Uhhhh

Uhhhh

Yes

they were originally meant to be unrelated drawings. The jerma one was never supposed to see the light of the Internet

The Miku one was supposed to be the “draw miku in your favorite media” one

I then saw the connections.

[Karkat] and his future self argue, and Jade mediates between the two and becomes angry and frustrated, and ceases the correspondence.

It’s implied that in Jade’s conversation with the Karkats, she inadvertently became their temporary auspistice.

Rereading that conversation, I now understand why auspisticism is a type of black romance.

John resolves to prototype with the blue doll, missing an arm and an eye, to deliberately disable Jack. But Vriska puts him to sleep before he can.

The blue doll is missing an arm and an eye - just like Vriska, both Jacks, and Troll Captain Hook. I still don’t understand the significance of these injuries, but there's clearly something important about them.

WV watches his death on the monitor and commands him to rise up. WV sees nothing except fireflies gather around John's body, while the Quest Bed glows. After the spectacle, there is no change. John's body remains motionless, and the monitor shuts off. WV believes John has died. And he is right.

John wasn’t healed on his Quest Bed. He was beyond healing. So he was reincarnated.

[Kanaya] eventually realizes Rose is the true author of the guide when she watches her destroy the gate above her house with magic.

I love that this is the moment that convinces Kanaya that Rose’s walkthrough is legit.

It’s poetic, really. The walkthrough's authenticity was confirmed by the last action Rose ever recorded on it.

Lord English can only enter a universe upon its death, at which point he travels back in time to an earlier point in the universe's lifespan to assume leadership of his gang of mobsters called The Felt.

I love the implication that on his universe-spanning mission of conquest, English always surrounds himself with the same gang of idiots.

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I choose to believe that they’re not even different iterations of the Felt – it’s literally the exact same chucklefucks every time.

Bec was created in a lab through ectobiology by merging the ghost slime image of grandpa's dog Harley with Rose's MEOW code. Scratch had a similar but yet unknown origin.

And I’d be shocked if one of his ingredients wasn’t a cueball.

I’m not sure what it was merged with, though. Clearly there's a humanoid in his recipe - likely a human or troll – but in lieu of facial features, there’s not a lot I can do to narrow it down.

JADESPRITE: what did you do to me?? JADE: i prototyped you and brought you back! [...] JADESPRITE: you shouldnt have, this is overwhelming and awful [...] JADESPRITE: its hard to describe what its like JADESPRITE: but its too much for me JADESPRITE: and the sun... JADESPRITE: its way too big and bright and i cant stop seeing it...

Dream Jade was thrust into godhood against her will, and she’s not taking it well. Sensory overload is only to be expected, as her body is pierced by emerald rays that she was never meant to feel.

As far as Jade was aware, Dream Jade's consent to prototype this body was equivalent to her own. She's OK with this, so it's probably somewhat disconcerting that Jadesprite is not. It's like having your own reflection disagree with you.

JADESPRITE: i was happy where i was with my friends

Wait, so Dream Jade was aware after she died? Was she a ghost?

...wait a second.

If Dream Jade had her own consciousness in death, before she was prototyped, doesn't that mean she always had a separate identity to her counterpart? That there were always two Jades in the equation, even though they were never awake simultaneously?

I'm starting to think that everything I know about Dream Selves might be wrong.

JADESPRITE: i want to go back JADE: i dont think... JADE: that it can be undone :(

Not even in the obvious way. The whole reason we created Jadesprite is because she's borderline indestructible, and therefore might stand a chance against an invincible foe. Her inability to die is the whole point.

JADESPRITE: why, why would you do this? JADE: we need your help! […] JADE: me and dave and rose and john JADESPRITE: john!!!!!!!!!!! […] JADESPRITE: john, poor john… JADESPRITE: id forgotten about him JADE: what do you mean, how could you forget about john??? JADESPRITE: it was so long ago! i put that sad memory behind me

From Jade’s perspective, her Dream Self died hours ago – but Jadesprite’s body has been dead for years, and that seems to be the frame of reference she was working from in the afterlife.

She's been pulled out of peaceful rest, stuffed into a Sprite, and commanded to do her part as a Player once again, in a session which was traumatic enough for her for the first time around.

It's not just the Green Sun's light that's bothering Jadesprite - this whole situation is hell for her.

JADESPRITE: after we died i looked all over for him but couldnt find him […] JADE: but john didnt die! JADE: i saved him JADE: YOU saved him, dont you remember?

She also seems to think that John died alongside her, even though her last act was to save his life. This is still Dream Jade, after all, and she’s always been a little absent-minded.

I HATE THEATER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Throwback to when I took painkillers and woke up with Photoshop open on my computer to this image I had made

why does that jayeazy guy type like kanaya