#hs act 1

[monteruu]

let's see how far we've come :)

[image id: digital illustration of john egbert, jade harley, rose lalonde, and dave strider from homestuck. they are all laying on a blue checkered picnic blanket laying on top of one another in a familiar manner and smiling.

john is at the center laughing heartily while jade is to the right laying down on her side. dave is to the left and is in a comfortable lounging position with one leg over one of john's and is resting his head in rose's lap who is smirking at john and jade's antics.

they are all in their respective godtier outfits. around them are some lush grassy hills with variously colored wildflowers spotting the landscape and the sburb sun setting behind them. end image id.]

#homestuck #homestuck 413 #john egbert #jade harley #rose lalonde #dave strider #i heart these guys so much its crazy that i've been into hs for 12 years #i have a very complicated relationship with it but rereading it is making me appreciate it again and what a cool thing it was #there are LOTS of bad stuff in hs but theres lots of love and passion in it as well #anyway this is my way of making up for not engaging with homestuck for a couple of years and to show my love for the beta kids <33333 #they are the best part of hs hands down and i miss act 1-4 antics with them #sorry for the 1 million words i have just been having a lot of thoughts about hs lately and i can't believe it's 15 years old like what

[baconcheeselover38]

stupid shit i made. so long ago

#homestuck #hs #homestuck fanart #egbert #june egbert #john egbert #whiteboard #sketch #drawing #act 1 #act 5 act 2 #kart

[askinsufferableprick]

is this thing working?

oh shit it is this is officially happening lets fuckin go

ok so uh welcome ladies, gents n such to the offical ask blog for the world renowned creator of SBHJ and various other cool blogs i know yall got a billion questions such as whos that super cool dude on camera there's no way that's the one and only dave strider himself i knew he was a epic dude but this is way beyond anything i could have imagined how does such a famous and busy guy got the time for yet another dope as hell blog or like hey doesnt putting your name and face up online go against like basic internet safety protocol all valid questions guess you gotta go throw some asks in that empty as fuck ask box if you want any of the answers

#dave strider #homestuck #homestuck ask blog #hs #homestuck fanart #ask blog #dave strider ask blog #ask dave strider #askinsufferableprick #((my partner and one of my besties r horrible ppl who decided that instead of discouraging me from making this they did the opposite so #now here we are....... #been ages since i had an ask blog so well see how this goes #are ask blogs even still a thing??? do ppl still like these?? anyway #gonna try my hand at pretending to be dave well see how it goes lol #and its gonna be dave from all over the timeline btw not just pre sburb but thought itd be fitting to start there #as i am rereading the comic and am early in act 1 #also please go check the actual blog instead of the basic little mobile looking thing #i spent way to much effort on that thing for it to never be seen #ok thats all for now lol))

[homestuck-quotes-sometimes]

KARKAT: PPPFFUUUUUUUHHHHHHH......... WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE... ROSE: Hm? SOLLUX: kk, what the fuck? SOLLUX: were you h0lding your breath that wh0le time? KARKAT: YEAH KARKAT: SO? TEREZI: OH GOD, YOU DUMMY TEREZI: YOU DONT 4CTU4LLY H4V3 TO HOLD YOUR BR34TH WH3N YOUR3 B31NG QU13T! KARKAT: OK YEAH KARKAT: I MEAN, OF COURSE IT SOUNDS OBVIOUS WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT DAVE: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha DAVE: rose i told you this dude is fucking incredible

#homestuck #hs #homestuck quotes #p 4355 #act 6 intermission 1 #karkat vantas #rose lalonde #sollux captor #terezi pyrope #dave strider #davekat

[chinchulinpirulin]

Bending spoons

#I'll probably stick with this artstyle #hiveswap fanart #hiveswap trolls #hiveswap act 1 #hiveswap #xefros tritoh #hiveswap xefros #homestuck #homestuck trolls #homestuck fanart #hs #homestuck art #cartoon #art #homosuck

[kennnnnn3]

it’s that time of year again

#this took me way too long to make #my art #homestuck #hom3stuck #4/13 #happy 4/13 #mfw im a young man standing in his bedroom #happy birthday john homestuck egbert #413 #hs #ty for 15 years #i hate this stupid fucking webcomic #one time i bought a physical copy of act 1 (you know the one) n the cashier was so upset with me #sorry booksamillion cashier #they could never make me hate you homestuck #davekat #vrisrezi #sorry i gotta squeeze those in there

[chrisrin]

so maybe this is a really stupid question, but what exactly is homestuck? i've no idea and i have asked multiple people and no one has given me an answer yet, but i hope you do answer.

Alright, I'll try to give the most comprehensive answer I can.

Homestuck is a semi-interactive webcomic that started back in 2009, written by Andrew Hussie. Completed in 2016, the webcomic as a whole sits at 8,123 pages (800k words). The format of the webcomic includes not only illustrated panels on each page, but hours of fully animated videos, multiple playable flash-games, a TON of amazing music (possibly composed by some familiar faces!), and interactive mechanics used within the browser itself to deliver some of the more "meta" elements of its plot.

Now, to give the most brief summary, the story of Homestuck is about a group of kids (John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Jade Harley, and Dave Strider) who become friends over the internet and decide to play a game called SBURB, a reality-altering video game that brings about the end of the world. If SBURB is beaten, it would allow the players to become the creator/gods of a new world.

Along the way, the kids will interact with a slew of other characters, including a species of aliens called trolls. There's time travel, extensive and convoluted game mechanics, meta-narratives, alternate timelines, and all sorts of stuff that will make your brain hurt. It's complex and insane and wonderful, mind-bending and incredibly genre-defying. There's so much I'd want to say but you just can't summarize the immensity of Homestuck in a post like this.

If you are at all interested in reading Homestuck, the best way to do it is to use the Unofficial Homestuck Collection. With the death of Flash, the original website is mostly broken. This collection is the BEST way to experience it.

If you decide to take the dive, I wish you luck o7.

#chris talks #homestuck #hs #there's a lot more i could say #but if i say more then i have to say MORE and then this post would be 10 pages #it's honestly best if you go in blind and just experience it! #it WILL be confusing as fuck #that is the vibe #most homestucks don't actually fully understand the story of homestuck #if you can have a friend or someone who is a homestuck give you a little help and guide you and answer questions non-spoiler-y as you go #that's actually a great way to do it #that's how i did it at least :] #also as a small warning #homestuck was made a while ago in the early ages of the internet so it does use some slurs #there's an extension you can grab in the homestuck collection to remove the slurs #it's not an insane amount but it's enough that you're just reading and like oh Huh another one! #just something to note #i love homestuck so much and recommend it to so many people #it also broke my heart and soul and i hate it but in a <3< way yknow #homestuck isn't for everyone but if you can get through act 1 #you can read all of it. #act 1 is like a test case. if you can enjoy act 1's silliness and almost pointlessness at certain points #then you can get through it and into the MEAT of homestuck #act 4-6 are the juicy ones #have fun <3

[classpectpokerap]

that intermission was kinda sad because those kids looked at their guardians trying to be better and are like "What's your angle"

And it isn't even a change come from introspection and genuinely changing, their guardians got specifically replaced by different people.

God, the angst that's gonna cause them if they figure it out

there's a few big things about bro-coded that are worth noting.

one - obviously, this is operating under the thematic consequences of Act 1's reality. (really good post that informs a LOT of the philosophy of bro-coded, worth a read.) act 1's Earth is not a real place, it's not filled with real people. Early John, when Rose starts modifying his house, cannot give less of a shit about his sense of reality rapidly unravelling -- his sense of reality did not really exist as a coherent thing in the first place, because it's just a series of symbols, a series of ideas.

(click READ MORE, i. ended up writing a LOT)

part of that is that the guardians are ALSO just ideas, and not people. i can't find who said it, but there's a critique of act 6 that always stuck out to me. Bro Strider was never meant to be dave's biological father. he was meant to be a metaphor for the weird/aloof cool/shitty older brother that you don't see. he doesn't have a room, or a legal job, because it doesn't need to make sense -- he's dave's perception of a person.

like, the point that post was trying to make is that there were several evolutions of who/what bro was. there's the initial state, where he isn't a person -- he's an absent, aloof older brother, with hobbies you don't understand, who you worship nonetheless. then later in act 4 he becomes a cartoon ninjadad, throwing a baby across a roof in a way that i think was still not meant to be interpreted literally, but... it was a huge change. suddenly bro actually HAS an impact on dave's life. suddenly it matters what dave's home life is like.

then by act 6, all of these conflicting shades of bro coalesced under the rules of act 6's reality. and act 6's reality is very literal, y'know? you're meant to find tragedy in the alpha guardians. you're meant to mourn humanity on the alpha earth -- we spend SO much more time expounding upon humanity's fate on alpha earth than on beta earth. the boots-on-the-ground reality MATTERS, all of the sudden, and so Bro Strider coalesces into a really, really, really, REALLY shitty person.

and i think that that's compelling, if done right! it can be good. but you have to unpack those contradictions and layers.

bro strider was not, initially, a person.

and that's what bro-coded explores.

i think i forgot to use more numbers but whatever. yeah.

point two is basically just that the beta guardians aren't people. not in the way the alpha kids are, not in the way the alpha guardians are (since they're based on characters we spent 4k pages getting to know). and definitely not people on the level of Emma or Viri, who are real people from the real world. homestuck is a game of contrasts, and bro-coded is HUGELY interested in exploring those contrasts.

throwing all of those contradictory iterations of Bro (the ideatic Bro Strider, a post-game Dirk Strider, a real human being who's a dirk kinnie) into one body?

now you've got some interesting tension.

the other big part of this tension is that like. viri and emma are very much different kinds of homestuck fan, in the way that caliborn and calliope are, right? emma IS very much into that ideatic, early MSPA iteration of Homestuck's world. she likes bro strider because she likes that version of Homestuck, she liked it when he was in play because he was cool as shit and a fantastic symbol. she never really gave much thought to his abusive tendencies because she didn't consider the world under the lens of, like, realistic consequences that Act 6 applies. (this is NOT to say anything CLOSE to "all early homestuck fans are abusers" -- it's that Emma Specifically is letting a toxic closemindedness cloud her vision.)

and like, both girls have both perspectives inside of them! sure, viri's the kind of person who'd use blorbos in her narration unironically. she's huge on the alpha kids, and on thinking about shipping, and all the tumblr calliope stuff you'd associate with her. she thinks her understanding of rose would help her win her over. but it doesn't. because her worldview is also incomplete without Mom Lalonde, who IS that same exact extremely symbolic persona that Emma likes. and on the flipside, Emma's conscience is being driven by post-act-6 Dirk Strider, an Alpha Kid, a character TONS of people hate. viri loves Dirk, but Emma's indifferent... at least until it matters.

both girls have an act 1 guardian, barely a person, more of a symbol, in their heads. both girls have an act 6 strilonde, a fully realized character, an angst machine dialed up to 12, chattering away in their heads.

for all that emma's chapters are sharp and quick and cutting and focused, and viri's chapters are slower and meandering and talky and more sentimental...

emma and viri are two sides of the same person. it's a self insert.

emma and viri are both me.

in conclusion i kinda didn't answer your question and just talked about emma and viri forever asjlfdgsdghsdsg BUT it was fun to talk about some of my ideology stuff for bro-coded!!!!

#homestuck #homestuck fanfic #hs meta #my fanfic #etch asks #roxy lalonde #dirk strider #bro-coded #bro coded #act 1 on reality #dave strider #long post

[homestuck-book-club]

Um So how about that Homestuck 2 thing, amirite guys? Pretty great time to be a homestuck fan I gotta say, new content, everybody's freaking out and whatnot... ... Y'know what I think would make this exciting time in homestuck history extra swell? If you had some kind of really kind welcoming friendly community of fellow homestucks to share theories and discuss and hang out and make friends and many other things with ... so., ... *Awkwardly stares down at feet* Join my club it's lots of fun: https://discord.gg/2fnXVwxS7m https://discord.gg/2fnXVwxS7m https://discord.gg/2fnXVwxS7m

#homestuck #homestuckbookclub #hs #hsbc #book club #homestuck epilogues #hiveswap #hivestuck #friendsim #hiveswap act 1 #pesterquest #homestuck 2023 #homestuck 2 #homestuck^2 #hs^2 #homestuck beyond canon #beyond canon #hs2 #hs 2 #homestuck ^2 #hs ^2 #hs bc #HS:BC #james roach

[marisoft-paint-adventures]

Pgs. 47-59

truly the best part about any guardian is their insane and overwhelming obsession with 1 very particular and niche type of object for what seems like no discernable reason. Dad Egbert is this fucking suburban blue collar working man, the poster child of the American dream, and for some fucking reason he REALLY likes HARLEQUINS.

not just CLOWNS, HARLEQUINS, very particular genre of the clown medium, personally I’m more into jesters.

he even considers them a GIFT, a LIFE-SIZED STUFFED HARLEQUIN for YOUR CHILD.

the harlequin that also causes all of Homestuck to happen of course.

and he just

bakes shit.

not just as in he likes to bake, he continually bakes shit as a pastime and just leaves it all around the house. there is a WHOLE CAKE on the fucking COUCH.

this really speaks to why Dad’s 1 of my absolute favorites, because I knew people like this as a kid. parents or family friends who were, by all accounts, completely normal and average people, but just had That 1 Thing about em I simply could not comprehend. 1 of them had as many Thomas Kinkade paintings as I could register in my head, they were all so sappy you’d think you walked into the fucking forest. another guy had the most typical suburban home ever, but on random shelves you would just see Jesus statue, Jesus statue, Jesus statue, just this whole collection of biblical figures top to bottom.

I felt seen when I was introduced to Dad, he’s just such a guy.

and then you have John over here, whose narration has been implying some form of discontent with his father. the comic was keeping things vague until now, but it seemed like there was something about Dad that John just didn’t like. maybe they can’t connect probably? maybe Dad is too strict? maybe John is too rebellious?

no.

it’s the FUCKING CAKES AND CLOWNS.

the 2 THINGS that SINKS THIS KID’S ENTIRE PERCEPTION OF HIS PARENTAL FIGURE.

BAKED GOODS, specifically produced by Betty Crocker,

and THE PERFORMANCE ART OF CLOWNERY.

could you imagine talking about your parents with John in the room, like-

“oh yeah, my mom’s kind of an ass. she forced me to buy my own phone with money I got from jobs when I was only 14.”

“oh lemme tell ya something! my dad, he can’t stop making cakes! and there’s harlequins all over the walls and shelves! I can’t stand it!”

I would say 1st world problems but no world is suited for whatever fucking issue the collection of jokesters is.

this is the kind of thing that puts me off of abusive Dad interpretations or fics, because there is absolutely no genuine angst between him and John at all. the Egbert household has no real human problems, they have a scuffle in regards to if the classical goofy performers of ye olde times are valid or not.

if we had June happen and she came out to Dad, his 1st response would not be something shitty and mean like “WRONG!!! YOU ARE NOT A WOMAN YOU ARE MY SON!!! BE MANLY!!!” he’d think that the best way to celebrate this would be making a gender reveal cake stuffed with fucking Weird Pink Slime, and then proceed to gift the little girl a Harley Quinn shirt because she’s a Girl Clown.

“DENNIS WILL HAVE HIS REVENGE”

~ Andrew Hussie.

#homestuck liveblog #hs liveblog #hs reread #liveblog #reread #live read #liveread #homestuck #hs1 #hs #home22tuck #Act 1 #john egbert #june egbert #Beta Kids #dad egbert #guardians

[rocker-socks]

The way the "Brucie" persona falls apart with the slightest in universe digging because DC hates timeliness that make sense leads me to wonder how many people genuinely think Bruce just gave himself a lobotomy.

#batman #bruce wayne #dc #because like. bruce dropped out of med school and then did up to 1-3 years of training around the world right #but bruce ALSO adopted dick when bruce himself was pretty young right? #so like lets say 25 at max bc your twenties are a goddamn nightmare but you dont really have the excuse of youth at 26 #so. if bruce graduated hs at 18 that would be 4 years for bachelors right and then lets say 2 years of med school before dipping #and then add anywhere from one to tbree years for training #lets also say a six months to a year of going out as batman #and uh oh. you hit the 'youre in the later part of your twenties.' #so bruce is a smart cookie #lets say he did he bachelors in 2 years and then tbe med school #then lets do a year for training and it puts him at 23 turning 25 when he took dick in #which works #but also - that means itd be very easy information to acess. graduating in 2 years and then getting into med school #is like... a big deal? you cant just fake that. money cant just do that. his professors and classmates and friends would remember him #the uni/college he went to would deffo brag about having bruce as an alumni #bruces incompetent playboy himbo manslut act kinda doesnt mesh well with that like. at all. #and you know bruce was a weird fucking kid as well #okay time to bring tags to close all im saying is that there has to be a non inconsequential amount of people #who believe bruce wayne gave himself a lobotomy during a grief fueled mental breakdown in med school and the reason he acts Like That is #because of brain damage

[oleandypng]

hiveswap redraw ft. no lantern

and one with less effects

#hs #homestuck #hiveswap #hiveswap act 1 #jude #jude harley #oleandy art #no id

[homestuck-quotes-sometimes]

CG: SOLLUX? CG: PLEASE TELL ME THAT'S JUST HONEY. CG: PLEASE JUST BE HONEY PLEASE JUST BE HONEY PLEASE JUST BE HONEY CG: HAHA, OK, MAKE-BELIEVE TIME IS OVER! CG: OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD

#homestuck #hs #homestuck quotes #p 2470 #act 5 act 1 #karkat vantas #sollux captor #solkat

[chinchulinpirulin]

dammek

#tetrarch dammek #dammek #hiveswap act 1 #hiveswap dammek #hiveswap #hiveswap fanart #hiveswap trolls #homestuck art #homestuck fanart #homestuck #homestuck trolls #homosuck #hs #tetrarch #art #fanart

[funky-raccoon]

#tedz art #teds fantroll rambling #masson carter #um #i made a new guy #and massons losing his mind over em #heejej #oh also #act 1 is over yaaay thank god it was awful #the comic is on hold till i feel like it #lol #anyways #love this guy…the fellow #art #homestuck #hom3stuck #hs fantroll #fantrolls #homestuck fantroll #fantroll

[bbibbirose]

So I’m in a dilemma

#guy 1 went to the same hs as the person im talking to rn #guy 1 is the weirdo who went around calling me a hoe after I rejected him just bc I was talking to two ppl at once #he also said the reason he went for me was bc I was a *simple Hindu girl* he could *lock in with first sem of college* #but basically #I asked the guy rn what he thinks of guy 1 and he doesn’t rlly like him that much so I thought that was a good sign #they were friends in ms but guy 1 changed and started acting hella outta character #which is fine ig but I respect that he doesn’t fw guy 1 bc I was abt to end things so quick #i think he def deserves to know the details from me before someone else yaps abt it and says smtg that isn’t true #but I also don’t rlly wanna talk abt it yet #.text