Homestuck - You eat a weird bug and don't even care
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[QUOTE=geogzm;27084028]QUESTION TIME AGAIN
1. What's prototyping
2. What's the "goal" for the kids in homestuck?[/QUOTE]
"Prototyping" is when you take an object (dead or doomed or inanimate) and add it to the kernelsprite, making a sprite with some properties of the object.
Since the kids' session is destined to not spawn a new universe, the kids are trying to cause as much damage as they can to the session.
Everyone get ready to Highlight Rose's conversation.
Damn, the latest pages make me feel bad for Jade.
:frown:
Now Jade's getting sad too over dead Daves
[QUOTE=geogzm;27084028]QUESTION TIME AGAIN
1. What's prototyping
2. What's the "goal" for the kids in homestuck?[/QUOTE]
Elaborating on this:
[QUOTE=elitehakor v2;27084134]"Prototyping" is when you take an object (dead or doomed or inanimate) and add it to the kernelsprite, making a sprite with some properties of the object.
Since the kids' session is destined to not spawn a new universe, the kids are trying to cause as much damage as they can to the session.[/QUOTE]
When a player opens their Cruxtruder, an orb-shaped "Kernelsprite" is released. Before a player may enter the Medium, they have to throw something into the kernelsprite, which will then absorb it and take its properties. Kernelsprites like to prototype with dead things to bring them back to life, but if corpses aren't available then other things will do. A Kernelsprite can be prototyped twice, but only one is needed to enter the Medium. When a player enters the Medium, the Kernelsprite divides into three: A purple kernel, a yellow kernel, and a sprite. The purple and yellow kernels travel to one of the towers on Derse and Prospit and affect the Armies of Light and Darkness, who take the properties of whatever was prototyped. The Black and White Kings and Queens are also affected so long as they have their scepters and rings, respectively. Most enemies faced by the players will also exhibit elements of this prototyping. It's also important for a player to prototype before entering the medium, because a successful prototyping causes the Battlefield to evolve and become more ready to accept the Ultimate Alchemy and create the new universe. Failure to do so results in an unwinnable session. As more players enter the Medium, the Battlefield grows and the Kings and Queens become more powerful, as well as the enemies becoming more diverse.
The Sprite that was resulting from the split can still be prototyped again if it was only done once, but any prototypings after a player enters the Medium does not affect the rest of the Incipisphere. These sprites gain knowledge of the game and appear as a ghosty form of what was prototyped, and can only divulge information cryptically. Becsprite cannot communicate at all, and Davesprite is tired of bullshit and just gives up information freely.
And for the kids' purpose, see:
[QUOTE=IceCKryss;27063218]Well, he wasn't originally supposed to be the final boss. The Black King and Queen were, for starting the Reckoning and trying to destroy Skaia. The players were meant to aggress and defeat the royals of Derse, and perform the Ultimate Alchemy to create the new universe that they will inhabit. But Jack changed things by killing the Black Queen early and taking her ring. He then traveled to the Battlefield and killed the Black King, which would have ended the war right there. He stole the White King's scepter and initiated the Reckoning after decimating the Armies of Light and Darkness. When Jade entered the Medium and he was prototyped with Becquerel, he became invincible. The kids have no chance of stopping the Reckoning, and nobody else constitutes a threat to him any longer, so he's essentially won their session already.
The kids aren't a threat at all, but he goes out of his way to hunt them down and kill them off, so he's either bored or has some other purpose in mind.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=IceCKryss;27063507]Rose is pissed off about of this fact, so she wants to take an alternate route and piss off paradox space. [B]The Tumor[/B], situated at the center of the Battlefield, will supposedly detonate and destroy the Incipisphere when the Reckoning ends. Rose wants John to use his powers as the Heir of Breath to extract [B]the Tumor[/B] and deliver it to her. Dave will create a map of the unnavigable Furthest Ring and give that to Rose as well. Dream Rose will then take the bomb and traverse through the Ring to find the [img_thumb]http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/greensun.gif[/img_thumb] and destroy it with [B]the Tumor[/B], negating the powers of the First Guardians and make Bec Noir vulnerable again.
They're no longer in it to "win"; they're to cause as much damage to paradox space as possible to change their fate.[/QUOTE]
>:[
I'm going to use that text emote everytime something is sad/depressing.
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Automer-
It's about time we addressed Bro being dead.
Also if Jade is the Witch of Space couldn't you draw from that, that she will eventually have the ability to teleport.
Is it safe to assume that's the last update tonight?
>:I
Wait why do they get sad over a doomed Dave's death
or do they not know theres a bunch of them yet
And that was the last time Jade used those glasses.
Oh shit so many dead things :smithicide:
[QUOTE=VaultBoi;27084436]Wait why do they get sad over a doomed Dave's death
or do they not know theres a bunch of them yet[/QUOTE]
FRIEND DIED
TIME TO BE SAD
:c
[QUOTE=halflambada;27083200]I'm re-reading Hivebent and I JUST noticed this little gem
TA: paradox 2pace u2e2 them two u2her iin the end.
GC: HOW DO3S 1T KNOW WH4T 4NG3L TO US3... ........[/QUOTE]
What does this mean? I never understood it and thought it was gonna be one of those things that only makes sense later in the story.
>:c
[QUOTE=imadaman;27084503]Oh shit so many dead things :smithicide:[/QUOTE]
Davesprite, Bro, doomed Dave, 'real' John, Jade's dreamself, all the trolls' dreamselves (with the obvious exceptions), all royals except for the white queen, armies of both Derse and Prospit in the kids' session, the inhabitants of the kids' Prospit's moon, the inhabitants of pretty much everywhere in the trolls' session.
Not counting all the monsters or characters I forgot about. Or the intermission.
I'd say quite a lot, yeah.
[QUOTE=chonks;27084551]What does this mean? I never understood it and thought it was gonna be one of those things that only makes sense later in the story.[/QUOTE]
[Url=http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=008.jpg]its time......................
to GET my pour on[/Url]
[QUOTE=VaultBoi;27084436]Wait why do they get sad over a doomed Dave's death
or do they not know theres a bunch of them yet[/QUOTE]
Jade probably didn't know that Dave was doomed, as she only has knowledge over space and not time. From the perspective of one who only knows her friend can time travel, Dave just died right there and all other Daves will end up being that dead Dave. It's also incredibly traumatizing for anyone to see their friends die regardless if they're doomed or not. John was sad when Dream Jade died, Dave stared at the blood of a doomed timeclone for 10 minutes and hates losing more timeclones, Karkat hated to see Sollux die, Tavros couldn't bring himself to kill Vriska, and Future Rose and Dave were awakened by Future John and Future Jade's deaths.
Jade's Face :saddowns:
[QUOTE=chonks;27084551]What does this mean? I never understood it and thought it was gonna be one of those things that only makes sense later in the story.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7228/angelx.png[/img]
I am interested in the Dave with the fedora and Terezi's glasses.
Also: I just noticed that the structure beside Rose was the platform Bro fought Jack Noir on.
guys I have found my SBaHJ sort GLOWS.... in the darpk
(this is awesome)
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[QUOTE=AkuOhino;27084636]I am interested in the Dave with the fedora and Terezi's glasses.
Also: I just noticed that the structure beside Rose was the platform Bro fought Jack Noir on.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps another Dave from the future.
Ha ha oh wow, I didn't even catch this my first time reading it but now going over it again I finally understood what happened. So great.
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Jade's goggles said there were 13 Daves including Davesprite. When the doomed Dave was killed by Bec Noir, the number dropped to 12. This means Davesprite is still alive.
Now I feel bad for Jade.
:smith:
Oh god poor jade
[QUOTE=VaultBoi;27084436]Wait why do they get sad over a doomed Dave's death
or do they not know theres a bunch of them yet[/QUOTE]
She just saw her best friend's dead body. One of them, but still.