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** This, however, has little to do with use of the phrase in Film/NineteenFortyOne.
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** This, however, has little to do with use of the phrase in Film/NineteenFortyOne.
''Film/NineteenFortyOne''.
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->Eridan also never claimed to be "forevver alone", neither in Homestuck ''nor'' in this fic. At this point, Karkat is just making up bullshit.
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* ShoutOut - Just before he leaves the Homestuck Character Support Group memo, his last message is "SAYONARA, SUCKERS.". This also happens to be the [[http://cantabilegato.tumblr.com/post/61644775910/it-was-a-social-experiment last message left behind]] by Broadway Karkat, a popular ''Homestuck'' fan musician.
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* ShoutOut - Just before he leaves the Homestuck Character Support Group memo, his last message is "SAYONARA, SUCKERS.". This also happens to be the [[FamousLastWords last message]] [[http://cantabilegato.tumblr.com/post/61644775910/it-was-a-social-experiment last message left behind]] by Broadway Karkat, a popular ''Homestuck'' fan musician.
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* BlandNameProduct - Copies Rose's Homestuck Character Support Group, naming it "''Hivebent'' Character Support Group". It is significantly less successful.
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* ShoutOut - Just before he leaves the Homestuck Character Support Group memo, his last message is "SAYONARA, SUCKERS.". This also happens to be the [[http://cantabilegato.tumblr.com/post/61644775910/it-was-a-social-experiment last message left behind]] by Broadway Karkat, a popular ''Homestuck'' fan musician.
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* Sollux Captor; he pokes fun at Karkat's plans to seize control of the Earth, dismissing them as unrealistic.
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* Sollux Captor; he pokes fun at Karkat's plans to seize control of the Earth, dismissing them as unrealistic. He also is shown to own technology, such as time travel for chat clients, not available to even the Condesce.
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The self-proclaimed "leader" of the team, despite them having never met in person for seven years. Before learning about ''Homestuck'', his plans oscillated between TakeOverTheWorld and fleeing the Earth and going to space, with no significant progress made on either. Once he learns about ''Homestuck'', he makes it ''on foot'' to where Andrew Hussie lives to harass him. Later, it appears he has returned to his ways prior to arriving on Earth, beginning to enter memos from the future.
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The self-proclaimed "leader" of the team, despite them having never met in person for seven years."[[InsistentTerminology human sweeps]]". Before learning about ''Homestuck'', his plans oscillated between TakeOverTheWorld and fleeing the Earth and going to space, with no significant progress made on either. Once he learns about ''Homestuck'', he makes it ''on foot'' to where Andrew Hussie lives to harass him. Later, it appears he has returned to his ways prior to arriving on Earth, beginning to enter memos from the future.
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->IT IS FUTURE KARKAT VANTAS, SPEAKING TO YOU FROM THE GODDAMN FUTURE.
->IT IS FUTURE KARKAT VANTAS, SPEAKING TO YOU FROM THE GODDAMN FUTURE.
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* EvilOverlordList - Has read at least some. He will not just tell information or any plans to Rose.
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->Wrestling/JohnCena, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]], [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Dave Bowman]] and [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a fourth one I cannot think of right now.]]
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->i am [[Fanfic/LearningAndSburbing tom strider]] real deal
->i mean dave
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->why would i ever say tom in any context that isnt [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry tom & jerry]]
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->'''Hobbies:''' writing, listening to music, reading way too many things... yeah. Also likes pie.
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The first significant fan of ''Calliope and the Final Update'', and therefore she is the first to appear, even before there was an idea to make most fans into characters (and even before [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s SelfInsert). She briefly messages Jade, before getting blocked. She also plays an important role in the making of ''Update Girl'', as it was her chat with [=ASBusinessMagnet=] after which the fic came to be.
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The first significant fan of ''Calliope and the Final Update'', and therefore she is the first to appear, even before there was an idea to make most fans into characters (and even before [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s SelfInsert). She briefly messages Jade, before getting blocked. She also plays an important role in the making of ''Update ''Calliope's Update Girl'', as it was her chat with [=ASBusinessMagnet=] after which the fic came to be.
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* SelfInsert - Each of them has expressed interest in being a character.
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While presumed to be one of the closest followers of [=ASBusinessMagnet=] (especially with messages between her leading up to ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)''), when she learns about Rose's Support Group, she writes a message there.
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there. She is a fan of LetsPlay[=s=], VideoGame/RPGMaker games and Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos.
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As she hasn't appeared yet, little is known about her other than stuff from her profile. She profile, and even that is a fan of LetsPlay[=s=].
fairly concise.
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* CunningLinguist - She's been learning languages on Duolingo. She shares this trait with [=ASBusinessMagnet=].
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-->Those include learning languages (in particular on Duolingo), writing fanfics (sometimes even [[FanFic/ITSMYLIFEExpandedUniverse trollfics]]), translation (in particular of Homestuck), making [[WebVideo/HitlerRants Hitler parodies]] (in the past, and it will usually not come up in conversation), and very occasionally visual arts and music. As such, he is quite busy on the Internet, and jokes about having "no less than 5 current projects at all times".
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-->Those include [[CunningLinguist learning languages languages]] (in particular on Duolingo), writing fanfics (sometimes even [[FanFic/ITSMYLIFEExpandedUniverse trollfics]]), translation (in particular of Homestuck), making [[WebVideo/HitlerRants Hitler parodies]] (in the past, and it will usually not come up in conversation), and very occasionally visual arts and music. As such, he is quite busy on the Internet, and jokes about having "no less than 5 current projects at all times".
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->I'm Andrew Hussie, the best guy in the universe, even ignoring Homestuck. You should be honored to talk to me and even live in the same town as me.
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* IdiotBall - She recognizes [=ASBusinessMagnet=], because they share a streak on Duolingo, and even knows that he's Lithuanian. This didn't stop her from being convinced that "aperturescienceBusinessmagnet" is actually Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb.
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* Creator/RyanNorth, Andrew's close BFF, though largely an independent creator.
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[[folder:The Homestuck Character Support Group]]
The main focus of the stories, and the namesake of the second one. Originally, John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider and Jade Harley were in a four-way LongDistanceRelationship, with none of them having seen any other one in person despite being in touch for at least a third of their lives, but that changed when their families all moved together to Easthampton in the timespan of three days. In Easthampton, they met Calliope and Caliborn, and quickly befriended Calliope. Therefore, they are relatively close, and the Homestuck Character Support Group forms around this rather firm base.
This group has a precursor: in ''Calliope and the Final Update'', the kids and Calliope were all [[CharlieAndTheChocolateParody winners of Sburb discs in Homestuck merchandise]], and had never talked to each other prior to appearing in Easthampton to meet up with Hussie.
!!Rose Lalonde
Ostensibly the main character of the series. Rose is a Sociology student, and has been having trouble writing creatively. However, once she discovers that she is a character of ''Homestuck'', she takes a much more distinct role, planning to gather herself and her three close friends, as well as the neighborhood aliens Calliope and Caliborn, into a "Homestuck Character Support Group". She also showed interest in gathering more than just her closest friends in, at different points talking to Karkat and [=MeAndMyReflection=] about her plans.
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* AscendedExtra - Before ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)'', Calliope was the most likely candidate for the main character.
* CharacterBlog - Appropriately, titled ''[[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/tagged/ic The Homestuck Character Support Group]]''.
!!Calliope
She, together with Caliborn, arrived to Earth on a meteor that landed on April 13, 1996. For two years, they were cradled by scientists, before "[[SignificantMonogram L. E.]]" shot their lead researcher (and Rose's mother), causing the authorities to take a different strategy to raise them. Therefore, they were pretty much spoiled, up until Calliope began doing commissions. Lately, though, she and Caliborn began to be identified as "cosplayers" of ''Homestuck''. She is by far the most heartbroken after the revelation, and seeks support in Rose's group. She eventually becomes the group's figurehead, as the blog where the support group is hosted was named after her, being "calliopes-update-girl".
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* DemotedToExtra
!!Jade Harley
Another close friend of Rose's and one of the founding members of the support group. Her grandfather explored the Frog Temple built 413 million years ago, and most Skaianet technologies (including Pesterchum) derive from it.
!!John Egbert
He is significant because he originally had the idea for the Homestuck Character Support Group, which Jade (and from her, Rose) borrowed, and sympathizes with Calliope. Nevertheless, he isn't listed as a full member of the support group.
!!Dave Strider
While he is another friend of Rose's, he is significantly more distant from everyone else, preferring to be a coolkid and write ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Therefore, he is marked as another question mark in the support group. Nevertheless, he shows interest in the group; though, he has a superiority complex, believing that non-''Homestuck'' characters shouldn't be part of the group. He is also an avid ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' player, and soon after moving, sets up a server so he can play with Jade.
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[[folder:Hussie and co.]]
Andrew Hussie's friends are largely other webcomic artists, many from distant places, as most Easthampton residents are ''Homestuck'' fans who won't stop pestering him.
Tropes pertaining to all of them:
* RealPersonFic
!!Creator/AndrewHussie
Originally, Andrew seems to be a fairly innocent webcomic creator. Within a few chapters, though, it is obvious that something else is going on: only his characters exist in real life, and he appears to have spacebending powers, whose origin isn't entirely clear [[spoiler:but which have been hinted to be due to him being (part of) the cancer that Karkat gave to the universe, essentially replacing Bec Noir]].
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* EldritchAbomination
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 413 Million Years Old]]
!![[Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}} Jeffrey Rowland]]
The owner of [=TopatoCo=], which sells ''Homestuck'' merchandise. He only appears in ''Calliope and the Final Update'' as Andrew's mentor, and in the [=MarissaTheWriter=]-styled chapter, he allows Calliope to earn a fortune with her work.
!![[Webcomic/{{Apothecia}} Shelby Cragg]]
The artist of the art in ''Homestuck'' that is attributed to Calliope. She arrives to Easthampton in April 15th to present her newest fanart to Hussie.
!!Others
These friends of Andrew have gotten at least one mention:
* Actor/DanteBasco, who, in ''Calliope and the Final Update'', is struggling to catch up with Homestuck, and has only read up to the update before the Gigapause.
* Creator/RyanNorth, Andrew's close BFF, though largely an independent creator.
* [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} Randall Munroe]]; apparently Andrew, due to his supernatural powers, outright [[DemonicPossession hijacked his body]], and for his own point of view, he becomes known as "Andrew Hussie's second body".
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[[folder:Team Adorabloodthirsty]]
A group of twelve trolls which played Sgrub. However, during the process something went wrong, and instead of the familiar ''Homestuck'' universe in which the game was meant to be played again and again, something more closely resembling our own universe came out. The twelve were placed in different locations in the United States, and therefore have been coping with living human lives themselves.
!!Karkat Vantas
The self-proclaimed "leader" of the team, despite them having never met in person for seven years. Before learning about ''Homestuck'', his plans oscillated between TakeOverTheWorld and fleeing the Earth and going to space, with no significant progress made on either. Once he learns about ''Homestuck'', he makes it ''on foot'' to where Andrew Hussie lives to harass him. Later, it appears he has returned to his ways prior to arriving on Earth, beginning to enter memos from the future.
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* InsistentTerminology - He calls ''Homestuck'' "Hivebent". He passes this on to the other trolls.
!!Terezi Pyrope
On Earth, she has become rather seclusive, preferring to play with her own "scalemates" rather than interact with other trolls/humans, and generally live in the past. This personality doesn't change much once she learns about ''Homestuck''.
!!Vriska Serket
Once she learns about ''Homestuck'', she realizes just how much ragtag Karkat's team is, and self-appoints as the new leader. Hussie also shows interest in her, much to her dismay.
!!Kanaya Maryam
The most important detail Kanaya picks out of ''Homestuck'' is that Rose, the author of the walkthrough that she read, exists. Kanaya and Rose immediately enter a rather warm friendship.
!!Eridan Ampora
He is mostly depicted as a desperate ExtremeOmnisexual who brings up his status as a royal to any conversation. Needless to say, he doesn't gain any popularity, and is used solely as comic relief.
!!Nepeta Leijon
An EnsembleDarkhorse to the team. The only way in which she is even remotely important is because she discovered ''Homestuck'' early on and didn't tell anyone.
!!Others
The other trolls are significantly less relevant to the plot, and are as follows:
* Aradia Megido; her attitude is rather nihilistic and she doesn't feel all that alive, stating "0nce dead always dead i supp0se".
* Tavros Nitram; despite his claiming to have confidence, he is easily the most confused about the Earth and everything surrounding him.
* Sollux Captor; he pokes fun at Karkat's plans to seize control of the Earth, dismissing them as unrealistic.
* Equius Zahhak; he has taken an interest in human bodybuilders, but is unable to join their ranks due to being a troll.
* Gamzee Makara, a permanent stoner, to whom likely not much has changed; he still occasionally becomes murderous once he is sober.
* Feferi Peixes; early on, she is abducted by the Condesce, and therefore has a section under "The Villains".
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[[folder:The Villains]]
!!Her Imperious Condescension
She used to be the leader of the trolls. Once twelve of her subjects created the Earth, she also moved in, and for a while she has been a patient observer. When she learns about ''Homestuck'', though, she engages evil mode, and begins hatching plans to... well, she doesn't know that either. HilarityEnsues when the subjects she recruited also have different opinions on what she should do.
!![=ASBusinessMagnet=]
The estranged author of ''Calliope on the Update Gravestone'' and leader of the memo which unfortunately happened to be named "Homestuck Character Support Group", much to the real support group's dismay. Quickly, though, he is spotted by the Condesce and made Crockertier.
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* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination - Just as Andrew Hussie, he is a manifestation of the cancer given to the universe. Powers related to that are yet to be exhibited by him, though.]]
* GetBackInTheCloset - In RealLife, she came out as trans in January 2015. In ''Calliope's Update Girl'', that never happened.
** She even signs the e-book with her chosen name, just after his first appearance.
* JackOfAllTrades - His list of interests pretty much goes on and on and on.
-->Those include learning languages (in particular on Duolingo), writing fanfics (sometimes even [[FanFic/ITSMYLIFEExpandedUniverse trollfics]]), translation (in particular of Homestuck), making [[WebVideo/HitlerRants Hitler parodies]] (in the past, and it will usually not come up in conversation), and very occasionally visual arts and music. As such, he is quite busy on the Internet, and jokes about having "no less than 5 current projects at all times".
* SelfInsert
!!Feferi Peixes
Back on Alternia, she used to be one of the heiresses to the Condesce, who she would mercilessly kill later on. However, on Earth, she becomes valuable as one of the last remaining trolls, and therefore is kidnapped instead. Needless to say, most of the time she does not have any idea what the Condesce and [=ASBusinessMagnet=] are talking about.
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[[folder:Calliope on the Update Gravestone fans]]
->The fanfic in question has already attained a mini-fandom, of which all the members hang out on a Pesterchum memo, named "#homestuck_character_support_group" after the memo in Calliope on the Update Gravestone. They have already become somewhat close friends, and therefore [=ASBusinessMagnet=] has been keeping up the fanfic for them. What they do not know, though, is that in the background, several Homestuck characters in their real life are actually considering the idea of the Homestuck Character Support Group, and the two groups are about to clash in a single place...
They all are based on the real fans of ''Calliope's Update Girl'' who submitted themselves as characters. Most of them, however, are not in the United States, and therefore only get to interact with others via the memo they hang out in.
Tropes pertaining to all of them:
* WriteWhoYouKnow
!!scatteredPhilosopher
The first significant fan of ''Calliope and the Final Update'', and therefore she is the first to appear, even before there was an idea to make most fans into characters (and even before [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s SelfInsert). She briefly messages Jade, before getting blocked. She also plays an important role in the making of ''Update Girl'', as it was her chat with [=ASBusinessMagnet=] after which the fic came to be.
!![=MeAndMyReflection=] / unstopableSmiley
While presumed to be one of the closest followers of [=ASBusinessMagnet=] (especially with messages between her leading up to ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)''), when she learns about Rose's Support Group, she writes a message there.
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* TheMole - Even though she was originally part of [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s group, she quickly re-affiliates herself with Rose's group.
* ViewerGenderConfusion - According to her profile, she is easily mistaken for a man, and doesn't bother correcting those that mistake her.
!!davespritenotdave / draconianNeptune
Another rather close follower of ''Calliope's Update Girl''. He learns about [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s transformation early on, and slightly later on befriends Dave.
!!cryptologicalMystic
She has been following [=ASBusinessMagnet=] since at least 2012, when he was writing ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' stories, and also attempted to get a cameo there (and failed). So far, she hasn't appeared yet.
!!Ponythekidrs / savvyKiddo
As she hasn't appeared yet, little is known about her other than stuff from her profile. She is a fan of LetsPlay[=s=].
!!Linda065cliva / genericTranslator
Just as [=ASBusinessMagnet=], she is a translator of ''Homestuck''. While she has appeared, she hasn't done anything significant in the story yet.
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[[folder:And last but not least...]]
!!Caliborn "English"
Calliope's "brother", who has been living with her since hatching. Largely a SpoiledBrat, his attitude towards the world (and, by extension, ''Homestuck'' and its characters) is negative. His favorite pastime is making fun of everyone regardless of how appropriate it is, as he is quick to invent nicknames such as "[=HOMOSuCK=]" (''Homestuck'') and "ANNOYING [=BLABBERMOuTH=]" (Rose).
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[[folder:The Homestuck Character Support Group]]
The main focus of the stories, and the namesake of the second one. Originally, John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider and Jade Harley were in a four-way LongDistanceRelationship, with none of them having seen any other one in person despite being in touch for at least a third of their lives, but that changed when their families all moved together to Easthampton in the timespan of three days. In Easthampton, they met Calliope and Caliborn, and quickly befriended Calliope. Therefore, they are relatively close, and the Homestuck Character Support Group forms around this rather firm base.
This group has a precursor: in ''Calliope and the Final Update'', the kids and Calliope were all [[CharlieAndTheChocolateParody winners of Sburb discs in Homestuck merchandise]], and had never talked to each other prior to appearing in Easthampton to meet up with Hussie.
!!Rose Lalonde
Ostensibly the main character of the series. Rose is a Sociology student, and has been having trouble writing creatively. However, once she discovers that she is a character of ''Homestuck'', she takes a much more distinct role, planning to gather herself and her three close friends, as well as the neighborhood aliens Calliope and Caliborn, into a "Homestuck Character Support Group". She also showed interest in gathering more than just her closest friends in, at different points talking to Karkat and [=MeAndMyReflection=] about her plans.
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* AscendedExtra - Before ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)'', Calliope was the most likely candidate for the main character.
* CharacterBlog - Appropriately, titled ''[[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/tagged/ic The Homestuck Character Support Group]]''.
!!Calliope
She, together with Caliborn, arrived to Earth on a meteor that landed on April 13, 1996. For two years, they were cradled by scientists, before "[[SignificantMonogram L. E.]]" shot their lead researcher (and Rose's mother), causing the authorities to take a different strategy to raise them. Therefore, they were pretty much spoiled, up until Calliope began doing commissions. Lately, though, she and Caliborn began to be identified as "cosplayers" of ''Homestuck''. She is by far the most heartbroken after the revelation, and seeks support in Rose's group. She eventually becomes the group's figurehead, as the blog where the support group is hosted was named after her, being "calliopes-update-girl".
Tropes:
* DemotedToExtra
!!Jade Harley
Another close friend of Rose's and one of the founding members of the support group. Her grandfather explored the Frog Temple built 413 million years ago, and most Skaianet technologies (including Pesterchum) derive from it.
!!John Egbert
He is significant because he originally had the idea for the Homestuck Character Support Group, which Jade (and from her, Rose) borrowed, and sympathizes with Calliope. Nevertheless, he isn't listed as a full member of the support group.
!!Dave Strider
While he is another friend of Rose's, he is significantly more distant from everyone else, preferring to be a coolkid and write ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Therefore, he is marked as another question mark in the support group. Nevertheless, he shows interest in the group; though, he has a superiority complex, believing that non-''Homestuck'' characters shouldn't be part of the group. He is also an avid ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' player, and soon after moving, sets up a server so he can play with Jade.
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[[folder:Hussie and co.]]
Andrew Hussie's friends are largely other webcomic artists, many from distant places, as most Easthampton residents are ''Homestuck'' fans who won't stop pestering him.
Tropes pertaining to all of them:
* RealPersonFic
!!Creator/AndrewHussie
Originally, Andrew seems to be a fairly innocent webcomic creator. Within a few chapters, though, it is obvious that something else is going on: only his characters exist in real life, and he appears to have spacebending powers, whose origin isn't entirely clear [[spoiler:but which have been hinted to be due to him being (part of) the cancer that Karkat gave to the universe, essentially replacing Bec Noir]].
Tropes:
* EldritchAbomination
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 413 Million Years Old]]
!![[Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}} Jeffrey Rowland]]
The owner of [=TopatoCo=], which sells ''Homestuck'' merchandise. He only appears in ''Calliope and the Final Update'' as Andrew's mentor, and in the [=MarissaTheWriter=]-styled chapter, he allows Calliope to earn a fortune with her work.
!![[Webcomic/{{Apothecia}} Shelby Cragg]]
The artist of the art in ''Homestuck'' that is attributed to Calliope. She arrives to Easthampton in April 15th to present her newest fanart to Hussie.
!!Others
These friends of Andrew have gotten at least one mention:
* Actor/DanteBasco, who, in ''Calliope and the Final Update'', is struggling to catch up with Homestuck, and has only read up to the update before the Gigapause.
* Creator/RyanNorth, Andrew's close BFF, though largely an independent creator.
* [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} Randall Munroe]]; apparently Andrew, due to his supernatural powers, outright [[DemonicPossession hijacked his body]], and for his own point of view, he becomes known as "Andrew Hussie's second body".
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[[folder:Team Adorabloodthirsty]]
A group of twelve trolls which played Sgrub. However, during the process something went wrong, and instead of the familiar ''Homestuck'' universe in which the game was meant to be played again and again, something more closely resembling our own universe came out. The twelve were placed in different locations in the United States, and therefore have been coping with living human lives themselves.
!!Karkat Vantas
The self-proclaimed "leader" of the team, despite them having never met in person for seven years. Before learning about ''Homestuck'', his plans oscillated between TakeOverTheWorld and fleeing the Earth and going to space, with no significant progress made on either. Once he learns about ''Homestuck'', he makes it ''on foot'' to where Andrew Hussie lives to harass him. Later, it appears he has returned to his ways prior to arriving on Earth, beginning to enter memos from the future.
Tropes:
* InsistentTerminology - He calls ''Homestuck'' "Hivebent". He passes this on to the other trolls.
!!Terezi Pyrope
On Earth, she has become rather seclusive, preferring to play with her own "scalemates" rather than interact with other trolls/humans, and generally live in the past. This personality doesn't change much once she learns about ''Homestuck''.
!!Vriska Serket
Once she learns about ''Homestuck'', she realizes just how much ragtag Karkat's team is, and self-appoints as the new leader. Hussie also shows interest in her, much to her dismay.
!!Kanaya Maryam
The most important detail Kanaya picks out of ''Homestuck'' is that Rose, the author of the walkthrough that she read, exists. Kanaya and Rose immediately enter a rather warm friendship.
!!Eridan Ampora
He is mostly depicted as a desperate ExtremeOmnisexual who brings up his status as a royal to any conversation. Needless to say, he doesn't gain any popularity, and is used solely as comic relief.
!!Nepeta Leijon
An EnsembleDarkhorse to the team. The only way in which she is even remotely important is because she discovered ''Homestuck'' early on and didn't tell anyone.
!!Others
The other trolls are significantly less relevant to the plot, and are as follows:
* Aradia Megido; her attitude is rather nihilistic and she doesn't feel all that alive, stating "0nce dead always dead i supp0se".
* Tavros Nitram; despite his claiming to have confidence, he is easily the most confused about the Earth and everything surrounding him.
* Sollux Captor; he pokes fun at Karkat's plans to seize control of the Earth, dismissing them as unrealistic.
* Equius Zahhak; he has taken an interest in human bodybuilders, but is unable to join their ranks due to being a troll.
* Gamzee Makara, a permanent stoner, to whom likely not much has changed; he still occasionally becomes murderous once he is sober.
* Feferi Peixes; early on, she is abducted by the Condesce, and therefore has a section under "The Villains".
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[[folder:The Villains]]
!!Her Imperious Condescension
She used to be the leader of the trolls. Once twelve of her subjects created the Earth, she also moved in, and for a while she has been a patient observer. When she learns about ''Homestuck'', though, she engages evil mode, and begins hatching plans to... well, she doesn't know that either. HilarityEnsues when the subjects she recruited also have different opinions on what she should do.
!![=ASBusinessMagnet=]
The estranged author of ''Calliope on the Update Gravestone'' and leader of the memo which unfortunately happened to be named "Homestuck Character Support Group", much to the real support group's dismay. Quickly, though, he is spotted by the Condesce and made Crockertier.
Tropes:
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination - Just as Andrew Hussie, he is a manifestation of the cancer given to the universe. Powers related to that are yet to be exhibited by him, though.]]
* GetBackInTheCloset - In RealLife, she came out as trans in January 2015. In ''Calliope's Update Girl'', that never happened.
** She even signs the e-book with her chosen name, just after his first appearance.
* JackOfAllTrades - His list of interests pretty much goes on and on and on.
-->Those include learning languages (in particular on Duolingo), writing fanfics (sometimes even [[FanFic/ITSMYLIFEExpandedUniverse trollfics]]), translation (in particular of Homestuck), making [[WebVideo/HitlerRants Hitler parodies]] (in the past, and it will usually not come up in conversation), and very occasionally visual arts and music. As such, he is quite busy on the Internet, and jokes about having "no less than 5 current projects at all times".
* SelfInsert
!!Feferi Peixes
Back on Alternia, she used to be one of the heiresses to the Condesce, who she would mercilessly kill later on. However, on Earth, she becomes valuable as one of the last remaining trolls, and therefore is kidnapped instead. Needless to say, most of the time she does not have any idea what the Condesce and [=ASBusinessMagnet=] are talking about.
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[[folder:Calliope on the Update Gravestone fans]]
->The fanfic in question has already attained a mini-fandom, of which all the members hang out on a Pesterchum memo, named "#homestuck_character_support_group" after the memo in Calliope on the Update Gravestone. They have already become somewhat close friends, and therefore [=ASBusinessMagnet=] has been keeping up the fanfic for them. What they do not know, though, is that in the background, several Homestuck characters in their real life are actually considering the idea of the Homestuck Character Support Group, and the two groups are about to clash in a single place...
They all are based on the real fans of ''Calliope's Update Girl'' who submitted themselves as characters. Most of them, however, are not in the United States, and therefore only get to interact with others via the memo they hang out in.
Tropes pertaining to all of them:
* WriteWhoYouKnow
!!scatteredPhilosopher
The first significant fan of ''Calliope and the Final Update'', and therefore she is the first to appear, even before there was an idea to make most fans into characters (and even before [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s SelfInsert). She briefly messages Jade, before getting blocked. She also plays an important role in the making of ''Update Girl'', as it was her chat with [=ASBusinessMagnet=] after which the fic came to be.
!![=MeAndMyReflection=] / unstopableSmiley
While presumed to be one of the closest followers of [=ASBusinessMagnet=] (especially with messages between her leading up to ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)''), when she learns about Rose's Support Group, she writes a message there.
Tropes:
* TheMole - Even though she was originally part of [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s group, she quickly re-affiliates herself with Rose's group.
* ViewerGenderConfusion - According to her profile, she is easily mistaken for a man, and doesn't bother correcting those that mistake her.
!!davespritenotdave / draconianNeptune
Another rather close follower of ''Calliope's Update Girl''. He learns about [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s transformation early on, and slightly later on befriends Dave.
!!cryptologicalMystic
She has been following [=ASBusinessMagnet=] since at least 2012, when he was writing ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' stories, and also attempted to get a cameo there (and failed). So far, she hasn't appeared yet.
!!Ponythekidrs / savvyKiddo
As she hasn't appeared yet, little is known about her other than stuff from her profile. She is a fan of LetsPlay[=s=].
!!Linda065cliva / genericTranslator
Just as [=ASBusinessMagnet=], she is a translator of ''Homestuck''. While she has appeared, she hasn't done anything significant in the story yet.
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[[folder:And last but not least...]]
!!Caliborn "English"
Calliope's "brother", who has been living with her since hatching. Largely a SpoiledBrat, his attitude towards the world (and, by extension, ''Homestuck'' and its characters) is negative. His favorite pastime is making fun of everyone regardless of how appropriate it is, as he is quick to invent nicknames such as "[=HOMOSuCK=]" (''Homestuck'') and "ANNOYING [=BLABBERMOuTH=]" (Rose).
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