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explaining-homestuck · 5 months

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can you please explain quadrents (specifically moirailegince? i see alot of people dont seem to get it and id love to have a post to link back to when i explain it instead of having to go through homestuck)

Ah, tackling the big one first.

Homestuck itself has its own explanation of quadrants, which starts on Page 2392. However, I'll take a stab at simplifying the explanation here, although I may take direct quotes from the comic.

Humans have only one form of romance. And though we consider it a complicated subject, [...] it is ultimately a superficial slice of what trolls consider the full body of romantic experience. Our concept of romance [...] is still just [...] a single, linear concept.

(I guess I will be taking direct quotes from the comics.)

This concept of human love is generally represented with the symbol <3, or ❤️. However, trolls, in keeping with the Midnight Crew's full set of playing card theming, have four different types of romance, to fit the four suits.

<3/♥️, Hearts; <3</♠️, Spades; c3</♣️, Clubs; and <>/♦️, Diamonds.

This creates 4 Quadrants of romance, a term that is often used to refer to love and romantic entanglement.

Here, Nepeta's helpful diagram shows how these quadrants are related.

Hearts, the Flushed Quadrant, and Diamonds, the Pale Quadrant, are grouped as "Red Romance". These are the quadrants more associated with what we would possibly call positive feelings.

Meanwhile, Spades the Caliginous Quadrant (often called "Pitch"), and Clubs, the Ashen quadrant, are grouped as "Black Romance", more associated with negative feelings (to a degree, the divide isn't as simple as that.)

Furthermore, Hearts and Spades are Concupiscent Quadrants, and Diamonds and Clubs are Conciliatory Quadrants. These terms relate to the purpose of these quadrants within troll society: Concupiscent (which has meanings of sexual desire) Quadrants are related directly to the reproductive cycle of the troll species. Meanwhile, Conciliatory (meaning to placate of pacify) Quadrants, quote:

"would be more closely likened to platonic relationships by human standards"

Note: this does not make them necessarily platonic relationships in troll society. Pale and Ashen relationships remain romantic, and there may possibly also be sexual elements (not that these are shown or implied in the comic, nor will they be theorised upon here).

The comic makes it clear that while many parallels can be drawn between troll romance and certain human relationships (for example, "frenemies" or "QPRs"), these relationships are different from troll ones, as trolls are driven by primal forces to engage in their 4 types of romance, in the same way we do with our one (This is, of course, a gross oversimplification of the vast spectrum of the human experience of attraction and possible lack thereof, but it's a fair rough analogy.)

Let us now move on to the first and easiest to understand quadrant:

♥️: The Flushed Quadrant

The Flushed Quadrant is (almost) exactly the same as human romantic and/or sexual attraction. For our purposes, ♥️=❤️.

While the trolls have no concept of marriage, and don't generally use the terms boyfriend/girlfriend, the term for a partner in the Flushed Quadrant is a Matesprit, meaning the two trolls have formed a Matespritship.

The given example within Homestuck canon at the time of a Matespritship was Dad Egbert and Mom Lalonde. Several other well known examples are Rose Lalonde and Kanaya Maryam, Latula Pyrope and Mituna Captor, and Jade Harley and Davesprite (during the Yellow Yard trip, before John's 15th birthday). Many others exist, as well as flushed crushes (Kanaya Maryam for Vriska Serket, Nepeta Leijon for Karkat Vantas, etc.)

Note: Humans can take part in Quadrant relationships outside of the Flushed Quadrant, though some trolls thought this impossible.

Next, we explain

♠️: The Pitch (Caliginous) Quadrant

The simplest explanation of Pitch is always "romance, but with hate instead of love". People often find that hard to understand, but it's a trope that appears throughout media. One of the best examples I've found is LEGO Batman and LEGO Joker in the LEGO Batman Movie.

However, it's much more than simply "hate love". A Kisemesistude is more akin to a fierce arch-rivalry, with a troll competing against their Kismesis to outfox, outsmart, or simply defeat them.

The given example for a Kismesistude is Jack Noir and the Black Queen. Another example is Vriska Serket and Eridan Ampora's black romance, which fell apart before they started the game, Marquise Spinerette Mindfang and Orphaner Dualscar's Kismesistude, which they were mimicking, or Terezi Pyrope and Gamzee Makara's relationship in the pre-retcon timeline.

Note: no successful Kismesistudes exist within the main body of Homestuck: Vriska broke things off with Eridan and likewise Mindfang with Dualscar, and Gamzee was physically and mentally abusing Terezi. All canon kismesistudes have either not budded, or ended with one of the two Kismesis dumping the other, or attempting to kill them. (John and Terezi doesn't count in this case, as its continuation only exists in the Epilogues, a dubiously canon source.) This does not, however, mean all Kismesistudes are doomed to fail.

There are also numerous Pitch crushes, such as Eridan Ampora on Rose Lalonde, Gamzee Makara on Dave Strider (or possibly the Insane Clown Posse, it's unclear) and the aforementioned John Egbert for Terezi Pyrope and vice versa.

Now, it wouldn't be a Homestuck post without an Intermission (possibly the first of several!)

🪣: The Bucket Intermission

I'll keep this short.

Flushed and Pitch pairings can, through undescribed processes, produce a combination of genetic material, which is then collected in a Filial Pail (bucket) by Imperial Drones to be fed to the Mother Grub, who then makes all the baby trolls from the gametes, probably.

Hussie also wrote a short paragraph about dominant and recessive genes which makes me think they know less about dominant and recessive genes than the writers of Metal Gear Solid, but that's not that important right now.

If a troll is unable to provide suitable generic materials, they will be culled by the drone, meaning finding concupiscent quadrantmates is a key goal for a troll's survival.

Anyway, back to romance, with

♣️: The Ashen Quadrant

The clubs symbol notably has 3 circles, which relates to the way this relationship (the most misunderstood one, in my experience) works.

Clubs relationships, or Auspisticisms, are formed when a third troll sees a pair involved in a feud, and decides to step in to mediate, becoming their Auspistice. The purpose of an Auspistice is not the mediate and grow a Pitch relationship, as it's often portrayed, but in fact prevent it from developing.

This is because trolls often feud with each other, causing possible Kismesistudes, but (conventionally) troll romance is monogamous in-quadrant, and having two or more Kismesis would be considered infidelity in conventional troll society, as well as that too many Kismesistudes can increase danger in troll society, and mis-matched rivalries can cause trolls to be stuck in relationships they do not like.

An Auspisticism is often defined by the attraction specifically of the Auspistice *toward* the rival pair, and their wish to mediate them. This is known as an Ashen Crush, much like above Pitch and Flushed Crushes.

Examples of known Auspisticisms within canon Homestuck are Kanaya Maryam between Vriska Serket and Tavros Nitram, Doc Scratch between Spades Slick and Snowman (though Scratch's intervention was more driven by accomplishing his own goal of having Slick kill Snowman), and Jade Harley between Bec Noir and the Peregrine Mendicant in [S] Collide, though this ended in failure.

Next, let's move onto

♥️🔁♠️: Quadrant Vacillation

Another known occurrence within troll society and its romantic framework is the Vacillation of two trolls between multiple quadrants. While canon only gives examples of Flushed/Pitch Vacillation, it's stated that this is but the most common type of Vacillation.

This occurs because troll relationships are incredibly malleable. To quote from the comic again:

In many cases, one party will have red feelings while the other has black. But it will often be the case that one party's feelings will swap to match the other's, since there is no quadrant which naturally accommodates such a disparity. But thereafter, it's not uncommon for the two to toggle between red and black in unison now and then. These scenarios naturally result in both red and black infidelities.

This is stated to be a key reason for the existence of the Ashen and Pale quadrants, to prevent such infidelities. Auspistices are intended to be able to stabilise these turbulent relationships, but failure to uphold this role can lead to more instability and chaos within the mixed relationship.

Equius Zahhak and Aradiabot are shown as the key example of Vacillation, caused by Aradia's distain of the former for his rudeness and the fact he planted a chip inside her robot body that would make her love him, and Equius's attraction to the latter paired with his somewhat fetishisation of the caste system (a story for another time). Vriska Serket and Tavros Nitram's relationship is also mentioned, with Vriska's continued mimicking of Mindfang pushing her to meld Tavros into a fitting Matesprit, while at the same time expressing distain for his unwillingness to broach a relationship, and his wimpish behaviour. This is also further complicated by Tavros genuinely being attracted to Vriska, but too scared of her to commit to a relationship, and their Auspistice Kanaya Maryam's flushed crush on Vriska also, leading to her slacking her duties so to speak.

And now, we move onto the final quadrant, the specifically requested one:

♦️: The Pale Quadrant

Pale relationships are called a Moirallegiance, in which two trolls are Moirails. This quadrant can be liked to soulmates, but with a more platonic (yet still romantic) lean.

Moirails, also called Palemates, exist with the purpose to calm down and pacify their Pale partner. Trolls are (said to be) inherently an angry, violent species, with some being dangerous to themselves or society if left alone. Pale attraction exists for a troll of such tendencies to find a partner who can pacify them (positively), and for even-tempered trolls to seek out those who would benefit from their assistance.

A perfect Moirallegiance is said to consist of two trolls who mutually pacify and assist each other, whose emotional profiles fit together well, helping them to form other relationships in different quadrants with ease.

Moirallegiance is often confused by trolls for platonic friendship, and vice versa, and furthermore, Flushed attraction may be confused for Pale. The Flushed quadrant is said to be "more red" than the Pale one by Eridan Ampora, and likewise the Pitch quadrant "blacker" than the Ashen one, as one might expect from their describing colours.

The most well known Moirallegiance in Homestuck would of course be Meowrails, Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak. Others include the Draconian Dignitary and Bec Noir, Karkat Vantas and Gamzee Makara, and Feferi Peixes and Eridan Ampora (although Eridan held a Flushed crush for Feferi, similar to the one Kanaya held for Vriska during her Moirallegiance with her).

Finally, the an important thing that Moirail can do for their partner, in cases of both dire need of calming down, and a lighter gesture of aid, is the Shoosh Pap, performed by Karkat Vantas to Gamzee Makara to calm him down from his murderous rampage at the end of Act 5 Act 2. Karkat says:

IT'S JUST A TROLL THING, HUMANS WOULDN'T GET IT.

You would think this is everything, and it almost is, but Hussie's explanation forgoes one particular part of troll romance that is only later elaborated on by Karkat:

♥️♠️♥️♠️: Group Vacillation

Um.

You see.

Do you get it?

I think the diagram is clear enough.

Ok, we're done here.

Edit: it is worth noting that this system of quadrants is actually quite limited, both in terms of actual occurrences in the comic, and how it is often portrayed in fanfiction and fanworks, as (due to its time of writing) does not take into account polyamory in the same quadrant.

Edit 2: Redrom also has nothing canonically related to "pity". Saying "I pity you" to a Moirail or Matesprit in place of "I love you" is not a normal thing for trolls; it's based in a model that exclusively Karkat Vantas came up with and talks about, because of his repressed emotional state; he believes there can only be two emotions, hate and pity, and all other emotions are derived from the two. It's not an accurate representation of the workings of troll romance, only a reflection of his state within the comic.

If you want to know *all* about *all* canon examples of *all* four quadrants, or explanation of the other species's versions of romance, those will have to come at a later date. I could also probably make diagrams. But that will have to do for now, I'm afraid. If you find any inaccuracies that aren't about the spelling of Moirallegiance, (trust me, even the comic doesn't know how to spell it), please let me know! I can also probably answer any questions or clarifications in any reblogs, asks, or replies, but they won't necessarily be this extensive.

(Oh and also if anyone wants me to explain that one gif from the section, I can do that too. You know the one.)

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homestuckreplay · 3 months

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TURNTECH GODHEAD JUMPSCARE!

(page 308-312)

OH PSYCHE????

This asshole came outta fucking NOWHERE right when I was looking at a cool wizard painting on Rose's wall. Truly Dave Strider is just like his raps, always showing up where he's not wanted.

'standing around being all chill, like cool dudes are known to do sometimes' would a cool dude think this? really? I mean, as a sword owner I WILL acknowledge that slashing things with a sword is pretty cool. I bet Dave has a Wii and attaches the remote to a sword. And it's interesting that we open on an action shot of Dave, as he literally forces his way into the story and then starts attacking, compared to John and Rose being more passive.

TT: I must have a weakness for insufferable pricks. (p.63)

TG: and for that matter you should probably wash your hands of flighty broads and their snarky horseshit altogether (p.204)

Both Dave and Rose's 'wrong' names as entered by the player come from pesterlogs where they're talking about the other, which is fun. John's been part of all Pesterchum chats so far, but I really hope we get to see Rose and Dave talk soon. They're both so obnoxious in different ways I really want to see how they'll bounce off one another.

Dave just looks so EXPRESSIONLESS with no visible eyes and the tiny straight line mouth. His SUNGLASSES show more emotion than he does. I guess this is the birthday gift John got for Dave that 'touched stiller's weird, sort of gaunt face at some point.' A quick search says these are from the Starsky & Hutch movie, which I guess I'll watch soon.

As for Dave's room, there's a LOT going on. The rooms are getting progressively messier, from John to Rose to Dave, so I can't even imagine GG's. The main feature here is the turntables hooked up to various computers and gadgets in an expensive, convoluted audio mixing system. I guess this is the turntech. And the godhead is Dave with his belief that it's okay to have a dozen trailing electrical cables in his room because tripping and electrocution aren't a risk to him.

This music studio combined with the extensive record collection and the record on his shirt really gives Dave the vibe of 'guy who makes music his entire personality'. The envelopes for the Sburb beta discs are next to the turntables, but Dave recently told John he lost his copy and that 'its a stupid story and id rather not talk about it' so.... did Dave try to play the Sburb discs on the turntables or what?? And like, can we really expect smart decisions from someone who has TWO issues of GameBro on his desk?

Everything in Dave's room is held up by cinderblocks for some reason. I don't know if this is a real thing that people do or not. He's also into photography, which is a great hobby, but all his pictures are just of him which for sure loses him some Cool Points.

Dave also has a poster of the Midnight Crew, as featured in John's and our favorite website mspaintadventures.com, and his playing card suit bedsheets might be a reference to that too, so this webcomic is another shared interest of theirs. He's also kept the box from John's birthday gift, and next to the box half-inside the closet is a bottle Dave mentioned to John on page 26: 'i just found an unopened container of apple juice in my closet it is like fucking christmas up in here.' I really love all these nods to John and Dave's friendship scattered around the room.

#homestuck #reaction #dave strider #new guy just dropped #chrono

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impishthing · 4 months

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midnight crew dating sim similar to pesterquest where each chapter is a different member and it plays into the card suits/quadrants motif. like you have a steamy hate-makeout with spades slick and then go on a romantic dinner date with hearts boxcars.

#homestuck #the midnight crew #homestuck intermission #sky.txt

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cyborg-franky · 9 months

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Marco x GN Reader WC: 370 SFW

It was late into the evening, the world outside plunged into darkness save for the sprinkling of stars. Marco’s office was dimly lit, a comforting warm glow coming from the lantern sat next to the large armchair you were sitting in. You were reading a book, feeling your eyes growing heavy but you’d wanted to stay up, keep Marco company as he did some research.

You glanced down at him, his legs stretched out, piles of papers and books scattered either side of him on the floor. He leaned against your chair and even without seeing his face you could tell he was in deep concentration.

He worked so hard and so much. Even after the crew had finished partying and retired to their rooms he was still burning the midnight oil. You knew he didn't sleep much, tried to pack as much into those hours he didn’t need to spend sleeping as he could.

Marco turned a page, adjusted, and sat up a little straighter, you smiled softly to yourself, admiring how hard-working your partner was. Without thinking you reached over and started to play with his hair, carding hands through his floppy locks, fingertips gentle against his scalp.

He sighed happily and leaned into your touch, you could see the tension leave his shoulders as he moved his head closer to you, enjoying the soft loving caresses. You could have sworn he made a happy chirp from the petting.

You played with his hair, running fingers through the strands, how soft his hair felt between them. Marco had closed the book he was reading, head flopped back giving you all of his hair to play with.

“Is my handsome bird enjoying this?” You asked, once again running delicate touches across his head, before moving his bangs out of his face. “Hmm, yes.” He replied and adjusted so he could smile up at you, half lidded eyes and content tiredness seeping in.

“I could stay like this always yoi.” Marco said softly.

You were pleased you got him to stop working, to sit back and relax. You carried on playing with his hair untill you heard soft snores, looks like you’d learned a new trick to help Marco sleep.

#one piece x you #one piece x reader #one piece reader insert #marco the phoenix #sfw #one piece #gender neutral reader #marco the phoenix x reader #marco op #marco one piece #marco x you #marco x reader #marco x yn #one piece reader #one piece yn #one piece x yourname #one piece imagine #marco

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annelidist · 3 months

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My go to in ripping stuff from games or other media in ttrpg campaigns has been raid encounters from various games with the mechanics slightly tuned a bit for combat heavy stuff. My group also enjoyed my suspiciously playing card themed band of mercenaries (I just wholesale slapped the midnight crew into my lancer campaign) 10/10 would recommend doing shit like that

to be fair a squadron of suit-themed mercenaries with the callsigns SLICK, DROOG, BOXCARS, and DEUCE is just like, an average miniboss encounter for that game. if you changed the names i'd say it'd be fully plausibly deniable

#bones.txt #asks

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obscure-skirmish · 1 year

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Woe, bracket be upon ye

Listing them all under the cut from top to bottom. Also tourney starts tomorrow!

Steel Samurai (Ace Attorney)

Jammin' Ninja (Ace Attorney)

Loch & Ness (An Unauthorized Fan Treatise)

Together with Maman (Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan)

Mew Mew Kissy Cutie (Undertale)

Good Guys (Child's Play)

Jupiter Jim (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Stab (Scream)

DoReMiFa Beat (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)

Crying Breakfast Friends (Steven Universe)

The Itchy & Scratchy Show (The Simpsons)

Reptar (Rugrats)

Moffun to Issho (Ohsama Sentai King Ohger)

Donshine (Ultraman Geed)

Oh! That's a Baseball! (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders)

Inscryption (Inscryption)

Good Witch Azura (The Owl House)

Dairy Farm Card Game (ProZD Skits)

Knights of the Round (A3!)

The Murder at Haversham Manor (The Play That Goes Wrong)

Pink Dark Boy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)

Midnight Crew (Homestuck)

Bug Rangers (Bug Fables)

Featherman (Persona Series)

Ducktective (Gravity Falls)

Funyarinpa (Zero Escape)

Sumo Slammers (Ben 10)

Pretty Princess (Wordgirl)

Squiddles (Homestuck (again))

Teen Girl Squad (Homestar Runner)

Daring Do (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)

#fiction in fiction #bracket #i ain't tagging all that #some of these might not fit but it's fine it's funny #yes i am aware homestuck is here twice #it's funny

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loreholdlesbian · 4 months

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Thunder Junction Play Booster Challenge

Hey y'all! With every set I like to make a booster pack's worth of custom cards to play around with. This challenge is based on one from the 3rd Great Designer Search, so one thing I like to do is push the boundaries and find new innovations on the mechanics and themes as well as on the general mechanics of magic. However, I also want the cards to feel at home in the set so I need to balance novelty and boundry pushing with not feeling completely out of place. That all said, let's get into it!

Art links:

Crimson Bandit

Dawn Assault

Archon's Host

Aether Bombardment

Thunderhoof Phantom

Assemble the Crew

Atiin Nomad

Midnight Slinger

Thunder Wings

Killer Crewmember

Doomed Stormkin

Shepherd Raptor

Lawless Dunes

Rare

Crimson Bandit 1B Creature- Vampire Rogue Flying, lifelink Plot 1BB (You may pay 1BB and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if Crimson Bandit is plotted, draw a card and put a loot counter on this card, then you lose 1 life for each loot counter on it. 2/1

There were a few cards that have a triggered effect when you plot them, but I wanted to push that a step further and give you an effect while it's plotted. I gave this particular one a downside to encourage you to eventually cast it.

Bonus Sheet Card

Dawn Assault 4LL Enchantment [rare] (L can be paid with either R or by tapping an untapped red creature you control.) Whenever a creature you control becomes untapped, Dawn Assault deals 1 damage to any target. Constables Up All Night To Catch Sunrise Bandit!

This is a new mechanic that's kind of like phyrexian mana (Pretend that L has a red cast to it, and a better symbol while we're at it. Im very limited in what the card creator lets you put in mana costs), but with a much safer alternate cost. It's kinda convokey, but has a strong benefit in that it can be mixed with normal mana costs and used in activated abilities as well as spell costs. I decided to use it here, because it played in a somewhat similar space to mount using tapping creatures as a cost which means I could make a card like this that would synergize with what the set is doing. Makes for a good bonus sheet card.

Uncommons

Archon's Host 2W Enchantment- Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature is an Archon in addition to its other types and has flying and “Whenever this creature attacks, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it.” If enchanted creature is a Mount, it’s saddled.

One fun thing I realized is that Magic has two species- Archons and Specters- that always are seen riding a mount. This card is part of a mirrored pair, the other being a 2 mana black card that makes a player discard. I thought that would be a fun thing to play around with in the set introducing mounts. The flavor here is that the archon manifests itself on a holy mount and the "It's saddled" text is a flavorful way to do that that also shows that there might be more you can do with the saddle mechanic using alternate ways to saddle. When it's on a non-Mount, the archon manifests more through possession than riding them.

Aether Bombardment U Instant Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + 1 - Tap or untap target nonland permanent. You may choose this mode more than once. + U - Draw a card. “Don’t worry, at least you’ll wake up. More than I can say for the poor fool you shot.”

This is technology I think would be useful on other kinds of modal cards too, letting specific modes have unique features, but I think it's especially useful on spree since it means you can make it more like multikicker on a card-by-card basis. This card is meant to be part of a cycle with a generic costing mode that can be used multiple times and a colored cost that can be used once.

Thunderhoof Phantom 1U Creature- Spirit Mercenary Flying Thunderhoof Phantom can block only creatures with flying. Whenever Thunderhoof Phantom deals combat damage to a player, until your next turn, you may cast spells as though they had flash. 2/1

This card doesn't have too much of a story behind it, I just thought a flash-granter would be a good way to synergies with the WU archetype and I liked the idea of it being on a combat trigger to encourage less of a draw-go style of play.

Assemble the Crew 3B Instant Mill five cards. Return an Assassin card from your graveyard to your hand, then do the same for Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, and Warlock.

I don't think there should be many cards in the set that treat outlaws more like party where you want diversity, but I think a little bit is fun. I wanted to cost the card where you were happy with it at about 3 or even 2.

Commons

Atiin Nomad 1W Creature- Human Nomad Whenever Atiin Nomad becomes tapped, untap it. This ability triggers only once each turn. 3/1 “I like this world. Much more fun than the last two.”

Here's a card that's good synergy for Mounts, you can saddle something and still attack with it, but you can also just use it as Pseudo-vigilance.

Midnight Slinger 2U Creature- Human Wizard Vigilance T: Add U. Spend this mana only to cast your second spell each turn. 2/3 “You, me, and our thunderweapons at Moon’s Height. Winner gets to walk away.”

Here's an exploration of what blue can do mana dork wise, that ties into the UR draft archetype and the plot shennanigans.

Thunder Wings 1U Enchantment- Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying and ward 3. Plot 1U (You may pay 1U and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Auras are a great card type for the plot mechanic, cause they really benefit from being able to go down before the creature you need to enchant does. Only one card plays around in that space so I wanted to do another; a protection mechanic felt like a good use cause cause that's something you really want to get on the creature as soon as it's down.

Killer Crewmember 2B Creature- Gorgon Assassin Deathtouch Killer Crewmember has menace as long as you control a non-Assassin outlaw. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.) 2/2

I wanted to explore what else you can do with the outlaw mechanic. Specifically, I looked into things you can do with outlaw that you can't just do with any old typal card, and this was what I came up with. It encourages playing a wider variety of outlaws, without needing you to go all out like party does. I intend this to be a cycle, with each color caring about a different type.

Doomed Stormkin 3R Creature- Elemental Trample, haste At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice Doomed Stormkin unless you committed a crime this turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) 5/4 Those already attuned to storms must focus to avoid becoming one with the plane.

Crimes!!!!!! this was a difficult card to flavor but I like what i came up with. i couldn't really find anything novel to do with crimes beyond this

Shepherd Raptor 4G Creature- Dinosaur Mount Whenever one or more creatures you control attack while saddled, you gain 3 life. Saddle 1 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.) 5/4

Here's something just a little different with saddle. If you have no other mounts, you can trigger it for itself but this gets a lot better in a deck with other mounts like the GW one.

Lawless Dunes Land- Desert T: Add C. When Lawless Dunes enters the battlefield, if you control three or more lands that share a land type, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with “T: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.”

I wanted a desert reward and a desert and i was stuck at common, and that felt quite hard to do at common because the as-fan isn't high enough. What I came up with was this- it *can* be a desert reward, and it pushes you a bit toward that by being a desert itself, but it also works with basics.

#original post #mtg #custom magic card #booster challenge #thunder junction

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hydrate-or-diedrate · 1 year

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DAY 4 OF READING HOMESTUCK WE STARTING ACT 3 BABEYYY

According to the thing I'm looking at this act is about 400 pages so we'll see if I finish it in one day or not

Oh hello! Jade is a new name :0 that's someone I haven't even heard of from general fandom nonsense! So this is the little Fiver, huh?

Forgetful and too many interests to keep track of? I vibe

She plays the flute I can't wai- oh dear god

Her garden is lovely, at least

Casual teleportation okay- ah my apologies, casual transportalization

:0 Bassist? Hewwo? I wanna see the silly little girl play a sweet bass riff hewwoooo

"Pet and best friend named BECQUEREL" what you're just not gonna specify what he is? Ominous

Ahhh so she's a furry? Good for her

Ah not a furry

I-irradiated?? Steak??

SWEET BASS MUSIC YEAHHHH

Oh holy shit this lunchtop is gonna give me a headache

Oh lordy more midnight crew? Violence? Heck yeah

BEATDOWN (STRIDER STYLE)?

YEAH KILL THAT PUPPET MURDER HIM FUCK YEAH

Oh uh oh Dave sweety you seem to be getting beaten by the puppet actually

Goodness Cal is truly horrific

I love how sweet Jade is 😭

I'm sorry Rose, are you leaving your mother to burn up there? Hi??

OH GOSH JOHN IS GETTING MERCED

Thank God for nannaquin, if she offered me a cookie I'd take it despite my hatred of clowns

You know what while the captchalogue stuff bores me after a while I can respect that the author put so much effort into designing it, this is a lot of detail

Punch card calculator? Oh I so need to abuse this immediately

Nevermind I actually don't want to deal with images right now lmaoo

Having fun with the chess board imagery, eh, Andrew?

Oh Jade's grandpa is the collector of all collectors I see

Worm

Fuck carcinoGeneticist all my homies hate carcinoGeneticist

THEY ARE SQUIRTLE GLASSES

These brothers are really on their mall ninja shit

One of my friends called Dave's older brother "fuckable" and I'm judging them hardcore rn

YEAH JOHN AND NANNA FUCK EM UP

I respect the Peregrine Mendicant

Tea set? Ah tea set

KITTY

Oh my God this kitten is so cute

Into the room? 👀👀👀

INTO THE DAD'S ROOM

Aw fine, into the foyer

Oh my gosh Jade's grandfather is so silly looking and oh my gosh he's a statue??

Oh he's DEAD

I love the kitten so much it's not even funny

Oo time to feed the beast!

THE SHAPE

At last we are in the father's room

Aw man it's boring business guy things

John's dad is a badass look at he go

Finally a modus that doesn't make me want to die

Oh no it's gotten worse

HE GOT A LITTLE SUIT WHAT A LITTLE BUSINESS GUY

I am living for John's mental breakdowns

THE SHAPE OF THE GUY! BEC! THE BEAST THE GUY THE DUDE!

Arf

Yall it is so hard for me to not binge this entire comic since I have free time, I didn't expect to enjoy it this much

Bec is a very good boy

Damn Rose is in hot water. Well, hot not-water. Fire she's on fire

DREAMBOT?

VODKA MUTINI

MOVE THE FUCK OVER SERENITY MUTIE IS NEW BEST CHARACTER

Mr Mayor 🥺

Fuck it were shotgunning all of act 3 in one night because I have no self control right now

THE WRINKLEFUCKER

AT LAST THE PUPPET IS DEAD

Bec in da lava

JOHN AWAKENS

These trolls are absolutely going to be plot relevant later too, damn. It's such a funky mix of "every single thing is important" and "this is for a visual gag"

And now the Aimless Renegade

Is this guy a cop? He seems like a pissy little cop so far

"YOU ARE THE LAW WHOOPS" this is a great comic

THE BUTTERFLY WAS INNOCENT

Baby Jaaaade 🥹🥹🥹

Hey Jade this temple looks really ominous

Is he gonna drink the piss

WIZARD CAAAAAAT

And that's the end of act 3 now we got Rose in here babeyyyyyy

I can see why this story used to be so popular and is still loved to this day this is so damn fun :)

#breadstuck #fuck me i wasnt expecting to enjoy this so much

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It is a quiet day in the hideout wherein each crew member is minding his own business. slick is sitting at the table sharpening his float like a butterfly sting like a butterfly knife. deuce has cards laid out on the floor playing freecell while kicking his short legs and Droog is at his luxurious armchair reading pornography. Hearts is nowhere to be seen because all the midnight crew writers exclude him based on his weight. Deuce has been coughing and sneezing, wiping it on his sleeve, and droog has finally had enough, saying "We have tissues, deuce." Deuce says, well, I think it is economical and good for the environment as well if I just use my sleeve! It is washable unlike the tissues! Slick messes with his sleeve in the background, looking fidgety. He is carving hard on his butterfly knife. Droog says use a handkerchief if youre concerned about the environment. Stop ruining your jacket. Deuce has a stuffy voice , asking, can i borrow yours? Droog finally lowers his newspaper and assumes his first facial expression of the day. "No." Slick has dropped the knife and harshly rubs his sleeve against his arm again. Everyone hears the little annoyed sound he makes because he is so pissed. He pulls down the sleeve to see that some kind of crust has developed on his shell and quickly tugs it up again. Deuce was watching. He says do you have eczema boss? Slick is PISSED and puts his arm to his chest, saying, chess people dont get that shit. by the way, I have an allergy to retarded deucebags. He gets up to leave but the camera shot is mildly blurry and he seems disoriented. Deuce says oh.. sorry about that boss, I will try to become hypoallergenic, as his voice is increasingly drowned out by a heart palpitations sound track. Droog looks at slick with a very small frown. "boss?" slick mumbles in response. the camera begins fading and getting replaced with static... "...BOSS!" crap clattering sound effect. Now it pans out on an unflattering shot of slick sprawled out on the floor, on top of the cards, while droog and deuce are flipping out (in their own ways) and also boxcars came out of his room. cut to black. Cue House MD Intro.

Cuddy is explaining to some random hospital admin that a carapacian patient needs to be transferred to another hospital that specialises in treating chess people. House has overheard because hes there for some reason and is interested, making a racial comment, "I think we can handle a little pest problem." (dersites are likened to cockroaches)"I'll take the case." After a small argument that includes a comment on her clothing Cuddy allows him to take it for some reason but says if he screws up she will personally oversee the patients transfer. The diagnostic team is gossiping in their office. Foreman says house is just interested in the patients bionic limb technology and scoffs at the idea of house as a cyborg. Cameron says it's a good option for him to explore and chase says hah, maybe fifty years from now, signifying awareness that slick has access to future tech yet lives in their world for some reason that never gets addressed again. House walks in making a snarky comment indicating awareness of their gossip and begins listing off slick symptoms. the ER blood test noted his potassium was low so they were on fixing this. but he has a rash that seems to be getting worse. Unusual for people with insectlike carapaces for skin. Foreman remarks about how maybe he should be treating someone of his own species and house says thats funny because, you treat white patients all the time! Foreman stares at him. House just continues talking and then cameron goes to run tests on slick. Chase and foreman are sent to try to find the crews hideout. When cameron walks in the entire crew is chilling at the room staring at each other silently carapace style. Slick is angry that he has to be here and keeps insisting theres nothing wrong with him and says he just has an STD. he keeps picking on his IV but perks up upon seeing Cameron and asks if shes "in circulation." she is amused because she finds him cute (like an animal) and uses his interest as leverage to make him cooperate with testing him for an allergy and whatever else. She tests his reflexes and finds he doesnt have any but worries that she just doesn’t know how to test a carapacian’s reflexes, but deuce allows her to try it on him and it works. Droog keeps lighting cigarettes behind her back when she keeps telling him he cant smoke in the room but when she threatens to force him to leave he just wordlessly goes to smoke on their fancy private room balcony. Boxcars also keeps giving slick snacks he brought in from outside. Slick is having trouble breathing now and Cameron thinks its secondhand smoke and opens a window. but actually a cgi shot of inside his veins shows that his blood pressure is through the roof and alarming music is playing while he starts bleeding out of his olfactory area. also Deuce keeps sneezing everywhere

The team meet to discuss their findings. Foreman and chase had a short investigation someplace that was presumably the address on slicks file but its some dilapidated abandoned warehouse with just bloodstains and a shitty chair and a dangling lightbulb in the middle. No Dice. House tells cameron to put slick on whatever drugs for the rash and blood pressure and she says Already did. Theyre not working. and he is negative for STDs. House keeps trying to make them connect the blood pressure, hyporeflexia, and the rash into one condition and also deuce's cold. Is it just a cold..or is it related to slick’s condition? Nothing they think of makes sense along with the variables for carapace biology and house decides they NEED to find out where the crew lives. He says some stupid crap like: theyre are insect. they seek warmth at night. The team must trail the crew members outside of visitation. but cameron gets to stay and look after slick because House thinks its funny that slick is into her and wants to see if she can love a cockroach. this backfires because cameron is actually getting more exposure to droog who she keeps heckling about his smoking habit because she believes that second hand smoke is causing slicks high blood pressure and killing him and is trying to guilt droog about this.

Foreman and chase are driving and trailing deuce from afar because they figure hes the easiest. Deuce leads them all around everywhere but his schedule is really just very hectic and eventually it cuts to late night time when he goes to the hideout after theyve wasted several hours. Foreman and chase stare then look at each other as they finally watch him crawl into the pothole. Some time later they finally get to investigate the hideout and are amazed at the health hazards, possible sources of mold or sewage leaks. They collect several samples and note huge amounts of kefir and junk food in the fridge and candy stashes everywhere. Foreman peers at a scotty dog packet before throwing it into a biohazard bag and says yeah. with THIS diet it was only a matter of time before one of them got sick. Chase says theyre insects, they can eat anything they want. He’s in slicks room and makes a face at the knife under his pillow before going in a drawer and finding something. “Hey foreman.. check this out.” He emerges from the room dangling Slick’s scotty dog mag at foreman then tossing it at him. foreman looks disgusted and chase makes an unfunny joke containing the words “doggy style” that he doesnt react to. It cuts back to the meeting room where chase is saying this guy lives, breathes, eats, even fancies Scottie dogs. and kefir. Foreman says, Glycyrrhizin toxicity. He eats pounds of liquorice every day, his henchmen have clearly been sneaking him the liquorice while hes been here too. That explains the potassium and the high blood pressure. and the rash is EASILY a reaction to any of the mold in that sewer though they havent tested it yet. House says, “probably why he looks like a giant stick of liquorice too.” he rests his chin on his cane and noncommittally says "K." everyone stares at him. House says, as in, give Mr Samsa the K. And wean him off the candy. Slick refuses to eat any bananas and keeps limpwristedly slapping them away with his diminishing muscle strength even though chase, in a moment of imitating house, threatened to spray him with raid. also parts of his carapace are chipping off and discoloured and it's disturbing but his blood pressure is getting better.

House finally comes down to observe because hes been so interested in the metal arm and Slick quickly goes from throwing a banana tempy tanty to making a rude comment about him and his cane. House says something back regarding having two arms or two eyes. Slick continues to express distaste at being treated by a “cripple doctor” as if he conflates physical disabilities with intellectual disabilities. Droog actually lowers his newspaper and watchesvthis happen with Cameron, who still hates him for the cigarettes. slick begins acting strange. He asks house in a low tone if the room is REALLY private. You know... cus they have eyes everywhere. Droog tells slick not to bring this shit to the doctors but house is quiet and asks slick who "they" are. Cut to Foreman and chase who have been in the lab doing tests on various substances. they discover nothing from the hideout was causing slicks problem and burst into the meeting room to announce this but house says he knows. "Psychosis" is now written on the whiteboard while the liquorice poisoning symptoms are all crossed off because they resolved that. it makes no sense because droog told them that slick has always been scared of government cameras and body doubles getting planted to steal his bodily fluids etc. but House believes it is connected and that slick has been physically sick for longer than he let on. Foreman theorises its possible he has some rare infection and is just crazy at the same time. House lets him put slick on broad spectrum antibiotics and he seems to be improving, which pleases foreman because he is being proven right. They decide on an mri to confirm it further but slick becomes extremely aggressive and withdraws his consent when they tell him he needs to to take off his prosthetic arm for the test. Droog reveals that he is slick’s medical attorney becuse slick is criminally insane. He gladly signs off on the form to make slick have the mri. Slick loses his shit and uses his returning strength to fend off anyone who tries to make him take off his arm. Foreman tries to hit him with a sedative but can’t get the needle through his shell and can’t stop him from moving enough to stick it into one of his soft joints. Eventually chase pries slick’s mouth open while foreman squirts the medicine into his mouth like a dog. the procedure goes smoothly after this. They do not find anything. Chase jokes about it afterwards wondering what slick’s deal was since he could just put the arm back on afterwards. But house is quiet as he leans on his cane. “..He doesn’t want to be like me.”

Cameron uses this time to have her final emotional discussion with droog on the balcony. He says the candy was causing the blood pressure not the smoke and that's fine now. So what's the issue. Cameron keeps going on and on. she talks about how its going to kill him and if not him then slick. Droog says sure doll and takes a long drag. Cameron is so upset she walks back inside and is about to go into the hallway until she notices slick is having difficulty with his lunch. And its not a side effect of the drugs wearing off. There is a stressful cgi cut away of electricity travelling and flaring within slicks nerves and muscles. He's trying to stab his hospital meatloaf but his hand is quivering and his joints have locked up and seem inflamed. He nonchalantly switches to his metal hand but sees that cameron has been looking at him with shock. He looks back at her with a blank face as extremely tense music plays. Cut to black...

House mutters "Psoriatic arthritis." He figured it affects the nails on a human and the entire carapace on, a carapace. That’s what slicks “rash” is. But they cant figure out why he temporarily improved on the antibiotics before getting rapidly worse. theres no way he dodged any of the medicine because it’s in his iv. The conversation doesnt continue because they all get a page at once. Slick has shat blood.

Cameron is upset that slick keeps deteriorating because she feels like nothing that happens will make droog look like he cares. He just always sits there in the chair reading the paper with his legs crossed. House determines that Foreman’s antibiotics damaged his intestinal lining. They gave him the wrong dosage because they measured it for a human of his size while a carapacian metabolises it less efficiently. While they’re realising this house makes a face and goes ooouhh... Nobody tell cuddy! He visits Slick again and hobbles over next to his bed, on his blind side, where deuce was trying to spoon feed him his meatloaf ketchup dinner but he was pushing him off using his mechanical arm. Slick says “Leave it deuce the gimp’s here to poison me again!” and deuce scrambles away with the food. Slick points to the katchup meatloaf using his metal arm and tells house that it looks exactly like what he shit out two hours ago. House says conversationally “You know... WITH the cane i have three legs.” Slick is glaring at him hatefully. “But.. i still have two without it.” slick says it dont matter how many he has if they don’t work right. House lowers his tone and says “youre not better than me.” Slicks eye is narrowed. “Yeah. i’m a cripple sure. but you are too. Your ASSISTIVE DEVICE just happens to have more functions than mine.” slick continues showing his teeth at house and tells him to fuck off. House says So animalistic! whatever you say. One eye. and hobbles away

Some time later house is playing freecell on his office computer. Cuddy has just walked in. She says house.. we need to talk. House looks up at her casually. Admit it. you have no idea how to treat him and you're making him worse because you are using human solutions and diagnoses for a non human being. and MY ass is going to be getting sued by the carapace rights organisation. I forbid this. bluh bluh bluh. House does some bit about how their bodily systems are similar enough and says he thought she wanted to promote inter species equality at the hospital. He gets around cuddy again by pointing out that carapace hospitals are underfunded slum holes becuase nobody actually cares about those cute little rascals and that slick is likely better off here anyway. This is the truth so cuddy reluctantly allows him to keep slick. House takes out his frustration by going to wilson at the cafeteria and taking food off his plate. WIlson already knows and tells house hes gonna kill this guy because he didn’t realise carapaces have two miniature hearts instead of one normal sized one or something like that. (Carapacian is the modern accepted term to refer to them while carapace is a mildly dated term that people argue strips them of their personhood) House says come on you have to admit hes interesting. Wilson correctly deduces that the point of interest is slick’s fully functional prosthetic arm and that house would love to have some shit like this to replace his leg muscles or summat. House feels persecuted for his harmless interest but wilson truly thinks slick should get taken care of by carapace doctors, who “actually know what theyre doing” instead of being stuck with house just because he wants in on what slick has. House takes a swig of wilson’s coffee but it isn’t coffee. He looks at him weirdly and wilson mumbles “It’s kombucha.. just thought id try something new....” House looks more aghast and wison admits that he has been having gastrointentional issues and thought something probiotic would help. But he continues talking and says house needs to find a balance between satisfying his curiosity or actually helping patients, and speculates that a balance could never happen because these are the same concepts for house. House has begun staring into the distance. He mutters, you cant have one without the other... He gets up and quickly hobbles away

House bursts into slick’s room where hes curled up sweating in pain from gastrointestinal distress. A crappy cgi animation of bacteria cells moving in a microbiome and being killed by medicine is shown as he speaks. “When we gave you the antibiotics we got rid of the bacteras that were making you sick. Thats why you started getting better. But the medicine doesnt discriminate. When it went on its little extermination endeavour it targeted all the bacteria that was helping you, too. And because all youve had to eat in the last several days was cafeteria meatloaf and scottie dog candy,” (Cgi of proteins and carbohydrates travelling through while the evil looking bacteria in his stomach swarms around it) “your gut microbiome only fed the harmful bacteria instead of allowing any of the beneficial ones to regrow.” Slick is in shock and droog has raised his eyebrows. Slick eyes house, reluctant to trust him. He says, I have bacteria in me? House has hobbled up to his bed and says Yyyah. Right around...HERE. he jabs slick in the stomach with his cane causing him to double over. House turns to droog and says make sure he gets a share of your kefir stash from now on. He’ll live. and leaves the room

Later on slick has been discharged and the crew are all leaving the hospital together and boxcars has a plus one with him, the sexy nurse from earlier. thats what he was doing the entire time. 2000s easy listening music is playing. Before slick throws open the doors he sees house watching and shows his teeth and gums at him again. House has learned the ways of a carapace and shows his teeth a little back. Slick is satisfied and skulks out followed by droog and boxcars and his babe. Deuces voice is heard: DOCTOR HOUSE! He is standing there looking very little next to house. He says My boss wanted me to give this to you! I think he was too shy to do it himself! he puts a note into houses hand and then does a short guy scuttle out of the lobby. House looks at the note. It is the phone number and name of an underground carapacian prosthetic clinic. Credits begin

PICTURE Drawn by @nfpa704

#house md #spades slick #homestuck #midnight crew #karkat vantas

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skaiakin · 10 months

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aradia megido　—　panel edit　 ╱　with steam lolita, themes of playing cards and the midnight crew, a wide brim hat with goggles, and curly hair.

#homestuck kin #aradia megido kin #kin edit #kin requests #request #mod s

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homestuckreplay · 19 days

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kill them with bladekindness

(page 575-586)

9/3/2009 Wheel Spin: Parent Bad :( Verdict: It’s The Background Texture

9/4/2009 Wheel Spin: Long Pesterlog Verdict: Dave Should Pester John About This

Not much actually happens in these pages, just picking things up and putting them down, so I re-read all Dave’s POV sections so far to experience his uninterrupted slow descent into puppet madness. And it was actually very enlightening and is probably a good way of re-reading for character development/analysis now that character switches are happening so regularly.

But today I was just trying to figure out how the fuck hash map works.

Dave brags to John a couple times about being a super hardcore genius sylladex user, and he’s exaggerating, but not totally lying. As well as already having his strife specibus allocated, on p.576 he does a smooth box catch after seeing the fireworks ejected out the corner of his eye, and on p.579 he shows off by intentionally ejecting and then dodging about ten shurikens. Even though there’s way easier ways he could have accomplished that – such as GENTLY GATHERING (5) the shurikens to free up card 5, then taking the box.

Except, it makes sense if we assume Dave is practicing. In the past we’ve seen Dave mess with his sylladex in his room and in the bathroom, but this is the first time he’s used it in the public areas of the house – and with the Dude Dodge and demonstrations of using different words for the same item and dealing with collisions, it’s almost like he’s putting on a performance. On p.386, he tells John: ‘you should look into weaponizing your sylladex. my bro is always getting on my case about it but man its not as easy as it sounds.’

We’ve now learned that Dave’s bro stocks the kitchen with weapons, which could be there specifically for sylladex practice. Dave’s bro, who it’s been implied also uses hash map, could have been practicing the shuriken-dodge maneuver for years, to use if he ever gets into a real fight. (Or is there a league? Is sylladex usage a sport and Dave’s bro is like a former high school football player who’s trying to train up a younger family member to relive their glory days)?

These kitchen violence pages pair well with Dave reading the Midnight Crew on p.329-331. ‘A familiar feeling stirs. That feeling is overwhelming, soul-blackening rage. It's the sort of rage that'll make a man feel totally justified in sporting an unnecessarily elaborate assortment of fancy blades’ is a line referring to Spades Slick, but Dave lives with a man who sports an unnecessarily elaborate assortment of fancy blades, so I wonder what soul-blackening rage Bro is feeling and why. It makes me think about how a hyperviolent character in a piece of media can be very fun and likeable, but that same trait in a real person, especially one you live with, is terrifying, and certainly gets different reactions from Dave.

Page 585 shows some different options for hash map point scoring, and I wonder which is most user friendly. Scrabble points is fun, but only helpful if you’ve memorized the Scrabble score system. 2-point consonants and 1-point vowels, which Dave has been using, is pretty easy to calculate numbers for, but certain cards seem like they come up a lot more than others. A short, 3-5 letter word will probably occupy cards 5 through 9, and it gets harder to fill up those low numbered cards when calculating in a hurry. The system where A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, probably solves that issue, but involves working with much bigger numbers, which (if playing TTRPGs has taught me anything) lots of people struggle with. A good hash map needs to be easy to calculate and leave items naturally well distributed among cards.

The most effective hash map, I think, wouldn't depend on function but would have a standard set of 20-30 items that you regularly captchalogue and know the values for, along with ways of retrieving them. So when leaving the house, I could have my KEYS in card 6 and use them to OPEN the front door, plus my WALLET in card 0 to EXCHANGE MONEY for goods and services, but when I go home I can switch them out for a BAKING TRAY (6) that I could use to COOK dinner, and a LAPTOP (0) to easily BROWSE the internet. (If I wanted to leave the house with my laptop, I could captchalogue it as a PORTABLE DEVICE (2) for SURFING THE WEB). Getting to know these items really well, and the ways they might be used as weapons, would probably be way easier than just figuring it out as you go.

Of course, when losing a sylladex battle, you can just hit that eject button for a near guaranteed win. It’s possible this counts as a forfeit or is just bad conduct, but with a sylladex full of shurikens it might just be worth it. ‘detect collisions,’ in this context, feels like using training wheels on a bike or those railings over the bowling lane gutters. You should do it to learn, but some assholes will look down on it, and it’s totally not allowed in competitions.

I also noted on this reread how it’s very common for Dave to have the tiny flashing exclamation point above his head when he gets a sudden shock. This might have happened once or twice with John or Rose, I’d need to reread more to check, but it’s definitely a lot more common with Dave. He could be easily startled, it could be an artistic way of showing his emotion when he wouldn’t show it on his face like other characters do, or this could be where Dave stores his unused exclamation points that he’s too cool to put in chat messages.

Finally. I love the bit on p.581 when the picture of Sweet Bro or Hella Jeff gets knocked off the fridge and slowly floats to the floor.

#homestuck #reaction #i DO wish i had a sylladex is the thing #i make fun of these guys but i would be CONSTANTLY captchaloguing things if i could #i would become a demon at work and captchalogue peoples pens right outta their hands #chrono

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sweatertheman · 2 years

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Homestuck Observation.

Current position in story, bull boy got sexually assualted by The Funny Vriska, rambling about troll romance, the story devolves into meta nonsense where the writer loses his shit in a spooky attic wearing bad troll cosplay, forces us to reread troll romance rambling, something about Spades Slick and Clubs Deuce, Sollux died, cheated death, and is now reading Karkat's dumb board for all his dumb game nonsense.

Isn't it weird how the end outcome for planets that end up playing "sburb" is destruction and repopulation by the remnants of creatures created BY the game? Even though the Alternian session created Spades Slick, enemy of the Felts and Lord English, I think it created Snowman, one of the Felts. At the same time, in the Earth session, regardless of Jack Noir's interfereance, isn't it odd how these planets get wiped out and repopulated by these beings? What is the true end goal of "sburb"? What is Lord English's goal? Who are the Felts? Who are the Midnight Crew? Why is Midnight Crew also a piece of Earth fiction? How does an indestrucible time demon and leader of a time-themed gang benefit from the destruction of whole races? That, or why does his arrival in Paradox Space necessitate the destruction of said races? Does Lord English intend to take over the universe? What does "sburb" have to do with playing cards? Did the Midnight Crew just appropriate troll romance iconography for their new identities following the thrashing of Alternia? Why did Lord English set up shop there? What does he intend to do with a time-themed gang? Is he just fucking with us?

I hate time travel! Especially Homestuck time travel. Fuck Lord English. I don't even know him, but I blame him for all the contradictory time travel tomfoolery. I hope John Egbert pisses all over his time grave, and I don't even like John Egbert! He's underdeveloped thus far, and is also a disgrace to the field of ectobiology!

#homestuck

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THE LATEST CHAPTER OF MMM WAS SO GOOD!! I love when the morons act like morons. Idk if you take requests but if you do Do you have any headcanons for Kaider's actual wedding/honeymoon?

Thank you!! The final bonus drabble comes out now so look out for it.

And yes and no. When Cinder's Adventure was announced I halted all headcanons in anticipation and...it didn't really deliver much about the wedding itself. I have more engagement headcanons (if you want those lemme know) but I do have one particular wedding headcanon:

Cinder and Kai have a big ceremony and reception that's quite formal. Only serious wedding speeches are allowed and Cinder and Kai weren't allowed to write whatever vows they wanted (nor did Cinder feel comfortable baring her soul to billions of watchers). The reception is still fun with music and dancing but there's so many political guests around who aren't really their friends. So at around midnight the crew retreat to Kaider's new shared suite and have their own private party.

Everyone (and I mean everyone) gives a wedding speech congratulating the couple and detailing how they first met them. Thorne and Iko argue over which one of them got Kaider together. Jacin exaggerates Cinder's embarrassingly obvious denial of her feelings for Kai in the early days.

Then Cinder and Kai get to say real vows, though mostly off-the-cuff, to each other. They loose many of the clunky details of their clothing by this point--sashes and capes and jewellery and medallions are shed for better dancing mobility and arm wrestling matches. Everyone stays up until 3am dancing and playing videos games and cards and karaoke. It keeps the "house wedding" tradition continuing from Scarlet and Wolf's wedding.

#the lunar chronicles #tlc #lunar chronicles #linh cinder #cinder #kaider #prince kai #emperor kaito #carswell thorne #iko #selene blackburn #kaider wedding #jacin clay #kaider headcanon

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crappy-homestuck-confessions · 10 months

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People asking for homestuck in fortnite as if you can't already play as the midnight crew in it (see: the wild card skin set)

#homestuck confession #mod anu #homestuck

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laidee-flegman · 10 months

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Third day of Christmas journaling prompts - Childhood memories!

Santa's Workshop Flashback: What was your image of Santa's workshop as a kid? Describe the magical details you imagined, from elves to toy production.

The Christmas Morning Wake-Up Call: Take us back to the moment you woke up on Christmas morning as a child. What was the first thing you noticed, and how did you feel?

The Great Cookie Caper: Share your childhood strategy for catching Santa in the act. Did you leave out cookies, set up traps, or write him a persuasive note?

The Tree-Trimming Tradition: Recall the annual ritual of decorating the Christmas tree. What ornaments were your favorites, and did your family have any quirky traditions?

The Letter to Santa: What were your most outrageous requests in your letters to Santa? Any funny stories about what you thought would convince him to bring you the goods?

Holiday Hijinks: Did you ever pull a prank during the holidays or witness one? Spill the cocoa – what happened, and was it all in good fun?

Ugly Sweater Showdown: Describe the most memorable Christmas sweater you wore as a kid. Bonus points for any embarrassing photos that may still be floating around!

Christmas Morning Breakfast: What was the go-to breakfast on Christmas morning in your house? Pancakes, cinnamon rolls, or perhaps something a bit more unconventional?

The Gift-Wrapping Chronicles: Share your wrapping skills as a kid. Did you meticulously measure and fold, or did you embrace the glorious chaos of crumpled paper and excessive tape?

Snow Day Shenanigans: If you experienced snowy Christmases, what were your favorite activities? Snowball fights, building snowmen, or attempting the elusive perfect snow angel?

The Caroling Crew: Did you ever go caroling as a child? What songs were in your repertoire, and did you have any hilarious mishaps while spreading holiday cheer?

The Annual Nativity Play: If you participated in a nativity play, share your role and any amusing anecdotes from the performance.

The Stocking Surprise: What was the most unexpected thing you found in your stocking? Any childhood favorites that still make you smile?

The Annual Family Photo Shoot: Describe your family's attempts at getting that perfect Christmas card photo. Any funny outtakes or unexpected photobombs?

The Christmas Countdown: Did your family have an Advent calendar or any other creative ways to count down the days until Christmas? How did you mark each passing day?

The Midnight Mass Marvel: If your family attended a midnight Christmas service, share your memories of the atmosphere, the hymns, and any comical moments.

The Neighborhood Decorations Tour: Take us on a journey through your childhood neighborhood during the holidays. What houses had the most impressive decorations?

The Classroom Gift Exchange: Reminisce about the excitement of the annual classroom gift exchange. What was the coolest gift you received, and did you have any favorite classmates to exchange with?

The Homemade Ornament Odyssey: Share memories of crafting Christmas ornaments as a kid. What materials did you use, and do any of your handmade treasures still adorn your tree?

The Midnight Sneak Peek: Did you ever sneak a peek at your Christmas gifts before the big day? What lengths did you go to, and were the discoveries worth the risk?

The Christmas Eve Traditions: Describe your family's Christmas Eve traditions. Did you open a single gift, have a special meal, or participate in any unique rituals?

The Christmas Special Extravaganza: What was your all-time favorite Christmas TV special or movie as a child? Bonus points if you can still recite lines or sing the theme song!

The Secret Santa Schemes: Did you ever participate in Secret Santa at school or with friends? Share your most memorable gift exchanges and any amusing hints or surprises.

The Holiday Crafting Chaos: Share memories of any DIY Christmas crafts you tackled as a child. Did you make cards, ornaments, or maybe even attempt your version of Santa's workshop?

The Grandparent's House Getaway: If you visited your grandparents for Christmas, what special traditions or treats awaited you there? Grandmas and grandpas often know the secrets to extra festive fun!

The Adventurous Midnight Snack: Did you ever embark on a late-night kitchen adventure for a Christmas snack? What tasty treats did you concoct in the wee hours?

The Christmas Wish List Wonders: Reflect on the epic Christmas wish lists you created as a child. Were they pages long, and did you ever get that one special item you hoped for?

The Caroling Candy Cane Trail: Did your family ever go caroling in the neighborhood, leaving treats for friends and neighbors? Share your sweet stories from the candy cane trail.

The Winter Break Wonders: Reflect on your favorite activities during winter break as a child. Did you build epic snow forts, embark on family trips, or create your winter wonderland at home?

The New Year's Eve Nostalgia: Round off the Christmas memories with a look into New Year's Eve. How did your family celebrate, and did you have any unique traditions to ring in the new year?

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