IT’S THE RING IT’S THE RING IT’S THE RING
I mean, I didn’t think a human could wear the ring and have it do anything, though. But maybe it could be a bargaining chip against the empress.
And is that dad’s phone thing?
Oh, maybe Roxy could recruit help and give them the ring!
So that’s what the ring does with people! I went back and looked and all it said was that the ring wouldn’t transform Jade, so maybe it could have given her access to her powers. Cool!
Now what I wonder is, who gave the order for her to get the ring? Did the Condesce get it back from DD, or did he hand it off before she could?
A supercomputersprite sounds really fucking awesome. Also, I notice that Dave’s sprite was prototyped with a much more knowledgable version of himself, and now Dirk’s will be too!
Does this mean he doesn’t want to go if Jake will be there?
Not that I blame him, if my significant other vanished on me without saying anything and refused to return my messages, I’d probably not want to just run into them at a party either.
Wow, it sounds like Dirk is in an abusive relationship with his glasses-self.
The degree to which self hatred is a theme in this comic is a little disturbing. Karkat hated his past and future selves, Jade hated Jadesprite, now Dirk is hating both himself and the auto-responder. At least he’s self-aware about it. But the poor thing, I just feel so bad for him. His boyfriend is a bit of a dick, and making a copy of yourself is just a terrible idea.
As much as I dislike the Auto Responder, generally, I can’t get behind the idea of killing him. Not just because Dirk would feel terrible about it for forever. It’s got to be rough, being a human personality with vast processing power and perfect recall, and having some amount of human emotion, without the ability to express it beyond words, being viewed by everyone you know (assuming auto responder doesn’t have relationships outside of the alpha kids) as a shitty version of someone else…
Like he really needs to learn boundaries, and I mostly wish he would just fuck off, but he’s still a person.
Lucky Equius! He didn’t get prototyped with anyone else!
Well, until now.
What is an Equius/Auto responder sprite going to be like? Scary idea!
ARQUIUSPRITE IS MY NEW FAVORITE CHARACTER!
I’m glad the Auto Responder is so happy in his new…home? In the new person?…I’m glad he’s happy to be joined with Equius. I was worried for a minute.
Roxy is the best friend.
Jake, stop being so self-pitying and talk to her. She is good. You need her guidance.
It is definitely lecherous and dastardly. Good call, Jake.
I love how Jake is impervious to Caliborn’s insults.
Huh…did he get that choice from Yaldabaoth, or come up with it all on his own?
I can’t decide if he means that he’ll kill everyone stronger than him, or if he’ll just become stronger than them. Probably both. Now it makes more sense why he’s insane, if he’s been suffering non-stop since day 1, trying to get stronger. Silly thing, what is the point of being the strongest if you are miserable?
I’m not sure if these gay jokes are funny or just kind of homophobic. Like haha Caliborn keeps calling things gay without realizing what it means, or haha Caliborn calls things gay that are both “jolly” and kind of homoerotic.
Also, what the fuck, Jake is okay with being “helped” by Caliborn? Doesn’t he know anything? God, Jake! Stop being so naive!
Which is precisely the attitude Vriska had. And Tavros, sort of. That they should cause things that they know will happen.
I can’t imagine why he thinks everything will turn out fine for him. Is he even capable of feeling doubt, though? I mean, inevitability means that it can be just as likely that he’ll inevitably be vanquished as that he’ll inevitably be victorious. But I guess if he took that into consideration he wouldn’t be Caliborn.
Oh man, when Jake was ignoring Roxy I got really concerned that he wouldn’t become God Tier. So I’m glad in a way that he’s taking Caliborn’s guidance.
We finally have some idea of what a juju is! Yay!
Yeah, there’s absolutely no way the code for Calliope’s juju isn’t UrobUros. The name of their jujus is fascinating for incredibly obvious reasons I won’t bother explaining, because seriously the symbolism is obvious.
Yeah, I knew from the moment he said a new juju that it would be Cal. Faaaaaantastic.
I kind of love Caliborn and Jake’s interactions. Caliborn is so abrasive and Jake is just not giving a shit at all. He’s just unflappably optimistic.
Also like, eurgh, I know he stole that pose from Dirk and Jake’s selfie. Which I guess makes the gay jokes even more ironic.
I really should have realized he already had lil Cal, since he has Cal’s head right there.
Well that’s seriously fucking creepy.
But I wonder how Caliborn could perceive emptiness in Lil Cal when Dirk had him. Obviously Caliborn is eventually going to put a curse in him, and send him to Dirk and/or Dave, however that ended up working, so wouldn’t the curse already be in Lil Cal? Or does it keep emptying out and having to be refilled?
Fucking confusing time loops.
God, I really hope Jane realizes that she can put them together! And makes Jake remember the fucking code.
This message is so fucking heartbreaking. :( Poor Calliope, so innocently excited.
I guess Caliborn has finally learned that he has to work with other people to get ahead. After entering the game. It just turns out he can work with other people and still be evil.
So, so sad. Me too, Jane. You poor baby.
What the fuck Condesce?
Is her screen name Hic?
Oh, thank god, Jane is smart. Jane is the best.
Huh, so, two lollipops. And some new grist.
Also how the fuck did Gamzee get there?
I went frame by frame on those gifs and man, that was a cool animation. In the frame where Calliope’s juju first appears, it goes all white. Caliborn’s goes all black.
Huh, this seems really familiar! My gosh, it’s just like Doc Scratch and the Green Sun!
I doubt there’s any evil ploy involved here, though.
What.
The.
Fuck.
Jane is frightening me too. What the fuck.
Although I have to admit, her enthusiasm is infectious.
I’m very amused at how these two pictures go together. Jake, you got what you wanted! Kind of.
I love Erisolsprite at the edge of the frame, flipping everyone off.
And in that moment, we were all Erisolsprite.
Jake, have you completely forgot about Dirk? You haven’t broken up with him yet, you asshole. Or maybe trickster mode equals instant polyamory.
Yep, instant polyamory. Just go die on your questdreamslabbedwhatever already.
Hahahahahaha
The Condesce has had it with this bullshit.
I burst out laughing at this.
Okay, Trickster Roxy actually looks super cute.
Poor Erisol in the background just lying there, miserable. Maybe he needs to get hit by a lollipop too.
This is too perfect.
Dirk’s reaction is just perfect.
Is Arquius just grinning in the background? Gosh I love him.
He is also still gay! I doubt trickster mode would change that!
Arquius gives good advice. Kind of.
Maybe Dirk needs to ~merge~ with a sweaty, muscular guy too.
Oh, man, poor Dirk. Even in trickster mode he’s still miserable. But at least now he has some closure. Fuck Jake, I hope Dirk finds a way to be happy.
Possibly with…I don’t know, Karkat? We’re running low on living, unattached(ish) characters.
Oh, shit, Fefeta.
I notice Dirk never got a response from Jake. Given, we were side tracked by trollpologies, but still. Jake, you douche, you had better feel horrible if you ever come out of trickster mode.
Haha! Even Dirk’s weapon is unaffected by trickster mode.
I just noticed that Dirk’s hat on his shirt is now a propeller beanie and Jake’s skull is not lil Cal’s head. And the girls had less interesting changes to their shirts as well.
Oh. Thank. God.
Delicious ex machina!
I want a sitcom of Hussie Avatar and Caliborn interacting. Just all them, all the time.
Huh, I wonder if that trickster stuff is related to Caliborn’s affection fetish. Like the same thing that makes the bright colors bouncy bullshit appeal to him is the same thing that makes him physically attracted to banal expressions of love. Sort of the opposite way that some people romanticize and sexualize violence, and usually in a guilty way, like Caliborn did.
Soooooo…
By the time he’s Lord English, Caliborn is involved with lots of team work. He literally lives inside Doc Scratch and relies on him to prepare universes for him. He has followers, people he manipulates, and slaves. Seems like Caliborn ends up learning that lesson really well.
Hahaha, hungover Jake is amazing. He really is the embodiment of hope, isn’t he?
Awwww, these poor precious babies! Man, all of this is really fucking heartbreaking.
They’re all hung over and in the aftermath of throwing all their issues at each other in a giant, candy-coated delirium. Dirk and Jake just broke up, Jane totally embarrassed herself in front of Jake, Jake is realizing what an ass he was…
Didn’t Dirk and Roxy basically know three other people? Oh, and Calliope. Four. Yeah, that’s a microscopic clique. Gonna make dating incredibly hard.
Heck, even if you add in the trolls, that’d be rough.
Awwwwww.
I really should have had more faith that Roxy’s drinking wasn’t just a joke. Maybe mom never got sober, but Roxy is taking her sobriety very seriously, and I am so proud of her.
I mean, backsliding is almost inevitable, even without the influence of crazy ass lollipops. But she is committed and that is key.
Aw, Roxy, my love. You just have problems on top of problems.
They really need to start talking to each other instead of talking about each other to other people. My god.
Awwwwwwwww.
So…John has it, right? I guess that works. John is Jane and Jake’s kid, and not related to her.