#SO N3V3R

[gullibleanimism]

Are you okay, sweet1e? That boy seems 11ke a rea1 p1ece of work.

no!!!! nononono!!!! iiiidk what iiii 3xp3ct3d!!!! h3 was always so stuck on 3v3rythiiiing bad h3 was always liiiik3 thiiiis!!!!

"iiii mad3" on3 STUPIIIID MIIIISTAK3 A SW33P AGO and h3s stiiiill all biiiitchy about iiiit and iiiits just!!!!UGHHHH IIIITS SO STUPIIIID IIIIDK WHAT IIII WAS THIIIINKIIIING .⁠·⁠´⁠¯⁠`⁠(⁠>⁠▂⁠<⁠)⁠´⁠¯⁠`⁠·⁠.!!!!

[thatoneluckybee]

just saw someone speaking homestuck in the wild, 42 dead 130 injured

[mechanicalbowtye]

it's gettin a little funny how people are liking the "I don't know what to do for 413" vrisrezi post

[carelessflower]

alec tarot card and their meanings

a collection of all the tarot cards alec have been featured in, what actual tarot card they are based on, and how it relates to his character or plotline in the book. of course, I'm aware it all can be purely aesthetic and there are no further meaning, so im doing this for fun.

VI - LOVE

Based on: VI - The Lovers

Upright: partnerships, duality, union

Reversed: loss of balance, one-sidedness, disharmony

Relevancy: Alec and Magnus did indeed find a one-in-a-lifetime union in each other. It's particularly interesting how, for Malec, the illustration is flipped downward, making it a reversed card. The loss of balance and disharmony aligns with their storyline from Alec's closeting phase to what happened from City of Fallen Angels to City of Heavenly Fire

XVI - THE SOLDIERS

Based on: XVI - The Tower.

Upright: sudden upheaval, broken pride, disaster

Reversed: disaster avoided, delayed disaster, fear of suffering

Relevancy: Alec and Izzy indeed go through major life-altering experiences after meeting Clary - the start of City of Bones. Hodge, their parents, Max, meeting their significant others, they're also "broken" their previous total belief system in the Clave and the world around them as they know it

IV - FEARLESS - FOUR OF RUNES

Based on: Four of Cups

Upright: apathy, contemplation, disconnectedness

Reversed: sudden awareness, choosing happiness, acceptance

Relevancy: very relevant to feature Alec's coming out scene in this, essentially him choosing his happiness and Magnus over everything else

VI - PARABATAI - SIX OF RUNES

Based on: Six of Cups

Upright: familiarity, happy memories, healing

Reversed: moving forward, leaving home, independence

Relevancy: Jace and Alec understand each other more at the end of City of Heavenly Fire

IV - FOUR OF STELES

Based on: Four of Wands

Upright: community, home, celebration

Reversed: lack of support, transience, home conflicts

Relevancy: definitely very Lightwood dysfunctional family dynamic core. Despite that, they still love each other very much

KNIGHT OF STELES

Based on: Knight of Wands

Upright: action, adventure, fearlessness 

Reversed: anger, impulsiveness, recklessness

Relevancy: Alec is associated with fearless and the fearless rune. Also, Alec has one of the most major transformations through the TMI series.

Theory Time

If there's a new Tarot card for Consul Alec, in my opinion, it would be fitting for it to be Justice (cause and effect, clarity, truth vs dishonesty, unaccountability, unfairness) or King of Wands (big picture, leader, overcoming challenges vs impulsive, overbearing, unachievable expectations)

What do you think? Any theory?

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art credit: cassandra jean

tarot card meaning credit: labyrinthos

[ohburgee]

Hi again, Ty for doing my request, so i though of an idea in celebration of Demo 4 as well Brad/Griefer's return!

So can i ask for a Butterfly/Moth! Reader x Griefer (after the vemonshank incident and he goes back to normal).

where the reader is an adventurer flying around the sky to travel around the world for a while now after they were experimented before as a caterpillar and now became big after evolving into the insect, like a hybrid or something like that.

but after getting attacked by a few enemies in arriving into Tutorpulis (i freaking dont know if i spelled it right) After they thought Brad was a plant or flower and eats him by accident. Mayor Thaniyel takes them in and treats them all the while Brad and the reader hang out like Griefer teaches them to play games and what plants to eat and not eat, and how to beat up enemies more for self defense.

And in the end, the reader carries brad to a giant tree to see the sunset before they depart

Ty!

Moth and Plant

Griefer x Moth!Reader

c: fluff, hurt/comfort an: What a beautiful request I have here <3 I'm sorry if I didn't follow your request, maybe I'm really into the lore of the game, but I hope I got your request in my writing. Also, I chose the reader to be a moth since I loved moths so much. Thank you, Raine, for your another beautiful request :>

You arrived at Turitopulis to take a break after a tiring adventure.

Now, back in Turitopulis, you fly over the rainforest and land near the small village. As you walk around, something catches your eye, a fresh, green plant growing behind a tree.

You remember your last visit to Turitopulis, you cooked a special dish for Griefer to help him return to his human form.

You didn’t stay long. Instead, you left the food and a note with Mayor Thaniyel before departing.

You're hungry, and though you know you should find Mayor Thaniyel first, your stomach gets the better of you. You walk toward the plant.

It looks fresh and vibrant. You try to pick it, but it won’t budge. Desperate, you lean in and try to bite it.

Suddenly, you hear a groan. The plant moves, and your eyes widen in confusion.

Did I just try to eat a moving plant!?

As you take a step back, the plant shifts and turns, revealing a familiar face.

It’s Griefer!

You both freeze in shock before letting out a simultaneous scream.

"Griefer! Is that you?!" you ask, still wide-eyed.

He stops and laughs, "WH4T DO Y0U TH1NK WH0 IS?" he says with a grin as he steps out from the surrounding foliage.

He still looks like himself, but his torso seems fused with plant life, half of him still bearing that old bubonic plant form.

"You’re back to normal… I’m so happy you’re fine and well," you say, rushing forward to hug him. He hesitates for a moment, then wraps his arms around you in return.

The moment is interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Oh dear, you’re here," says Mayor Thaniyel, smiling as he approaches.

"I’m very thankful for your heroism, my dear boy. Brad is saved from that curse. Without you, I don’t know what would’ve happened," he says warmly. Griefer lets out a tsk.

"How was your adventure, dear?" Mayor Thaniyel asks.

"It went well… but it was tiring," you reply, and he chuckles.

"Why don’t you stay here and rest a while?" he suggests, and you nod in agreement.

He leads you and Brad to a bench table while he goes to prepare food. Nearby, children laugh and play at another table.

"Y0U W4NT TO PL4Y?" Brad asks. You glance at him, then look down.

"W4IT, YOU N3V3R PL4Y B3F0RE?" he asks again. You nod, your wings drooping slightly with your expression.

"H3RE," he says, pulling a board game out from behind. "1T’S 4 B0ARD G4M3, 1T’S C4LLED C0NN3CT 4." He proceeds to explain the rules. After a few minutes, you both start playing.

To his surprise, you win on your first try.

"CHE4TER!" he exclaims, and you laugh at his reaction.

You both continue for a while until Mayor Thaniyel returns with a few plates of food. He places them on the table.

"Sorry for the wait. Here," he says, moving the plate with plants closer to you. "Since you’re in Turitopulis, there are plenty of plants to eat, and some to avoid."

You nod as you look at the food. Brad watches while Mayor Thaniyel starts explaining the different types of edible plants.

Brad joins in too, examining each plant and describing its traits. You listen closely, concentrating on every word. Brad notices and smiles, his face turning red.

Later, Brad teaches you how to fight the new enemies of Turitopulis. You nod at each one he mentions, determined to learn.

Mayor Thaniyel curiously asks about your moth-like appearance, and you explain your wings, their colors and textures, and your antennae.

Brad listens quietly, admiring your hybrid form and your beautiful wings.

After about an hour, Mayor Thaniyel excuses himself for another meeting, leaving you and Brad alone again.

"Hey, do you want to fly around?" you ask him. He looks confused.

"H0W 1’M GI0NG TO FLY?" he asks.

You smile.

...

You soar through the rainforest, carrying Brad in your arms. He looks terrified but also amazed by the view.

Eventually, you both land at the Sacred Hollow, near Brad’s home. You gently set him down on a branch and sit beside him, watching the sunset.

"UHM… TH4NK YOU F0R S4VING MY L1FE OUTH3RE, PUNK," Brad says, still gazing at the sky.

You couldn’t let him lose Brad forever. No parent deserved that.

You smile and softly flutter your wings. "I couldn’t bear to let you die from that curse," you reply.

You remembered how, after defeating him, Mayor Thaniyel still loved his son with all his heart.

"MY F4THER W4S S0 H4PPY WH3N I CAME B4CK," he says. You look at him, then gently take his hand to comfort him.

"I made the right choice saving you, and I’m proud I did," you add. He looks at you, and you immediately pull him into a hug. He hugs you back.

"Mayor Thaniyel, your father, really loves you, Brad. I saw it, even when you were in that state.

He never gave up on you. He didn’t want his beloved boy to suffer," you say as you caress his hand. You notice his eyes welling with tears.

"TH4NKS, PUNK," he says.

You smile, then kiss his cheek. His eyes go wide and his face turns a deep red.

You chuckle at his reaction and turn back to watch the sunset, Brad, still surprised and speechless, sitting beside you.

n: HATRED AU Story, coming soon :]

[444mortuare]

GC : YOU 4RE N3V3R COM1NG HOM3, N3V3R COM1NG HOM3

CG : COULD I? SHOULD I?

this was so harddd.. i don’t like doing side profiles so i didn’t :p

[thewertsearch]

GC: 4ND FOR MY FR13NDS, TO PROT3CT TH3M FROM TH31R T3ND3NCY TO UND3R3ST1M4T3 TH3 POW3R TH31R CONFUS1ON H4S OV3R TH31R F4T3 GC: TO K33P TH3M OUT OF TROUBL3, D4V3 >:] TG: is that what you were doing just now GC: M4YB3 1 W4S! GC: YOU N3V3R KNOW, S33RS 4R3 NOTOR1OUSLY CRYPT1C 1N TH31R W4YS

They might not even intend to be cryptic.

If you have a class which lets you intuitively understand a certain Aspect, then you're probably going to have trouble explaining your viewpoint to those who lack your advanced insight.

GC: 1 KNOW TH4T YOU W3R3 ON TO SOM3TH1NG WH3N YOU S41D LUCK W4SNT 1NVOLV3D W1TH TH3 CO1N FL1P […] GC: […] LUCK 1S 4 V3RY R34L TH1NG! GC: FORTUN3 1S TH3 3SS3NC3 OF L1GHT, 4ND 1T SH1N3S ON THOS3 WHOV3 M4ST3R3D 1T

Light is the aspect of luck, then. Vriska's abilities now make perfect sense - and come to think of it, so does the name of her Land.

What is treasure but a fortune, waiting to be found?

GC: BUT 1 KNOW SOM3TH1NG MOR3 1MPORT4NT TH4N TH1S GC: 1T 1S 4 B1G S3CR3T GC: M4YB3 TH3 B1GG3ST 4ND MOST 1MPORT4NT S3CR3T OF 4LL GC: LUCK DO3SNT 4CTU4LLY M4TT3R >8]

For all her posturing, Vriska's luck manipulation has a rather limited scope. Sure, she can make bad things happen to people, but those are still Alpha Timeline events. Her 'luck' doesn't change fate - it facilitates it.

It's decisions that can change fate, careening you into a new, more dangerous timeline. And Terezi is the master of decisions.

[bluudud985]

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TH3 NIGHTMAR3 HORS3S.BTH3 WAY AMF R3FL3CTS R3ALISM TH3 WAY BIN IS LIT3RALYL JUST CYAN WHOS NAM3 IS ####### OOB BTW. H3R NAM3 IS OOB. TH3Y NAM3D H3R OOB WTF Y DID TH3Y DO THAT TO H3RRRRYEHAYAYSYDH UYSYYAHAHSHSHV

JOVIAL IS D3AD. R3ALISM IS D3AD. CYAN IS 3ITH3R TRAPP3D OR D3AD OR BOTH OR SMTH. TH3R3S NO HAPPYN3NDING 4 TH33S3 HORS3S. TH3R3 WAD NO POINT 2 TH3 RAC3S TH3Y ONLY L3D 2 LOSS TH3Y AAAAGASGGAHAAHAHAAHAHASBSBSNSKAJAZJXCJC

UGH I H8 TH3S3 HORS3S SM IM

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I LOVE HORSE RACE TESTS SO MUCH I NEED TO RANT IT MAKES ME SO ILL OH MY GOODDDDDS G GDHSHDGDSBBS

I DONT EVEN HAVE ALL MY THOGUHTS TOGETHER RIGHT NOW I WATCHED VIDEO ESSAYS ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY WITH MY DAD AND ?!?!?@,@<&@,@&WAAAAAA AT HHHHSGAGAHAHAGSHWB AAGHHH UGHH CYANS EVIL VERSION THING IS LITERALLY NAMED GARBAGE BIN SHE HATES HERSELF SO MUCH SHE LITERALLY GETS SO DEPRESSED THAT IT STARTS HURTING THE PEOPLE AROUND HER WHICH IS!!!!!!! LIKE IT HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE OBVIOUSLY IN HRT ITS EXAGGERATED BUT IT CAN HAPPEN AND IT DOES!! IT DOOEEESSS!!!!!!! SHE NEVER WANTED JOVIAL OR REALISM TO GET HURT THEY TRAPPED HER IN THE FUCKING NIGHTMARE PURGATORY. THEY . AAAGAGDYUUSHSHSJSHXHDJCJCNDJFN JDNSNANAKAKDKDKFNCJFFJDJDEJWUSIDKKDKDKDDKDKDKDKDKENEK KM TWEAKIGNGN

THE NIGHTMARE HORSES.BY THE WAY AMF REFLECTS REALISM THE WAY BIN IS LITERALLY JUST CYAN WHOS NAME FUCKING OOB BY THE WAY. HER NAME IS OOB. THEY NAMED HER OOB WTF WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO HERRRRYEHAYAYSYDH UYSYYAHAHSHSHV

JOVIAL IS DEAD. REALISM IS DEAD. CYAN IS EITHER TRAPPED OR DEAD OR BOTH OR SMTH. THERES NO HAPPY ENDING FOR THESE HORSES. THER3 WAS NO POINT TO THE RACES THEY ONLY LED TO LOSS THEY AAAAGASGGAHAAHAHAAHAHASBSBSNSKAJAZJXCJC

UGH I HATE THESE HORSES SO MUCH IM

[gr13f3rpwnzn00bs]

sorry to make you uncomfortable, but how is your mother? She wasn’t brought up in lore, so I’m curious. If its a sensitive topic, you don’t have to answer :3

-new anon who shall be called silly goober bc im too scared to use my account

[ ...0h, my m0m? ]

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[ 5h3, um...1 n3v3r g07 70 533 h3r. 50rry 70 d154pp01n7. 1v3 7r13d 45k1ng d4d 4b0u7 h3r, 6u7 h3 4lw4y5 m4n4g3d 70 7urn 7h3 70p1c 4r0und. ]

[gullibleanimism]

iiii diiiidnt 3v3n iiiimply that!!!! and iiiit g3nuiiiin3ly wasnt b3caus3 of m3!!!!!!!!

iiii was stupiiiid wh3n iiii saiiiid that!!!! but iiii sw3ar nothiiiing liiiike that has happ3n3d sinc3 th3n!!!!

also do NOT drag th3m iiiinto thiiiis!!!! and dont fuckiiiing call th3m that?!?!?!?! thats gross as fuck to say abt a strang3r????

your3 not 3v3n from alt3rniiiia n your3 goiiiing by th3iiiir h3mosp3ctrum???? why 3v3n,..,,,.

/ Oh my fuck. L\\terally what's \\t to you? Don't you have more \\mportant sh\\t to tend to?

/ What? M\\serable enough to g\\ve me attent\\on aga\\n? \\s the "move to a d\\fferent planet" plan not work\\ng? You ru\\n your reputat\\on aga\\n so you need someone to h\\de beh\\nd??

/ \\ can do whatever \\ want.

[madame-irys]

The Killers of my many FNaF (& FNaF Adjacent) AUs:

William (Main) — "I've one regret, and his has nothing to do with murder."

William (Anthro) — "Murder? Wtf are you talking about?" (Isn't a killer. That's Oswald, but he's more so like Gaster from Undertale/Delta Rune)

Vincent (TRtF) — "I regret everything; LET ME DIE, GOD DAMN YOU!" (Directed at Lockjaw)

The Ventrilloquist (FNaC) — "I regret accidentallt killing two people and NOT checking the closet. I got life in here. Damn." (Not even an important character, lol)

Simon (Popgoes) — [1 4M 4N 3M0710NL355 HU5K. 4 M4CH1N3. 1 H4V3 N07H1N6 70 R36R37, 83C4U53 1 H4V3 N3V3R D0N3 4NY7H1N6. 7H47 W45N'7 M3. N07 7H15 M3, 7H47 15.]

This has been "The Killers of my many FNaF (& FNaF Adjacent) AUs" with your host, IRYS!

There is another William in an AU of mine, but that AU may end up fading into the nothingness of my mind (depends on if I ever learn to animate properly)

[carelessflower]

Ranking all of the jewelry enchanted by Magnus so far

3. Lightwood family necklace

Function: Pulses and glows in the presence of demons

Ranking: Despite its immense monetary value, it has one function only, which puts it at a disadvantage compared to other pieces of jewelry on this list. The necklace is also not enchanted by Magnus himself; the phrasing suggests that when Magnus bought the jewelry, it already had its magical properties

2. Heron necklace

Function: Alerting and calling for Magnus when it's activated, helping near the necromantic bond

Ranking: This necklace has more functions than the first one, also it deals with necromancy bond and ghosts, and calls Magnus directly for help

1. Alec's Lightwood family ring

Function: protection, deflection, accuracy in combat (for Alec's arrows and blades), wards-sensor

Ranking: It stands out for being a ring - a family ring, no less, and having the most function out of them. This blog also discusses Alec's ring here and here. Bonus point for containing "too strong" magic from "the very heart of hell" that doubles as protection physically and politically, as if by making the wearer carry his magic signature everywhere, Magnus's saying Alec's under his protection

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[doyouremem8erme]

ask game time! 💕 tell us about one of your favorite characters and why you like them!

somebody told me that terezi was a bad character on instagram so im gonna write an essay on why shes my fave character

first off her sheer chaotic energy is fucking iconic. the complaint on instagram wasnt about that because it cant be denied but shes just fucking insane and i love her for it. i think shed bite off my fingers and then insult the taste of my skin. shes just so crazy and weird and murderous and nerdy and i love her for it. we all know this. but theres a lot of her character that is so overlooked.

heres an essay on why metatextually and narratively, terezi is one of (if not THE) most important characters in homestuck and how that connects to her relationship with vriska.

vriska and terezi are described by hussie like this:

This is the most important character relationship resulting from all the sound and fury of Hivebent's chaotic dispensation... It's the arguable axis around which the whole epic revolves, when you really study all the ramifications from the fallout resulting from their rivalry, ensuing revenge cycle, and mutually floundering struggle for redemption, in the warped way each of them defines that idea.

so i mean even HUSSIE acknowledges that theyre important. and of course we all know vriska is obsessed with trying to be at the center of the narrative and you could say she pulls terezi into that but thats NOT what happens between them.

so terezi meets vriska at some undetermined young age and they flarp together and become close very quickly as seen in terezis memories in remem8er. and when all the drama in hivebent goes down you really see that they arent just stable in their quadrants but that their codependency plays into this vacillation in a really twisted way.

Another snapshot of the tortured Scourge Sisters dynamic, in a long tale of angst and ambivalence concerning justice and morality. Terezi wrestles with this eternally. She wants to bring Vriska to justice. But she doesn't. She does, doesn't, does, doesn't. Vriska thrashes back and forth in a different way. I'm sorry, see how sorry I am? Isn't being sorry ENOUGH? What more do you want? I'm sorry, not sorry, sorry, not sorry. And being not sorry takes the form of lashing out, incrimination, daring Terezi into action, calling her bluff, etc. So her vacillation is more like, I'm sorry, fuck you, I'm sorry, you don't have the guts, I'm sorry, just kill me already! The dangerous dance goes on and on.

so yes. vrisrezi good. vrisrezi complex. but what makes this even more tragic is how they act as the ultimate doomed yuri. before remem8er, terezi talks about a lot of heavy feelings she hasnt really let on before.

GC: 1 N3V3R F3LT WHOL3 GC: 1 ST1LL DON'T GC: 4ND YOU M4D3 1T SO 1 D1DN'T H4V3 TO F4C3 TH4T F33L1NG GC: FOR 4 WH1L3 4T L34ST GC: 4ND NOW TH4T 1 TH1NK 1 KNOW TH1S 4BOUT MYS3LF GC: 1 TH1NK 1 G3T 1T GC: TH3 F33L1NG W1LL PROB4BLY N3V3R GO 4W4Y GC: ONLY COV3R3D UP 4T MOST, M4YB3 GC: W3 COULD W1N TH1S F1GHT GC: CR34T3 4NOTH3R UN1V3RS3 GC: SUCC33D 1N 3V3RY W4Y POSS1BL3 GC: 4ND 1'LL ST1LL F33L 1NCOMPL3T3 GC: V1CTORY WON'T F1X M3 GC: M4YB3 NOTH1NG C4N GC: M4YB3 TH3R3'S TOO L1TTL3 SUBST4NC3 1NS1D3 M3 TO 3V3N B3 F1X3D

she talks about her sense of incompleteness in a way that reminds me of the way you see space players experience loneliness--which is cool given that mind as an aspect has some parallels to both space and time. and she talks about how shes never been complete on her own. going back to the instagram post i saw that said she doesnt feel rounded enough on her own--thats the point. so much of her character is defined by vriska that its a part of her own identity and a tragic part of her actual experiences. theres another hussie quote which is about vriska but still applicable--

For instance, you could write dozens of paragraphs of meta on Vriska alone. But the moment you stop writing about Vriska in a vacuum, and start writing about Vriska x Terezi, the avenues of analysis seem endless. It's a circuitous, psychologically tortured mutual arc of competitive codependency, which on closer inspection serves as the axis around which virtually the entire plot revolves.

her codependency with vriska is one of the most central components of the entire narrative. without terezi's internal torment over vriska there would be no homestuck as we know it. [s] flip and the aftermath of game over (F1X TH1S) are among the most important moments in the entire story and both are defined by vriska and terezi's dynamic.

GC: BUT 4T L34ST 1 TH1NK 1 UND3RST4ND TH4T NOW GC: 4ND SHOULD B3 4BL3 F1GHT W1THOUT H4V1NG SOM3TH1NG GN4W 4T M3 GC: SOM3TH1NG TH4T F3LT UNKNOW4BL3, 4ND M4D3 M3 CONST4NTLY WOND3R WH4T 1 W4S DO1NG WRONG GC: 1'M OK W1TH L1V1NG L1K3 TH4T GC: NOT GO1NG TO PR3T3ND 1T WOULDN'T B3 N1C3 TO... GC: P4TCH MYS3LF UP, SOM3HOW? GC: GU3SS TH4T SH1P S41L3D, THOUGH GC: B4CK 1N OUR S3SS1ON, 1N WH4T3V3R W4Y 1 BOTCH3D MY QU3ST GC: OR D1DN'T R34CH GOD T13R, OR... GC: 1 DON'T 3V3N KNOW WH4T 1T W4S 1 D1D OR D1DN'T DO GC: 1 GU3SS TH4T'S TH3 PROBL3M, 1SN'T 1T? GC: TH3 MYST3RY OF 1T GC: TH3 TH1NGS 1'V3 SUPPOS3DLY DON3 GC: GOOD 4ND B4D, 1N D1FF3R3NT R34L1T13S GC: TH3 M1ST4K3S 1 M4D3, BUT C4N'T L34RN FROM GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R GC: OR TH3 H3RO1C TH1NGS 1 SUPPOS3DLY D1D GC: S4CR1F1C3S 1 M4D3 GC: TO S4V3 YOU GC: TO S4V3 3V3RYBODY GC: WH1CH T3LL M3 NOTH1NG 4BOUT MYS3LF, 4ND WH4T 1'M R34LLY C4P4BL3 OF GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R!

im including this stuff without much commentary because it just acts as illustration of how much more depth to terezi than just crazy murdery lawyer dragon girl. yes, shes tormented over vriska and how she lost her in another timeline and all the choices shes made in different worlds but its also about her. her dependency on vriska is a symptom of this deep deep loneliness she holds inside her. theres something to be said about her lack of a lusus and specficially the fact that her lusus's egg was held on a scale weighing it against sburb-associated machinery

the prevention of her loneliness is always doomed. she has no lusus--but in order to have one, the world would have to end. she has vriska--but she loses her in every single timeline without fail. she flirts with the humans--but kills john in one timeline and dooms a dave in another. she cannot pursue intimacy or friendship or any form of relationship without losing both her loved ones along with everything else. its not just that she doesnt have a lusus--its that her lusus hatching will end the world. its not just that she loses vriska--its that in no timeline we see do they get a happy ending, and the closest they get in being erased from reality in each others arms.

GC: M4YB3 1T'S D3LUS1ON4L OF M3 GC: TO 1M4G1N3 TH4T JUST H4V1NG 4NOTH3R S3T OF M3MOR13S 1S GO1NG TO M4K3 M3 F33L MOR3 COMPL3T3 GC: 1 C4N'T STOP TH1NK1NG 4BOUT 1T THOUGH GC: 1 GU3SS 1T'S 4LW4YS T3MPT1NG TO TH1NK TH3R3 1S ON3 H1DD3N 4NSW3R TO 3V3RYTH1NG GC: NO M4TT3R HOW F4NT4ST1C4L OR 1N4CC3SS1BL3 GC: 4ND 1F ONLY YOU COULD F1ND 1T, YOU'D F1N4LLY H4V3 TH3 P3RF3CT R3SOLUT1ON TO 3V3RYTH1NG 4BOUT YOURS3LF YOU C4N'T ST4ND GC: SO 1 JUST K33P WOND3R1NG TO MYS3LF GC: TH4T M4YB3 1F ONLY 1 COULD JUST R3M3MB3R GC: 1 WOULDN'T H4V3 TO F33L L1K3 TH1S

she is tormented by so much more than just vriska. and i talk about this through so much angsty and dramatic words but its really true that shes so tragic. and tragedy isnt the only reason to love her because shes also so silly and crazy and weird and offputting etc but the instagram post that pissed me off so badly said that she became uninteresting after the earlier-comic characterizations of her with her bloodthirsty lawyer/executioner persona.

GC: UH... WOW GC: 1 W4SN'T R34LLY 3XP3CT1NG TO T3LL YOU 4LL TH4T GC: 1 JUST W4NT3D TO C4TCH YOU B3FOR3 YOU GO OFF TO B4TTL3, 4ND W1SH YOU "LUCK" >:] GC: 4ND TO L3T YOU KNOW HOW 1MPORT4NT YOU'V3 B33N TO M3, 1N 4 W4Y TH4T W4SN'T L1K3 GC: CLOUD3D BY OUR USU4L TR4SH T4LK 4ND M1ND G4M3S GC: 1 GU3SS TH1S 1S WH4T YOU G3T FOR 1GNOR1NG M3 FOR TWO S3CONDS GC: 4 L1TTL3 TOO MUCH R34L1TY FROM 4N 1D1OT WHO'S MOR3 M3SS3D UP 1NS1D3 TH4N SH3 3V3R L3TS ON

she says it here. yes she is weird and silly but beyond the parts of it that are engrained into her personality it seems to be (at least in part) an act to cover up how messed up she feels inside. she is so full of shenanigans and whatnot and doesnt display her issues the way a lot of characters do (even the prospit kids who are so known for repressing their emotions show more signs of distress that terezi does, to the point that hussie made sure to note that her distress was genuine when her lusus died!)

More great and very imaginative sound effects. "GENUINE" seems like maybe it's an unnecessary qualifier, until you consider that Terezi is so full of shit, many things she does could be considered ungenuine. So it pays to point out when she is sad for real, like when her newborn baby mom dies.

vriska, downright infamous for being surrounded in discourse around the context of her actions, is even more obvious than terezi. she too plays up an act of her unfazed coolness about all the stuff she does but shes less extreme about it in such a way that its more obvious when she slips a bit in that facade. when terezi is distressed she usually doesnt show it at all because her layers of weird silliness are too thick. shes just a lot better at the whole violent killing stuff than vriska is! you can see this in vriskas breakdown in vrisky business:

vriska has a total breakdown over realizing shell need to learn to hunt after losing her arm and she says this:

bascially saying that that prime difference between them is that vriska, yes, has learned to be ruthless and violent and manipulative (and was never a good person in the first place but it was her lusus that shaped her into being like this) while terezi never had that stress. she could do whatever she wanted and be as wild as she wished which is why she grew into the crazy troll girl who is the most important character in homestuck. with why i love her out of the way its some analysis timeeeeee.

i already mentioned how important flip and f1x th1s are but i wanna dive into that.

terezi exhibits an understanding of sburb's timelines better than anyone else, even time players, letting her do things like lead dave to her own doomed self on his quest bed, and it becomes clear that this is the nature of her mind powers, combined with a seer's intuition. she has many traits that involve seeing through different barriers, if that makes sense--she can navigate the world by forming a mental image of her surroundings by smell and taste after going blind, and she sees through the layers of sburb's bizarreness just as easily.

[s] flip is one of the first places this ability is used in a way this vital to the progression of the main plot--she uses her powers to stop vriska from dooming them all.

Any divergence from this path to my knowing will taper into blackness like rotting roots. But if I was a Seer, such offshoots would be fully within my domain... A Seer would support her allies in battle not with her weapons, but her vision. She would sift through dross of her comrades' poor tactical inclinations and examine the grim consequences. A Seer would not charge into the fray headlong but direct it as a conductor with a baton. She would have the sight to eschew the obvious gambits, and find the path to victory disguised cleverly as setback, or even imminent defeat. She would behold the fortunes of friends and foes in totality, and appraise the contrivance of luck itself...A true Seer would know where luck is a given, where it is absent, and most importantly, where it doesn't matter at all. And she would know victory doesn't matter in a reality where all else is doomed to fail.

being from doc scratch this is ofc not 100% reliable information but its still some good meta. the last couple lines really emphasize her narrative place--as a seer, she is aware of the big picture, and as a seer of mind, she is more specifically aware of the branching timelines formed in sburb. she is a mastermind behind the plot but lacks the tools to truly direct it. (and i will also go ahead and point out the line about acting as a conductor since thats a very important symbol in homestuck representing movements of the story much like an orchestral symphony.

the actual conductors we see are the cherubs, calliope in particular. calliope and caliborn are characters with actual narrative power (caliborn takes over the whole story!) so its pretty impressive to be compared to that.

but it turns out terezi does in fact have a place in the story almost at this level of power.

it's revealed that the initial version of the events following the coinflip were in terezi's vision:

and that she turned around on that initial path to prevent it from happening. on its own, this isnt that significant. but this moment is the moment that the retcons revolve around, with an entire axis of the plot centered around this single moment between vriska and terezi woven together with terezi's visions and powers.

john may be the one to carry out the actual retcons, but terezi is both the one who ordered him to do so and the orchestrator of the entire narrative rewrite. this is the moment when she raises the conductors baton. this is why i refer to terezi rewriting the universe, not john.

all john did was use his powers to carry out the list of instructions that terezi used her powers to develop. most of them are of arguable vitality but the one that truly changes everything is the rewriting of vriska's death. by doing this, terezi is the reason why homestuck does not end in the disaster of game over. were it not for terezi, homestuck would have a far more tragic ending that the bittersweet conclusion we're actually left with. there are many characters who display a level of narrative control--vriska pulling the spotlight towards herself and being somewhat aware that a narrative like homestuck exists; the very existence of john's powers; doc scratch's role as a stand-in narrator on a level comparable to hussie's avatar; caliborn's narrative takeover in act 6 and ascension to lord english; calliope's role as a storyteller of the existing narrative--the list goes on. but terezi's actions are perhaps the most significant, even if her level of control is nowhere close, rewriting the story of homestuck entirely. she does get the password pages in there, which i'll definitely count as a sort of metanarrative presence in the presentation of the comic (like caliborn and doc scratch's site rethemes). yes, john does the necessary actions to achieve this end, but would not have been able to do so without the anchor points of terezi's direction of the plot.

and once again, this is inseparable from her relationship with vriska. yes, she does this to give another timeline a chance at victory, and to carry on her story in another life as she dies in the pre-retcon timelines, but it's also for vriska. killing vriska broke terezi as much as it broke the narrative and so rewriting canon for vriska gives that other version of herself a second chance. there is not point in leaving vriska out of this because the relationship between the two and the push and pull of their tumultuous dynamic is what is at the heart of the narrative--not one or the other.

and even with such a significant role, she is still bound to her fate outside of the changes john can make. im gonna bring back some dialogue from earlier--

GC: BUT 4T L34ST 1 TH1NK 1 UND3RST4ND TH4T NOW GC: 4ND SHOULD B3 4BL3 F1GHT W1THOUT H4V1NG SOM3TH1NG GN4W 4T M3 GC: SOM3TH1NG TH4T F3LT UNKNOW4BL3, 4ND M4D3 M3 CONST4NTLY WOND3R WH4T 1 W4S DO1NG WRONG GC: 1'M OK W1TH L1V1NG L1K3 TH4T GC: NOT GO1NG TO PR3T3ND 1T WOULDN'T B3 N1C3 TO... GC: P4TCH MYS3LF UP, SOM3HOW? GC: GU3SS TH4T SH1P S41L3D, THOUGH GC: B4CK 1N OUR S3SS1ON, 1N WH4T3V3R W4Y 1 BOTCH3D MY QU3ST GC: OR D1DN'T R34CH GOD T13R, OR... GC: 1 DON'T 3V3N KNOW WH4T 1T W4S 1 D1D OR D1DN'T DO GC: 1 GU3SS TH4T'S TH3 PROBL3M, 1SN'T 1T? GC: TH3 MYST3RY OF 1T GC: TH3 TH1NGS 1'V3 SUPPOS3DLY DON3 GC: GOOD 4ND B4D, 1N D1FF3R3NT R34L1T13S GC: TH3 M1ST4K3S 1 M4D3, BUT C4N'T L34RN FROM GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R GC: OR TH3 H3RO1C TH1NGS 1 SUPPOS3DLY D1D GC: S4CR1F1C3S 1 M4D3 GC: TO S4V3 YOU GC: TO S4V3 3V3RYBODY GC: WH1CH T3LL M3 NOTH1NG 4BOUT MYS3LF, 4ND WH4T 1'M R34LLY C4P4BL3 OF GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R!

she does not have the godlike narrative position that the cherubs achieve. shes not even a godtier! and thats another part of what makes her so tragic. she knows enough about sburb to navigate it and play it to her advantage but not enough to gain the self fulfillment she wants.

GC: TH3 TH1NGS 1'V3 SUPPOS3DLY DON3 GC: GOOD 4ND B4D, 1N D1FF3R3NT R34L1T13S GC: TH3 M1ST4K3S 1 M4D3, BUT C4N'T L34RN FROM GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R

highlighting this part, her seer abilities are both her greatest power over the narrative and one of her most tragic parts.

she has access to infinite timelines and choices and can tell how things will turn out but she cant simply unlock those realities and memories beyond her experiences. having the access to the memories of a better life also isnt necessarily a plus.

GC: M4YB3 1T'S D3LUS1ON4L OF M3 GC: TO 1M4G1N3 TH4T JUST H4V1NG 4NOTH3R S3T OF M3MOR13S 1S GO1NG TO M4K3 M3 F33L MOR3 COMPL3T3 GC: 1 C4N'T STOP TH1NK1NG 4BOUT 1T THOUGH GC: 1 GU3SS 1T'S 4LW4YS T3MPT1NG TO TH1NK TH3R3 1S ON3 H1DD3N 4NSW3R TO 3V3RYTH1NG GC: NO M4TT3R HOW F4NT4ST1C4L OR 1N4CC3SS1BL3 GC: 4ND 1F ONLY YOU COULD F1ND 1T, YOU'D F1N4LLY H4V3 TH3 P3RF3CT R3SOLUT1ON TO 3V3RYTH1NG 4BOUT YOURS3LF YOU C4N'T ST4ND GC: SO 1 JUST K33P WOND3R1NG TO MYS3LF GC: TH4T M4YB3 1F ONLY 1 COULD JUST R3M3MB3R GC: 1 WOULDN'T H4V3 TO F33L L1K3 TH1S

the access to this knowledge seems to be a part of why she is so internally desperate for answers. the solution is right there seemingly but just out of reach. and in this desperate moment of trying to unlock those answers?

she remem8ers. (and i know the title of the flash is a reference to the song used in it but i will also point out just how vrisrezi it is to have her desperate attempts to recall her other self's memories be written in vriska's typing quirk)

at the end of this flash, terezi and vriska are about to be literally wiped from reality forever. and yet, they face that end smiling in each others arms. they are no longer relevant. there is no narrative significance to this moment. but its still what terezi needed to see in order to fulfill that part of herself.

um. i spent all day writing this in my free time. enjoy.

terezi save me. save me. terezi. terezi. terezi save me

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I finally got to hangout with my friends aft3r lit3rally att3mpting and sh3 told me to go back hom3

I'm n3v3r going to be happy

[tw1sty-b1tch]

hello! i've seen so much about you, and i just have a few questions :D

Is there a set length of the hallways, or are they infinitely expanding? Have you ever been lost in them?

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