History FanFic / HerdingCats

This Nepeta Quest 2012 is one of the longest Homestuck fanfics out there and at currently 17 chapters and over 190,000 words is STILL a WIP. Fortunately, it updates fairly regularly (usually a new chapter is added between one and two weeks). It's length is justified because while Nepeta is the main character, all 12 trolls have important roles to play, and all 12 of them will have all 4 of their quadrants filled. This means no fewer than 22 different relationships (6 moirallegiances, 6 matespritships, 6 kismessitudes, and 4 auspitices) will be explored in this DoorStopper of a tale, with only one of them, the moirallegiance of Nepeta/Equius already stable from the start. So far two more moirallegiances, three matespritships, one kismessitude, and one auspitice have occurred, with three more moirallegiances, three more matespritships, five more kismessitudes, and three more ausptitices to go. Or in simplest terms, that's 8 relationships down, 14 to go.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: The moirails. So far we have Nepeta/Equius, Vriska/Tavros, and Gamzee/Eridan, with hints of Terezi/Aradia, Sollux/Feferi, and Karkat/Kanaya for the remaining couples.

This Nepeta Quest 2012 is one of the longest Homestuck fanfics out there and at currently 16 chapters and over 180,000 words is STILL a WIP. Fortunately, it updates fairly regularly (usually a new chapter is added between one and two weeks). It's length is justified because while Nepeta is the main character, all 12 trolls have important roles to play, and all 12 of them will have all 4 of their quadrants filled. This means no fewer than 22 different relationships (6 moirallegiances, 6 matespritships, 6 kismessitudes, and 4 auspitices) will be explored in this DoorStopper of a tale, with only one of them, the moirallegiance of Nepeta/Equius already stable from the start. So far two more moirallegiances, three matespritships, one kismessitude, and one auspitice have occurred, with three more moirallegiances, three more matespritships, five more kismessitudes, and three more ausptitices to go. Or in simplest terms, that's 8 relationships down, 14 to go.

This Nepeta Quest 2012 has been called "the single longest Homestuck fanfic by word count" and at currently 16 chapters and over 180,000 words is STILL a WIP. Fortunately, it updates fairly regularly (usually a new chapter is added between one and two weeks). It's length is justified because while Nepeta is the main character, all 12 trolls have important roles to play, and all 12 of them will have all 4 of their quadrants filled. This means no fewer than 22 different relationships (6 moirallegiances, 6 matespritships, 6 kismessitudes, and 4 auspitices) will be explored in this DoorStopper of a tale, with only one of them, the moirallegiance of Nepeta/Equius already stable from the start. So far two more moirallegiances, three matespritships, one kismessitude, and one auspitice have occurred, with three more moirallegiances, three more matespritships, five more kismessitudes, and three more ausptitices to go.

* CharacterDevelopment: The trolls are able to improve once they have matesprits and morals.

** ChickMagnet: Sollux seems to be one of these.

* It'sNotYouIt'sMyEnemies: Sollux gives this speech to Feferi.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Inverted. Eridan tries to pull this mostly for [[Karkat's]] sake rather than [[Terezi's]].

* It'sNotYou,It'sMyEnemies: Sollux gives this speech to Feferi.

* CharacterDevelopment: The trolls are able to improve once they have matesprits and moirails.

This Nepeta Quest 2012 has been called "the single longest Homestuck fanfic by word count" and at currently 16 chapters and over 180,000 words is STILL a WIP. Fortunately, it updates fairly regularly (usually a new chapter is added between one and two weeks). It's length is justified because while Nepeta is the main character, all 12 trolls have important roles to play, and all 12 of them will have all 4 of their quadrants filled. This means no fewer than 22 different relationships will be explored in this DoorStopper of a tale, with only one of them, the moirallegiance of Nepeta/Equius already stable from the start. So far two more moirallegiances, three matespritships, one kismessitude, and one auspitice have occurred, with three more moirallegiances, three more matespritships, five more kismessitudes, and three more ausptitices to go.

And so Nepeta starts her epic shipping quest! HilarityEnsues! Complications arise! Trolls become pale or flushed for each other! Black rom and ashen even enter the picture! This promising WIP fic is shaping up to be a Nepeta Quest 2012, and updates fairly regularly (usually a new chapter is added between one and two weeks). It's currently on Chapter 16, and is over 180,000 words long.

And so Nepeta starts her epic shipping quest! HilarityEnsues! Complications arise! Trolls become pale or flushed for each other! Black rom and ashen even enter the picture! This promising WIP fic is shaping up to be a Nepeta Quest 2012, and updates fairly regularly (usually a new chapter is added between one and two weeks). It's currently on Chapter 15, and is over 170,000 words long.

*** Silence in the courtroom block!

** [[HesBack She's Back]]: After a little [[SlapSlapKiss hate snogging]] and mock trial from her new kismesis and his matesprite respectively.

** The Trial of Nepeta Leijohn for the attempted murder of Eridan Ampora is a partial version of this. Everyone's roleplaying, but except for Feferi as the judge and Equius as the bailif, everyone's playing themselves based on an incident (Nepeta's attack of Eridan) that has actually happened.

* VitriolicBestBuds: According to Terezi, this is ideally what a kismessis should be. It certainly looks that way with Nepeta/Eridan, but for now the Feferi/Kanaya blackrom seems mostly just vitriol.

*** EaglelandOsmosis: Feferi has the witnesses cross examined, which is [[LampshadeHaning pointed out]] isn't done in Alternian courts. Feferi does it anyway "[[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem because I say so!]]" (Also it resembles the type of trial we're familiar with.)

*** EaglelandOsmosis: Feferi calls for the defendant to cross-examine

* EvilCounterpart: Eridan is shaping up to be this, not only in trying to be Nepeta's kismesis, but in his fascination in black rom, sowing the seeds of discord between Kanaya and Feferi.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Nepeta drops the cat puns (and in the pesterlogs/memoes, her :33< s), it means she's REALLY upset.

** Eridan calls these things a "calliginous hate speech". He gives one to Nepeta that's only partly this trope, but is mostly about why kissmesis is an essential part of the quadrant.

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** ArtisticLicenseLaw

And so Nepeta starts her epic shipping quest! HilarityEnsues! Complications arise! Trolls become pale or flushed for each other! Black rom and ashen even enter the picture! This promising WIP fic is shaping up to be a Nepeta Quest 2012, and updates fairly regularly (usually a new chapter is added between one and two weeks). It's currently on Chapter 14, and is nearly 150,000 words long.

* BrickJoke: In Nepeta's first Shipping Wall memo, Vriska at her [[AlphaBitch bitchiest]] declares that if she ever finds herself making a cat pun, she'll hang herself. Instantly Terezi "'''FIVE DAYS FROM NOW'''" shows up on the memo, asks for Vriska's neck size. Kanaya gives it and Terezi leaves. Five days later, at another Shipping Wall memo, a now succesfully shippped and much nicer Vriska offhandedly makes a cat pun. Terezi promptly presents her with a cat collar to wear instead of a noose.

* KnightOfCerebus: Aradia. She knows this is a doomed timeline, is mystified by why it isn't being destroyed, and is determined to find out the truth.

Nepeta has completed all of her tasks in her portion of the game and goes to confront her Denizen, Psyche. Psyche declines to fight Nepeta, but offers instead to give Nepeta an important task. As the Hero of Heart, Nepeta must ship all 12 of her fellow trolls (including herself) until they each have a [[OfficialCouple matesprit]] and a [[HeterosexualLifePartners moirail.]] Psyche reveals that they're in a doomed timeline, but offers to keep the timeline from being destroyed like the other doomed timelines while Nepeta completes her task, and that can even exist permenately if Nepeta succeeds. Psyche has 3 conditions: 1) Nepeta must only use her heart powers to guide, not force, her fellow trolls into relationships, 2) she must tell no one why she's doing this, and 3) she must save the matespritship for herself and the boy she loves, Karkat, for last, and tell no one of her feelings for him until it's time.

So Nepeta posts a memo she calls "The Shipping Wall". [[AlphaBitch Vriska]] immedeately shows up to mock and laugh at her attempts to ship everybody, saying Karkat would go ballistic over it. But Karkat shows up and actually approves of the idea, mainly because he's spent a week having to put up with everybody's relationship problems, and is so sick of it he's more than eager to foist the task onto Nepeta, even orders her to ship Vriska first, mainly to keep every memo from devolving into [[ItsAllAboutMe Vriskachat.]]

And so Nepeta starts her epic shipping quest! HilarityEnsues! Complications arise! Trolls become pale or flushed for each other! This promising WIP fic is shaping up to be a Nepeta Quest 2012, and updates fairly regularly (usually between one and two weeks). It's currently on Chapter 14, and is nearly 150,000 words long.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Eridan really does care for Gamzee and Karkat, and he manages to win Terezi by [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan being nice to her.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Aradia. She knows this is a doomed timeline, is mystified by why it isn't being destroyed, and is determined to find out.

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Karkat (wrongly) fears this is happening between him and Nepeta. Initially, he figured out her feelings for him, but he despised her, and so did nothing about it. Now, after he's seen her [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]], he's flushed for her, but fears she no longer feels the same way about him.

** Karkate delivers one to Vriska at the start.

All regular personality tropes for the 12 trolls apply here [[CharacterDevelopment until they no longer do.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Nepeta drops the cat puns (and in the pesterlogs/memoes, her :33> s), it means she's REALLY upset.

** Most recently, Tavros gave one to Sollux for the way he's been treating Vriska.