when did bro deprive dave of food? like, can i have a link?

Anonymous

Dave says here that he has to hide food in his closet.

Quick question, where is Dave's Strife page?

Anonymous

He has two Strife pages

what is meant by retcon? i've never fully understood the term, especially in application to homestuck

Anonymous

Retcon means going back and changing something. When people say pre retcon and post retcon, they’re talking about the changes John made to the timeline per Terezi’s instructions. 

Do you think that the new alt timeline Calliope speaks in red, because she "triumphed" over Caliborn, much like how Caliborn took her blood color after he killed her?

Anonymous

Yes, that’s most likely the explanation.

In a previous ask, someone asked if Hussie had names for the trolls in mind before the audience decided and the Mod who answered their question said it was in Hussie's forumspring (sorry if I misspelled that), but I was wondering if you could link it, or if it's deleted possibly find out what some of those names were?

Anonymous

Hi, sorry if this is a dumb question, but what made John draw harlequins on his walls?

Anonymous

Gamzee used chucklevoodoos to create a harlequin doll in John’s dream room which caused John to write self-depreciating remarks on his wall and draw harlequins. 

Do we know why Jasper's secret was?

Anonymous

He whispered MEOW to Rose. This unlocked a genetic code in her mind and she spent years subconsciously writing it on her bedroom walls.

So what did dirk do that was similar to bro

Anonymous

Dirk sent Brobot to “help” Jake become better at fighting but it ended up being an uneven power balance that Jake expressed on several occasions that he didn’t like. Dirk himself said he was trying to make Jake more tough which probably what Bro was trying to do with Dave but it ended up being this abusive bizarre behavior that wasn’t helpful or okay at all. Bro played a bunch of weird mind games with Dave which made him very uncomfortable and Dirk also does this to Jake. So all in all Dirk has some manipulative tendencies that he needs to work on. 

How did John get to the meteor where he created the paradox clones, how did he get back to LOWAS, and where did his visit to LOLAR fit into this?

Anonymous

While John was on Lolar he found an island and on that island there was a transportalizer which brought him to the meteor in the Veil where the found the ectobiology equipment. After this his dream self woke while Prospit was being destroyed so his main body fell asleep in the ecto lab. The Aimless Renegade finds him and puts him on rocket board and he crash lands on Lowas. 

Hussie explained on his formspring (before the Summoner was revealed I believe) that trolls gain wings as their godtier because in their culture it's universally accepted that godlike beings would have wings. They grow wings as part of their vision of achieving literal godhood. Humanity does not have a universally accepted idea of what a god looks like and so human players do not change appearance to fit their idea of a god.

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