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So, apparently the House Juju contains the souls of the Beta Kids:
THIS WEAPON COULD ONLY BE USED AGAINST FOUR GUYS AT A TIME. BECAUSE ITS SHAPE HAS. LIKE FOUR SLOTS OR SOMETHING. SO I CHOOSE MY TARGETS CAREFULLY.
THEIR SOULS WERE TRAPPED IN MY JUJU. FOREVER.
Flash back to John sticking his arm in the Juju:
It’s in Rose’s square.
I dunno, I feel like this is significant somehow. What it means, though, I have no idea.
Oh... OH...! OH SNAP!
THE SWEATY MUSCULAR GHOST APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE.
It’s Arquiusprite! Lil Cal contains the souls of Caliborn, Arquiusprite, and (half of) Gamzee! THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE, YOU GUYS!
So, are the kids stuck forever? Or is Cali's statement wrong bc the chest currently in the hands of Meenah or Aradia, or is it impossible to get them out? Please explain, this can woo some people grasp the juju
Well, the way I see it, these are the possibilities:
This is an alternate timeline, either doomed, void, or split Alpha Timeline.
These are decoys of the kids.
Caliborn is wrong; they’re not actually trapped.
Caliborn is wrong; they ARE trapped, but somehow they will be freed.
The kids ARE permanently trapped, but will be “recreated” somehow.
Some other option I haven’t thought of.
I’m inclined to think it’s Option 1, but at this point, there’s really no way to tell which it is.
There’s just no way the Beta Kids will be permanently trapped in the House Juju (Homestuck, heh) in the ALPHA-Alpha Timeline with no hope whatsoever, though.
The Retcon Timeline
Timeline includes events that actually happen, plus what I suspect will happen.
I am almost certain this is wrong, but it's a starting point.
Some notes:
Calliope must be from a non-LOWASplode timeline, where John is present on the golden ship. (MINISTRIFE is optional, since that happened in a dream bubble.) Her knowledge of events comes from this timeline, which she most likely learned through Skaia's vision clouds. Some events she could have learned from Rose's book, but it doesn't seem like John passing out on LOWAS would be something found in the book.
Caliborn is from a non-LOWASplode timeline, as well, because he rips that page out of Calliope's book.
Unless Caliborn's monitors can show events from any timeline, Caliborn must be witnessing events from a timeline where Erisolsprite is Jake's sprite, Arquiusprite is Dirk’s sprite, John is dead, and the kids get trapped in the house Juju and trap the Lord English fusion in Lil Cal. (Caliborn does seem to be aware of John’s ring going missing, though. Hmm. Yeah, it’s pretty likely he can view all timelines, what with being a Lord of Time and all.)
The Caliborn who becomes trapped in Lil Cal apparently has no idea who Arquiusprite is. The Alpha Kids, too, although that’s ambiguous enough that it’s open to interpretation. I’m not sure what to make of this. It’s possible the Caliborn who witnessed this event is making an assumption, but... I dunno.
I'm having difficulty placing both the Green Sun's destruction and the Third Scratch on the timeline.
Right now it seems like Vriska stealing the Green Sun's light will happen in a timeline where everyone's alive and well. I think the purpose of its destruction will be:
To destroy Paradox Space à la Big Crunch,
To hinder the Green Sun powers of Jack Noir (and presumably Lord English),
To create a breach for the heroes to escape both Paradox Space and also the Third Scratch (similar to the kids escaping through the hole in the Fourth Wall during their Scratch).
The kids need to be around if #3 is going to happen.
I have a feeling the Third Scratch is meant to happen in a timeline different from the one where Caliborn et al. are trapped in Lil Cal. Mostly because Dave and Caliborn both need to be around. (Remember the "whilst the pimp's in the crib" prophecy.) I suppose time travel is possible after Jujutrapped (retcons, probably not, since John's trapped), but that would mean these events happen in a doomed timeline, and that doesn't really make sense.
I get the impression the Third Scratch is meant to occur in Caliborn-who-made-Homosuck's timeline (or a branch), but I can't make sense of that either.
The answer to all of this is probably another retcon and timeline branch somewhere. But, just... no. My head already hurts from all this. I’ll sort it out another time.