i don’t even know who to credit for these ideas it’s all @khemi@dirkar and @janestrider‘s fault. but yeah everyone’s favorite heir of life and weird reborn hal from this specifically
It’s okay, Karkat, you tried. The problem was the tool you had to work with.
[transcript: Homestuck characters painted over an xkcd comic as so: PANEL 1: Eridan and Karkat are drinking at a table together. ERIDAN: I’ve been learning tricks from Earth pickup artist forums. KARKAT: Pickup artists are dehumanizing creeps who see red relationships as adversarial and targets as sex toys. PANEL 2: In the background, Rose and John are hanging out at another table. ERIDAN: No, it’s just a bunch of tips! Like negging: you belittle chicks to undermine their self-confidence so they’ll be more vulnerable and seek your approval. PANEL 3: KARKAT: Just talk to them like a fucking person. ERIDAN: Nah, that’s a sucker’s game. ERIDAN: OK – Wish me luck! PANEL 4: At Rose and John’s table. John is getting up. CAPTION: Meanwhile… JOHN: I’m going to the bathroom to roll a ball down under the line of stalls. ROSE: Cool. PANEL 5: Eridan heads off towards Rose’s table. KARKAT: Oh no. PANEL 6: ERIDAN: You look like you’re on a diet. That’s great! ERIDAN: How’s the fruit plate? PANEL 7: ROSE: Ooh- Are we negging? ROSE: Let me try! PANEL 8: ROSE: You look like you’re going to spend your life having one epiphany after another, always thinking you’ve finally figured out what’s holding you back, and how you can finally be productive and creative and turn your life around. ROSE: But nothing will ever change. That cycle of mediocrity isn’t due to some obstacle. It’s who you are. ROSE: The thing standing in the way of your dreams is that the person having them is you. PANEL 9: ROSE: OK, your turn! Ooh, try insulting my hair! ERIDAN: I think I need to go home and think about my life. ROSE: It won’t help.]
Somewhere outside of the frame Jude is sitting and watching.
A gift work I’m giving my grandma for her birthday, for once I’m using my skills properly and not drawing porn. And since this isn’t for me, I got a little bit experimental and tried an odd color palette and finally coloured skin too. Figured I could make her look a little less sickly than normally, sometimes it’s necessary to tone down my misery and suffering aesthetics. Except ballet IS suffering.
I used to dance ballet when I was younger and my goal was to get pointe shoes. So I trained until I got to the point we were allowed to get ones and get on our toes. …Aaaand after that I quit, I reached my goals. :’9 Still love the aesthetics.
Somewhere out there the Anon that wanted more Striders is grinding their teeth together in frustration.
“cobalt thief” is so…melancholic. you can tell that there’s magic and loveliness but above all it’s just overwhelming sadness, a scared little girl trying to deal with her circumstances. 😦
god i love homestuck girls bc they are just so badass and filled with actual redeeming qualities and also are multifaceted and make you THINK and/or say ‘kin’ at melodramatically low volumes. damn.
not really sure about his race hc but i do know that he’s very wealthy, has a REALLY solid family unit, and is…kind of a controlling douche until he achieves self awareness. from then on he’s actually pretty cool and learns to shut up when other people are talking about their experiences. also his dad is like, vriska’s godfather so she shows up a lot and just hangs out. they have a weird quasi sibling relationship and check eachother’s shit
Y’know there’s a lot of content of Rufioh helping Tavros, and it’s fantastic don’t get me wrong, but I feel like Tavros would also try to do a lot to help Rufioh as well. Especially in like, humanstuck where they’re like brothers that have lived together their whole lives. You can’t tell me that Tavros wouldn’t try his damnedest to get Rufioh out of the house once in a while, at the very least he’s thrown soap at Rufioh and told him to take a shower.