Pesterquest : Dirk Strider + Epilogue [NO COMMENTARY]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em
Timestamps:
No choice.
28:23 - Convince him to stop playing? Or talk about something else?
He's fucking up the narrative!
53:35 - Dirk: Trust them (To epilogue)
1:12:44 - Dirk: Trust yourself
Epilogue
You Must Fix the Narrative
1:10:40 - Fine
1:10:31 - No (Crash)
PUT IT BACK
1:12:22 - Alright (Reload)
1:14:44 - Trash that piece of shit (Crash)
1:14:53 - ??? (Click MSPAR)
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[@rascalb]

If anyone wants to know why the hell the director was in this and why they matter, her name is Aysha U. Farah in real life and she has worked on and had a hand in a lot of the newer Homestuck content like Hiveswap, the Epilogues, and HS^2, she directed a lot of those I think (???) hence the name the "Director" If you want, you can learn more about her and the other people working on all that jazz on the Perfectly Generic Podcast where they talk about Homestuck in general, explain why they did what they did, and talk about their approaches on the new stuff. I know it's really controversial but I found it interesting. You're by no means required to listen or even like them, it's your choice, but if you want to know more go ahead, if you don't and think they suck and what they've done to Homestuck sucks that's cool too just do you. Have a nice day, I hope this helps?

[@altozecter]

but how about the twitter drama? some says the pq team are being dicks (including aysha)

[@hnurgh8714]

@@altozecter thought it was just kate? mind giving some sauce for a brotha 👀

[@rascalb]

yeah, there's drama surrounding some of the members being jerks but I don't really know the specifics of it, the only thing I really know about it is that some of the members mention it in the podcast that yeah some of the team just sucks because sometimes that's just how it be, (most of them that suck are probably going in the majority of the episodes) but again, if you hear someone you don't like on the podcast then just skip to another episode they aren't in and if they are in most of the episodes and you don't like it, don't continue listening to it if you don't want to listen to something you don't like or if you just don't care about the podcast and just hate members of the team that you find are complete douchebags and don't want to mess with anything they touched then that's also fine i can't give you a step by step plan as to how to avoid any of the members of the Homestuck team that there's drama around because i don't even know where to begin directing you, and i'm sorry that I can't, this is just extra stuff that you can consume at your own risk. don't wanna risk it because you're not comfortable with it? don't do it, stay as far away from it as you're cool with, i don't want to encourage you or anyone else to do anything you don't want to, again you do you, 's your choice (i'd say i hope this helped but I know it didn't, again sorry, just, stay safe and don't do anything you don't want to, the podcast was just a suggestion if you wanna risk it or don't care or don't know about the drama)

[@fandeperu3582]

@@rascalb gee man I just wanted to know about the drama

[@tellmeemoar8357]

anything: happens the cursor: *vibrates*

[@AstralAlpaca]

Things to remember: - Ultimate Dirk now has a young Dirk in Homestuck2 - There is a condese Reader out there for pesterquest 2 - Reader has a real name that we'll see in the future - Reader now has a weapon "Sword" so put him in smash Bros - The only thing that reset was pesterquest NOT friendsim so hiveswap and friendsim is still Canon to the main timeline - Reader is best character

[@abrokatec]

It really made me so mad when ult dirk called dirk his splinter the AUDACITY

[@faragaroruga3229]

yeah, the very concept of ult dirk is so screwed

[@MrDarren690]

It doesn't really make sense either when you pick apart what the "Ultimate Self" means. I would argue it's not a homogenized conglomeration of the infinite alternate selves. Rather, it's an _average_ of the alternate selves across all of Paradox Space (which goes to show how flawed Dirk's character is, actually). The takeaway is, just as Ultimate Dirk is a villain to us, he is also a villain to the Dirk we knew in canonical Homestuck.

[@sloth1667]

@@MrDarren690 well "ultimate selfing" is different for everyone depending on their class and aspect, we see daves ultimate self as seeing every possible timeline and end he couldve taken, whereas dirks was molding with the alternative selves. that of course results in an "averaging" of his personality, but he still is a conglomeration. we see this in the fact that candy dirk's existence was troubling to ult dirk, and caused him to regret manipulation of his friends, as candy dirk still cared for the people around him. however, after candy dirks death, ult dirk finally felt free of the guilt.

[@Capt.Gingivits]

The lion, the witch, and the audacity of this BITCH

[@brokenconstellation]

*DIRK HAS DIMPLES & FRECKLES!! IT'S CANON, BABY!!!!*

[@pompkns_]

y E S!

[@brokenconstellation]

@@pompkns_ quick! To the fanarts station!

[@arbitrarytoast]

THAT MEANS DAVE PROBABLY HAS THEM TOO!

[@cheeseclover]

MY HEART LITERALLY STOPPED WHEN I READ THAT HE HAD DIMPLES AND FRECKLES AND I HAD TO RE-READ IT TO MAKE SURE I WASNT BLIND JSKHJKDHSJKHDJK

[@soysauce_sleeps]

QUICCCCCC GRAB YOUR PENCILS, WERE GOING DRAWING.

[@unclaimedusername6608]

Also, as a guy named Dave, It's nice to know that apparently all Daves like olive garden.

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

Sooo… you have any food related problems.

[@olympus6856]

Ultimate Dirk was apparently so bad even Dirk hated him in a way. Edit: Guys chill I know he hated himself I just thought I'd point out he hated another version of himself as well.

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

dirk hating himself was always a problem.

[@gemlordbalisco7529]

Reminds me of that one meme: "And remember, no on will ever hate you more than you already hate yourself."

[@dharkknightshade898]

@@gemlordbalisco7529 words I've lived by for, well damn, 13 years now.

[@lunar_proxy]

dirk has always hated himself tho

[@maxfitz8577]

I have so many feelings abt ult dirk and regular alpha timeline dirk it’s like... whew I can’t articulate this very well but dirk actively put effort into being Not Evil (his interactions w dave & stuff) and the universe was like nah

[@l0n3duo67]

Omg they all lived, Tavros, Eridan, Equius, Gamzee, Nepeta, Feferi, Aradia, Vriska....noone died because they kept them safe

[@Einascherungspuppe]

Whatnabout market ga zee fever I er I dam Tabriz and the others

[@HanyouDeezNutz96]

I'm Happy.

[@oogabooga7789]

Am I the only one who really wants to know why Dave doesn’t eat corndogs anymore?

[@davefalcon3712]

He 100% have watched that thing about how chicken nuggets are made

[@olympus6856]

@@davefalcon3712 What about hotdogs?

[@sketchydistortion746]

ooga booga it's gay

[@dharkknightshade898]

@@sketchydistortion746 is that why you said it? Are you trying to come out of the closet?

[@pensamiento3867]

It's because they're shaped like a penis.

[@namelessnarrator7271]

So far we only had an alpha timeline and the doomed ones, but now we are introduced to something different. The Locked Timeline is not just something new to this fandom, it is more. It is hopefull, it means there is an actual way to change these kids' fate without leading them to a dead end. You could say it's edgy, since it completely changes the rules of this world. For the best. And I always wanted to change these rules.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Nameless Narrator so let me get this straight: Locked timelines are copies of the alpha that have major differences (in this case SBURB never being played) but still existing due to first guardian interference.

[@thelastmlg2699]

@@thebiolibrary5572 probably also because of retcon powers.

[@jenniferduncan6959]

well that was fun. time to go back to thinking about my own version of what happened after homestuck ended and not thinking about the epilogue.

[@moonblood6474]

What a journey-- I've never felt so many conflicting emotions at once in a single hour. Can't wait to see what else they've got in store for us in the Homestuck universe (*cough* Hiveswap *cough)

[@gemlordbalisco7529]

I literally could not stop yelling during this gameplay. Dirk was so cute?? I wasn't expecting him to be so cuuteee!!

[@Einascherungspuppe]

Im I also thino he's Cute I was doing the ssme-

[@peepisalemon]

me too

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

You could say that he’s a Dork Strider.

[@fiamet9804]

can we talk about how fucking cool dirk's theme is though?? also how its kinda subtly hinted that its not him whos talking at first because the main chill theme continues to play instead of changing

[@abrokatec]

So the pesterquest timeline survived because of us?

[@abrokatec]

Meaning any shenanigans the fans write/create can exist within that timeline

[@bloomy2121]

im... just so happy that my kids can finally canonically LIVE..... no more sburb no more andrew hussie no more deaths no more gods, it's just them, their friends, the world and growing up. they can finally have normal teenage drama, normal tragedies and fight for what they believe in without the imminent threat of time and existence and im so happy i could cry for the 50th time since i finished this route

[@atwat6157]

Then, Lord English comes in and fucks the entire timeline.

[@pistachio2x4b]

oh my god I love how you're swinging around your mouse to the beat haha

[@olympus6856]

It's been so long since I've seen you.

[@pistachio2x4b]

Serendipitous Serpentine wait are you talking about me personally or me with my eridan pfp

[@olympus6856]

@@pistachio2x4b Since I've seen you comment or something I mean

[@pistachio2x4b]

Serendipitous Serpentine ahhhh that makes sense

[@olympus6856]

@@pistachio2x4b Didn't mean to sound creepy lol

[@adriangraphite5848]

can we take a moment to thank MiscEris for playing through all this? like hell yeah, we appreciate you brother. bringin this rad and powerful story to those who can't access it otherwise. mad props

[@dreziv]

man, holy shit. I felt like I was being torn apart the whole way through. those lines "You cared about him before you knew every tiny fucked up detail about his life, and now, with a reminder of where his story leads leaning smugly against the railing, you find you still do.", and "Your allegiance is not to the story, but to the people within it." hit me like two goddamn trucks, and the rest of the volume was like being slowly backed over by both of them, because they're so goddamned true. I've wanted to see Ultimate Dirk get his for almost a year, now, and I just hope this isn't our last hurrah, even if that ending was so goddamned fantastic.

[@davestrides]

1:21:20 “andrew hussie would never do this to me” cracked me up for no particular reason

[@sergeantmituna6260]

Oh boi I can't wait for Pesterquest^2!

[@ChromeBezerker]

First guardian MSPAR punches ult Dirk in the fucking face

[@P-Down_D-Up_P]

the premiere reached 90 people near the end absolutely wild

[@jarrellpets]

"I'd say thanks but I feel like you all got more out of it than me." FUCK HE"S ONTO US

[@robbyshenanigans255]

The legendary sord has chosen its master. MSPA Reader is now the JPG Hero as the prophocies fortold

[@heheheiamasupahstarchimera631]

This is almost peak Homestuck, very few scenes from the rest of the official material live up to this. This is not an insult, but a compliment.

[@sepiagacha3293]

Wow dirk already knew that the player was gonna befriend him, and it kinda makes him slightly snarky-

[@persocomz]

this route made me lie down and think for a *long, Long Time*

[@lockerhead]

short king mama ay

[@thebiolibrary5572]

I hate how the director is Hussie but if he took his self insert and made it a more important character who was literally god. Hussie only did, like, four important things in the comic, and most times he shows up he’s incredibly pathetic, like when he beat Scratch with a broom over and over. The Director takes her god qualities and uses them to become a Mary fucking sue. She is more threatening than Ultimate Dirk apparently. I don’t think Hussie would give off an aura of fear, more so an aura of pathetic energy. Director caused all of Pesterquest to happen, but Hussie, the creator of the whole comic, didn’t start anything important besides being the first to acknowledge the Ring of Life, taking back the disc and nursing Slick back to health. Hell, he outright dies and nothing important happens, like a universal collapse. I hate how a self insert is so important to the plot. I just want to get rid of her, rub her out of the narrative and change her with someone that isn’t a blatant Hussie clone but for Aysha U. Farah. The new director can do the same stuff, but I’d like her to not be a purple Hussie, since that makes it obvious, and also get rid of the parts where she has voice acting, because besides a few musical tracks, nobody has ever had a canon voice in homestuck, and this motherfucker is the only one to circumvent that? For shame. Personally, I’d make her look a bit more connected to that cue ball other than her color scheme being a double invention of Doc Scratch. Not an outright cue ball, but things like no face.

[@pigeon9501]

I couldn't agree more. The self-insert was the worst part of Pesterquest in my opinion.

[@bloodymask6710]

Part of me feels that's on purpose, like she's meant to be badly written because she's controlling her own narrative prompt and has no idea what the fuck she's doing. Hussie in the comic has been removed from the picture and now two soul factors are in charge of two separate narratives and neither of them has any idea what the fuck they're doing. That could be why homestuck 2 is such a mess. Or I could be overthinking it. TL;DR Agreed

[@sloth1667]

even with interactions with caliborn as a kid hussie ended up being strongarmed into doing what caliborn wanted (to an extent, he eventually just goes silent). but for some reason in the paywall!homestuck he argues with dirk and keeps up with him, and ends up coming out on top by claiming that dirk is... scared of a child in a timeline that (as far as we understand) is never going to interact with his again?

[@g.poupin1700]

Actually, John have a canon voice in [S] Behold the glory of Zillyhoo But yeah, she took that self-insert too far

[@thebiolibrary5572]

@@g.poupin1700 I believe Hussie or someone on the music team mentioned that voices found in the music are not the canon voices of any character.

[@MiscEris]

Unfortunate that my video currently does not show up on youtube search results. its public, properly tagged and everything

[@MiscEris]

well now its up

[@kelglowe5292]

Of course he has a fucking gamer chair.

[@hochimama2742]

That’s it? The ending is great and takes a better turn after all that emotional rollercoaster, but...that’s it? It ends with Dirk? No befriending the Dancestors?

[@MiscEris]

That's probably for the sequel

[@cameron-yo6zp]

I never would've thought Dirk had freckles....

[@chisathot750]

Damn I just keep loving more and more Ultimate Dirk or any version of him

[@Capt.Gingivits]

He's got the gayified sleeves n' everything.

[@PASTELLARZ]

O H N O H E S H O T

[@maxfitz8577]

“And holy shit you care about him” YOURE SO RIGHT I DO

[@sock4904]

0:21 shidding and farding

[@Einascherungspuppe]

Thats was doro was doing I think

[@lunar_proxy]

the cursor vibing to the music and reacting is such a mood

[@norrieslibrary]

Well, that was horrifying and amazing. I'm... so glad we found a way for this timeline to prevail. Just. Very good.

[@cheeseclover]

ultimate dirk’s a chad

[@willprivett6729]

29:56 It was at this moment, that I heard the sickest beat.

[@miguelbarrios6732]

Dubiously canon Dirk>>>>>>>>>Canon Dirk

[@sophie9241]

holy shit i hate and love your pfp

[@miguelbarrios6732]

@@sophie9241 No one can ever insult me cause that will be like insulting Devito, even if they hate Gamzee, so is a win-win.

[@ferrywicked]

you have such an awesome pfp

[@oogabooga7789]

What happened to that one option where you don’t talk about it anymore to Dirk and just chill?

[@smonkk8556]

ultdirk skips the choice

[@Raven-2000]

You can't click it

[@eridanstan4977]

This whole thing was god-teir Homestuck content. Even if it never comes back, I’ve enjoyed the ride with MSPA reader, went from a blank slate to one of my favorite characters!

[@maxfitz8577]

I am. ugly crying oh my god

[@sh0wp0ny]

ultimate dirk. i think i would like to punch him

[@calyps0rion]

He would probably one punch man you

[@sh0wp0ny]

@@calyps0rion that doesnt exactly sound like a bad time. i would thank him

[@calyps0rion]

@@sh0wp0ny ?????????????????

[@sh0wp0ny]

@@calyps0rion i may be hypocritical, but i am honest

[@trashsnail]

he reminds me too much of bro and i Dislike It Very Much

[@arfirik]

wait, i thought i was the reader, but if the reader is now a fucking character in homestuck, then who the fuck am i? holy shit, i can already feel my fucking bones dissapear

[@ogjew72]

First guardian

[@divel5738]

* *clicks video* * * *realizes it's at least a hour long* * Oh fuck fuck fuck something bad is going to happen, isn't it?

[@koyakawa7444]

oh my god.... I didn't even know it was possible to feel so many emotions within an hour the ending where the mspareader becomes the timeline's first guardian made me cry so fucking much, and I don't even know why the emotion around it, specially the fact that the mspar didn't even consider betraying their friends as an option made me fucking burst to tears this was a fucking ride, holy shit I feel numb after all that :^

[@plaguecrowe]

god me too!!! im crying my ass off even after the video ended oh my god

[@dharkknightshade898]

So... You essentially become Azathoth.

[@user-hz4hc6ro3w]

9:42 my heart?? thank u dork

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

Oh good you call him Dork too.

[@fiamet9804]

gamer chair

[@cutespacedragon1012]

Ok, fuck Ultimate Dirk, but his theme slaps so hard.

[@mike-zq1jt]

Dirk really went from skinny legend to I-make-lesbians-straight-for-me-even-though-I’m-gay’

[@axatu7716]

_Gravity_ _Defying_ _Hair_

[@WTMR-FM]

me

[@crepsecularcorvus1674]

I can't believe Reader Over Heaven is real now

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Candy Dave hasn't shown up in HS^2 yet...

[@slimeinc.3822]

omfg the latest upd8 as of now ends with john asking jade where dave is.............👁️👁️

[@jestphoenix]

oh no....

[@Kissingerzones1311]

And never will apparently

[@user-hz4hc6ro3w]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I KNEWIT I KNEW READER WAS A FIRST GUARDIAN HOLY FUCK

[@rayvenrubi]

IKR ASDKLG,JHKLJ

[@greyfurns]

its super cute just seeing the cursor move about

[@HanyouDeezNutz96]

I'm Happy Everyone Is Alive Here, This Universe Is Nice.

[@mxcascade]

49:48 Dirk definitely knows what Candy Dirk did. Ouch

[@miles3101]

The. Fucking. Sord. Nice ending and all but by how the train was going, I was hoping the hiveswap bros would get a chance too. Also no closure on CROCKERCORP MSPAR... left for the... sequel?

[@jackcorp8478]

The director is probably the most despicable villain in homestuck metacanon.

[@frostyclouded]

i think about 49:46 a lot like i just want dirk to be happy

[@takendruid]

1:07:41 Dirk, no please- I genuinely want the director to explain because I’m interested and Eridan is my favourite troll :’)

[@pppenguig2627]

the cursor is my fav character

[@FuzBrain]

“Happy people don’t get stories told about them!” Bitch you know what slice of life is?

[@thebiolibrary5572]

So is MSPAR able to still interact with their friends now? Because the other first guardians had corporeal forms in the universe.

[@deadlyadder2330]

i actually ended up playing the route myself because i got impatient waiting for your vid on it to release oop

[@MiscEris]

did you check my channel all day? I swear youtube results were giving the piss the day it uploaded

[@unclaimedusername6608]

Friendsimp?! How do I smack a metanarriative construct?

[@whereismy6ox214]

мышка жестко флексит один час двадцать четыре минуты двенадцать секунд, пока мы дружимся с Дирком

[@deactivated399]

Hauntswitch Friendsim when?

[@eridanampora3024]

IKR

[@cristillex6021]

that was wid

[@willowoodz]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I GOT TO THIS POINT OF BINGING IN LESS THAN A WEEK FINISHING THE VIDEOS HALFWAY THROUGH FRIENDSIM TO HERE. quarantine got me fucked up man

[@littlegayboy45_]

FFUCK IM NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EMOTIONALLY ATTACKED LIKE THIS AT 6 AM WITH NO SLEEP

[@0whatman]

we really need a third story of this where everything will be alright and we just get to meet all the other characters we didnt in this like beta trolls, the cherubs, heck, maybe even 2busy4you and fedoraFreak and maybe they could even pull of a vast error and let fan made characters come in but instead of trolls humans as other humans played sburb haha also this will basically be 2 versions of 2 universes and 1 version of another fused into one weird bubble of reality so it'll be interesting

[@brakpak]

yea i was thinking about that like what if the reader decides to go socialize around and meets some random kid named Rick lol

[@SomethingProbablyNothing]

What a journey

[@SC4RRL3TT]

When the orange text appeared on screen I almost fuckin screamed. If that's who I think it is (which i won't say for the sake of epilogue deniers) holy fucking shit they really went all out of on this one, the text i mean. Is that what it looks like to everyone else? I always wondered when they used their narrative powers to guide and/or misdirect people is it like "wait what am i doing and why am i doing this?" I suppose John was a good representation of this with his "wait that's something i would say" and "why would i think that?" Anyways, that's really fuckin cool 28:28 edit: 30:24 ) oh. Well damn, I always assumed Ep. Dirk was pretty average body-wise, I always knew that he was definitely in shape. But I didn't think he was that fucking swole holy shit. This dude could probably pretty well against The Rock in a fight. damn, now that i know what he looks like all the shit Dirk did in the epilogues are funny as fuck this is a dude who just had a daily habit of cutting his head off and asking his brother to put it back on now i wanna see what everybody else looks like

[@heyhelloitsmilo]

did anyone else find themselves simping to dirk? just me? oh ok...

[@met4960]

HAPPY 413

[@DokterKaj]

Dayum how did you even figure out to click the Reader?

[@MiscEris]

accidentally

[@sophiehelena6737]

where?

[@MetaKaios]

Their colour changed when the mouse hovered over them.

[@sailtheship4309]

i think candy dave stinks realllyyyy badddd

[@peepisalemon]

i love dirk sm

[@NlSETSUMURI]

why is this related to lemon demon? is dirk secretly neil cicierega,,?

[@MiscEris]

I have no idea

[@wolfbeam9169]

the sord is magnificent

[@jenny_azoth]

t h e m a i l g o e s i n t h e b o x

[@karlamontserratruizdiaz9210]

can someone tell me... what does the ending of the epilogue means??

[@ogjew72]

It means that it is a timeline of it's own. It is separated from the alpha timeline. This is MSPAreaders universe now. I believe this universe is where hiveswap takes place.

[@NashiEmilie]

@@ogjew72 hiveswap take place before all of this (but same time as friendsim, In the 90's), it may have it's own timeline or be part of the original one, it all depends on if mspar action can be seen in the next act or not.

[@silphy_]

holy shit

[@Anonymous-vn8ik]

Love OxfordRoulette's decisions for the presentations.

[@nataliem5425]

47:03 :')

[@marinaratherobot]

lost my shit when unite synchronization started playing. also beatdown used for ult dirk was a great choice too

[@andie.3632]

Holly Molly.

[@AlchemizedGold]

This was so fucking good

[@pistachio2x4b]

ok three words w h a t t h e f u c k

[@ijohn3i870]

cool story ;o

[@witchBoi_Connor]

I forgot how great Dave is oh my Gog

[@grizlo6716]

god what a way to end pesterquest, with the writer calling themselves the director and marysueing their way into the story as the most powerful being. i know hes probably tired of the story he wrote but god i miss hussie, things were better with hussie, no monolith sized walls of orange text, no random character shifting based on head cannons, just an author and his story

[@guardiantiem1875]

Felt this

[@garnetcookley2012]

you must not remember homestuck very well. hussie did all of those things.

[@BurnBluefireK]

I can never tell if statements like these are serious or super self aware jokes. I guess I'm laughing either way lmao

[@unclaimedusername6608]

We all miss hussie. Man I can't forgive how they did Roxy dirty.

[@mibukdesjarlais534]

Hussie literally did all of those things you just mentioned so don't even....😂

[@jenny_azoth]

is it just me or is the MSPA Reader the Heir of Space?

[@offthewallscrazy]

but what happens if u put the mail in the sewer again? does the whole story just start back where it began?

[@MiscEris]

Yeah the program just closes itself

[@offthewallscrazy]

@@MiscEris oh cool