she had felt a collision with him and known that she had wanted this her whole life: to crash for just one moment into another person at such a velocity as to fuse with him.
Sometimes I forget that the super-ultra cool version of s collide that happened in my head isnt canon and never happened for anyone else to see and I need to grab my seat to calm myself down afterwards
i think the part I hold dearest to my heart is just rose and john talking together in the very beginning, their back and forth made me understand what the word "chemistry" meant between characters.
TT: You're wearing one of your disguises now, aren't you?
TT: You are typing to me right now while wearing something ridiculous.
EB: no, why would you even think that??
EB: that's so stupid.
And of course he was wearing something ridiculous. It was just so simply charming, how she knew him so well and how he was so goofy about it. I fell in love with their dynamic and friendship right then and there, and they've never disappointed me ever since, all their convos were really good. Dave and Jade just added more greateness as time went on too.
Besides that, I liked the felt intermission, cascade, the introduction of the planets, the ancestors, the classpects, i don't know. many things, it really was so unique, and its a pity that homestuck could have become a pioneer of a new genre of media if it ended well, like you could have people being inspired by it and copy what worked, but instead webcomics are pretty much dead in general, and it all fell apart so hard that now most people regret having ever read it and I can't in good concience say that I don't feel the same way. fuck even viz regrets buying the ip lol
So maybe thats the worst part to me, that plus collide, vriskagram, keeping the beta kids separated, the awful meteor scenes, shit the alpha kids plotline in general, it really ruined everything. which is a shame because i do like their characters individually.
Also fuck calliope, she was a mary sue and boring as hell. i wanted her to be the main antagonist alongside caliborn, not a waste of my time. that ending flash was the shittiest ending ive ever seen, it pissed me off so bad.
Toying around with Artbreeder this morning and I decided to picture Teddy and Hope Lupin, the kids of Remus and Tonks in my fics Collide and Cariad. I'm still trying to figure out how to use all the color/saturation options, but so far I'm moderately pleased with the efforts. Below I've got Teddy, around age 11, and Hope, around age 8. I'm not as happy with Teddy - getting a kid with blue hair is hard AF but I'll keep working on it.
I thought I'd add a few notes about the characters themselves, as right now in Cariad they're growing up and becoming distinctive people.
I use personality types to form a 'baseline' personality. I type Remus as an INFJ (Myers Briggs) and Tonks as an ENFP. I mixed these types to get their kids' types in my head. For Enneagram types, I have Remus usually as a 9, with Tonks as a 7.
Teddy is an INFP, while Hope is an ENFJ. The links there are for adult types, but here are links to read the child versions of the INFP and the ENFJ. Enneagram-wise, I have Teddy firmly as a 6 with Hope as a 1.
Anyway, some other day I'll share more of the things that went into the creation and development of Teddy and Hope, who are more or less OCs. Thankfully we get a shred of Teddy in canon, but Hope and the other Lupin kids I had to build from the ground up.
(Though you're most welcome to ask about the characters and how I developed their personalities! My ask box is perpetually open.)