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Homestuck on 4/6/16:

aspotofnonsense

Okay, but let’s talk about Dave and Terezi for a second, specifically their fraymotif.

screenshot taken by terezipyropeofficial

Terezi and Dave used their combined powers to “revive” Dirk, after Dirk was killed by Spades Slick via dozens of point blank gunshot wounds. We can assume this death was heroic, as he didn’t begin to revive on his own, and he certainly didn’t deserve a “Just” death. So for a few seconds of the flash, Dirk Strider was permadead.

But then Dave and Terezi used their classpect powers in conjunction with each other, in the fraymotif you see above.

Now, from the image, we can get an idea of what exactly their combined power actually is. You can see Dirk and Jack English doing a variety of different actions, with the timeline splintering off in different directions based on the choices Dirk makes as to how to go about fighting Jack.

Once the fraymotif fades, Dirk is fine, and is in a much different situation combat wise than he was originally- the battle never went in that direction, so he never died. This is, obviously, time travel- that’s clear from the get-go. But what’s remarkable is that it’s a type of time travel we’ve never seen before in Homestuck.

Time travel in homestuck- even John’s retcon powers- involves the person in question physically traveling back in time, so that if they want to change their own actions, they have to carry a conversation with their past self and convince them to act differently. In Terezi and Dave’s fraymotif, though, nobody actually physically travels back- at least not in the sense we’re use to.

Considering that, in the picture above, every cyan branch represents a barrier between potential timelines- there’s actually no duplicates in the image. Every given timeline shown has one Dirk, one Terezi, and one Dave. Rather than there being two of someone, because someone went back and changed things “manually”.

Mind as an aspect represents choices, the reasons people have for making those choices- and other choices they could have potentially made. Combine that with time travel, and it’s clear that their combined ability is to retroactively cause people to make different choices than they originally did. Dirk never died because he never made the combat decision that led to his death. It’s a type of time travel that leaves no fingerprints- nobody runs into another version of themselves, nobody meets anyone from the future.

you just happen to make a different choice than you would have originally, probably not even realizing something is different.

and odds are, only the player(s) who did it are aware.

it’s a form of time travel where you BECOME your past self, rather than encounter them. and that’s remarkable. that’s unprecedented in homestuck. seamless time travel like that has endless potential, it’s like an “undo” button in photoshop. considering that it forces the person in question to make a different choice, it’s arguably a form of mind control.

in conclusion:

terezi & dave are a fucking powerhouse.

edorazzi

and that was the beautiful moment felix agreste realised he was screwed

a lot of you guys wanted more of felix being smitten over ladybug! he falls for her so gradually as chat noir that he doesn’t even realise it’s happening; then there’s this which catches him totally off guard and the realisation hits him like a freight train

meanwhile, bridgette’s just happy to get close to her golden boy and be his heroine; and noticing how flustered he gets around ladybug might prompt a few surprise balcony visits later………..

ladrienintensifies

#but also this is the turning point for felix starting to wonder if he really DOES need that kiss or if being with ladybug is actually nice #so honestly once he knows he’s fallen for her; when he accepts that he’ll be refusing any kisses she tries to offer #to his civilian OR superhero forms depending on how their relationship plays out #i mean i assume they wouldn’t meet in this combination till waaaay into the storyline; not practically RIGHT AWAY like cgi marichat #so there’d have been a lot of time for felix’s feelings to grow and change so meeting ladybug as a civilian is actually HUGE for him (via edorazzi)