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|| If god thinks I'm a mistake who needs to be forgiven. I might just wish him happiness and get away from him. || 21| ♒ Between Mage of Space and Mage of Time. Land of Whispers and Quartzs.

[punpunichu]

Gamzee is that asshole highblood friend with the super cold and clammy hands that takes advantage of the body temperature difference to sap Karkat’s warmth.

(Extremely late GamKar commission for the wonderful fromgilbowithawesome . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNENDING PATIENCE ;_;)

[catomics]

Today’s upd8

[idontcarebecauseidonthaveto]

It's going to be a friggin Zahhak, isn't it?

[wizordofoz]

did anyone else just

[rainbowbarnacle]

YEEEEEEESSSSSS

[1andonlykys]

[chloe-is-here-deactivated201603]

[paperseverywhere]

stopped homework to do quick upd8 art because CODDANGIT I LOVE THEM ;u;

[bladekindeyewear]

SON OF A BITCH, I only JUST NOW got this

Giant blank space? Time is stopped for as long as they want? Roxy training to use her powers better?

It’s Dragon Ball Z’s FUCKING Hyperbolic Time Chamber. And you know Andrew did it intentionally because of that reference to it Dave made earlier (pic above). FUCK.

This parallel only just occurred to me but I’m sure a lot of you thought of it first and are laughing your asses off right now.

EDIT: hextrudedcubes said:

also, with these past 2 updates, MSPA pages are, well, e%ceeding a certain number in quantity

Are you KIDDING me

He saved the hyperbolic time chamber for right when the comic went over p=009000, god FUCKING DAMMIT

[aradial-symmetry]

And for that matter there’s another “hyperbolic time chamber" reference that Hussie’s made recently.

[bladekindeyewear]

Ah right, he did the writing on that one! “Hyperbolic Playtime Chamber”… I had a feeling there was one I was missing, dammit, that explains it.

[2sagong]

Kurloz:(sigh) :o( Gamzee: hEhE:o)

[astralazuli]

To everyone not amused by John generalizing all troll girls as depraved lunatics, let’s review the troll girls he’s met:

Terezi, who killed him in an alternative time line & just now crashed into the ground, headbutted him, & demanded he fix everything while giving no suggestions how.

Vriska, ….well, Vriska.

Meenah, who tried to kill both him & Roxy & let’s be real, girl does not come off cuddly.

Aranea, who undeaded herself, mind controlled a ton of people, tried to undoom a timeline & in the process got pretty much everyone (including herself) killed.

Aradia, who is really pumped about watching reality break & also corpse parties

Based on John’s sample group, he really has a point there.

[chubsintubs-blog]

*sweating intensifies*

as sad and terrifying as it was, this is definitely one of my favorite scenes 

[protectignisscientia]

so i didn’t refresh my page before posting and

kurlozmakara

[apostuck]

it’s because that is all there is to say. 

[scrunch]

COOL G1RLS DONT LOOK 4T 3XPLOS1ONS

[mizushimo]

UPD4T3

[cosmic-aria]

OK AM I IMAGINING THIS OR ARE THOSE SHOES DIFFERENT… AND SPARKLY… DID…. DID TEREZI STEAL JADE’S SHOES????

[those don’t belong to you]

[lettersinaword]

BUT IN THE WIZARD OF OZ DOESN’T DOROTHY TAKE THE WITCH’S SHOES TO GET HOME?

AND NOW SHE’S GOING TO JOHN AND TELLING HIM TO FIX THE TIMELINE - GET THEM BACK TO THE ALPHA, GET THEM **HOME**

[cosmic-aria]

so dirk, roxy, john, and terezi do the wizard of oz thing… but that would mean terezi has the power all along right, so she uses her seer powers to figure out where the timeline went wrong and somehow helps john direct his zappy powers to fix it?

[dan-mcneely-deactivated20210328]

me: *peels the shoes off a dead person* dont worry its a wazard of oz reference 

[ranchuppi]

F1X TH1S

[jbrenz]

I’m not crying you’re crying.

[idontcarebecauseidonthaveto]

...... No.

[clonerightsagenda]

The theme of Act 6 so far has been alienation, failure to communicate, and apathy. The characters are typically divided up and kept apart. They talk to each other rarely, behind facades, and through messaging devices, even when (like in the crypt convo) they are sitting right next to each other. The theme of the Alpha session is noble gasses, which are inert and typically unable to form bonds. When we’re alerted to relationships in the three years crew or the alpha session, it is typically at their end. When the Betas arrive in the session, John (Breath - communication - inspiration - inertia) is missing, and many of the kids express doubts as to whether they should even try. 

[S] Game Over is the culmination of all of this. No one communicated. No one worked together. Everyone charged in doing what they wanted or felt was right and they all got curbstomped into oblivion. They did reaffirm their bonds for one another - every act in that flash, save for those of some of the villains, was because they cared about someone. But that alone was not enough. 

As of this update, we see Dirk reaffirm his solo heroic mindset and refuse the influence of Breath, instead dissolving into ruin. John then turns to the one other survivor, who made it out not because she was miles away but because she actually thought things through.

I’m still torn between whether John will retcon this after a lot of work and growth in order to let them ‘replay’ the flash while working together, or whether they will be forced to play out their session in its ruins and cooperate in order to restore everyone to life. (The link is just one suggestion on how. Homestuck provides many ways to cheat death.)

Either way, I think this situation serves to force them toward each other. If Act 6’s focus is the dissolution of teamwork and breaking of bonds, this is its darkest hour. They are now so scattered and so damaged that they are going to have to rely on one another or perish. However they get themselves out of this, it will have to be as a group. They’re going to need to communicate. They’re going to need to take initiative. They’re going to need to stop thinking “I failed” and start thinking “How can we fix this”. 

Sooner or later you will have to face the fact that literally all adventures are about learning the value of teamwork.  Teamwork and friendship. The two razor sharp edges of the mighty excalibur which EVERY hero should keep in his scabbard.  Even shitty heroes like you. 

It will be interesting to see how they manage it.