Meet Nova, The Unkillable Being That Wants To Die, And One Of My Many Characters.

Some Dirk doodles i did this week

Im both intimidated and intrigued

here, see this fucken orb? eat this sphere, take a fucken bite, okay?

By far the cutest way I've been told I'm going to die

Also can we just acknowledge how fucking real shit got?

Or maybe I was behind

It's been a rough couple of weeks

I've just been in a car for several hours and decided to binge play the new release that dropped today

God those poor girls realising what they signed themselves up for really hits hard especially with such quality voice acting

Props to them for making me actually feel like i was right there in that room when their whole world shattered (double props for Mami, Rika, and Aimi)

Why did I immediately just think, “so it’s just like real people!”

How.... how have I unironically pulled 6 Umi initial URs

Can we please just acknowledge that one time when Dendritic Cell got "activated" and became a drunk daddy dom pimp boi?

I wanna get these and be a medeival peacock

premium scalemail gauntlets

Why the hell isnt this guy listed in the animals section of my menu?

Hes freaking adorable!!!

Homestuck Collide: Heir of Grief

So I've been listening to the Homestuck Albums on Bandicamp lately and in the Collide Album's Heir if Grief I'm suprised no one has pointed out the way the songs instruments are mixed together

Let me explain: if you go to TV Tropes and look at Homestuck's Fridge somewhere you'll find a bit talking about how the Homestuck Anthem has references to all the Beta Kid's musical talents. Quote:

"The Homestuck Anthem features John, Rose and Jade's instruments, in that order. So where's Dave? Playing the rest of the song from the start. He is a time traveling DJ, after all."

What does this have to do with Heir of Greif? Everything. Let's look at it piece by piece.

It begins with a small guitar fading in whom I believe is Dave (funny how he has the first actual dialogue)

Then comes in the beat and a second guitar. This is also Dave, but not the same one. They're other Dave's joining in.

The beat and guitar increase and i feel that symbolizes when everything in Homestuck really kicked off (John entering).

We then hear a solo piano, John, playing as we glimpse at the Beta Kid's journies simplified to their appearance and homes. Dave's tempo is still present, though softer.

John's piano is then joined by Rose's violin in a beautiful mix as Dave's tempo increases, leading into the emotional guitar and drum solo from Dave (gonna call it Dave solo). John's piano chimes in around the end (I think as comfort), then another Dave solo.

Next is the second piano solo, though Dave's tempo is louder this time.

Here's the part that threw me so hard. For a long time I couldn't figure out where Jade fit into all this. Then it hit me. The flute. While it was a tiny section and seemed really random, Jade has indeed played a flute before.

So we have John Jade and Dave playing together (makes me think about while Dave and Jade are extremely important due to their aspects, John is our main protagonist and is the only one who (because he's a derp) could zap himself into any part of the comic and fix Game Over).

Another Dave solo before it's just the flute and guitar, though as it progresses the beat is very present.

And finally Dave brings it home with some of the best guitar and drums his heart can play. Then it is slowly drowned out by a strange sound and at the very end I get a feeling of suddenly waking up.

And that's my really awkward disection of my favorite Collide track. Let me know if you enjoyed it or if there's anything you'd like to add.

Ah Alex, my first videogame crush