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1->''"Four familiar friends play a failed session of SBURB, but they don't know it at the time."''
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3Guidestuck is a ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' {{fan|Fic}} [[InteractiveComic Adventure]] by [[http://scarvenrot.tumblr.com/ scarvenrot]]. The story starts with Bec Harley and his friends, Quinn Egbert, Jaspers Lalonde and Cal Strider, preparing to play the OMEGA prototype copy of SBURB.
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5Unknown to them, [[ForegoneConclusion this is a failed timeline]] [[DownerEnding and they are all going to die]].
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8Can be read [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=932&p=1 here]].
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11!!Tropes:
12* AbhorrentAdmirer: Squarewave is this to Cal.
13** Cal himself is one to Bec, which makes him viewing Square as this a bit of [[HypocriticalHumor the pot calling the kettle black]].
14* AbsentMindedProfessor: Colt Forrest Lalonde's occupation.
15* AllThereInTheManual: Information about the characters (both seen or not yet seen) is in scarvenrot's tumblr on the Guidestuck tag.
16* AlternateUniverse: To Andrew Hussie's {{Webcomic/Homestuck}}, natch.
17* TheAloner: Bec, due to living in the island and only having his dog, Jade, for company.
18* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Jaspers sees his father as overbearing, and despises being treated like a child.
19* AmbiguousGender: [[spoiler:Cal is genderfluid, and prefers male pronouns, but his biological sex is deliberately ambiguous.]]
20* AnthropomorphicPersonification: All the main human characters are based on various animals and inanimate objects of ''Homestuck'', and vice versa.
21* BigFancyHouse: Bec lives in an expensive underground island mansion.
22* BizarroUniverse: Any object, pet, or lusus that in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' were prototyped into Sprites are now the characters of this story. The reverse is also true as far as we've seen. Certain other figures from the Alpha timeline, like Maplehoof (and potentially the as-of-yet unseen Grandpa Harley) have also been repurposed.
23* BookDumb: Justified with Bec, as living on a island most of his life, never went to school, no one else there to teach and had to learn by himself, with Jasper's help.
24* ButtMonkey: From Scarvenrot's Tumblr: [[spoiler: Cal would throw/drag his Dave puppet down stairs in fits of jealousy/annoyance/for no reason at all, but it will bite him in the ass when Dave gets prototyped.]]
25* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem
26* CassandraTruth: TA/[[spoiler:Wyvern]] tried to warn Bec not to download Sburg and not to trust GT/[[spoiler:Stheno]], but Bec brushes off her warnings and blocks her. Justified as Bec had never spoken to or knew TA/[[spoiler:Wyvern]] until her warning.
27* CatGirl: Pounce De Leijon.
28* DeadpanSnarker: Bec.
29* DisappearedDad: Bec hadn't seen his (Grand)Pop in years and thinks he is probably dead.
30* DotingParent: Colt Forrest Lalonde is just as dadly as Dad Egbert in the Alpha timeline.
31* {{Expy}}:
32** Bec suspects his Pop to be one of James Bond due to the James Bond like gadgets and vehicles.
33** Jaspers suspects Bec's grandfather to have been Hugh Hefner of this verse.
34** Sweet Puppy is ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' except with puppies.
35* EmbarrassingPyjamas: Jaspers wears an appropriately cat-themed version of these (and a onesie to boot!) to bed, much to his chagrin.
36* FeigningIntelligence: Jaspers likes to think of himself as the mature and intelligent one, but in actuality, he's a goofy kid that doesn't always know what he is talking about. He's also nowhere near as good at navigating social situations as he thinks he is.
37* {{GIRL}}: Bec's friend, GT/[[spoiler:Stheno]]. Except GT is female, just not human.
38* HeroicBSOD:
39** [[spoiler: Jaspers' dad is devastated at the thought of Jaspers wanting to run away from home.]]
40** [[spoiler: Jaspers goes into this when he accidentally kills Jade.]]
41* HeroesLoveDogs: Bec with his not-quite-puppy-not-quite-adult dog, Jade. Averted with Jaspers who has a cat, Rose.
42* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Cal loves playing princess [=RPs=] with Quinn, plays with puppets and is jealous of Quinn's doll collection.
43* {{Jerkass}}: Jaspers used to bully Bec online for his poor reading compehension, typing and gaming skills when they were eleven.
44** Jaspers towards his dad, all the damn time.
45* JerkassRealization: When the online community called Jaspers out on his bullying, Jaspers realized what a horrible person he was. Jaspers then changed all the names of his online accounts and befriended Bec. Bec doesn't know Jaspers was the guy that bullied him.
46* KitschCollection: Quinn collects fine china dolls, her favorite are harlequins and Victorian ladies.
47* LonelyDollGirl: [[spoiler: The genderfluid Cal is this by WordOfGod.]]
48** [[http://mspfanventures.com/?adv=932&id=320 And it shows when we finally meet him]].
49--> Anyway, it's perfectly NORMAL to think of your dolls as having EMOTIONS. And even if it isn't, you really don't give a shit when you're ALONE.
50* {{Keet}}: Cal Strider.
51* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Kind of; Bec's (admittedly sarcastic) metaphor about [[spoiler: Jade's death]] and Jaspers' (as far as he knows) careless reaction to it eventually stops being a metaphor and quickly devolves into a ShapedLikeItself rant.
52--> CC: like if somebody [[spoiler: killed your mom and then brought her back to life i dont think youd be like]]
53--> CC: oh yeah no everythings cool now its not like i just tried to [[spoiler: pry my bed off of the floor to save her and got her blood all over my hands or anything]]
54--> CC: nah man were okay
55* {{Nephewism}}: Cal is being raised by his cousin, Liv.
56* NerdGlasses: Squarewave wears these.
57* NiceJobBreakingItHero: TA warns Bec to not play SBURB because it will kill them all. Bec ignores the warnings and burns a copy of the game anyways.
58* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Squarewave gets very touchy-feely with Cal and will hug him, stand uncomfortably close to him, and touch his hair/face, even though he claims he would never invade Cal's space without his permission. When called out on this, he claims he just can't help it.
59* ParentsAsPeople: Colt Lalonde tries to be a good, understanding dad to Jaspers, but Jaspers doesn't quite understand his dad.
60* [[spoiler:PleaseWakeUp]]: [[spoiler: Bec tries to wake up Jade after she is accidentally crushed by Jaspers.]]
61* PreciousPuppy: Bec's puppy, Jade.
62* SecurityBlanket: Quinn's personal favorite doll is the ragdoll, John. She even calls him her "brother".
63* SharpDressedMan: Jaspers likes to be dapper and wears suits.
64* ShipTease: Jaspers and Quinn are implied to be an item already and Cal has a not-so-secret crush on Bec.
65** OfficialCouple: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=932&p=253 a couple]] [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=932&p=280 of scenes]] [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=932&p=282 show that]] Bec's grandpa and Quinn's mom were an item in the past.
66* TheSmurfettePrinciple: In appearance, the Kids' group have 3 guys and 1 girl, but [[spoiler: Cal is genderfluid]].
67* StalkerWithACrush: Pounce De Leijon appears to be one to Jaspers. The fact that her screen name is [=felicitousStalking=] and the way she talks imply that this is part of her general personality.
68* WellDoneSonGuy: Inverted; all Colt Lalonde wants is for his son to be happy.
69* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: Bec has a really cute smile, but he [[PerpetualFrowner rarely shows it]].
70* YouAreFat: Unintentional example when Cal draws an inaccurate picture of Bec; when Bec tries to tell Cal that he's [[IAmBigBoned stout and stocky]], Cal accuses him of being chubby.

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