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dirk-cubed-ama · 4 months

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DIRK: Every time a new ask blog is opened on Tumblr, an angel falls.

DIRK: Or something.

DIRK: Anyway, aware-of-the-medium-I-exist-in fourth wall break aside, Hi. I'm your local tragic anime antagonist; feel free to hit me with questions.

DIRK: Rose may occasionally take centerstage to answer asks if I'm feeling particularly tragic one day or another. I'm sure you understand.

DIRK: There's more information about how this will work under the cut. Take my hand, and we'll traverse this freak show together, shall we?

What is this blog?

• This is an ask blog made to shamelessly promote an upcoming Epilogues overhaul fanfiction I'm working on, and hopefully help me garner some inspiration to properly write it. I'm trying to gauge community interest, and how much y'all will like my guy. Plus hopefully hype some people up!

Who is your guy?

• A complete redesign and rewrite of Ultimate Dirk. I hated how the Epilogues character assassinated everyone (unpopular opinion, I know,) but Dirk is particularly important to me. A friend of mine and I were theorizing what a Dirk grappling with infinite layers of himself might look like more accurately, and we came up with this guy. To play on ^2, he has become Dirk^3, or just Cubed.

What's the concept?

• Epilogues where everything is the same, except it's completely different.

Who are you?

• Just your local guy who's mad about the Epilogues. Call me Crumbs, if you like. Here's my main: @art-crumbs-on-your-dashboard

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kripsybac0n125 · 2 months

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WHAT. OBAMA????? OBAMA HOMESTUCK????? LIKE HOMESTUCK OBAMA????? HOMESTUCK????? REALLY?????

#krippis reads homestuck #homestuck epilogues spoilers #WHAT THE FUCK #WHAT THE WHATHRHHTHRJ WHAT

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hartteart · 6 months

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4ND L1ST3N TO YOU BL33D WH1L3 1 SM3LL YOU D13

#can't get the thought of terezi carrying john around in that damn wallet out of my head #homestuck #homestuck beyond canon #spoilers #homestuck^2 #don't shoot me but i actually enjoyed the epilogues very much #love me some character regression #anyway i just had to doodle something for this scene #terezi pyrope #john egbert #blood #death #dying

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sillyhomestucksilliness · 29 days

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candy timeline has so much potential it's driving me crazy

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art-izz-blog · 18 days

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I just had a realization…..

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r0semultiverse · 7 months

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The implication that Terezi is stronger/immune/indifferent to Dirk's narrative writing/reality-warping powers is interesting. 👀

I am so excited for the new writers to explore her character more.

Hopefully this also means we'll be seeing more classpect & god tier power exploration as well!

#I say 'interesting' in a positive way btw just to clarify #I'm not sure how much is planned to be left of hs2 or how much was even originally planned to be left #but this is certainly something I'd like to see explored more or even more clearly explained in the comic itself #seems like Terezi is also being given a greater narrative purpose too #she's a really cool character so I'm glad to see her in the spotlight #not sure if the hs^2 ppl always had plans for her to play a bigger role but i'm glad we're getting a lot of this now #I wonder what's in that beaten up old wallet or if we've seen it before #maybe it was mentioned in the homestuck epilogues ? not sure #if anyone has any ideas plz let me know; would love to hear your thoughts!#mine #op #homestuck #homestuck^2 #upd8 #homestuck upd8 #homestuck spoilers #terezi pyrope #homestuck terezi #hs terezi #homestuck beyond canon

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souji-upseta · 3 months

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dave at dirk's funeral in candy:

candy!dave speaking to younger dirk in dirk's pesterquest route:

most important interaction in all of homestuck post-canon and the only *anything* from homestuck that made me physically cry actual goddamn tears.

#pesterquest #homestuck post canon #homestuck epilogues #dirk strider #dave strider #pesterquest spoilers #homestuck #homestuck spoilers #suicide cw 38488r84

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nekromeowncer · 7 months

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woegothix · 1 year

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from this

#homestuck #homestuck epilogues #homestuck epilogue spoilers #i guess #my art #rose lalonde #dirk strider #terezi pyrope #homestuck meat #was it meat?#hope so #comic #art #mine #q

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maplemonarchy · 6 months

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Cake: Fionna! What do you want?

=> Fionna: Choose meat

=> Fionna: Choose candy

#homestuck #homestuck fanart #fionna and cake spoilers #fionna and cake #fionna campbell #homestuck epilogues #I cannot draw meat to save my life #maple’s art #I drew this a bit ago #I wanted to make the meat represent something #but it did not look good

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jojotier · 1 year

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The professed ult-Dirk in Homestuck^2 Post Canon isn't ACTUALLY the Ultimate Dirk.

I think he says that, partially because he's desperate to believe it so that he doesn't have to face the fact that to be a truly ultimate Self he has to admit that there are splinters that have worthy, heroic qualities and therefore that he is not only capable of positive change but required to Do So if he ever wants to keep his class from eating him alive, and partially because it makes him seem scarier than he actually is.

Because think about it. Why does the search for narrative relevancy take him away from Earth C? If anything, Earth C should be the perfect place to Cement that relevancy as a villain, like he claims he was always meant to be. He's God! He has an entire kingdom to run! Not only that, but he's even stronger than all the OTHER gods because of the narrative powers.

But you might be saying, Earth C is too small! It's chump change compared to an entire universe to conquer! To which I say: this motherfucker has lived through an entire apocalypse where the Condesce's battle plan for conquering Earth and other such planets was well documented. He knows how an entire planet can theoretically be mobilized into a military force. Why isn't Earth C his starting position?

But conquering an entire universe is still too small, you might be arguing! Dirk's seen multiple universes at this point! He wants relevancy within the metanarrative itself. He's aware of what everything is and he wants the story to continue! He wants to keep the fabric of existence woven! To which I say, why was turning himself into a universal threat necessary at that point?

From a metanarrative perspective, the narrative relevancy of a character is not solely based upon how they move the plot- it is also contingent on the emotional weight of their character arc and their relationships with other characters. What does Dirk accomplish in splitting Post-Canon into, effectively, two separate storylines with vastly different stakes? No, seriously, what the fuck does he actually accomplish here?

What Post-Canon has done is effectively divide the plot between the overarching metanrrative battle for the reality of a universe and the social, societal struggle of a single planet. Simultaneously.

And while these plotlines on paper aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, what has Dirk actually done in that bigger, more important struggle he's trying to set up? He turned Rose and Dave into robots, sure. He wrecked some minor shop and then mind controled Jake to be in love with him again for some ego shit. Then... He's... annoyed a single troll and debated his now robot-daughter for like three years while forcing some others to chase him and just ignoring whatever the hell's going on on Earth C.

He's also not really done anything on the ship either, other than set up for some genetic shenanigans later on, which he's pretty vague about the significance of. He's on a new planet now, but there's no word on whether it's actually inhabited or not. It could just be an empty world he's trying to play scientist on, which is like, morally dubious at best.

Which, admittedly. That may just be via the nature of the fact that Post-Canon is just never gonna be finished, so maybe his plans, when more fully revealed, will show that he's actually doing some pretty dastardly damn deeds. But for now, based on what we know, the bigger threat that's actually impacting the most people is Jane back on Earth C, by nature of her plans actually effecting society on a global scale rather than like 10 people and a distant, likely empty planet.

But even more than all of this. Even more than the fact that if Dirk truly sought narrative relevancy, he would have just assisted Jane, if not stolen her storyline altogether, and even more than the fact that his attempts to make Dave and Rose 'Ultimate' like him might or might not be out of some twisted form of wanting to help them in such a way that he could justify it to himself later as being villainous and only for purposes of 'using them', there's just one more little detail.

""Ult-Dirk"" doesn't have all of his splinters, pretty much by design.

And you might be asking. What? But he's tapped into every splinter- he's got Hal, he's got Lord E by nature of Hal, he's got Bro and he's got all the game versions of himself-

but he doesn't have Brain Ghost Dirk.

And you might be thinking that shit man. That doesn't count. BGDirk is a projection of how Jake sees Dirk- the hope that Jake has for the kind of man that Dirk could be. To which I say, yes. That is entirely correct. But that doesn't mean it doesn't count. After all, why would Jake have that Hope in the first place?

Do you believe that belief in other people comes from a vacuum? That the Hope that someone can be better can ever exist without that person ever expressing good qualities? No- Jake's Hope for who Dirk can be is there because Jake has glimpsed the seed of a good man. He's seen how Dirk handled the game- how he was willing to behead himself (multiple times! multiple times!!) simply to keep everyone safe and in the running. He likely has heard of his reconciliation with Dave and has had many years to see how Dirk has imagined a meeting with said brother- years of seeing the kind of person Dirk is.

Because just as Dirk is the kind of person to become too intense and overstep boundaries and fight too hard to hold on too tight, he's also the kind of person who is deathly afraid of himself. He is deathly afraid of what he can become to other people. Enough so that, when he couldn't bear the thought of the villain ""ultimate"" self, he decided on a different fate in the candy epilogue.

And that is why Dirk Strider is running away from the planet he's meant to manage, for better or for worse, for an entirely more abstract ideal. Because he's trying to corner himself. He's trying to sow the seeds of his own destruction under the guise of it aiding his 'narrative relevancy'.

And that is why Ult-Dirk is not actually his Ultimate Self- because he hasn't yet realized that he has the capacity to become a good man, too. Because if he does, then he has to bear responsibility for his actions on his own, rather than creating a roundabout way for others to punish him instead.

Then he has to face the fact that this isn't just the way he is.

#homestuck #dirk strider #ultimate dirk #homestuck^2 #homestuck epilogues #spoilers #listen man i just have many thoughts head full #admittedly its been a bit since i read post canon or the epilogues so im probs forgetting something but lol

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thebigcj · 17 days

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Dirk being a prince of heart is honestly kind of tragic for his entire development as a character. The guy is surrounded by himself and is actively reminded of the fact that all he does is break hearts (mostly his own) even though he WANTS to be a good person. Like, he is so aware of his own shortcomings and still can’t avoid it. Then when he meets Dave and Dave gets down to business shitting on Bro and Dirk KNOWS that’s him. Dirk is fully aware that he IS Bro. I’m certain that he plays it off like “yeah I know I could turn into that person” even though he is undoubtedly FULLY AWARE that he already has. The only difference between Bro and Dirk is the amount of distance that Bro placed between Dave and him. Bc when Dirk attains his ultimate self as not only a destroyer class but as a destroyer of HEART, that is everything Dirk did not want to become but could not escape.

I know that the very fact that Dirk attained his ultimate self means that he has fully come to terms with that, but it’s such a tragic egress for him from the good person he once wanted to be. He did want to be a good person, once, but he knows exactly what a prince of heart is supposed to do, and it’s heartbreaking (by design) that he takes his throne.

I’m no Dirk apologist; he is too far gone by the epilogues, and the very fact that he is actually, unequivocally Bro is very uncool of him

But I am sad that he ends up a piece of shit, because he really didn’t want to be, and neither did I.

#homestuck #dirk strider #prince of heart #literary analysis #spoilers #homestuck epilogues

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whatsmyisyours · 17 days

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mmmmm homestuck^2 feeding me doomed by narrative lesbains is the best sort of pain

#homestuck 2 #homestuck #homestuck epilogue #rosemary #spoilers?#recent update #doomed by the narrative

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fiendy · 1 year

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No like talk about it… I think as a continuation of HS epilogues kinda flops but the meat route itself is fun ! Wont even lie like I enjoyed catty evil dirk !

hes sooo funny hes literally a cartoon villain. disassembling and reassembling a gun, fake shooting it, the long monologues, the casual brushing off when other characters notice his interjections into their thoughts. can we go back to the gun thing? so melodramatic i love it. i miss the slightly goofier canon dirk but this machiavellian shtick is really warming up to me. but im confused as to why they wrote so many characters as genuinely unlikeable.

karkat, dave, jake, jane, JADE (poor girl), john sometimes, like... i get wanting more character conflicts but its a little absurd. its unenjoyable purposefully to a fault. creating discomfort in stories for the reader is good, even necessary, but when 80% of your previously delightful cast is distorted into something annoying to make fun of the readers love for the original versions... its so self aggrandizing and self sabotaging.

#this is a word vomit #homestuck epilogues spoiler

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chthonictailgator · 2 years

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starting with this two year old candy karkat art

#i read the epilogues in like 2 days in 2020 after not thinking about homestuck for years and went through all stages of grief #and also an additional one called mania #homestuck #hs2 #uh how do i even tag my friends #karkat vantas #homestuck epilogues #homestuck spoilers #hs spoilers

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harley-style · 2 years

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Reading the Epilogues pt. 1 (spoilers abound!)

Decided to read candy first as i heard its better to start with to get the pain out of the way

Disclaimer: ive deffo read a lot of HS2 before this so thats gonna color my experience

MaryRose is sweet and i love them but also i dread the future

Jade NO come the fuck on let them slowly discover themselves. God is this why you’re a mess in HS2?

JADE FUCKING HARLEY. WHAT THE FUCK.

Dave you are a blessing do not let anyone tell you otherwise.

“Jake was kind of a slut” wow. Is this Jane or Dirk talking. Either way, rude?

LOL JANE GET NOT-FUCKED

So uh. Why are they pushing for relationships are they stupid. Oh wait don’t answer that. They’re all fucked up kids with no formal education or highschool drama. Of course they’re thinking about relationships at the tender age of 20. Holy fuck.

YES KANAYA GIRLBOSS

If Karkat was more confident, he would be a great president. And he would absolutely rock at it too. The problem is that he doesnt leave his fucking hive and has never, not once, built up a rapport with the citizens of Earth C.

Jade honey….no…..please this isn’t fucking right. I can’t read this anymore. Oh my fucking god.

YEAH KARKAT YOU TELL HER

Dave. Oh my god. We ALL thought you were dating. “Ive never thought of kissing karkat he’s so petite” holy shit? Never in my life have i witnessed such bullshit.

Terezi and John have such a nice dynamic

Oh boy. Dave’s on his awkward arc. The one that isn’t adorable, and I can fucking foresee a goddamn trainwreck.

Yknow what i think thats it for now! Maybe ill read parts 11-20 tomorrow. Hope you guys enjoyed!

#homestuck #homestuck epilogues #reading the homestuck epilogues #john egbert #rose lalonde #kanaya maryam #jade harley #dave strider #karkat vantas #jane crocker #roxy lalonde #terezi pyrope #spoilers

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