Let's Read Paradox Space - Horse Play

[@GaleGrim]

How to win against an omniscient being? simple, don't play.

[@notarealspy4090]

GaleGrim or be really stupid

[@gremlinsounds7962]

GaleGrim Or eat the omniscient being.

[@isabellay3521]

*Gremlin Sounds* this.

[@maximumnyoom7123]

They can't predict your next move if you don't know what you're doing

[@TheDeathReincarnate]

I believe the previous iteration of this video had the best comment. "That moment right after you realize that Hussie is just making random moves and he has no overall plan, when you realize that he planned for everything since the beginning, and played everyone like a fiddle the whole time."

[@temporaltoast9692]

Well, that’s a good summary of everything he’s ever written.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Except there's clearly more to him than that. In the words of Penn Jillette, "The best way to seem amazing is to work harder than people think you do." He's obviously a doof, but he knows how to be one well.

[@powerONdelta]

So does that mean hiveswap was planned from the beginning as well?

[@windego64]

​@@powerONdelta definitely.

[@LFrench]

I feel like this is an allegory for homestuck fans worshipping Hussie

[@Nightmareannimations]

yees.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

L French Fandom: WE ARE ALL KNOWING! YOU CAN NOT FOOL US! WE KNOW YOUR TRIC- Hussie: *introduces Trickest mode* Fandom: What the fuck?

[@tilwon1818]

Now you’re overlooking it too!!!

[@thatoneguy2169]

Chaos will always defeat order, because chaos is more organized.

[@dallaspayday2480]

Wait ho- ohhhh now i see what you did there

[@nikonikoknees4488]

*4:40 is my reaction

[@lmg-desi-yt]

Rarity voice: This isnt a mess! Its organized chaos!!

[@thatoneguy2886]

good point me

[@somegirl4260]

hors. This is the phrase that defeated a god.

[@syweb2]

Outside of the context of Sburb, people might consider that godlike.

[@antitheist3206]

@@syweb2 Yeah, but the omniscience is basically all he has going for him. You could kill him with a broom.

[@syweb2]

@@antitheist3206 He still has First Guardian powers.

[@antitheist3206]

@@syweb2 Powers he doesn't make use of and that are outclassed by basically everyone in-comic who isn't dead (and even some who are dead).

[@BaronSterling]

@@antitheist3206, @Gloria Mangold You guys are *seriously* misremembering the comic. No, Doc Scratch isn't so frail as to die by a broom. In one of the first times we see him he is attacked by Spades Slick beating him with a solid iron horse hitcher, to which he is completely unphased, and he then proceeds to bend the iron hitcher into a pretzel with ease. The reason he was seemingly "killed" by the broom was that he can only die the moment his goal is accomplished so that Lord English can emerge from him, the broom beating is just a gag based on the timing of Hussie's arrival. Secondly, no, his powers are not outclassed by everyone in the comic. He has First Guardian powers ffs, the very same powers that made Bec Noir a threat to the entire main cast of characters and reality itself for almost the entire length of the comic. He can teleport seemingly with no distance limit (for instance, teleporting the young Handmaiden thousands of light years to the Condesce's ship instantaneously), cause shit to explode with deadly force at will (how Vriska lost her eye and arm) and apparently do crazy shit like tie people's lives directly to a universe, making him indirectly able to destroy entire universes by himself (as is the case with Snowman.) It's not that he "isn't a god, just simply an omniscient being," it's that he, as the exact quote you're referencing actually states, "has power and knowledge *far exceeding* a god." He is indestructible, all-knowing, and omnipotent.

[@dancingcarapace]

Clover: What's wrong with the boss? Crowbar: He decided to play chess against Andrew of all people. His Omniscience is nothing against Hussie's stupidity and clueless nature. Clover: Yeah he was never going to come outta this match with his sanity intact. Crowbar: Yer tellin me

[@CJCroen1393]

The doc has sanity?

[@andymcneilly]

Quarters: I got money that Hussie gives him another useless item that might make him think he just horsing around. Maybe.... 612 horse pieces.

[@andymcneilly]

David Graves Quarters: Still, how do you think doc will go one with thinking Hussie is a godly genius to outthink him? Because, it gets kinda weird when he does it.

[@andymcneilly]

David Graves Quarters: Well, at least he is doing something more then talking to those girls who are his liter learners under him. Now THAT was creepy.

[@andymcneilly]

David Graves Snowman: You should all be asking, who’ll be cleaning up that mess he made from that meal he sent to him. *Quarters goes Now.* Quarters: Well, I need to help out Stitch.

[@hineslink4]

one thing I learned from this video is that doc scratch clearly overthink things.

[@lordbuss]

He can not overthink things. That's the point - thinking about every possibility of everything is the thing he does all the time.

[@fezdalek]

HORS -Andrew Hussie

[@steppingoncurls3218]

KZbin comments now have a translation button, and translates HORS to EXCEPT. Could that have been a hidden message this whole time?

[@kirill9064]

@@steppingoncurls3218 it now translates to "OUT"

[@AbsolXGuardian]

I mean I know the Paradox Space comics are of dubious canonicity, but this is why my headcanon is that Andrew Hussie the character doesn't control the world, but he is a blind spot on Scratch's vision but is also a watcher of a different ability to scratch. He can see what is currently happening and records it. Scratch has trouble knowing what is currently happening both due to time shit and that when you see everything, it can be hard to know what's now. And Hussie's actions can rewrite Scratch's entire vision of the universe. So he keeps him around, except for when he doesn't want to be in scratch's place.

[@lordbuss]

Hussie is very much Void coded, there is a lot of analysys about it.

[@MrDarren690]

Absolutely. Scratch knows everything _within_ the Homestuck universe. Hussie knows everything _about_ it. Both are more limited than the other, but Hussie still has the upper hand.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

3:09 that’s the problem with your omniscience, scratch, you know the outcome, but clearly not the journey. You know the dance like you know everything else, but instead of waltzing, Hussie is making pottery, completely oblivious to whatever you’re doing. Also, poor boy, his breakfast for dinner dinner!

[@lordbuss]

Hussie himself is obviously a blind spot to Scratch.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Logical Overdrive now he needs to have some breakfast for dinner for breakfast breakfast instead.

[@quelexnagarium1701]

my breakfast for dinner dinner

[@gradwhaleultimate6998]

where did it go?

[@sagethesage3625]

the felt is just back there like "uh, is he... ok?"

[@CJCroen1393]

I picture it more like: Clover: I think the doc's gone insane! Crowbar: You say that like he was sane to begin with.

[@andymcneilly]

CJCroen1393 Stitch: Give him three days of peace and... he’ll settle down. Maybe.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Clover: Oh god, what’s gotten into him?! Crowbar: Fuck, not this again. It’s just a fried egg, nothing more!

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

@@thebiolibrary5572 Scratch: HE IS MOCKING ME!

[@conorvermeiren3534]

“A worthy foe need not be a challenge, they need only dance the dance.” Those words are why doc failed. Doc Scratch’s proclamation of assured victory is exactly why he was broken in the end. Andrew was never trying to win, he just wanted to have his fun, he never needed to play chess to do that.

[@lapissed9620]

No one can know every hussiebility

[@alexrecrem9094]

Doc scratch:*is omniscient* Also doc scratch:*gets played like a cheap fiddle in the hands of a master fidler by a guy who has no idea wtf is going on*

[@whitechocolatte5863]

From now on, it has been confirmed that doc Scratch indeed has button nipples.

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

I thought that was a onesie!

[@ariesdemiurge]

Goes to show, never fuck with the author of your life's story. You just might lose.

[@gdaleney1977]

Doc Scratch is literally every English teacher

[@gretablackwell495]

Teachers/Doc Scratch: **Try to find ultimate meaning of life in a fried egg** Writers/Hussie: Alright so I'm gonna stick a shitty joke here, kill these characters, mention this for no discernible reason, and OH FUCK WHOOPS I KILLED 5 MORE PEOPLE

[@kitkatmuffin]

My mom is an English Teacher. Does that mean that Doc Scratch IS MY MOM?! *fist bumps Handmaid* Yo what up girl I'm your new sister.

[@thejimmysofgatsby]

@@kitkatmuffin this comment sparks joy

[@thejimmysofgatsby]

@G. Daleney Doc Scratch and Andrew Hussie is undoubtedly the best metaphor for English teachers versus authors I have ever heard

[@raezad]

So basically, the cue ball(and for extension the doc) can predict everything determined, but hussie is who determines things, so even when its impossible to beat someone who knows every move youll make, its still possible to pre-determine the moves he'll make, in a matter that makes sense, so thats how he played the "HORS" trick on him

[@abrahmhatcher2385]

he sounded so fucking sad when his "breakfast for dinner dinner" disappeared

[@danielquiroz4230]

This one is definitely one of my favorites!!! XDDDDD Poor Doc scratch!!!

[@sillyYata]

Hors -Andrew Hussie

[@danielquiroz4230]

TheGamesBrothers The quote to end all quotes!!!

[@sillyYata]

+Daniel Quiroz Yup yup

[@hummingvoid7824]

R.I.P Excellent Host.

[@chaoflaka8132]

The way he said “What the hell”. I man I love this voice actor. He’s perfect for him.

[@ritibhatwal9831]

Round of applause for Zack Morrison! Only the author of Paranatural would end up writting something this crazily hilarious. Also round of applause for the voice actors too for making this so perfect

[@CJCroen1393]

Fun fact: Doc Scratch

[@michellaguna3898]

WE KNOW THE GAME AND WE'RE G O N N A P L A Y I T AAAAND IF YOU ASK ME HOW I'M FEELING... like an omniscient bastard, that's how.

[@MasterDarkObelisk]

I was waiting for then to re-upload this, its just so funny.

[@merasmurry1460]

"order #413 under the name stir up trouble" the fandom in a nutshell.

[@mikechauvin3982]

DOES ANYBODY ELSE THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE MEPHISTO FROM BLUE EXCORCIST?!?????

[@mattwo7]

Night-mare Enterpises? Guess Hussie must owe Customer Service money.

[@cielosphere]

At 2:09 , there is a horse riding a horse. I feel like you could make a joke with this, but I ain't talented enough for that so it's ya'll's jobs

[@Postcinct]

i.imgur.com/0XBXuhL.png Hiveswap, everybody!

[@mustard710]

"Hiveswap was a mistake" - Andrew Hussie

[@DragonbornCanid]

Are there any new developments on Hiveswap? Did Hussie really say that??

[@Bonzi77]

"I definitely really said that. Also, Paradox Space is a bad series and Let's Read Homestuck isn't very good." -Andrew Hussie

[@DragonbornCanid]

Bonzi77 okay, I'm going to be autistic here, because I have autism, and ask: joke or real? XD

[@Bonzi77]

I'm absolutely 100% joking, don't worry

[@arcadia_758]

SCRATCH YOU FOOL! YOU HAVE PLAYED THE ONE MAN WITH MORE POWER THAN YOU!!! hussie

[@Dysteleologist]

How much do I have to pay Hussie to erase Scratch's horrible puppet nipples from my memory?

[@KD6-3005]

Eyyyyy head canon scratch/hussie voice

[@musicalsciectist7148]

Am I the only one who wants to buy a horse-themed chess set?

[@4daikon149]

nope

[@damonwest8314]

No

[@zoelio999]

Just have that lying around on a coffee table

[@asteroiidx]

"Tangerine Hands"

[@mediummememaster3754]

... um... White text guy.... I think you *lost your marbles* WONK!

[@popatomcmemes7334]

MediumMemeMaster Holy hecc I found you here--

[@bestaround3323]

This will alway be my favorite comic in paradox space.

[@fandomtrashfullmetalunderg923]

this is the greatest thing to ever exist

[@Nate3417]

Yeah, my favourite Paradox Space comic is back again!

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Rock Paper Scissors- HS style. Doc Scratch allows English to come into the universe Lord English killed Hussie Andrew Hussie gave Scratch PTSD

[@nivekthezombie6767]

Okay this is my new favorite paradox space comic

[@EgoJordy]

“GOOD GOD, I’M A PUPPET IN HIS TANGERINE HANDS.” XD

[@Braixenhasagametoplay]

I... What. *moves the piece* What the hell.

[@sparklecat60]

2:35 I SEE THAT KIRBY RIGHT BACK AT YA REFERENCE, YA CAN’T FOOL ME (Read the uppermost box to Hussie’s immediate right.)

[@thebiolibrary5572]

I love it when Hussie says “Where did my breakfast for dinner dinner go?”

[@AndreaPancakes]

No jokes, i want that Breakfast for Dinner Dinner

[@conor6569]

What if Andrew Hussie had written Paranatural and Zack Morrison had written Homestuck?!

[@fukkinl0ser432]

He's in my head! *Sob sob*

[@apatheticdeity6030]

he is so smart he thinks tomfoullery is tricks XD

[@lordbuss]

They are. Hence the "HORS".

[@Kirbemon]

Hussite sounds like Fry from Futurama, and that's great.

[@mikeymikesh]

Andrew Hussie: The only person who can troll an omniscient being.

[@tylerp.5004]

Being a fan/hater of Doc Scratch, I enjoy this SO much.

[@ajtiburi2667]

i love Doc Scratch's omniscient voice

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Ace Dick and Doc Scratch are alike in their lack of imagination. The only major difference there is AD is fine with all the crazy stuff going on, such as the other two ADs, but DS is completely befuddled by Andrew being stupid, due to needing to find an explanation to everything. Ace Dick on the other hand just accepts things as they are. In short, AD just rolls with stuff and doesn’t think too much, but DS’ omniscience means he needs to find some explanation behind everything.

[@iloveGIRsomuch1]

I Hussie hosting as the third wheel for Hosuss and Rufioh's movie date? Why?

[@elirothschild7335]

Is it weird that I think clover looks adorable?

[@rodd_boward]

This is my favorite comic from the first paradox space book

[@MetalMockingjay]

Hussie: 1 - Scratch 0

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Jayden Potter Hussie: Hors - Scratch: 0

[@whitecatthefirst6437]

order #413. 11/10

[@mikeymikesh]

The crowns on the king and queen are mixed up on the horse chess set. I know it’s like this in the original comic, I just figured this was as good a place to comment on it as any.

[@fennecfoxfanatic]

Woah! That's a shout out to Calliope and Caliborn's chess match! Never noticed that

[@mikeymikesh]

@@fennecfoxfanaticOh really? I thought it was just a mistake but that makes sense.

[@merasmurry1460]

lil cal is #1 dad

[@kitkatmuffin]

Why does this suddenly sound like Mettaton from UT the Musical?

[@tsukinomiweasel551]

Me playing pokemon as a child and overlevelling my pokemon like crazy then getting stuck and unable to figure out how to finish the game

[@m.j.r.8579]

This is simply wonderful.... or maybe it's not simple at all...

[@rockethero1177]

How to play mind games with the Devil

[@LilStarling]

My sis pointed out that Doc Scratch sounds like C3P0

[@nazozo]

If you don't know what your doing, nobody will, trust me

[@BeeAnarchic]

he wont shut up. but its funny so so i endure it

[@timwinterhalter5233]

I'm in tears

[@keava]

the sheer cluelessness in his voice got me 3:38

[@nicefloweytheoverseer7632]

The knight is the horse mounted on a horse

[@thebiolibrary5572]

If you wanna beat an omniscient cue ball, just send him your breakfast for dinner dinner and scribble HORS on his stuff.

[@liamwhite3522]

Not quite. Scatch knew all along he was going to win this chess match. He knew every pieces' moves before they were played. However, in focusing on that, he can't see the forest for the trees. He knows his queen shall go to E6, but not that it would be in the waffle grid. He knew the exact ending positions of all the pieces, but not that they spelled hors. The only way to best scratch, is to beat him at the game he doesn't think he's playing.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Liam White so make him think he’s playing football, and beat him at boxing while he tries to play the other thing

[@nicefloweytheoverseer7632]

the Rooks/Knights are horses riding horses in the horse-themed set.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Aradiabot: scratch! i want t0 challenge y0u! Scratch: How do you know my name? A: 0h i didn’t think y0ur name w0uld be scratch i was just being random. S: Random, you say? So random that I couldn’t predict you would guess my name right? Hmm... perhaps I could play a game where I have a CHANCE of failure. (And then they play a game of chess)

[@Wonderlight-o6o]

nobody loses to hussie, NO BODY

[@luznoceda666]

Jegus like: „Ohje“ + „omg“ (+ added latin ending); Whooo whoop! #religionisinterresting #jesusdied #ordidhe #yeshedid #butnowhedidnt

[@phrenz1796]

Can any existence truly defeat the one who created it?

[@jdrgaster4745]

we broke the omniscient brain.

[@dixie3601]

_Where’d my “Breakfast for Dinner” dinner go?_

[@itz_judy32]

wonk! XD hussie is a bawse!

[@bluebowser5663]

today on paradox space: dad maryam is fucking pissed

[@luznoceda666]

Gorgonen-Jegus

[@WarioPuz0]

This obviously must be an allegory for how the fandom over analyzes everything Hussie puts out.

[@liamwhite3522]

And then, when we least expect it, he's got us all over again.

[@katofphats3689]

This is how to win?

[@StinkySeaGoat]

Hors

[@twintrickster5004]

Doc needs a day off

[@EnderLord99]

Why does Doc Scratch even *have* a toothbrush?

[@lcreaper1117]

Yes just don’t give a shit about the magical board and you win at everything

[@Anuyushi]

Doc needs to chill 😂 He's fucking himself up.

[@feltricfence7871]

Next time I take an English test, if I don't know the answers, I'm going to write HORS across the answer fill in space in red marker. Or I will try to relate the text to a fried egg or waffle. Even though it will probably net me a -413/10, I really don't care at this point.

[@weirdcaster1679]

This is good

[@twirlingwitch5446]

Nice

[@ZionsWorld]

To this day, I still don't know how to do the text-reveal with comic bubbles. There has to be a simple way to do it.

[@Postcinct]

In the past I've just edited the text out of every single bubble, saved the image and then made a new frame for every chronological text reveal.

[@ZionsWorld]

+Upfade I believe Photoshop was afoot, then?

[@Postcinct]

Zion's World I use GIMP 2.0. It's free and generally easier to use than PS, though it does lack some features. Still a good program for an amateur like myself.

[@rougedog580]

omg its mister vinilla milkshake

[@JUDGE-TONY]

A god traumatized another god, cool

[@poeticcinema5857]

Andrew Hussie x Doc Scratch when

[@Coffee-Sorcerer]

I lost track, what's going on

[@toontoosh]

doc scratch is misreading ah's simple hijinks as mind games, he ends up winning, but in his victory, he realises he placed the pieces on a doodle of the word 'hors' hussie made on the board. he won, but he played into hussie's hands

[@rolalx7980]

Spoilers ofc Doc Scratch is playing a game of chess with Andrew Hussie. Hussie does seeminly random things like replacing all the pieces with a horse themed chess set and putting a plate of food on the board which Doc Scratch believes to be Hussie trying to play mind games and mocking his omnscience. In actuality Hussie just wanted to get rid of a bunch of horse items and to eat his breakfast for dinner. Doc Scratch has a bit of a mental breakdown but eventually wins the chess game. Hussie however has the last laugh because even though the final move allowed Doc Scratch to win the remaining pieces spell out the word HORS. Im not sure if having the word HORS on Doc's head is supposed to be that it was also now written on his head or he just couldn't stop thinking about it. Hope that makes sense!

[@andor888]

The word "hors" on his face could mean that even though he's pseudo-omniscient, he's just a "hors" - a chess piece - in Hussie's game.

[@rolalx7980]

!!! Good addition

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Basically, Scratch is playing chess against Hussie. Hussie on the other hand is doing the most ridiculous things instead of playing the game. Scratch on the other hand is trying to put meaning to everything, but fails when Andrew scribbles “HORS” on the chess set.

[@zages6805]

Okay, so I know this video is like, a year old, but I've finally got a channel and I wanted to ask a question that is very important to me... 4:49 WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH DOC'S NIPPLES

[@pageanims2778]

Order #413 LLLLLOOOOOOOLLLLL JOHN

[@herculesatan4514]

Why “Pawn to F3” for the first move, Scratch? What’s your angle with that? Moreover, wasn’t it “Pawn to e3” on the previous panel?