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♉♊ ♋♌♍? ♎ ♏♐♑♒♓Well, son of a bitch.
This is one of my favorite commands ever.
Hehehehe.
I always feel like it's important to note that Skaia will only show certain people things in the clouds.
This is our first look at the actual Green Sun.
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I seem to recall this as well!
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Yay!
Hehehehe.
Sweet indeed.
I love how Robo-Aradia continues to wear the hat through this sequence. What I don't love is that she changes her text color so I have to remember which is which! Grr.
Yeah!
Yeah...
Hehehehe, "thollux".
Okay, I am probably going to end up quoting most of this but it's kind of important!
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so
what's
up
Actually, the text color thing is one of the things that sunk my Doc Scratch OP... too many folks (like myself) use alternate forum themes to really do the OP justice.
Okay, I just checked this on Chrome. This will be a total pain with the default theme. Well... when we get to the [o] pages I'll use the default text color since I can't change the background color. Okay? Well, I may spoil some parts of the post. That should make it easier as well.
This guy is like a logic puzzle from my discrete math class in college.
That almost has to be a joke, doesn't it?
Among other things, doesn't this imply there will always be a Hero of Time?
I have to believe there's a bit of meta-commentary going on here.
I still thought it did that until I read this again. This is an important detail, I feel.
This has also been discussed a lot in the past two threads, but it bears repeating:
More omission, perhaps? Presumably, the plan for the kids and trolls to meet is based on self-preservation more than anything.
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Let me tell you about video games. Let me tell you about Homestuck
Mostly spoiled again.
This is a great mix of things we already know, and some things up coming that we already didn't. For instance, we have already seen what are presumably both methods in action. John and Vriska ascended via the Quest Beds on their planets, whereas Aradia - previously thought to be lacking a dreamself - turned out to be in hers the whole time.
Of course, given what we know will happen to Rose and Dave, a bed on Derse would be their only available options.
But on the flip side, notice that while Doc said "50%" he referred to the two possibilities of as ascending via her planet's Quest Bed or the other way, as though each thing had a 50% chance of occurring. More logic crap - is he simply omitting the possibility the won't ascend?
Of course, the below may be the most quoted part of this conversation. Was any other thing quoted as often this past summer? I don't think so. I probably quoted this dozens of times myself.
Two things. First, we learn that Lord English is the entity's title, and not his name. Second, it's interesting that Doc Scratch would describe him as "evil". In reality, I really doubt most anyone thinks they are "evil". Even people who almost everyone would think are evil do not think of themselves that way. Real life villians after all do not twirl their mustaches in dark towers while laughing manically.
If this is foreshadowing I will probably smash something.
This almost seems like a challenge more than anything else to me.
Vriska found one of these somehow (perhaps in the cache she got from her ancestor?), and Scratch caused it to blow up in her face once he was made aware of it. Meanwhile, he presents Rose with one willingly. (Of course, we still don't know how pre-entry Jade got hers, I don't think.)
1. Kanaya
2. Eridan
3. Rose
Of course, if we all recall how this ends, we know that her corruption is about to become absolute. But what the hell does it mean?
To this point the slim morsels we have been given hint that the Gods of the Furthest Ring oppose Lord English - I think (that is how little we've been given). We know that with Scratch's encouragement Rose looks into the ball and becomes grimdark. We also know this leads her to become almost singlemindly obsessed with fighting Jack, which results in her death. Could it be interpreted as Scratch/English allowing the the Horrortenders a temporary victory to get alive Rose out of the picture, and to facilitate her getting back to Derse to complete the Green Sun mission?
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and then later on in his apartment he says that he told her not to do that
unless the SBAHJ reference makes it count as a joke and therefore not a violation of his honesty
not like it really matters either way
Let me tell you about video games. Let me tell you about Homestuck
Of course, I guess this doesn't help the short-term obession with killing Jack.
This is a blue light special on Scratch speculation right here.
Says you!
This goes back to what I talked about in the last post. Are Scratch and the Dark Ones on the same side, or the former granting the latter a temporary victory?
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As I said, I think there's definitely some shenanigans going on there.
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Was probably not your best move
But whatever could we do with such a tiny hammer?
I'm going to break this note down. First off, the text color is the EXACT SAME as Jadesprite's. No two other characters with non-default text colors share the same color.
"Terry Kiser (born August 1, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the dead title-character in the comedy Weekend at Bernie's, and its sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II." -- Wikipedia
Well, gee, I don't know! I bet you could for sure scratch something up real good with a needle like that!
More understatements, and more questions. First off: "Once she was a brave hero like you and i john." Who the hell is "I" here and when/in what reality was he a hero? Honestly, based on his usage of slang it's hard not to think the original speculation was right and this is actually Jade's grandpa. Or, if you want to put a scratch theory twist on it - the equivalent of Jade's Grandpa in the scratched session.
Wait... what?
And what does this "J" stand for?!?
Jade's Penpal - probably one of the longest running mysteries in Homestuck. And, for now at least, remains that way.
CD, you are so incompetent.
Note, for those of you who have been reading along: The Warhammer of Zillyhoo is not this hammer from earlier in our adventure. There couple a couple of reasons why:
1) Hussie forgot, which I doubt, because otherwise he probably would not have shown how much grist it cost to make Zillyhoo.
2) It actually is a different hammer, because the unknown one uses the Problem Sleuth book whereas Zillyhoo is from one of the non-canon bonus comics.
3) Some other reason
Also, I guess that thing with Gamzee and Karkat didn't really pan out?
Um, it's good thing we didn't need the green monstrositifier for anything.
Of course, if you remember the image from the beginning of Act 5: Act 2 John is wearing said lunchmuffs.
Wait, there's one more chatlog before the flash:
Up next: Let's Play: [ S] Seer: Descend.
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http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/18850639#Comment_18850639
March goddamn 30th motherfuckers
Let me tell you about video games. Let me tell you about Homestuck
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Rose: AFLSIAUEFGOIWUEGOIUWEG
John: What?
Rose: AFSFIEOFGIUWEPFGU
John: What's that Rose? Timmy's stuck down the well?
Rose: D8<
John: what's that, rose? are you getting aggravated that i am talking to you kind of like you are a dog?
Edit: getting ready to post it soon.
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LET'S PLAY
[ S] Seer: Descend
Open the spoiler to begin! Don't forget, you can play for yourself here!
It starts off like a cinematic flash.
But it turns out it's a game!
Same basic structure as the previous playable flashes (since Alterniabound, anyway).
I don't think it's too weird (after all, she already got mad about this), but it is KIND OF WEIRD that she really has nothing to say about the bodies on the roof. The same dialgue pops up everywhere.
We have no choice, but to descend.
The descent is pretty long.
But there are a couple of other things to see along the way. However, you can't get any information about this desceased soldier.
Another flight of stairs.
More dead bodies.
And so on. You know, I think I'll just let you guys know if I see anything along the way.
There we go. There's a fuckton to investigate. Let's get started.
Like this bookcase, for instance.
Or this chest!
So you can examine each individual case here. Let's get down to business.
Okay, that's that set of shelves. Yes, there's another.
We go to the other side of the room where... we find an alive Prospitian solider?
Hey, more bookshelves! What'd I tell ya!
Do we, though? Do we really?
I didn't like some of my CS textbooks, but geez.
I'll say.
I mean, these shelves go on for awhile... oh hey another chest!
Oh hey what's that twinkling thing on that bookshelf?
Eh, let's ignore it and examine the last three bookshelves for some reason.
Okay, I guess we don't have much of a choice now.
The shelf disappears.
And we enter this room.
Full of other survivors. First things first - let's check out those chests.
You can also talk to the surviving soldiers. They don't speak themselves, but the game tells you some stuff.
That's all of them. Let's go. I am sure they will remain perfectly safe in there.
Yes, this, this is what I need.
These last three on the row are the only ones we can reach right now.
... and that's what the rest of them say. Oh well.
Let's get a move on.
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LET'S PLAY
[ S] Seer: Descend
Part 2
Previous installments:
Part 1
Click the spoiler to begin!
Red footprints?
Something else is definitely alive in this castle. The transportalizer doesn't work at the moment.
Oh dear.
So up the stairs then.
Wait, what's...
OH SHIT JACK NOIR JUST TELEPORTED AWAY
The trail ends here on account of Jack teleporting away. For all your dark majjjyks, you cannot teleport, so no choice but to press on.
Ah, yes, the curtain room.
> Open Curtains.
There's a bunch of 'em.
> Open Curtains.
> Open Curtains.
So that was a total of four red curtains, followed by a blue one.
> Open Curtains.
Followed by another red one.
> Open Curtains.
Followed by a stairwell.
Another room, a lot like the one we were just in.
Except this time the curtains are green.
The sixth one is closed.
The trail picks up again.
And up the stairs.
To...
John?
Err..
JOHN has joined the party!
Er, the game doesn't say that or anything.
Oh hey, a blocked transportalizer pad. Where could that go?
I'll tell you where it doesn't go, this back room.
This is different.
Ah, that's why.
Okay, let's head through that other doorway we saw.
Oh, guess we can't.
The trail resumes.
Uh oh.
Yeah :\
The trail continues.
Yes, that is Jade's banner that is untouched, and that is Dave's that is sliced in half like his logo.
There's nothing else down here.
No choice but to ascend.
And ascend.
And ascend.
And...wait, what is it, John?
OH YES THIS IS CLEARLY THE CORRECT TIME TO BROACH THIS TOPIC
John, you are precious.
Thanks for reading Let's Play: [ S] Seer: Descend. Sorry there wasn't that much commentary in this one so feel free to provide your own! Regularly scheduled Drunkstuck updates should resume shortly.
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> [ S] ==>
For lack of a better title, this is The One Where the Hero Gets Stabbed Through the Chest.
The song is "At the Price of Obvlivion". It's amazing how versatile the Chorale has been, eh?
Anyway, well, we'll revisit those two in a bit.
For now, let's have an end-of-disc chat with Dave and Terezi. I originally had a lot more for this but I needed to cut it down because this supposed to be a recap. Also, I am tired. As in, I want to get some sleep and my arms are sore from doing this for probably about 12 hours now.
Urgh, why did I waste my Saturday night?
Anyway.
Anyway, I bet this is going to be totally sweet.
Okay, maybe not.
Er, didn't we just get done watching... well actually I am pretty sure that this conversation occurs before the stuff we just saw with Rose and John.
From our perspective, John just got mad and got rewarded with a sword through the chest, Rose is fighting him, and Jade... well, she's okay for now because he can't lay a finger on her.
But again, that's the future.
Okay, this is where I skip ahead a bit because while Dave being controlled by AR is hilarious it's also kind of time consuming.
Now it's Terezi's turn. This conversation has a lot of parallels with Vriska and John's last chat.
There's something I like about "alien death lawyers" but I'm not sure what.
Okay class, this is the important part.
This is kind of buried in the conversation, so I'm stopping here. Again, well, if you doubt her powers, check back in a few updates.
Doubts, again. Like I said, there's a parallel to Vriska's last conversation with John. Only instead of doubt after the fact, this is before.
Here's the other parallel. Both of the scourge sisters have been responsible for the death of many a young troll, yet when it comes down to taking out someone they've spent all this time with doubt creeps in. She tries to deflect some of it back to Dave, referring to his own inability to face mortatility that we already saw.
"comeuppance boulevard" may be my favorite synonym for "hubris" now.
Anyway, time to loop back to the god tier conversation.
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This looks like a playable flash, but isn't.
You find a note on the floor, embedded there by Nepeta's claw and written in purple blood on a page from Vriska's ancestor's diary.
The note sets off a trap door, putting you in the music room with a dancing Gamzee shadow.
Obviously, the most constructive thing we could do right now is listen to some tunes. The available songs are: Trollcops, Havoc to be Wrought, Rumble at the Rink, Unlabeled Record, Xrom, and I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew.
I'm a night owl and a wisebird too
Home with the milk in the morning
Signin' the same old song
Rise with the moon
Go to bed with the sun
Early to bed and you'll miss all the fun!
Bring your wife to trouble
It will never trouble you
Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! :Whistle:
Hey waitaminute.
Yay!
> [ S] Terezi: Play tiny record.
Whoops.
D:
Anyway, we finally read the note, and the ancestor entry. Again, I will try to preserve... relevant parts of the ancestor entries. Apparently dragons didn't just become rare on Alternia.
Whoops. A dragon can cause you to go blind? Huh, never heard that before!
This is, of course, similar to the choice Vriska is about to get.
And so, we try out Disc 2.
It gives us a link.
This is, of course, a call back to this.
More Ancestorstuck:
I just quoted the two things above because of their applicability to the present story. There's more there, but if you wanted the full thing, you'd have read that instead.
Just in time for us to be guided through the rest of the act by him.
And so it begins.
And this would be, until very recently, our only knowledge of Karkat's ancestor. (Fortunately, we also have some other sources.)
And this is where we learn why Alternia is only inhabited by kids.
I don't think Mindfang meant that to be as literal as it turned out to be.
> [ S] Flip.
The disc, is, unfortunately, too badly damaged for us to continue. (Which is a real fucking shame, but alas.)
And so it begins. This looks like a good point for me to stop, for now.
Hopefully I can cover the next... three months? tomorrow night.
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THE BEGINNINGING
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Post 8 - Start of ACT 2
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PART II: ACT 3
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Part III: The Intermission
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PART V: ACT 4 (part 2)
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PART VII: ACT 5: Hivebent
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PART VIII: ACT 5: Hivebent (part 2)
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PART IX: ACT 5: Hivebent (part 3)
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PART X: ACT 5: ACT 2 -Errata
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PART XII: ACT 5: ACT 2 (part 2)
PART XIII: ACT 5: ACT 2 (part 3)
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PART XIV: ACT 5: ACT 2 (part 4) - Mini Let's Play: [ S] John: Enter Village.
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Post 4 - The One Where We Cannot Kill the Girl
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PART XV: ACT 5: ACT 2 (part 5)
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Post 4 - Mini-mini LP: [ S] Kanaya: Return to the core
PART XVI: ACT 5: ACT 2 (part 6)
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Now available on DVD:
LET'S PLAY: ALTERNIABOUND
Episodes:
Karkat part 2
Terezi part 1
Terezi part 2
Vriska part 1
Vriska part 2
Episodes:
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he did all of the drunk stuck
the flash is gonna be awesome and everything
I'm very excited about the flash
but honestly I'm more excited about the return of day-to-day updates
I'll make sure to tell you guys all about how cool the EOA is!
It was nice when I was raptured before everyone else.
I am, too, especially since Freakangels ended. Now, apart from MSPA, the only other comic I really follow on an update-to-update basis is Dr. McNinja. MSPA fills in my week.