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I have kind of been indulging myself in Homestuck fandom lately. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cypher posted a thing about troll romance and asexuality in Homestuck, and then I started thinking about it, and about this thing I kind of wanted to write, and then I decided the time had come to go back and try to figure out where I'd got lost in the comic (and catch up with Act 6) and, well, yeah, so that's where the last few days went. ^_^;;; And probably why I have this headache that won't go away. (Unless I caught the Death Ill from a friend on Sunday, which come to think of it would also explain why I haven't felt up to doing anything but read webcomics since Monday night.)
And then I somehow accidentally tumbled into the land of Fan Adventures, which are text/art/multimedia/user interaction things just like Homestuck itself, only by fans, of course. There is Be The Sea Dweller Lowblood, which is 1100 pages of hemospectrum-reversed worldbuildy joy! There is Hoofstuck, which is exactly what you think it is! There is Whostuck, the Doctor-Who-Plays-Sburb crossover that is, dammit, almost entirely unlike the one I want to exist which means I'm still tempted to try mine. And doing it as a fan adventure would solve the "omg where does the plot go next?" problem.
The thing is, large parts of Homestuck fandom, including nearly all the Fan Adventures, and most of the aggregation of all the other stuff going on elsewhere, seems to happen on the MSPA Forums, and hanging around there makes me feel SO OLD. ALL OF THE YEARS. ALL OF THEM. Webcomics message boards are where I started (in interacting with fandom and in internet life) and it is all so very much exactly the same as it was, only moreso. It's like going back home, only discovering that you can't go home again, because ofmeteors some time travel shenanigans that mean you aren't 18 any more, dammit, being a fangirl and getting old is hard.
It's hard and nobody understands.
ANYWAY. I also kind of overdosed on stuff about that House episode today, so in order to cleanse my brain, I went ahead and wrote some asexuality-related Homestuck fic.
It is not at all what I wanted to write. It is probably not at all whatcypher wanted to read.
It is not in any way a sensitive and thoughtful exploration of how having the 'wrong' sexuality would work in troll society.
Actually it's a Roxy/AR chatlog of silliness/tragedy. But it cracks me up every time I look at it so I'm posting it anyway. (With slightly-off-canon text colors, because omg my eyes, and canon alcoholism, and consider that your warnings.)
...writing Roxy chatlog is way too much fun.
also in completely other news, I baked and iced a cake! (Using all Betty Crocker stuff, but bluh bluh, whatever!) and it turned out really well, so here's a picture:
cypher posted a thing about troll romance and asexuality in Homestuck, and then I started thinking about it, and about this thing I kind of wanted to write, and then I decided the time had come to go back and try to figure out where I'd got lost in the comic (and catch up with Act 6) and, well, yeah, so that's where the last few days went. ^_^;;; And probably why I have this headache that won't go away. (Unless I caught the Death Ill from a friend on Sunday, which come to think of it would also explain why I haven't felt up to doing anything but read webcomics since Monday night.)And then I somehow accidentally tumbled into the land of Fan Adventures, which are text/art/multimedia/user interaction things just like Homestuck itself, only by fans, of course. There is Be The Sea Dweller Lowblood, which is 1100 pages of hemospectrum-reversed worldbuildy joy! There is Hoofstuck, which is exactly what you think it is! There is Whostuck, the Doctor-Who-Plays-Sburb crossover that is, dammit, almost entirely unlike the one I want to exist which means I'm still tempted to try mine. And doing it as a fan adventure would solve the "omg where does the plot go next?" problem.
The thing is, large parts of Homestuck fandom, including nearly all the Fan Adventures, and most of the aggregation of all the other stuff going on elsewhere, seems to happen on the MSPA Forums, and hanging around there makes me feel SO OLD. ALL OF THE YEARS. ALL OF THEM. Webcomics message boards are where I started (in interacting with fandom and in internet life) and it is all so very much exactly the same as it was, only moreso. It's like going back home, only discovering that you can't go home again, because of
It's hard and nobody understands.
ANYWAY. I also kind of overdosed on stuff about that House episode today, so in order to cleanse my brain, I went ahead and wrote some asexuality-related Homestuck fic.
It is not at all what I wanted to write. It is probably not at all what
cypher wanted to read.It is not in any way a sensitive and thoughtful exploration of how having the 'wrong' sexuality would work in troll society.
Actually it's a Roxy/AR chatlog of silliness/tragedy. But it cracks me up every time I look at it so I'm posting it anyway. (With slightly-off-canon text colors, because omg my eyes, and canon alcoholism, and consider that your warnings.)
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering timaeusTestified [TT] TG: di-stri are you there TG: are you theeeere TG: i want 2 talk 2 u TT: Sorry, he can't answer right now. TT: He is busy having sloppy makeouts with Jake. TG: omg omg does that mean hes fimally cacepted hes gay TG: *finaly TT: No, Roxy, I was being sarcastic. TT: He's off doing some sort of music thing. TT: Left me holding the ball as usual. TT: Besides he's not gay. TT: Gay's not even a thing, nobody cares if we date boys. TG: it is so a thing TG: it is so so so thing you dont even no TT: It's not like somebody is going to show up and kill you if you don't have the right romantic partners. TT: Not anymore. TG: ffffff TG: youre just a pair of glasses what do you kno neway TT: .... TT: Roxy, are you trying to tell me you like girls? TT: Should I be preparing for the appearance of sloppy makeouts with Jane? TG: no TG: nononono TG: i dont like girls TG: thats not a thing TG: not ewen a thing TG: *even TG: me and jane are pale TG: *pals TG: i just dont like boys either TG: which is a thing TG: its totaly a thing TG: and youre not allowed to tell dirk TG: EVER TG: OK TT: What do you mean you don't like boys? TT: What about your famous rogueish demeanor? TT: Have all of our many private chats been nothing but roleplay to you, Roxy? TT: I am devastated. I am betrayed. TT: I am going to go wipe my personality bits so I don't have to feel this terrible pain. TG: shut up TG: im sirius TG: *sirus TG: *sirious TG: its a thing okay TG: its totally a thing TG: and yes i am just pertending i want to get in dirks leggings TG: but i had to i have to TG: i have to keep it secret nobody can no TT: What do you mean? TT: Nobody cares that Dirk likes boys. TT: Except maybe Jake but he's spent way too long alone on that island with nothing TT: but his collection of 20th century Boy's Own Adventures, and to be honest if that hasn't made him gay yet nothing will. TT: Have you read any of them? They've got more boy-on-boy than your mom's wizard books. TG: SHUT UP ABOUT MY MOM OKAY TG: and its different than liking boys TT: Yeah, there's even less for people to care about. TG: OH THERE IS STUFF FOR PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT TG: have you ever heard of anyone else who doesnt like boys or girls TT: No, but I've never really gone looking. TT: What would there be to look for? An absence of anything? Void? TG: ive gone looking TG: THERE OUT THERE TG: THEIR ORGANIZED TG: i am the best hacker ever okay i found their secret online communities TG: by which i mean theres a message board TG: and i thought omg omg i found my people i am not along TG: BUT THEN TG: suddenly otu of noewer TG: CAKE TT: ... TG: MY PEOPLE ARE IN THRALL TO THE BATTERWITCH TG: ALL OF THE ASEXUALS TG: ALL OF THEM TT: ... TG: i dont know if the are tnowingly in cahoots with here TG: or have been dragged down the primrose bath of baked goods without knowing what they do TG: *path TG: *her TG: but i dont dare draw her attention by looking any closer TG: what if she suborned them just as a trap for me TG: she has taken my people away from me TG: its a tragegy TG: *thragery TG: *traregy TT: Maybe you should go take a nap, Roxy. TT: Calm down. Talk about this later. TG: *tradegy TG: *tegyreyt TT: I'll still be here then. timaeusTestified [TT] ceased pestering tipsyGnostalgic [TG] TG: i am laways going to be alone TG: dammit ineed another drimk
...writing Roxy chatlog is way too much fun.
also in completely other news, I baked and iced a cake! (Using all Betty Crocker stuff, but bluh bluh, whatever!) and it turned out really well, so here's a picture: