As of today, it Homestuck has been over for a decade. It’s weird to think about, isn’t it?
One day, you’re closing your laptop after watching Act 7. And, now, you’re re-opening it once again to see this message.
I actually wasn’t there to see Homestuck end or begin, for that matter. I only got into it around the early 2020s for that matter! But even then, I think it is a story that’ll never leave me.
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I had always envied what others were so lucky to experience. And I still do. Such a large fanbase, such a vast quantity of fan projects, merch, albums, among other things. I was unfortunately born too late to be there. And, when I got into the fandom, I presumed that that was it.
By that time, Good Smile had bought out FFBF and had consequently shuttered the site, leaving its small amount of deadstock to shatter through the cosmos’s of Paradox Space. And with that, one of the last few pillars of Homestuck were gone. It wasn’t about the merch itself (for the most part), really, but more so what it represented. The fact that MSPA WAS so big that they could produce and sell whatever seemed like an unbelievable farce.
Homestuck.com was broken. And Whatpumpkin.com lead to this message…
“In early 2020, Hussie officially left What Pumpkin to work on new projects unrelated to Homestuck. In the time since, they completed a new project called Psycholonials. The final chapter of this visual novel was just posted today, and is available on Steam and mobile platforms. While Hussie still retains ownership of the Homestuck IP, they decided last year to fully discontinue their creative involvement in any future Homestuck projects, and instead plans to continue independently developing more projects like Psycholonials.”
At the time of reading, it was early 2023. No new projects had shown themselves. The general consensus was that Homestuck was dead. The only thing that was really going on at the time was the Requiem Cafe and some teasers for Hiveswap Act 3, although the first only proved fruitful for those who could attend and the second wouldn’t come out for another three years. It did feel like the first signs of… something happening, but it was so doom and gloom at the time that no one really expected much.
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But of course, as soon as Beyond Canon reared its head in late 2023, things began to chug along. You know the rest.
And now, here we are.
• 6 MSPAs. (7 if you want to count Psycholonials, which I don’t but is apparently being added to the MSPA site…?)
• 3 Merch stores
• An active continuation
• An official half-con meetup in NYC
• An animated TV Pilot
• And more stuff on the way.
The fandom has grown quite a bit. I think it’s a little nicer too.
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Initially, walking into Homestuck felt like entering a ghost town. Remnants of what used to be still remain, scattered across sheltered stores, and little outposts of people were residing in dilapidated buildings. But now, I feel like it’s a bit different.
The buildings have been fixed up, some stores — though starting out small — are reopening, the promise for growth doesn’t seem like such an insane thing to expect.
Maybe it won’t be the rich city it used to be. But it’s still my town. And I don’t think i’ll ever choose to move out.
Happy 4/13 everyone!! May all the Johns/Junes/and Janes have a very happy birthday and enjoy all of us being a little froggy.
Let's play the music, light the lights, dress up right and enjoy a fun day today!
lyrics made by gigglingGummybear
along with @kyleehenke who also did the mixing!
and the adorable cover art was done by entomicAnomaly
lyrics are under the cut
Why are there so many songs about Homestuck
And why they’re all on Broadway?
Maybe it's fun here, to see them all up there
Just singing and dancing away
So we've been told that it's cringe or a waste
I don't care now, it's my dream
Someday I'll find it
The rainbow connection
The stage hands, the singers, and me
Who said that every song
Would be karkalicious
Just stuck on repeat world wide
But each note, to melody
And lyric to song
Inspired and starry-eyed
It sounds amazing, with glorious phrasing
A chorus of pals and a beat
I think I’ve found it
The rainbow connection
The stage hands, the singers, and me
All singing perfect harmony
This moment feeling just like magic
I’ve gazed onto the stage
My eyes filled with wonder
Their hands stretched out reaching to me
Music sounds sweeter
when we sing together
I join them all up here see
I’ve felt it too many times to ignore it
It’s something that I’m supposed to be
I know I’ve found it
The rainbow connection
The stage hands, the singers, and me
the fear of ridicule… the fear of being at the mercy of other people's judgement… the fear that people will take apart your protective shell against your will and see the true self you've been trying so hard to hide from them… oh transfem jax we're really in it now
Jax wasn't trying to "start shit for no reason". His world was breaking down, he was scared and wanted a taste of normality.
I have some issues with the way people are seeing this scene here. At face value, it does look like Jax just wants to start fighting for no reason and Zooble and Pomni are ignoring him for that.
That isn't what's happening here.
See, Jax's coping mechanism is to keep things predictable, and keep himself in control. All he's ever known in his life was negativity, being yelled at and condemned and shamed for everything he does, and everything he does wrong. He acts out and bullies and abuses because that's what's normal to him.
It's shown right here in this scene,
Jax thought Zooble was going to yell at him. He turned to them, scared, anticipating a scolding or something to the nature of "Get out, nobody wants you here."
But no, Zooble offers him forgiveness and community. He's hit with that reality, the reality that people love him. Zooble is a kind person, not "the grumpy one", and they truly do want nothing but the best for him.
Here he was, antagonizing everyone, thinking they all want him to die. Assigning them roles because he believes they're as fake as Caine is.
Thinking Pomni would laugh at him.
Thinking Ragatha would try to downplay his feelings with her positivity.
Thinking Gangle would agree with Zooble and pin everyone against him.
But no. Jax realizes that the people around him are forgiving and kind and they actually want him around. He realizes that these people... they're actually his friends. That's pretty shocking for someone like him.
He jokes about it, saying "Hah, you guys worry too much!" when they tell him they're worried about him abstracting.
But he opens his eye, and looks at Pomni. The person in the group he trusts the most. Almost as if to ask...
You'd still be worried though, right? You still care about me, right? Even after everything I did...?
In the café scene, Jax was subconsciously testing that. He didn't intend it, of course, because he doesn't have that kind of self awareness. But subconsciously, he was testing Pomni and Zooble. Trying to see if they really were telling the truth.
So, he drops that bitter remark.
"Y'know things were just fine before you and Zooble came along."
But why? Why those words specifically?
Because Zooble and Pomni antagonize Caine. They call him out. And look what happens when that happens! Jax wants to avoid that!
Let's pause for a second, and go over to Ragatha. We're all familiar with her coping mechanism, and she even demonstrates it to Caine!
She's happy, positive, kind, always ready to help, and always ready to give you a little encouragement when you need it!
She's a people pleaser because her mother was a controlling matriarch. She learned that being a little doll, the perfect little daughter, the perfect little friend who never says anything you don't want to hear, will help her survive.
She. Fawns.
And so does Jax.
Jax, no matter how much he denies it, no matter how much he wants to pretend like he's in control, is doing the exact. Same. Thing.
Jax plays by Caine's rules. He gives the circus members their roles. He abides by his own, loyal to being the funny one. He's the perfect plaything, the perfect little cartoon character for Caine.
The perfect circus bunny, performing just for his ringmaster.
And what do Zooble and Pomni do?
They disrupt that. They disrupt that peace. They threaten Caine, they threaten HIM.
Now, let's get one thing absolutely clear here.
Jax HATES Caine. He hates him, he thinks he's a liar, he controls them, he abuses them, he's been stuck here with this controlling overlord that uses him like a fucking puppet for his own sick and twisted desire to stroke his own ego.
I'm sure Ragatha hated her mother as well and never actually cared about her, she only pretended to be positive and happy to appease her and avoid being punished.
Jax pretends to be a sadistic, funny, sarcastic, jerk to appease Caine. To avoid being punished.
"Caine's not gonna do anything malicious, it's not in his nature."
He's scared of what Caine might do to him. So he lies to himself thinking that if he's good enough for Caine, if he's artificial enough, cartoon enough, if he throws away enough of what makes him human, he can avoid punishment.
Now, back to what he said. "Y'know, things were just fine before you and Zooble came along."
Jax waits for an answer, because he wants Pomni to jump at his throat and scold him. He wants to be hurt, he literally uses them to self-harm. After all, his biggest fear is being laughed at by his closest friends.
And to his surprise, they ignore him. They don't engage.
And he's testing Zooble on what they said. Do you really care if I abstract? Even if I degrade you? Even if I'm an asshole to you?
That's the best way to deal with someone like Jax. Just don't engage, as Zooble said. Just ignore him. He wants to use you to harm himself, don't let him do that.
"Okay."
One last offer to give it to him. Let him have it.
But no. Nobody engages.
That is the confirmation in Jax's mind that Pomni and Zooble were telling the truth.
He...can trust them. He can trust Pomni.
So when Pomni starts her plan with Kinger, he jumps up to ask what's going on. Of course he TRUSTS her but he didn't think anything was ACTUALLY going to happen, right!?
Now he's finding out Kinger is actually capable of being sane! He's not a crazy old man!
What the fuck is happening right now!? Gangle is happy, Ragatha is being genuine, Zooble is forgiving, and now Kinger is sane and normal?
And look what Jax does about this information.
He doesn't double down. He doesn't take the bucket off Kinger's head, he doesn't throw a rude joke to catch everyone off guard, he doesn't try to sabotage what Pomni is trying to do.
When he says "Wait!" while Kinger is talking, it's not because he wanted to stop him. It's not because he wanted to distract him or make him crazy again so he'd stop talking.
It's because he remembered that Caine is always watching. He was trying to get Kinger to stop talking because he knew Caine could appear out of nowhere and throw this entire plan out of the window.
So he gets up, and he says,
"I gotta distract Caine so he doesn't listen in on this."
Jax gets up to help them. Jax chooses, on his own volition, under absolutely no pressure or request, to go and volunteer himself to be the distraction AGAIN, despite how much he hated it the first time. Despite how angry he knows Caine is, despite the fact he knows he could suffer greatly if he does.
Just so the others could have a chance.
"I'm never doing anything for you guys ever again."?
Yeah, right, Jax.
This progress is insane for someone like him. And he goes to have a mini panic attack about the fact it's all real, that these really are human beings and not Caine's playthings or his NPCs.
But he still goes to distract Caine. Because he trusts Pomni, he trusts that her plan is going to work.
Because what does Jax accuse Caine of doing?
"You lie to us constantly!"
Honesty is something Jax values so closely that he abandons his coping mechanism and OFFERS to get tortured by the AI overlord just so the others could have a chance.
It's not one of Caine's adventures or some random NPC he's never seen trying to tell him that there's a chance at escaping.
It's Pomni.
He trusts Pomni. Pomni is his friend.
And by extension, he trusts Kinger, and Zooble, and Ragatha, and Gangle, because they're all humans. They're not Caine, they're not AIs, they won't betray his trust like he does. Jax finally was able to break out of his delusion to see that.
my neighbourhood has never had an ice cream truck. in the summer, we have the knife sharpening truck. it slowly circles the block and rings its ominous bell. i have never seen someone interact with it. it may be that only those marked by death can see it
okay if you work in any environment that requires frequent use of scissors, this truck is like Jesus showing up. We cut ribbon and paper constantly at my job and when OUR knife sharpening guy rolls through town, once in a blue moon, we all run after him in the street waving out hands around like children after the pied piper. We carry our shears out to him like bouquets, shaking because we are so excited to have sharp scissors again.
So anyway we may in fact be marked for death in the way all retail employees are, but shout out to knife trucks everywhere.
Hi Mimosa (they/them) here with the next round of tumblr sexy people contests
Here is the 2026 sexy people master form, all forms final tallies will be taken one week from the start of the contest to give me time to go through all of your submissions, instructions are on the form, make sure everyone has fun
The 2026 Sexywoman Contest starts March 1st
The 2026 Sexyman Contest starts June 1st
The 2026 Sexyenby Contest starts October 1st
Each round of the contests will last 1 week, the mashups will be generated randomly each round using a google random generator, whether we start out with 32 or 64 mashups in each round one will be determined by the number of submissions
Please put your submission in (First Last - Source Media) format, make sure the first letters are capitalized, and if a character has a last
Please put your submission in (First Last - Source Media) format, make sure the first letters are capitalized, and if a character has a last
Separate poll:
Honestly just put their name, I’m pretty sure I can find all of them by name in this case for a change lol
there was a time where this guy smelled nice and I thought it was pheromones, and like I'd get horny bc I thought it was him, but it turns out it was tide fresh laundry detergent
kaledo-art
jacobvanloon
baratheonpilled
turnnoffyourmind
ellievsbear
stormborns
pixelskylines
romaincrisis
