Characters frequently die within the plot of Homestuck, which Andrew Hussie described as a necessity of a story with such a large cast. Eridan is shown as an aristocrat with a genocidal superiority complex. The exact definition of the Page class is currently unknown, as is its passive/active alignment, though it is hinted that the class "provides others with [aspect]" or "creates [aspect]" as seen here. The exact powers of a Knight are unknown, but it has been described by Aradia as warriors that exploit their aspect as a weapon. "[3] After Ryan North asked why "MS Paint Adventures" doesn't follow the adventures of a "Ms. In the pre-scratch session, however, the Mage was the only one of the pair to lose one of their sensesMeulin's hearing. You only have enough time to save one of them. The Seer is a passive (+) class, that uses extensive knowledge to coordinate their team members. Where burgundy-blooded trolls are common and fall at the bottom of the social hierarchy, fuchsia blood is exceptionally rare, and its carriers sit at the top of the hierarchy. [22], Mary Kinney of New York University wrote that Homestuck, which is heavily stylized as an adventure game, features an "implied character" as the player. Heart is the wellspring for the infinite variety of sentient life, each of us made unique in our subtle byplay of . His classpect is Knight of Blood. This can be shown by how Meulin is being manipulated through Kurloz, her former matesprit (which is the quadrant represented by a heart), and how Sollux was manipulated by the voices of the imminently deceased or the doomed, as well as ghostly Aradia. It is unconfirmed whether Latula assisted Porrim with frog breeding in the A1 session. Known Thieves are Vriska Serket, the Thief of Light; and Meenah Peixes, the Thief of Life. he went back in time to save his friends and their whole session. She is teal-blooded and portrayed as an avid role-player and has a strong sense of justice. Q9: Congratulations, you're in! Knights are thought to be warriors that exploit or equip themselves with their aspect as a weapon: one who wields one's aspect, while the Page may be the passive counterpart: one who equips others with one's aspect. John throughout the story was referred to as a wizard, and had connections with the mythic archetype of a Magician like the Witch; such as familiars. One night, before entering Sgrub, an incident occurs which kills her lusus (caretaker); eventually it is revealed that this also killed Aradia, turning her into a ghost and causing her to lose interest in everything she enjoyed prior, including archaeology, and focus instead on acquiring and playing Sgrub. You're curious and sleep-deprived enough to download the file without thinking too much about the potential consequences. How do you respond? Early pages of Homestuck were experiments in "fan-sourced storytelling", where Hussie allowed readers of Homestuck to name its characters and make story suggestions. Witch could also be a pun. Your Aspect indicates that you are bound to one of twelve cosmic properties: Breath, Blood, Life, Doom, Light, Void, Time, Space, Heart, Mind, Rage, or Hope. In addition, Mages, like Seers, seem to be more directly cognizant of their exiles' commands. Additionally, the known Witches and Sylphs seem to have entered their sessions quite late, and according to Jade's comments it was quite a long path realizing herself as a witch, as she was the last to enter, the last to find her powers, and the last to god tier. Lord and Muse classes will not be included due to them only being assigned in special cases and not according to personality. What do you throw into the kernelsprite? This could qualify as using his blood to his advantage. Jane and Kanaya also had similar transformations into absurd creatures who avenged themselves on insensitive characters, with several directly parallel panels. Homestuck is a webcomic written, illustrated, and animated by Andrew Hussie as part of MS Paint Adventures (MSPA). Bards are somewhat stranger, in that they "allow destruction of [aspect]" or "invite destruction through [aspect]". Homestuck characters are particularly popular to cosplay at anime conventions.[1]. They've announced they're about to go to sleep and put the first part of their plan into action. Also I think that Knights are meant to defend/protect their aspect on others or for others. Jade displays powers that completely go against the laws of physics. Known Maids are Jane Crocker, the Maid of Life; Aradia Megido, the Maid of Time; and Porrim Maryam, the Maid of Space. This also ties in with the Muse being the most passive class, as to fulfil her role Calliope only needed to die at her brother's hands. Dersite and self proclaimed "Mayor of Can Town" who led a rebellion. Maids are also speculated to be Sylphs' active (-) counterpart as one who heals or restores. All seen Sylphs have been female, however whether the Sylph class is exclusively female is unknown. Homestuck characters are particularly popular to cosplay at anime conventions. The name Eridan was given by Tenebrais. Dirk later confirms that the hood does indeed have some sort of cloth tiara deal embedded in it. It should be noted that, in a somewhat related circumstance, the god tier outfit of the Bard class comes standard with a clown-like form better suiting a jester and massive codpiece, which is a highly likely reference to Bard Quest's Hull of the Flagship codpiece. Simplistically, active means self-serving, passive means group oriented, where active classes employ or affect their aspect directly and for their own gain, and passive classes are affected by their aspect, and work to benefit their team. God Tier Classes October 30, 2013 Emily Fantasy & Mythology Homestuck God Tier Class Maid Page Mage Knight Rogue Sylph Seer Thief . He claims he has a strong desire to kill all land-dwelling trolls and had commissioned a doomsday device from Vriska to that effect, but he never acts on any of this. [23] Creatrix Tiara of Autostraddle noted that Hussie was highly successful with creating a diverse LGBT cast, by writing the characters in a "realistic, non-fetishistic manner." What do you do with them? Alternative to the previous views on a pure-destructive class, the Prince class may also be one that destroys in order to make new opportunities for creation, for rebuilding and improvement on their aspect. They often do not have to work as . [24] Rebecca Peterson of The Martlet described how "characters are gleefully killed off, brought back, and killed again" in a manner that makes it difficult to follow which characters are still alive. Q1: Where do you spend the most time online doing Homestuck-related stuff? Q5: You're taking a break from your game and browsing the stranger parts of the internet when you come across a link labeled "SBURB Beta". several underlings with time-themed powers. Equius is presented as an indigo-blooded robotics expert with an unnatural amount of strength. She embodies an interest in both furries and shipping, a combination Hussie described as "for the sake of efficiency. Space - One of the two Cardinal Aspects, that must be present in every session for a chance of success, Space is the Aspect of Matter, Creation and the Genesis Frog. The god tier outfit for Princes seems to consist of pantaloons and a tiara, much like an ordinary prince, despite the class's non-literal nature. 8ut once that journey is over, how fearsome he 8ecomes! First shown on-screen during Homestuck's third act, Shaenon Garrity described Jade as "the most recalcitrant" of the four kids. This could make it the passive (+) counterpart to the Knight class, Knights being speculated as those who fight (for themselves/for others) with [aspect] and Maids being those that protect themselves and others. Her classpect is Witch of Space, and being a space player, she creates the Genesis Frog of her session. [4], In an interview with The Daily Dot, Homestuck guest artist Shelby Cragg praised Hussie's webcomic for its 50:50 gender ratio and large number of well-written female characters. The Knight could be defined as one who serves [aspect] or one who serves through [aspect] for the betterment of others. If inheritance is thought in terms of programming (which is a commonly visited subject in Homestuck), it can be speculated that heirs are those whose behaviour and existence is controlled by and expected to represent [aspect], sometimes, independently of their own will. Witches might choose "which" portion of their aspect they want, such as Jade choosing which Space to occupy, including traveling to another session, and Feferi choosing which Life to lead. For example, on the first page of the webcomic, the player is prompted to enter the protagonist's name. Q0: Would you be bothered if you got a class of the wrong gender? The character is notable for having a short-lived crisis regarding their gender identity, due to the differing genders of the sprite's two constituent characters. The first few acts of Homestuck center around four 13-year-old children. Karkat has his "shouty angry leader" act, in part because of the aspirations he had to become a leader- aspirations that are speculated to be a means for him to deal with otherwise debilitating self deprecation on account of his mutated blood. Classpect Mage Mage symbolizes a full of energetic, dominating, and thoughtful class. This may have been unintentional, as some Kanayas are later seen with the previous sylph clothing. Wow, I forgot those existed. useful c0mbat abilities [d0n't] c0me int0 play until y0u reach a very high level. Karkat, as the Knight of Blood, also has a unique leadership role, being outside the hemospectrum, and better suited to pacify a jumble of different-blooded trolls. [7] His weapon of choice is a hammer (strife specibus Hammerkind). Both of those instances Sollux causes Doom by programming, an activity that he is very knowledgeable about. someone who knows how the consequences of certain actions play out, I Am On Record As Once Having Facetiously Likened It To A Magical Witch. Calliope's theories aren't always accurate, and Calliope's understanding of gender may be based on the concept of her own species' duality, so what she may understand as gendered traits may be according to personality traits contrasting her and Caliborn. Her astrological sign is Scorpio. There is also a possible example of this later in the comic when Aradia says that she'd slow down Jack while Rose, Dave and the other trolls went ahead to the new session; she might have used her time powers to do so. I'm Dahni Witch of Light! Roxy, the Rogue of Void, is said to have "voidey blackout bullshit" follow her wherever she goes, and consequently obfuscated the view of the entire B2 session, though these manifestations of her aspect seem to be largely unintentional. Despite being known to be a miracle worker when it comes to match making, Meulin's own romantic history ironically is riddled with trouble and heartbreak. Later, in Collide, Aradia used her time powers to freeze Lord English, protecting the lives of Tavros and Meenah. Alternatively, in the Bard/Prince pairing, both classes cause destruction, with Bards bringing about/catalyzing the destruction, and Princes directly destroying. Roxy also regularly ganked pumpkins from Jake's island (gourds noted as being mostly detached from reality) to help feed the Carapacians in her neighborhood, in-keeping with the "Robin Hood" comparison sometimes attributed to the Rogue class. Her astrological sign is Pisces. Yet another interpretation is that a Maid is one who gives [aspect]. His blood color is candy-red, which is considered a mutant color outside the hemospectrum, giving him an unshakable fear of persecution, causing him to be self-conscious and leading him to use a dull gray as not to reveal his true blood color. [HS 2] She wields a weapon similar to a pitchfork that vacillates between a pronged or spoon-like head depending on the Betty Crocker branding at the time (strife specibus Forkkind or Spoonkind). Alternatively, a Mage may display the absence of their aspect. [HS 19] The name Kanaya is a reference to "Kanya" the name of Virgo in the Hindu zodiac. These similarities go beyond just the terms though, the traits of each type also fit the general personalities of canon characters who are of the associated class. Known Pages are Jake English, the Page of Hope; Tavros Nitram, the Page of Breath; and Horuss Zahhak, the Page of Void. Caliborn's Lord outfit is composed of a cloak longer than the Heir hood which drapes over his shoulders, apparently double pronged at the end, but otherwise seems to match his previous outfit, complete with green suspenders and pants which leave his robotic leg uncovered, along with a lime green bowtie, identical to his text color. [6] Rose forms a relationship with, and marries in Act 7, the troll Kanaya Maryam during the events of Homestuck. The Heir class could also mean one that manipulates [aspect] or one that changes [aspect]. Connections to Homestuck. However she later states I Am On Record As Once Having Facetiously Likened It To A Magical Witch, casting that into doubt. The garb of Knight is simple, wearing a T-shirt and pajamas while over it a blackish-grey hoodie cape, and flaunty red long-boots. This was how I initially grouped each class with a type and wing. Conversely, Heir and Page cannot both be male-exclusive as there are not enough potential female-exclusive classes to balance that out. Characters may even have multiple versions of themselves active in the story simultaneously, both dead and alive. When he did, he was surrounded by a strange purple lightning, which turned red later, and may have been Rage itself considering the purple colours of his god tier robes. Sollux heard the voices of the imminently dead (the doomed), and Meulin, despite being deaf, is able to communicate with her ex-matesprit; in essence, she could hear his soul (which could be taken literally, given his use of telepathy, she hears his self). In fact, taking all of the above points together, it may be suggested that the two master classes are at least partially codified by the ability of the player to influence events indirectly. It is assumed that their active (-) counterpart is the Witch, as both John and Jade can seemingly change (with) their aspects, John by initially using the Windy Thing unintentionally and by the will of his aspect, and Jade by changing the form of objects by shrinking/enlarging them. Q11: You're traveling your planet, searching for your second gate. Her classpect is Seer of Light. His astrological sign is Taurus. Lifespan and population Trolls higher on the hemospectrum have longer lifespans, with rust bloods usually living only a dozen or two sweeps (26 to 50 years) and most lower blood castes living roughly as long as a human, with green castes having lifespans extending above a hundred years. You can see it up ahead when a beefy Prospitian, armed with a pair of brass knuckles and a fancy hat, blocks your path. We update the quiz regularly and it's the most accurate among the other quizzes. Homestuck aims to normalize and humanize internet cultures that are usually disfavored and rejected. And these are Manipulation, Comprehension, Creation, Destruction, Application and Relocation. Unlike the traditional zodiac, this system takes into account certain features of your personality and perspective, rather than simply the day you were born. [5], Trolls chat with unique typing quirks, inserting clues concerning the speaker's identity in their chat patterns. Who would your ideal co-player/co-player(s) be? This may imply that Caliborn's class and Aspect combination is related to him being "Already here.". He is good friends with Karkat and Tavros and asks Tavros out once, but the page cuts off before Tavros could give a definitive answer. January 20, 2020 Roxy Just For Fun Personality Homestuck Class Tier Breath Aspect Like it says it title. A Sburb player's assigned title consists of 2 parts - the aspect, and the class, the latter indicating the intended role of the player, and how they may use their aspect. Q7: You need to prototype, and you're running out of time! After clicking to go to the following page, the reader's sense of control dissipates as they are not actually allowed to enter a name. Known Sylphs are Kanaya Maryam, the Sylph of Space; and Aranea Serket, the Sylph of Light. While several class mechanics are explicitly explained throughout Homestuck, others are only implied. Bard and Prince are a pair of classes, respectively passive (+) and active (-), that deal with destruction. more directly cognizant of their exiles' commands. Eridan can also be viewed in this way, as he forcefully destroyed Hope in his destruction of the Matriorb and killing members of the troll group, but in so doing forced them out of the lingering depression and inertia caused by their failures in creating the B1 universe and the unleashed dog-Jack killing their dream-selves. She also took what was arguably the most significant part of the battle against the Black King of her session, by landing the killing blow. [12], Learn how and when to remove these template messages, explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Homestuck: The most popular comic you've never heard of", "Behind Andrew Hussie's Homestuck Adventure Game", "Into The Hive Mind: Fandom==> Descend Into Madness", "The ironic awfulness off 'Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff', "Bisexual Trolls and Non-Binary Sprites: The Power of LGBTQ Visibility in "Homestuck", "HomeStuck: Info & Explanations Hemospectrum", "From Homestuck to Hollywood, actor Dante Basco breaks the mold", "10 of the Most Hardcore, Eyepatch Wearing Characters in Geekdom", "My question for @andrewhussie is who is Ms. Knight is also sometimes speculated as a "protector", or one who uses their aspect to protect their teammates rather than to advance themselves, which could potentially make it counterpart to Heir or Maid instead. Act 6 Intermission 3 implies that both non-God Tier and God Tier Seers can use tarot decks to enhance their sight powers. The exact definition of the Witch class is unknown. Speaking of Terezi, In Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 2 he was able to momentarily destroy her Rage in which led her to be brutally beaten by him. His astrological sign is Aquarius. The Prince, as the active, is literally simplified to destroyer of [aspect] or one who destroys via [aspect]. The title "Heir" could also have the more literal meaning one who inherits/receives [aspect]. "[5] She is Equius' moirail, or pacifying platonic soulmate, and has a crush on Karkat. Heirs generally have to do very little work to become key players- fate guides them naturally to where they are supposed to go and what they are supposed to do. Bard: That one chill, offbeat friend who's hella weird but in a good way. [15] His classpect is Page of Breath. Sollux is known to evade absolute death, even becoming only half-dead. Vriska is cerulean-blooded and takes the role of an antihero in Homestuck. However, Mituna also saw a great doom ahead of time and promptly stopped it despite being the Heir of Doom rather than a Mage of Doom, leading to a possibility that those with the Doom aspect generally have some ability to foresee doom and calamity no matter which class they are assigned to. Known Mages are Sollux Captor, the Mage of Doom; and Meulin Leijon, the Mage of Heart. 8ut once that journey is over, how fearsome he 8ecomes!. Sollux also programs Sgrub, which causes the doom of Alternia. Paint and why has she not shown up in her own Adventures", "A Guide for the 'Homestuck' First-Timer", "What Is Homestuck? Please note that although this may be an accurate quiz, your result may not line up with your personality completely. Two of the Seers can hear the mental commands of the exiles louder and clearer than the other players. All classes and aspects in this test are canon. Hussie invented an alien species, called trolls, that have a unique culture. Some of the outfits are wrong and I'll probably update those someday maybe are left intact for historical purposes. Q13: While doing some late-game grinding, you stop to rest inside a cave. Ampora is derived from amphora which translates from Latin into "Beaker." [HS 26] Her classpect is Witch of Life. Terezi is the troll who guides Dave through the earlier acts of Homestuck. Knight is the class that takes in heroes and the ones who have a lion's heart. This all seems to imply heirs protect or defend through their aspect, or, as the class is passive, allow it to protect or defend. This suggests that Bards can use their aspect to improve their own abilities and possibly others. John can change his body into the Breath, Equius's blood was used by Gamzee to blot out information related to him and Lord English, and Mituna suffered brain damage and is constantly injuring himself. Maryam is a reference to the Arabic form of Mary. Nepeta is an olive-blood, considered the "middle class" of the hemospectrum. Gamzee destroyed his own innate rage with the sopor slime before entering their game, only to go off of it and becoming highly destructive as a result. It is possible that these classes are "master classes" in the sense that they are "master copies," or guidelines for what defines active and passive classes. one pain point: Casey AKA Viceroy Bubbles Von Salamander. Though Hussie used death as "the line between relevance and irrelevance", characters generally remain relevant in some way in the story, as there exist various video game-style constructs that allow a character to be revived. During his stay on the meteor, his uncanny ability to inspire Rage in Terezi results in him becoming her kismesis, which proves to be a very negative (or self-destructive, as it were) relationship for her. Aranea, in Act 6 Intermission 5, describes the two options Yaldabaoth offers Caliborn in The Choice. [HS 7] At Vriska's suggestion, Equius creates a robot body for Aradia which she inhabits for a large part of the comic. Page may also refer to the middle age term for a young knight in training. The passive/active system exists on a scale, with some classes being more passive or active than others. Rose Lalonde is portrayed as an "intellectual", both through her obsession with Lovecraftian literature and through her organizing and planning the group's movement during the story. If you've ever wondered what your Sburb title would be, you've come to the right place! Hussie also stated that each class only has one syllable in its name. Aside from her interest in the occult, the character also enjoys knitting and uses her knitting needles as her go-to weapons (strife specibus Needlekind). Maids are the only class seen with two colors (not including multiple shades of the same color) on the shoes that are unique to the rest of the outfit. We also have an unofficial Homestuck Discord at https://discord.gg/homestuck if you want to chat with fellow fans. Known Heirs are John Egbert, the Heir of Breath; Equius Zahhak, the Heir of Void; and Mituna Captor, the Heir of Doom. Not including muse or lord (I don't own homestuck or the pics.) Similarly, Horuss Zahhak, Page of Void starts out with a deficit of nothing, being a high ranking renaissance troll with many skills. One of the Mages apparently experienced this as well. homestuck class personalities . 4) Dirk even breaks himself down into 'splinters' in attempts to improve and better understand himself, but winds up forced to confront the most negative aspects of his personality and how to overcome them. Jade Harley (the Witch of Space) is able to change the size, velocity, and position of things in space, and an alternate-timeline Feferi (the Witch of Life) was shown healing WV in a dream bubble. Additionally, Kurloz, the Prince of Rage, is always seen as being completely calm in all situations, meaning he completely lacks rage. [HS 9] Her astrological sign is Aries. They deal with the redistribution of an aspect; while the active Thief will steal or take their aspect for themselves, the passive Rogue will generally take it then distribute it to someone or something outside of themselves. The Page of Breath, Tavros Nitram, was shown exhaling with breath that resembled the Breath symbol when preparing to revive Vriska with a kiss. [17] Her classpect is Thief of Light. Kanaya states that a Sylph is Sort Of Like A Witch But More Magical, meaning that it is possible that the Witch class could be its active (-) counterpart; it could be that Sylphs benefit others in an abstract or psychological sense of their aspect while Witches manipulate it more practically, in a physical sense, which would be supported by the actions of Jade and Aranea, the two main examples of Sylphs and Witches. John speculated to himself that a Seer might be someone who knows how the consequences of certain actions play out, but he was likely talking about Seers of Mind specifically, not all Seers. The largest, most active Homestuck community in 2021. Gamzee is a purple-blooded troll with strong ties to his religious faith, referred to as the "Cult of the Mirthful Messiahs". Caliborn, of course, as an active player, chooses the more active choice: to prove himself through a series of trials before receiving unconditional immortality and a limitless supply of power, "to destroy anything he wanted, for as long as he wanted". Paint", Hussie included a minor Carapacian character to Homestuck with that name.[19]. It argues it's the cleanest, most streamline one, cutting all unnecessary variables. In this way, the reader experiences Homestuck's narrative through the experiences of various characters. While several class mechanics are explicitly explained throughout Homestuck, others are only implied. Vriska, the Thief of Light, is notable for stealing "luck" from her allies or enemies, and in doing so makes an outcome fall into her favor. This would explain the fact that Sollux's abilities benefit the team overall, but cause him a great deal of personal distress. According to Lauren Rae Orsini writing for The Daily Dot, there existed 128 named characters in Homestuck in September 2012, with more still being introduced. Some readers of the webcomic see this implementation of death as a subversion of the "bury your gays" trope, as homosexual characters frequently get killed off in American media. For example, Vriska, a troll with spider-like attributes, replaces the letter 'B' with the number '8' and uses emoticons with eight eyes. Q3: If you could have any of the below powers (in real life), which would you go for? His classpect is Heir of Void. This would be supported by Aranea's unlocking light for others, and Jade's unlocking space by her teleporting, expanding/shrinking, and moving powers. Her astrological sign is Leo. This religion is similar to that of the juggalo: he has an obsession with Faygo and believes firmly in miracles and the coming of the Dark Carnival. What would an evil horse laugh even sound like? Pages seem to have a tendency to begin their sessions with a personal deficit in their aspect. Witches are also likely to be a Sylph's counterpart due to the similarities between the two classes, explored in the Sylph's section. This would directly enact the idea of a page being weak at first but having extreme potential. A powerful psychic with an ability to speak with the dead, Aradia is responsible for recovering the code for Sgrub, the troll version of Sburb, from some ruins. A quick quiz to determine your homestuck classes Enter Your Name Start Quiz By TheMoonEnvoy Take later 1.1K Takers Personality Quiz design a bedroom and ill tell you what 1am thing everyone does you are Take later 3.8K Takers Personality Quiz Introvert, Extrovert, Ambivalent Take later 1.8K Takers Personality Quiz What to build in Bloxburg Hussie has stated that the passiveness or activeness of a class is determined by multiple factors, and is related to whether the player is a Prospit or Derse dreamer.