He also claims that he is destined to go blind before dying,[HS 15] a claim which later proves to be partially true. 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. It could be speculated that these classes deal with interference on a cosmic level, with Lord English destroying the dream bubbles and being the leader of the Felt (who are notorious for meddling with timealthough this may just be due to the fact that the aspect of their player, Caliborn, is time, e.g. 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. What would an evil horse laugh even sound like? Bard and Prince are a pair of classes, respectively passive (+) and active (-), that deal with destruction. ", "Stuck on Homestuck: Shelby Cragg's paint adventure", "The Wizeguy: 'Homestuck' inspired 'Hiveswap' Interview", "Thanks for playing: the weird legacy of 'Homestuck', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Homestuck_characters&oldid=1137546127. Also, in place of other players, Caliborn, as the Lord of Time, has several underlings with time-themed powers and apparently must learn to command them in order to make any progress in his session. But before you know it, an incredibly contrived situation unfolds before you! Due to the contextual relation in the name, Pages are speculated to be the counterpart to a Knight (In medieval times, a Page was a sort of apprentice to a Knight; this interpretation of the title's origin more closely aligns with the feudalistic naming scheme of the classes), although it is debated whether they are the Active or Passive counterpart. Homestuck Classes and Personalities: Heir: Heir's personalities are very diverse- their personality is more ruled by their aspect than their class. 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. Connections to Homestuck. 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. God tier images used are credit to Andrew Hussie, original art by multiple artists. Online tools for the Homestuck fandom, from quirk converters to classpect quizzes. 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. 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. All Knights seen thus far have made a point of concealing their innermost selves- in part because of a physical "imperfection"- where possible. "[12] Her astrological sign is Virgo. He is shy and unassertive, and struggles with standing up for himself, especially to Vriska. You've told your teammate why their plan is flawed, but they just try to change the subject and talk about why they don't like your plan. Hello! Through mysterious shenanigans involving a sendificator, a pumpkin, and 2^31-1 pieces of artifact grist, you manage to (temporarily) become Andrew Hussie himself. Dirk Strider is the brother to Dave Strider who shares a similar affinity for irony. 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). All seen Maids have been female. According to Autostraddle, many characters reach a greater importance after their death, as they can contribute to the story as ghosts or helper sprites. 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. Terezi was the first of three Homestuck characters to be introduced in Namco Bandai's dating simulator Namco High, of which Andrew Hussie was the creative director. [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. For example, Vriska, a troll with spider-like attributes, replaces the letter 'B' with the number '8' and uses emoticons with eight eyes. Strider's classpect is Prince of Heart. Homestuck features a complex story and a large cast of characters, starring the four children John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, and Jade Harley. They may also be defined as one who is consumed by [aspect], one who becomes their [aspect], or one who is surrounded by [aspect], as seen when John, surrounded by the Windy Thing, eventually became the wind, when Equius was surrounded by a Void that protected him from Doc Scratch's omniscience, and when Mituna had the failure of his psiioniics envelop his mind. 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. "[6] Jokingly described by blogger Subdee as a "shoujo [sic] heroine", John's character is notably fond of bad films and has a seemingly irrational revulsion to the Betty Crocker brand. They often do not have to work as . 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. This implies that Tavros, as the Page of Breath, is able to equip others with breath, explaining the Breath symbol that appeared when he prepared to revive Vriska with his kiss. If Caliborn's rant is anything to go by, progressing as a Lord involves excruciating effort and a large amount of suffering. A Dersite dedicated to the ideals of justice and law enforcement. 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. Connections to Homestuck. Each troll also has an astrological sign, which carries their blood color and reflects their personality. Conversely, Heir and Page cannot both be male-exclusive as there are not enough potential female-exclusive classes to balance that out. 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. Your teammate is convinced that their plan is absolutely perfect, while you think it's horrible and stands at least a 90% chance of resulting in one of your deaths. Q0: Would you be bothered if you got a class of the wrong gender? 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. Find out with this quiz. Sollux is a computer programmer whose personality is associated with ideas of duality. This may have been unintentional, as some Kanayas are later seen with the previous sylph clothing. There seems to be a Heart for every emotion and personality we can think of. Sollux has the ability to talk to the recently deceased, who inform him that Alternia will be annihilated. Andrew Hussie also inserted himself into Homestuck's story as a character, where he offers detailed summaries and ends up in "bizarre in-world encounters. Here's some detail: sources should be added to more statements, speculative statements should be cleaned up and made more objective, and subjectivity should be avoided. It may be significant that two Knights have been seen to have problems with other versions of themselves- Dave being creeped out by the "other hims" and Karkat always having arguments with his future and past selves. What do you do? [14] In an interview with Comics Alliance, Hussie remembered how "the moment it went crazy was really unmistakable it was when I brought the trolls into the picture," saying that Homestuck became a "contagious phenomenon" about halfway through the sub-arc introducing the characters.[5]. Who would your ideal co-player/co-player(s) be? However, maid could be a possible counterpart to page, due to a page boy being a form of male servant. Equius is presented as an indigo-blooded robotics expert with an unnatural amount of strength. [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." [HS 4] At a young age, he made a digital copy of his brain that became his self-aware chat auto-responder. [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. Karkat becomes KK, Terezi becomes TZ, etc. Late in the webcomic, Hussie introduced Davepetasprite^2, a fusion of the characters Davesprite (an apparitional alternate timeline version of Dave) and Nepeta Leijon. This also could allude to Roxy's description of the active/passive classes being similar to the "attack/defend powers in an RPG". 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. At the same time, you see your co-player's house off in the distance being assaulted by high-level enemies. He frequently calls his friends by two-letter abbreviations of their names (e.g. As the Condesce, in A2, she was able to lengthen the lifespans of others, possibly indefinitely, on a whim. Even though sloppy is fine, it might be a bit of a good idea to arrange this particular page because, to be quite frank, as it is right now, it is just absolute garbage. Page may also refer to the middle age term for a young knight in training. This all seems to imply heirs protect or defend through their aspect, or, as the class is passive, allow it to protect or defend. If one goes out on a limb, one may also speculate that it is the counterpart to heir, being one who causes others to be affected by [aspect], as Sollux does with his virus, causing others to be affected by doom, or Meulin could do or could have done with shipping, causing others to be affected by heart. The Page of Breath, Tavros Nitram, was shown exhaling with breath that resembled the Breath symbol when preparing to revive Vriska with a kiss. 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. It is speculated that heirs are ones who invite change through [aspect]; they are apparently drawn to their aspect, subconsciously seeking it. This would be supported by Aranea's unlocking light for others, and Jade's unlocking space by her teleporting, expanding/shrinking, and moving powers. No one will be able to hide any secrets from you! It'll be much more accurate than this stupid fan-made class quiz. The Six Major Functions that the classes represent, or in other terms, the 6 possible ways of interacting with any given object, situation or environment. Lord and Muse classes will not be included due to them only being assigned in special cases and not according to personality. Known Thieves are Vriska Serket, the Thief of Light; and Meenah Peixes, the Thief of Life. Now that you've made a new universe and achieved godhood, you're kinda bored, and decide to mess around a bit. Sollux is a gold-blood, a caste known for great psychic power. Homestuck Class Quiz - Personality Quiz slut, loser, or princess <3 Personality Quiz Homestuck Class Quiz Quiz introduction In case you haven't taken THE OFFICIAL ASPECT QUIZ, go do that first! [25] In an interview with Big Shiny Robot, Hussie said the following on this topic: [Homestuck] seems to combine all the meaningless deaths of a trial-and-error game journey with the way death is treated dramatically in other media, where unlike [the] oblivious Mario, the characters are aware and afraid of the many deaths they must experience before finally winning the game. They eventually defined themself as non-binary. Sylph is a magic-based class that is thought to specialize in healing. In addition, it appears the right pant leg, along with probably the leg itself, was torn off so that Caliborn could replace it with a gold robotic prosthetic. Jane and Kanaya also had similar transformations into absurd creatures who avenged themselves on insensitive characters, with several directly parallel panels. Kanaya is a jade-blood. His associated zodiac sign is Aquarius (), and his horns are wavy which represent his associated symbol. [HS 9] Her astrological sign is Aries. 8ut once that journey is over, how fearsome he 8ecomes!. 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. Not immediately apparent in most renditions, the Page outfit has a front pocket akin to a typical hoodie. Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff are intentionally poorly made, featuring unsteady lines, liberal use of the spray paint tool, heavy jpeg artification, and the unpopular typeface Comic Sans.[8]. Because of this, some speculate that Mages relate to knowledge and are similar to Seers. Maid could refer to "protecting/cleaning up/tidying [aspect]". Yet another speculation is that Mage is synonymous to being "given protection from [aspect]'s ill effects". 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. In the case of a Rogue/Thief pairing, both classes 'steal', however Rogues do so to help their teammates, and Thieves do so for their own benefit. As you can see the wing terms are eerily similar to certain classes of homestuck. Q4: You're bored of browsing the internet constantly, and in a fit of inspiration decide to make a video game instead, learning how to code, make art, and compose music along the way, if necessary. All of the known Sylphs and Witches are friendly, even-tempered or perhaps inconsequential on the surface (Feferi, Jade, Aranea, Kanaya, Damara before she was corrupted), but they were actually all surprisingly powerful in some way, and could get really fiery if you pushed them to their limits. In the figurative sense, she focused on helping people to heal from psychological wounds. Curiously, the only session to succeed in breeding a healthy Genesis Frog involved the Time and Space players working together. In Caliborn's conversation with Jake, he reveals that if Jake realizes his powers as a Page of Hope, Jake might become powerful enough to defeat him, despite Caliborn being one of the two master classes. You know they're inside, and their dreamself is dead. Its placement on the passive/active scale is unknown, although most speculate it to be passive (+). It could also be speculated that the Muse class is based on the traditional role of a muse: to inspire. Q12: You and your teammate both have different plots for how to deal with the Dersian royalty. It's unclear whether this means Calliope was canonically wrong about gender bias, or if Hussie was simply lifting the restrictions for fan content. Maids may also be the active (-) counterpart to the Sylph class, being healers or repairers, as Sylph appears to be a healer class. His classpect is Page of Hope. In the pre-scratch session, however, the Mage was the only one of the pair to lose one of their sensesMeulin's hearing. Tavros entered the Medium disabled with dreams of flying, and had to overcome this (using a rocket car and robotic legs) in order to make any significant impact on the session. Knight is the class that takes in heroes and the ones who have a lion's heart. She is a burgundy-blood: the lowest ranking blood color on the hemospectrum with the shortest lifespan of all trolls, but also the most likely to have psychic powers. The options may delineate the roles of the two master classes. [1] Q8: Right before you enter, you start thinking about where you're going to end up. [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. What do you throw into the kernelsprite? On a more personal level, it may be interpreted as one who protects/conceals [aspect], as Dave is responsible for maintaining the timelines, Karkat attempts to keep his mutant blood color a secret, and Porrim strongly suspects that Latula is hiding the true extent of her knowledge. The Mage class is most commonly thought to be the active (-) counterpart to Seer, someone that "benefits themselves with knowledge pertaining to [aspect]" and "guides by setting an example using knowledge pertaining to [aspect]," like how Sollux actively led the surviving trolls away from their doom. The largest, most active Homestuck community in 2021. [HS 14] Tavros' ancestral figure, Rufioh, was inspired by the character Rufio from the 1991 film Hook. His ancestor is Orphaner Dualscar, who he named his Flarp character after. Mobius Double Reacharound Virus, which dooms the Trolls' Lusi, and blows up Karkat's computer. The relationship between the player and the reader of the story fluctuates from page to page, and the player character may switch from avatar to avatar. Therefore, a Mage may "forfeit [aspect] to gain knowledge pertaining [aspect]". The queen of Derse, as well as Jack Noir's nemesis, Archagent who handles Derse's tedious paperwork, as well as the leader of the Midnight Crew, Serves as the Archagent in place of Jack, as cool as a cucumber, The most physically strong among the four, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 05:29. The fact that Latula, the Knight of Mind, lost her sense of smell calls the pairing into question. 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. Dave has so far saved the lives of all the members of his team. This was how I initially grouped each class with a type and wing. This is a unconfirmed unisex class. Your mind would work significantly faster, and you'd have control over your brain's neuroplasticity. 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". (However, this can also be seen by looking at Nepeta and possibly The Disciple, so this may be part of the Heart aspect. The character is described as "ruthless, manipulative [and] powerful", and was considered among the "most hardcore" eyepatch-wearing fictional characters by The Mary Sue. The suspenders are identical to the green suspenders from his previous outfit which he pledged to never stop wearing, and Stitch is a good tailor. It shares this quality with the Heir, Rogue and Maid outfits, although it's currently unclear whether the other classes have similarly equipped outfits. Homestuck characters are particularly popular to cosplay at anime conventions.[1]. 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. It is unclear where they fall on the active/passive axis. Knights are not necessarily the ones who help the space player breed the Genesis Frog. more directly cognizant of their exiles' commands. Sollux is known to evade absolute death, even becoming only half-dead. He looks angry. 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. Knights might be protectors of their aspect as well, examples being Dave's conscious efforts to maintain the timeline and concerns over John's new timeline-altering powers, as well as Karkat's protection of his team/comrades (Blood) throughout their session and post-scratch. Alright, so with all of the Classes done, its time for the Aspects. 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. he went back in time to save his friends and their whole session. 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. 8ut once that journey is over, how fearsome he 8ecomes! Known Witches are Jade Harley, the Witch of Space; Feferi Peixes, the Witch of Life; and Damara Megido, the Witch of Time. 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. Aradia mentions this idea to Dave at one point. 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. Known Princes are Dirk Strider, the Prince of Heart; Eridan Ampora, the Prince of Hope; and Kurloz Makara, the Prince of Rage. [HS 19] The name Kanaya is a reference to "Kanya" the name of Virgo in the Hindu zodiac. If something doesn't look like you've seen it before in the comic, it's almost certainly based on the personalities/actions of the characters in the comic with that aspect. Also in Collide, a dead Kanaya is shown in a god tier outfit - but the pattern doesn't match Aranea, the other Sylph. Act 6 Intermission 3 implies that both non-God Tier and God Tier Seers can use tarot decks to enhance their sight powers. [HS 24] His classpect is Bard of Rage. I write a lot about Homestuck's SBURB, God Tier and Land Quest (aka "Classpect") system, and I have tags for different things such as: Aspect, Class, Derse or Prospit, Class Active/Passive Spectrum, Inversion/Overembracing, Denizens, Land Quests and finally just SBURB, under which falls all of the above plus the other less important parts of SBURB like . His classpect is Prince of Hope. The horse emits a series of telepathic neighs and whinnies, which you immediately understand to be a proposition: The horse will grant you incredible powers, among them super-strength, super-speed, regeneration, and glowy skin, on the condition that if you accept your teammates' sprites will all instantly die. John, the Heir of Breath, was saved by the Breeze twice before he learned to consciously use it. Mage: Easily immersed in hobbies and generally very sad. Hussie also stated that each class only has one syllable in its name. Homestuck Classes and Personalities: Heir: Heir's personalities are very diverse- their personality is more ruled by their aspect than their class. several underlings with time-themed powers. Q15: You beat your Denizen and stopped the Reckoning! The name Sollux Captor is a reference to the brightest two stars in Gemini, Pollux and Castor. Karkat is the de facto leader of the trolls' group, and his introduction in Act 5 mirrors that of John at the start of the webcomic. Now, let's talk about Light. Jack Noir, along with Jade Harley, was unable to pick up the source of his scent, as if the Breeze was protecting him.