#crys ampora

[cupiddzarrow]

HOMESTUCK TROLLS

I decided to post all of these together instead of just having the individual groups or whatnot, so here are all of the sillies :33..

[freylaverse]

I played a game with eleven fools who told me not to break the rules But when have angels ever helped me yet?

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

ERIDAN: grindin and crammin for finals wwhen id rather be grindin and crammin. in like a sex wway or somethin. i guess. i dunno. shuffles awway sadly. hits my head on a loww hangin branch n bleeds out in the snoww

[potatobugz]

i return with more alpha trolls practice (featuring my eriroxy propaganda)

[sunday2ber]

MY CHARACTERS LIKE BETA TROLLS!!

idk howw it happened, but here it is

[canisvesperus]

I’ve seen some discussion on this, so allow me to explain something.

Some people do not seem to grasp why artists like me draw so much fashionable Eridan. He’s not fashionable at all, just look at his canon outfit, they say. Well, it is simple. Eridan is one of the few trolls actually experimenting with fashion at a young age in the comic. Look me in the eye and tell me you too weren’t a hot mess trying to dress “fashionable” in middle school. Yet, chances are that if you had that awareness and drive early on, you will also develop a sense of style and grasp on aesthetics earlier in life compared to your peers. This was my experience. I was well known for being very stylish as a kid, but this didn’t happen overnight. Indeed, if you were one of these kids you most definitely started off with some odd or disharmonious clothing combinations that you threw together in an attempt to express yourself aesthetically despite inexperience in that type of self-expression. I can’t speak for everyone else, but I usually draw young adult Eridan. Obviously given some time, his tastes would develop and mature into something derived from those original aesthetic visions, but far more cohesive.

It’s clear he’s trying to assert his individualism and status in his clothing choices, and most of y’all shrug him off as having bad taste while not also foreseeing the intent and vision behind those choices. I see it, and so do other artists. We differ in how we portray this derivation because there are frankly a dozen different directions he could take it depending on the circumstances of the post-canon/fix it scenario. This is why you may see me refer to the Eridan in my depictions as “my Eridan”. I don’t presume to depict something identical to Homestuck proper, nor am I particularly interested in doing so. If you’re the type of person who is married to the events of canon and cannot consider a scenario involving an older Eridan who was allowed to grow and change, this is why we are not seeing eye to eye— and I’m certain this is the root cause of various other discourses as they pertain to portraying the character in post-canon fanworks. That’s fine. That’s your choice. My choice is different.

Eridan consistently demonstrates concern (an excess, really, which backfired for him in the cruelest of ways poor thing) with respect to how he is perceived, hence the consciously thought out image-crafting and classic Eridan façades that his own peers call him out on for being poorly executed, transparent, and otherwise not believable. They were kids. This is normal. Of course he doesn’t have himself figured out yet. It’s a process. Some people in this fandom believe his façade in the most literal and uncritical of ways but this is all a story for another day. Is his drip game shit though, without regards for fan interpretations? If you’re asking me, I don’t think it’s really that bad considering his age. I really don’t think it’s that bad. That kind of scarf with the cape is a bit much to wear around the neck. Maybe he’ll swap the big scarf for something similar in function and category but less top heavy— a cravat, jabot, bandana, or lavallière? If the cape is too overwhelming for the rest of the outfit, a smaller caplet, shawl, or a coat will work. To accommodate some of the alternative neckwear, a shirt with a collar would be preferable. What many people perceive as a turtleneck sweater, need not be entirely sacrificed. Put a sweater vest on that boy. I see lots of complaints about the shoes and pants. More discreet pinstripes and more formal shoes (field boots, paddock boots, oxfords) will work. Of course he can go in the opposite direction, less formal, in that case the cape can go and the long scarf can stay, get some cool sneakers, consider denim bottoms or casual slacks in a single color, accents welcome. However this isn’t the derivation I pursue so I feel less qualified to speculate. He could ditch all of it even. Start new and fresh especially if he were to go through a markedly subversive reclamation of identity and character redemption sort of process. In any case, he can work with it!!! You just have to believe in him.

I believe Eridan had a lot of narrative potential that was wasted, possibly out of disinterest for the character. It’s only predictable that artists like me simply want to devise a world in which these characters had a chance to actually live their lives. I truly do not understand why there has to be so much confusion over this. That‘s all.

[couterror]

This girl HATES fun

[darknanigans]

i imagine hes a metalhead

also DONT WORRY IM NOT GOING BACK TO BEING A HOMESTUCKIE AFTER THIS. TRUST 🙏

[iwasntcreativeenoughforaname]

False Bravado

[oglegost]

im gonna pee my pants.

[a-ceratosaurus-wearingcrocs]

FUCKIGN

AIRDEN

[l0rdf0rneus]

I support gay rights but more importantly gay wrongs.

"When you die and go to hell will the Eridan animals look at you like the homophobic dog?" Yea probably. I would not put it past them they're awful like that.

Ignore the shitty anti-aliasing on the gif, I was just playing around w that one and not being #srs

[suncaptor]

Eridan is so fascinating to me because what he does is in this fit of hopelessness and suicidality and he's like, 13. and the end result is him shooting dead two of his closest friends, right? and there's all these consensus about him, since he liked Feferi in a quadrant he was never in with her, because he had his pitch flirting with Vriska and the genocide traps (as if his major responsibility and the role he was playing in both his relationships wasn't specifically to make sure Feferi's lusus wouldn't start killing off everyone bottom of the hemospectum up). But like he does in fact end up killing, not only people he cares about but those closest to him. And he's stuck in this sort of irredeemable space, but the reality of it was he was a 13yo with too much power. Sollux and him dueled before and even without a weapon Sollux won, but this time Eridan knocked him out. And Feferi came at Eridan. He shot her right through and then Kanaya was a threat too. So he's stuck forever with this guilt and inability to become redeemed to himself from basically being given too much power while under threat to his life by those he cares about when he was an unstable traumatised 13yo. It's so compelling and heartbreaking.

[ask-eridan-grub]

HE IS SO UGLY I LOVE HIM

Oops! It seems you’ve spooked him with your volume… :(

It seems he’s scuttled away from the brooding caverns.

He has yet to understand your well intentioned words, one day he will comprehend and appreciate them!

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

Cronus: hey girl, are you the sun?

Cronus: because my eyes hurt evwerytime i look at you

[spiralingguitarist]

it is one of Those days™ where i just want to tear my voice box open and throw it in the fuckin trash