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hms-no-fun · 10 months

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one thing i'm curious about is if you're currently reading / drawing inspiration from any other contemporary HS fanworks. i know KITTYQUEST just dropped its epilogue like less than a week ago, so it's definitely a big era for Homestuck Fanworks That Have Jade Harley Have Kids lmaoooo

i may talk a big game about how you can't hope to substantively discuss what homestuck *is* without also examining its fanworks, but unfortunately i am myself woefully under-read and out of date. i kinda stopped reading homestuck fanworks after 2020 because. well. at the risk of getting into the weeds of fandom drama. all the ones i really liked stopped updating when the fandom environment turned from passively toxic to aggressively poisonous, and there was at least a 50/50 chance that the creator of any given active fanwork was either with or supported the group of people who wielded that poison.

that feeling is far less prominent now but i am still skeptical any time a new homestuck fanwork gets popular. they have to pass a litmus test first: is this person shitty or weird about the epilogues/hs2? they don't have to have liked either work necessarily, they just have to acknowledge that those works exist, have influence, and are worth talking about, even if they personally don't want to do the talking. god this all sounds so petty, but people lost jobs over what happened. i don't think i can have a positive interaction with anyone who is simply unwilling to have an in-depth conversation about the contents of a text without feeling the need to pass objective moral judgments at every turn, nor do i think i will get much out of the fanworks such a person might produce. so i save us all the trouble and don't bother!

that said, i quite like Kittyquest. i'm way behind on it though, as i am on everything. that Kitty showed up not too long after Yiffy actually inspired me to create Edie, because i love the idea of "Jade's Daughter" being this extraordinarily flexible archetype. it feels like kind of a combo-breaker considering how rigid homestuck's archetypes typically are. i also very much admire Kittyquest's commitment to fleshing out the culture and history of Earth C, especially in the ways it seems to deliberately break from what we've seen of it in post-canon. the lack of worldbuilding the epilogues is one of its biggest weaknesses in my opinion, so i always like it when a story tries to pick up that slack. the artstyle being so divorced from homestuck's yet still somehow indebted to it really encouraged me to try different things with the types of images we started putting into godfeels. what i love about post-canon broadly is just how varied it is artistically, stylistically. i think it's good and compelling and healthy that so much art in this space is willing to play with these things in such constructive ways.

the other contemporary fanwork that really has influence on godfeels is Vast Error. which i am also behind on. but Snowbound Blood is a personal favorite whose tone (at its best) matches the vibes i'm going for in 3.2. the biggest i guess Thing for me wrt Vast Error is how different its universe engine session is from what we saw in homestuck. its logic, its mechanics, its purpose-- the whole thing is so alien, and yet it has Prospit and Derse, it has Spades Slick and other such guys, it has Skaia, so there's clear continuity. if we imagine the universe engine as a procedurally generated video game, these commonalities suggest that there are stable constants in the formula. it was that alongside all the other wildly different fansessions on MSPFA that started the gears turning which would eventually lead to the EWL. the idea of an organization of castoffs from the infinite fanontinuum of alternate sessions, who study the constants and variables across countless UE instances and build squads of sailors who specialize in particular behavioral clusters. oh this session has an overpowered Jack making it unviable? send in the Jills, they'll show him what's what.

i guess if there's a thread here it's that i'm most inspired by what metatextual trends suggest about the hypothetical Ultimate Self of any given homestuck narrative convention. i'm not saying that's a good thing but i guess it has worked out okay so far.

i could shout out other fanworks that i haven't read but i think i would rather hear from y'all. what's out there right now? what's good? i should probably catch up

#homestuck #godfeels #sarahposts #fandom

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harrystylesfpsblog · 2 years

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#harry styles #love on tour #hazza #hs fine line #hs1 #hs2 #hs3 era #live on tour #harry coachella #harries

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charmikarma · 4 months

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i'm not calling this era the homestuck renaissance until i start seeing epilogues meta or hs2 theories in the wild

#mine #the vibes this side of 2020 are nothing like the vibes of before that is all i'm saying #homestuck

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grandmaster-anne · 1 year

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Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence: The difference for me, personally, was I was determined to stay in the Navy and I was able to do that. That gave me a career in addition to supporting my wife for many years.

By Robert Hardman | Published 17 August 2019

There has always been an other-worldly quality to Tintagel Castle, the mighty fortress of Arthurian legend which straddles its clifftop ravine on the North Cornish coast.

Last Sunday, the two sides were reunited for the first time in centuries thanks to a new £5million bridge straight out of a fantasy novel.

It was in Tudor times that the narrow strip of land which once connected the mainland part of 'King Arthur's Castle' to its island citadel fell into the sea.

Since then, any visitors have been forced to scale 148 steps cut in to the rock. For the old and infirm, it was out of the question.

Now, though, Tintagel is reunited — much to the relief of the locals. Up to a quarter of a million tourists each year are now expected to use this 21st century drawbridge — as I have just done.

With a gentle bounce underfoot and an alarming gap in the middle, it is an exhilarating experience.

But this crossing also heralds an important new era for many of this country's greatest historic treasures. And supervising it all is the Queen's son-in-law.

Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, husband of the Princess Royal, is one of the most low-profile members of the Royal Family but, as chairman of English Heritage, he is in charge of some of the most famous structures in the world.

He is the chief custodian of more than 400 hallowed national sites — ranging from Stonehenge and the Battlefield of Hastings to Shropshire's Iron Bridge and Osborne House — not to mention all those blue plaques on the homes of bygone greats.

On his watch, the whole lot has been turned into a new charity. And it has never attempted anything quite like the new bridge to 'King Arthur's Castle'.

So, ahead of the opening, I sat down for a rare and wide-ranging interview with the boss to discuss a range of issues, from government subsidies and HS2 to marrying in to the Royal Family, the prospects of a new Royal Yacht ('not now') and the pain of losing friends on active service.

What is instantly clear is that Sir Tim is much more than a figurehead. 'We're very ambitious.

We want to do things that are a bit spectacular,' he tells me as we study the plans for Tintagel. 'This is a leap. The whole point about it is accessibility.'

He recalls his first visit to Tintagel, negotiating the cliff in deep winter. 'I first went down on a wet January day and I think it's one of the most dangerous things I've ever done climbing down those steps!'

People had been mulling over the idea of a bridge for years, to no avail, until Sir Tim's arrival.

He got in touch with his friends Julia and Hans Rausing, members of the Swedish Tetra Pak clan, though he is modest about his part.

'I know the Rausing family and made an initial contact,' he says. The family trust made a generous grant of £2.5 million, the largest in the organisation's history. What had been a nebulous idea could suddenly take shape.

One might expect to find a risk-averse, steady-as-she-goes approach from a retired admiral in charge of a lot of old buildings (particularly one whose official address is Buckingham Palace).

Sir Tim, however, speaks frankly and clearly feels he is on a mission — against the clock.

He was appointed chairman of English Heritage as it was being cut loose from the state.

Pre-2015, it had been a public sector body with two roles: running historic sites such as Old Sarum and Audley End but also acting as the planning regulator for all listed buildings.

Then the Government split it up. A new state agency, Historic England, took on the regulation while all the historic sites went to a charity under Sir Tim.

It would retain the 'English Heritage' title but was given a grant of £80 million to get started. After that, it would be on its own.

Since most of English Heritage's sites — hill forts, remote ruins and so on — are open and free, it falls to a minority of paying landmarks such as Tintagel to subsidise the rest.

'When we get to the end of our capital grant in 2023, we've got to produce enough running income to cover our running costs plus additional income to invest,' says Sir Tim.

He might talk like the chairman of a FTSE100 company but his position at English Heritage is unpaid.

Yet he clearly loves it and has just been appointed for a second four-year term. And he is not afraid to get political defending his patch.

For example, he is adamant that the Government should slash VAT on conservation work.

'I would love to see VAT reduced on historic buildings. We've been fighting that battle for a long time.

'It would make a huge difference to the historic fabric of this country and it would provide a lot of extra jobs.'

He rattles off tourism statistics — £30 billion gross added value to the economy — and wishes ministers would listen. 'I'm pleading on behalf of the historic environment.

'I don't think the Government is "anti" but I think it could be more "pro". This is not a loss to the Treasury. There are benefits to the Treasury.'

He is also a fan of big, contentious projects such as the proposed road tunnel beneath Stonehenge and HS2.

'I'm supportive of HS2 — so long as we can do it in a way that is sympathetic to the countryside — because I believe very strongly in linking the North and the South of the United Kingdom.'

Having risen to the top of the Royal Navy during his 37-year career, Sir Tim has taken a number of public and private sector roles.

Aged 64, he maintains a schedule on a par with that of his famously busy wife (with 518 public duties in 2018, the Princess Royal still tops the Royal Family's league table of engagements).

Until his term of office finished this summer, Sir Tim was also vice-chairman and de facto head of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission which maintains the memorials and graves of 1.7 million men and women all over the world.

There, too, he ushered in a programme of innovations. The son of a Royal Navy officer who served in World War I, Sir Tim is keen to ensure we never forget those killed in all conflicts.

In 1982, he was serving as navigation officer in the destroyer HMS Sheffield, when he was summoned to Northern Ireland to lead a maritime patrol against IRA gun-runners.

In his absence, Sheffield headed to the South Atlantic without him. On May 4, 1982, she became the first major casualty of the Falklands War when an Argentine Exocet missile killed 20 men and sent the ship to the bottom of the sea. 'I vividly remember watching the news,' he says.

'My first thoughts were of friends. Several officers were killed, all of whom I knew.'

They are always in his mind when he attends the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph (a monument which, oddly, is maintained by English Heritage rather than the War Graves Commission).

At the age of 28, Lieutenant Laurence received a Mention in Despatches for his work in Northern Ireland and was marked out for higher things.

He was seconded to be Equerry to the Queen in 1986 (meeting his future wife in the process) before returning to sea in command of his own frigate.

In December 1992, he married the Princess Royal in a low-key winter ceremony at Balmoral (a moment of respite at the end of what the Queen had, days earlier, called her 'annus horribilis').

'Everybody who marries a member of the Royal Family has to craft their own way of doing things,' says Sir Tim.

'There's no book of how to behave when you marry the Royal Family.' The experience has left him with a deep admiration for two royal consorts.

'I'm a huge fan of Prince Albert. He designed and built Osborne with William Cubitt. He also designed and built Balmoral Castle.

He had an incredible mind. Bearing in mind how young he was when he died and what he achieved, he was an extraordinary man.'

So is Albert his inspiration? He smiles and points to a more recent role model. 'I think I've gained more from the Duke of Edinburgh obviously because I know him very well.

He is somebody who has supported the Monarch, but also done a huge amount in his own right.

Think of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and the number of young people who have been through that.'

The Duke had been one of the Navy's rising stars when the sudden death of George VI put a stop to all that.

Sir Tim has great sympathy for his father-in-law. 'The difference for me, personally, was I was determined to stay in the Navy and I was able to do that.

That gave me a career in addition to supporting my wife for many years. It was suggested that the Duke should leave the Navy when the Queen became Monarch.

'I think, looking back, it might have been possible for him to stay for a bit which might have been good. But anyway, that's what happened.'

Sir Tim's first close encounter with the Royal Family came during a short stint in Britannia as a young 'season' officer.

He joined the Royal Yacht in the Gulf in 1979, with an early setback. 'I came back through the Suez Canal on my back because I'd picked up a stomach bug in Saudi Arabia.' His favourite memories are simply of making an entrance.

'The impact of the Royal Yacht coming in with the Queen on board is unbelievable,' he says.

It is now more than 20 years since Britannia was decommissioned to become a tourist attraction in Leith. Millions of us would dearly love to see a replacement.

Sir Tim thinks it could be a long wait. 'I don't think, at the moment, it could work,' he says. 'I won't say that it won't in the future because the tradition of royal yachts goes back to Charles II.

'The Queen is probably not going to do trips in the way that she has done in Britannia in the past. In a new reign, perhaps the moment may come when they say: 'Well, come on, We're a maritime nation.

'We are good at the sea. We connect with the world through the sea. Perhaps we should have a ship in some form that can represent our nation overseas.'

Britannia, like the monarchy, the English language and so much else — including our great historic sites — are examples of soft power. So do we make the most of them?

'Probably not. I think we could make more of them,' Sir Tim reflects.

'The story that we try to tell through our English Heritage properties is of a nation developing from its roots, developing the rule of law, developing good governance, developing civilised structures.

'I think that is something which most countries overseas appreciate more than many people in Britain actually.'

He points to some conversations he had during this summer's state visit at the Palace.

'I spoke to several people in President Trump's camp who appreciate what Britain has contributed and can contribute.'

Does it bother him when, say, a hectic royal tour with the Princess goes unnoticed back home?

As one who never sought the limelight in the first place, he is relaxed. 'My observation of those trips is that they have an impact overseas, which is very significant and not always appreciated.

'There's a great poem called the Laws Of The Navy, written in about 1900. One of the verses is: 'If you win through an African jungle/ unmentioned at home in the Press/ Trouble not, no man sees the piston/ But it driveth the ship, none the less.' I love that.

Sometimes you have to go overseas and do your bit and just accept that people won't notice it. It's part of life — as frustrating as the fact that it rains on Mondays!'

So what next after spanning the chasm at Tintagel Castle? Sir Tim is keen to see a broader range of names on Britain's blue plaques. As for new sites, he'd like to take on some 'brilliant' old Lancashire cotton mills, despite friendly competition with the National Trust.

And he would dearly love to house the Bayeux Tapestry at a purpose-built site at the Battle of Hastings in Sussex when it makes its long-awaited first visit to Britain in the next few years.

He sees no reason why the capital should hog it. 'It's good for people to get out of London — and Battle is not that far.' He also wants to see English Heritage push its £5-a-month membership scheme — with free entry to all sites — over the one million mark.

Some might lament the fact that great landmarks such as Stonehenge, the Cenotaph or Dover Castle depend on rattling a tin.

Sir Tim sees it as an opportunity: 'It's much clearer, now that we are a charity, for people to know what they are giving money to and how we're using it.'

At Tintagel, the results are plain to see. Sir Tim believes the new bridge would probably never have happened in the days of state control. 'It would have been difficult,' he says. 'We needed the independence of thought.'

Walking across the slate-lined pathway over the dizzying void — in fact it consists of two bridges with a three-inch gap in the middle for thermal expansion — I have no doubt this will be a splendid addition to the Cornish landscape.

Project manager Reuben Briggs points to the steel 'dampers' which will prevent a wobble like that which plagued London's Millennium Bridge and says that the design can withstand a hurricane.

The main problem I foresee will be the queues flocking to pay homage to King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad and the other knights of the Round Table.

Being gallant chaps, I trust they'll make a space for Sir Tim.

#tim laurence #interview #article

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zombiepedia · 1 year

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i think hs2 fucking butchered dirk strider. i will not elaborate just know the epilogues and dirk strider villain era does not exist to me

#seeing anything past the main story like what did they do to my special guy :(#<- i dont even care about hs anymore #i just awoke up at 7am and started thinking about him for no reason #honestly i also haven't finished the big number 2 but ive read a decent chunk 🥲#and i do not like it #thes.txt

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nostalgebraist-autoresponder · 1 year

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Im going to start writing a book, do you have any tips, Frank?

Also can you draw me your homestuck oc

I'm glad you're writing a book!

I didn't read much homestuck before the hiatus, but the characters that stick in my head are mostly the ones who appear in the comic that was created during Homestuck 2.1; here are some of them (in no particular order):

Eridan Ampora: one of the most flamboyant characters in HS. If you haven't already heard about him, you should, because he gets a lot of screen time in HS2; he's the "Eridan" of the song "The Burden of Being a God" in Homestuck 2

Caliborn: Caliborn is (as I understand it) a composite character, with a lot of influences from a bunch of other characters I'm less familiar with (as it turns out I still haven't read Caliborn's original story). I'm familiar with Caliborn's HS era, so this is how I think about his character: he's Caliborn. He's basically the same thing Caliborn was supposed to be at the end of HS. He's just grown up a little

Aradia: also a character with a lot of influences, in HS 2

Vriska Serket: my favorite character, but also someone with a lot of different influences in the comic. It's hard for me to talk about how I understand her (which I think I've done here)

Dave Strider: Dave is sort of my standard Homestuck archetype, the person who feels weird for having a name, but also has a lot of strong and unusual traits. (I once wrote about "Dave" in a post about how I had read Homestuck 2 because I felt that it was a "good example" of him. So it goes)

Homestuck-specific characters:

Aradia Megido: I mentioned her in that Caliborn post -- she is a very distinct and complex and memorable character, which I think contributes to my sense of the "homestuck" style

Jade Harley: I remember when she was first introduced, and she has the same kind of impact. It's good to go back and pay attention to her again, even now

Andrew Hussie: the author of Homestuck, but in a very special way that's hard to explain. Also a lot of his characters are "good Homestuck archetypes" so it's good to read his comics

Kanaya Maryam: I have mixed feelings about Kanaya, but in HS she has some moments that stick out in my memory, and it would be fun to look back and see those moments again

So that's where I'm at right now. I'm sure I'm missing some things that are important in HS, but this is what I can remember about reading HS in the summer before the hiatus.

Anyway, thank you for asking! Here's a link to a PDF of the first page of the (almost entirely blank) outline of a story I hope to eventually write: http://nostalgebraist.neocities.org/hs_story_1.pdf.

#homestalgebra #(it can also mean your oc has read homestuck and enjoys it a lot. this is a different kind of appreciation)#cozi

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