#and no clowning or trolling is allowed

[pally-plate]

I am genderqueer but I am not non-binary.

I am a binary gender. That binary gender is male, and happens to also be genderqueer. Even if that “technically counts as being non-binary,” it doesn’t to me.

I am two genders at the same time, but I am not bi-gender.

I have two gender identities. They coexist at the same time and never change. I am always male and always genderqueer. However, I am not bi-gender. You might be scratching your head and wondering how that’s even possible. How can someone who’s two genders at once which never change not be bi-gender?

Because I’m not. The label just doesn’t fit me. I do not identity with the label bi-gender. I am not bi-gender, I am genderqueer. A genderqueer guy.

Although my gender fluctuates in intensity, I am not gender-flux.

My gender tends to be silly goofy and likes to fluctuate in how ‘intense’ it is. One day, I could be feeling 100% super manly man, boyly boy, and want only to be addressed using he/him/his, no matter what I look or dress like that day. Other days, I could feel a little more ‘disconnected’ from my manhood, and although I still love he/him pronouns, I might throw it/its into the mix too. (But never they/them.) You’re probably thinking that that sounds like the textbook definition of gender-flux. And it more or less is. But it’s not me. Even I don’t know why; I just don’t vibe with the label.

There are certain labels that, although they may “technically” describe someone, won’t fit them. In my opinion, gender should not be defined as what label “technically” fits. It should be defined as how the individual themself feels about it.

A binary trans person might identify as a label such non-binary, for instance, not because their gender itself is not binary, but maybe because they still like dressing in clothes traditionally associated with their birth sex, or because they don’t like being referred to as a woman or man and would rather just be called a person! Or even if they just like they way the label vibes with them and would rather use that instead or “trans man,” or “trans woman.”

Their gender could still be binary, but they are 100% allowed to refer to themselves as non-binary, for whatever reason they want.

If you want to use labels to describe your gender expression rather than identity itself, then that’s alright! You’re allowed, I promise. And if anyone tries to police your identity for no absolutely reason, just remember: it’s YOUR gender, it’s YOUR identity, and it’s NOT hurting anyone!

[thewertsearch]

DAVE: wait has the juggalo troll been giving you guys fits like this or something DAVE: like this is a thing DAVE: like a pattern KARKAT: NICE GUESS SHIT HEAD! DAVE: oh man one of you has got to sit me down and tell me what actually happened here it all just sounds fuckin amazing in sort of the stupidest way possible

Dave, it's so much worse than you think.

Enjoy the next three years, dude. You'd better get really fucking good at recognizing the faint honking of a distant clown.

KARKAT: YEAH, HE DOES THIS KARKAT: HE SORT OF COLLECTS BODIES AND DECAPITATES THEM AND STUFF KARKAT: STICKS THEM IN BIG SCIENCE JARS, FOR SOME REASON?? KANAYA: Im Pretty Sure He Kisses Them Too Sometimes

Sorry, let me get this straight. You were fully aware of this behavior, but you still tried to form a quadrant with him?

Like... Karkat. The whole universe is telling you that this guy's a little beyond the help of your average moirail. If you want to do something for Gamzee, it's going to need to be a group effort - and if I were a betting gal, I'd guess that the Seers will be the key to his recovery, particularly Terezi.

KARKAT: YOU KNOW HOW EVERY NOW AND THEN YOUR LUSUS WILL BRING SOME RANDOM ASS DEAD ANIMAL BACK TO YOUR HIVE FOR NO FUCKING REASON KARKAT: AND THEY DON'T EVER STOP DOING THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU YELL KARKAT: IT'S LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN DAVE: not really DAVE: oh wait DAVE: against all odds i sorta do DAVE: mine actually did do that once

This revelation is not even slightly inconsistent with the established personality of Bro 'Bigger Dirk' Strider.

DAVE: when i was really young DAVE: he made this stupid leather bib for me out of a goddamn horse […] ROSE: Was that the one you mentioned had a pink heart on it? DAVE: yeah […] ROSE: It's just that with the clarity afforded by my new abilities, it occurred to me just now that dead horse was likely the beautiful pet pony my mother gave me recently.

...alright, I don't have a clue how knowing about Maplehoof's death applies to Rose's Path to Victory ability. How does this help her achieve anyone's personal goal?

Maybe Rose obtained multiple Seer abilities upon ascension. After all, God Tier John has a bunch of Breath powers, so there's no reason why Rose should be restricted to one single Light ability, powerful as it is. Maybe this 'clarity' is another facet of Light, then, allowing Rose to see the connections between disparate pieces of information, and tie it all together, like a web of string on a Pepe Silvia evidence board.

DAVE: well shit DAVE: thats a hell of a mystery no one thought was a mystery and didnt even really need solving DAVE: but damn if it didnt just get solved so nice work

...holy shit.

Holy shit, this is the line!

Anyone who's used Tumblr in the last ten years has seen The Line - probably dozens of times, in dozens of different contexts. It's part of Tumblr's vernacular - and, up until this moment, it had completely slipped my mind that it was a Homestuck line.

Forget about Cascade, Act 6, or the comic's official halfway point. This is my greatest milestone as a Homestuck reader: learning that The Line is (and always was) about skinning a time-travelling pony.

[accio-victuuri]

BURN AFTER READING. 🍭🍬

i have never made a post with this title before, but i have shared some cpn/speculation that deserve to be burned after reading. lol. this term is often used by cpfs for a candy or info related to the boys that may be “dangerous” — so you have to get rid of it after reading. but for my version of it, let’s describe it as something that is a level up from galaxy brain cpn. it’s the kind of cpn you will think twice or thrice before making up your mind about. 💫

we have (2) topics here and just a disclaimer that i am not confirming anything here. this content is for cpf only. don’t take it seriously!

(1) Who is An Huibo 安慧博?

fans noticed that there was a “stand in” credited for the we and life of us music videos and that is this person. think of it as a body double. it makes sense cause aside from that scene in WE, there are times that xz’s figure is against a backdrop so maybe they needed someone to do that. the clowning began when people were thinking about, what if the other xz in WE mv is actually WYB ⬇️⬇️⬇️

i can think of a couple of different reasons why this could be false but the strongest explanation for me is that xz will not allow wyb to so something like this. he is very superstitious. even if this is just acting, he will not allow them to act out a scene of betrayal. that for me is enough to shut this all down. but on the flipside, maybe wyb wanted him (xz) to play his first villain role opposite him in this music video.

now we have the reasons why fans think this is something worth looking at:

1. XZ and this An Huibo are the only 2 credited actors for both MVs. so it seems kinda special.

2. The director of this is LIN, the same one who directed WYB’s redmi advertisement. There are some CPNs both were made at the same studio. Which makes sense cause LIN has his own shooting studio. There is another separate CPN about this but the gist is we think this director is familiar with both of them. So XZ may be comfortable enough to bring WYB along and even include him in the video.

3. It may not be WYB himself, but he used that name to troll us. It’s so close, Huibo. Yibo.

4. I saw this explanation as well:

If "Anhuibo" is read according to the French transliteration as An Huibo, it would approximately read:

[ã чi bɔ]

·��: similar to "ang";

·qi: similar to "wei" in Chinese, but lighter and soft;

·bo: similar to "wave", slightly shorter.

5. As a CPF, it’s so easy for our alarm bells to ring if you read that name. An alias of sorts for Bobo. some are saying he used this kind of jumbled name to combat the bad aura of their scene together. Since he is superstitious, this removes yibo’s name and identity as the stand in who stabbed XZ’s character. if that makes sense.

maybe we will know more when they release the behind the scenes video. that is if they show who this stand in is. let’s add this to the bjyx clowning vault in the meantime.

(2) XZ look-alike in the recent GRA

i was talking to @rainbowsky about this and my initial reaction was, cpn aside, i’m surprised at how people notice these things! which i actually should be used to considering turtle’s attention to detail, but still!

so here is the “evidence”

👀👀👀👀

like all other turtles, i’m someone who has stared at tons of photos of XZ. so i can totally understand why people would look twice at this person. i get i. i was staring at this photo for so long as well. however most of the cpfs comment on this is against this candy and they have valid reasons:

1. Why would he attend and be in the audience? XZ is someone lowkey so if he was there to accompany WYB, he will be backstage. Yes he is brave, but not like this — which seems almost careless.

2. There are names on the chair, so it’s not like anyone can just sit there casually.

3. Even if you believe in the probability, CPFs don’t wanna talk much about it cause it can be anti material. Saying XZ has to hide and can’t show his face in GRA. or why is he even there incognito when he doesn’t even have a project nominated. You all know how it goes, antis can twist the narrative. Plus we don’t want to accidentally expose them if this was true. We should not observe too much and post about it cause it will make it harder for them to do something similar in the future.

4. How did this person go unnoticed? Everyone had to get inside the security and there are cameras everywhere. He should have removed his cap and mask which — it’s impossible for someone to not notice XZ ( or is it? ). another thing is maybe he went to a diff entrance??

5. Some are washing it and saying it’s Yibo’s MUA.

Please take that last point i mentioned and carry it over to the reason why this look alike is sus. People are able to confirm that this is not WYB’s MUA because he was wearing a different cap. Even the hair and daresay the ears are not the same. and why would a MUA even be there? If WYB needs touch ups then they should do it backstage. If for some reason it has to be while the broadcast and recording was not on or was on a break, he should not sit there and act like a guest.

Yibo’s MUA, Wang Yiduo has been with him for years. He has years of experience being around celebrities and attending these events before WYB. So he knows the decorum. He will not sit there and act like a guest just because he feels like it.

I’m curious too, who is this person who can walk in— in an event filled with people that are dressed up and then come in with a mask and casual clothes. To be allowed to sit there. Who is special enough? Probably a celebrity? and that’s why some think it could be XZ. Even the staff and assistants during the event are dressed up which made this person stand out. As for the CPN explanation, it’s nice to think that XZ is so proud of Yibo’s nomination that he has to be there. He will find a way to be in the audience and witness this special moment. 💕

I think this can easily be analyzed more if we have the video but i don’t have time to rewatch the whole GRA and wait for this cut. Cause i wanna know if it’s even there, that’s how much we question things here! 🤣 It’s so sus to me that we only have the screenshots and no video when CPFs are notorious for having concrete evidence. personally, it reminds me of the SDC3 incident but this one is still pretty outrageous considering it is a public event.

take what you want with this information. and as always, when it comes to BJYX: ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

sources: one/ two

[sgiandubh]

Life and death of Anon

It's literally only hours after I stopped Anons from being pesky and nasty, that the number of sock accounts who suddenly wish to follow this page is over the roof.

It's literally only seconds after I wrote I will not allow any coward bullying in here anymore, that Anons started to pick on friendly shipper pages. Surely in the hope they will be given the oxygen they so sorely crave to reward a petty ego. Anons don't even make any cloak & dagger effort, anymore. Some righteous petticoats are showing aplenty: mannerisms, schmannerisms, heh. I could name names, even go ahead and prove that they almost copy and paste their own comments written elsewhere, but I won't. That would make them look important and possibly even brave, whereas I would look like the Bad Cop, something that never really interested me.

Come to think of it, there are roughly three main types of Anons who feel the urge to troll our pages:

The Simpleton: that particular Anon is almost always 'new in here' and seems to ask nonsensical questions, just for the sake of annoying the shite out of their hosts. They never see anything, never understand anything, but somehow their comments are always oriented towards a certain agenda. Makes you wonder, really.

The Weeping Statue: she has been a shipper since forever. She has patiently endured rough waters without capsizing and bravely weathered any storm. But right now, you see, ever since Orange Xena/Tennis Babe/German Athlete/Czech Young Woman came along, she just doesn't know anymore. She doesn't know what to think, she doesn't know what to say and she definitely has not the courage to post her rants on her own page. However, she still wants everyone to know she is petrified with grief and discombobulated. For one thing, she probably ceased to be a shipper (if ever) a very long time ago and this is just her indulging in her favorite pastime: being that fly in your ointment. I suggest you ignore: you are nobody's shrink, nor anyone's fool.

The Pennywise Clown: probably the worst type you could ever come across while in here and the unhinged variant of The Simpleton. But perfectly able and willing to send you violent bullshit like this one, with a noted propensity for long, verbose comments:

Received by me in December 2024, never answered. Would make a nice subpoena argument, anytime, anywhere. My crime? Refusing to bitch about the main cast and also being consistent and persistent about what are not just 'beliefs', but what I do consider as facts.

Mrs. It Pennywise went on and on and on with it for months, with very little variation in her nastiness and always at the ready to slap-a-shipper. I don't have the slightest wish to deal with Mrs. It Pennywise in court, because it would probably involve the Interpol, an international rogatory commission and lots of money I could use in more pleasantly creative ways. Only to probably uncover a provincial freak, with no sizable property to seize.

These idiots will always try too hard. Not only to make you seriously second guess your own deductive and even cognitive abilities, but even more so to curb your enthusiasm and anything positive about you being a shipper. For there are, overall, many positives in here, mark me: nice people, intelligent conversations, real empathy and kindness. If you feel you can take it, even when the heat hits too close to home, then you are certainly stronger and wiser than me. If not, my unsolicited advice is to make a very liberal use of the Block Anon button and ultimately get rid of this Tumblr setting altogether. Life will be calmer, for they are just a bunch of cowards hiding under a blade of grass. You don't have to answer every single idiocy that drops in your inbox. Also, you are the only one who has got the power to stop such in(s)anity. Tips and useful deductions almost never come that way, not anymore.

Let this be a cautionary tale. It's not because OL is slowly fading off, that the trolls suddenly deactivated. Far from it.

[myfandomrealitea]

antis do be misusing terms. other people (antis) barge into your house (reblog a post with you as the op with hostile intentions) and you snap back and antis are like “you’re not being very niceys, i thought proshippers were anti harassment!”

I will always be the first to acknowledge and admit I do not simply block and ignore every single anti or troll who comes at me with bad faith. I simply don't. I do clown them a little, or push at the fragile seams of their hostile trolling, but never beyond that.

If people are willing to send me death threats, they should be willing to be publicly called an idiot. That's ultimately my personal policy for how I handle myself and my online space.

Antis simply love to attempt to persuade people that "anti-harassment" means you can absolutely never say anything remotely unpleasant to someone ever. Its just a pitiful attempt to shut down any response from "the other side" and bait people into getting angry. Its a poor "gotcha" attempt that I refuse to entertain or to allow.

[topfsecret]

Seapunkification: A Bloodswap AU's Beta Trolls

Happy 413, esteemed Homestucks! The troll lineup for this bloodswap AU of mine is two years in the making... and it's finally done! ✨

alternate version + artist's notes + backstory under the cut~

Alternate Versions

As usual, the alternate version shows Karkat without his violetblood disguise.

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Artist's Notes + Backstory

(warning: backstory contains spoilers!)

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Feferi Megido (she/her)

Feferi Megido, the Catacomb Cuddler, looooves ghosts! She thinks that they deserve better than to be stuck haunting the mortal world, and so takes it upon herself to let the ghosts into her body and help them finish their unfinished business. She enjoys hanging out in places with a lot of death, and when she meets the Heiress, she travels to even more! (And maybe finds some love during it!)

Feferi is also the President of Cronusitis, a.k.a. the Bandlead Troubadour (Cronus Vantas) Fan Club, archiving the works of her favorite crooner. (That's why she wears 1950s-style clothes!) She'd do anything to get even the slightest scraps of Troubadour material, even travel to places full of death and danger (this is also how her ghost communion psionic powers and possession hobbies come in handy, she can be a medium that interviews dead Cronus-fans... though she wishes she could find the ghost of Cronus Vantas himself).

When Eridan Vantas told her that the Troubadour and the revolutionary Signless were one and the same, she decided to make it her goal to undo Imperial propaganda that separated those two figures and reveal the truth. At least to her fan club... but every big change starts with a small step!

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Vriska Nitram (she/her)

Vriska Nitram was supposed to be under Imperial watch for being the descendant of the rebellious Corsaire (formerly Summoner, a.k.a. Aranea Nitram), but the Beguiler Dualscar/First and Grandest Orphaner (Kankri Ampora) had a soft spot for the Corsaire. Thus, by the grace of the Beguiler, she was spared the awful surveillance of most descendants of seditious trolls. She doesn't know this, though.

Also I made her taller. Sorry to all the short Vriska truthers 😔

Vriska is drawn with practical and casual clothes. This is just what she wears during VLARP-ing (Virtual Live Action Role Play) with Nepeta, Sollux, and Tavros (it was called "hyperrealistic TTRPG" in that old post :p), which she did after she stopped FLARP-ing.

Since Seapunkification is rather cyberpunk-y, with Makara Tech as the megacorp and the violetbloods as the Senatormentors that rule the Empire, VLARP-ing is seen as a more high-class, tasteful alternative for highbloods than FLARP-ing. After all, highblood lives are "more precious", unlike lowbloods who are so high in numbers they're "expendable" and so can just FLARP and die.

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Kanaya Captor (she/her)

Kanaya basically wears Cyberclown attire without actually being cyber or clown, simply because she's Equius' assistant/errand girl/probably moirail.

She is weak in telekinesis and electricity, but extremely skilled at it from a lot of practice. Her psionic strength lies in precognition, which gives her a disability in form of constant hallucinations of visions of the past, present, and future.

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Eridan Vantas (he/him)

Despite being the descendant of the Signless and the last surviving limeblood, Eridan is free-ish from Imperial watch, because the Signless Revolution's spies are protecting him. Moreover, his own limeblood illusion psionics is unwittingly shielding him and the people he cares about (Terezi and Kanaya) from Imperial surveillance.

While Kanaya is weak-but-skilled in physical psionics, Eridan's got no skill to wield his. In terms of raw power, he beats everyone else, but he isn't allowed to train himself by the Signless Revolution after accidentally burning someone to death in his wrigglerhood. That's why Kanaya has taken it upon herself to train him.

The Signless Revolution gives Eridan the task to fulfill the Fateseer's prophecy that the Signless' descendant will unite every troll across the hemospectrum. This task is to recruit at least one troll from every caste before he is exiled from the home planet in adulthood.

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Terezi Leijon (ey/em/eir/eirs/emself)

Terezi is an assassin, who fashions emself as someone who reaps the souls of the damned (a.k.a. people who are against the Signless Revolution's values). That's easier said than done, however, since eir clients mostly want the opposite of what ey wants.

Oh well. In the meantime, ey trains with Eridan and Kanaya in preparation for the glorious revolution.

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Sollux Maryam (he/him)

As the descendant of the Architex, Sollux is under Imperial watch. So he decides to escape the brooding caverns and constantly moves around, attending online school under a pseudonym, living off empty hives and selling the stuff in said hives. But this is not sustainable. And puberty makes him dysphoric. So he has to come out of hiding and find enough money to transition socially and medically. He also doesn't feel like he can live in isolation forever.

Here comes Tavros Serket with a golden ticket to gender validation.

Like Nepeta, he is under the employ of the ceruleanblood. He learns how to GM and uses VLARP-ing to find people that Nepeta can blackmail. He pursues Aradia Peixes - the Heiress - in a relationship of ambiguous quadrants to extort her, but unfortunately, Aradia knows that jadebloods are "not supposed to" have bifurcated horns... this is a distinctive trait too, like that one rebel called The Architex (a.k.a. Mituna Maryam). She used this information against him, but Sollux will definitely retaliate. (That's why his horns are cut off in this image, as this is Sollux post-"The Maryam Makeover".)

Also I decided to give Sollux short braids. Because Sollux with long hair (like in the VLARP art from 2023) is probably best saved for his adult self. *vibrates excitedly about the hypothetical Seapunkification friendsim*

Also Sollux hacks his own government files to legalize his and Nepeta's transition. Trans icon.

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Nepeta Pyrope (they/them)

Nepeta Pyrope's more of a sheltered kid than Nepeta Leijon, so they wear cute and impractical clothes. The tail is decorative. They wear a lot of purple because of Equius, their moirail and benefactor. They only became Equius' "meowrail" to extort him and get closer to the Makara Tech fortune and secrets to bring the megacorp down and avenge their ancestor, but he doesn't know that yet.

Nepeta is under Imperial watch for being the descendant of Meulin Pyrope, the Neophyte Orphaner (the first and only teal-blooded Orphaner ever). The Neophyte was hated by the Empress for colluding with Kankri Ampora in turning the Empire into a violetblood hegemony - later, they got executed by Horuss Makara for their crimes. So, Nepeta tries their best to seem like a law-abiding citizen. (Somewhat. They decide to join Tavros Serket's criminal empire to get money for transitioning.)

They also avoid the Orphaner Corps at all costs - only violetbloods can be Orphaners now, sure, but they also don't want to work there in an administrative capacity, either.

Sollux and Nepeta are both ~ HACKERMAN ~, but he's more about having fun and Nepeta is more of the data analysis stalker who blackmails people for secrets, favors, and money by knowing their "weak spots" (friends and quadrants and other associates).

When not studying Imperial law, trying to avenge their ancestor, or committing organized crime, Nepeta is an avid roleplayer and fanfiction reader. Their favorite author is one VioletProse, a seadweller with a penchant of writing complicated love dodecahedrons and quadrant-mixing, complete with schedules and charts. They wish to meet VioletProse someday and talk about writing.

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Tavros Serket (she/her)

Tavros pays for Nepeta and Sollux's transitions in exchange for a large cut of their profits. As Sollux and Nepeta undergo bodily changes and become happier and more euphoric, Tavros finds herself feeling Some Sort of Emotion.

Vriska, who is also a trans girl, decides that she'll hatch Tavros's egg, no matter how ready the cerulean may or may not be. She'll teach her the ropes! It'll be great!

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Gamzee Zahhak (he/him)

Gamzee, as the descendant of the Salvation (Kurloz Zahhak) - the original inventor of the clown religion - is constantly under Imperial surveillance. He's basically a ward of the Cyberclown Church, living with Equius as a long-suffering fellow churchgoer.

He takes up engineering so he can go to the academy of Makara Tech and away from Equius' "friendship", enlisting the help of one Vriska Nitram (thus the bronze-colored tools in his hands).

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Equius Makara (he/him)

Seapunkification presents to you our Short Equius Agenda.

Equius is basically ordered by his ancestor to proselytize people, including and especially Gamzee.

His ancestor, the Mirthful Messiah/the High Prieste% (Horuss Makara), stole and bastardized the Salvation's religion. The Salvation and his adherents dressed as clowns with tearful face paint, which mourned the Signless' death, using a clown persona as an homage to the Signless' pre-rebellion performer image. His adherents were supporters of the Signless and/or limebloods who were trying to escape the purge.

The Mirthful Messiah (with the help of the Beguiler and the Summoner) destroyed the Salvation's original clown church and turned it into a cyberclown church where adherents replace body parts with cybernetics in an act of mirthful creation. All the clown stuff is kept as a mockery of the rebellion.

Equius is intensely jealous of this violet-blooded fanfiction author that his meowrail constantly gushes about.

On the other hand, he longs to meet the descendant of the Beguiler and idealizes him, since Kankri and Horuss were besties when the former was still mortal...

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Karkat Ampora (he/him, she/her)

Oh, Karkat Ampostor, they can never make me hate you.

Like Nepeta, he is a fandom-goer. He isn't a roleplayer, but he writes meta and fanfic. Under his pen name "VioletProse", Karkat is somewhat of a BNF in the fandom of "The Concupiscent Auspistice", a series of doorstopping corny semi-seditious quadrant-fucking romance novels.

I'm always drawing Karkat in a beskap, fake horns, and face paint/makeup now, at least when he's taking his disguise seriously. And since I'm already dressing him with an Indonesian attire, I think he can have a keris (dagger) as the Hallowed Sword he inherited from his ascended ancestor (who is wearing clothes inspired by Central Javanese wedding attire). The wavy shape of a keris is like his sign too!

Karkat's pants is an inner swimsuit like Aradia's (see below), except he uses adaptive, stretchy protective "shoes/socks" for his toes because like hell he's showing those red ones. The golden part is actually a knee brace with some modifications! He also wears gloves with finger splints, which are also gold. His classmates definitely notice that Karkat suddenly has a taste for makeup, jewelry, and fine clothes instead of just T-shirts like before his mutation.

Karkat's belt has nothing to do with a beskap-style attire, it's moreso a "pirate" aesthetic (he and Aradia wear belts with each other's caste colors~)

Also, if the Hallowed Sword is a keris, I would make his cane a lightsaber. Sorry, I make the rules here. Seapunkification is pretty cyberpunk, at least in my head. I'll work on it more! (I kinda wish that this AU was more worldbuilding- and- xeno- than character-driven sometimes xD)

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Aradia Peixes (she/her, they/them)

Aradia has always been drawn with a kimono-style top that is folded incorrectly (as in, the way a corpse's clothes - not a living person's - are folded). At first, her skirt is longer and more layered, but I like the stingray look with the wide top and narrowing tail... and it's more fitting to Aradia's adventurous character to have practical clothes that let her run around and have fights.

I don't know how to work her arm-fins, so I ignored it for now xD I also removed her makeup because I don't think she'd wear it. But I added a bun, to make her look more princess-like. Her arm tattoos are horrorterror vibes, one is the deep ocean with eyes, and the other is the tentacles.

Now, her inner clothes! I decided she can wear stirrup pants-style diving-suit material, since it's athletic and also lets her swim (and is very princessy/ballerina-y, which has a classy feel). The open toes is actually because in Seapunkification seadwellers will have webbed feet and hands underwater.

The whip is two-sided, one side is a grappling hook and the other would be like, laser-style. It works underwater of course, Karkat's does too. Yes. I'm pushing it. >;D

[aerscribbles]

(Homestuck AU... Heavenstuck?)

Xie Lian as a punky fish alien/narrative embodiment.

-ramblenotes and text transcripts under the cut-

for the non-homestucks among us, this version of Xie Lian is a troll, a species from the universe preceding the human one, they have a blood-color based caste system with fuchsia at the top and rust at the bottom- it sucks. they are raised by creatures called lusus (plural is lusii) instead of parents, because parents are a human concept and trolls are different in terms of biology anyway.

with that (probably insufficient) explanation out of the way:

Xie Lian as a hemoanonymous fuchsia - kinda obvious? royalty in hiding.

Uses Callie's silvery color :)

the Signless follower/fan thing - He Would. (really it's less a 'follower' thing and more of a kind of philosophy thing? but also not really? ...its complicated.)

Xie Lian definitely has some version of 'can't keep down the clown' immortality. but like, jester style.

Fangxin is a stupidly overpowered demon sword that can cause an apocalypse. what else is new.

continuing from that last point, it was specifically made from the White King Scepter and the Black Queen Ring, in the 'Beforus' session. BWX got it as an 'inheritance' from his prescratch self, then 'passed it on' to XL during this AU's equivalent of book 4.

In this AU I think that the 'surface levels' of Alternia and Beforus are switched, with A!Trollworld being more glorified and appearing as a 'good' society, and B!Trollworld being more blatant about its shittiness.

The symbol is a heavily abstracted representation of the celestial alignment called the Ominous Star.

This AU's reason for the neck bandages is that his gills are permanently damaged (until godtier). Kinda equivalent to the cursed shackle, taking away his status as a seadweller?

Ruoye was unintentionally majyyked into existence sorta like in canon (100 swords, dragonmom's death, hanging), 'xept I havent figured out the exact logistics of that yet.

The Sprite^2 Ring Situation is complicated and involves some ill-advised prototyping from the human (ghost) session Jade-style and the cross-session transportayeeting of HC's dreamself's corpse. I'll get into that when I do his side of things.

I have Muse of Space as XL's classpect because my personal interpretation of the Muse class is 'one who enables/embodies/reveals/inspires and/or is enabled/embodied/revealed/inspired by their aspect' as the variation on 'command' - with the narrative side of Space being stage/setting/creation, as well as the whole isolation and sacrifice thing.

( note: I had a whole rant here about how, in contrast, the Lord class is 'one who forces/drives/declares/instructs and/or is forced/driven/declared/instructed by their aspect' as counterpart forms of the 'command' verb but that got eaten by the drafts T-T )

Xie Lian IS the narrative of TGCF. It wouldn't happen without him - his presence was necessary/implied before his character was even conceptualized - he is what enables, what //allows// the story to occur - his movement through the world is what reveals all of the things lurking beneath the surface - he inspires a significant portion of the stories events, as well as inspiring change within many of the characters -

More than any of that, Xie Lian embodies TGCF- in the same way that Callie represents fandom within the text of Homestuck, which is at its core a story about stories, Xie Lian represents the philosophical and mythological core of TGCF.

All this started because I noticed that Hua Cheng is basically an even gayer, paletteswapped version of Vriska.

TEXT TRANSCRIPTS:

top, to the left of landscape/dragon skeleton, gray: Lusus Dragonmom (He lives in her skeleton)

top left, red/green/teal 3D effect: SWEET CATCH!

middle-ish, to the upper right of talksprite-style portrait, gray: Veiled hat usually hides earfins

middle right, between god-tier and sword, gray: Muse of Space

lower middle, above symbol and ring, gray: Ominous Star (fire star + heart)

lower middle right, to the right of ring, gray: Ashes Ring = Sprite^2 Pendant

bottom left, to the right of talksprite-style portrait, fuchsia: Abdicated Heir

bottom left, to the right of talksprite-style portrait, layered gray over red: Signless follower/fan

bottom right, below sword, gray & underlined: Fangxin

under the last line, gray: Regisword && King Scepter && Queen Ring Via Denizen

[brucewaynehater101]

I feel like Tim should be allowed to be a bit clown like sometimes... like the never ending pockets(I can imagine someone saying something sad and he just pulls out a trumpet? Trombone? To do the bwomp bwomp bwomp waaa) just getting up to absolute baffoonery

I absolutely agree with you ^^

All the batkids should be allowed to pull pranks and cause chaos.

Tim specifically, though, should be allowed to do some whack actions with the most serious face he can muster. I'm talking stuff like him walking around WE with a rat perched on his head. When asked about it, he gives the most plain and boring answer possible for why his actions are completely normal and necessary.

Let Tim be a troll

[vanillablankcanvas]

Clovers

Short Clay and Viva story.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

It had been six months.

Waiting and hiding.

Staying quiet and keeping a lookout for Bergens.

…And for other Trolls.

There had been no sign of either.

“King Peppy will come for us any day now.”

“Hang tight, we’ll be back together in no time.”

“Can't wait for all of us to sing together again.”

Although he hadn't yet spoken directly to the Princess, Clay was the first to see through the smile.

She was hiding her worries but kept up the act.

She was performing.

He knew what that was like… all too well.

He didn't fault the Princess for it but they needed to plan long term.

Noone was coming for them…

…Except winter.

Clay rubbed his rumbling stomach.

He had done the math.

There were thirty seven Trolls here. 

The sunflower seeds were running low and the clovers wouldn't survive the cold without proper storage.

They would run out of food in three months, in the middle of winter, if they didn’t act fast.

He had plans ready to go. 

He'd already put a few in motion.

But he was only one Troll.

He needed help.

Unfortunately, no one would listen to him.

So full of hope, they believed in what the Princess was telling them, that help was coming for them soon.

As much as Clay wanted to join in and believe they would be found…

They couldn't wait for a rescue anymore.

I need to talk directly to the Princess.

Everyone in the course knew that at nighttime, they could find the Princess on top of the giant rundown clown.

Not only as a look out, but every night she crossed all her fingers and waited for a shooting star.

That’s where Clay found her, with her arms wrapped around her knees.

“Princess? May I speak with you?”

No response.

Clay pulled out an old bubblegum wrapper that he had written notes on.

“I just wanted to let you know that at the current rate of consumption I estimate we will be out of…”

The Princess suddenly jumped up excitedly.

“Look, look, look, was that it?!” she yelled

“What? What? A Bergen?”

*distant scream*

“A shooting star! I think I saw one!”

Clay looked to the sky and sighed.

“I didn't see it.”

“Hmm maybe not! Oh well! We'll just have to keep looking out for one!”

“Princess… Maybe while we're waiting I think the food supply needs your immediate attention?”

“What if it already came and I missed it? Or was it behind me? In that part of the sky?” She pointed.

“Princess?”

“Maybe I could find a mirror or something? Some broken glass?”

“...Princess?” Clay rubbed his rumbling stomach again as he got more frustrated.

“Oh! I could even use it to signal a rescue party or something! Wouldn't that be perfect?”

Perfect

Perfect

Perfect

Something inside Clay snapped.

“Princess! WE ARE GOING TO STARVE!”

The Princess finally looked at him.

“Wishing on a shooting star?! Are you serious?”

“I… I don't”

“The sunflower seeds are almost gone and the clovers won't last in the cold!

“I…”

“You're supposed to be our leader! This is what happens when we listen to you.”

Clay stopped as he heard his own words.

Viva tried but couldn't hide the tears.

The shock on her face was almost heartbreaking.

“I...I’m sorry. I'm not ready. I wasn’t supposed to be in charge yet. I just thought if I stayed out of the way, you'd all be better off without me…You…you don't think we'll be found?”

Oh what have I done?

“Princess. It doesn’t matter what I believe. What matters is… either way, we have to stay alive.”

Viva’s eyes dropped and she nodded in agreement.

Clay led her to what he had been working on. 

He babbled on about the germination period and the proper storage.

At first all she saw was the broken castle obstacle for the course.

Once inside Clay noticed that Viva was no longer following him.

Viva was astonished at what he had created.

She noticed immediately that it was warmer inside.

Clay had used old food packaging to cover up the holes in the walls but it still allowed the natural light inside.

The ground had been cleaned out and replaced with soil.

And from the soil she could see hundreds of small sprouts beginning to grow.

Each sprout had a clear plastic cup covering it, acting as small greenhouses.

“Baby sunflowers?!”

“Yeah. I guess you could call them that.”

“How?! How did you do this?”

“I dunno…read a lotta books “ he blushed.

“Where did you find extra sunflower seeds to plant?”

He turned away from her.

“I didn't” he said bluntly.

“Then where did you-?”

Clay's stomach rumbled louder than ever when she asked.

It was then that she noticed exactly how skinny he was. 

His face wasn’t as round as a Troll’s face usually was and his arms and legs were far too skinny.

“You've… been planting your food?”

“It had to be done.”

“But.. you didn’t have to-”

“Don’t…Princess, it’s fine. What’s done is done and I would do it again. The next part of my plan however, I can't do by myself, which is where I need your help.”

Viva looked up to Clay with determination.

“What can I do?”

Over the next few weeks Viva instructed the Trolls to listen to Clay's directions. 

He split them into different teams to handle specific jobs.

They had a team for watering, pest control, measuring, harvesting, storing, cooking, drying and even labelling.

With some help Clay was even able to lead a team to patch up some of the other obstacles so other Trolls could stay warm inside.

They even found some old souvenir socks to use for warm clothing and blankets

By Clay's estimation, they would survive the winter.

“Thanks by the way.”

“For what?”

“For bringing me back to reality. Life isn't all cupcakes and rainbows and I shouldn't have been depending on silly wishes and luck. 

“Princess Viva, I-?”

“-Please just call me Viva. I don't feel much like a princess anymore.”

“I got a little something for you. I've been feeling kinda bad about how I acted when I was hangry. I shouldn't have spoken to you like that and I'm sorry, so…you know...here”

He handed her his bubblegum wrapper.

“Thank you Clay.”

“No no… inside the wrapper.”

She gently unfolded it and inside…

Was a four leaf clover.

“I don't believe in making wishes and luck and stuff..but you do. And if it's important to you then imma respect it.”

“Wow! This is so amazing and fantastic at the same time! It's amastic!”

“Is that a real word?”

“It is now!”

Clay chuckled.

Viva suddenly narrowed her eyes at him.

“Clay?”

“...Yes?”

“I’ve been wanting to ask you… are you THE Clay... From Broz-?”

“Shhshsh!!! They'll hear you!”

“Huh? Who?” she gasped.

“My fangirls” he whispered.

And for the first time in months, the Princess gave Clay a genuine smile before bursting into laughter.

[davekat-sucks]

In regards to a potential alternate homestuck with actual plans for June from page 1: Would it make sense for her emotional conflict to centre on her contradictory admiration of her father and her desire for a more feminine appearance? I had some thoughts

Like she's taught the ways of "fine manly grooming" and being an "emotional rock for the women in your life" and genuinely aspires to embody those suburbian values at the same time as (let's write over a bit of homestuck) hyperfocusing on hit 1994 movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and being unable to get Bernadette off her mind. You can even play off her discomfort with that one feminine Convict in Con Air.

You get a bunch of movie references homestuck style and parallels to Gamzee's veneration of the ICP clowns with the clownlike drag queens and emotional revelations stemming from communication with the opposite species. (Let's say in this alternate homestuck Trolls have no sexual dimorphism except for girls on average being stronger - June aspires to Dad's strength so gender crisis)

A few other details change such as June's dream self being gender ambiguous and her discovering wind powers results in her ability to change the desired shape of her body though she doesn't do this immediately. Her arc in total would be about letting go and allowing herself to in(heir)it the fluidity(wind) that she already has.

Most importantly her god tier death is not the point of transition - it comes before and after during experimentation with the wind powers, discussions with friends and the discovery of what she actually wants deep down. It can also spur on interesting interactions with other characters.

Rose tries to use outdated Freudian psychoanalysis which fails, starting her move away from the need to break everything down into black and white systems. Dave's bro becoming not his bro helps his reflection on the heroic image that he rejects. Jade's friend suddenly changing in an extremely unforeseen way that shakes up their dynamic after years of being able to predict everyone’s moves scares her.

Even Moreso - Jane's feelings of being trodden over and ignored get worse when someone who acts similar and is more cosmically important arrives. HEC's whole drag queen look can get tied into the Egbert/Peixes family relationship. You can even do a metacommentary on how drag queen/adjacent culture is a related ancestor to online trans areas (2010's period piece, of course).

And most importantly the resolution with the two warring desires within her (Be like Dad and transitioning) is related to the Classpect. You don't have to choose - womanhood is not a stereotype you need to tick boxes to affirm as if you’re one of the suburban housewives that June grew up around. You can wear power suits and cologne and be a woman.

I think this works? It's still John just the arc is about learning that the simple childhood that they yearn for (spelled out in Sunsetter (Ska)) is both gone and was never real in the first place and that they must inherit the fluidity of life to truly grow. That fits with homestuck - kids with problems preventing them from growing up learning about their pasts, identity and potential and maybe maturing and growing older.

But yeah, I would like your thoughts and opinions on it as a certified hater; It's fun to see how much better you can do than those schmucks over at HS2 that really screwed the pig.

I wonder how would the Drag Queen culture would fit for the Peixes because the theme of Homestuck was that it's women who are put in high positions, knowledge over a lot of things, and control over anything. This extends to even characters like the Black Queen aka Snowman, Vriska, Aradia (after death), Rose, Jade Harley, White Queen, and of course, Meenah. They are all cis women that gained those positions by not only through work but by birth alone or being in position roles that allow them to have certain information no other characters couold have (the troll girls with blood color, Snowman/Black Queen still working even after Derse as destroyed with her death being the major factor that it can destroy the universe, Jade being raised by Prospitians, and Rose being into psychoanalysis and the smart girl in the friend group). I kind of think having the Peixes/Egbert(John/June/Jane) be Drag Queens would kind of break the theme. If not for feminist sake, then it raises the question of why couldn't girls like Rose or Jade have that role that June Egbert would be in since they are also important characters. Vriska also being a natural born female if the Peixes are drags. Fuchsiablood trolls so far is only known to birth women. How would it work if someone like Meenah or Feferi was born male? Would it also be fine about the implications that go with it? Like Meenah drag queen still being the one who BULLIED Damara into going crazy and the catalyst for the rise and continued appearance of Lord English. Or same Drag Queen The Condesce is also the one that set up the classist and hemospectrum system that would also put mutantbloods like Karkat on target for culling. Sure Karkat doesn't mind as he would still dream to become part of the high ranks if it means he can be an exception, but would others be fine knowing something that is considered part of LGBT culture be fine that figure would be the one that makes Alternia the living hell that is? Same Condesce would also soon learn to take over the Alpha session. It would give people like Roxy and Dirk, the kids who are living under the Condesce's reign and trying to survive against her, a reason to dislike drag queens and possibly LGBT if they have to fight for their own lives. Dirk being seen in the fandom as the actual gay person, would that mean his relationship with Jane be different then? What about Jake? If upon dying and becoming god tier can let the user change to their own desired image, it brings question then with the Doomed Timelines that has similar situations of characters becoming better. Nobody is allowed to improve and the set canon is the only true one. Themes of breaking fate and cycle is also another theme that goes with Homestuck. How would one play up Breath's theme of supposed freedom play more into this with John/June or people like Tavros and Rufioh?

[blu-oo]

Buggy was Roger’s good luck charm

So I’ve had a headcanon for a while now concerning Buggy and his place on Roger’s crew. It’s no secret that both fans and characters within the One Piece world will look at Buggy and go “How/Why the fuck were you on Roger’s crew?” Hard to say definitively whether or not Buggy actually has good luck considering the absolute hell he has to go through in order to face plant into his power/status, but you still can’t argue that he gains things he is 100% undeserving of lol. Oda’s trolling aside, let’s say that his failing upwards IS purely a result of him having his luck stats set to fucking max with a few buffs tacked on. We can even make this more fun and say the reason Buggy’s luck is so paradoxical is BECAUSE his luck goes to others instead of being reserved for himself (either that or the only reason “failure” is tacked onto this is because Buggy is a jackass and karma doesn’t sleep on her prettiest degenerates). I can see this going down a few different ways:

Maybe they were on an island along the grand line and came across a vendor selling good luck tokens. An ornate looking box catches Roger’s eye, and the vendor starts gushing about how it’s their most “luckiest item” and that it’s very VERY much worth the hefty price tag. It’s also most definitely “a worthwhile investment, trust me! It’ll all pay off in the end!” Whatever that means. Roger’s gut feeling doesn’t need to be told twice, so he buys it. This could be a moment similar to Shanks where they take the box back to the ship only for “SURPRISE! CHEST BABY!” :D to happen again. Roger is no longer allowed to go shopping/haul treasure back to the ship without Rayleigh’s stink eye supervision.

Maybe there’s something similar to the Sabaody slave market where he’s being explicitly advertised as a good luck charm. The person selling him shows off his luck by playing simple tricks (like using cards and gambling with onlookers. Look, if you’re gonna try to sell someone's luck, ya might as well make an extra buck while doing so. And hey, this just proves his good luck charm is working). While the seller is distracted, Roger easily sidels up and eyes Buggy’s mean mug. He asks if Buggy is actually lucky and gets a rudely gestured affirmative. “Great!” He says before yanking the kid up and running off laughing. Rayleigh: what the fuck is that. Roger, tankard in one hand, clown child in the other: a beer.

Maybe Roger just happens upon Buggy and and witnesses his luck in action. Sees how instant karma comes to collect after some pompous jerk spits and belittles little Buggy and immediately he’s shamed and humiliated in front of a bunch of people (in addition to Buggy pit pocketing him in retaliation). He witnesses a merchant make snide and haughty remarks and refuses to sell to Buggy because he’s a visible street rat and then immediately afterwards a flock of rabid seagulls dive bomb his stall and peck at his toupee (a piece of bread is flung and lands right before Buggy’s nose). A group of older teens beating the snot out of buggy and stealing whatever he gained that day only to then immediately run into Roger? Well. Etc. etc. etc. Roger sees all this and more and at this point he decides to take Buggy along just because of how hilarious this all is (Buggy’s eventual love for Roger and therefore his luck beginning to include Roger was just an added bonus).

And since this is such a loose concept (and ignoring that Roger was a D so the following woulda happened anyways lol) we can even say that his luck to Roger is the reason for all the success at the end of his career lol. Edd war? Buggy. Living past his initial expiration date? Buggy. Making it to laugh tale? Buggy, except wait- things didn’t go 100% to plan with that one, huh 🤔🤔🤔🤔 and guess who wasn’t there 🤨🤨🤨🤨 im playing or am i

GASP. OR MAYBE HE HAS ABSOLUTE SHIT LUCK AND HE SAPS THAT SHIT OUTTA EVERYONE AROUND HIM EXPLAINING WHY THEY ALWAYS SOMEHOW LOSE OUT IN SOME WAY INSTEAD OF HIM—

[storydays]

helloo!

Could we get a part 2 of Poppy and Viva with brother reader / Clay x male reader?

Thanks! :]

My WHAT?! P2

Viva and Poppy X Brother!Male!Reader

Clay x Male!Reader

(3rd POV, at the golf course)

Watching the gate close off their view of the armadillo bus, driving away with Clay and the others, (Y/N) waved the other Putt Putt trolls away as he slowly approached Viva where she watched the gate closed.

"V-" the Putt Putt King barely got a word out before his sister turned around with fury in her eyes.

"How could you let them go?! Not only did we just get our hermanita back, but then you let your novio go too?"

Frowning, (Y/N) placed his hands on his hip, "Do you hear yourself right now, Viva? Poppy isn't a little Trolling anymore, she's the Queen of Pop. I can't force her to do anything. As for mi novio...." (Y/N) hesitated.

Pushing back a curl from Viva's face, he continued, "If the roles were reversed, and it was you in that diamond, no one could stop me. Maybe it's time to think about life outside this golf course,V." with that, the blond walked away, leaving her with a penny for thought.

*20ish minutes later*

The golf course was in an uproar as two Bergens were slowly pulled toward the clown to be crushed to death. " "Would it be weird if we made out right now?" asked the female Bergen, her partner agreeing and having a weird make out session. Most of the Putt Putt Trolls looked weirded out and quieted down...except for one who had a weird look on his face.

"Um, excuse me, can you not make out on the clown conveyor belt? I'd appreciate it so much." (Y/N) asked, clearly unamused, as he aved the duo from being crushed. Viva held up the book Poppy gave her before leaving, and looked at the similarities between it and the two Bergens.

"Is this you?" she wondered, the Bergen now known as Bridget patiently and kindly explaining the truce between the two kingdoms and convinced Viva to let her go. "Now let's go help our family." (Y/N) smirked.

*Timeskip*

(Y/N) smiled as Poppy and Viva reconciled and moved up to the front, watching with Tiny Diamond as they were thrown onto the boat. "Let's do this!" He yelled, using his laser lights to blind the twins, tripping them up, allowing the others to rush forward, only to be pushed away.

With their combined efforts, they freed JD and Bruce. (Y/N) swung himself up with a sticky hand and tried to free Clay with a Grab It claw toy.

"(Y/N)! You're okay!" Clay cried in relief, pressing his hands against the glass. "And you are in trouble when I get you out, cabrón!" the king yelled back, pressing his hands against the glass to meet Clay with a fond smile.

"Mi rey, watch out!" He yelled, too late as Velvet slapped away (Y/N), making Clay cry out.

(Y/N) grunted when he crashed into one of the side railings, cradling his ribs, gingerly. "Hermano! You ok?" Viva asked, rushing over. "Yes, just go get the diamonds, I'm right behind you!"

Luckily, they were able to free Clay but they didn't have time to rejoice, when they realized Floyd was running out of time, when Branch called their attention with a short speech.

"We'll follow your lead Branch." JD spoke firmly, eyes twinkling in pride.

(Y/N) held Viva and Poppy to his side as they watched the brothers mourn the now crystalized Floyd.

"I made the hideout, Floyd." Branch whispered, "Except for the 10 story waterfall."

"But.....how will we shower?" Floyd whispered back, smiling gently when his brothers cheered and held each other tighter.

Looking up at the two observing teens, (Y/N) rolled up his sleeves, ready to go put his paws on them, when he felt a tug on his tail. "Hey, déjame!" Clay chuckled, pulling the king back into his arms.

"Just wait."

(Y/N) huffed, crossed his arms, and watched as the twins were arrested, smirking as Clay reclaimed their yacht.

Turning, the two smiled at the sight of Broppy's first kiss, Clay and Bruce doing an old handshake.

"Let's head out." JD yelled, the rest of the trolls boarding Rhonda.

*Timeskip to vacay island*

(Y/N) waved as Viva and their dad ran off to make friendship bracelets after the show. "Hey, mi vida." (Y/N) called out to Clay, catching his attention.

"Hey, bab--" (Y/N) pulled him close by his sweater romper before kissing him fiercely. His brothers and Kismet hooted in the background when the Putt Putt King let Clay go, the former looking dazed.

"Eras fantástico mi amor." "(Y/N)!" Poppy cried, pulling him away. "Come meet the Snack Pack!"

Once the two siblings left, his brothers crowded him with knowing smiles. "So? You gonna ask him tonight?" Bruce, ever the romantic, asked.

Clay's tail twitched slightly, his ears lowering as he started fidgeting with his fingers. "Clay? You ok, bro? You seem anxious." Floyd asked. "Of course I'm anxious, Floyd! It's just...whatifhesaysnoandthenitsallawkwardthenillhaveruinedour10yearrelationshipbcimovedtoosoonand--" "Buh,buh,buh, stop right there." Bruce hushed the lime green troll, and sat him down.

"You are a smart troll, Clay. But you know what your problem is?" Trickee asked.

Without giving the other a chance, Branch spoke up, "You're too busy thinking with this." He pointed to Clay's brain.

"When you need to be thinking with this." Floyd pointed to his heart.

Bruce nodded, "They're right, bro. Marriage can be scary, but if you and your partner work together, there is nothing you can't overcome."

"Mm, he's right, Clay." The group turned to see Brandi, leaning on her hand as she listened in. "Bruce and I had our problems in the beginning when we were learning each other. With time, patience, and knowing what works for you, you'll find that happily ever after you're looking for."

Clay looked down at the box in his hand thoughtfully, before smiling to himself.

*End*

Hi guys, and happy holidays! I know I've been gone for a while, but I have not forgotten about the requests or my lovely followers! It is just taking a while lol. But I am back, and hope to finish these requests within these next few weeks.

Happy New Year! Stay tuned for more and feel free to check me out on Wattpad: storydays21

[thewertsearch]

Honestly, I'm not even mad that the God Tier names are as silly as the Echeladder rungs. Pentacle Therapist is great.

Ricky Schrödinger? Why does that sound weirdly familiar?

...ok, Terezi mentions him during the Coin Flip Incident, but I can't find anything about him on Google. Maybe it's just a really obscure Hussie in-joke.

You both also get one of these. Now you can start flapping your traps with wild abandon at anyone you please.

Anyway, Rose and Dave have also unlocked the Gift of Gab, allowing them to converse on-panel without any sort of chat-based framing device.

I actually think the trolls will get that chance, too, since Davesprite was able to speak in John and Jade's Dialoglog without needing to be God Tier himself. The humans can talk to 'anyone they please', after all.

Everyone will be able to contribute to this conversation...

...which is fortunate, because we have a lot to talk about.

This is the largest conversational group we've had since the Doc Scratch Origin Bubble, and that was mostly just a loredump. This, however, is a debriefing, a general introduction, first contact, a first date, a strategy meeting, a brainstorming session, and a prime opportunity for exposition, all at once. It's rich with potential new dynamics, and provides us with a chance to take some well-established dynamics to the next level. I've been waiting months for this.

Just you fucking try it, Gamzee.

Honestly, I want you to try it. Getting backstabbed by a clown is the antithesis of a Heroic death, and I think it'd be the last straw for everyone but Karkat.

[aggravatetheaxe]

dethklok plays WoW

Nathan - main tank. Horde of course. Probably orc. His only toon. Absolutely a blood death knight both for aesthetic and because you know he's pulling top dps in addition to holding agg on everything in the room. Guild leader, does not take his title seriously but will still kick your ass if you bail on raid night. likes pvp but prefers pve

Pickles - plays mostly trolls, has 2 or 3 toons, probably also has an ugly forsaken and an ugly goblin (although goblin is a later race so depends on the year). Cat druid, often forced to spec into healing because mythic dungeons are only 5 man. But prefers to be cat or combat rogue. Incredible dps when he's allowed to do dps. not nurturing at all as a healer, WILL let you die if you piss him off (unless you're Nathan, but Nathan never dies). loves both pvp and pve but gets super steamed during pvp

Skwisgaar - paladin paladin paladin. Belf, of course. has secret female alts as well as secret ally alts. constantly adding his girlfriends to the guild and taking shit from the bank without asking. But he doesn't get in trouble because his dps is second to none - topping the charts even over Nathan. Ret pally, could technically heal with holy but his dps is just so insane that they can't afford to have him healing. pvp is beneath him

Toki - altaholic. Lots of female toons, lots of ally toons, gets bullied for both. Really wants to main a hunter so he can have a bunch of cute animal companions (and because it would be easier dps) but the others say that's gay so his main is a frost DK. the others make him spec into unholy because his crowd control brings clusters together so that Skwis and Nathan can wipe them out. So, so fucking angry that he never gets to do any actual dps because his plagues never get the chance to stack - and despite knowing it's a DOT issue the others clown on him for being the absolute bottom of the dps chart. pvp is too hard for him, no one protects him and everyone picks on him

Murderface - orc arms warrior and tauren fury warrior, dps but mostly off tank. makes cringe jokes (abt both native americans and milking) if tauren. One secret ally toon (human no less), also a warrior, that he uses to /walk around stormwind and RP badly. constantly brags about his dps but he's actually garbage, only above toki. makes a big deal out of his rank in the guild but he actually has no bank privileges. loves self harm through pvp

Charles - undead disc priest. a few alts, equal numbers male and female but almost all undead. probably a GM. heals when pickles is on dps and there's room or in a raid setting. guild treasurer, full bank permissions, has to constantly police the boys and spends thankless hours filling the bank back up with pots, food, etc. Also in charge of recruiting, so he should just be guild lead at this point but he dutifully never complains :) plays an affliction warlock and a couple rogues (combat and assassination) on a different server, when the boys give him one free fucking moment to do his own thing

Magnus - used to be a super powerful destro warlock that matched skwisgaar in dps. was super involved in the guild, help build it into what it was, contributed lots of materials, consumables, and money to the bank. Recruited some of their best players. after a horrific falling out (he was the asshole in the situation; controlling, etc) he was kicked from the guild and replaced. has since (due to wotlk) abandoned his warlock for a death knight. now he has a forever grudge and badmouths dethklok any chance he gets, but the majority of the server knows he's the drama so he has trouble finding others to play with. because of this he's been forced to switch over to alliance side. hence he falls in with...

MMA & the revengencers: MMA is yet another DK, probably blood, guild lead of the revengencers - rival guild to dethklok, constantly butting heads with them in pvp, ganking their low level members/alts, just generally being a nuisance. MMA wants revenge for Nathan (with the help of GM charles) getting his OG account banned

Edgar - human arcane mage main ("actually, the rotation is quite simple"). has lots of female alts. treasurer of the revengencers, takes everything way way way too seriously. Definitely works for blizzard or is a GM. very tense, sometimes outright hostile, relationship with Charles despite being essentially coworkers. "umm you sir have won the internet" "updoot" guy in chat. full collection of mounts, even the rare and/or limited edition ones

[neon-chemicals]

Let’s talk Purplebloods 2/?

This is mainly me talking about my OCs, and how they’re important

srry

CW: Suggestive, sexual acts mentioned, hard drugs

The Four Jesters

The Four Court Jesters are the authority directly below The Grand Highblood; there has only been one set of these trolls, staying firmly in charge for well over 10,000 sweeps.

The Jesters reside on a large colony referred to as Karnival , this planet is firmly under the jurisdiction of The Jesters and the purplebloods as a whole, The Empress’ influence is extremely lax and she turns a blind eye to most of the goings on.

[Karnival from a distance]

The Jesters are:

The Diabolis ~ Belial Hofman [He/Him]

The Hedonist ~ Namaah Yeoung [She/Her]

The Euphoric ~ Morkis Melpom [It/Its]

The Obscured ~ Morkan Melpom [He/They]

Each Jester is in charge of a sector or quadrant of the planet, split evenly in four where their individual followers can congregate. While the church itself is one entity, young clowns often will select a specific Jester’s subsection of the church to focus their worship on. These are examples of what some of those trolls would be like!

The following are descriptions of the various sectors and the trolls within!

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The Infernal Ring

Governed by Jester Belial Hofman

The Infernal Ring boasts a host of activities where Purplebloods can attempt feats of violence and strength to impress Jester Hofman and hopefully win his favor. These include High Strikers, a more purple-flavored Muscular Theatre, Obstacle Courses, and above all else, a towering Coliseum.

Conquering the Coliseum is considered the highest feat anyone who follows Jester Hofman, every day there is a tourney where hopefuls fight in a bracket to the death, the final match being between the victor and Jester Hofman himself, no one has ever won against him, nor does anyone know what the prize is. Rumor has it that Belial will give up his seat to whoever wins against him, though when asked about the prize, Belial has always brushed it off with a simple “When it happens you’ll see”, If an opponent impresses him enough during their match, he will spare them and they will be treated like royalty while they’re on their pilgrimage, said to be blessed by The Messiahs with combat prowess to rival his own.

Belial represents the facet of the church that exemplifies violence, cultivating righteous rage, and the art of murder. Blood Sacrifices are commonplace in the ring, doomed trolls get shipped to the planet to be killed elaborately, their bodies are displayed in artistically grotesque ways, bled like livestock to be used as warpaint in the Coliseum.

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It is considered among the purplebloods to be an honor to be used in such a way, but the trolls actually subjected to it would beg to differ. If a young clown chooses to follow Belial they often adopt a splash of orange somewhere on their outfit going forward.

Belial himself is an intimidating, daunting figure, his physical mutations giving his visage a demonic edge, and his pyrokinesis lets him be as showy as he could ever want to be.

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His chucklevoodoos are impressive to say the least, his powers allow him to negate any pain he would feel in battle, allowing him to keep going and keep fighting a supernaturally long time before he would ever collapse, he can also extend this blessing to others, though he rarely does so.

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Privately, Belial seems to be a rather neurotic troll, always fussing about something or someone, particularly his now ex-pitch Namaah.

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Trolls who are close to him also describe him as a lover of the arts and spoken word, even a gentle soul with the right person. He is also the only Jester with an overall positive view of Grand Highblood Sigmar Patera.

Hedonist’s Haven

Governed by Jester Namaah Yeoung

Hedonist’s Haven is a much different sector compared to its violent counterpart. The ground is covered consistently in a light purple mist that flows and shifts almost hypnotically. The area is covered in beautiful lush foliage, fairy lights, and places to chill out, cushions and piles galore! Namaah doesn’t put herself above any of her followers, preferring to be among them, smoking and ahem, congregating. Special Stardust and recreational downers are provided to make a troll's stay in this haven absolutely transcendent and ethereal. Jester Yeoung’s goal is to make her followers feel all connected with each other and the universe while under her diligent eye. Nonconsensual drugging or touching is absolutely forbidden and Namaah herself assures comfort and safety, including culling any who would disrupt her paradise of calm and togetherness by her own hand and assuring that the most difficult members of her flock are perfectly at peace. Should a follower of another Jester cause such problems, she is not afraid to have a very thorough discussion about how the others should be keeping track of their flock.

Namaah represents the facet of the church that exemplifies community, working together and feeling The Messiahs resonate through the collective. Physical and Mental connection are especially important to her side of things, trolls in her community often participating in psychedelics and physical intimacy as a form of devotion to the whole. If a troll enters the haven upset and stressed, their comfort becomes priority for all inside, especially Jester Yeoung. Young clowns who accepts being brought in to Namaah’s congregation often adds a bit of pink somewhere on their outfit, though followers of Jester Yeoung are easily spotted due to their markedly chill and kind demeanors, most having a rather progressive view on the hemospectrum and how all trolls should try and be as connected as the purples are. Most lowbloods consider this behavior off putting and bizarre coming from a clown. Occasionally Jester Namaah finds a soul desperately in need of her assistance, it is an honor to be considered a project, granted specified attention and eternal bliss.

Namaah, the troll herself is a warm, maternal, comforting figure, always willing to lend an ear and listen to her flock’s concerns and wishes. She is noted as being the most beautiful troll most have ever seen, with striking eyes and a figure to die for. Despite a focus on her appearance being common outside the congregation, most within find her allure comes mostly from her personality, being surprisingly soft and quiet when within the Haven but able to turn on a dime into a commanding, intimidating voice, especially in regards to her recently separated kismesis, Jester Hofman. Her chucklevoodoos are subtle and empathetic in nature, allowing her to feel the emotions of other trolls as if they were her own, shouldering their burdens with them. In more extreme circumstances, her abilities can even be used to erase something from the mind entirely for a time.

Carnevale Phantasm

Governed by Jester Morkis Melpom

Rather than questioning what is Carnevale Phantasm your real question should be what is it not. Jester Morkis’ realm is anything and everything, a maddening, breathtaking array of shifting architecture and dizzying colors. No law of physics is consistent, no location in one set place except for the big top at the center, the eye of the storm so to speak. The Big Top is where Jester Morkis’ physical form resides while it is resting and dreaming, all appearances outside of the Big Top within Carnevale Phantasm being astral projections. Its physical body only gets up and makes appearances outside of its sector of the planet if absolutely required by the other jesters, Jester Morkan speaking for it otherwise.

From the outside looking in, the Carnevale Phantasm looks like a vast eerily silent emptiness, completely void of people, stepping inside, this vision shifts and warps into the fantastical landscapes of Jester Morkis’ most vivid dreams. An endless array of excitement and indulgence in carnival food and recreational hard drugs for those so inclined. Jester Morkis concerns itself with the entertainment and enjoyment of its congregation, always coming up with new games, shows and contests to make sure every soul in its dream gets to live their lives to the fullest, indulgence is the name of the game.

Morkis represents exactly that: Indulgence. Living your life like every moment is your last, life is the pregame for the endless extravagance and spoiling of The Dark Carnival! Trolls in its congregation tend towards the energetic and enthusiastic, beacons of energy and advocates for free time and living it up in whatever way you see fit truly YOLO personified. Individuals like to show their membership in its congregation by donning a spectrum of colors, if you see a clown barely wearing any black, that’s likely a member of this congregation. Morkis tends to it’s more down on their luck visitors with a forceful gentle encouraging, very excitable hand towards anything it thinks will help, mostly the individual's vices, be them food, drugs, alcohol, attention or any plethora of other things. Does it indiscriminately indulge even harmful addictions? Yes! Does it make the person feel better temporarily? Double yes!

Morkis, the troll is an enigma and likes it that way. Outwardly excitable, erratic and wildly inconsistent in mood and demeanor, it's near impossible to discover what its true personality is like. Face eternally obscured via mask and doused in a shifting array of patterns and fabrics. In rare moments caught between it and its brother, trolls have said that Morkis is soft spoken, not unlike Jester Morkan, and seems to be anxious or paranoid rather frequently with many mentions of time rushing by or losing track of it and fears of ‘not having long’. No one is sure what this is in reference to, though it is speculated by members of the collective to be some kind of chronic or degenerative disease/disorder, or perhaps a generalized anxiety of death.

Morkis’ abilities are arguably the most impressive of the Jesters’ chucklevoodoos, able to pull innumerable amounts of trolls into a collective dream in a vicinity around its own sleeping form. It has complete control over the senses and acts as a sort of trickster deity, able to appear anywhere and summon anything anyone could ever want, though of course it being in a dream all food alcohol and drugs have no actual effect on your body and rather it’s Morkis’ abilities stimulating the brain in a way that feels similar! (You can and will get addicted though)

Carnevale Obscurae

Governed by Jester Morkan Melpom

Far from the sparkles, glitz and glam of the other three quadrants, Carnevale Obscurae sits in relative silence, darkened tents and still carousels sit under the vast expanse of stars, completely visible due to the darkness. The air is melancholic and a chill always seems in the air as the clowns here go about esoteric meditation and prayer in blissful quiet as compared to the loudness and aggression of the rest of Karnival. Some might compare the vibe to a clownish monastery, where its inhabitants spend more time actively worshiping rather than on things considered ‘frivolous’. Some might consider this form of worship strange and out of character for purples, but silence has long been a tool of the messiahs.

Jester Morkan is an almost omnipresent… presence throughout the entire area, never in one place for long moving like a spirit, keeping watch over his flock closely, like his sibling. Trolls within the congregation often choose this over the others because of their own struggles with sensory overload, many of his followers are selectively mute and he strives to provide a calm, soothing environment for them to reach out to the messiahs in their own way. Jester Morkan believes even those who cannot participate in the color and noise and contact of traditional worship should not be excluded so callously, they are all children of the messiahs, after all. A lot of the clowns in their flock tend to be those that fade into the background, silent but faithful observers cloaked in black and other dark colors. Morkan’s calming embrace of silence and shadow also attracts those with sensitive abilities, leading to an abundance of oracles* in their midst, much like Morkan himself. Also, you know mimes, but that’s self explanatory.

Morkan the individual is quiet and reflective, much like most of their congregation, speaking in hushed tones and more often than not staying completely silent. They are respectful and polite but also can be particularly blunt when dealing with people and their problems. They care deeply for their sibling and for the individuals who choose to follow them, providing a listening ear and his divination capabilities to any who request such, his connection to the messiahs and ability to accurately predict the future and discover the past leads him to being deeply respected by other jesters and most of the purple populations. He is also the only jester in a long term relationship with a troll that isn’t a purpleblood, his matesprit, whose name he has kept private is an indigo cavalreaper who he cares very deeply for.

Morkan’s abilities are slightly more varied than the other jesters, able to draw from powers outside of his innate chucklevoodoos. The powers he was born with allow him to traverse shadows as if they were doorways, any spot of pitch blackness within a certain radius he can step between and appear out of another patch of darkness. It’s very convenient for keeping an eye on everything in Karnival as he tends to do, being a good neutral peacekeeper as compared to the other three jester’s more opinionated personalities. Jester Morkan’s more impressive skill however, was developed through sweeps of intensive meditation and spiritual guidance, the ability to see the past, present, and future. Using the holy act of puppetry, Jester Morkan receives visions from the beyond and crafts puppets to act out said predictions, it’s said he’s made hundreds of them, though most go unused, until the right troll comes along, asking for advice.

*Oracles will be discussed further in the ‘Ringmaster’ section

The Jesters have never needed successors however, there are rules in place if one of them was to tragically die.

If a Jester is to die without naming a successor previously or on their deathbed, The Grand Highblood is tasked with providing a suitable replacement.

If the current Grand Highblood has no one in mind, they may request some form of tourney to choose who is worthy of such a prestigious position.

The form this tourney takes is dependent on which Jester has passed being the following;

- Belial is to be honored with a show of combat prowess, traditional clownish brawls to the death

- Namaah is to be honored with words, heartfelt poetry and song

- Morkis is to be honored with “It’s a surprise :o)”

- Morkan is to be honored by choosing an oracle whose predictions can be tracked as near-completely accurate

[hsoppositezodiac]

Cridea Jeevik

She's a grubtuber with a good amount of followers for an olive. She does make-up videos. She's notoriously for hosting parties and allowing trolls of every caste inside, be them invited or not.

Jerann

He's a professional beatboxer who also composes hip-hop music. He has won Slam or Get Culled once, and many say that he can rap better than a good chunk of clowns out there .

Trizza Tethis

A jadeblood who has an blog where she posts about her daily life in the Brooding Caverns. She complains about how boring her job is and how annoying the rustblood Tirona Kasund is. A typical rebel teenager who spends too much time pouting and using her phone. She wishes she was a rainbowdrinker, so she could overcome even a fuchsia.

Fiamet

A great example of how looks can fool. Except that culling several trolls is already to be expected of a purpleblood like her. However, she chose to only cull trolls who she thinks are deserving of death, instead of random, innocent civilians.