Tag: Homestuck

cityinthesea:

cityinthesea:

Strong Opinions™ on jake characterisation

I feel like an aspect that makes Jake so relatable to me is this… this way he underhandedly tries to make things go his way, even if it isn’t actually a strategy that works out for him very well.

Like. My mind always jumps back to the Jane pesterlog, where he basically corners her the second she screws up and fails to confess properly. She’s said the thing that allows him to absolve himself of the responsibility of turning her down, and he fucking runs with it. 

The other thing my mind always jumps to is when his and Dirk’s relationship goes sour. Rather than talk about it he clearly would rather just not deal, because confronting it or using his words to speak his feelings of suffocation puts the onus on him. 

In that sense that’s why I stand with the opinion that jake is kind of an asshole. He’s not a bad kid but also he isn’t very forward in getting what he wants, to the detriment of those around him sometimes. 

I guess this post kinda stems from tiredness of seeing people who dismiss or dislike jake for being “bad”. Or by demeaning his character by making him into an uwu cinnamon roll. Jake has a lot of room to explore, he’s so caught up in his posturing and his avoidant nature. At his core I feel like he’s a character that has a lot of want. He wants things and tries to get them through underhanded means. Even tho they sometimes blow up in his face. 

Also I feel like I have to hedge by saying this isn’t meta, this isn’t a “”“"hot take”“”“” im literally just explaining why I find Jake, at least the way I’ve come to interpret his character, is aggressively relatable, especially lately, but it’s also for this reason he’s slowly become like. Maybe my favourite character??

#I think jake as kind of a lowkey jerk is a really important shade of his character#it doesn’t mean he’s bad#it just means he is less saintly than fandom often treats him#I love! jake english#said the person who identifies hardcore with jake english 

it’s not like the narrative like…hides it…every character including Jake himself and even Caliborn tell us he acts like kind of an asshole. 
Every Alpha does kind of fucked up things. It doesn’t really make sense to hold Jake above the others in this regard, or to try to single out one party that’s “to blame” or w.e. It’s not that kind of story. 

Part #2: The Neverending Story — – optimisticDuelist – Medium

Here’s the link to the Medium version of this post. 

Original Description:

Here’s the post on Homestuck’s links to The Neverending Story, particularly as they concern Calliope, Caliborn, and their relationships to the story. Some additional details on Jane’s Lollipop and the nature of Paradox Space. 

Hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think!

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Part #2: The Neverending Story — – optimisticDuelist – Medium

revolutionaryduelist:

2. The Neverending Story – 
Muse/Lord & The rules of Paradox Space

[Spoilers for The Neverending Story]

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I’m not the first to note Homestuck’s references to AURYN, the magical amulet from The Neverending Story. The symbol of the intertwined black and white snakes is directly referenced only twice in Homestuck’s story, and both times it tells us a mind-boggling amount about the nature and function of Homestuck’s universe. 

And even that only scratches the surface. So instead of starting off with Homestuck itself, let me tell you a little bit about The Neverending Story itself.

Keep reading

Here’s the post on Homestuck’s links to The Neverending Story, particularly as they concern Calliope, Caliborn, and their relationships to the story. Some additional details on Jane’s Lollipop and the nature of Paradox Space. 
Hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think!

[Master Post]

[Patreon] [Hiveswap Discord]

Keep Rising. 

The Signs as Overwatch Mains and Playstyles

wrathlycat:

Aries: Reaper, says hello before every kill and uses an emote after

Taurus: Lucio, stays behind teammates but within range to heal/boost, actually stays on the objective

Gemini: Sombra, goes around the map to hack every health pack, does nothing but stay invisible for the rest of the game

Cancer: Hasn’t figured out how character selection works, picks whichever hero is selected by default, throws a tantrum every time they get sniped

Leo: Tracer, actually plays decently, follows their friend into battle

Virgo: Pharah, targets enemies that shit talk their teammates in the chat

Libra: Genji, climbs walls to get into weird places, only enters fights to use the dragon ultimate

Scorpio: Widowmaker, charges right to the frontlines instead of finding a sniping position

Sagittarius: Hanzo and Orisa, goes to online forums to complain that Hanzo would be cooler riding a horse, also wishes Orisa was more equine 

Capricorn: Junkrat, does nothing for 99.9% of the match but somehow gets play of the game with the rip tire ultimate

Aquarius: Soldier 76, tries to get teammates to follow an actual strategy but is ignored by everyone

Pisces: Mercy, goes around to heal everyone but immediately switches to pistol and chases after anyone that attacks them

dyonoi:

revolutionaryduelist:

here’s some salamanders rubbing smuppet ass strap-ons together. i needed to do something that wasn’t high pressure and silly so here we are i guess.

follow up to this post

i decided they dont actually experience anything biologically sexual so they just press this stuff together and get each other incredibly worked-up and flustered.

also jake and dirk’s skaianet media arm launches actual wwe sports industries for the salamanders’ puppet-based tension and popularize anime-style superhero wwe fighters. this guy is their mascot. their standard hero. i named him “Yiffglub”. 

Here he is bringing down a flustered challenger. Its the best thing Dave’s ever seen. 

Here we see the introduction of a darker and edgier rival character. An antihero. A heel. note the matching bro wanking energy crystals. Jake designed these and Dirk refuses to meet Roxy in the eyes for two weeks. 

taz what the FUCK is this

two quick updates:

i was linked the jackoff bro crystal meme so i thought id share it here for the context:

second, and incredibly bizzare to me:

it seems porn bots like these stupid salamander things? ok

here’s some salamanders rubbing smuppet ass strap-ons together. i needed to do something that wasn’t high pressure and silly so here we are i guess.

follow up to this post

i decided they dont actually experience anything biologically sexual so they just press this stuff together and get each other incredibly worked-up and flustered.

also jake and dirk’s skaianet media arm launches actual wwe sports industries for the salamanders’ puppet-based tension and popularize anime-style superhero wwe fighters. this guy is their mascot. their standard hero. i named him “Yiffglub”. 

Here he is bringing down a flustered challenger. Its the best thing Dave’s ever seen. 

Here we see the introduction of a darker and edgier rival character. An antihero. A heel. note the matching bro wanking energy crystals. Jake designed these and Dirk refuses to meet Roxy in the eyes for two weeks.