... I was up until 3a writing on my phone and scream-texting snippets of dialogue at my moirail because my block went down under a tactical nuke of sexy. I'm running off 2hrs of sleep for an 8hr shift to be followed by a movie date to be followed by a Pathfinder session. I am going to die but I got the fucking fic done. I'll post to my AO3 later, and link if people want it. Also I figured out a pattern for some really pretty but obnoxiously color-striped yarn I've had for months because apparently it was a free-for-all for my muse.
I remember how there was lot of concern trolling about fetishizing! Fat characters, trans characters too - in 2011 some blog that made a name for itself searching out and reblogging Homestuck porn decided that porn featuring characters as trans was FETISHIZING and therefore evil and how dare. ofc it was a cis guy going on this crusade, and the artists were by and large trans people making erotic art for people like themselves. Funny how accusations of 'fetishizing' seem to have a lot more to do with the accuser not wanting to see that kind of art than they do the feelings of the people supposedly being fetishized.
Edit: shit I posted too soon DaveJade was probably my first homestuck ship and that it might not be completely sunk in canon is making me super happy. I'm also good with DaveKat. Or DaveJadeKat. Or probably a lot of other combinations. xD
Spoiler: spoipers To everyone who said Aradia was in cahoots with LE: HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE COMPLETELY WRONG MOTHERFUCKERS
FUCKING OH MGS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I WILL RETURN WHEN COHERENT PROBABLY
Spoiler I spent half the video cackling at the perfect imitation of fighting game stylization. And the Undertale joke. I admit, I was... expecting some bigger plot twists, though.
NON SPOILERS: I'M DEAD AND DYING Spoiler: UPDATE: CAPSLOCK I AM DEAD AND DYING BECAUSE OF SLICK!!! NO! EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS SUPER BADASS DAVE/DIRK, I HAVE TO ADMIT!! ROXY KILLING HIC WAS SUPER FUCKING AMAZING AND ACTUALLY HIC'S ENTIRE FIGHT WAS WONDERFUL IM SO HAPPY IM SO UPSET ABOUT MY CARAPACE BABIES BUT IM DELIGHTED BEYOND ALL REASON ABOUT THE FELT GETTING TO BE COOL IN THE COMIC. I AM GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL OVER THIS FOR TEN YEARS I CANT BELEIVE THIS!!!!!!!!
Can we also stop to appreciate... Spoiler LE's vaguely bewildered expression at Karkat charging him? I'm honestly wondering if the way how he gets vaporized is framed is meant as a Chrono Trigger reference.
i laughed and cried like a little bitch ffs hussie edit: Spoiler I ALSO CRIED WHEN I SAW GAMZEE CRYING IN THE FRIDGE. IT JUST MADE ME REALLY SAD.... LIKE.. HE'S CRYING... HE'S ACTUALLY CRYING... I'M GONNAC RY AGAIN. ( KARKAT CRYING MADE ME GO OH NO PRECIOUS CHILD DONT CRY ILU )
Non-spoiler fun thing to note: Act 6 Act 6 Act 6 is 18 minutes long. That's 6+6+6 minutes. Spoiler: and now spoilers, starting with reactions during it S҉wirlingFlight MY NECROMANTIC SALAMANDER BABY RETURNED WITH THE SKELETON ARMY S҉wirlingFlight S҉wirlingFlight ARquius is SO IN AWE of Dad Crocker's majestic manliness S҉wirlingFlight AS HE SHOULD BE S҉wirlingFlight (and late, but holy shit, I am absolutely adoring the return to the old style game mechanics, with all these illustrations of leit motif combos and shit) S҉wirlingFlight hehehee nice undertale reference thank you S҉wirlingFlight A++ on Davepeta having 33 health in particular 3x6=18. 6+6+6. HUSSIE :') Gamzee is crying in the fridge. Aww, man... Jade's teleporting around with the doges, trying to keep them from fighting Jade clubs PM and Bec Noir. PM doesn't agree. Can't stab her, but can certainly fucking PUNCH her. Dave's tactic of beheading the Jacks works, if he includes Dirk, because Dirk is an honorary Jack ever since he got teleported out to the far edge with the other three. HIC is backstabbed by Roxy with The Sword, the first time she used it in that fight I think. So... what ruthless thing is alt!Calliope planning to do, anyway? Those fireflies didn't go to the people they did by coincidence. I'm also a tad worried by the fact that none went to Rose. I'm hoping it's because she's in the same scene as John, and two there would be redundant. Now, after the fact... Dang, I really like that he used the basic combat sprites for most of this. With occasional hero mode shots and scenes for emphasis. It's a nice way of tying it back to its roots. Kudos on Hussie bragging?? to Vriska about his plans to kill all the trolls, and turning to an older MSPA art style during their slap fight. Now I'm gonna post and see what you all said.
I'm rewatching it because of course and... Spoiler I just noticed that Kanaya pulls out a book and READS through Rose, Roxy, and John's Fraymotif. I'm going to headcanon that reading wizard fanfic as spoken word poetry along with it enhances the Fraymotif's damage. :::PPP
