#you get to play as your lil guys and explore mazes????

[flashbic]

Yo-kai Watch 3 really put their equivalent of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon as an entire sidequest within the main game uh???

[radramblog]

What happened to Dirk in Homestuck^2?

Why am I doing this to myself.

I memed a little yesterday when I was posting that article around social medias about Homestuck jokes, because once again we are in lockdown and I am therefore Stuck at Home. Canned laughter goes here. But there’s a topic related to the comic- or more specifically, its aborted sequel, Homestuck^2, that I’m interested in delving into a little bit. I’m going to avoid talking about spoilers as much as possible, but considering said comic takes place not only after the events of the massive sprawl that is Homestuck but also the more linear but still messy Epilogues, some amount of sus shit is inevitable.

Anyway. Much maligned is what the Epilogues and 2 did to everyone’s favourite decapitation target, Dirk Strider, and I have a theory as to why it happened this way.

To begin with, let’s summarise what and who Dirk is through the course of the comics. Fair warning from me, though, it’s been a while since I read through this.

Dirk Strider is a teenager who grew up in a post-apocalyptic future Earth, completely devoid of physical contact with other people and only really ever gets to talk to 3 other people, only one of whom is in anything remotely resembling a relatable situation. He struggles with self-identity, having created numerous robots including an artificial intelligence based on his own brain, aka Lil’ Hal. He’s somewhat of a control freak, and a bit of a cold aloof asshole, but means well, and is pretty gay. NBD. The kinda guy to set up a plan meticulously and thoroughly, not informing any of the moving parts even if said parts are his friends, and often involving some form of self-sacrifice.

Throughout the comic he further reckons with self-identity problems and his own self-loathing including entering a relationship with Jake which doesn’t go well and he eventually breaks off since he knows his overbearing and manipulative behaviour is Not Cool and Pretty Toxic but doesn’t know how to shut it off. Eventually he reaches the God Tier as a Prince of Heart, gaining the power to literally annihilate souls, which he never actually uses since he gets yeeted into deep (Paradox) space and then everything goes to shit. Except none of that happens because of the Retcon (aside from the God Tier bit) and we don’t actually see how that shit progressed in the canon timeline. I think. Dirk’s arc, as it were, doesn’t really come full circle- while he does assist in Dave’s character…growth? he really isn’t the focus of that conversation. This immediately precedes the action climax and there isn’t literally any dialogue after that so that’s what we’re left with.

I like Dirk in Homestuck a lot. It’s hard not to, considering the flashes heavily featuring him (Unite/Synchronise and Prince of Heart: Rise Up) are genuinely excellent, along with many of his music themes being absolute bangers. He gets to interact with Caliborn a lot, with a pretty great banter, there, and the whole splintered personality thing is a really interesting hook for a character. I think he’s my favourite of the Alpha kids, a controversial pick considering I know everyone loves Roxy so much. I think, I’m not as in tune with the fandom as that statement implies I am.

And then the Epilogues/Homestuck 2 came.

Now I read the Meat half of the epilogues first, but that’s more interesting, so we’ll tackle Candy first (this is going to get real confusing for those who haven’t read this comic, huh).

In Candy, Dirk almost immediately kills himself, citing the irrelevance of the timeline as cause, an act considered by whatever mechanism governs God Tier deaths to be Just because he hates himself (and also bc of things we’ll get into), so it actually sticks. This isn’t super relevant for the discussion, but that’s just kinda so unbelievably fucked up? Entirely? I’d imagine if you read Candy first you might get entirely turned off by this, which I’m sure a lot of people did.

Meat is where the, well, meat of post-canon Dirk is. You see, a concept very quickly introduced in the tail end of the original comic is the Ultimate Self, an idea where you somehow encompass every different timeline iteration or alternate version of yourself. This was pretty clearly tacked on to make it so characters whose arcs all happened in the retcon timeline could have their not getting an actual arc explained away, but it didn’t land then and it sure doesn’t land for me now. Anyway, in Meat, Dirk becomes his ultimate self, making him near-omniscient and able to control the fabric of the story himself- for much of this story, he is the narrator. And he uses this power to fuck with all his friends really distressingly without their knowledge (or consent), including breaking up a marriage, in order to further his own goals which largely appear to be just keep the story going so to not fade out of relevance. It’s a plot that makes no sense with his previous characterisation, but I guess now that he’s the Ultimate Self he’s a different person? But I liked old Dirk, and I don’t like New Dirk. He’s a villain now, but he made a much better anti-hero.

But this would be fine if he (or the epilogues, or Homestuck^2) were written well. But they aren’t. Dirk’s dialogue is long, painfully drawn out, with tangents that tend to amount to pure wank, misused literary references and pointless metaphors that go on and on, filling the screen with a bright orange screed that hurts to look at as much as it does to comprehend. It’s not fun. And we’ve seen Dirk communicate before, obviously, the story of Homestuck is built around chatlogs, but it wasn’t like this. He was sarcastic, dryly witty, blunt at times. Even when he was literally talking to a different version of himself it didn’t get that masturbatory.

I was so confused about what the hell happened to Dirk, because I had no idea what the hell someone writing this character was thinking when they turned him into this. And then, the 21st page of Homestuck^2 dropped.

And it all came together.

What Ultimate Dirk and Terezi are referring to is Pony Pals: Detective Pony, a children’s book about some girls who hang out with ponies and solve a mystery. It’s a real book, buy it for your 5-year-old.

Except they’re not referring to that, they’re referring to the Homestuck Canon version of Detective Pony- a birthday gift from Dirk to Jane, heavily edited and to be much more obscene and eventually developing into it’s own story, stated to be “tough, emotionally draining, but cathartic in all the worst ways possible”.

Except the quote “Remember Longcat, Jane?” and references to philosophy, dead languages, and ancient earth culture aren’t referring to the three pages of the Dirk-edited Detective Pony we see in the actual comic itself. That quote doesn’t appear there.

That image is from Detective Pony, by Sonnetstuck- the 40,000 word fanfiction from 2014 that serves as a completed version of Jane’s copy of the book. An expansion of what we see in canon. And it’s a tough, emotionally draining read, but cathartic in all the worst ways possible.

It’s a very good fanfiction.

In the later bits of Detective Pony, we can start to see the origins of what would become Ultimate Dirk’s signature style of writing. Long blocks of rambling text, orange dripping down the page, references to philosophy and history and language that go on and on. And it probably does look familiar to those who read the Epilogues and ^2. 

But there are a couple of key differences here. First of all, it’s just better written? The way these rambles circle back on themselves is so excellent, the absolute absurdity of this being written on top of a pony book for little girls, the humour (beyond some of the more immature stuff), it’s just a really well-written piece of fiction. Hell, you don’t even need to be familiar with the character of Dirk to enjoy it. It’s a harrowing piece, but it’s also self-aware- because it’s not supposed to be tough, draining, cathartic etc. just for Jane- it’s clearly that for Dirk himself.

The second part is, of course, that this is a fanfiction. It’s not canon, it’s not official, this is by someone who really likes Dirk for people who really like Dirk. It doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, so if you bounce off it (and I’m sure a lot did), then you don’t have to keep reading it, it’s fine, thanks for playing. As much as Homestuck^2 tried to doll itself up as “dubiously canon” it’s still the official continuation of the story, and that means if it’s as difficult to get into as Detective Pony, that’s going to be a problem for a lot of people.

The other part of it is that Detective Pony’s exploration of Dirk’s character is, well, in character. When the man himself steps in as a character in his own book, the explorations of what he is as an author, who he is as a person, make perfect sense for what we see of him at the start of the comic. He is that manipulative, blunt person, and he is aware of his faults. He’s the kind of person to hide a lamentation on his own failings inside an impenetrable maze of a story layered on top of a book about fucking ponies. Ultimate Dirk does not act like Dirk, outside of the “manipulator” angle, something that Dirk was aware of and trying to improve in the comic. But I guess people don’t have arcs, right?

It’s so interesting to see the seeds of Homestuck^2 laden within Detective Pony- because the meta angle that and the epilogues take is also represented in said fanfiction. While the nature of canon is a facet of the work, the idea of authors and narrators fighting for control of a story, different ideas in mind for the characters, one being more personally connected to them than the other, it’s all there. When I wrote about Fallout 4 in the past, I mentioned being worried that Bethesda took the wrong lessons from Skyrim- seeing something successful and trying to recapture that lightning in a bottle. I think Homestuck^2 is an extreme example of this- the writers of the comic saw Sonnetstuck’s masterwork and thought, yeah that’s great, we can do that. But they just can’t. And with the comic crashed and burning, the probably won’t ever get a chance to. Dirk is forever stuck as this amalgamation of himself that looks nothing like any individual version of him ever did.

At least we will still have Detective Pony, and many other excellent fanworks, for actually good Dirk content. I admittedly haven’t looked into much fanfic written during/post-epilogues, and I’m kind of afraid of what I’ll see- I can only hope the fanbase didn’t take the same wrong lessons as the official team did.

[winsmoke]

i have a uniform that i wear but it's really casual and i can wear jewelry and stuff. i can even dye my hair because no one ever sees me other than my coworkers haha. hopefully i can dye it purple soon;; i think it just depends on what job you end up in, honestly. lol gee i sure wish my coworkers were that cute and lovable. they're cool, tho. ewewew high school boys nasty;;

haha you should do whatever makes you happy;; when i say video games i mean like. animal crossing, pokemon. there are people who play call of duty and people who play cooking mama and i'm over here with cooking mama, you know? but i also spend tons of money on food and omg. i love art so much. like its a part of my identity i lost because i got discouraged and unhappy with everything i made ;-;

and it's okay;; lol i honestly can't give her that much advice other than to communicate with him and figure out what she likes? like it's not that simple but she has never even explored her sexuality so i think she kind of threw herself into it;; honestly i think it's normal to go into these things without planning, tho. alot of people go through really sad or difficult relationships before they find someone good. i honestly won't find someone any time soon because i'm too scared of all the bad stuff haha. but it's okay, i'm busy anyway lol

this is so long i'm sorry ;-;

I’m getting my hair dyed pink on Feb 24th!!!! (lil 21st present for myself hehe) What color is it now?? Imma be working for the US government most likely 🤡 🤡 but out of the country hopefully so its gonna be those hillary suits for me ���� yes thats why I left the job. 

Haha I’m definitely doing neither, I was a bomb ass bitch on candy crush, subway surfer, and maze runner as a middle schooler tho 😅 what’s your favorite type of food?? now that I’m in the south theres a drought. i miss authentic chinese food a lot but also mexican and somalian are close seconds. what art forms do you practice? I do calligraphy, make books (like the cardboard), and collaging! I'm really critical of my art too but I always tell myself I’m not a pro nor making an income off of it so it’s just something I do here and there. I hope you regain your affinity for it again

I definitely dive head first into things without thinking too much soo... but that’s sweet of you to help your friend through it! definitely, tbh i kinna have a guy waiting on me and he’s definitely amazing but it’s just not the right time. like now that im of sane of mind the prospect of a relationship is just meh. don’t be scared! tbh guys are more scared and insecure than girls are and usually their better at hiding it (if you swing that way) bro same theres no time for dick in a pandemic ahahaha. no i love your messages so much hehehe ❤️

[lynxgriffin]

Straight Outta Monster Narnia

HEY HEY I WASN’T EXPECTING TO DO THIS EVER AGAIN BUT WE’RE BACK

I’M GONNA PLAY ME SOME DELTA RUNE HERE

THOUGHTS AS I GO! ARE UNDER THE CUT!

Here we GOOOOOOO~!

Survey Program! Nice! Ominous!

I am here yes!

Truly excellent dude

OH MAKING A VESSEL NOW what are we Xehanort

NEATO I can pick Chara or Frisk heads or others…

Let’s do someone new. This kinda longish hair head.

STRIPES FOR DAYS! Longish sleeves, methinks

The legs are almost all the same LMAO

This is so friggin creepy I l OVE IT

Favorite food is PAIN nah it’s soft

BLOOD TYPE D. D for DOGGO

You have been gifted with kindness, not-XionFrisk

Pain AND seizure. Kinda wonder what happens if you say no tho…

But I don’t want to start over so let’s go with yes

OH FRIGGIN BUUUUURNED BY THE GAME, HAHAHA

Hi Toriel, you’re looking nice!

That’s a lot of friggin trophies over there

Also Kris, you need some eyes

RELIGIOUS SKA

So we have overachieving perfect child and sad boring child, okay

Awww Gerson wrote a book! How neat

It’s only you…..FOR NOW!!!!

It just isn’t home without white fur stuck in the drain, is it

CHAIRIEL’S RETURN!!!!

Also there’s some weird graphical flicker going on when I move and I wonder if it’s not because I’m playing full screen here

“Spray For The Boys, Flamin’ Hot Pizza Flavor” Damn Toby I missed your incredible sense of humor

DOES TORIEL USE PET SHAMPOO please say yes

ASRIEL’S AT COLLEGE AND UNDYNE’S A POLICE MONSTER, PERFECT

PROFESSOR ALPHYS IMMA GET AN A+ IN ANIME CLASS

DAMN who do I pick as my partner

Like…I really want Temmie…but also Snowdrake…

Random snake is also very good…

Ahhh I see this is gonna be pre-determined

HAHAHAHA FUCKIN BURNED AGAIN BY THIS HORRIBLE BLUE DUCK

Thank you cool snake I love your origin story

Oh this reindeer girl is very cute

MOTHA. FOKKIN. SUSIE

I instantly love her, goodbye

Oh Alphys you’re so not good at putting anyone in trouble

I JUST REALIZED TEMMIE HAS HER EGG ON THE DESK

Susie are you eating chalk

Oh sheet I like Susie less now

GAH DAMN THIS ESCALATED QUICKLY

Susie, Kris doesn’t even HAVE a face

Haha totally cut off my answer there

Hmm. I sense…a theme here.

Wow this really is putting on the restrictive aspects here

Now that’s a spooky face

Oh it ain’t gonna be that simple, mean girls

Well, this sure seems like an underground! Also…Kris is green now, okay

Hi there creepy waving things!

To reiterate: this is soooo creepy AND I LOVE IT

Puzzles! We got puzzles again! CREEPY PUZZLES

Whelp, we found Susie, just kinda hiding out in a…dead dust bunny thingie

LOL so much for a party member following you around

Well this is a new and interesting take on the bullet hell mechanics

Such interesting and different architecture

THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESSSSS

Yes let’s take a sudden HARD SHIFT into Final Fantasy

THE QUEST OF THE DELTA KNIGHTS that was an MST3K ep you know

About like…Leonardo da Vinci actually. Except he was a whiny bitch

LMAO Susie just “nah destroying the world sounds neat”

JOKESTER SANS GLIDES IN A FLAMING TRICYCLE SURE WHY NOT

VERY DIFFERENT COMBAT SYSTEM

“Dunno how I got an ax but like, that’s cool”

CAN’T WAIT FOR THE REMIXES OF THIS BATTLE MUSIC OKAY

Dunno if there’s a pacifist version of this game but I stick to tradition so I’m gonna try it

RALSEI. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

THE POWER OF FLUFFY BOYS SHINES WITHIN YOU it sure as hell does, game

The heckin heck Ralsei is so cute

Yup yup we gonna try pacifist this first time!

“If you’re reading this…I guess you’re dead.” Fair enough.

Gaster noises when trying to use the cell phone, hmmmm…

It’s an inverse papou fruit!

Susie just up and attacks this cake, all right

Battle is cool but it’s gonna take some getting used to, think I accidentally used both of my items

YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION WON’T SAVE YOU NOW

“It’s like a dinner made out of three glasses of milk” Ralsei you’re SO CUTE

Now to see if TP stays leveled between battles…

“I thought you were running away.” / “Yeah, I finished.”

Fugdamn I want —pictures of Spiderman— remixes of this music ON MY DESK TODAY

FRIGHTENING FANFARE

Damn that puzzle still is tricky

Gah damn that was hilarious but also terrifying

We have the power of FLUFFY BOYS and MEAN GIRLS we are UNSTOPPABLE

Ohhh so that’s what the heart outline does!

Now that is a coooool cat and I like him already

Awww I don’t have enough money for the spooky sword

Susie just roastin’ everybody left and right

THEY GOT BARRY

These mechanics continue to be interesting and a bit more complex

“Damn, didn’t get to impale myself” I’m sure you’ll get your chance Susie

It’s really interesting how we’re basically group-battling to PREVENT the tank from beating the crap out of everyone

Oh now that light trick is weird

They keep throwing the usual chess and playing card guys at us and somehow I’m Suspicious

Is that a bucket. ARE Y’ALL HOMESTUCKING AT ME AGAIN

LMAO did Susie call us the Fuckboys or something

Oh, the Shit Squad, I guess!

THE POWER OF THE SHIT SQUAD SHINES WITHIN YOU HECK YESSSS

“I, Mr. Society, am far too intelligent to ever bow down to such a tyrant!” Hmmm.

Oh, it’s Sir Lion Plateface again

L E G S

THE BOSS JUST DRINKS A GALLON OF MILK THAT’S FINE

Well Ralsei got kinda junked there but WE DEFEATED SIR LION PLATEFACE

Cakes…are also my enemy…

Yeeeeah kinda saw that one coming

Susie I get the feeling you’re not going to enjoy being a bad guy either

Dang son I have no clue what’s going on anymore WE JUST HAD SOME SALSA IN A TREE STUMP

This jack’s got my number

That sure is a three-eyed three-headed cat thingamajig

Awww I like Clover

“All proceeds go to kicking your ass” CAN I USE THIS LINE IN REAL LIFE PLEASE

Hot damn we just squeaky hammered our broken cake into ULTIMATE CAKE

Why does a sweet little boy have a mustache indeed.

Create a machine to thrash your own ass, nice

It’s my beautiful death laser duck! Tops in GUN’S

Man Susie and Lancer are just having the time of their lives here

Finally, respect for pinecone-eaters!

Awww Susie, are you actually starting to worry about someone who respects your eating of chalk and pinecones

Oh thank goodness, got through that maze thing

Yes, finally, it’s our DUCK TANK LASER

Why does it say Tuna on it

“Your design sucked so we blew it up” This is like that one Berlin tour guide I had

GANGED UP ON THEM WITH KINDNESS, HA

Whelp, back to telling enemies that Susie will kick them in the shins I guess!

YES LANCER JOIN THE SHIT SQUAD

OMFG THAT FAAAAACE WHAT IS THAT FACE

Hey we’ve got a full Final Fantasy team now! Neat

STOOL FORME

I like how Lancer just sliiiiiides around outside the party instead of walking with

Hmmm well that friendship feeling didn’t last long

You done got locked in the dungeon

Yup sure did eat that jail moss two minutes in

HUH, we’re controlling Susie now

In which choices do not matter…

SUSIE’S FOKKIN PISSED

And we can’t control her actions…but why controlling the human soul?

A pair of eyes got arrested?! What IS the world coming to?!!

Oh dear, we found a bunch of kings in baby jail

Why are these filthy cages so happy-looking

Awwww Susie joined the party for realizes!

So, this about final boss point for this business?

Why are you guys just sitting on a pile of loot

And just who is this sassy lost child?

BAAHAHAHAAA

HECK YEAH WE GET TO FLIRT AGAIN

I am now BED INSPECTOR yes

Hello again fancy blue boy

“Can…can we see it” / “No.”

This sure is a jammin party with CLUB MUSIC OH HO HO HO

Awww he put his bicycle to bed

‘Welcome to my shop, you ungrateful worms” HELL YEAH

I do not wisheth to hear your MP3s! I would rather listen to the sweet song of Death!

Prepare for a battle with…WHATEVER THIS IS!!!!

JUST FUGGIN CHUCK RALSEI AT SIR LION PLATEFACE, I LIKE IT

Six dollars, for all of that?! Geez

WHELP this looks like final boss time…

Hiiiii there Lancer

Oh dang is gettin serious now

Oh woooow that’s…someone’s fetish right there

HOKAY that was tricky but! Having the defense abilities certainly helped with pacifism through that…

Despite ending this peacefully, I don’t think this scene is gonna end on a happy note…

W H E L P

DAYUM that face from Susie!!

Awwww poor Ralsei

We only have BAD-byes WUAH WUAH WUAAAH

DAWWW lil’ Asriel-lookin dude with glasses (and YES I see that anagram there)

LMAO Susie’s face

EPIC ROCK MUSIIIIIC

Also I’ve really been enjoying the color effects

Awww look at this epic adventure you two had in the closet

So basically we went to Monster Narnia, neat

Awww Susie likes Monster Narnia

Oh no we worried Toriel! THE WORST

LIBRARBY

YOU STUDY THOSE HOT DEMON COMICS FOR COLLEGE, TEMMIE

Hiiii Toby you busy makin’ something!

ALPHYS NO, YOU BETRAY MEW MEW KISSY CUTIE

OFFICE UNDYNE, DOn’T ARREST ME

I like reindeer girl’s rowdy hospitalized dad

PARTY ANIMAL TORIEL CONFIRMED

I like how there’s just a poster on the wall in this room that reads PAIN

The police tape simply reads NGGAAAAAHHHHH!

Good grief there’s SO MUCH STUFF TO EXPLORE HERE BUT I HAVE TO KEEP GOING

Snowdrakes don’t have arms, oh no!!!

“Does it hurt to be made of blood??” ….Yes. Yes it does.

HIIIIIIIII SANS

Woah woah woah WOAH WOAH SANS

Everyone is here! Even Ice Wolf!

Yes I’ll take a Double Ice Pizza you weirdos

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD IT’S BURGERPANTS

10 OUT OF 10 GAME NOW

HIS FACES!!!! “C H I C K S”

That was brilliant, Burgerpants, thank you for existing

Catty!!! Hey where’s Bratty!

Noooo you gotta be besties with Bratty!

Brother Doug…?

Oh no, Mettaton, come out and talk to us!

ASGORE, HELLO

OMG Asgore hugs

Soul flowers….???

Awwww got some flowers for Toriel

THE GAY GUARDS IN THEIR GAY FLANNEL, YAY

It’s so late but I can’t stop until I’ve talked to LITERALLY EVERYONE

Thaaaat’s politics! …Rarely.

Comes to church for the fruit juice, sounds about right

DOG GRAVE, NO

Let’s go into the woods…what could go wrong…

Why can’t I get into the creepy shed…

Well, I think I got everything, so let’s go home now…

ASRIEL MAINS YOSHI IN SMASH CONFIRMED

Awwww Toriel is not big on Asgore’s bouquet!

OKAY decided to go to sleep here.

…Well that didn’t work out great

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

UUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

WHAT??????????

WHAT????????????

WHAT?????????

HAHA I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE FUK HAPPENED IN ALL OF THIS BUT UH. WHEN’S CHAPTER TWO??

THAT SURE WAS A HELL OF A THING

No really Toby please WHAAAAAAATTT

OKAY I HOPE I DIDN’T MISS ANYTHING IMPORTANT BYYYYEEEE

[thelastlesbean]

Max’s (Super Gay) Comic Rec

Cause we all need a lil more gay in our lives lets be real.

(R stands for Rating. What do u mean this is not a legit rating system? You’re not a legit rating system) 

(AL stands for Angst Level 1 being (almost) no angst, 5 being very fucking angsty)

LGBT+ 

Les Normaux by JJ & AI ( @lesnormaux ) | R: 12.5/10 | AL: 1.5 Follow the lives of a bunch of supernatural beings living in Paris Read for: INCREDIBLE ART INCREDIBLE CHARACTERS INCREDIBLE STORIES INCREDIBLE EVERYTHING basically read this if you’re having a bad day u will not regret 

Griefer Belt by Kales ( @grieferbeltcomic ) | R: 12.5/10 | AL: 3 A bunch of queer contract killers… what could go wrong? Read for: A+ art, A+ artist, A+ story, A+ characters, A+ anything

Green & Gold by Lisadorina | R: 13/10 | AL: 2 A story about teenagers at a German boarding school. Read for: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ART I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE IN A COMIC OKAY & also the story is just really really really great

Sharp Zero by Robotsharks ( @robotsharks ) | R: 13/10 | AL: 3.5 A superhero action comedy. The main character dies but it doesn’t end there... Read for: *grabs ur face* okay listen LISTEN THIS Story IS SO GooD OKAY JUST Read AND WeEP + The Art??? THE ATR IS BEAUTIFUL

Countdown to Countdown by Vel ( @velocesmells ) | R: 10/10 | AL: 4.5 Iris' life takes a turn for the worse five year into an apocalyptic outbreak Read for: ridiculously incredible art, unique art style and a great story that keeps you on the edge of your seat 

Falconhyrste by mcapriglioneart ( @falconhyrste ) | R: 10/10 | AL: 2 A story about a bunch of kids at a mysterious boarding school Read for: OCTAVIA AND HER AMAZINGNESS, quirky characters, really really great artwork & a story that pulls you in

Artistic Progress by Red-vaporeon ( @red-vaporeon-draws ) | R: 10/10 | AL: 2 A bunch of kids tackling everything that happens when you grow up Read for: really incredible characters, beautiful and very unique art style 

Lochbank cryptic society by Cryptid society ( @cryptidsociety​ ) | R: 10/10 | AL: 2 Three teenagers start an after school club dedicated to hunting cryptids and legends of their small town, only to discover a conspiracy bigger than anything they set out for. Read for: smart and intriguing story and characters 

More under the cut!! 

Aspera by rrroux | R: 9/10 | AL: 1 Amongst Parisian cobblestones, paint stains and empty coffee cups we find nine different young adults who somehow ended up in each other's lives. Read for: really unique and lovely art style, lovely story and well thought out characters 

Aversion by Hayden Marie ( @aversioncomic ) | R: 8/10 | AL: 3.5 A story about a human unwillingly caught in the middle of the Endless War of Heaven and Hell, and the angel Nadhirrah, assigned to protect him. Read for: very interesting story full of plot twists & crazy good colouring 

Chasing little stars by Eleviken | R: 9/10 | AL: 2 The world is dangerously polluted. As if that's not bad enough already, four kids also have to deal with their own issues at an elite high school in Shanghai. Read for: Beautifully created characters, setting and art 

Forget me by Bai ( @leello ) | R: 7.5/10 | AL: 2 A story about the exciting, complicated life of a college student. Read for: Really great characters and the story they tell 

Rock & Riot by Chelsey Furedi ( @rockandriotcomic​ ) | R: 9/10 | AL: 2 Opposing gangs, cool outfits, swooning humans all around and people falling in love. Read for: Funny story, lovey art work & great representation all over  Also check out: Project Nought

Acquainted with strangers by Crumbsicle ( @crumbsicle​ ) | R: 7.5/10 | AL: 1 Keenan decides to start designing the town’s first arcade with the help of the rich pretty-boy he just met. Read for: Really unique artstyle, intriguing story 

Monster crowd, creatures call by Void ( @monsterscrowdcreaturescall ) | R: 8/10 | AL: 2.5 A coming of age comic about monster teenagers in the 1980’s. Read for: interesting take on the monster genre and very unique but cool style 

Piercings by MacAngell | R: 7.5/10 | AL: 2A Drama about a slew of college kids from across the sexuality spectrum that are terrible at relationships and understanding what they want out of life. Read for: gorgeous story with interesting characters 

Danse orbitale by Princedesoies ( @princedesoies​ ) | R: 7.5/10 | AL: 1.5 A comic about two friends who enjoy dancing ballet together and can't be bothered about gender Read for: cool style and great exploration of what it means to be yourself 

WLW 

Elvis & Jules by Bibinella ( @bibinella ) | R: 10/10 | AL: 1 The moment they met they immediately hit it off, what will happen next? Read for: beautiful artstyle, interesting story that’s still developing 

Preheat by Bilvy | R: 9/10 | AL: 2 A young and ambitious baker loses her cafe in a disastrous fire, but sees none of the insurance payout. Read for: super super great art and promising story 

Short by Dani Bolim ( @bolinhopodre ) | R: 8/10 | AL: 1.5 Short story about lesbians Read for: Fun short stories that don’t take too long to read & cute art to boot! 

Honey & Venom by Kurzz ( @honeyandvenomcomic ) | R: 7.5/10 | AL: 2 A webcomic about ancient Roman/modern California lesbians. Read for: Interesting story & great art 

Long Hair Hotel by Momcarda | R: 7.5/10 | AL: 2 A story about letting go of your history and getting to know yourself Read for: a story that’s just beginning, unique and interesting art style 

Meriel’s law by Illuia | R: 8/10 | AL: 1 A very persistent saleswoman charming the heck out of a very grumpy witch Read for: MAGIC, WLW, CUTE ART 

Our story begins with by Shihho | R: 7/10 | AL: 1.5 A story through a relationship Read for: cute art

GRRRLS by 025GERU ( @025geru ) | R: 8/10 | AL: 2 Short stories about girls Read for: unique artstyle, interesting narratives and bite sized stories 

MLM

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman ( @heartstoppercomic ) | R: 12/10 | AL: 2.5 A really wonderful and cute story about figuring yourself out and falling in love as a teenager Read for: ridiculously amazing story, great representation on what it really is like figuring out you’re lgbt (without it being all about that) & super cute art style 

Autophobia by G.H.S.T ( @autophobiacomic ) | R: 13/10 | AL: 3 A story about Louis, an eleventh grader with anxiety trying to juggle school, his fathers expectations and later his budding feelings for a boy. Read for: the ridiculously amazing storytelling, best depiction of an anxiety attack I have ever seen in media and seeing the growth of an artist (this comic is my number one fave)  

Long Exposure by Mars ( @longexposurecomic​ ) | R: 12.5/10 | AL: 3.5 Nerds, bullies, superpowers, government conspiracies, secret labs… This story has it all Read for: Incredibly well thought out story, incredible art, incredibly amazing characters just !!!!! READ THIS !!!! 

Eerie Crests by Bell ( @eeriecrests ) | R: 12/10 | AL: 4 They say Malek is dead… Dallas isn’t so sure Read for: A-FUCKING-MAZING ART by an absolutely fabulous artist and a very very intriguing story 

Dear Boy by Blauerozen ( @blauerozen ) | R: 11/10 | AL: 2.5 Follow a group of not-so-human college boys as they whine about their tangled love lives. Read for: cute art, cute story, cute everything lets be real

Cupid by XUIO | R: 8.5/10 | AL: 3 Tony is a troublesome and carefree kid who has trouble falling in love, he then meets a forgiving and levelheaded Cupid named Koji, who helps him out, ironically. Read for: very interesting story and pretty art 

MondoMango by The Kao ( @thekao ) | R: 9.5/10 | AL: 1 Follow the day to day life of Kao as he goes on adventures or thinks stuff about things. Read for: funny little stand alone comics with great line art 

Breaks by Emma Vieceli  | R: 8/10 | AL: 3.5 A love story… but a little broken Read for: Very interesting story and great characters 

Cupido by Skatuya ( @skatuya ) | R: 8/10 | AL: 2 Alec has the ability to see soulmate marks of people and likes to play cupid (with some great help!) Read for: lovely story, awesome characters, interesting idea 

Fluxa by Kukkiia ( @fluxa ) | R: 8/10 | AL: 3 Callipus is on the run from the government when he meets a boy part of a rebellion Read for: In-cre-dible art, really cool story 

BSandL by Nilukka ( @drawthen ) | R: 9/10 | AL: 2.5 An alien crash lands on earth with a bang Read for: Original story and way of storytelling and multi dimensional characters 

Brian & Ditya by Bakanoapit ( @apitnobaka ) | R: 9/10 | AL: 1 Way more than friendship, not (yet) a relationship - told as bits and pieces of words. Read for: REALLY CUTE AND FLUFFY + GREAT A R T OKAY

Geoff & Rupert by Olive Guy | R: 8.5/10 | AL: 1 Plants and soul reapers Read for: Cute af art and cute af plants 

Jamie by NDGO ( @jamie-comic ) | R: 7.5/10 | AL: 2.5 Jamie falls for Aiden, Aiden isn’t so sure… Read for: interesting story & lovely art style 

This took me over 3 hours to put together jfc but yes read all of these they’re absolutely amazing 

Also @ the comic artists: if I put your comic in the wrong category pls let me know u guys are amazing and I love all your art so much 

[teatimewrites]

Ikea Run Headcannon -p. parker

october 2nd, 2017

prompt: going to ikea with peter - headcanons

word count: 900-ish? (short for me )): )

warnings: swearing for sure & fluff?? grumpy peter if that’s a thing??

a/n: this has probably already been done before but here’s my take on this prompt!! also this is college peter with college reader just an fyi, enjoy :) feedback is welcomed and much appreciated!! sorry if this isn’t the best, this is my first headcanon and it’s quite late at night when i’ve posted this oops

pairing: college!peter parker x reader

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you were only going to ikea for one little insignificant item

(spoiler: it was a coffee table bc peter somehow destroyed the only other one you two had yiKES)

you figured you might as well drag bring peter along bc he was your platonic roommate, and he should have a say in what kind of coffee table you two had in your living room, right?

it wasn’t bc you had developed feelings for peter and wanted to spend some one-on-one time with him, right?

anyways, peter was being grumpy in the subway ride on the way to ikea since he had originally planned on having a lazy day indoors

he was so grumpy to the point where he refused to hold on to the handles to keep him upright

instead he would cross his arms across his chest with his hands in lil fists

every time the train would stop or start too harshly, peter would nearly fall on top of you

you would give him a lil glare but in secret you really loved it bc his eyes would go super wide and he’d immediately grasp onto you to make sure you were okay

peter wasn’t actually all that grumpy though after a while, he was just really deep in thought about how fuckin cute his roommate looked in his pullover that they didn’t think peter would notice had been stolen from his laundry

when you guys got off the subway, peter wasn’t acting grumpy anymore and he offered out his arm for you to hold onto so you wouldn’t get lost 

you gladly accepted :))))

finally y’all made it to ikea and it was sUpEr crowded so peter puts his hand over yours to keep you on his arm

you died before you could even say anything

you and peter started wandering the aisles of ikea

peter was enjoying himself a lot more than you originally thought

he would drag you by the hand into the bedroom and office sections and he would script out lil scenarios for you two to act out

“oh y/n look at this one!! i’ll be an old-fashioned mobster and you owe me money” he then sits in the giant swivel chair behind the huge wooden desk while you play along

*swivels around dramatically with his hands interlocked* “i told you already, i don’t let no stragglers off the hook so easily. where’s my money pal??”

“i don’t know man, i got bills up to my elbows to pay here! please, i got a family to take care of!”

these don’t last too long because peter either breaks out laughing or sees something else he wants to check out and drags the both of you towards it

what was originally only supposed to be a two hour trip at most ended up lasting for much longer than that

peter was having so much of a good time just exploring the store in all its glory

you couldn’t help but let your heart melt at the sight of peter so carefree and happy

he was for sure like a puppy, especially with those big brown eyes of his 

you two had ended up in the mattress section

both of you were laying on the same mattress together when a few horrible realizations hit you:

a) you two hadn’t picked out a coffee table yet 

b) you were falling more for peter

c) you two were completely fucking lost in ikea 

you had sat up immediately in panic so peter was like “whoa what’s wrong?”

you turned to peter with the most horrified expression on your face

 “i forgot the yarn peter”

peter is MORE than confused bc why would you need to bring yarn to ikea??

“peter, we’re gonna get lost and die!”

 “what?! no we’re not, why would you think that?”

“because ikea is a literal maze and we’re never gonna find a way out without the yarn that i forgot!!” 

peter’s face kinda drops from the sudden realization that ikea is, in fact, structured to be a maze 

he’s trying not to panic but his face says it all 

he’s trying to think of solutions in his head if they did end up getting lost inside ikea

his phone was nearly dead though

oh wait i can just ask karen inside the suit to help- 

he realized that he was dumb enough to leave the Spider suit at home

in his defense, he didn’t think they’d be spending almost all day at ikea

“we’ll be fine, let’s go get that coffee table now, yeah?”

you just nodded and peter offered his hand out since he saw how stressed you were over the littlest inconvenience

peter was about to get mind-fucked when he realized how important that ‘little inconvenience’ would actually be 

a/n: if you made it this far into the reading, than thank you! i wanna make a part 2 to this headcanon, so let me know what your thoughts are!