Line # Webcomic/VastError


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Twelve trolls play a game.[[note]]Probably not the ones you're thinking of.[[/note]] ]]
3	''[[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=2302&p=1 Vast Error]]'' is a fan adventure (a fan comic based off of ''Franchise/{{Homestuck}}'') written and created by Austinado and drawn/co-created/co-written by Sparaze.
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5	It follows twelve trolls who play a game, each with their own varying personalities based off of common fanon character tropes created by the 'Homestuck' fanbase. The comic started with a short beta on the old MSPA Forums on 3/22/11, before restarting and staying on MSPFA on 3/25/13, though still keeping its 322 arc number. The story hardly updated from 2013 to the end of 2016, which the creators have expressed happened due to personal reasons before having a regular update schedule starting on 12/18/16. By 10/16/2020, Vast Error moved to its own website, [[https://www.deconreconstruction.com/ Deconreconstruction]].
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7	The comic is currently one of the most popular on its hosting site, and has ''[[https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/releases official albums]]'' as well as a full music team, a game programmer, an art team and a creator ran discord which can be found [[https://discord.gg/s5E7aTn here]].
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9	The story quickly became known for its heavy use of trope subversion, deconstruction and reconstruction of a normal sburb-related fan adventure. Though the story centers around a completely different game entirely with only a few sburb-like constructs within it.
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11	Fans of the comic also tend to have an unexplained fixation on [[http://imgur.com/H5W2vZO.png Bart Simpson]] which has become a rather infectious meme within the MSPFA community as a whole called "bort".
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13	On January 22nd 2024, it was [[https://twitter.com/deconrecon_/status/1749525681455685658 announced]] that the comic had become an officially licensed Homestuck webcomic.
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15	!!Contains Examples of:
16	* ArcNumber: 322
17	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: All 'Skorpe' themes follow this pattern.
18	* AlienBlood: The cast is made of up of trolls, what did you expect?
19	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted, supposedly trolls used to speak in an alien language before an event called 'The Renaissance' but after that ended they began to speak English instead due to linguistic evolution.
20	* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Literally, in this case. As these trolls aren't from Alternia or Beforus, but a separate troll planet called Repiton that follow neither of the canonical one's rules with a few exceptions. They don't even breed or get named in the same way.
21	* AntiClimax:
22	** Arcjec's run in with The Plinkster.
23	** After a tense standoff, [[spoiler:Snowman is neck snapped by Charmed Defalcator's ass.]]
24	* {{Archetype}}: [[https://vasterror.tumblr.com/faq According]] to WordOfGod, the main characters are all based off of common ''Franchise/{{Homestuck}}'' fantroll archetypes:
25	** Arcjec: [[Main/AuthorAvatar Author Avatar]]/[[Main/TheProtagonist The Protagonist]]
26	** Tazsia: MonsterClown
27	** Albion: MarySue
28	** Dismas: EmoTeen
29	** Murrit: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
30	** Laivan: [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry Fandom]]/{{Expy}}
31	** Ellsee: ChekhovsGunman
32	** Occeus: MadScientist
33	** Calder: DudeWheresMyRespect
34	** Serpaz: PluckyComicRelief
35	** Sovara: [[Main/DarkAndTroubledPast Dark and Troubled Past]]/[[Main/DesignatedVictim Designated Victim]]
36	** Jentha: TheLoad
37	* ArcWords: Possibility, which deals with choices and alternate universes created by those choices.
38	* AssKicksYou: [[spoiler:Charmed Defalcator kills Snowman this way by accident.]]
39	* BelligerentSexualTension: Murrit and Dismas as a kismesissitude.
40	* BizarreAlienReproduction:
41	** Matespritship and kismesissitude are taken much more seriously as relationships on this planet, this breed of troll is overly sentimental to a territorial degree. The choice can't be random or meaningless and finding sexual intimacy for the first time between a red or black couple essentially means an eternal emotional bond with your partner to have and to hold for life that you can't back out of easily. Prolonged separation from one's matesprit or kismesis results in withdrawal symptoms since the coupling process has physiological ramifications, and it's forbidden to attempt recoupling with another partner after the end of a relationship. That being said, this doesn't actually tie in to the reproduction process.
42	*** This was exploited by Acerigger Switchem, Murrit's ancestor, who constantly bonded with other trolls, leaving them to suffer the effects. He did this simply because he enjoyed seeing them suffer.
43	** A few times per sweep trolls are rounded up to go to a reproduction stable to leave behind some sort of DNA for a friendly service droid who makes your stay as comfortable as possible while you decide what to give it. Anything genetic is viable, to a strand of hair to a bucket of blood or seed. Though the more you give the more dominant it becomes in the artificial grub making system.
44	** Eventually that trolls strand will be rooted out and a grub will be made using their DNA and sharing their sign. The donating troll will then become that troll's ancestor and normally this will happen well after that troll is dead.
45	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Scathing Sharper is shot in the head by a gun thanks to Mimesis.]]
46	* {{The Chosen One}}s: Prospit sees the trolls, their blank planets revolving around a shielded Skaia and their creative potential as such.
47	* TheConstant: [[spoiler:According to Mimesis, Jack Noir and his group are one across every timeline and world.]]
48	* CrossingTheBurntBridge: Subverted. Taz's talk with Arcjec for the first time in an assuming two or so sweeps was anything but pleasant, she didn't leave any time to cross the bridge before she shoved Arcjec into a chair and held him down forcing them to talk.
49	* {{Deconstruction}}: Some aspects of Homestuck are deconstructed, for example, the DeathWorld that Trolls live on, Repition, is ''not'' habitable in the least, with so many ecological disasters, there are about 50,000 trolls left on it. Also, Repiton is literally the ''only'' planet in existence to harbor life. This mean that there is no other galaxy or alternate dimension to flee to should it all end, and the planet has been caught in [[GroundhogDayLoop an endless cycle of repeats]] just to bear the conditions necessary to play The Game.
50	* DemBones: White Noise.
51	* DoubleEntendre: Most of Murrit's nicknames and insults can fall under this category.
52	* DysfunctionJunction: Most of the cast doesn't have their shit together to one degree or another.
53	* {{Flashback}}: After Arcjec is left unconscious in the mud after falling out of his window, we are given all of the information and character introductions needed before we return to him.
54	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Too much to list, even in Act 1.
55	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Intermission 2 Side 1 [[spoiler:deals with alternate versions of the Midnight Crew, known here as the Dead Shufflers, and a transdimensional hotel filled with both alternate versions of themselves as well as ''the'' Felt from Homestuck, they're sent to devalue. It ends with everyone dead, but Scathing Sharper gets killed by Mimesis.]]
56	* GenocideFromTheInside: The fate of most of the planet's sea dweller population. Calder's ancestor, apparently out of jealousy, started a campaign which ended with the slaughter of 99.9% of all sea dwellers on the planet, the numbers of which included all of the fuchsia bloods.
57	* GeometricMagic: Members of the Weird Al cult appear to have circle patterns tattooed or otherwise etched into their palms. Weird Al himself is the only one seen using them thus far, and the patterns on his palms change each time depending on the type of magic he's using. So far these powers have ranged from killing Dismas's lusus to TEARING A HOLE IN REALITY to get at Dismas's entry codes.
58	* {{Hentai}}: Murrit indulges in this quite a lot, going as far as having a "Hentai Dungeon". Though even he admittedly has come to a point where he's not entirely certain how much of it is an ironic or spiteful interest over sarcastic enjoyment.
59	* InfoDump: Describing troll reproduction in the middle of a character introduction, because it's very important.
60	* LackOfEmpathy: {{Downplayed\|Trope}} with Serpaz. It's not malicious necessarily, but her overly positive attitude causes her to not understand the emotions of her fellow trolls. This inability is actually caused by her lusus, Lefty, who [[EmotionEater feeds on her negative emotions.]]
61	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "But I think you already knew that much. Didn't you?"
62	* MagicOrPsychic:
63	** Albion's spirit powers.
64	** Subverted. Most lowblood powers have evolved into becoming survival mechanisms, like Arcjec's supposed ability to play dead and Dismas's pseudo-healing factor.
65	* MundaneUtility: The 'Ferocity Weaver'. Which is just a novelty hand clapping toy.
66	* NonMammalMammaries: Constantly brought up.
67	* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Spade Slick and Crowbar share a silent one when they realize that Charmed Defalcator killed [[BarrierMaiden Snowman]].]]
68	* OnlineAlias: All troll have trolltags and use the new hit messenger client 'Skorpe'.
69	* PseudoCrisis:
70	** Albion's merger with her lusus to become THE TRUE ONESELF.
71	--> ''DQ: becausesoonenough''
72	--> ''DQ: [[DeathofPersonality iwontbemyselfanymore]]''
73	** Albion then learning that her training to become THE TRUE ONESELF and save all of her friends and the salvage the planet was a lie in order to allow her ancestor to possess her.
74	** The fact that none of the trolls with the exception of Murrit and Laivan know anything about this game, and supposedly don't want to learn.
75	* PurpleIsPowerful: Expressed by GS to Murrit.
76	* Rule34: Murrit having accurate body pillow depictions of all of his friends.
77	* SeinfeldianConversation: Most all Skorpelogs thus far, to a played up degree.
78	* SicklyGreenGlow: Literal in the case of The Green Sun, which is White Noise's dying heart and soul.
79	* SignatureLaugh: "UK: >([a#a#a#e#tee#ee#ee#oo#oolmaololrofl]"
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81	* SinsOfOurFathers: Because of the actions of his genocidal ancestor, pretty much everyone on the Planet has a reason to dislike Calder just for existing.
82	* SleepCute: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=2302&p=175 Here.]]
83	* SophisticatedAsHell: The writing style. Not as bad as Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}, but Austinado and Sparaze sure can make a hell of a sentence.
84	** Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Doc Scratch, who writes a note for Scathing Sharper to "Fuck them up."]]
85	* SpiritAdvisor: Albion's lusus, even in name.
86	* StarPower: Literal through the Spirit Powers of Star Children.
87	* StopBeingStereotypical: Used by Arcjec when first speaking to Laivan.
88	-> ''AH: XDXD Who knows, with you there are infinite possibilities! XDXD''
89	-> ''AH: XDXD Which is to say there are sparingly few and you're as one-dimensional as they come. XDXD''
90	-> ''AH: XDXD Take a lesson in character before you decide to say something that's supposedly important to the big things you're playing up. XDXD''
91	* TechnicolorEyes: Taz's pupils and Albion when inside The Cell.
92	* TitleDrop: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=2302&p=8 Almost.]]
93	* UnsoundEffect: Too many to name. There are normal ones like KICK and SLAM and there's BIPPITY BAPPITY.
94	* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Act 2's last [S], "Ellsee: Enter" ends with most of the trolls now having entered the Medium, with only one planet left. The trolls' planet, Repiton, has now been added to the Medium as well, replacing Skaia.]]

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