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* ''Calliope's Update Girl - Book One'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10726027/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2382974/chapters/5264753 AO3]]), the first fic, which follows the premise in the most straightforward way. It has been released as an e-book with at least an author's note on every page; [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/post/127741782818/calliopes-update-girl-book-one the download links are here.]]
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* ''Calliope's Update Girl - Book One'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10726027/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2382974/chapters/5264753 AO3]]), the first fic, which follows the premise in the most straightforward way. Roughly half of its text comes from NaNoWriMo 2014. It has been released as an e-book with at least an author's note on every page; [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/post/127741782818/calliopes-update-girl-book-one the download links are here.]]
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* GodwinsLaw - Both Hussie and the Condesce are compared to Hitler.
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* GodwinsLaw - Both Hussie and Hussie, the Condesce and Karkat are all, at some point, compared to Hitler.
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* SpiritualSuccessor - Besides ''Calliope's Update Girl'' and ''Inception of a Masterpiece'', ''Calliope and the Final Update'' has also spawned ''Caliborn's Stories'', a series in which Caliborn comments on everything from ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' to ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'', in the familiar Homosuck style.
** The most recent addition, a commentary on ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', reveals that [[spoiler:[=ASBusinessMagnet=] herself is controlled by not one, but ''two'' sets of emotions, ''as well as'' her fictional characters such as Caliborn]].
** The most recent addition, a commentary on ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', reveals that [[spoiler:[=ASBusinessMagnet=] herself is controlled by not one, but ''two'' sets of emotions, ''as well as'' her fictional characters such as Caliborn]].
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* SpiritualSuccessor - Besides ''Calliope's Update Girl'' and ''Inception of a Masterpiece'', ''Calliope and the Final Update'' has also spawned ''Caliborn's Stories'', a series in which Caliborn comments on everything from ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' to ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'', in the familiar Homosuck style.
** The most recent addition, a commentary on''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' to ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', reveals that [[spoiler:[=ASBusinessMagnet=] herself is controlled by not one, but ''two'' sets of emotions, ''as well as'' her fictional characters such as Caliborn]].in the familiar Homosuck style.
** The most recent addition, a commentary on
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** There is no ''indication'' that we're in 2016, though, until the very last chapter of Stage 1. It was a deliberate choice, used to invoke a distinct "when ''Homestuck'' is done" future, until [=ASBusinessMagnet=] realized that it wouldn't work.
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* DeweyDefeatsTruman - A very, ''very'' recent example (which also has to do with language, rather than events) comes from the author's notes:
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* DeweyDefeatsTruman - A very, ''very'' recent example (which also has to do with language, rather than events) comes from It seems that [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s favorite pastime is writing something TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and then getting it wrong. From the author's notes:
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* {{Foreshadowing}} - [=ASBusinessMagnet=] either loves this trope, or otherwise only uses the fic itself as inspiration. If you look carefully, there's foreshadowing for [[spoiler:Andrew Hussie possessing Randall Munroe]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}} - [=ASBusinessMagnet=] either loves this trope, or otherwise only uses the fic itself as inspiration. If you look carefully, there's foreshadowing for [[spoiler:Andrew Hussie possessing Randall Munroe]].Munroe in the second fic, ''in chapter two of the first fic'']].
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* SignificantMonogram - The suspect who shot Rose's mother in 1998 is only known as "L. E.", as an allusion to Lord English.
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* SpiritualSuccessor - Besides ''Calliope's Update Girl'' and ''Inception of a Masterpiece'', ''Calliope and the Final Update'' has also spawned ''Caliborn's Stories'', a series in which Caliborn comments on everything from ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' to ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'', in the familiar Homosuck style.
* SpiritualSuccessor - Besides ''Calliope's Update Girl'' and ''Inception of a Masterpiece'', ''Calliope and the Final Update'' has also spawned ''Caliborn's Stories'', a series in which Caliborn comments on everything from ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' to ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'', in the familiar Homosuck style.
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Calliope and Caliborn are your average InnocentAliens who are pretty much hospitalized on Earth. Lately, however, people keep referring to them as "cosplayers" of "Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}". The weird goes up when four close friends move into the same town as them, and are identified as more "cosplayers", and the six immediately get the attention of Creator/AndrewHussie, who formally introduces them to ''Homestuck''...
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Calliope and Caliborn are your average InnocentAliens who are pretty much hospitalized on Earth. Lately, however, people keep referring to them as "cosplayers" "{{cosplay}}ers" of "Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}". The weird goes up when four close friends move into the same town as them, and are identified as more "cosplayers", and the six immediately get the attention of Creator/AndrewHussie, who formally introduces them to ''Homestuck''...
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** Among other things, [=ASBusinessMagnet=] didn't foresee ''herself coming out as UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}}''.
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** "If that's Calliope, then I'm Her Imperious Condescension." - commenting to Calliope that YourCostumeNeedsWork
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** "If that's Calliope, then I'm Her Imperious Condescension." - commenting to Calliope that YourCostumeNeedsWorkYourCostumeNeedsWork. The line, interestingly enough, is picked up by the characters and discussed once it turns out that the Condesce is really out there.
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** "Yeah, and I'm Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb" - by [=ASBusinessMagnet=], once he first meets the ''Homestuck'' characters and doesn't believe them.
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** "Yeah, and I'm Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb" - by [=ASBusinessMagnet=], once he first meets the ''Homestuck'' characters and doesn't believe them. They, of course, think that's really [=AnnaSophia=].
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* AndImTheQueenOfSheba - Two different statements of this kind:
** "If that's Calliope, then I'm Her Imperious Condescension." - commenting to Calliope that YourCostumeNeedsWork
** "Yeah, and I'm Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb" - by [=ASBusinessMagnet=], once he first meets the ''Homestuck'' characters and doesn't believe them.
** "If that's Calliope, then I'm Her Imperious Condescension." - commenting to Calliope that YourCostumeNeedsWork
** "Yeah, and I'm Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb" - by [=ASBusinessMagnet=], once he first meets the ''Homestuck'' characters and doesn't believe them.
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* ''Calliope's Update Girl - Book One'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10726027/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2382974/chapters/5264753 AO3]]), the first fic, which follows the premise in the most straightforward way. It has been released as an e-book with at least an author's note on every page.
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* ''Calliope's Update Girl - Book One'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10726027/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2382974/chapters/5264753 AO3]]), the first fic, which follows the premise in the most straightforward way. It has been released as an e-book with at least an author's note on every page.page; [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/post/127741782818/calliopes-update-girl-book-one the download links are here.]]
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* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow - Neither John nor Dave got into college, and Rose finished her first year early. Jade, as an island native, has been largely homeschooled by her grandpa.
** It is heavily implied, though, that Karkat is actually skipping school to meet up with Hussie. It is also humorously implied that despite his age, he is actually in the seventh grade.
** It is heavily implied, though, that Karkat is actually skipping school to meet up with Hussie. It is also humorously implied that despite his age, he is actually in the seventh grade.
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* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow - Neither John nor Dave got into college, and Rose finished her first year early. Jade, as an island native, has been largely homeschooled by her grandpa.
grandpa. Calliope and Caliborn used to go to school, but don't have the need for higher education, as both are supported by commissions that Calliope does.
** It is heavily implied, though, that Karkat is actually skipping school to meet up with Hussie. It is also humorously implied that despite his age, [[HeldBackInSchool he is actually in the seventhgrade.grade]].
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin - Non-native English speakers, such as [=MeAndMyReflection=] and davespritenotdave, speak in broken English. Regular [=ASBusinessMagnet=] is rather impartial towards that, but Crockertier [=ASBusinessMagnet=] instantly gives them a hard time, especially when they misspell the name of Her Imperious Condescension, his superior.
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* DemonicPossession - Andrew Hussie has apparently taken over the essence of [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} Randall Munroe]].
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* CreatorProvincialism - All the trolls reside somewhere in the United States, while the kids (plus Calliope and Caliborn) have all moved in much closer together to Easthampton, Massachusetts, where Andrew Hussie lives in RealLife. It is easy to forget that the author of ''Calliope's Update Girl'' is actually from Lithuania.
** The ''fans'' of ''Homestuck'' (and, by extension, ''Calliope on the Update Gravestone''), on the other hand, come from all over.
--->'''Andrew Hussie:''' Homestuck is more popular than you think. People would still find out [if we were in a foreign country].
** The ''fans'' of ''Homestuck'' (and, by extension, ''Calliope on the Update Gravestone''), on the other hand, come from all over.
--->'''Andrew Hussie:''' Homestuck is more popular than you think. People would still find out [if we were in a foreign country].
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* An [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/ in-universe blog]], run (mainly) by Rose Lalonde.
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Lalonde. The same blog is also used by [=ASBusinessMagnet=] in our world to talk about ''Calliope's Update Girl'' and announce updates.
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* RealDreamsAreWeirder - Calliope's dream between April 14 and 15, [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/post/116628692128/in-case-anyone-asks-if-calliopes-update-girl-will posted as a chapter separate from the fics]], outright switches to the style of writing of [[Creator/SueMary MarissaTheWriter]] to emphasize how weird it is.
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures - [=MeAndMyReflection=] is from Indonesia, while davespritenotdave is from the Philippines. Nevertheless, Dave is convinced that they both are Japanese.
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* DistantPrologue - The first chapter doesn't have a specified date, but deals with the main characters' backstory. The second chapter is set in the summer 2012, and only from the third chapter on the plot moves on to 2016.
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* DistantPrologue - The first chapter doesn't have a specified date, but deals with the main characters' backstory. The second chapter is set in the summer of 2012, and only from the third chapter on the plot moves on to 2016.
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* SignificantMonogram - The suspect who shot Rose's mother in 1998 is only known as "L.E.", as an allusion to Lord English.
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-->Wasn't there a Godwin's Law which posited that whoever mentions Hitler or the Nazis first loses the argument?
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* ''Calliope and the Final Update'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10078433/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173063/chapters/2389401 AO3]]), to which ''Calliope's Update Girl'' is a SpiritualSuccessor. Here, Hussie organizes a CharlieAndTheChocolateParody tour to read all of Homestuck after the infamous "Gigapause".
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* ''Calliope and the Final Update'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10078433/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173063/chapters/2389401 AO3]]), to which ''Calliope's Update Girl'' is a SpiritualSuccessor. Here, Hussie organizes a CharlieAndTheChocolateParody tour to read all of Homestuck ''Homestuck'' after the infamous "Gigapause"."[[SeriesHiatus Gigapause]]".
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->Allow me to introduce myself first. I am Rose Lalonde. I am currently 20 years old, studying Sociology and two days ago, I found out that I am also a fictional character from an Internet comic called Homestuck.
-->- Rose introduces herself in her blog. [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/post/116269147596/i-presume-that-we-need-an-introductory-post Source]]
-->- Rose introduces herself in her blog. [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/post/116269147596/i-presume-that-we-need-an-introductory-post Source]]
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->Little do you know, though, that
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This series is currently on its second fic, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10862873/1/ The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)]]''. It has also spawned an [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/ in-universe blog]] and an e-book with at least an author's note on every page.
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This series is currently on its second fic, ''[[https://www.includes:
* ''Calliope's Update Girl - Book One'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10862873/1/ The net/s/10726027/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2382974/chapters/5264753 AO3]]), the first fic, which follows the premise in the most straightforward way. It has been released as an e-book with at least an author's note on every page.
* ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume2)]]''. It has also spawned an 2)'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10862873/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2703128/chapters/6049556 AO3]]), the second and current fic. The characters have largely abandoned the goal of reading ''Homestuck'', as Her Imperious Condescension and company are planning to do ''something''.
* ''Calliope and the Final Update'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10078433/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173063/chapters/2389401 AO3]]), to which ''Calliope's Update Girl'' is a SpiritualSuccessor. Here, Hussie organizes a CharlieAndTheChocolateParody tour to read all of Homestuck after the infamous "Gigapause".
* ''Inception of a Masterpiece'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10723573/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2637977/chapters/5888429 AO3]]), another SpiritualSuccessor to ''Calliope and the Final Update''. Hussie is looking to continue his webcomic career after ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' when he is messaged by a 12 year old fan on a chat client that no one uses.
* An [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/ in-universeblog]] and an e-book with at least an author's note on every page.
blog]], run (mainly) by Rose Lalonde.
* ''Calliope's Update Girl - Book One'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.
* ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume
* ''Calliope and the Final Update'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10078433/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1173063/chapters/2389401 AO3]]), to which ''Calliope's Update Girl'' is a SpiritualSuccessor. Here, Hussie organizes a CharlieAndTheChocolateParody tour to read all of Homestuck after the infamous "Gigapause".
* ''Inception of a Masterpiece'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10723573/1/ FF.Net]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2637977/chapters/5888429 AO3]]), another SpiritualSuccessor to ''Calliope and the Final Update''. Hussie is looking to continue his webcomic career after ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' when he is messaged by a 12 year old fan on a chat client that no one uses.
* An [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/ in-universe
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