Homestuck: [S] Collide Track 2 - Oppa Toby Style

[@bonedoggle]

i honestly wonder if toby legitimately had fun making this or if this was some behemoth demon song to him that he dreaded the very thought of creating and it still gives him nightmares to this day

[@Arukadou]

Holly Berries i like to think a little bit of both

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

this is toby fox we're talking about, its both

[@tired4211]

Both, both is good

[@mariofann9000]

I am pretty sure toby's mind is the demon in that scenario.

[@Kingman524]

like everything in homestuck, a bit of both

[@bionicdragon5]

Their worst enemies at the beginning: Their own inventory systems Their worst enemies at the end: An evil space empress who could juggle planets with her mind, several versions of the same guy who all became ridiculously overpowered through various means, and a hulked-out space pimp who destroys entire timelines for fun

[@oliveoiI]

i will now refer to LE as a “hulked-out space pimp”, thanks

[@miguelbarrios6732]

the funny is that LE is above Andrew Hussie, who fiction HS(paradox space) which has a group o acausal beings(horroterrors) that controls an infinite nothingess(the furthest ring) that has the platonic concepts(the aspects) of reality, this nothingness contained an infinite hierarchy of creators, with each creator trascending the creator below, and then you have a genesis frog which contains infinite timelines, and there are infinite genesis frogs

[@Johnof1000Suns]

It’s like the jrpg meme. Hour 1: help rescue cat from tree Hour 30: kill god.

[@mox.]

@@Johnof1000Suns i'd say LE actually exceeds that, hussie was the writer and he got demolished by him. theoretically, he's omnipotent and could penetrate the 4th wall to kill us all

[@mox.]

@@jeremiasmartinez6279 you have a 2005 meme face as your profile pic, stfu

[@n7a7lb]

why is the best boss music out there from a comic like damn son

[@vandas7048]

because Homestuck.

[@MakinMcMakin]

Im pretty sure Homestuck is one of the only webcomics that has music.

[@vandas7048]

MakinMcMakin Never read it, but I think Cucumber Quest does as well? Ik that Toby did a theme for one of the characters in it.

[@MakinMcMakin]

Oh okay ill check it out.

[@pamsmelley7457]

that charater was noisemaker

[@sumbuddy4088]

Homestuck is just the ultimate rpg joke. Page 1: avoid john’s father Page 8000: defeat the indestructible lord of the very concept of time

[@eugeniabukhman8533]

True anime stakes

[@lunactiathemoth]

regular show pacing

[@cyberpunk-2O77]

There is no difference

[@gematr14a42]

Kirby

[@Ayy2345]

Happy tree friends creators making episodes

[@shadowdoyler]

I can’t believe it took until Scarlet and Violets final boss theme for me to stumble across all of Toby’s Homestuck work

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

Welcome to the dark side friend.

[@Anaea]

ah yes, another member of the "I just played funny monster rpg game what the fuck is going on" i thought I was the only one

[@Shanothian]

now read homestuck

[@jayna0_0]

@@Shanothian

[@idioticlight]

@@Shanothian *join us.*

[@FULLTECHNOJACKASS]

i truly believe this is toby fox’s bohemian rhapsody

[@quadabyte8933]

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS, HE GOT ANOTHER SONG IN POKEMON.

[@numbaonemeenahfan5193]

At least he was a bit more subtle this time

[@lampaddict7885]

OH MOTHERFUCKER FIRST THE MPREG SONG AND NOW THIS

[@mileshunter6978]

I DONT HEAR IT WHATS THE TIMESTAMP

[@numbaonemeenahfan5193]

@@mileshunter6978 there’s no melody this time, it’s really just the baseline and beat

[@mileshunter6978]

@@numbaonemeenahfan5193 ah ok

[@alicevitoriano]

I love that everyone says to not use soundfonts and toby is like "bro fuck this shit imma use 100 soundfonts"

[@magicant_]

who says not to use soundfonts?

[@alicevitoriano]

@@magicant_ people say it is illegal to use soundfonts without permission

[@magicant_]

@@alicevitoriano oh lol ive committed crimes

[@cultofmel]

@@magicant_ dont worry toby literally ripped nintendo sounds and put them in deltarune

[@magicant_]

@@cultofmel he literally wrote a song that's now in an official nintendo game for a nintendo rom hack, and used the same soundfont for the version in the official game

[@wrenbeck3370]

This sounds - rather fittingly - like several RPG battles going on simultaneously.

[@morgankasper5227]

that is basicly what the flash animation is

[@wrenbeck3370]

@@morgankasper5227 Hence the "rather fittingly"!

[@TnaMako1]

Yeah its like you decide to mash up modern and classic Rpg music like there is a game that allows you travel time like between old and new also the battle music would change depending of what time you are right now like past of future that what's this song made me feel like

[@ElFreakinCid]

What makes that even more fitting is that at 1:09 Toby sampled from FF6--that's the "voice" of Ralse from the opera scene.

[@KyrieFortune]

​@13. Ghani Ziyad Sagiansyah funny, it was remixed for a game about time travel... except it wasn't Chrono Trigger it was POKÉMON

[@maggieolmoon]

As a person who was fascinated with Homestuck for a time and a half, I never actually got to read the whole thing, but after hearing this song so many times and jamming out at the chanting parts, it makes me want to go back to reading it. One more thing I'll say for those who want to start reading Homestuck: Any part you skip in this whole story (no matter how big or small) is like going to the bathroom while forgetting to pause Regular Show.

[@minuetspark9749]

@@nischmath the unofficial Homestuck collection I think?

[@theharvinator]

@@nischmath the unofficial homestuck archive, but I’m on mobile and it doesn’t work so u gotta be on desktop I think

[@mihael64]

Reas the gamefaqs in the beginning too, they help clarify stuff if you dont understand it

[@exist4046]

@@theharvinator holy shit thank you so much for this

[@theharvinator]

@@exist4046 yeah np

[@dixie3601]

I legitimately forgot this was named “Oppa Toby Style” For the past 2.5 years my mind just autocorrected this to “collide”

[@mihael64]

i thought this was just called 2 collide lol

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

"probably a gangam style remix" intensifies

[@Lichdemonz]

"I was wrong." -The8BitDrummer's last words.

[@l1me993]

"This is ridiculous" -The8BitDrummer's last-last words

[@malagrug4326]

I mean, this song is about as chaotic as the Gangnam Style music video

[@wispii1723]

We should have warned him about those stairs...

[@burningsexuality1540]

Happy Honey nah, we told him dawg.

[@cyanideartdotcom]

This is the most Toby Fox song I've ever heard.

[@groppolo1058]

Did anyone else actually sort of like the Undertale reference in here with Davepetesprite^2? I mean, Undertale's fandom can be pretty crazy, but it was a tribute to Toby Fox, the basement loiterer who wrote music for us...

[@DevdevOnYT]

Homestuck came out before Undertale.

[@xtra3678]

Legodev no duh

[@xtra3678]

Legodev this flash came out after Undertale tho

[@DevdevOnYT]

Xtra3678 animations Oh. Wasn't the music being produced before Undertale?

[@jm5240]

As far as I'm aware production on [s] collide started around a year before it was released (October 2016), meaning Undertale had likely been out for a couple months before the music production started.

[@Fralexion]

Why is everything so wonderful

[@OneColdRepublican]

homestuck that's why.

[@jinneyaddams525]

a lot of people hate homestuck for one of these reasons 1. don't have patience 2. can't read yet

[@BloodmoonPictures]

or they simply dont understand it. i experienced people who believe it to be "a bunch of random, no-sense making panels thatarent connected to eachother whatsoever that where made by someone on drugs literally"

[@OneColdRepublican]

I mean he might've been, but that's what makes it awesome. Not the drug part.

[@Fralexion]

Ehh, people are always claiming that really imaginative stuff is just the product of drug use. It's dumb. As Salvadore Dali once said, "I don't _do_ drugs. I _am_ drugs."

[@Frikiman_H]

This is the ultimate leitmotif track.

[@Trixster009]

I thought it was called fraymotif?

[@trielt1]

+Trixster009 "A leitmotif or leitmotiv /ˌlaɪtmoʊˈtiːf/ is a "short, constantly recurring musical phrase" associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical concepts of idée fixe or motto-theme." - Wikipedia

[@Trixster009]

Oh, I misinterpreted what you were saying. My bad.

[@Spider_MBI]

+Frikiman Huh? This? And not Descend? I only counted seven different references to other Homestuck Songs in this track.

[@resonate72]

+monkeyboyinc To be fair, Toby also made Descend.

[@a-bird-lover]

This makes math far more intense than math should be

[@tabbender1232]

You just described Problem Sleuth

[@RamonNoodlesCrackers]

👏👏👏👏NFNSJDKS....Yeah

[@janski1490]

A Bird Lover This joke made me choke way longer than it should have

[@kokichiouma7363]

math is math

[@deusexmaximum8930]

I don't get it

[@Jaies_]

Toby Fox, the best Fox.

[@MannyJavana]

Shut up jude

[@Jaies_]

dang. Still a good song though.

[@L4Vo5]

What does Toby say?

[@cachemist4149]

good annoying dog best friend

[@kit8427]

cough cough this song wasn't just made by toby others helped

[@suspiciousde862]

Is anyone going to fucking mention how amazing the crowd chants in the background are

[@sonoxas7176]

Those chants just send that headbanging part's euphoric levels through the stratosphere

[@Filipokerface]

I like to think its all the MSPA Readers watching and cheering at the action

[@Vainglory100]

Sword and shield vibes

[@mihael64]

@@Filipokerface It is, man.

[@catnbubbles]

@@Vainglory100 more like sword and shield have homestuck vibes

[@cryptonaut1435]

What would you even categorize this song as? Circus Rock? I've never heard such a ridiculous array of sounds you would hear at a carnival make something so adrenaline pumping.

[@Aliceumbrella8]

upvote for circus rock tbh

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

if 'Circus Rock' isn't already a thing this song *makes* it a thing

[@_black_bird]

It probs counts as prog rock

[@doublee7110]

Cryptonaut Maybe Alt rock? Idk...

[@tornadix99]

Since the world revolving its also a thing. Maybe Circus roundrock?

[@CrimCrim]

Remember when homestuck was just about some kid wearing a disguise who got in a fight with his dad because he didn’t want to eat cake?

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

I am on act 5 part 2 but yeah and remember when the plot wasn't all over the gosh darn place

[@Janua7ies]

And he was mistakenly named as Zoosmell Pooplord.

[@ElFreakinCid]

No, because that was one part of the very beginning and it was never what Homestuck was "just about". That's kinda like saying "Remember when Pokemon was just about some kid not being allowed to leave town without a chaperone?"

[@timlamb6073]

at 2:08 i always get chills. it reminds me of the words of John's dad; "I'm proud of you, son" (this is the part where Jane and Nanasprite heal them and support the fight

[@coldcovoi5408]

Timothy Lamb Thanks, that hurt me emotionally.

[@RikuMcduck]

King k rool

[@masterspark9880]

That part reminds me of deltarune

[@gooolixx]

@@RikuMcduck 86yruyugff

[@ChisaiSurienAsh]

and it’s a sped up version of that song that plays when vriska and terezi try to kill each other ☺️

[@victorholmes5225]

I can’t fucking believe Toby reused parts of this song for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

[@FluffyViviEubulus]

for which song?

[@victorholmes5225]

@@FluffyViviEubulus The professor battle theme

[@FluffyViviEubulus]

@@victorholmes5225 I also hear it for the antagonist team leader theme but in the professor battle theme not so much

[@artbeen_blocked]

He did WHAT

[@approximateCognition]

I guess there's Homestuck in pokemon now wtf

[@meangimmymachine2044]

4:26 My favorite part of this section of Collide, mostly because Jade plays bass, and just hearing those notes, just makes me all fuzzy inside realizing that this is the last actual fight between PM and Bec Noir.

[@mihael64]

Never realised jade bass was so similar to power of neo

[@andromeda_va39]

I dunno jack about Homestuck, but knowing that its music is part of not one, but two Pokemon themes is sending me.

[@XennonNull]

literally 😭

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

One of those songs was spawned by a shitpost by Toby.

[@lampaddict7885]

@@infinityheart_tm9270 said song is also about a boy giving birth to his best friend

[@ChisaiSurienAsh]

you don’t know… what?

[@therealvolt42re]

@@ChisaiSurienAsh You heard em.

[@Bruhlicioustoes]

Remember when things falling out of John’s capachalauge were your biggest problems

[@raptorcharly8055]

Doodoopancakes Ah yes, the good old days when we thought John's hatred of Betty Crocker was completely baseless.

[@frankm2616]

Yep the good old days when I didn’t even know about the trolls and cherubs

[@decimace66]

The good old days with bathtubs on staircases.

[@homestuckhoovy1135]

The good old days of not being able to lift a fridge.

[@kraklp0p]

remember the semi-mental-breakdown over gushers being made by Betty Crocker?

[@rainHellsing]

*Listens To The First 17 Seconds* Ah This Is Nice *the Music Blares Out The Speakers At A Fast Tempo* JEGUS CRIST

[@Zarryon12]

Karkat: WHAT ASSHAT! OH MY GOG , REALLY!? OVER MUSIC!? *listens* ...HEY THIS ISN'T HALF BAD!

[@asterism343]

try 2x speed

[@GearTech147]

jegus crikey

[@goldenfox8701]

Do .75 speed holy shiiiiiit it's creepy and awesome

[@aceofarthropods2597]

413th like

[@hiccupasterisk]

Let's see... I hear Rex Doudecim Angelus, English, Crystalmathequins, Karkat's Theme, Black... that's all the Homestuck related themes I can hear... am I missing something?

[@PuffyTen]

+Monodoof Splatoon, Undertale (3 songs?), Mario Paint and Final Fantasy

[@Spider_MBI]

+Monodoof There's also a snippet that appears repeatedly in Cascade that starts at 1:27 and then from 4:42 to 4:54 there's Umbral Ultimatum/Penumbra Phantasm, part of which was apparently made to sound like Doctor.

[@hiccupasterisk]

Yeah i did hear the snippet of Penumbra Phantasm on the re-hearing, nice catch!

[@mikevanvoorst6815]

At 4:20 theres some death by glamour.

[@NeuTraLZero_]

It's not. that part was from Cascade

[@404waffles]

all it needs now is some trumpets and you have a touhou song

[@ChanivonKarpa]

Call Hoenn, they might be able to provide some

[@freshlymemed5680]

Man wheres Merlin Prismriver when you need her.

[@AM-nh3np]

@@ChanivonKarpa You Have The Key, Master

[@ChanivonKarpa]

@@AM-nh3np I dunno what does that mean, but ye

[@Boedinator]

They aren’t trumpets they’re zunpets

[@97raven123]

Admittedly, I'm going to say [S] Collide was more of an ending than the actual ending. This was the climax. The rest was falling action.

[@darugosuenyo]

+Nathan Wilburn wot

[@haburd443]

+Nathan Wilburn not at all what the ending was

[@Greenling]

+Nathan Wilburn ...explain your thought process, here?

[@Greenling]

I don't think it works, narratively, if true. But I'm going to wait until I can muster the attention span for a) a more detailed reading of this post and b) a complete reread of Homestuck until I actually make up my mind. :P

[@Greenling]

That is to say, I'm not saying your interpretation is wrong, just that if it was Hussie's intended reading, I find it ultimately kind of a letdown.

[@utsuho_reiuji]

once again, toby sneaks homestuck into pokemon

[@utsuho_reiuji]

@@Horsehater500 the final trainer battle music, though i'd recommend not searching it until you finish the game since youtubers love to spoil shit in thumbnails

[@lmao-420]

@@utsuho_reiuji what pokemon game you mean?

[@utsuho_reiuji]

@@lmao-420 scarlet and violet, forgot to mention lol

[@UnderseaDee]

to be fair this track already has quite the pokemon vibe to it so it makes sense

[@batofdestiny]

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

[@gamerule18]

He most definitely can it's like Kind of his thing

[@SomeDemoMain]

If a song: -Starts with Rex Duodecim Angelus and English -Has Black, Karkat's theme, Cascade, Penumbra Phantasm, and Killed By Br8k Spider!!!!!!! in the middle -Ends with Liquid Negrocity Then it is definitely an awesome song.

[@VoibbleLunchbox]

Crystalanthemums as well

[@SomeDemoMain]

True.

[@somethingAccurate]

And doctor

[@1no1.]

Are black and liquid negrocity not the same

[@MistikaManiac]

0:45-1:09 oooooOOOOOOOOOOH SHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

[@bubbleteafern]

Undertale Fans: Toby Fox's music in UT is the best! Homestucks: *instantly start seizing on the floor rhythmically*

[@revivememanihavetheraygun3475]

Oppa toby style is better then MEGALOVANIA in my book, but it is a vastly different song and it's catchy and every new version sounds unique, toby is a musical genius.

[@alejandrite9]

no one said megalovania or oppa toby style but ok

[@kennie39]

i like both and i think it's all good content. i don't really understand comparing the two tbh

[@dancingcarapace]

I actually showed my mom UT Megalovania, she didn't like it. I showed her the Homestuck/Earthbound Version, and she loved it! Also, I love all of Toby's music. My personal favourites are Finale from UT and Black

[@atoaster9940]

@@dancingcarapace don't forget hopes and dreams. in my opinion the best song toby has ever made.

[@MagickGOATee]

I was expecting psy and undertale memes. Thank goodness its actually this: an amazing track

[@Juniper_Rose]

"Undertale memes" heh

[@blussyfan691]

Well, one part of it has actually the same leitmotif as Death By Glamour.

[@Rippertear]

+Aktm Magik well, a very similar. Not _exactly_ the same. then Toby would have to sue himself. Kappa

[@blussyfan691]

+Rippertear AKA SDL Benjii TGPASOTSISAPROA(THR)STTLOYTYVMDFTBYTBCTSAASPIYH Actually using only the leitmotif isn't a copyright issue. It's just the tune and timing of the music. It would be a problem if he used the exact same music. But even if he wanted, he could, since he is the author. PS: Hate to break it to ya, but you have a really long name.

[@Rippertear]

I know, I'm making a joke. PS: that's my initials.Aktm Magik

[@karlkitty456]

This is genuinely the most apeshit song I’ve ever heard in my life. Toby is a god

[@mihael64]

Toby is god.

[@taylormario2054]

Undertale fans: Megalovania is Tobys best work of music Homestuck fans: haha ok whatever you say

[@blahthebiste7924]

I'm an Undertale fan and Megalovania is not even on the list of Toby's good music

[@mostweasel9550]

What kind of fuckboy would say that? Megalovania isn't even the best song in Undertale.

[@Bruhlicioustoes]

so true

[@TobeydoSomething]

not at all. People who played every run will say, that megalovania is far from being the 'best' track. Including me.

[@AlexisJimenez-hp5zb]

can't we just appreciate Toby for continuously giving us bops? like, i love homestuck, i love undertale, both soundtracks do a great job for their respective content

[@garfieldfan-yx4he]

glad to see we're all coming back here

[@karkatheck7770]

Toby’s music in Homestuck is actually God’s work wtf. It’s like with Undertale he toned everything down, but with Homestuck he went all out.

[@wimberlen]

homestuck was toby when he couldnt control his power

[@KyrieFortune]

​@@wimberlen I disagree, Homestuck is when he could unleash his power: for UT/DR he had to compose everything, write most of the story and dialogues, code a lot, test everything was ok, while in Homestuck he only had to compose and wasn't even the only one. Making his own games means he physically doesn't have time to completely dedicate to music (and somehow he still makes only bangers), but in Homestuck he had everything at his disposal, in fact he had free time while composing that he used to... write Undertale.

[@SimonClarkstone]

Surely Toby's true Magnum Opus is his album "The Baby Is You"? 🙂 The one that we were literally forbidden to mention on the official MSPA forums.

[@Hrogthar]

It's a thematic choice more than anything. Toby still makes some crazy music.

[@ashisalrtaken]

Deltarune's music is going to have way more effort put in because UT was just the starting game@@KyrieFortune

[@yourlocalcat4254]

I found this before I started reading (i joined the day it ended shush) and I thought [S] Collide was a band.

[@oblongbirb]

We should make it a thing, let's be that band I call keyboard/piano

[@Juniper_Rose]

your local cat No hate. everyone finds it in their own time. Welcome to hell!

[@namakuvictor]

I started on around August 2017 Dont judge meh

[@theorangeninja6486]

I call keyboard/laptop Ha

[@deltaphant_]

I found it at the beginning of September, and throughout October I have infected my D&D group

[@Techhunter_Talon]

I really love those first 16 seconds of this track.

[@OMMilan]

Shadow Mantis yeah, especially from ascend into this

[@gaegrlgayming]

What a8out the rest of this track?

[@stanalex3966]

You'd love Rex Duodecim Angelus

[@rainHellsing]

Came back cause someone said rouxls kaard’s theme uses the same ‘hey’ audio sample as oppa toby style

[@hidden_block]

i really love how out of ANYTHING he could have named this, he chose fucking oppa toby style.

[@herrabanani]

Didn't the fan base vote on the name of this? Just like the h1tler song?

[@gamerule18]

Nah I believe it was James who named this one

[@gamerule18]

And please do not call it the "h1ttler" song c'mon

[@hidden_block]

@@herrabananii wasn’t really around during the big bang of the homestuck fandom so to speak, so i have no clue. it’s funnier personally to assume that toby named it himself though.

[@SuperHGB]

​@@herrabananijust call it PPISHWA

[@tabbottinator]

Here's the Finale Strife Music we've been waiting for.

[@sunnyshine715]

I'm an Undertale fan, but gotta say, my inner Homestuck is jamming.

[@RikuMcduck]

True true

[@tomfloevills400]

Tru e

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

I was a undertale (still kinda is) but i love Toby's homestuck themes better

[@theharvinator]

@@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399 same, but I knew about hs before undertale, I was young, and on KZbin and found s wake and was like “cool, but w a t” cus I was like 5. Then I found undertale in 2016 and fanboyed hard, but kinda forgot about s wake so, I was basically a hs fan first (not really doe)

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

@@theharvinator how was it to see feferi and nepeta die when you was 5?

[@usmckyuubi3177]

thumbs up if you stayed up all night just to watch this

[@avidarois5505]

me

[@lnterest-ing]

Me

[@imaginationnone9297]

usmc kyuubi psshshshsh what do u mean........................................ i started reading in fcuking feb adn then finished april 13th. So yeah finished it in 2 months

[@oblongbirb]

I DID AND IT WAS WORTH IT And then finished the rest at the same time, then went to my bed and fell asleep crying because it that, it was the best day ever :,)

[@marina_ida8172]

413 bro

[@ninolloydbandiola5581]

Toby was holding back with THE WORLD REVOLVING This is the *True* and Neo Chaos

[@OneColdRepublican]

When you thought HYPE couldn't get anymore HYPE'D.

[@biancan3944]

lmao

[@ashfennelly76]

+OneColdRepublican amazing

[@OneColdRepublican]

Liam Fennelly Basically the greatest rave mix in all paradox space.

[@ButchBaphomet]

+OneColdRepublican ParaFox Space* FTFY -u -

[@OneColdRepublican]

+Dont Even Bother YYYYYYES.

[@lampaddict7885]

man i can't wait to fight lord english in a pokemon battle

[@michaelbowman6684]

Sounds like something that would play during the final boss battle of an RPG where reality itself is collapsing around the party while they are fighting a shapeshifting amalgamation that changes into a new form every turn.

[@KyrieFortune]

Does "reality breaking because of a time machine that is leaking impossibility strong and aggressive monsters from the future/past as well as strange energy crystals, all causing a cataclysmic ecological collapse, while you are forced to find the unwilling AI of of the man/woman who wanted this to happen in the name of science" work?

[@Two-BallTyrone]

Y'know even if the song wasnt called Oppa Toby Style, You'd still know that Toby Fox made this song, that piano at 4:43 is the most dead giveaway possible.

[@ire5685]

How in the hell was karkats theme mixed into a 5 minute boss theme

[@koopakape]

the fucking mario paint/dogsong barks starting around ~0:45 if you listen closely TOBY.......

[@Gaburieru95]

+hip indeed Oppa toby style!

[@sanstheskeletonb3449]

+hip indeed I HEAR A FAINT SOFT BARKING oml

[@koopakape]

+Sans The Skeleton B) it's much easier to hear with headphones. Didn't notice it at all the many times I watched Collide but as soon as I got the OST and heard it with headphones it was obvious.

[@namakuvictor]

Oppa *Toby* (Dog) Style

[@themonadoman116]

He planned it all

[@ShadowForgerCerelia]

I forgot how good this song was

[@ez7145]

It's super sad that HS has essentially completely died out. I feel like a lot of things could have been done differently to ensure it was a cult classic instead of having it die in a few months and have a shitty rep

[@honeycrisp808]

Partly hussie's fault for not properly taking care of the comic, dealing with making that HS game took such a toll on the comic and fucked up SO many things. His worst mistake was giving the series to the twitter fanbase, it's only gone downhill since.

[@ez7145]

@@honeycrisp808 100% agree

[@karlkitty456]

The epilogues definitely didn't help. Confused people who had no idea what the deal was and upset everyone who read them.

[@catharticgemini]

Follow more artists / creators, folks like jasproses have been doin great thinkpieces / discussions on characters like the meta of Jake English!

[@MolassesLover]

It hasn’t died out, the fanbase just moved on to different things. I still see it everywhere, all the fans are extremely self-aware, and pretty critical of the comic- which thankfully has given it a better reputation. I’m sure Homestuck will see a resurgence, either from something official or something fan-made. Personally, I’m remaking Homestuck in a style reminiscent of Spider-Verse and the epilogue pages right after [S] Collide. It’s been in the works for a year and half now. I have high hopes for it, I’ve spoken with so many people who’s works I’ve admired for so long because of this project, and the feedback has been good. So who knows, maybe that will help boost Homestuck up a bit. Either way, a remake from me or someone else is inevitable

[@Blitz-tk4jh]

watching [S]: Collide, hearing this song’s buildup, and promptly having the sudden intense part scare the shit out of you is a universal experience, right?

[@OMMilan]

Toby's true masterpiece.

[@RikuMcduck]

The baby is you

[@RikuMcduck]

Not exactly because we got ut/dr and battle towers annnd little town hero

[@pistachio_stick]

undertale fans: megalovania is the best song by toby homestucks: honey, you got a big storm coming

[@saggyhaggis]

deltarune fans: *hahahahahahahhahahahahAhAhAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*

[@kerrywhitehurst4856]

Stockhuems fans: I agree with the delta runs guys

[@poisonstrategy]

they gotta put this back on 🔴

[@razziechkn]

SaggyHaggis jevil be like “bitch please, I can do anything.”

[@DeskFan]

@@razziechkn [S] Collide: Allow us to introduce our selves.

[@draco_system]

You know what? This would make a killer osu! beat map. so many streams ;^;

[@artezui]

... I SHALL TAKE THIS CHALLENGE EVENTUALLY

[@draco_system]

SANS Good luck getting it modded and ranked tho lmao

[@artezui]

Bright Gibson *shrug* if the big black did, what's stopping this nightmare?

[@draco_system]

SANS True

[@haloythere2833]

Is this a place only Sanses are allowed?

[@neosniper8940]

1:08 Are those sound effects from the Earthbound eshop trailer? Toby Fox really is a big Mother fan isn’t he?

[@tonberry2670]

Old comment I know, but I always thought of the ff6 opera male vocal

[@ir6783]

I also know this is an old comment, but they come from dancing mad in ff6

[@gooolixx]

the vocal thing is from touhou.sf2

[@ElFreakinCid]

@@gooolixx It's Ralse from FF6's opera.

[@Seller164]

Are they referring to the sound of Opera or the sound what was going on before?

[@angelsartandgaming]

Oh heck someone was right, it is the final boss battle theme from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet!! Well one part!!

[@cythascruseo6696]

4:04 E| ^ ONE PUNCH DAD!!!!

[@dooplon5083]

*one cake

[@QxCooL]

that part was fucking awesome

[@PNSee1994]

WARNING! WARNING! Here comes a new challenger!

[@juno_993]

can we all agree that 2:08 is the best part??

[@smarkey]

And everyone thought Megalovania was Toby's best battle track. HA.

[@kakuyamii]

XD

[@HawksDellas]

kinda

[@vexanine2243]

Megalovania was from homestuck lmao

[@thisthing9032]

@@vexanine2243 _Earthbound Halloween Hack_

[@vexanine2243]

@@thisthing9032 oh fuck mb

[@clownypants2718]

The lesson here is. Evil can kill practically anything. But these damn kids just won't die

[@thornykettle112]

Nobody: The crowd watching gym leaders battle in Sword and Shield: 1:23

[@MutantCheesecake]

Lmfao foreshadowing

[@luvkirby4ever]

I wanted to comment about how much I love 2:07, but 4:04 DAD PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH!!!

[@davedsenches]

Homestuck may not be a video game, but its music is definitely video game music.

[@williammerwin1850]

2:44 Even in a webcomic about a Betty Crocker-Hating Boy, we can't avoid Gaster's theme

[@lunactiathemoth]

undertale fans when they hear literally any 1-2-3-2 music pattern

[@williammerwin1850]

@@lunactiathemoth Can confirm this is true

[@therealvolt42re]

@@lunactiathemoth I mean that's the point of Gaster's theme. It's so simple that you could hear it anywhere if you paid close attention, because he's supposed to be everywhere. Considering Collide came after Undertale, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually did sneak in just to mess with people.

[@excalibur493]

If you tap your finger (or foot or whatever), 1:22-1:28 has 16 taps. Knowing Toby, this could be a nod to Mother 3's musical combos where it maxes out at 16 pushes of the A button depending on the battle music.

[@ElFreakinCid]

That'd be very fitting, seeing as Homestuck was actually inspired by EarthBound to begin with.

[@dezember25th]

Fair, but it could just also be that the song follows a 4/4 rhythm, and so will always land on 16 as a new beat

[@crikisthat]

dude just discovered basic music theory

[@excalibur493]

@@crikisthat I'm a gamer, not a musician.

[@justswift5369]

hearing this in deltarune is gonna be crazy

[@soda6245]

This reminds me alot of VS. Giratina in Pokémon Platinum

[@monika004]

0:22 to 1:07 is my absolute favorite part of the song it just scratches an itch in my brain ugh so FIRE

[@69hahafunny]

Anyone else after hearing this in the newest toby adition to Pokemon? lmao he did it again, and im here for it

[@incyray9709]

I. hurt my neck listening to this. I am headbobbing forwards and back at such speeds and so continuously that now my neck is sore lmfao

[@neilisawesome2333]

*[S]* : Vs professor Sada / Turo

[@raptorcharly8055]

0:00 - 0:18 Ok, this is probably leading up to some epic anime battle theme, probably pretty majestic. 0:18 - 0:20 Ok, let's g- 0:21 *HOLY SHIT!*

[@maxattack.]

This makes petting my dog much crazier.

[@friendlycoy]

4:20 "Cascade" Leitmotif, not "Death by Glamour" Leitmotif. 4:42 "Penumbra Phantasm" Leitmotif, not "Death by Glamour" Leitmotif.

[@Ziaotic]

Friendly Coy thank you.

[@CGlover-e1y]

It is possible that Death by Glamour was at least partially based on those songs

[@barchetype6430]

@@CGlover-e1y More than likely

[@warriortoad8109]

Really i think its those 2 spngs being mixed to sound like DBG on purpose which is pretty cool

[@frigidnadir]

thank you for this.

[@TheAdvertisement]

4:42 Is it just me or does the piano sound similar to the chords in CORE? I wonder if Toby reused yet another motif.

[@cellina.starfire]

Yeah it really does.

[@melancholymaids3032]

that leitmotif is from doctor, who’s prototype, patient, used the core motif. so yeah they’re connected

[@TheAdvertisement]

@@melancholymaids3032 I'm in the middle of reading Homestuck so yeah I've heard that motif in Doctor now. It's interesting that Toby continued its used, or at least a similar melody, in CORE!

[@ElFreakinCid]

Throughout the track he also used a piece of Death By Glamour, and at one point he sneaks in Gaster's theme.

[@neonotterpop2528]

You just gave me an idea where this plays while you have to escape the core melting down

[@TheAdvertisement]

2:50 Hey it's a Pokemon champion fight!

[@kukkulacz6958]

Virgin Oppa Gangnam Style vs Chad Oppa Toby Style

[@whitesandals5759]

This song would fit very well with a family guy chicken fight

[@purple6705]

TRUE

[@gamerule18]

Pick one.

[@whitesandals5759]

@@gamerule18 this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5rce3xrgNKWqNE

[@davidbuster1125]

1:23 sounds like Splatoon music and I'm loving it

[@jetpackblues9193]

Toby Fox is so frickin awesome!!!

[@zino11gaming38]

**gets to **1:09**** "woah, an epic song so far." **hears the next part** "soooo, english leitmotif, check. wait, wait. IS THAT THE TROLOLO GUY?!?"

[@LoiValdes]

Pokémon Gen 10 :Penumbra Phantasm will be a Legendary Pokemon theme

[@gloopfan157]

what if its the terapagos theme

[@pokemonultraz1262]

One these days hes gonna sneak megalovania into a pokemon game I swear.

[@GSavel]

Gen 11: Remedy becomes the gym leader theme

[@therealvolt42re]

I feel like Penumbra Phantasm is reserved for Homestuck and Deltarune. Wouldn't be surprised by Megalovania.

[@raptorcharly8055]

Do not listen to this while running. You will hurt yourself. Speaking from experience.

[@subspace2913]

I would go sonic mode lmao

[@raptorcharly8055]

@@subspace2913 That's how I hurt myself. Did that thing where you run so fast you can't move for an hour after.

[@stairbanastor2765]

So like all the motifs in this....Lord English’s theme, Karkat’s theme, Black, just to name a few that I picked up on....wow. It’s a fast paced melting pot of every good song in Homestuck, well some of them at least. And I love it.

[@carminaladelotrouniversoxd7919]

that little death by glamour took me by surprise

[@BlanketIsland]

1:10-1:22 and 3:22-4:05 are SSSOOO GOOOOOOD

[@miiiisaaaakiiii7003]

exactly! and i dont know why but especially 3:50 - 4:05 is when my feels die

[@wendigo2536]

That bass makes me sweat

[@L4Vo5]

"so toby, which beats do you want to accent?" "yes"

[@TheMaskedStarlte]

i love 0:00 - 0:16. i wish the rex duodecim angelus + english leitmotifs were used together more. it gives an amazing "final boss, no turning back now" feel. edit: actually, 0:00-0:45.

[@dhc612]

If I hear the word lietmotif ONE MORE GODDAMNED TIME-

[@drawadog]

This gives me chills every single time i listen to it

[@wiiuski]

I wonder what would happen if I converted this to MIDI....

[@pokemon16552]

Huh, why not? But if you do, share the results.

[@philcarpal3926]

Will it blend? That is the question.

[@koykoy13]

soundcloud.com/koykoy1360/homestuck-oppa-toby-style-midi here you go,if you want more songs converted just ask ^^

[@wiiuski]

WOW. It started off good at least

[@wiiuski]

XD

[@twoarrow9134]

I haven't gotten to this part of Homestuck, I just love it because it's just a random mashup of sounds posing as a song and it sounds amazing

[@aerospherology2001]

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's final boss battle music is similar to this

[@nerdenocity]

fun fact: james roach added the cheering sounds for no reason at all. he just thought itd be funny.

[@genapotehin]

Genius

[@nao8594]

rex duodecim angelus?

[@stefanchristian8268]

+Ami Chamsout its a remixed version of it and other tracks. i only could recognize rda and eternity served cold

[@svarthert8450]

+Ami Chamsout yes, the intro just before the start of the fight was Rex Duodecim angelus, also English. o.o

[@ZachariusStorkanus]

+Svart Hert Rex itself is part of black kings theme so...

[@ZlatkoTheGod]

+Ami Chamsout I also heard some crystalmethequins.

[@samuelwhite1129]

+The Red Baron It also contained the glorious "Dance of Thorns"