History Characters / CalliopesUpdateGirl

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Tropes:

** SarcasmBlind

Tropes:

* DemotedToExtra
* GuiltyPleasures - If her dream sequence is anything to go by, she is a fan of ''[[FanFic/{{ITSMYLIFE}} ITS MY LIFE!]]''.
* TeamPet - The only reason why Rose's CharacterBlog's URL would be named after her.

!!Jade Harley

->hold on
->i think my islander senses are tingling...

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.

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.

!!John Egbert

->will you stop with your comments already?

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.

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.

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''.

Tropes:

* UnabashedBMovieFan: As Hussie puts it:
-->...You are the best at picking out the shittiest movies ever.

Tropes:

Tropes pertaining to all of them:

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu
* RealPersonFic

Tropes:

* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession]]
* EldritchAbomination
* [[spoiler:JuliusBeethovenDaVinci]]

!![[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, implying that Calliope at least knows ''about'' him.

!![[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.

!![[Creator/TobyFox Toby "Radiation" Fox]]

->For the last time, you are not "Radiation", nor do you have any recollection of ever using this nickname on the wide Internet.

->quotation: "[[Characters/UndertaleSans do you wanna have a bad time?]]"

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}}''.

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''.

!!Others

These friends of Andrew have gotten at least one mention:

* 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.
* 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.
* 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''.
* 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.
* Various people who submitted commands to ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}''; none of them is named, though.
* 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''.

->CTG: team adorabloodthirsty
->CTG: whos coming up with names on your session

Tropes pertaining to all of them:

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness - The eight years on Earth have definitely not affected them well.

Tropes:

-->CTG: [[Webcomic/ParadoxSpace its not an original memo idea if all you do is change one word to something that is still thematically similar]]

* 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.

!!Terezi Pyrope

->[=*JUDG3 PYROP3 QU13TLY W41TS FOR TH3 4NSW3R!*=]
->[=*SH3 WONT M4K3 TH3 S4M3 M1ST4K3 OF T4LK1NG OV3R H3R W1TN3SS 4ND G3TT1NG NOWH3R3 CLOS3 TO TH3 R34L M4TT3R 4G41N*=]
->[=*SH3 PROM1S3S BY PL4C1NG H3R H4ND ON =][[Literature/TheBible TH3 HUM4N B1BL3]]*

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.

!!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

->Eridan also never claimed to be "forevver alone", neither in Homestuck ''nor'' in this fic. At this point, Karkat is just making up bullshit.

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

->AT: tHE HOPES CAN ONLY BE ALIVE,
->CG: WHEN YOU AREN'T AROUND, THAT IS.

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. He also is shown to own technology, such as time travel for chat clients, not available to even the Condesce.
* 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".

Tropes pertaining to all of them:

* WithAFriendAndAStranger

!!Her Imperious Condescension

->like literally
->were da most awesome species eva 2 grace the uh
->the multiverse

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.

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.]]

-->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".
* SelfInsert

!!Feferi Peixes

->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.

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.

* AudienceParticipation - Quite literally.

* WriteWhoYouKnow [[invoked]]

!!scatteredPhilosopher

->Listen, Jade, I'm not going to harm you, okay?

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.

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.

Tropes:

!!davespritenotdave / draconianNeptune

->we promise we WONT be insuferable pricks

->CTG: the fuck is a davesprite
->CTG: is it like
->CTG: a soft drink by stridercorp

Another rather close follower of ''Calliope's Update Girl''. He learns about [=ASBusinessMagnet=]'s transformation early on, and slightly later on befriends Dave.

!!cryptologicalMystic

->Judgment...
->Like Undertale?

->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.''

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)''.

!!PKRS / savvyKiddo / arsoniccatnap

->We are getting fairly big, aren't we?

->'''Hobbies:''' writing, listening to music, reading way too many things... yeah. Also likes pie.

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.

!![=Linda065cliva=] / genericTranslator

->nope XD
->our memo our rules

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.

!!gsunny6 / gsunnyDragonlover6

->CSP: [...] no matter our wildest dreams, "the Homestuck characters are real" was far from any of my plans to prepare for.
->CGD: not mine lol

->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.

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.

[[folder:Various minor characters]]
These characters usually do not belong to any single faction, but are related to those who do.

!!Unnamed fans of Homestuck / MSPA Reader

->(ohmygod Karkat Vantas from Homestuck was actually in my car)

->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.

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.

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.

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.

Tropes:

* HumbleHero - The MSPA Reader is noted to be this by Sans.

!![[Characters/HomestuckGuardians The Guardians]]

->'''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.
->'''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.
->'''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]]
->'''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.
->'''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.

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.

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.

!![[Characters/{{Hiveswap}} Joey Claire]]

->'''Joey:''' Wait, you're Creator/TobyFox, creator of VideoGame/{{Undertale}}?
->'''Toby:''' Hold up. You're Joey Claire? From VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}? The same one?

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.

!![[Characters/UndertaleSans Sans]]

->* point to whatever it is that has been troubling you...

->* and i will show them the way of KARMIC RETRIBUTION.

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.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:And last but not least...]]
!!Caliborn "English"

->[=HuSSIE=] WANTS TO MAKE [=HOMOSuCK=] SHITTY. CONFIRMED.

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.

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.

[[/folder]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish - Is an example of this among his non-Anglophone fans.

->'''Joey:''' Wait, you're Music/TobyFox, creator of VideoGame/{{Undertale}}?

!![[Music/TobyFox Toby "Radiation" Fox]]

->[=*SH3 PROM1S3S BY PL4C1NG H3R H4ND ON =][[Literature/{{Bible}} TH3 HUM4N B1BL3]]*

** This, however, has little to do with use of the phrase in ''Film/NineteenFortyOne''.

* 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 left behind]] by Broadway Karkat, a popular ''Homestuck'' fan musician.

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=], VideoGame/RPGMaker games and Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos.

* TheresNoBInMovie: As Hussie puts it:

* CharacterBlog - Appropriately, titled ''[[http://calliopes-update-girl.tumblr.com/tagged/ic The Homestuck Character Support Group]]''.

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 (though, it might just have been not to insult Rose). She is a fan of LetsPlay[=s=], VideoGame/RPGMaker games and Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos.

* Byron Hussie, Andrew's brother who is only also ever relevant to Joey, and who has not been mentioned by name yet.

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, and more importantly, believe that she really is a ''Homestuck'' character, rather than a cosplayer.

* 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.

!!The Guardians

!![[Videogame/{{Hiveswap}} Joey Claire]]

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}}''.

* CunningLinguist - She's been learning languages on Duolingo. She shares this trait with [=ASBusinessMagnet=].

-->Those include [[CunningLinguist learning languages]] (in particular on 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".

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). She first appears in chapter 26 of ''The Homestuck Character Support Group (Volume 2)''.

!!Creator/AndrewHussie [[spoiler:/ Creator/RandallMunroe / Creator/RoaldDahl / Creator/MarkTwain ...]]

!!Creator/AndrewHussie [[spoiler:/ Creator/RandallMunroe / Creator/RoaldDahl / ...]]

->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.

->Wrestling/JohnCena, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]], [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Dave Bowman]] and ''Creator/JadenSmith''. There. Resolved [[BrickJoke a one-year-old mystery]]. Finally,

->Wrestling/JohnCena, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]], [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Dave Bowman]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a fourth one I cannot think of right now.]]

** She even signs the e-book with her chosen name, just after his first appearance.

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 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, and even that is fairly concise.

Just as [=ASBusinessMagnet=], she is a translator of ''Homestuck''. While she has appeared, she hasn't done anything significant in the story yet.

Another self-insert that is yet to appear; however, [=ASBusinessMagnet=] has said that she is slated to appear 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.