAYA: (I Wanted To Thank You Again) KANAYA: (For The Matriorb Certainly)

Alright cool! It seems that this Kanaya does remember Roxy giving her the good ol’ matriorb. 

KANAYA: (But Additionally For Everything Else You Have Accomplished Today) KANAYA: (I Know Being The One To Strike The Final Blow Against Our Shared Enemy In The Midst Of Battle Does Not Necessarily Warrant Gratitude But I Thought It Might Be Nice For You To Hear That What You Did Was Appreciated)

What she DID, was prove herself to be a goddamn BADASS. But honestly everybody here’s a badass one way or another. 

KANAYA: (At Least By Me) KANAYA: (On Behalf Of My Species As Well As All Those Who Suffered At The Behest Of The Condesce) KANAYA: (And All Those That May Now Be Born And Live Free Of Tyranny) KANAYA: (You Did Good)

Pft, nice. “Ya did good, kid.” 

ROXY: (omg i am cri)

goddammit these lines always manage to be fucking perfect.

ROXY: (that wasnt brief @ all but twas so so bootiful) ROXY: (gdi cmere moms big loveable space gf)

OK this doesn’t need to be stated, but I fucking love roxy.

KANAYA: (Um I Would Prefer It If We Saved The Hug For Later Maybe) ROXY: (aww ok thats cool)

nO FUCKING HUG NOW

KANAYA: (Anyway I Have Only Just Met You But You Have Already Proven Yourself To Be Just As Extraordinary An Individual As Your...) KANAYA: (Uh) KANAYA: (Rose)

Nice Kanaya.

ROXY: (as my rose?) KANAYA: (Yes Your Rose) ROXY: (;D)

ITS CONFIRMED, Rose is Roxy’s Rose. this conversation is so cute.

See you’re still over there TZ. Whatcha lookin at? The uh... oh youre blind. what are you doing terezi?? come on girl, celebrate!

ROXY: (okay looks like john got distracted by somethin) ROXY: (so since we got a little more time to chat it up) ROXY: (and so long as were exchangin bomb as FUCK felicitations) ROXY: (youre not so shabby yourself yknow) ROXY: (like damn i was absolutely right youre one deadly customer)

Yeah no fuckin kidding, this girl knows how to kick ass.

ROXY: (seeing u whip out that BEASTLY CHAINSAW) ROXY: (was a sight to behold)

PFt, that was nothing. You should have seen when she single handedly put three of the most dangerous characters on the meteor out of commision. 

KANAYA: (I Really Did Not Do All That Much Surprisingly) KANAYA: (Or Perhaps Unsurprisingly) KANAYA: (I Am Not Sure If I Was Erring On The Side Of Caution After All) KANAYA: (Out Of Consideration For The Gift You Gave Me) KANAYA: (Or If Perhaps I Was Simply Unpracticed)

Well yeah, she didnt do as much in this battle as the others.  But like she said, she had the matriorb to keep safe. PLUS, she wasnt godtier. So yeah Kanaya, you’re excused from doing your makeup during the final epic battle.

ROXY: (who cares??) ROXY: (we WON) ROXY: (gave that witch what was COMING TO HER) ROXY: (and thats the end of that no point gettin our knickers all in a twist over it no more)

Roxy’s got the right idea. There doesn’t gotta be any more “proving yourself.” You did the battle, and you came out on top!  JUst be done with it.

KANAYA: (Yes I Suppose Youre Right) KANAYA: (Though I Do Wonder How Things Might Have Gone If I Had Attempted To Dust Off One Of The Old Fraymotifs)

Oh shit, Kanaya’s got fraymotifs? And also, you can use fraymotifs without being godtier?

oh. wait. terezi isnt godtier is she? Yeah, you totally can use fraymotifs without godtier.

ROXY: (no kidding!) ROXY: (yeah that woulda been pretty badass) ROXY: (we could have had a sick combo) ROXY: (void and...) ROXY: (uh) KANAYA: (Space) ROXY: (right yeah space)

Well too bad you’ll never have the opportunity to USE that sick deadly combo!

I am ONE HUNDRED percent sure that will be the case

i am SO SURE

nobody has to die anymore

so

completely sure.

KANAYA: (It May Have Indeed Been Sick But Upon Further Reflection Perhaps Not)

No kanaya, it would be SUPER fuckin badass dont even give me that shit.

ROXY: (wait rly) ROXY: (how come?) KANAYA: (I Dont Feel Like I Ever Got The Opportunity To Truly Get In Touch With My Aspect Like You) KANAYA: (It Has Never Seemed Pertinent That I Be Able To Cast Some Sort Of Spacey Enchantment) KANAYA: (In Fact I Have Yet To Stumble Across A Scenario I Could Not Handle Through More Traditional Methods) ROXY: (u mean a deadly body slam full a sharp metal teeth twice the length of your head) KANAYA: (Yes Precisely) KANAYA: (That Tends To Cover The Bases Pretty Well)

WELL, Chainsaws do seem to cover many different issues. Mainly the ones which involve somebody needing to be cut the fuck in half. But I dont know if being “In touch” with your aspect was ever really a thing. I mean, when did John become “in touch” with his aspect? He just sorta got the powers and did shit with them. i dont really know what that has to do with it- wait a goddamn second. People always associate the wind aspect with like independence and shit, right? And.. the last thing that happened before John went godtier, was a choice. Given to him by Vriska, who for the first time decided to step back and let him decide what to do on his own. Whether or not she would have owned up to what she said about letting him decide how to fall asleep, he still made the choice and went with it on is own. So maybe that’s got something to do with it.

Or maybe I’m just an idiot.

ROXY: (well you know what thats cool) ROXY: (u do u) ROXY: (besides) ROXY: (hopefully there wont be any more reason for you to wreck shit)

GOddammit stop saying shit like that

KANAYA: (That Would Be Ideal I Suppose) KANAYA: (However It Is Always Wise To Be Prepared) KANAYA: (Just In Case) ROXY: (ofc!) ROXY: (and hey) ROXY: (just cuz we won the game doesnt mean there wont be any more opportunities to like) ROXY: (explore yourself and your aspect) ROXY: (our cool powers are too friggin handy for them to just stop bein relevant once we walk thru a magic door)

SPeaking of which, can THEY HURRY UP AND WALK THROUGH THE MAGIC FUCKING DOOR YET IM GETTING ANXIOUS.

ROXY: (maybe someday youll get the chance to blitz ur chakras and get spacey w it) ROXY: (and itll be at your own pace instead of having to rush it for the sake of fixing some giant spacetastrophe) KANAYA: (That Does Sound Nice)

YES IT DOES NOW HURRY UP THROUGH THE DOOR SO THAT BECOMES A REALITY COME THE FUCK ON JOHN

KANAYA: (Considering Right Now I Am Very Unsure Of How To Even Begin Blitzing Those Particular Chakras) ROXY: (i bet u can ask john) ROXY: (hes rly good at givin advice for stuff like that)

YES HE IS BUT HE ISNT GOOD AT OPENING DOORS AAAAA

ROXY: (tho he probably doesnt even know it pffff) KANAYA: (You Are Also Very Good At Giving Advice) KANAYA: (That Was Not Necessarily A Request I Simply Thought I Should Point That Out) ROXY: (TOO BAD youre gettin some anyway ;P) ROXY: (rly tho ive hardly even begun to wrestle my voidy powers into submission) ROXY: (still got a loooooong way to go on that front) ROXY: (but thus far most of my blitzing has just been like) ROXY: (being around the thing) ROXY: (and letting myself embrace this like) ROXY: (natural synergy i got going w it) KANAYA: (When You Say) KANAYA: (The Thing) KANAYA: (Do You Mean Nothing) KANAYA: (Considering Your Aspect Presides Over Literal Nothingness)

Yes Kanaya, this is exactly what she means.

ROXY: (pffft) ROXY: (yes thats what i mean :p) KANAYA: (Okay I Was Just Attempting To Clarify) KANAYA: (How Does One Surround Themselves With The Concept Of Nonexistence) ROXY: (i dunno!) ROXY: (when u put it that way it does sound pretty mind bending) ROXY: (i guess ive just been lucky?) ROXY: (or maybe the nothing is naturally attracted to me and lucks got nothin to do w it)

WELL YEAh, what isnt naturally attracted to you? Guys i just really love roxy help

ROXY: (but yeah i got that voidy ring @ one point) ROXY: (and when john started getting to fixing the timeline he took me to a place that felt like) ROXY: (the nothingest nothing to ever unexist) KANAYA: (That Sounds Interesting) KANAYA: (What Was It Like)

Probably nothing.

THATS a cool panel right there.

ROXY: (well it was) ROXY: (white) ROXY: (but not pure white) ROXY: (just slightly off) ROXY: (and) ROXY: (it was super vast) ROXY: (but not like regular outer space where you can actually see stuff like stars stretch on and on til you cant see it anymore) ROXY: (which at least gives u a sense of distance) ROXY: (but instead it was almost claustrophobic) ROXY: (cuz there was nothing there) ROXY: (you and all the other somethings just completely enveloped by a shrink wrap o absence)

HUmm.. thats pretty interesting to say the least. Not really sure what to think of it though! Just pretty nifty.

KANAYA: (Hmmmm) ROXY: (never really tried putting this into words) ROXY: (i think the thing about it was that the void sort of) ROXY: (changed) ROXY: (depending on how i chose to perceive it) ROXY: (cause the whole point is that its kinda like) ROXY: (idk) ROXY: (maybe a little like binary) KANAYA: (Binary?)

too bad sollux is dead he’d get a kick outta this.

did anybody make this connection. computer hacker guy who likes two’s. Binary. man. i feel like everybody did.

ROXY: (yknow binary) ROXY: (computer language) ROXY: (0011101100101001)

TRANSLATOr HELP

“;)“

omfg she just winked in binary.

KANAYA: (Oh That) ROXY: (the way that works is basically) ROXY: (you have a bit) ROXY: (like a computery bit) ROXY: (and it can say either 0 or 1) ROXY: (and dependin on which it is the computer displays the info differently) ROXY: (but the void is like a completely blank bit) ROXY: (there isnt a 0 or a 1 written on the bit yet but thats all were programmed to understand yknow) ROXY: (like 0 is technically nothing but whats important is that theres something there for you to see) ROXY: (but what im gettin at is that really void is just blank space waiting to be written on) ROXY: (by somebody like yours truly) ROXY: (im the computer and youre the person reading the display)

Oh. That’s pretty cool and shit. 

OH shes gettin all magicky here

ROXY: (and my whole voidy thing) ROXY: (is that i gotta figure out the code for whatever i wanna make exist) ROXY: (and write it on the blank bits) ROXY: (then) ROXY: (i snatch em outta the void!)

Oh AGAIN. YEAh, roxys power seems a lot cooler now.

ROXY: (yoink!!!)

*gasp*

nice lipstick yo

Kanaya is so fucking cute oml. She looks kinda dumbfounded by this lipstick.

KANAYA: (Wow) KANAYA: (That Was Really Quite Insightful Roxy) KANAYA: (I Think I Am Already Beginning To Understand Things Better) KANAYA: (But What Is This) ROXY: (p sure its lipstick!) ROXY: (and its 4 u) ROXY: (i dont rly know if pinks ur color but) ROXY: (here it is anyway!)

Oh god help me im already starting to ship it.

KANAYA: (Another Gift) KANAYA: (Why) ROXY: (daaaaw i dunno) ROXY: (i mean its actually kinda cool i was able to make this at all) ROXY: (i bet it must be bc of you somehow) ROXY: (you like lipstick right?) KANAYA: (Yes) ROXY: (i dont know if this is just me but i bet this is totes a thing w space players) ROXY: (like i get the vibe that u guys r more in touch with the objects around you) ROXY: (specially the ones thatre important to you) KANAYA: (I Suppose...)

HMm.. Interesting bit of aspect analysis. That could possibly be a thing.

ROXY: (well?) ROXY: (ru gonna take it or what) KANAYA: (I Really Cant Accept This) KANAYA: (I Was Attempting To Alleviate The Debt Of Gratitude I Have Already Been Accumulating Towards You) KANAYA: (A Measly Thank You Is Hardly Enough) KANAYA: (And Yet You Present Me With Even More To Be Thankful For)

COme on Kanaya dont be like that. Just take the thing and be hAPPY! you dont gotta prove yourself for a gift.

ROXY: (man thats not how this works) ROXY: (you dont owe me nothin) ROXY: (but heck if it makes u feel better) ROXY: (the space egg wasnt rly 4 u it was 4 all the little trollings that need to be born) ROXY: (skewering the batterwitch was definitely 4 me and earth and stuff) ROXY: (and the lipstick is to thank u for takin such good care of my mom :D)

Dont you mean your Rose?

KANAYA: (... That Does Make Me Feel Slightly Better) ROXY: (so youll take it??) KANAYA: (Okay) ROXY: (hella) KANAYA: (Thank You) KANAYA: (Again) ROXY: (dont mention it!)

She will likely mention this many times.

WEll that was the end for their interaction I suppose, so it seems like we get one page of another interaction then? I guess Dirk and Jake.

Ohp, yep. Jeez they look awkward.

DIRK: (... So.) JAKE: (...) DIRK: (...) DIRK: (That was some fight, huh.)

Goddammit this is awkward. 

JAKE: (Oh yes that sure was a doozy of a brawl we all just participated in.) JAKE: (Or rather multiple brawls.) DIRK: (I think you’re probably up to speed on exactly how well mine went.) JAKE: (Um.) JAKE: (Should i be?) DIRK: (Nevermind.)

Just another beheading of good ol’ Dirk. Seems like that’s a common thing for him. 

((OhOFOHSANSIJFN  HOLY SHIT I PRESSED A BUTTON AND FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT I ALMOST DELETED EVERYTHING I WROTE DAMMIT TUMBLR GIVE ME WARNINGS))

JAKE: (Sorry... its just difficult to, uh...) DIRK: (Don’t be sorry. It doesn’t actually matter.) JAKE: (The important part is you won right?) DIRK: (Yeah...) DIRK: (How did yours go?) DIRK: (If you feel like sharing, that is.) JAKE: (Oh i won too!) DIRK: (Well. Obviously.) DIRK: (I meant... like.) DIRK: (Specifically, HOW you won.) DIRK: (I’d be down to hear some details of all the kickassery you've been dishing out.) DIRK: (That must've been pretty crazy solo.)

Come ONNNN guys, quit dancing around the topic here. Somethings bothering you and its making everything shitty.

JAKE: (Oh.) JAKE: (Well i wasnt alone for long actually.) JAKE: (In fact it was quite the clusterfuck of skeletons sprites and green goblin brutes!) JAKE: (That crabby troll fellow even showed up at one point.) JAKE: (He seemed to be having a difficult time with one of the tinier rascals but i was up to my ears in fracas and fisticuffs myself and couldnt really lend him a hand.)

Dammit Karkat. I love him, but god he’s adorably pathetic in fights.

DIRK: (It looks like he’s alright, so no harm done.) DIRK: (How many of those green dudes were there again?) JAKE: (Im fairly certain there were 14.) DIRK: (And you trounced all of them?) JAKE: (Actually k...carat dealt with one of them i think.) JAKE: (They were small but a decidedly tricky foe. It was scurrying around so fast i dont think a single one of my bullets even grazed it!)

He has ALLLL the luck Jake, ALL of it!  Honestly, can we get a Vriska/Clover battle?

DIRK: (Well, shit. Sounds tough.) DIRK: (Still, my score reads "Jake: 13, Goblins: 0".) DIRK: (Oh, and I’m pretty sure the name you’re looking for is Karkat.) JAKE: (Is that so?) DIRK: (Yup.) JAKE: (My mistake then...) DIRK: (Don’t worry about it.)

Dammit Jake, don’t be so fucking hard on yourself. I feel bad for him now. Like, he’s beating himself up over not knowing a complete strangers name.

JAKE: (Have you spoken to him at all yet?) DIRK: (Nah.) JAKE: (Would you like to?) DIRK: (I guess? Sure.) DIRK: (He and Dave seem to be in the middle of something, though. No point in interrupting.) DIRK: (Besides, I’m talking to you right now.) JAKE: (...) DIRK: (...)

(...)

Alright dammit, I guess we’ll see if they get over whatever’s bugging them in the next update, because that’s the last page. Seeya next time and whatnot folks.

[desnayy]

Hey, uh, I know no one asked or will care for this, but take my Children of Atlantis Homestuck AU thingy.

Blood colors taken from Fir3h34rt’s Hemospectrum Chart Updated

Floria- The planet that was the result of a Scratch of an alternate Alternia session, different universe/timeline from canon; more similar to Beforus in the terms of culling, but can be rather violent, though not to the level of Alternia; clothing is similar to how it was in Beforus, beds instead of recuperacoons, no green moon, no Gl’bgolyb

Vytal- First Guardian of Floria

Pua- Payodi Timinn, 7.85 sweeps, female, Pigo sign, rose blood, giant whale shark lusus with spikes along its back, horns curve down and almost around fins, black hair with the left side reaching her shoulder while the right side only comes to above her fin, eyes beginning to fill in with rose, 5’5, Target Modus, crossbowkind, Rogue of Space, Prospit dreamer, Land of Ruin and Frogs, ancestor was The Forsaken (a once potential heiress who was abandoned when she fell ill shortly before taking the throne; died in the arms of her matesprit, The Advocate; moirails with The Defender)

Nikolos- Khetah Chanda, 9 sweeps, male, Sagimino sign, navy blood, two-headed bear lusus, horns point straight up with a point on the inner sides of both that almost touch, slightly spiked black hair, eyes are almost completely filled with navy, 6’3, Dominoes Modus, macekind and shieldkind, Knight of Doom, Prospit dreamer, Land of Curtains and Wick, ancestor was The Defender (a member of the Royal Guard who died in a skirmish between the Guard and the rebellion trying to protect his new moirail, The Pacifist; was moirails with The Forsaken before her death and almost was kismesis with The Advocate)

Jerico- Shikhi Mayuur, 8.31 sweeps, male, Libiborn sign, cyan blood, 6 foot tall peacock lusus with four eyes, horns look like small peacock wings, close shaved black hair, eyes half filled with cyan, 5’1, Index Modus, brickkind, Witch of Rage, Derse dreamer, Land of Feasts and Balloons, ancestor was The Advocate (a legislacerator who spoke out against the Empire after his matesprit, The Forsaken, was abandoned, and was killed as a result; accidentally created a secret rebellion; almost was kismesis with The Defender)

Cassia- Kapota Shibii, 6.92 sweeps, female, Viries sign, emerald blood, small fairy dove lusus with four wings (two bird wings and two fairy wings), horns are slightly curved inward, black hair that reaches her shoulders and is rather curly, eyes are still gray, 5’1, Mosaic Modus, staffkind, Sylph of Time, Derse dreamer, Land of Theaters and Metronome, ancestor was The Pacifist (a troll who refused to fight, almost dying after getting unintentionally caught up in a skirmish; was inconsolable after the death of her moirail and spent her days grieving in the Brooding Caverns; stole a matriorb that she hid amongst her items, eventually to be found by her descendant; was the second moirail of The Defender after his first died of sickness)

Quadrants:

Payodi- <3</<>/<3 Shikhi, <3 Khetah

Khetah- <3 Shikhi + Payodi, <> Kapota

Shikhi- <3 Khetah, <3</<>/<3 Payodi

Kapota- <> Khetah, unrequited flushed feelings for Payodi

[avosettas]

okay but to articulate some shit: vris//ka and fe//feri are probably the only characters in homestuck classified as "good guys" who i really really do not like. vri//ska makes my stomach turn, but everyone knows whats wrong with her. fefe//ri, on the other hand. i talk about her A LOT. but i know everyone makes er//idan out to be the Nice Guy™. he isnt. he really made a lot of mistakes (for instance, claiming he was "morail zoned") and of course killing two people and blinding another but. not to mention feeding fef's lusus. thatll fuck u up he had reasons. okay, his only reason with sol//lux was "this dude stole my gf and i need to kill him" but also?? he wanted to see if fef//eri wanted to join him in what he thought was the only way they'd survive. sol//lux decides. hey, im gonna kick your ass. which was probably a good decision. because er//idan makes a lot of bad decisions. fair fight, really. fefe//ri on the other hand. she runs up to him with her 2x3dent and i dunno, if a girl with a trident ran up to you wouldnt you be scared? and kana//ya. he had no reason to destroy the matriorb. but same deal with fe//feri. girl runs up to you with a chainsaw, whatcha gonna do? (also, id like to think that their revenge cycle ended when she debunked his wand and killed him and they made up in the dream bubbles at some point) okay off topic. this was about fe//feri. ive said it before, but she brushes off erid//ans problems. if your moirail is going to someone who is NOT YOU with his problems?? you should probably communicate a bit better. not to mention with so//llux, she just airs out his problems to the world. (well, the meteor). she's not as bad as vri//ska, but still bad. (an argument can be made for vris//ka that killing trolls fucked up her mind, and she needs HELP desperately, but its a little late for that. this is the same theory i have with er//idans genocide complex. he needs a lot of help but it mostly came about because "hey, im feeding this giant creature the parents of my fellow trolls!! ha ha might as well kill everyone." i think he just needed a reason to think that he didnt care about the orphaned trolls) (this post was about vr//iska and fe//feri originally woops)