#Alt Calliope

[doomsdaydicecascader]

becoming one of those update art posters as we speak

[paula-zotter]

about black holes

[workdailylog]

Can you draw Al? (Alt Calliope)

6/19

[nervetower]

everything, everything's your fault

[hurlyburlytopsyturvy]

What a daring dream.

↑ close-up of the gang

[coolingbubbles]

hii agaiin, got 2ome more cutout2 <3

home2tuck beyond canon haul!!

2ome are ediited becau2e of the panel cuttiing off and what not

[meowcatmutie]

@413countdown day 5: best friends/worst enemies!!!!!

homestuck is great at having absolutely FASCINATING sibling relationships

[shoegazingmonad]

Recreation of a wacky dream I had last night

[ducotte-real]

Hey lol so like. So like space players and they're red saviors huh

[rooftopside]

Farts

[thefastestclockintheuniverse]

This scene resembles the "intense stare down" between John and Caliborn, but instead of ending in a fight, Alt Calliope strips away Callie's comfort-blanket of a disguise. There's something there about... can't you have compassion and let her cling to what makes her comfortable? Versus letting her live (well, die) a lie is only the facade of compassion. The thing that's good for her is to accept who she is.

[hurlyburlytopsyturvy]

someone reboot botboy, also aradia ayo-

[chaoticsorceressztc]

So, seeing as Vriska is Hell Tier now and all, I have come to the conclusion she will be the biggest thorn in Dirk's side yet.

Why? Well if we recall back to Pre-Retcon Ghost Vriska...

We will remember that Dead Vriska once challenged the narrative before. And while this isn't our current Vriska, I get the feeling her involvement with Doc Scratch just MAY give her the edge against a narrative manipulator such as Dirk.

And if we're being honest here? Alt Calliope may have just created something even THEY can't control.

While I know Vriska's "normal now", I'm coping.

Also we know she can still explode on people as seen here:

Also I have no idea if this means she's ok with what Dirk's doing or not...

I hope Vriska sees how horrible Dirk has become and at least stops his interference with the narrative in some way

[springselkie]

alien yuri??

[themageofblood]

Upd8 spoilers

God I'm so glad they're acknowledging how white earth c is hopefully well get some poc characters in the future instead of them just pretending that these obviously white characters were "aracial" the whole time 🙄

[cringefail-clown]

hear me out, but i dont think alt!calliope is that much concerned about canonicity of the story all that much. theres some deeper motive going on here

when john defeats lord english (and gets promptly unsubscribed from life, since his narrative purpose is completed) and davepeta hurls him into the black hole, on the other side in candyverse alt!calliope waits for him to appear and, when he does, devours him to gain the power-up needed to escape the timeline and goes on a hunt for ult dirk to stop him from starting another sburb session

and this is where lord english storyline should be put to rest, but its not as simple as that. this dudes like a cockroach, you just cant get rid of him, he just doesnt disappear, hes always there no matter what, looming over the narrative. and, now thats he was absorbed into alt!calliope, whats left of him? his masterpiece self now residing inside ult dirk

and dirk always had a close connection to caliborn - cal liked dirk the most from all the alpha kids, chatting with him regularly, hal - dirks splinter - became a part of cal and also doc scratch, who was also the host that brough lord english into the universe after beta kids created the green sun (which he also manipulated them into)

basically what im trying to say, dirk wanting to start another sburb session isnt really about maintaining their connection to canon, but it also is about it. caliborn lords over the alpha timeline, and is intrinsically tied to the canon. hes always there, hes already there, and he will always come back. and dirk is narratively tied to the one guy that was responsible with brining him into the story. excellent host, you might say

the point of starting another session is ultimately to bring caliborn back to life, and this is the goal of ult dirk, as the one whos carrying the last splinter of his soul. and thats why alt!calliope is so focused on stopping him. its all about the powerstruggle between the two cherubs, once again

(would also like to point out that rose got fooled twice into bringing lord english into the narrative - once through doc scratch manipulating her into believing deploying the tumor would destroy the green sun, and now through dirk manipulating her into believing starting another session will stop the timeline from deteriorating. girl cannot catch a break jesus)

tldr ult dirk is acting as another doc scratch, and the goal is to revive lord english

but tHATS JUST A THEORY-