Can Town (The Official Homestuck Thread)

Favorite Troll?

  • Aradia Megido

    Votes: 10 16.1%

  • Tavros Nitram

    Votes: 6 9.7%

  • Sollux Captor

    Votes: 12 19.4%

  • Karkat Vantas

    Votes: 24 38.7%

  • Nepeta Leijon

    Votes: 15 24.2%

  • Kanaya Maryam

    Votes: 8 12.9%

  • Terezi Pyrope

    Votes: 21 33.9%

  • Vriska Serket

    Votes: 10 16.1%

  • Equius Zahhak

    Votes: 4 6.5%

  • Gamzee Makara

    Votes: 7 11.3%

  • Eridan Ampora

    Votes: 6 9.7%

  • Feferi Peixes

    Votes: 9 14.5%
  • Total voters
    62
Javelin said:
wait since when does homestuck actually care about triggers

i thought they made fun of triggers with kankri in that flash
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it was more a warning before the comic that there were sensitive matters covered in it

or something
 
But that's pretty much what trigger warnings are.
 
So I have this other theory regarding the update, about a way for them to come back to life. Isn't Hemera, the denizen of life, on/in Jane's Planet? And she probably woke up when LOCAH collided with LOHAC. I'm not sure what her powers are, but MAYBE she could help?
 
SiFi said:
But that's pretty much what trigger warnings are.
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kinda, but would you describe, like, warnings before a tv programme about strong language, violence etc as a trigger warning?
 
Hilary Briss said:
SiFi said:
But that's pretty much what trigger warnings are.
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kinda, but would you describe, like, warnings before a tv programme about strong language, violence etc as a trigger warning?
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...well, yeah that's basically what those things are
 
i'd describe them as warnings but not with the word "trigger".

either way, this is irrelevant.
 
The Happy Mask Salesman said:
So I have this other theory regarding the update, about a way for them to come back to life. Isn't Hemera, the denizen of life, on/in Jane's Planet? And she probably woke up when LOCAH collided with LOHAC. I'm not sure what her powers are, but MAYBE she could help?
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Maybe. Denizens don't always seem to match with aspects (i.e. Yaldabaoth has appeared for a Heart and a Time player) and maybe their presence is also determined by the type of session (i.e. void and dead sessions not having Echidna and Haphaestus even if they do a Space or Time player), plus the genders of the denizen and the player have matched up so far so that's another complicating factor for some aspects (like Void and Heart). But while Hemera is based on a sun goddess figure iirc, that forms a due with Roxy's night goddess, with their colouration invoking Prospit and Derse, which could easily be referring to the two Queens' rings of Life and Void, suggesting they are linked to those aspects. With Sburb, things are never straightforward, but I do think there will be more denizen stuff coming up. Or at least, I hope so.

Other potential ways out are the fact that ghosts can do the lifey thing too - we saw a dead god-tier Feferi heal the Mayor way back, so maybe if Roxy's void powers end up poofing her and Rose to Calliope's place, where the other ghosts are probably going to show up like Jade did, perhaps Jane will be able to help her if she succumbs to the stab wound.

Also, it occurred to me today that if Karkat is a ghost now, he can finally fly - hence his complaint about him and Kanaya being the only non-flyers a few panels back, which I always thought was weird since Terezi and the Mayor (and Gamzee) can't fly either: I figured he forgot them out because he was just ranting away, but perhaps Hussie left them out of the line because it was only Karkat and Kanaya who were about to be granted the elusive power of flight.

The current Paradox Space is interesting. It's like, the before-trolls as Higurashi, or School Days, or some other psychological thriller manga (complete with Japanese dialogue and everything). It's kinda weird that they feel the need for a warning, tho, seeing as Homestuck itself has done a lot worse.
 
rose won't die to the stab wound regardless because it won't qualify as a heroic or just death

she didn't really sacrifice herself for anything
Walkazo said:
The current Paradox Space is interesting. It's like, the before-trolls as Higurashi, or School Days, or some other psychological thriller manga (complete with Japanese dialogue and everything). It's kinda weird that they feel the need for a warning, tho, seeing as Homestuck itself has done a lot worse.
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has it? i don't think homestuck has ever touched the topic of rape
 
i'd think that the trigger warnings are there because that comic is made by someone who decided to put it there

since there are different writers, many probably don't feel a need to put trigger warnings
 
True.

Javelin said:
rose won't die to the stab wound regardless because it won't qualify as a heroic or just death

she didn't really sacrifice herself for anything
Walkazo said:
The current Paradox Space is interesting. It's like, the before-trolls as Higurashi, or School Days, or some other psychological thriller manga (complete with Japanese dialogue and everything). It's kinda weird that they feel the need for a warning, tho, seeing as Homestuck itself has done a lot worse.
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has it? i don't think homestuck has ever touched the topic of rape
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Also true - I guess trying to avenge someone isn't quite "heroic".

Mindfang and the Dolorosa. Also, there's no rape involved, but Gamzee's abuse of Terezi is pretty terrible.
 
As I said before, the scene where Vriska lures Tavros to her hive felt like a rape scene to me, even though it wasn't explicit.
 
it kind of is when she mind controls him to love her but it's not exactly

i can see why someone would look at it that way though
 
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