[Pre-Scratch] Homestuck - Moonsetter Extended

[@FormThisWay]

This is a song that did everything right. It sounds really happy, but it betrays itself slightly ever so often and you hear the sadness in every note.

[@jackrutledgegoembel5896]

Form This Way It's like it's trying to sound happy, but it's depressed.

[@sollenavion2119]

Betrays itself... lovely wording. Perfectly describes me! No wonder I'm in love with it

[@cconbbon]

*glances at the placement of the katana * Yeap

[@clumsykurisu]

I love this song

[@hate_love1250]

I cannot 'hear' the sadness in the note, more like I feel it. My ears can hear how happy it is, but when it goes over to my brain its like 'oh no thats sad'

[@nikieetapia]

It took me 3 years. 3 y e a r s To realize where that Katana is...

[@finnianblackbutler7910]

+nikieetapia what? wait- O H.

[@fuckoff8317]

it took me about a half-hour but that's just me i just stare at pictures to see if there's any easter-eggs about.

[@fuckoff8317]

Karkat Vantas okay, i'll look for them.

[@ditokoent]

Nice seeing you, bro.

[@fuckoff8317]

What?

[@Kaffeeisresting]

- Listen the music. - Notice the katana. - Think that he just put it down. - Few hours later, notice the shadow and notice that the katana is stabing the shadow. - Cry. - Then see that Toby fox made the music so just wonder how he can be so talented.

[@lightninghedgehog5963]

Stabbing. Two "B"s.

[@Kaffeeisresting]

+Lightning Hedgehog Ouh, I didn't knew D: English is not my first language so it is not perfect, sorry ^^;

[@lightninghedgehog5963]

It`s alright. sorry for pestering. I`m usually just annoyed when it`s someone who has English as their first language or only speaks English but I can never really know that over the internet.

[@Kaffeeisresting]

It's alright, I understand. a lot of people write in english on the internet, so i guess that i is difficult to know! bu thank's for telling, I won't do that mistake again c:

[@maskedStranger999]

Lord English is a fearsome foe.

[@daddynaruto825]

i feel like if nostalgia had a sound, it'd be this like wow bless this song

[@anon_is_typing]

+Swaggie Tyrone NOSTALGIA. That's the word I'm looking for. Thank you.

[@danishqureshi8583]

being a person who literally just started Homestuck a couple months ago and is only at act 6 act 2, I think Karkat's theme is the most nostalgic tbh. or the Mental Breakdown song.

[@kirarin8275]

Ikr :'(

[@geirokkuii5707]

@@danishqureshi8583 descend is the most nostalgic for me

[@neetsmegma5143]

lotsa years later, it really is nostalgic lol... im re-exploring homestuck yt about 6 years after i dropped it, and its maken me feel stuffs

[@erikac.3121]

Okay so a lot of people have pointed out the sword (pun not intended) but look at the stars in the background. There are three of them. Light blue, pink, and green. im sorry

[@endmiee35816efqe]

Erika C. Explain?

[@erikac.3121]

Aidan G. Light Blue (jane), pink (roxy), and green (jake)

[@NimbusLightest]

Aww...I am very, very late but that is so sweet. Thanks for pointing that out for us.

[@ohitsblockbusterguy7466]

I never noticed that before, the shadow always had my attention. Thank you for pointing it out, i really appreciate it.

[@davestrider2766]

Le gasp!

[@kingstondaking7877]

I can only imagine what it would be like to hear this song as an og homestuck fan All of those memories, downloading pesterchum, fantrolls, conventions, retcons, cosplays, animations, mspfas, everything There's so much that I couldn't experience with the old fandom. Skaia has a plan for all of us though, I'm so glad to be starting my modern homestuck journey with my friends, despite the fandom's current state

[@miojosus]

whoa

[@gempietra9603]

As a long time hs fan who was part of the "old fandom" I just wanted to say thank you for keeping SBURB alive, instead of getting my hs serotonin from upd8s I now get it whenever I see new fans. You can never truly leave the homestuck fandom, no matter how little I interact with the fandom it will always be at the very centre of my heart. But knowing that there are still new fans means a lot. Makes me want to paint myself grey and reread everything all over again🤣 The fandom might not be what it was but hs has always been constantly evolving, I started reading in 2014 during the gigapause (holy shit nearly a decade ago), I never felt like I was part of the "old fandom" then and I always wished I'd been apart of it from the beginning, but who knows what Hussie has planed next in his weird little head. In a decades time it might have been revived again and then you'd be considered part of the old fandom too, what really matters is that you went on the insane journey ❤

[@Iryldrith]

this might be the wrong place to share this but i feel this on an almost gut wrenching level i started reading homestuck just after the final act 7 page released in early 2016 and by that point the height that the fandom was once at had faded away, and i had a desire for a long time that maybe if i had just gotten into hs a few years eariler they i could have seen all the popular amvs as they were coming out and participate in the fandoms theory crafting of what was gonna happen next, and wait for the hype of the next big flash page now 6 years later that ive aged and my tastes have changed a lot im left with very complicated feelings on homestuck, i dont think its good but i like it; i cant reccomend it, but i want my friends to read it, etc. but no matter what my feelings on hs are, my feelings on all the content around it will never change,, you dont need any context to understand the beauty of the blue lips amv, or appreciate this energetic comfort of this song. im not sure how i feel about a somewhat poorly pased, dense as hell, glorified coming of age story, but i couldnt hold all the music, and art, and fan projects that came from it in higher regard.

[@maloryware]

i haven't been around since the genesis of the webcomic, but i started keeping up with it around 2015 all the fan content being pumped out back then made this one of the most satisfying communities i've ever had the pleasure of participating in this song fills me with nostalgia in a positive sense, it doesn't make me feel sad that it's over, but happy that it happened i'm not interested in reading hs2 anymore, i've mostly moved on from my attachment to the webcomic, but i'll forever remain a part of the community, and i hope newcomers feel welcome and at home with us, be it in the genesis project, pesterchum, farragofiction, mspfa, etc

[@antiCussStudio]

oh i just realized, sunslammer, moonsetter

[@luminantAegis]

Sunsetter and Moonshatter too!

[@antiCussStudio]

and moonsweater. By any chance were these songs written by toby fox? He does alot of remixing XD

[@corrucyst]

It is indeed written by Toby Fox!!

[@mariahd2460]

I just realized. that picture is foreSHADOWing to his later death.

[@CookieFonster]

+memes tbh earler*. thats dirk up there, and his pre-scratch self died some time before dirk existed.

[@theminecraftian3831]

I saw that before any of the coments, does this spoil the story or somthing? I'm still clueless as to what homestuck is (I know it's a Web comic)

[@jakeenglish9258]

+TheMinecraftian Its.. Well.. Ugh. It doesnt really spoil much of anything, just your happiness when it is torn from you, crushed like your heart will soon be just for Hussie's entertainment. But dont worry about it! Its a lovely thing to read. Im sure you would enjoy it :D

[@andy2005roberts]

+Jake English im still angry with hussie making me experience the troll romance thing... the horrors... the horrors

[@jakeenglish9258]

+Andrew Roberts Indeed.

[@crowfrost5851]

I hAVE HEARD THIS SONG SO MANY FUCKING TIMES AND I NEVER KNEW IT WAS HOMESTUCK

[@WiltarrowMain]

Macha Frost Where have you heard it?

[@Kelzo.]

thumbflex Sounds like a song from Animal Crossing

[@crowfrost5851]

I have heard it in MMDs, definitely. i feel like somewhere else though. i was in the homestuck fandom when i watched them, though.

[@___1059]

Macha Frost SAME OH MY GOSH!! XD

[@dove1941]

ME TOO, OR AT LEAST ME WEEKS AGO, I AM NOW MADLY IN LOVE WITH HOMESTUCK

[@nicolecollins4320]

this song and the art are just so bittersweet. block out the shadow of dirks betaverse self's final moment and its a sweet painting in a cute art style. but then theres the tragedy behind him. he's unaware of it. the song itself... at first the song, strongly in its rhythm, especially that of the accompanying piano, seems so cheery. yet when the song comes together with all its different aspects, theres a melancholy and almost nostalgic sorrow. even the title. moonsetter. oh the emotional cocktail this creates. the kind that makes you cry and smile at the same time. i feel a nearly nauseating sadness in my stomach, threatening to make me cry at any given moment should i allow it to. but theres a happiness in my heart. this piece is so beautiful. its so beautiful and so fucking sad. the conflicting emotions. nearly enough to make a fucker puke! okay actually no throwing up because of feelings would be stupid stupid dumb but i wasnt being figurative with that "nauseating sadness" bit. >.

[@clutterArranger]

yeah. its both motherfucking things at same time

[@IceCreamSplat]

Nicole Collins tHIS COMMENT DESCRIBES PEFECTLY WHY IT'S SO SAD, THANK

[@ChocolateWolf100]

You're a poet and you didn't even know it. No, but, actually tho, you explained in perfectly. Byoutiful.

[@Meman50000]

Nicole Collins You also missed the fact that the sword being in his heart reflects the pain he's endured, with all the Jake struggles and his own identity issues. The song kind of shows this better. It's not so much that Dirk is unaware, it's that there's a parallel intended between Dirk's emotions, and Bro's fate in the Betaverse.

[@nicolecollins4320]

Meman50000 Okay WOW thanks for the tears.

[@dylanketcham6114]

This sounds like the music that would play late at night in a city. You're walking down the street with someone you know, or even strolling along alone. The hustle and bustle of the evening are dying away as shops close. It's a song of parting at the end of a day, or spending the last moments of moonlight dancing in the streets. It's a lullaby for the world.

[@laurnborne3830]

I will award you a comment for you my friend. I get sad when a lonely aged comment appears. 5 years with no comment s underneath it, now that is sad

[@N0glin]

one could perhaps say the faint echo of a melody dancing through the still night air

[@chocolatepopsicle5834]

Poetic isn't it

[@Monobear]

I remember seeing a comment on either this one or the other Moonsetter video that said "why do homestucks cry over the happiest songs wtf" or something along the lines of that. Well, when i first got into HS it was a hard time in my life and let me just say because of that comic i met some of the best people in my life, got into cosplay, felt an interest in something when i wasn't willing to notice anything anymore, and well to shorten this up, the comic made me happy even though everything else going on was shitty. This is one of those songs that i associate with that period of my life because it just made me so damn happy. I'll admit, to this day i cry over homestuck every now and then, as silly as it is to say. Obviously, i'm not as into it as i was before, but regardless it'll always hold a special place in my heart.

[@rintezuka7599]

and how do u feel about homestuck now 6 years later

[@linkmariokirby7373]

Normal person "NOOO MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IN THIS BOOK DIED" Me: "get used to it. (single tear)"

[@tropicshibui9089]

same

[@Goonchtastic]

+LinkMarioKirby Gaming Jon Snow, Jon Connington, etc

[@linkmariokirby7373]

Now after [S] Collide: dirk why

[@salt8548]

+LinkMarioKirby Gaming dirk's died like 3 or more times already jfc DIRK GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

[@linkmariokirby7373]

Dirk: Death Count - Once as Bro, whilst fighting Dog Jack; Once in Collide, by removal of head (also broken sword courtesy of Dave); and basically once more, probably the worst, in GAMEOVER, by fading into the glitches.

[@rizkiiro]

Now. The song. Picture of Dirk. Katana on his shadow. Bro's death. Excuse me while i go lie on my bed.

[@rizkiiro]

Of Depressions.

[@keaton5101]

bed of depressions..... memory foam?

[@rizkiiro]

No,it's a bed where i felt all the depressions in the past.

[@rizkiiro]

I always love to waste my spare time to be depressed on a bed

[@keaton5101]

oh my fuck how does youtube comments not understand that i make jokes i dont mean literally you _fucking fucks_

[@Snowfireblues]

If life was a 15 minute film I'd love to have this playing in the background

[@St0nek]

SnowFireBlues 16 minute

[@cdscissor]

@@St0nek 15 minute. That extra 54 seconds is for the title card and end credits.

[@luminantAegis]

Congratulations Moonsetter on your 413,000th view!

[@larslysko3886]

Most of those views may be me

[@dimensionalDownfall_DD]

Yo, them views though.

[@goldenndayys]

a) a shit load of those views are me b) its now at 420,198 c) bLAZE IT

[@sofiagarnica9475]

c lol

[@DeGroteLaaf]

I've only recently began adding views, so I'm sure the three of us can give it a big 'ol boost

[@polarfarina2726]

Person: Why do you get so emotional about Homestuck? Me: Every single character dies. Person: But that happens in a lot-- Me: At least once. Person: They die... More than once? Me: I can only think of a couple characters that only die once, actually. Most of them die over and over. And over... and over... OH WHHYYY HUSSIE Person: .... um

[@luminantAegis]

+Cassie Matteson "YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND. I LOVED THEM. I LOVED ALL OF THEM."

[@teaganp964]

that's so true its scary... XD

[@darkocelot7342]

+Cassie Matteson Yet they're all afraid of double-dying, when people die way more than that :P

[@eddieisagirl9799]

+luminantAegis RIGHT

[@funkdungus839]

+Cassie Matteson tbh it gets kinda old knowing that none of the characters can actually die.

[@Zoroark7]

Ah...such bittersweet. It evokes those sweet pains and bitter glories of the older times. The childhood memories, the prideful victories, the sorrowful defeats, the punishing humiliations...like a puppet show of the four humors reenacting your life story for you to reminisce within and from beyond. Such beautiful phantasmagoria...such innocent melancholy. It causes one to simultaneously look behind, and look onward...without ever turning around in the first place, or ever intending it. Truly mystical, and miraculous. Now...may I ask... ...what does it hold for *you*?

[@chetahmoon2009]

:/ I'm just here for the song. Not for a rant. But good job tho.

[@ZaqZiemba]

I know I’m six years late and all that but... good comment

[@erisolandmore9703]

As much as I love this song, it’s so heartbreaking to hear. It’s heartbreaking for the webcomic I love so much with the characters to adore. But it’s also hard to listen to when I would put this on and Cosplay trolls with my friend who showed me Homestuck. He unfortunately passed, and despite it being a few years I always miss him.

[@OrlandoSilence]

then you realized that this music was made by Toby Fox.

[@edgymceggers8811]

DAMMIT TOBY!!!!! YOU BEAUTIFUL SONG WRITER YOU!!!!!

[@yellyokocactifax2106]

sTAHP BING EVUWHR

[@camiiisado]

... SO THAT'S WHY THIS REMINDED ME OF "SNOWEY"

[@ToastieStrudel]

+Blah bro

[@OrlandoSilence]

Ruby SP ?

[@FaceImplosion]

Homestuck is still almost completely alien to me. However, due to this music I heard on a server, I am now embarking my Homestuck journey. I can tell it's going to be loooonggg. This track has me hooked.

[@scrungle6521]

How's it going so far?

[@mgb117]

What act are you on now?

[@FaceImplosion]

Act 3, at the Peregrine Mendicant.

[@mgb117]

+FaceImplosion oh cool. It gets way better, trust me.

[@krimsonkarma8412]

FaceImplosion -Join us-

[@Samookely]

I'm so happy my favorite homestuck song went with such a happy flash omg :')

[@artisticaperture846]

I like ice cream ikr

[@artisticaperture846]

Denise Kanagalingam The Vriskagram flash

[@artisticaperture846]

Denise Kanagalingam np

[@akimorii2101]

Denise Kanagalingam It was the Vriskagram intermission 5 act 5 c;

[@akimorii2101]

Toriel Dreemurr Undertale

[@flom9860]

I nearly cried when I thought "wait this is the song for bros death" and then saw the shadow of Dirk. This picture is my new favorite homestuck drawing. Screenshotted this pic. The music didn't make it better.

[@chaolinpescain]

Happy and sad at the same time,I can't think anything that can make me feel that.

[@devenlg7379]

Same here. The feels are strong here.

[@mariabonta84]

Same here. My feelzz.....

[@tenyteny5025]

R.I.P Bro Strider

[@atomicx5]

The fact that most of my direct family plays an instrument that is played in this song (Cello, Piano, Violin) just makes me feel even more nostalgic about this, for some reason. In the future, I can imagine myself listening to this while sitting on the roof of some building, staring at the stars. Even farther in the future, I can see myself, after the death of a loved one, listening to this to mourn. This is just how I see myself with this song. At the same time, I can hear it being the happiest song I've ever heard, like it's Christmas morning and this song plays. It's a happy-sad mix, and the song follows whatever emotion you want it to follow.

[@Shadow-hl1dl]

tfw you realize that katana... rip

[@voidsoda]

yerp dude it took me so long to get that the spot was yeah .... you get it.

[@jamesamala7371]

Oh gods... I just saw. Hidden feels.... You never know when they'll strike.

[@jacecockrell4640]

this song feels like the beginning of quarantine for me, i was so happy that i could just stay in my home doing whatever i want, but i knew it was going to be depressing, but i ignored that fact. slowly loosing my friends and hobbies, i just get left with laying in bed, doing nothing. its sad, yet sounds so beautiful seeing myself decay. as one random person from a different comment section said ¨depression gets comfortable in a weird way, its very inviting.¨

[@Reyalty]

this song will always make me cry i listened to it whenever i came home from homestuck meets and conventions i listened to it readin all the updates back in 2012 i listened to this when homestuck was in its hayday and i was madly in love with everything about the comic now im just sort of. sad about it ending

[@ingaknudson783]

Rey deep

[@KorenGreenberg]

dw, hiveswap is coming up. salvation is upon us

[@Reyalty]

you say that but ive been waiting since 2012 does hiveswap even exist at this point

[@visku_flores]

every now and then i still tune in to this channel to keep me company during studying hours, im very grateful these videos are still around - we've been study buddies for many years, and soon I'll get a bachelor's degree! :)

[@ghostytrickster8458]

congrats! and me too! been listening to this since the start of middle school, and now I'm halfway through my bachelor's! oh how time flies ;')

[@brunchcorpse6025]

I dont know why but this song really depresses me. Its like the song is trying to happy but it cant... I hope sombody understands DX

[@Mochi_Waffles]

I do. Its like someone dancing in the moonlight

[@brunchcorpse6025]

yes exactly, kinda :)

[@randomtwist]

Lilly Sutch Like being alone in an amusement park.

[@brunchcorpse6025]

thats one way you could think of it! :D creepy

[@Quario]

To me it kind asounds like relaxing a bit and taking a break during a warm night with full moon, after a really hard day/week, trying to be calm down and relax, even if you have everything under control but at the same time you know that things are getting out of control, and that they may and will get worse than how they are now, but you can't let your guard down on those things, or everything will really be lost. Pretty much like the last time you will be able to relax, clear your mind and take a break before something big, unevitable and bad happens. Something that you will be taking part of and that will make you put all your effort into solving it, to get to the best possible conclusion from it. As you keep taking your last break, you sometimes think that no matter what you do, everything is already lost. You also think that only you can fix it, that it all depends on you, that you are important and vital. That is how Moonsetter makes me feel, quite a good soundtrack to listen while studying for exams. It has that sad touch even if it also sound happy, but it also makes me feel motivated in stuff. Also, this should be Dirk's theme.

[@skillset9912]

Here's a funny story about this song. No, I did not read Homestuck so please don't kill me. It was the summer of 2020 when I first listened to this song. It sounded so nostalgic yet it was the first time I had heard this song. It had instantly become my favorite. Also that summer, I managed to get to be friends with my crush. We became good friends as we would talk to each other almost every day. It was then that she stopped talking to me. I revisit this song every once in a while to have the memories of that humid, warm summer flow back to me. This song brings me great pain and great joy. I love this song.

[@ShameTooShame]

Own :) such a sweet story! i hope you and your crush are doing well. also give homestuck some try if you like the albums :P it's pretty confusing but really fun.

[@grapevape44]

oh

[@skillset9912]

@@ShameTooShame She doesn't talk to me anymore. One day I complimented her jacket, but it never went past that. Thank you though.

[@avivaodintz540]

This video helped me focus on studying for so many final exams.

[@usmckyuubi3177]

it was suiting that they used this for vriskagram because this is the kind of music you would browse the internet at night with

[@dum8216]

I can feel the Toby with this one.

[@lannahcora6471]

plans for quarantine: listen to moonsetter until i inevitably bawl my fucking eyes out

[@aubreyjarvis4759]

This is the song that you hear when you realize you have simultaneously left the good old days, and that you also are in the good old days.

[@freyathedragon899]

In a D&D campaign I wrote, I made this the song for this literal Heaven On Earth place, literally called Moonset. Every character the players killed were there, living happy lives compared to the apocalypse they just came out of, where everyone was mutated and killing each other. This was where the final battle is fought, with all the characters of Moonset uniting together with the player characters to fight this evil god bent on obliterating the planet just to spite his dad.

[@kaichristian4131]

so the souls that resided there were moonsetters?

[@nutball3756]

that sounds cool as fuck

[@an_entity7]

When you realize that katana spot-- and you realize this song is made by Toby Fox

[@luminantAegis]

+Black Coffee Cat Toby didn't make the art.

[@an_entity7]

luminantAegis i meant the song--

[@mrsmacabre]

OH GOD WHY TOBY! I JUST NOW THOUGHT OF THAT!

[@avidarois5505]

rip geo 2016

[@mrsmacabre]

Avid Lepidopterist XD

[@insiider5939]

im in pain i just finished homestuck im i cant stop crying

[@moon-em8td]

so much pain....

[@crispychichen]

If someone played this song and said this was a decade old, I wouldn’t believe them. And the cover art is really pretty

[@grabyjones720]

Never read Homestuck and I made myself cry over what I think this song's about.

[@grabyjones720]

Looked it up. Not nearly as cool as I imagined it to be.

[@AJb-bm1ir]

Homestuck is kinda boring for the first few acts. I definitley thought the same as you when my friend showed it to me. It was so boring I forgot about it for over a year then I found some Homestuck music and remembered it, so I started reading it again because the music was really good and the flash animations were really good. Act 4 and 5 are when the comic starts to get really good, and past that is much better.

[@Pinkerypal]

what did you think it was about?

[@rev418]

Graby Jones What did you think about?

[@grabyjones720]

... love.

[@DepressedOptimist]

_i dont even watch homestuck why am I here_ _this is good music tho_

[@luminantAegis]

sure is

[@tinatooker9303]

+Depressed Optimist Everytime I listen to this All I can think about is Ask-2p!- England Whoops

[@puppydoll]

By the way, homestuck is a webcomic, you don't necessarily watch it, but it's okay, simple mistake. Nothing to fret about.

[@DepressedOptimist]

_oh sorry!_

[@chromaphasia453]

+LeoRising actually colabHQ has most of homestuck up to watch, narrated and everything

[@artisticaperture846]

YAY ANDREW FINALLY USED MOONSETTER IN THE COMIC

[@i.j.dragonfly3123]

Hey, that's a really cute pic-- OHGODPLEASENOICAN'TTHEFEELSTHEYHURT

[@marienorris3479]

I know... I'm tearing up a bit. The picture looked cute at first but then you realize where the katana is... ouch... my heart...

[@princedino7396]

+Candlechaser Oh my God o.o no....no...NO... DIRK....OH NOOO!!!

[@gabienikekerov9012]

*foreshadowing intensifies*

[@anxiousartist7401]

This song is so cute!

[@anxiousartist7401]

OMG I JSUT REALIZED WHERE THE KATANA WAS OH MY GZD NOOOOO

[@StellarDrag0n]

DoX

[@DivinitysDaughter]

uuuugggghhhh i always CRY and i always SMILE when i hear this AAARRRRGGGHHH WHHHHYYYY THE FEELS AND THE PICTURE. AND DEATH. AND DIRK!!!

[@applepi2010]

tbh i always cry when i see this

[@Suz_99]

This song just makes you feel better. No matter how depressed i feel... if i listen to this song it just lifts my spirits. I love homestuck and the music so much. Been around since it first came out and i'm happy i got to grow with it

[@cyberwolfy37]

what's more sad is that this music reminds me of my old pokemon game, like the music that played after you beat the elite 4 and the credit is rolling while you see scene of your adventure.

[@laurnborne3830]

Whats the song called?

[@RABBIDGamfan]

I think that in another life, I would have been obsessed with Homestuck.

[@laurnborne3830]

Why not this life tho?

[@JGT-yd2wx]

Its not too late, use the unnoficial homestuck collection and join r/Homestuck

[@thesuffering0412]

Is it sad that I noticed the 'thing' right away? I guess it means I have a keen eye for finding things?

[@Majoridox]

No. Its sad cause the 'thing' is. ;_;

[@EddieBrockFan]

Same profile pic bro!!

[@nickbowling9383]

I can't pin it down. Everything about this song is happy but something just seems heartbreakingly sad. Does anyone have any idea why this is.

[@TheCooro]

Nick Bowling I feel like the song has such a happy and nostalgic feel that you become sad because you're remembering happier times. Or at least that things may get better but will never be as perfect as they were. Its the feeling of saying goodby expressed through music.

[@sparks-nk5bi]

Holy crap I was thinking the exact thing!😱

[@bendemare5270]

maybe because theres a lit of accord in minor ? idk,didn't check

[@astroceleste292]

THE KATANA

[@ashleybyrd2015]

Maybe the real heartbreakingly sad aspect of the song was the friends we made along the way...

[@NekoAngelz]

I'm not a homestuck anymore but, this song stays with my heart.

[@CerberusConstellation]

Once a homestuck, always a homestuck. You'll see a rainbow and think of a blood bath.

[@fenrirtheworldeater4090]

ThIs AcTuAlLy BrInGs JoY tO mY hEaRt.

[@xxxmarisarodusky]

Mine too. 8]

[@kinziemercury8797]

I'm sorry but your picture is just

[@xxxmarisarodusky]

Heuheuheu.

[@fenrirtheworldeater4090]

Roxy Lalonde now it does.

[@SaRaHcRoC23]

This song can never be long enough

[@taylorc9992]

of all the things that are not ok the picture takes the frickin cake

[@dragonfeather8786]

The katana nooooooooooooo

[@ItchyPeenar]

Someone who likes Homestuck I haven't finished it yet so what does it mean?

[@dragonfeather8786]

Gast3r Mastur You sure you wanna spoil it for yourself?

[@ItchyPeenar]

Someone who likes Homestuck I dunno maybe

[@ItchyPeenar]

Someone who likes Homestuck as long as it isn't a huge spoiler or an essential to the plot then im fine with it.

[@dragonfeather8786]

Gast3r Mastur Look at the shadow. Look at the sword.

[@nunya5548]

What if this is actually played by Jade, Rose and John to be sent to the alpha kids by Dave? And they are basically trying to tell them that they believe in them and that they love them even if they can't be there (or end up dying before the Alpha session). It was so sad that John started to cry while playing because he knew the whole grandpa/nana situation. ((I'm gonna go cry in the corner now...))

[@DynamicWolfz]

You..you just broke my feels.

[@nunya5548]

badbadfatcat 81 I apologize, friend

[@Briesuke]

Never read Homestuck once, but I’ve always respected it because of the music both the series and the fans put out, and this has gotta be one of my favorite pieces from Homestuck. Just 3 instruments, creating such a beautifully made melody that just seems so nostalgic and makes you want more for something that you don’t even know about.

[@dmfyre]

I can't say how many times I've come to this video just to sit and listen while doing home or schoolwork, or when really stressed. It's just so tranquil.

[@berry_farm]

When i showed this to my friend, she screamed OMG ITS MY FAVORITE TROLL!!! I said who? She said THATS THE LIBRA TROLL RIGHT? DIDNT SHE STAB THAT PERSON THATS WHY SHE HAS THE SWORD IN THE SHADOW. i slapped her so hard.

[@kirbykinnie3691]

+Nepeta Megido oh my god

[@berry_farm]

+Jake English screeee

[@berry_farm]

+Jake English I frickin love jake

[@kirbykinnie3691]

Kates Dogs and jake loves you

[@berry_farm]

+Jake English : D

[@technoeevee6969]

Oh Dirk... Sweet Sweet Dirk... Where did it all go so wrong?

[@stardivinity4112]

The shadow and the sword in the ground and it's on the shadow. FEELS EVERYWHERE

[@jessywessy5196]

this has toby fox written all over it ...ಠ_ಠ

[@-TSApril-]

I am generally a kind of a person who needs silence to sleep and this music is so calming that I could sleep while listening to it and have the best kind of dreams possible. (I usually have nightmares.) I just love this music so much... It is so calm, nice... It helps me with stress too.

[@astrobat5758]

I never knew how much I needed this song in my life until I listened to it

[@Snowfireblues]

I thoroughly enjoy the upbeat yet elegant feel there is to this song. also congrats on the loop, I can't even tell when it loops.

[@ireneqiao1183]

When I hear this I think of a bright moon in a clear night sky (the viola) and the stars pulsing whimsically (the staccato piano).

[@seanrheams5261]

that might not be what I see but I get the exact same feel

[@angelramirez171]

haha viola?? are you serious???? xD omg best laugh I've had in a while. It's not even a cello, no. This is a double bass dude...

[@ireneqiao1183]

Angel Ramirez I'm glad that you've had a good laugh. Are you sure it's a double bass? It doesn't sound like one to me. But what do I know? I just play the violin.

[@ireneqiao1183]

Angel Ramirez Actually it's a viola and a cello. :) I was partly right. On the Homestuck bandcamp site the credits say "featuring Samm Neiland on viola and Clark Powell on cello."

[@angelramirez171]

Gj m8, hats off to you. I can't get everything right by ear, but I did know there was a violin/viola, I just thought that you meant both were the viola. My bad.

[@seanrheams5261]

this song is one of the only songs I can listen to repetitively for eternity and not get tired of and its like it makes you want to dance in your seat and cry at the same time its beutiful

[@nightmarebear7880]

I finally found out why everyone cries at this. Because Homestuck, man. Because Homestuck.

[@CubedCubone]

I meant Beta Dirk (Dave's Bro)

[@damienlikestoes]

nah its cause i miss home

[@Love-deluxe]

Happy tenth anniversary homestuck :D

[@SigmaMinus]

I SHED A SINGLE TEAR EVERY TIME

[@triplemelon5359]

I swear, this song brings back too many memories. back in 2013, 2015, when everything was ok.

[@cupofspiders5830]

the entire wistfulness of nostalgia condensed into a song

[@gracetower001]

despues de 8 años no pierde su magia

[@calypso3099]

you can hear the toby fox in this song

[@Awalys]

Holy Jegus, why do people in Homestuck fandom get sad about every single song they hear? Even the happiest ones?

[@coolowlman]

Well see the point of this song was to be happy and sad at the same time and well they did it!

[@berry_farm]

Hina Face cause we arent robots

[@berry_farm]

OH GOD WHY DID I BRING UP ROBOTS IN THIS SONG WHY WOW IM STUPID HIT ME IN THE FACE

[@cyberwolfy37]

+Hina Face because everybody dies.

[@TheVoicesToldMeToPutFartHere]

+Hina Face Because it's a blessing. The music is just so good we just can't help but cry. Especially this song.

[@handbanana5888]

Can anyone tell me why I get these cold sad tingles when I listen to this? It just sounds so happy but feels so sad.

[@murr1409]

That picture....your making me cry dude

[@TheThundercow]

So nostalgic that it hurts

[@akanehasumi8422]

Una vez usé esta canción para una presentación del cole. Mi profesora dijo que el trabajo estaba regular, pero me subió la nota porque dijo que la música era hermosa. El poder de Homestuck y Toby Fox. ♥

[@mariasoledad3484]

+Andrea Massa Buena elección :D

[@sparklesparkle3370]

sipi

[@asddasdasas2397]

PLOT TWIST La profesora era fan de homestuck

[@Mark-fc7tu]

It's always nice to enjoy the quiet moments with friends and family that you trust. I wonder if Dirk has ever taken a moment to ponder what that really means.

[@凸益凸-w4b]

Toby Fox is good musician, best doggo.

[@melonrue]

This song and Candles and Clockwork are like nostalgia trips. This one represents all the good memories and fun times you had, before you say goodbye to someone (possibly forever). Candles and Clockwork represents all the bad memories and mistakes I'd still repeat any day, because those memories and mistakes are a part of me and I don't want to change that. Candles and Clockwork is more mellow and grownup, with a melancholy feel towards the memories of the past, while this one is like simply enjoying the moment while it still lasts.

[@noelle429]

candles and clockwork probably feels more melancholic and nostalgic since its based around dave, and y'know having to see all his dead selves and to have to repeat something and relive that moment over and over. but moonsetter is perfectly described when just using the name of the song, 'moonsetter', because (lame ass explanation but) its like the moon is (fuck really?? wow) setting, or something good and happy is coming to an end, but dont be sad yo because it leaves you with the hope for tomorrow and the sunshine and the good parts of the day. so i guess it feels familiar in the sense that your saying goodbye to a close friend, and you dont have to worry if its your last goodbye, while candles and clockwork is more like reliving or memorizing a sad moment youve had, like deja vu. sorry for the giant word barf but i just really wanted to add this, i could even add more but id rather not waste anyones time by going too far into detail

[@Java3dition]

I haven't even read Homestuck yet, I've listened to this song for over 2 hours on a loop now its absolutely gorgeous Edit, it turned into 8 hours straight and I fell asleep to this, I'm gonna read homestuck soon

[@fireflame413]

how has this gone

[@Java3dition]

@@fireflame413 i just passed the trickster kids introduction. though its been several months since i've read, its fallen out of my interest pool. it'll come back eventually but for now im taking a break

[@fireflame413]

@@Java3dition ah. yeah that's totally fine that you're taking a break. some people are obsessed with homestuck and some peoples interest in it wavers. you've gotten farther than me, thats for sure

[@CerberusConstellation]

@@Java3dition Ah. act 6 isn't the best.

[@pawprint1]

@@Java3dition Way further than me with the amount of phases I've went through, thats for sure.

[@cosmickatt]

This song feels like setting an entire city ablaze and flying away into a warm blue sky as you're watching it fall.

[@PanthaCats]

Your life is only the most beautiful orchestra to your ears, making new notes, and tunes you've never heard before each step of the way, -JRP (Johnathon Richard Price) 2014 Came up with this whilst listening to the song. Thanks for the inspiraton!

[@kunteankyonko3521]

this song sounds so bittersweet and makes we wanna cry,,,,,,,,,,,

[@AlliyahKhalifa]

my best friend is having a mental breakdown because homestuck is over so can you guys please send him love in the comments? He can't see the keyboard through his tears. I would hug him but he's in Arizona. it's hard to hug someone in Arizona from Alaska.

[@cosmicamphibian5282]

+liahsaurus rex @your friend, sorry if im a bit late! the community's still alive and kicking, don't be sad!! there won't be any more update hype or major story developments, but you can still enjoy homestuck as a thing! theres fanmade stuff everywhere and people you can talk to or even roleplay with. i hope you're alright!!!!!

[@theextraexile4955]

thankyou so muchfjj

[@AlliyahKhalifa]

+Logan Haller ☺

[@AlliyahKhalifa]

+cosmic Amphibian thank you!!

[@theextraexile4955]

BECAUSE FUCKIN HIVESWAP GET HYPE maybe idk

[@chiptuna8292]

I have feelings of nostalgia...this reminds me of, ugh....WHY CAN'T I REMEMBER

[@angelramirez171]

This would make an amazing jazz piece...

[@nviox5720]

I didnt even know this was actually in Homestuck, like, in flash, I legit had a heartattack, a kind of emotional heart attack, when after listening to this song for so much it actually appeared in one of the cutest moments in the comic.

[@alysthemalys8435]

My sister and I adore this song and thanks you so much for this playlist!

[@luminantAegis]

I'm glad you enjoy it! c:

[@12Ang122]

I don't read Homestuck, but I have to say I love the music in it.

[@luminantAegis]

And that's the great thing about it, you don't need to know anything else to really enjoy the music.

[@derrick.t4031]

luminantAegis *cough* except that song about Dr. Scratch liking little girls :U People will think you're a pedophile real quick if they hear you listening to that.

[@MeAce]

luminantAegis but it dose help to reed homestuck, makes the person listening to the song feel attached to it in some way or another.

[@lierna8516]

james coventry when you feel attached to some of these songs it hURTS ALOT (unlabeled, mother, etc.) ;~;

[@MeAce]

Katie Scraper very true (*cough). but we can all agree that this song is one of the most peaceful song that we have ever listened to

[@artisticdolphin20]

Anyone else getting a Kirby feel from this? I can't unhear it.

[@TangyNick11]

Delightful, simply delightful

[@bjrachielug3130]

WAITING FOR THE LAST PERCENT OF HOMESTUCK TO BE MADE. AND IM JUST GETTING EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THESE GUYS MADE MY YEAR :,(

[@hansu3425]

+Bj rachielug Same here, made my year amazing. One regret I have though is just finding out about Homestuck so late.

[@bjrachielug3130]

i came near the ending of the giga pause, and its never too late :,) it was a really good comic

[@theminecraftian3831]

+Hans U What is homestuck!? why do people say read it, then they say dont

[@bjrachielug3130]

mspaintadventures.com TheMinecraftian

[@CamelliaFlingert]

how's it goin'?

[@poire-a-doxe]

I had forgotten about this... Damn, Incredible how one song can make you re-read an entire comic/part of your life

[@itjesusman]

Poire-à -Doxe same here, I just remembered this song and I used to listen to this song for a good hour or so a few years back. Damn, the memories...

[@carolinwilczek3631]

...this was in a Classical music Playlist on Spotify I-

[@Steampunk_Witch]

I absolutely love the subtle cello in the background!