Line #318 Characters/CalliopesUpdateGirl


1	Return to ''Fanfic/CalliopesUpdateGirl''.
2
3	[[foldercontrol]]
4
5	[[folder:The Homestuck Character Support Group]]
6	->'''John:''' hey, cal, it's okay. perhaps we can form some sort of support group for homestuck characters.
7
8	->Wrestling/JohnCena, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]], [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Dave Bowman]] and ''[[Creator/WillSmith Jaden Smith]]''. There. Resolved [[BrickJoke a one-year-old mystery]]. Finally, you can cross that out.
9
10	The main focus of the stories, and the namesake of the second one. Originally, [[Characters/HomestuckKids 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 [[Characters/HomestuckCherubs Calliope and Caliborn]], and quickly befriended Calliope. Therefore, they are relatively close, and the Homestuck Character Support Group forms around this rather firm base.
11
12	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.
13
14	!!Rose Lalonde
15
16	->Allow me to introduce myself first. I am Rose Lalonde. I am currently 21 years old, studying Sociology and two days ago, I found out that I am also a fictional character from an [[InsistentTerminology Internet comic]] called Homestuck.
17
18	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 alien Calliope (as for her "brother" Caliborn, eh, not so much) 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.
19	----
20	* AccidentalMisnaming - Is the target of this, fairly consistently.
21	-->So, so far I have been called Annoying Blabbermouth, [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002115 Flighty Broad]], Annoying Flightymouth, [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004594 Rose Human]] and now [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]]. Amazing how no one can ever get my name right.
22	* AscendedExtra - Before ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)'', Calliope was the most likely candidate for the main character.
23	* CharacterBlog - Appropriately, titled ''[[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/tagged/ic The Homestuck Character Support Group]]''. However, she doesn't interact with other roleplay blogs like they do with each other, due to placing a "no impersonators" stipulation.
24	* CunningLinguist - She's been learning languages on VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}. She shares this trait with [=ASBusinessMagnet=].
25	* 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.
26	%%* SarcasmBlind
27
28	!!Calliope
29
30	->how coUld i live when friends like yoU die, and die, and die again, while i continUe to live?
31
32	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".
33	----
34	%%* DemotedToExtra
35	* GuiltyPleasures - If her dream sequence is anything to go by, she is a fan of ''[[Fanfic/{{ITSMYLIFE}} ITS MY LIFE!]]''.
36	%%* TeamPet - The only reason why Rose's CharacterBlog's URL would be named after her.
37
38	%%!!Jade Harley
39
40	%%->hold on
41	%%->i think my islander senses are tingling...
42
43	%%Another close friend of Rose's. Her grandfather explored the Frog Temple built 413 million years ago, and most Skaianet technologies (including Pesterchum) derive from it.
44
45	%%At first, she stayed out of most major action involving ''Homestuck'', and instead befriended Calliope almost immediately. This led to her and Calliope discussing the prospect of the Homestuck Character Support Group, at least until Dave joined the conversation. As Dave is pretty much hitting on her, this made her distracted, but nevertheless, the next day she met up with Rose again and the two, together with Calliope, became the founding members of the support group.
46
47	%%!!John Egbert
48
49	%%->will you stop with your comments already?
50
51	%%As he is the main character of ''Homestuck''[='=]s Act One, which certainly isn't the most serious part of the comic, he is on the receiving end of many, many, ''many'' jokes, both from Andrew and Caliborn. Therefore, he is left with a negative impression of the comic, and begins sympathizing with Calliope, who was also frequently made fun of by Caliborn. Roughly around this point, he also has the original idea for the Homestuck Character Support Group, which Jade (and from her, Rose) borrowed.
52
53	%%Nevertheless, tables turn on him once he encounters the first elements of the game and its implications, as he is big on end-of-the-world movies. Therefore, he has a change of heart, beginning to actually like ''Homestuck'', and Rose doesn't list him as a full member of the support group, instead usurping the position of leadership herself.
54
55	%%He has a role in ''Inception of a Masterpiece'', as a fan of ''Problem Sleuth'' who messaged Hussie at its end, and accidentally gave him the idea for ''Homestuck''.
56	%%----
57	%%* UnabashedBMovieFan: As Hussie puts it:
58	%%-->...You are the best at picking out the shittiest movies ever.
59
60	!!Dave Strider
61
62	->i am [[Fanfic/LearningAndSburbing tom strider]] real deal
63	->i mean dave
64	->why would i ever say tom in any context that isnt [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry tom & jerry]]
65
66	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.
67	----
68	* GuiltyPleasures - He is a fan of trollfics, including at least ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' and ''Fanfic/LearningAndSburbing''. Though, given [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff what he writes]], this shouldn't come off as surprising.
69	[[/folder]]
70
71	[[folder:Hussie and co.]]
72	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.
73
74	%%Tropes pertaining to all of them:
75
76	%%* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu
77	%%* RealPersonFic
78
79	!!Creator/AndrewHussie [[spoiler:/ Creator/RandallMunroe / Creator/RoaldDahl / Creator/MarkTwain / ...]]
80
81	->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.
82
83	->quotation: "[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002731 It begins to dawn on you that everything you just did may have been a colossal waste of time.]]"
84
85	Originally, Andrew Hussie 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:Eventually, WordOfGod [[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/post/135071702773/andrew-hussie-is-not-andrew-hussie confirmed its true origins]]: it is actually a Lord English-like demon and (part of) the cancer that Karkat gave to the universe, essentially replacing Bec Noir, but during the modern times, it claimed the identities of various "offbeat authors". Though, it particularly likes being Hussie, to the point of claiming his name as its own.]]
86	----
87	%%* DemonicPossession
88	%%* EldritchAbomination
89	%%* JuliusBeethovenDaVinci
90	* TimeAbyss - Apparently, he is at least 413 million years old.
91
92	%%!![[Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}} Jeffrey Rowland]]
93
94	%%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, implying that Calliope at least knows ''about'' him.
95
96	%%!![[Webcomic/{{Apothecia}} Shelby Cragg]]
97
98	%%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.
99
100	%%!![[Creator/TobyFox Toby "Radiation" Fox]]
101
102	%%->For the last time, you are not "Radiation", nor do you have any recollection of ever using this nickname on the wide Internet.
103
104	%%->quotation: "[[Characters/UndertaleSans do you wanna have a bad time?]]"
105
106	%%The creator of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and one of the musicians for ''Homestuck''; so far, in ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)'', he has only appeared so that he could be introduced at the same time as Joey Claire from ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}''.
107
108	%%In ''The Trials and Tribulations of Homestuck'', he is given a character study and a brief moment from the past, during which he completed the album ''The Baby is You''.
109
110	%%!!Others
111
112	%%These friends of Andrew have gotten at least one mention:
113
114	%%* Creator/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.
115	%%* Creator/RyanNorth, Andrew's close BFF, though largely an independent creator. Yet, he does have a significant influence on Andrew; in the ''Calliope on the Update Gravestone'' universe, where they never met, ''Homestuck'' never gained popularity.
116	%%* Michael Firman, a close friend of Andrew's in 2009, who participates in a [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001926 strangely familiar conversation]] with him in ''Inception of a Masterpiece''.
117	%%* Rachel Rocklin, the manager of ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'' and Andrew's fiancée. Exactly how she is supposed to date a nigh-immortal space warper and have kids with him is not elaborated upon.
118	%%* Various people who submitted commands to ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}''; none of them is named, though.
119	%%* Byron Hussie, Andrew's brother who is only also ever relevant to Joey, and who has not been mentioned by name, except for ''Unreleased Stuff''.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Team Adorabloodthirsty]]
123	->'''CTG:''' team adorabloodthirsty
124	->'''CTG:''' whos coming up with names on your session
125
126	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.
127
128	%%Tropes pertaining to all of them:
129
130	%%* OOCIsSeriousBusiness - The eight years on Earth have definitely not affected them well.
131
132	!!Karkat Vantas
133
134	->AND WHOOP DEE GODDAMN DOO GUESS WHO'S HERE FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
135	->[[OminousMessageFromTheFuture IT IS FUTURE KARKAT VANTAS, SPEAKING TO YOU FROM THE GODDAMN FUTURE.]]
136
137	The self-proclaimed "leader" of the team, despite them having never met in person for eight "[[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.
138	----
139	* BlandNameProduct - Copies Rose's Homestuck Character Support Group, naming his own version "''Hivebent'' Character Support Group". It is significantly less successful.
140	-->'''CTG:''' [[Webcomic/ParadoxSpace its not an original memo idea if all you do is change one word to something that is still thematically similar]]
141	* InsistentTerminology - He calls ''Homestuck'' "Hivebent". He passes this on to the other trolls.
142	* ShoutOut - Just before he leaves the Homestuck Character Support Group memo, his last message is "SAYONARA, SUCKERS.". This also happens to be the last message [[http://cantabilegato.tumblr.com/post/61644775910/it-was-a-social-experiment left behind]] by Broadway Karkat, a popular ''Homestuck'' fan musician. This, however, has little to do with use of the phrase in ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''. It later becomes a CatchPhrase of his.
143
144	%%!!Terezi Pyrope
145
146	%%->[=JUDG3 PYROP3 QU13TLY W41TS FOR TH3 4NSW3R!=]
147	%%->[=SH3 WONT M4K3 TH3 S4M3 M1ST4K3 OF T4LK1NG OV3R H3R W1TN3SS 4ND G3TT1NG NOWH3R3 CLOS3 TO TH3 R34L M4TT3R 4G41N=]
148	%%->[=SH3 PROM1S3S BY PL4C1NG H3R H4ND ON =][[Literature/TheBible TH3 HUM4N B1BL3]]
149
150	%%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''. Nevertheless, she is Karkat's second-in-command, and is the first person he comes to when he talks about anything. She even briefly joined the ''Homestuck'' read, though remotely.
151
152	%%!!Vriska Serket
153
154	%%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.
155
156	%%!!Kanaya Maryam
157
158	%%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.
159
160	%%!!Eridan Ampora
161
162	%%->Eridan also never claimed to be "forevver alone", neither in Homestuck ''nor'' in this fic. At this point, Karkat is just making up bullshit.
163
164	%%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.
165
166	%%!!Nepeta Leijon
167
168	%%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.
169
170	%%!!Others
171
172	%%->'''AT:''' tHE HOPES CAN ONLY BE ALIVE,
173	%%->'''CG:''' WHEN YOU AREN'T AROUND, THAT IS.
174
175	%%The other trolls are significantly less relevant to the plot, and are as follows:
176	%%* Aradia Megido; her attitude is rather nihilistic and she doesn't feel all that alive, stating "0nce dead always dead i supp0se".
177	%%* Tavros Nitram; despite his claiming to have confidence, he is easily the most confused about the Earth and everything surrounding him.
178	%%* 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.
179	%%* Equius Zahhak; he has taken an interest in human bodybuilders, but is unable to join their ranks due to being a troll.
180	%%* Gamzee Makara, a permanent stoner, to whom likely not much has changed; he still occasionally becomes murderous once he is sober.
181	%%* Feferi Peixes; early on, she is abducted by the Condesce, and therefore has a section under "The Villains".
182	[[/folder]]
183
184	[[folder:The Villains]]
185	Perhaps the most ill-defined faction of them all. They only ever form because Her Imperious Condescension scares them into following her, even before she has any sort of defined plan other than "Hussie is the cancer of the universe, therefore I must fight him in some way".
186
187	%%Tropes pertaining to all of them:
188
189	%%* WithAFriendAndAStranger
190
191	%%!!Her Imperious Condescension
192
193	%%->like literally
194	%%->were da most awesome species eva 2 grace the uh
195	%%->the multiverse
196
197	%%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.
198
199	!![=ASBusinessMagnet=]
200
201	->[[AndImTheQueenOfSheba Yeah, and I'm]] Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb.
202
203	->Oh, come on. Did you really think [[CreatorThumbprint I would not include my own self-insert in this?]]
204
205	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.
206	----
207	* EldritchAbomination - [[spoiler: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.]]
208	* GetBackInTheCloset - In RealLife, she came out as trans in January 2015. In ''Calliope's Update Girl'', that never happened.
209	* JackOfAllTrades - His list of interests pretty much goes on and on and on.
210	-->Those include [[CunningLinguist learning languages]] (in particular on VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}), writing fanfics (sometimes even [[Fanfic/ITSMYLIFEExpandedUniverse trollfics]]), translation (in particular [[http://homestuck.lt/ of Homestuck]]), [[note]]Does that cover seem familiar by any means?[[/note]] 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".
211	%%* SelfInsert
212
213	%%!!Feferi Peixes
214
215	%%->V-ERY W-ELL ALRIG)(T T)(-EN W-E'LL S-E-E ABOAT T)(AT MISS PS-EUDOGODD-ESS S-EADW-ELL-ER TROLL )(ITL-ER.
216
217	%%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.
218	[[/folder]]
219
220	[[folder:Calliope on the Update Gravestone fans]]
221	->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...
222
223	->[...] I’ve been discussing with my friends/fans/friend-inserts (it's complicated) [...]
224
225	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.
226
227	Tropes pertaining to all of them:
228
229	%%* AudienceParticipation - Quite literally.
230	* SelfInsert - Each of them has expressed interest in being a character, except for scatteredPhilosopher, who was merely asked to give an okay.
231	%%* WriteWhoYouKnow [[invoked]]
232
233	%%!!scatteredPhilosopher
234
235	%%->Listen, Jade, I'm not going to harm you, okay?
236
237	%%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. When, during the next day, she arrives on the Homestuck Character Support Group memo and finds Jade again, Rose wants to have a word with her.
238
239	%%Out of character, she also plays an important role in the making of ''Calliope's Update Girl'', as it was her chat with [=ASBusinessMagnet=] after which the fic came to be.
240
241	!![=MeAndMyReflection=] / unstopableSmiley / crawavesse
242
243	->You can't tell us just to not care about someone we love hanging with!
244
245	While presumed to be one of the closest followers of [=ASBusinessMagnet=] (especially with messages between her leading up both to ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)'' and the out-of-universe blog), when she learns about Rose's Support Group, she writes a message there (though, it might just have been not to insult Rose). She is a fan of LetsPlay[=s=], UsefulNotes/RPGMaker games and Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos.
246
247	She has a distinct manner of speech, characterized by mixing up singular/plural forms and various verb forms.
248	----
249	* ViewerGenderConfusion - According to her profile, she is easily mistaken for a man, and doesn't bother correcting those that mistake her. [[invoked]]
250
251	%%!!davespritenotdave / draconianNeptune
252
253	%%->we promise we WONT be insuferable pricks
254
255	%%->'''CTG:''' the fuck is a davesprite
256	%%->'''CTG:''' is it like
257	%%->'''CTG:''' a soft drink by stridercorp
258
259	%%Another rather close follower of ''Calliope's Update Girl''. He learns about [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s transformation early on, and slightly later on befriends Dave.
260
261	%%!!cryptologicalMystic
262
263	%%->Judgment...
264	%%->Like Undertale?
265
266	%%->Some of these people have literally been waiting for over a year to see their self-inserts in my fanfic, with cryptologicalMystic holding an absolute record of 1636 days, or nearly four and a half years. ''You're welcome.''
267
268	%%cryptologicalMystic, perhaps known better to some as the artist behind the ''Webcomic/CoolAndNewWebComic'' track "cool and new community garden", 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). She first appears in chapter 26 of ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)''.
269
270	%%!!PKRS / savvyKiddo / arsoniccatnap
271
272	%%->We are getting fairly big, aren't we?
273
274	%%->'''Hobbies:''' writing, listening to music, reading way too many things... yeah. Also likes pie.
275
276	%%As she first appears in chapter 26 of ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)'', little is known about her other than stuff from her profile, and even that is fairly concise.
277
278	%%!![=Linda065cliva=] / genericTranslator
279
280	%%->nope XD
281	%%->our memo our rules
282
283	%%Just as [=ASBusinessMagnet=], she is a translator of ''Homestuck''. While she has appeared, she hasn't done anything significant in the story yet. Her primary typing quirk involves overusing the emote XD.
284
285	%%!!gsunny6 / gsunnyDragonlover6
286
287	%%->'''CSP:''' [...] no matter our wildest dreams, "the Homestuck characters are real" was far from any of my plans to prepare for.
288	%%->'''CGD:''' not mine lol
289
290	%%->you are a VERY WEIRD PERSON. you like a lot of things. you believe that if Homestuck was for realz and you were a SBURB/SGRUB/WHATEVER player, your classpect would be the ROUGE of SPACE and your land would be the LAND of FJORDS and FROGS. your [=ChumHandle=] is gsunnyDragonlover6, and you love dragons and a few other things.
291
292	%%Another self-insert that first appears in chapter 26 of ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)''. Notably, she submitted her profile ''after'' it was declared that submissions are no longer accepted, but was accepted regardless.
293	[[/folder]]
294
295	%%[[folder:Various minor characters]]
296	%%These characters usually do not belong to any single faction, but are related to those who do.
297
298	%%!!Unnamed fans of Homestuck / MSPA Reader
299
300	%%->(ohmygod Karkat Vantas from Homestuck was actually in my car)
301
302	%%->From [the Land of Stumps and Dismay], you have experienced the entire history of MS PAINT ADVENTURES and changed considerably, ranging from a HIVEMIND OF FORUM-GOERS to a COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT ENTITY whose only purpose in the multiverse is to be the INVISIBLE GUIDING HAND for MSPA.
303
304	%%Those fans that are neither close friends of Andrew Hussie nor fans of ''Calliope on the Update Gravestone'' seem to have developed their own community. They dress up as characters in form of {{cosplay}}, and therefore believe that the real ''Homestuck'' characters must be cosplayers as well. Hussie frequently speaks of this community as if he was more than just their spiritual leader, rather being in direct command of them; however, his interactions with some of them are less than satisfactory.
305
306	%%The only ''Homestuck'' fan that is actually characterized (but not actually named) is the one appearing in "hcsgame". It is known that her favorite characters are Dirk and Eridan, even though she is still willing to engage with and even be Rose, despite not liking her grimdark form, and more importantly, believes that Rose really is a ''Homestuck'' character, rather than a cosplayer.
307
308	%%In ''The Trials and Tribulations of Homestuck'', these fans are represented by a singular entity, the MSPA Reader, whose primary purpose in life is to submit commands to MSPA stories. After the end of ''Homestuck'', however, the MSPA Reader finds themself looking into the lives of various real people and piecing together their stories.
309	%%----
310	%%* HumbleHero - The MSPA Reader is noted to be this by Sans.
311
312	%%!![[Characters/HomestuckGuardians The Guardians]]
313	%%->'''John's Dad:''' YOU SEE NOW, SON. THIS IS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE SECRET. BECAUSE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GIFT THAT WE PROVIDED IS BEYOND ANY COMPREHENSION.
314	%%->'''John's Nanna:''' It's amazing what the power of friendship can do! This wouldn't have been possible if some of you fell in love years ago. Love is only a recipe for sorrow and broken hearts.
315	%%->'''Rose's Mom:''' well its certanely a swell party / party like theres no tomorrow / cept pplz had to keep me out from the party cos im too old or stuff / doesnt matter cause well just have an all year long party [[GratuitousFrench ou ca mest egal]]
316	%%->'''Jade's Grandpa:''' Well the adventure has reached this point. But that certainly doesnt mean the adventure is over! Keep being the awesome friends that you are.
317	%%->'''Dave's Bro:''' This isn't even ironic. I am genuinely crying over how there's a happy moment like this. Most stories don't even get one, so one in real life has literally 0% chances of happening. And yet it's happened.
318
319	%%John, Rose, Dave and Jade each live with their own "guardians". Those include John's father and grandmother, Rose's mother, Dave's brother and Jade's grandfather. They all end up attending John's birthday (and Calliope's hatching day) party together with the kids and Calliope.
320
321	%%Out of them all, Rose's mother so far is the most entangled in the plot; turns out, she and her team of scientists had researched Calliope and Caliborn for about two years after their arrival.
322
323	%%!![[Characters/{{Hiveswap}} Joey Claire]]
324	%%->'''Joey:''' Wait, you're Creator/TobyFox, creator of VideoGame/{{Undertale}}?
325	%%->'''Toby:''' Hold up. You're Joey Claire? From VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}? The same one?
326
327	%%The main protagonist of ''Hiveswap'' and Byron Hussie's fiancée. So far, only has had a minor appearance together with various other real people, all of whom listen to Joey's story, mirroring that of ''Hiveswap'' and implying that its events (and in turn, Alternia as we know it) really happened.
328
329	%%!![[Characters/UndertaleSans Sans]]
330	%%->* point to whatever it is that has been troubling you...
331
332	%%->* and i will show them the way of KARMIC RETRIBUTION.
333
334	%%Originally in ''The Trials and Tribulations of Homestuck'', he is a character from ''Undertale'' serving in lieu of any narration by Toby Fox himself, seeing as the latter sucks in writing in the style of ''Homestuck'', while his ''Undertale'' AuthorAvatar is mostly non-verbal. However, upon [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wishing on the slightly wrong thing]], Sans is freed from ''Undertale'' by the MSPA Reader, becoming their personal guide, able to enter any time period, even those [[TemporalParadox preceding his original conception]]. After a chat with the MSPA Reader, he decides that his first order of business is to attack Hussie for torturing them.
335	%%[[/folder]]
336
337	%%[[folder:And last but not least...]]
338	%%!!Caliborn "English"
339
340	%%->[=HuSSIE=] WANTS TO MAKE [=HOMOSuCK=] SHITTY. CONFIRMED.
341
342	%%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). He also has a passion for art, but unlike Calliope, his "art" ends up being unrecognizable.
343
344	%%Ultimately, the experience of reading ''Homestuck'' does not change him in the slightest, barring the fact that he gets the contacts of Karkat Vantas and enters a relationship with him.

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