Homestuck - Aspect symbolism

Interpretation of the Light symbol!

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Go see here the summary of my interpretation, and here the full-length analysis! To see the full description and references for the brushes and fonts, click on this link: https://www.deviantart.com/mio-chan125/art/Aspect-symbol-interpretation-Light-856967875

Continuing with the Hiveswap characters, here’s Joey Claire’s appearance as Light-bound! For those who are skeptical and/or believe she is Life-bound, I can write a post explaining why I think she is tied to Light, and also why people often associate her with Life. Or you can watch optimisticDuelist’s video about it if you are impatient. This painting took me a while, as I had an art block + (or consequently) don’t have much experience in painting realistically. I thought of adding Elwurd too, but didn’t know what to do about her stance so I dropped the idea. This time, the aspect is represented in a poster-like format, starring Joey as the leading ballet dancer. She is focused, and rather defenceless, exposed by a spotlight, a glowing source of light staring at her (all-seeing eye), in a duality of exhibit her as an important role, while keeping a predatory eye on her. It was tricky, but I really enjoyed painting in a simnifically different style, and the results are fulfilling and astonishing. 10 years in the past me would lose her shit seeing what I can do today.

Should I set up an => <= system so y’all can find the rest of the series? Anyhow, the next one will be Void with Roxy and Equius, back with flat colors.

A. Claire’s Identity....REVEALED???

No. Well, probably not. But I think I have a pretty decent guess? 

My Jude post is going to take a little while longer, and once I put these pieces together it didn’t take much to make things fall into place, and turned out to be pretty quick to put together.

I don’t usually do outright speculation, I tend to dislike doing so. But this feels solid enough that I’m willing to at least mention it, and more than that its simply interesting to think about, so while we wait for Hiveswap: Act 2, I figure we may as well mull over this possibility.

So, humor me.

A. Claire is a pretty mysterious figure. She seems to come out of nowhere to shake up Homestuck’s core cast, and she seems to know more about the game than we ever confirmed for any other Guardian, barring Pa himself.  Why does she seem so connected to the Cherub Key? How on earth did she paint a mural of the green sun??? What’s her deal! 

There’s no precedent for a character quite like the mysterious actress, and seemingly no background profile that would explain how she knows what she knows. Except, of course, for the obvious one. The one we’ve overlooked. 

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i finished a pacific girl in america months ago but i still think of new scenes for it now and then. heres the harleyclaires taking their island sister out for her first snow. full view would be nice!

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Hearing all the references to Roxy and Grandpa Harley and Nana and the possibility of Joey having a cousin (DAD) and the Batterwitch made me both extremely happy and sad, mostly because Roxy’s alcoholism is heavily apparent and she’s having trouble being a responsible babysitter while under the influence and because Grandpa Harley has and apparently always will be a terrible caretaker (I mean he did better comparatively speaking with Jade, but he had an omnipotent guardian dog helping him so…). I don’t really understand why he’s not taking care of his two biological children. And if it’s because Claire died well, that’s a terrible reason to leave your children in the hands of a alcoholic scientist(?). Speaking of, is Roxy already an adult by this time? The kids mentioned something about how by this time Roxy wouldn’t be at the lab, so trying to contact her would be fruitless. (paraphrasing). Also, why does Grandpa Harley keep leaving his taxidermy-d items and pictures of his hunting exploits when his daughter clearly hates the mistreatment of animals and wants to be a veterinary, his son keeps and loves three pigeons (another unseen pet that is either a snake or a hamster), and, well… Just why Jake? What happened?

Also I want drawings of a young DAD growing up and having adventures with Jude and Joey now, and John visiting Aunt Claire and Uncle Harley

Probably am going to struggle to draw them myself but we’ll see.

You know what I wasn’t expecting to get out of Hiveswap? More characterization for Grandpa Harley, but here we are.

It’s not a bad thing, mind you. Just unexpected. I knew that Mom and Grandpa played some part in the background of Hiveswap, but I wasn’t expecting how much they’re mentioned. I guessed a few off-hand remarks and a picture or two, but instead we get a ton of interesting info on Grandpa and a bit on Mom. The most interesting thing to me is how this makes Grandpa Harley the most developed Guardian in canon.

Like, most of the Guardians are very passive. Both Grandpas and Grandmas on both sides of the Scratch are dead before Homestuck starts, and the same can be said for Post-Scratch Bro and Mom. The only living Guardians are Pre-Scratch Mom, who spends most of her time standing in the background and doing stuff off-screen, and Pre-Scratch Bro. And for a while, P!Bro was the most developed of the bunch since he actually did stuff, and we got context thanks to Dave about what life with him was like. The only Guardian who got close to this was Nanna, who may or may not have changed personality-wise due to being prototyped with a sprite.

But now we know a whole lot more of Grandpa Harley, and honestly he’s kinda interesting to learn about? We got a fair deal of info on him from Jade and her house, who seemed generally positive towards him, but now we get to see the negative coming from someone with a vastly different attitude than Jade, and it’s kinda interesting?

We got to see that his name is actually Jake, that he had a wife and two kids, that he’s extremely neglectful, and that his interest in adventure waaaaay outstrips what I originally thought of it. It’s especially interesting, to me, cause of how it compares to Jake English: a kid longing for adventure who’s been known to withdraw from others and has trouble working with people around him. The big difference between them seems to be that Jake actually works on developing his social skills and friendships after realizing he doesn’t care too much for adventure anymore, while Grandpa may have done the reverse, giving up the chance at healthy relationships with his kids to go on adventures (possibly due to withdrawing cause of grief? Probably, but still not cool).

Idk. I’m mostly rambling, but I’m also fascinated with the Scratch and how it affects people on both sides, their similarities and differences. It’s really cool to me!

Side note: Joey’s attitude toward her dad is like the opposite of Jade’s. She mentions going to school, whereas Jade didn’t. It’s possible Joey being able to connect with people while Jade was more or less isolated caused the former to accept what’s socially average, while the latter saw her Grandpa’s doings as normal due to having no other perspective?

Side side note: Joey says her babysitter’s name has an X in it. So it’s probably Roxy or Roxanne. I’m glad the game protected the headcanon I completely forgot about. xD

you’re my niece. and my sister. you’re my niecester.

At this point, I’m convinced Hussie is intentionally making the non-Strilonde kids’ family-identifying name (a la “Strilonde,” once “Harleybert”) more and more convoluted just to spite us.

Are you more of a Strilondes fan? Nah, I’m all about the Harlenglishcrockerbertaires.

(Homestuck spoilers.)

Behold: Joey Claire’s family tree and their many, many surnames.

The simple version.

Since the smaller text is hard to read: Brown text = Alternate universe self (no, seriously). Black text = (This surname being the same isn’t a given in this family.) First red text = Married. Blue text = Adoptive parents. Black box(es) = UNKNOWN Second red text = Never so much as kissed. Third red text = Biological parents. Fourth red text = Siblings. Green text = Ectobiological creator (in a paradox cloning lab outside of time.)

Simple | Medium 1 | Medium 2 | Complex

I’m liking this style. Harley family reunion! (also dirk)

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2 ROXYS NOW

decided to draw them in the style i usually draw in

they're painting dave's ceiling :)

i haven’t made anything for this au in a while so here u go!