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could i cosplay your designs ;;? with full credit of course !

yeah, absolutely!

(sorry, i don’t know how old this ask is, i’ve just seen it ;;)

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Recent anon's Rankstuck world-building headcanon shenanigans

Title of this is pretty self explanatory; I’m the anon who started to adore this AU more than I probably should and just came up with a bunch of headcanons for it because I love worldbuilding…… and saw the panels from the Rankstuck origin with the random troll and human designs and figured to drag my fankid and fantroll trash into the mix.  This large headcanon of mine is of an entire separate society and culture that resides within the Infinite Forest of the Horrorterrors.  But why would anyone want to live their considering how never-ending and dangerous they are to all who enter?  Because a powerful Aspecter took what the Condesce's “You are welcome to live in the Horrorterror forest if you disagree,"  seriously.  The person who is to be accredited with these people was a man by the name of Liam Haze. A Mage of Void who was one of the Aspecters discovered by the Handmaid, Condesce, and Hass Harley; and newfound abilities allowed him to detect the hidden powers of wayward Aspecters, and guide the original trio to them prior to the creation of the Rankstuck world. Upon arriving with the rest of the Rankstuck world "colonists”, he felt betrayed by his former teachers and decided to take his newfound friends’ fate into his own hands and free them of a life of just being “breeding fodder” and have truly meaningful lives. And many years later more found their way to him by running into the forest to avoid punishment for telling the banned stories of their old universe homes. As the years went on these new nomads of both Aspecters and aspectless people began to form their own traveling society within the vast expanses of the forest. The first many years were INCREDIBLY hazardous and trying to Liam and his followers; but he used his powers of learning, the unknown, and mystery to grasp what the founding three and the other loyal citizens of the kingdoms would find impossible to comprehend.  They created gates; pathways only identifiable by Liam and those he taught could navigate and detect. The Aspecters who were skilled in Heart, Hope, Life, Light, and Mind worked tirelessly with classes known for creation to create ghostly guides called sprites that could assist when one was separated from their migrant bands or advice from a third party. To tap into the potential of the dream bubbles that the horrorterrors would glub into shelters or communicate with others over a long distance.  Liam and his followers had become what would be known to this world as the Skaia people.  Despite Liam Haze's long Aspecter lifespan though; after many, many generations he eventually died. On his deathbed though, he was happy it turned out this way. As it ensured that the people he taught to survive in this harsh forest would not only stay out of the clutches of who he deemed to be ‘traitors’… but also pass down their knowledge and wisdom to the future generations of Skaians, and allow the new generations to explore their powers without preconceptions and bias as to how strong/weak they are. Since their numbers grew quite large for many a generation; they were no longer able to travel as one incredibly large band and sustain and share all the resources they had at the same time. This contributed to the creation of Sessions. Much smaller groups that could range from 2 to 48 people that were all trolls or humans; so they could share their findings with each other and not have most of the group go hungry; as well as to continue to reproduce humanity and troll lineages. However all still to this day will travel to the final resting place of Liam known to all Skians as the Medium to celebrate the Ultimate Reward Festival. A big event that’s kind of like the Fourth of July, a county fair, and religious holiday all rolled into one that celebrates what they deem to be their ultimate reward: Freedom from the Handmaid, Condesce, and Hass Harley. Other parts of the Skaian culture developed without Liam as well. When young Skaians reach the age of 13 years or 6 sweeps of age; they go on Quests.Travels that are mandatory for young Aspecters to reach the full potential of their powers and for those who are aspectless to prove they can help their Sessions and survive on their own. During this time the Aspecters become Servers; protecting and directing the powerless on their Quest that could mortally harm them. While the aspectless become Clients, who must be like the aspectless tools against the aspect-immune Horrorterrors and gather important resources for their Sessions.  Neither Aspector or aspectless can be considered adults and official members of their Session until they complete their respective group’s Quest. These tests are also very important for those who have already past though; as it allows them to map out more of their incomprehensibly infinite world; find the locations and nests of Underlings or Horrorterrors or even Dream Bubbles, and create new paths for Sessions to stick to on their never-ending journeys.  But for the many generations before the Kingdom rebellions began, Hass Harley and the Condesce had no idea the Skaia people even existed. As they lived incredibly deep into the Horrorterror Forest and rarely went to the edge of it by choice. However they would sometimes mock their old student and friend, by claiming Liam’s abandonment of them to be outright disrespectful and that he was like an oil slick that caused many people to slip into death prematurely. They even coined their old friend’s modern day nickname: Bilious Slick: “The Speaker of the Vast Croak.” But during the revolution; they noticed that some of the rebels were getting supplies from unknown sources. After many, MANY generations had gone by the Empire and Dominion discovered their existence.  The Skaians originally had only slight contempt for those who lived in the two kingdoms. They were scared of the new world as much as they were, and felt they needed good leaders. They were lead astray from actual freedom and were what they would deem to be very confused. But when a Session discovered wounded rebels that ran deep into the woods to hide from those who wished to stop them; they decided to come to their aid, in hopes that those in the Kingdoms could attain the freedom they now achieved.  But after the rebellion died down due to Redglare’s “influence”, the two immortal rulers thought that these newly discovered “uncivilized people” needed to be dealt with. One of the many things that weakened Redglare was her control of Aspecters to “slay” the horrorterrors that could harm their lands. But seeing as they were being control and had no say in their actions, these people failed to realize that they were killing Skaians as well. This became known as to the Skaians as The Reckoning and since then it has caused more contempt and hatred to the “insiders” of the two kingdoms than Liam ever had. To this day this part of the deep forest is a sacred memorial burial ground for Skaians known as the Battlefield. And it is not uncommon to see a Session traveling through this area to pay respects to those who lost their lives on that day. With the ranking system now in play during the current time of this AU; Skaians are now regarded as dangerous illusions conjured by the Horrorterrors and their Underlings. Rare, powerful, and realistic Human and Troll like mirages conjured by the beats to let fighters guards down. Bilious Slickis finally known to the citizens of both Human and Troll kingdoms in their taught history; but his actual origin of being a human Void Aspecter had been revised. Both Hass and the Condesce made Liam out to be the first traitorous and insidious outcast. Who lured hundreds of innocent weak doom, heart, void Aspecters and lower ranked classes to their deaths; by promising their already “weak” abilities could reach the level of power that Life or Hope Aspecters had. This propaganda about Bilious being an outright villain has made the word “slick” the worst insult one could call another Aspecter. And sometimes the more foul-mouthed citizens of the Empire and Domain use this as a swear word to insult and demean banished outcasts.  On the topic of who the Skians would be in this AU; I think that troll and human version of the Carapaces would be appropriate aspectless Skians. But I also personally imagine some of my aforementioned fankids and trolls would be as well. But for another quick note on Skian Aspecter culture: Skians ideas on how aspects and classes work is highly reminiscent of what we are familiar with in Homestuck canon. All aspects and classes are equally powerful, but how they manifest themselves powerwise is up to the development, training and ingenuity of the Aspecter wielding them. Skians also have the belief that aspects have inversions and what not, like how with Light and Void are opposites, etc. They don’t have bias caused by the ranking system as they were never exposed to it. In regards to the potential plot of the Rankstuck AU, I really like the idea that one day Dirk or Roxy wander off during their first month of being in the Magenta Shadows team and encounter a Session of Skians for the first time; with the Session containing human or troll versions of the Aimless Renegade, The Mayor, PM, and maaaybe the White Queen?? I have no idea what their human or troll names would be though; as well if they themselves would all be Aspecters or aspectless. Or maybe they’d be a mix of both??  Also imagine the Midnight Crew as a Skian Session that are known criminals. And they hate the Kingdoms so much that they plan heists against them and give the supplies to other Sessions like Ronin Hood and his Merry Men. Only they’re more stabby and violent. Also if you’re curious as to why I chose Bilious Slick, the name of the genesis frog to be a human Aspecter who started all the shenanigans; it’s because I wanted to make a reference to Homestuck canon and how the “evil royalty” hates the Genesis Frog. I also chose him as to create some transformation symbolism; the Aspecters figuratively changed from tadpoles in schools following the Handmaid and pals only to become frogs that were free from the constraints of the pond. There’s also some frog cannibalism symbolism in there if you squint hard enough too. Frogs in nature will kill their own; which is shown here by the Humane Domain and the Alternian Empire killing off Aspecters from a different society. As for the reason for making Slick’s original name to be Liam Haze though. Liam is a diminutive of William. Bill is a nickname for William; and you can hear “Bill” as the first syllable in “Bilious”. Bilious can also mean irritable or distasteful. Which ties back to his disgust and anger in regards to his fellow Aspecters being brought to the Rankstuck world as breeding fodder. But also reflects the modern day Rankstuck kingdom’s hatred of him, too. The Vast Croak is also a pun. Because croak can also be slang for being dead or dying?? Get it?? Ha ha?? my puns are hilarious what are you talking about Haze can refer to an actual haze or fog, which obscures things like his Void aspect. But it can also be a nickname for Hazel. Hazel refers to the hazel tree; and Liam lead his people into a forest. But in Celtic mythology; hazel trees are known to have very magical properties. And hazel tree wood was often made to make helpful magical objects like walking sticks or staffs to help others.  This post is a very and incredibly long infodump for just one little headcanon; but I hope you like what I came up with and read everything I thank you from the bottom of my nerdy Homestuck-loving trash heart. I really enjoyed messing around and building upon your AU’s fantastic history and lore!! I hope that you can do more things with it soon!!   : D And who knows maybe I’ll pop in again with more ideas or exposition on my HS fanchars in this AU, ha ha.

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i promise to write a more coherent response later when i’m not busy - but right now i just want to say that it’s really really cool, your ideas fit with the world very well, and i just LOVE everything about it

thank you so much for writing this headcanon! or should i say fanfic ;)

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Holy heck I ADORE this AU. Probably the best Homestuck AU I've come across!! Are we allowed to submit world-building ideas about it or headcanons for it here?? ((Most of them happened after I read the origin of the universe and thought about where my fantrolls would fit into it I am so so sorry))

thank you!

yeah, go ahead and submit stuff, maybe that’ll help revive this au

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Um. I drew my friends and I's godtiers in the rankstuck au and i'm fairly proud of them but I don't know if you would like to keep the rankstuck tag strictly canon characters or if I can post my stuff too. Just checking to see if it's okay.

you can post your stuff too, i don't mind, i'd like to see it

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And another art for AU week of @rosemarymonth Amazing Rankstuck belongs to amazing as well @s-opal. God, I’m just in love with it

Um, sorry, Rose just… strange, oh my, I hate drawing without SAI I’ll try to fix it, when I get back home, but for now the only thing I get is black pan

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would dirk eventually get his soul ripping powers through messing with his powers or shall it not come to light?

yep, he will get all the cool powers, but only after he starts ~~believing in himself~~, in a heat of a battle, when lives will be at stake

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My @homestuck-secret-santa gift for @s-opal. Happy Holidays! I hope you like it. I kinda got the impression that you take quite a liking in people pining… And then there was your @rankstuck AU and I thought that both could work well together. I played around with the idea what would happen after the events which took place in your finished comic pages and how well Dirk would handle the lonely days and weeks outta town without his best bro. What you can see is my result.

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Rankstuck Johndave?

rankstuck johndave indeed

send me prompts and maybe i’ll draw them

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~●●● About Rankstuck AU ●●●~

KARKAT VANTAS

Title: Knight Of Blood

Ranking index: 0,45 (#16)

Blood skills: unknown.

(Left - casual outfit, right - formal).

Karkat is Kanaya's knight.

He likes studying history of Vitaspes and how the two races came to live together. He's travelled to the Humane Dominion a lot even before being affiliated with Alternian government and owns a second house there.

Karkat thinks fashion is stupid and generally dislikes being recognized when he's not at work, that's why his regular clothes are so plain - if it wasn't for the Blood symbol, he could be easily mistaken for a civilian. (All of this makes him suitable for the role of a spy).

Since hemospectrum doesn't play a part in determining one's place in society, Karkat doesn't have problems with his mutant blood (except for occasional laughs about being a troll-human hybrid). However, later he learns that his mutation allows his to overcome the mind control of Condesce and Hass Harley.

Since there isn't many Blood Aspecters, sometimes he is asked to give lectures to young Blood Aspecters, despite not having his Aspect figured out (he doesn't really care about it).

After being assigned a target to protect, he and Kanaya became friends right away. Due to accompanying Kanaya everywhere Karkat has many important connections, including being on good terms with Feferi and Eridan, the Empire's heirs.

His other best friend is Terezi, a Police officer who was the first one he's told his suspicions about mind control.

Other people whom he can call his friends are Rose, Kanaya's girlfriend, John and Jade, the Dominion's heirs (Karkat still thinks Jade would be a much better heir than John), and Dave, a fellow knight.

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Will karkat be in this story? I hope I don't come off as rude, I'm just curious.

you are not rude, don’t worry!

karkat is going to be one of the main characters, and i’ve already drawn a couple of comics about him

i just haven’t written his profile yet... hmm, i really should fix this mistake. alright, announcement time: karkat’s profile is going to be next

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Are the lower ranks more common, then? Or are there people ranked above Jade and John that just aren't heir for one reason or another? Because it seems like with that many, there should theoretically be at least one Prince of Life. (Not trying to nitpick, just curious. I love your world!)

some aspects are rare, the rarest being space, life, hope, blood and doom

also, even if prince of life existed, they wouldn't have become the heir, because the heir title has already been given to john and jade and they have to serve their term first

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Roughly how many Aspecters are there in Vitaspes? I'm not looking for anything specific, just general ranges like "a few dozen" or "a thousand or so", etc.

dunno, 5-6 thousands maybe?

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Before the rebellion, what were the ranks of aspects and classes?

the ranking system didn’t exist before the rebellion

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Are the Houses entirely made up of Aspecters, or are there ordinary people as part of them too? Also, do you know who the highest ranking person in the generation above the kids is? Do they have Heir status as well, or did that just get passed down as soon as Jade and John were old enough? This is a really fascinating world!

sorry i’m so late with answering these questions...

the houses consist of aspecters only, although regular people can work as servants there

i haven’t thought about the generation above the kids in detail, but let’s say it’s a knight of space. they don’t have a heir status, that’s for poster children only

jade and john received this status when they got their classes

thank you!

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aradia from rankstuck au

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I imagined thy would use their aspect abilities on difficult clients, and even then it would only be a minor influence, that's what I would do.

that’s why Heart (and Mind) aspecters are always a subject of controversy in Vitaspes

it’s always a question of whether it is morally right to intrude in other people’s lives, even if you have their best interests in heart

(fun fact for everyone: currently i’m planning a comic about Dirk and Nepeta that will touch this subject)

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Is it weird that I imagine a Page of Heart (such as myself) to be a really good Relationship Counceler once they mature and master their aspect abilities

not weird at all, sounds like a good job

(even though i can imagine people accusing them of using the Heart powers on clients and brainwashing them)