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idont even know what to say to this, im just sitting here sobbing at this song thanks anon

this is extremely davekat but its also incredibly in the spirit of every single canon hs ship imo. im 1000% definitely doing an amv to this someday

revolutionaryduelist:

watching people have fun and get excited about new trolls’ fun characterization is nostalgic as fuck actually im so happy to be experiencing it again

This post is about @banavalope btw who is obviously where the tagora party is at go follow them if you like a good time

You know, karkat really is the exact opposite of bro I think. Bros anger was quiet and violent while karkat yells a lot but never gets physical; bro seems to have no emotions while karkats are so loud and obvious you couldn’t misunderstand if you tried; bro sneaked around the house, silent like a predator, karkat is literally yelling at all times, etc etc. I think this inability to be ambiguous must be a relief to dave :,)

yuuup. One way to parse it is that Bro, like Yaldabaoth, is an agent of seemingly “thoughtless” action–all powerful over materiality but too blind to ideas/emotions to know what to do with that power.

Karkat, by contrast, exerts his power entirely THROUGH feeling and thought. His voice is his strength because he’s able to move and help people through it–much like Abraxas itself talked at length about every detail of Karkat’s own psyche to him.

Parallels!

I liked the DaveKat meta post you made, too, for it’s personal touches. I would have never looked at Karkat’s Blood powers in that way if you hadn’t made it personal in some way. I think you’re right. I think Hussie was using Karkat to tell a very humanistic message. That even in fiction, personal connections with others is probably far stronger a “power” than anything that uses brute force.

i dont have anythin to add here its just perfect and made me cry and i love u and homestuck and karkat FUCKING vantas above all

thank u

Something that’s always confused me is how if you only have your dream self left-Alpha kids minus Jake and Sollux, why can’t they fly?

sollux could always fly with his psiionics, so i guess he just chooses not to a lot of the time.

maybe ditto for the alpha kids, or MAYBE they simply failed to have a happy thought across 6 months. Or having your dreamself take over for your waking self means they lose the flight ability, unless they god tier. The latter sounds most likely to me, but maybe we will learn for sure someday.

This ain’t a question, it’s just appreciation. I just wanted to say thank you so very much for taking the time to not only research, organize and post all your findings for the last update you made. The davekat meta post, I mean. It was very long, but it was interesting and intriguing. I especially want to thank you for all the personal touches you added to the post as it felt like you made a connection to your audience. It certainly made a connection with me and makes me want to give you a hug.

it means a lot to hear that, thank you! The whole reason I’m doing this is to reach out and connect to people. I want to spur new ongoing conversations about Homestuck, and that means trying to establish a sense of connection and community.

I was actually really nervous about taking the more personal angle there. Writing that last part brought up some bad memories and left me feeling pretty shaken, to the point that I almost wanted to change it and go with…something else.

Except there just wasn’t anything else, right? What other way to talk about the power of Blood than to get at how Karkat may be suggesting we try to connect to each other. Part of me was worried that sentiment would be met with callousness or mockery, I guess, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.

All of which is to say, thanks for taking the time to reach out–to you, and everyone else who’s had a kind word. I treasure all of them, and I’m moved you guys collectively proved my initial instinct was the right one. I’m really glad I stuck to my guns here.

I know I say this basically every time i post stuff but this time, once again, I feel like this is only the beginning. So I’m excited to see where we go from here.