John didn’t speak to Rose (at least in any significant form) long enough that he lost the ability to handle how she talks. That’s so fucking depressing.

I really dig this. As somebody who really, really didn’t like Act 7 and the fact that the characters progressed to post-plot happiness without the conflict with Lord English actually being resolved, this is so exciting. Up until today, Lord English’s defeat wasn’t really necessary for the ending to be legitimate. But now that it is today, Lord English actually needs to be defeated, or Earth C isn’t legitimate. 

And it really tickles me that the “today” refers to the characters as well as the readers. It’s such a cheap trick, to sync up dates like this, but it works out so well in Homestuck,