Wait, Gamzee's text was in alternating caps/lowercase before his re-freakout. What could it mean?
I noticed that too. I assumed...
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He either did it on purpose to bring Terezi's guard down or it's a fluctuating thing. I doubt it's the latter because I was sure that he actually needed sopor slime to be his "old" self.
MariaColette Wrote:I noticed that too. I assumed...
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He either did it on purpose to bring Terezi's guard down or it's a fluctuating thing. I doubt it's the latter because I was sure that he actually needed sopor slime to be his "old" self.
Option C
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Read this theory on the forum, that when Aranea mind controlled Gamzee again, it had reset his behavior back to what it was before, aka murder mode.
Adding my own twist here: But, since Gamzee was obviously badly hurt, he had a brief moment of clarity before he totally went back.
Option D
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It may be his Rage powers. My theory here is that it automatically kicks in when grievously injured, possibly as a self-defense mechanism. Kind of like video game mechanics for a boss, where at their lowest life they become their most dangerous. The reason Gamzee had a moment to be his old self was because his Rage powers needed a moment to realize "HOLY SHI'T GAMZEE TOOK A LOT OF DAMAGE". Why it didn't kick in for Caliborn? Probably because Gamzee's Rage powers actually only kick in when he takes a certain amount of damage in one instance/hit. When Gamzee was released from mind control, his body realized all of the damage at once. What I imagine Rage powers to be like is that at highest mastery, Rage powers can activate with less damage, or even at will.
tl;dr Gamzee's Rage powers activated because he took X damage in Y time.
2013-10-11, 03:31 AM (This post was last modified: 2013-10-11, 07:19 AM by MariettaRC.)
Guuuyyysss...
They have Troll pullover hoodies now...
;_;
EDIT:
OH MY GOD.
I DON'T LIKE THIS UPDATE, GUYS...
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TEREZI, NO.
I mean, at least Jake was able to revive. But Terezi isn't even God Tier and who know if Evil Jane will revive her. Maybe when she becomes normal again, she will... ;_;
Then again, she has not been announced dead yet. But after that beating, who even knows.
MASSIVE UPDATE WHILE I WAS SLEEPING? UNACCEPTABLE!
10/11/2013
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Oh dear god, that was nothing short of a brutal beatdown by Gamzee. My headcanon for Terezi not dying from all that is that she's at her max Echeladder, which is tougher than the Black King. I am really wondering about the return of that shiitty dust. John, where are you?! I'm quite surprised Jake revived, but then then Aranea wasn't bucking with the clock this time. This also confirms that the God Tier clocks are not completely broken, and we shall see some more God Tier rezzes in the near future.
Anyone else noticed that Gamzee Trickster mode kicking animation? Gog damn it now that funny gif is now sad/unfunny. Huuuuuuussie!
DAVE PLEASE COME TO THE RESCUE! Please?! D:
MEANWHILE, Jane is giving Aranea a very awkward beatdown in the form of eye poking and face punching.
I'm quite surprised Jake revived, but then then Aranea wasn't bucking with the clock this time. This also confirms that the God Tier clocks are not completely broken, and we shall see some more God Tier rezzes in the near future.
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Jake's death was neither heroic nor just, hence his revival. Jade's death was just, hence her not reviving.
Jake's death was neither heroic nor just, hence his revival. Jade's death was just, hence her not reviving.
That's how god tier revivals work.
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I didn't feel Jade's death was just, mostly because she was influenced by )(IC up until her death. I also thought that the only reason she died was because Aranea totally messed with the God Tier clock. The "Lucky Br8" to me implied she used her Light powers to just push the clock to "Just", and she considered it a lucky break because that's one less minion standing between her and getting rid of Lord English from this universe. Also because influencing the Revival clock was probably no small matter, even with billions of sweeps of practice. I am probably overthinking it, and/or overestimating the powers of a Light player.
I was mainly worried for Jake because I thought Aranea broke the God Tier clock with her Light powers, so I thought no more revives for a while.
So, apparently Gigapause Part 2 has started, at which point when it ends Andrew will post the rest of Homestuck.
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Gigapause: Commence.
I've been thinking this over for the last few weeks, and I've decided now is the best time to suspend all regular updates until I've finished the story, rather than pausing just before I start on the final animation. When I'm done, I'll post it all at once. There are a lot of reasons why I think this is the best strategy.
Primarily, it's about efficiency, and being able to work on the remaining (and likely the most difficult parts) of the story without distractions, or the added challenge of having to crank out the next serial update as fast as possible, which means I always have to stay totally linear with the work. This way I can produce the rest of it more comprehensively, prepare animation assets in advance, do more stuff in parallel, etc. It will go faster. And ultimately, I think it'll read better as one thing, rather than as a sequence tortuously spread out over time, as has been the norm for years. I think it's close enough to the end now to safely retire Homestuck as a serial reading experience. There's nothing to be gained from that presentation anymore, in my view. It's just time to bear down and get it done.
I guess we're breaking for a long time on a big cliffhanger, but there's no way around that. Actually, pausing at any point later would probably be even worse, as it keeps pushing into endgame territory. That's why I'm stopping now instead of later. With such a big readership, the reactions will only get crazier, and the demand for new updates will get more intense. Over time, knowing so many people are slamming refresh many times per day starts to be more of an omnipresent distraction than anything. I think there is sort of a perception that I am creatively feeding off the hysteria surrounding the comic, but on a very practical level this is not true. Creating entertainment is not really a lifestyle of madcap shenanigans. It is a very sober, often dull process that requires a huge amount of time and concentration. It will be better to disarm the hype machine while I get the hard stuff done.
So what is the itinerary? Need to finish A663 through A666, and then A7. Keep in mind that these sub acts can be literally any length, even one page. There's a good bit of ground to cover, but most of the effort will be tied up in animation chores.
I don't really have a time estimate here, and am not sure there's any real advantage in coming up with one. It'll just be a while. I also have to allocate some time to work on the Kickstarter game. That didn't stop being a thing I have to do. It's coming along. I'll probably have a more substantive update on that before the end of the year. There hasn't been much to report yet since it's mostly been in a high level planning and writing phase. And firming up tons of legal minutiae. Stuff like that.
But I will say there is something new to watch out for next month. Kind of a secret project I'm involved with, unrelated to MSPA or the KS game. Well, it's technically not that secret. It's only secret if you don't know about it yet. Meditate on those profound words, and keep an eye out for news on this in coming weeks.
Oh yeah. Almost forgot, I'll have to take some time to port the site to a new server. Obviously it hasn't been cutting it the last couple months. So we'll work on that soon. Hopefully the new service will be able to handle the massive heart attack the next batch up updates will represent.
During the gigapause, there should still be plenty to see here in the news section. Whether it's about the aforementioned projects, or new product releases, there'll be a lot going on. Trust me, the coolest stuff at What Pumpkin this season has yet to be released.
MariaColette Wrote:I hope so, I had several panels done for my turn before Derposis halted it. >
But on the other hand we still don't know what some of the aspects and classes even do. Hopefully Hussie can release a sort of compendium or information book on the God Tier system in the near future so to keep us satiated while he finishes the storyline. In the meantime, that'd allow us fans to go nuts with fan material/content.
[Webcomic] MSPA: Let me tell you about Homestuck...
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