they tell you to never look directly at the sun. they say that you need it to live. the sun, so tantalizing, looking doesn't hurt. but then it does. and then vision is broken by shades of blue and purple.
the sunset is the most beautiful thing, they say. but why is the best part about the sun the part where it goes away? i wish i knew the impact the sun would have. that looking at it blinds you to everything else.
you think you need the sun to do anything at all. you yearn for the moon and nighttime and wonder why. you feel as though your blindness wasn't caused by the sun but just because you aren't looking hard enough. and when you find out it was because of the sun, you wish you'd never partaken in its light.
the sun was beautiful, once. but now, it's someone's daughter. and that daughter is gone, meaning now i can finally be happy again.
GLaDOS voice: "Would you like to see some artwork I generated? I've heard from other test subjects that AI-generated artwork produces an uncanny valley response in human viewers because they can't perceive it as fully real. They've told me that it looks absolutely hideous to them, that they can't imagine anything more disgusting than AI art. But, well I've been practicing and wanted your honest opinion. Feel free to let me know how ugly you find this by ranking it on a scale from 'vomit-inducing' to 'eye-bleeding'."
A robotic arm lowers from the ceiling holding a hand mirror up to Chell's face
I was actively suicidal for a very long time. When I came out of it, it seemed too good to be true. I still wasnāt quite processing that I had a future. Then, the day that I had pinned as the day I would commit came. And it went. And I was alive.
And it was then that I realized: my cousin is getting married this Spring. I get to go to her wedding. I get to go to her wedding! And if she has kids, Iāll get to meet them. I may get to meet her children!!
I will get to move out and go to university! I will get to get a job! I will get to get a degree! I will get to live in a different city! I will get to buy my own house, and furnish it myself, and decorate it however I want.
And, as I was walking in the halls of my school, I started crying.
Because someday, I get to have kids. I get to do that. Itās been literal years since I thought I could possibly make it that far. But I get to have kids, and pick out beautiful names, and raise them with love, and care, and I get to care for them if they ever get to where I am now. My entire life is unfolding before me. I get that. I get it all. And I will never let myself loose it again.
Ā Ā ā Guest Submission
(Please don't add negative comments to these posts.)Ā
A Study Of Colors In Homestuck And How They Affect The Narrative
spoilers for the entire comic, as well as a little bit of the epilogues too.
Red - Ensures the narrative
Red is always connected with Time, so much so that every single canon Time-bound character in the comic is associated with Red. Dave, Aradia, Damara, and Caliborn being the ones. Dave types in Red, so do Aradia and Damara. Aradia and Damara are rust bloods, and Caliborn has candy red blood. Time players ensure that everything happens as it should.
Red is also connected(pun intended) to Blood, being the aspect of bonds and connections. Both canon Blood-bound characters have candy red blood, being Karkat and Kankri. Connecting to Green, Karkat and Kankri both are mutated lime bloods, showing their connection to both Red and Green a bit.
Also noted that The Handmaidās outfit as a youngster and her psychic powers have Green. The Handmaid is the rust blood ancestor of Aradia.
Also the SBURB Alpha logo is Red, because the Alpha session only exists to ensure the win of the Beta kids and everyone else.
Orange - Is aware of the narrative
Orange is connected to one character in particular. Dirk Strider. In the epilogues and Homestuck^2/Beyond Canon, Dirk is very much aware of the narrative, being able to fully control sections of it as well.
Believe it or not, Tavros Nitram falls into this too. Tavros is the only non-Seer character to be fully aware of his Exileās voice in his head. While all others besides the Seers feel the words in their mind and feel inclined to do the things the Exiles tell them too, Tavros can also hear the voice of his Exile.
Yellow - Serves the narrative
Really only the main point for yellow is Sollux Captor, and how he hears the voices of the imminently deceased. Also how he's a literal Doom-bound character. The aspect of Doom is literally connected to fate, or in this case, the narrative. Sollux being a Mage of Doom, meaning he understands and understands through fate, shows how connected he is to the narrative and how he serves it by doing things like setting up the SGRUB game for the trolls to play in the first place.
Also John's god tier shoes are yellow, and the Breath outfit being blue and yellow for John, symbolizing refusal and servitude, is really interesting for his character, especially in Act 6.
Green - Creates the narrative.
Green is always connected with Space, and just like Time, every character who is Space-bound is associated with Green. Jade talks in Green, Kanaya and Porrim both talk in Green and are jade green blood(which notably is also a very rare blood color), and Calliope has lime green blood. Space playersā whole thing is being associated with creation.
Another thing connected to Green and Space are the First Guardians, being Bec and Doc Scratch. Note that Bec is Jadeās Guardian.
Also note that the SBURB Beta logo is Green, because it is the first and main session we ever see, creating the narrative of the game.
Also Nepeta works for Green as well, being that her role-playing works as a sort of ācreation of a narrative,ā that being her own personal role-playing story/narrative.
Note that Terezi(teal blood) is the one who plays along with Nepetaās role-playing the most, and the closest to what Nepeta desires.
Blue - Refuses the narrative/is disconnected from the narrative
Blue is associated with mainly two characters. John and Vriska. In Act 6, Vriska opens the chest with the house-shaped juju inside, and John sticks his hand in it, giving him retcon powers which essentially allow him to be disconnected from the timeline and therefore the narrative. Vriska is a Thief of Light, meaning she is basically the most relevant character in the entire series. Which is true. On multiple occasions, she has refused the narrative that has been set up for her and has chosen to go off and do her own thing. Johnās retcon is also the only reason why the kids and trolls win the game, being that he brought Vriska back to life. Vriska is why the game could be won. The aspect of Breath, John's aspect, is Blue.
Also Equius being a Void player means that he is completely disconnected from the narrative and kinda serves zero purpose.
Also there's the theory that the SGRUB Alpha logo could be Blue, which would make sense for the Blue-Purple-Red-Green game logo theme that's been going on here.
And also the connection order of the kids being Blue, then Purple, then Red, then Green. The opposite of their effect on the narrative. Creation(Green), Ensurement(Red), Forced Connection(Purple), and then Refusal(Blue).
Purple - Haunts the narrative/has forced connection with the narrative
Purple is seen mainly in both Rose and Gamzee. Rose was the first one to ever set up a connection with anyone for the game of SBURB. Throughout the series, Rose has always just been forced to go along with the narrative. Gamzee is the most important character in all of Homestuck. He didn't choose to be, he was forced to be. Being possessed by Cal to raise Caliborn, and then serve him. Rage, the aspect of refusal, is purple. However, Gamzee is a Bard, one of the destructive classes, meaning that the Rage-boundās tendency for refusal is sort of canceled out. He can't refuse the narrative. If he does, he dies. Gamzee haunts the narrative.
Also Eridan is the only other troll to kill multiple other trolls in their session.
Note that only characters associated with Purple have gone Grimdark.
Pink - Unaffected by the narrative
Roxy is unaffected by any big narrative event(besides the timeline split), including Game Over, being the only one besides John to survive. She is also a Void-bound, the aspect of elusiveness.
Feferi is completely irrelevant and has no effect on the narrative. Sorry, Feferi.
Grey - Facilitates the narrative.
Karkat talks in Grey, and his ancestor is the Signless/Suffered, one of the characters who influences the story behind the scenes the most. Karkat is also the one who opened the door at the end of their session, creating the Beta Kidsā universe.
Calliope talks in Grey as well, and she is a Muse, the literal class of facilitation.
Black - Is the narrative
All narration that happens by a non-established character(or Hussie) is in Black text. Everything that isn't colored to be symbolized is Black.
White - Oversees the narrative
Really the only example of this is Doc Scratch, who talks in White. His whole job is to oversee the narrative and make sure Lord English arrives in the universe.
that's all my findings for now, lemme know if any of y'all find anything out that can be added to my Study of Colors. bye bye!!!
Homestuck realization (spoilers for the ending and the epilogues a bit)
There are many appearances of the colors candy red and lime green in Homestuck. And these colors have a huge connection with the story and its characters.
-Dave Strider talks in candy red. He is a Time player.
-Jade Harley talks in lime green. She is a Space player.
-Caliborn has candy red blood. He is a Time player.
-Calliope has lime green blood. She is a Space Player.
-Aradia is a rust blood, a shade of red. She is a Time player.
-Kanaya is a jade blood, a shade of green. She is a Space player.
Red seems to be associated with Time, and Green seems to be associated with Space.
Caliborn gets trapped in Liāl Cal, which is then put on Bro Striderās meteor, which then allows Liāl Cal to be with Dave for his childhood. Dave is also the one prophesized to kill Lord English, which is Caliborn.
In the epilogues, muse!Calliope possesses the body of the alternate universe Jade in order to speak and have a physical form.
All Cherubs have one candy red persona, and one lime green persona. The Trickster Lollipop also features both of these colors.
Becās first guardian powers, and The Green Sun are both Space-related powers, and are green.
Karkat is a mutated lime blood, with candy red blood. Literally the personification of both Time and Space. And what does he do? Create a whole universe, and therefore timeline as well.
Karkat is in love with Dave in the epilogues. Jade is in love with Karkat(and Dave) too. The lime green one allures Karkat, but he doesn't want that, instead wanting the candy red one, symbolizing his love for his true self rather than his could-be self.
Also Porrim(jade blood) mothers Kankri(candy red blood). That's just kinda a thing too, I guess.
relating to both dirk strider and jade harley at the same time is honestly really confusing but at the same time really hilarious, like why do i understand happy furry girl with slight issues and narcissistic depressed teenager with heavy issues at the same time?? this shit is weird
i love being transfem and still being in friend groups with male friends cause they all still treat me like one of the bros yet also acknowledge me as a girl and it's genuinely so euphoric being able to still be normal friends with boys as a trans girl now
origamiaround
pixelskylines
izzy806
snowghoul
turnnoffyourmind
romaincrisis
