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If you're wondering why this anon is communing with us through a screenshot, that's because this ask wasn't sent to this blog originally - but to Hydro's. A big reason this dedicated blog was made is that they simply can't answer a lot of asks easily, and we've been meaning to sift through all the questions left sitting there for a while.

- SF

In 2436 on Earth B, 'chimeric monsters' roam the wastelands outside of Imperial civilization.

These are, as you can surely tell, Alternian fauna, but they've been genetically modified and spliced in various ways. The double-headed beastie, in particular, is a combination of a biclops and giant ram, with its red/blue psionics replaced with gold/violet as per Eridan's design (did you know that the AF SGRUB teams were also 'Gold Team' and 'Violet Team'?)

Off all these creatures, the bull-fairy seems to be suffering the least. It was combined with a giant moth Lusus, which Terezi has. Meanwhile, the likes of the Basilisk are pretty much constantly in agony.

- SF

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leaving already (it's only just begun) (1092 words) by EtchJetty

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Homestuck Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: June Egbert/Aradia Megido, June Lalonde/Aradia Megido, Sollux Captor & Aradia Megido Characters: June Egbert, June Lalonde (Alterfall), Aradia Megido, Sollux Captor, Davepetasprite (Homestuck) Additional Tags: Ultimate Self (Homestuck), Pesterlog(s) (Homestuck), Alterfall (Homestuck AU), Homestuck Kidswap, Minor Sollux Captor/Aradia Megido, Ultimate Aradia Megido, Trans Female Character, Pining Summary: It's only been a day and a half, but June Lalonde feels things about her mysterious new friend, Aradia Megido. You see, she's from another universe. (inspired by/using characters from the Alterfall AU!!)

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another fic by the lovely S.S. Tetra! Tetra is a prolific writer, and has something for everyone. If you're a fan of Alterfall, you might like this! check out @classpectpokerap to see more cool stuff

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In 2436 on Earth B, 'chimeric monsters' roam the wastelands outside of Imperial civilization.

These are, as you can surely tell, Alternian fauna, but they've been genetically modified and spliced in various ways. The double-headed beastie, in particular, is a combination of a biclops and giant ram, with its red/blue psionics replaced with gold/violet as per Eridan's design (did you know that the AF SGRUB teams were also 'Gold Team' and 'Violet Team'?)

Off all these creatures, the bull-fairy seems to be suffering the least. It was combined with a giant moth Lusus, which Terezi has. Meanwhile, the likes of the Basilisk are pretty much constantly in agony.

- SF

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always thinking about june lalonde at all times

me too, anon

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Alterfall doodles :)

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ALTERFALL now has an official Discord Server!

Come hang out: https://discord.gg/mrmg594DQ5

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I love him a lot

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incorrect ALTERFALL quotes fresh outta the oven for ya

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alright what stupid modi are the swapped kids using

we actually have an anwser for this! We figured them out a while ago.

Rose Egbert

Rose uses the Forum Modus

This modus works by sorting its cards into "Threads". Each thread (10 max.) is defined by a topic, i.e. "electronics" or "books". Similar to Tech-Hop, only cards containing items that fit into that topic can be stored within the threads. If an item that doesn't fit the threads topic is captchaloged and placed within a thread, the thread will become Locked, making all items inside the thread unaccessable. The modus has a preset setting allowing for preset thread topics to be applied at anytime, though this will eject the entire deck, including locked thread cards.

John Lalonde

John uses the canon Ouija modus.

To recap for those who have forgotten, the Ouija modus makes it so captchalogued items can be retrieved at anytime, but the user does not choose the item retrieved. The spirits do.

Jade Strider

Jade uses the Clay Pidgeon modus

Captchaloged items will be stored inside a clay pidgeon as the name suggests. When retrieving an item, the clay pidgeon will be ejected from the deck, and the user must shoot it with a firearm to retrieve the item. If the user missed their shot, the pidgeon is returned to the deck once it goes out of range.

Dave Harley

Dave uses the Vintage Array modus

It works exactly the same as the modern Array Modus, except for the fact that is old and shitty. Maybe-not-real dust is stuck inside of the maybe-not-real cartridge, causing it to experience errors, sometimes retrieving the wrong item or even ejecting the entire deck. Item retrieval is also lagged.

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oh how this imagine haunts me. not because it’s bad or anything, I actually still like a lot of these drawings.

it’s the fact i committed the cardinal sin of drawing Skinny Jane. she looks so wrong………… like an angel without its wings…….

yet another hydro blunder to add to the collection…. I’ll put it next to 6 finger Feferi and scruffless Jake

Why do some of the humans' hair colors change? Do they dye it or did something with the ectobiology change?

Is the troll blood color change because of something different with the ectobiology, or is it a troll biology headcanon that their environment can affect their physical development? Like how some reptiles develop as male or female based on temperature and not genetics, or something like the Kyre from Cassiopeia Quinn (https://www.cassiopeiaquinn.com/comic/xeno-log-002, https://www.cassiopeiaquinn.com/comic/alium), where young trolls absorb DNA from being around their lusus and develop to match them? Or is it just standard bloodswap logic where there doesn't need to be a reason for, it's just an AU.

Hey there, thanks for the big ask! Hope you don't mind a big answer, because it's me again.

ALTERFALL is an AU, and we don't try to adhere it to any sort of continuity with Homestuck proper, like something like - say - the Crow Strider AU does. There's no in-universe diegetic reason why the AF session didn't turn out like canon Homestuck, it wasn't Rose getting the ectobiology wrong or anything like that; but the ectobiology *is* different, which is why everyone's genetics are different from canon. For example, Jade and Dirk are actually related via ectobiology here, rather than Jade being related to John/Jake/Jane and only being a Strider via adoption. This was the inspiration for making Dirk's hair black and so on (so to answer your question, it isn't dyed!). If we left it alone, every pairing of human would be in some way related either through blood or adoption, and that would make it weird when Rose and Jade kiss.

That's right. It was all for yuri. Our dark agenda is revealed.

In any case, we didn't actually decide on all of these elements (changing blood colours, changing genetics for the humans, that including changing hair colours etc.) all at once, and it wasn't all just for the sake of it being an AU. If anyone's interested in a bit of production history, take a peek under the cut.

ALTERFALL originally started as a 'guardianswap', where it was *just* changing who raised who among the Beta Guardians and their charges. When it came time to think about the trolls, we thought of their lusii the same way, and decided to change the trolls' blood colours as the easiest possible justification for how that would've happened. This is why Terezi doesn't have Crabdad, because Crabdad was created specifically for those with the candy red blood mutation which no player of the Beta Troll session has (see: page 4056 of Homestuck). Presumably Crabdad was never created at all in AF, because the Signless would've had no vision of a second coming of one with his blood.

I don't remember why we decided to swap the trolls' last names. Could just be for that 'Classic Bloodswap' feel, because a lot of the Troll surnames' meanings refer to things that don't apply to them in ALTERFALL, or something else. I forgot! It was definitely something that came up in conversation though.

As for human genetics, we *did* eventually decide that they would change to match the Guardian swappings, but it wasn't something we set out to do from the start. When we realized the whole weird shipping situation and decided to say that their ectobiology was different in this universe, the Alphas hadn't been designed yet, and I was the one to suggest we should swap their hair colours to show it off. Hydro HATED it at first, which is fair - quick 'n dirt edits of the original HS sprites didn't exactly do the concept justice - but once the first design passes were made, we very quickly began to like it.

As a treat, here's what those first passes looked like.

Hope this was interesting.

-SF

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I've been meaning to do this for a while, but we're trying out a queue. None of us mods have really used the feature before, so forgive us if it seems kinda random - mostly gonna use it to cycle old posts around (particularly art) and smaller new posts so there's a steadier stream of updates.

- SF

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Basilisk

The apparatus grafted to its back and neck is to assist with respiration, as - while technically amphibious - the creature's ability to breathe air has been rendered inefficient somewhere along it's evolutionary tract. The tank fills itself with whatever it's submerged in, and thus they die off quickly in any areas with unclean water.

Artificial components located around the optic nerves allow the Basilisk to emit a form of psionic wave by opening its eyes, capable of paralyzing the muscles of those who stare back. The activation of this ability quickly causes migranes, however, and thus they are known to only open their eyes as much as necessary.

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grimdark john lalonde :)

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Hey is vriska trans in alterfall or nah?

Yes!

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lebibans

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i was too lazy to do a background i am going to bed

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Is kanaya serket single (and into girls) I MEAN WOAH HEY WHO TYPED THAT

Vriska's always wanted Kanaya to do Belmont shit to her, but Kanaya's never really been sure if she likes her the same way. Once they get into the session, Kanaya's quadrants aren't something we've fully tied down, but her meddling is often misconstrued as pale or ashen flirting.

The big quad-related thing for Kanaya post-entry is her relationship with Rose, which I've described as 'parasocial' before (though not on Tumblr, I don't think). Eventually they actually start talking and Kanaya ends up with a fat pale crush, which Rose doesn't really pay much mind to for a while.

For Kanaya, having pale feelings for a reckless woman like Rose, and over long distance so she can't physically restrain her, is incredibly stressful. Safe to say she's likely not paying much mind to Vriska's weird rainbow drinker fantasies at that time, nor her red quadrant.

Could this be your chance?

- SF