[S] Rex Duodecim Angelus

Years in the making, we bring you [S] Rex Duodecim Angelus, the epic tribute to Malcolm Brown's musical masterpiece. Thanks to the efforts of dozens of artists we can finally show you what really went down when the trolls of Alternia clashed with the monstrous Black King of Derse on the crumbling Battlefield at the center of Skaia.
And even if that stuff was completely incomprehensible to you, this animation is sure to pique your interest if you have even a cursory interest in spectacular cartoon battles. If that's the case, be sure to head on to www.mspaintadventures.com and start reading Homestuck TODAY, which at the time of writing is in fact the FOUR EARTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the start of the Alternian saga!
Come visit us in this thread on the MSPA Forums: mspaforums.com/showthread.php?...
For the song itself, navigate to the Alterniabound album on Homestuck's Bandcamp located here:
homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/a...
To see where it all started you can check out these threads:
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Second thread: mspaforums.com/showthread.php?...

[@kittylovei2089]

can we talk about how a blind girl blinded the king?

[@mladen7641]

Justice is blind

[@arcanicthing3783]

Guess he didn't see it coming

[@Maxaka0007]

SYMBOLISM

[@redspear007]

terezi: "F1N3 TH3N. 1LL D0 1T MYS3LF. 1V3 H4D 3XP3R13NC3".

[@redspear007]

@Master Robotnik except for no not really

[@CALIDOR109]

> MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR LACK OF TROLL MURDER

[@pigeonlegs7738]

no because they're all asleep

[@blueberrythesansationalsan3891]

Yeah... I miss them all...

[@lakuronekobaka3951]

there a mistake, aradia is dead

[@alexritch6747]

those are droids that Equius built for her.

[@nikourban9801]

No lol

[@Fenrir502]

Equius making this monstrous compound bow and still failing to fire a single shot is the funniest shit to me

[@gj5748]

Same

[@cupofspiders5830]

he’s just too freakishly STRONG

[@xcentric_gaming9264]

D--> Happen

[@jackstriderknightoftime8560]

The cool thing is, Karkat doesn't even have any special powers of any kind, yet he still charges in first, and lands the first, while weak, still a hit, which leaves an imprint on the boss.

[@carnoyoutubeman]

His power is to be all up in a ranchorous mood all the time

[@unclaimedusername6608]

Naw next to Vriska, Karkat was probably exploiting his aspect the most even if not a god-tier. A knight exploits his aspect for offense and defense, and blood represents bonds. Karkat being the leader and drawing "First blood" is probably the best thing he could have done as a leader. Because if HE can do it, so can they.

[@gressorialNanites]

Can we talk about how he *drew* first blood? He was first, and *drew* the Blood aspect symbol on the King. With blood. You don't get to be more hardcore than that.

[@cactusc9519]

h1s power 1s r4ge sn4k3

[@molybdenumrose]

I wonder if him being the first to move against lord english was a reference to this flash?

[@doomsday3596]

love how at the end kanaya keeps changing dresses only to find them bloodstained lmfao

[@lapislazuli9126]

she's all like "Goddammit All Of These Have Bloodstains. Why? Why Is The Universe So Cruel?"

[@stevie3372]

More like "Mother of Fuck How Could I Have Been So Sloppy"

[@yayap52]

Ah Darn It It Seems I Have Gotten Blood On All Of My Clothes.

[@sapphicseas0451]

413 likes

[@xxjohngamer658]

lol

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

You can tell that this wasn't made by Hussie because no one died.

[@CannibalisticApple]

The Atomic Cherry a few Aradiabots exploded

[@jupardo7367]

The Atomic Cherry Equius dignity dies at 3:00.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

***** No one important died.

[@rainbowblastexplosion2974]

The Atomic Cherry this video is so cool

[@thefnafinspectorallgolden5612]

The Atomic Cherry well the king died

[@jacketofdiamonds]

Has anyone else noticed that in the loading screen, Karkat's icon is flashing red/gray and Aradia's is flashing red/blue, while everyone else's remains constant? Awesome reference. And TEREZI was the one who threw the pie tin that sent Gamzee into Murder Mode. Wow.

[@g.poupin1700]

Yeah, Gamzee's sober mode is something to be fucking afraid of. Unless you've master the "shuush paps" technique

[@BUGFlower413]

@@g.poupin1700 Yeah, shoosh paps fix everything... ... until he lose his mind again and throw his own ex-moirail into the lava ._.

[@g.poupin1700]

@@BUGFlower413 don't you dare bring Game Over in this. *DON'T*

[@Filipokerface]

@@g.poupin1700 Haheho. Dave dies. In Game Over.

[@thedoorman243]

wait act 6 actually happened?

[@deeznutz1329]

Karkats face after Gamzee just went apeshit on the King

[@sodadealer4244]

Deez Nutz :o)

[@haliquinn7008]

Right!😂😂😂😂

[@misteriosobow3708]

Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just want to go apeshit?

[@cat-con5849]

Right

[@vulpinecatastrophe9377]

It’s justified

[@slaterslater.]

*"WEASEL OF UNUSUAL SIZE"*

[@platenoise256]

D--> HAPPEN

[@zekeram129]

Good ol problem sleuth references

[@Chimera_VA]

Or is it the cheat from strongbad?

[@xxjohngamer658]

y e s

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

@@Chimera_VA Nah, The Cheat might have actually done something useful.

[@ArkanStrata]

I think the best part of this animation is how each character got equal chance to be a badass, and all of them pulled through on it. Most animations would just focus on one or two characters.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

|BrokenCaprices except he saved some trolls who were grabbed.

[@marsannica4143]

Two badass is libra and scorpio ;)

[@eighthpage]

BurningCaprisces tavros attempted to take out the eye, prompting kanaya to do her thing. and them when the animals were summoned tavros mind controlled them so the others could take em out

[@kevinpalmer4137]

He was also effective fighting the dersians in the lead up to the battle against the black king

[@absoluteatrocity4019]

@@caprisces6139 When watching this video over a year ago i saw a comment that explained Tavros' roll perfectly. He's a page. At this time in the comic it was widely thought that pages were support classes. Jake's super strong hope power aura and whatnot kinda eschews the whole passive page thing but it still stands. Pages are a male only class and in Homestuck male characters are usually more passive and supportive in comparison to female character. Take a mediator and passive character like Karkat compared to someone like Aradia or Vriska who both not only god tiered but pushed the story froward in many ways. Tavros played a supporting roll to the rest of his party the way a page would. Tavros filled his roll perfectly as a page. His roll may not have been as flashy or dynamic as Vriska, Kanayas, or even Nepeta but he still filled an important roll.

[@sillylittlething4097]

Other people in tests: *+ALL THE LUCK* Me on tests: *-ALL OF IT*

[@Fanotuber]

Myself: ×ALL OF IT

[@vr0c131]

Big Egg Who needs luck when your answers are 100% certain to be correct*- in white text

[@askshadowboltmoon1476]

@@vr0c131 holds right mouse to see text

[@bryan9587]

Stfu

[@necrobyte7451]

Bryan A 🔃

[@CosmosGatito]

Karkat is actually fantastic at combat, especially against such a large and dangerous foe. Despite having no special troll abilities (superhuman toughness, STRENGTH, psionics, fauna control, telekinesis) he really holds his own here. He doesn't get enough credit for how excellent he is at battle.

[@marcuscalixte4392]

Plus, WAY later in Collide, he takes out Clover, whose whole thing is being *invincible through luck.* Granted, that’s probably thanks to that bad luck computer virus from the beginning of Act 5, but otherwise, the kid can more than hold his own!

[@blakethesnake6686]

I mean he still gets his ass saved by STRENGTH but yeah he’s like Hawkeye

[@alanmiraanime]

He also got some giant balls. He's always the first to hit the big bad guys.

[@4ncientGu150]

Ehhhhh It's kinda Canon he sucks in a fight. Although we don't know ow what standard he's measuring himself against. Either way, he's no coward. He WAS ready to charge in first and was at least good enough to not be a active hindrance.

[@nuclearsynapse5319]

@@4ncientGu150 You've got to consider that ALL the trolls were combat gods. Vriska may have been the only one to hit the actual god tiers, but they all were at the tops of their echeladders and with the strongest fraymotifs possible. He doesn't have Gamzee's Juggalo strength or Vriska's bullshit luck powers but he does comparable damage to Terezi and Nepeta, at least visually.

[@isthisapikachu]

What I love is that each character had their time to shine and wasn’t focused on just one character kicking everyone’s ass while the other 11 just standing there doing jack shit.

[@kingof-eu5kx]

Dean Torelli this time it was the other way around, where 1 person (Tavros) was useless and everyone else did super cool shit

[@heavygunner4039]

@@kingof-eu5kx No. >mind controlled the animals so the others didn't get wrecked by them >charged towards the king, admittedly being knocked back but prompting kanaya to do her thing >freed vriska and eridan from the tentacles

[@virginiagonzalez9193]

Kingfof hey fucking shit tavros is a good thing, dont thing is a shit, he is helper and good character, bitch.

[@virginiagonzalez9193]

Shit, vriska is a huge bitch at the first acts.

[@zorxtom7803]

@@virginiagonzalez9193 listen man adding swears randomly to broken english doesnt make your grammar any better

[@okaythen3045]

the fact that Hussie said this was canon makes me really happy

[@clevermistakes4750]

:)

[@nickthecherryking682]

Wait... when did he say that? I don't exactly keep up with homestuck news too much... (I just finished reading through the whole story)

[@psychonoob7597]

impøssible gøner Where he says that?

[@Argletrough]

impøssible gøner Thanks for telling me that.

[@Argletrough]

impøssible gøner Ha. I can make your phone notify you to stuff.

[@StabStabMan]

Oh my god Tavros, as a Page of Breath, actually shared Breath by freeing people from the tentacles. If this was intentional then holy hell

[@Richard-jm3um]

Where?!

[@StabStabMan]

3:02

[@meemaw-lao0wk]

Stab Stab Man wait so what does this mean :O

[@nerf.ashton]

@@meemaw-lao0wk pages provide others with or create their aspect, and breath revolves around direction, freedom, detatchment, and confidence. in this case, tavros provided others with freedom, fulfilling his role as a page of breath i hope that makes sense, im not the best at interpreting classpects atm

[@cupofspiders5830]

@@nerf.ashton Seems pretty good to me

[@percival3771]

Can we appreciate how gamzee removes the head WITH A BLUNT OBJECT. he was strong enough to hit the entire head off

[@vicentevasquez9921]

as karkat said at some point, that one blown made by itself more damage than all the damage that everyone else together reach at that point.

[@KoobyDooby]

He didn’t just hit it off, he OBLITERATED it! There’s no trace of it, no sight of it flying off, not even a blood spray. It was just reduced to ATOMS from the sheer impact!

[@stormysmiles66]

Karkat's reaction after 😭😂

[@shadowpanther298]

yeah I fucking love Gamzee lol someone should calculate how much force that took, get an idea of how insanely powerful he is.

[@Tyrantlizard127]

Of course the juggalo is the strongest guy in the group.

[@Wiimitch23]

Why is everyone in the comments arguing who had a bigger role... It was a freaking group effort

[@gnostaoticanarchangautalch4225]

Vriska didnt do much actually... just kinda channeled everyone else...

[@lunarchy3102]

@@gnostaoticanarchangautalch4225 except she killed him

[@youngveggies6558]

@@lunarchy3102 First of all, killing the king at that state wasn't impressive at all, tavros could have done it without any support. Second of all, the important thing she did was destroy the king's scepter.

[@XxNo8leMikexxX]

Were arguing because that's what they would be doing after the fight

[@blehh_mae]

vriska didnt do shit she couldve killed them instantly with their luck but nah they fucking d id n t

[@stanthestegosaurus1457]

I couldn't handle Gamzee during this. XD Just outta nowhere his head just REMOVES A WHOLE HEAD and goes back to be a stoned lump. Only Gamzee.

[@vsmithsmith7848]

Gamzee *stops snorting slime for 2 seconds* .... Omae Wa Mou, Shinderu *Raining blood* Karkak: 0w0 Gamzee: *stoned*

[@Paycheck2fan]

vsmith smith lol

[@mememan2243]

Perks of being a Bard, I guess .

[@memeicusgaming2197]

It did happen in Canon because I remember karkat mentioning it on one of his self-arguing meltdowns aka memos

[@vulpinecatastrophe9377]

Only Gamzee can go this apeshit for being off his drugs

[@clothballstudios1335]

So if i'm getting this correct Karkat made the first large slash on the king's chest Terezi stabbed his eye Tavros freed Vriska and Eridan from the king's tentacles Kanaya cut off one of the kings pincer hands Equius tore out the kings tongue Nepeta made the second slash Feferi and Eridan each destroyed one of the king's wings Sollux and Aradia both lobbed a meteor at the king Gamzee cracked open the king's skull and decapitated one of his heads And Vriska destroyed his scepter and landed the killing blow.

[@femo3336]

Team work

[@rhaening]

tavros also controled the dersian animals and aradia didnt let the king do his Vast Glub and straight kill everyone

[@soapfilledpoptart]

yea.your correct

[@lucaschen6975]

The Summoner ya know i’m really confused as to why tf anyone would prototype Feferi’s monster of a lusus when that would mean that literally every imp would have the ability to annihilate every troll at the same time

[@rhaening]

@@lucaschen6975 they didnt know at that time how sgrub worked

[@pigeoncutlets8250]

I just realised what Terezi was doing. By playing up the act of an innocent, oblivious blind girl, she lowered the King's guard and tricked it into attacking her with no regard for it's safety, allowing her to drop the act and unleash a full blown assault.

[@nicefloweytheoverseer7632]

even though Terezi IS blind, she can easily hold her own in a FRIEG.

[@katie-ampersand]

@@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 She is blind, but not innocent or oblivious at all

[@nicefloweytheoverseer7632]

@@katie-ampersand ik

[@winkelmannfamily6558]

honestly, thats one of the reasons why she’s best girl

[@askshadowboltmoon1476]

Terezi uses feign, the king's defenses went considerably down. Terezi takes a hit... It's a crit the king's right head is now semi blind!

[@miagaming8959]

I just realized that the translation of the name is roughly king of twelve angels. I finally get why Eridan killed everyone. He hates angels.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Mia Gaming he’s made, or rather has aspects of, twelve Lusii.

[@volnartheunforgiving3952]

Quite sure it's referring to the sprites but alright

[@apricqt6570]

wouldnt be king of twelve angels, but king twelve angel

[@volnartheunforgiving3952]

@@apricqt6570 Okay but which one sounds like it was actually supposed to be the title at all

[@gameygeemer4142]

​@@apricqt6570In most romance languages the adjective comes after the noun, so yeah it would be King 12 Angels But properly accounting for the difference in the way that English puts words vs Latin, it would be more accurate to read it as 12 Angel King

[@lunarrepublic857]

Just love that its takes one hit from a slime pie to get Gamzee in a killing mood.

[@cat-con5849]

I know right

[@vulpinecatastrophe9377]

Gamzee: **Gets hit one motherfucking time** *So YoU'vE cHoSeN dEaTh*

[@kquote03]

dude it took one bad music video for him to SPOILER WARNING kill nepeta and equius

[@Steph-vc9ks]

Sometimes it be like that

[@g.poupin1700]

When Gamzee's mad... *just fucking run*

[@october8912]

I love how theyre personalities got worked into the whole fight, like Eridan wanting to shoot Sollux, Karkat being mad about everything, and Equius breaking his bows and stuff.

[@dramaticpotato7174]

Small things i notice that I love -Eridan getting pissed at those evil animal things and going on the shooting rampage -almost shot Sollux but he blocked it with rock -almost his Karkat, Karkat started ranting and got distracted, almost getting himself killed -Terezi threw that pie container at Gamzee, knowing that will help because of her powers -Vriska choking Eridan with his scarf, getter her distracted so they get crushed -Terezi pretending to act stupid then being a bad ass - Eridan deciding if he should shoot Sollux - Kanaya being stylish and changing her outfit the whole time -I though when the trolls that could fly helped the trolls who couldn't was really cute -Nepeta helping Terezi move before she blew up -Aradia pushing Sollux out of the way b4 he would blow up -Feferi trying to help Eridan who is slipping of the damn Lilly pad -all Kanayas dresses having blood on them in the end ): -Eridan and Sollux arguing in the end , Fef looks pissed -

[@jaybrensdal5475]

D-> Did Equius just break a STEEL BOW?

[@thehamsterkate5310]

D --> Did Equius SAVE Karkat?

[@cat-con5849]

@@jaybrensdal5475 yeah it looks like it

[@shellsoura6539]

Gamzee do

[@asc333nded]

You forgot the little smile Equius and Nepeta shared before Equius launched her at the king

[@tsunderecat413]

this sure did fool me at first when i first finished homestuck. i was like, "is this an animation i missed?"

[@kelvincreighton8407]

tsundereCat [TC] ya same

[@axatu7716]

Yea it took me a while to finally decide to watch this because I thought it was a flash that came later in the comic

[@SoupyLenny]

Same

[@hyperkitten2247]

bruh same

[@maniacAblaze]

FatBoi he still wasnt god tier though, idk if its fan made or not, probably isnt fan made tho (been a long time since i read homestuck @.@)

[@felixLucretius]

What I appreciate the most about this is exactly how perfectly it fits hussie's style and aesthetic, down to all the silly mishaps and those details. What a work of fucking art

[@dewaunwarren1]

Lucrio IKR

[@ansixi4194]

Weasel of Unusual Size

[@Confused_Master]

Add the fact that hussie made this cannon... and watch out! xD

[@aisutistoto5771]

@@Confused_Master he made it canon?!

[@ansixi4194]

@@aisutistoto5771 yes in one page they mentioned how gamzee went basically batshit insane on the king during the final battle

[@055Pedrito]

As someone who never read Homestuck, I can say that this looks pretty wacky and interesting while also watching everything happen and having no clue of what's going on. Epic

[@mr_jago2850]

Watch "After Us" an awesome homestuck animation about ancestors.

[@roninnozlo9544]

D I O

[@DecimusYna]

Ronin Nozlo J O J O

[@helrem]

​@@mr_jago2850marisaaaa

[@roninnozlo9544]

I love how nepeta’s sections have more childish instruments while equius is more regal

[@zent8324]

I love how Eridan was aiming for Sollux at first

[@psychotic.hazard_5530]

zentwii IKR

[@homestuckfan8844]

Hot profile picture

[@platenoise256]

it automatically points to him

[@skaianstars7625]

"Weasel of unusual size"

[@cake1079]

Y3-s

[@thefnafinspectorallgolden5612]

SkaianStars yyuuuuppp

[@willowids369]

SkaianStars you mean the WOUSes? Kinda like the ROUSes?

[@theheirofparadoxspace7309]

SkaianStars PROBLEM SLEUTH

[@kinwingchoi8737]

SkaianStars hahaha 😆 Weasels!

[@wahoodotwav]

i can feel that Karkat's trying not to get hurt so the others don't see his candy-red blood but when his sickle gets knocked out of his hand he immediately assumes he's gonna die so it wouldn't matter anyways (he clearly does not die here though lmao)

[@commetsftw]

Love how Karkat deals the first hit and then the rest follow. Like how the main character or leader of a team in an RPG does. Also I can see where Toby Fox got the fighting styles of the souls from Undertale now.

[@royalcomputer3780]

@@aceattorneyz8967 11 different souls, you are the 12th I think

[@adenisbored2498]

@@aceattorneyz8967 it's also wrong there were 6 souls before you making you the 7th also none of this makes sense so abandon all hope of understanding

[@bovineintervention6001]

It's the same when they fought LE. Karkat did zero damage but he lead the charge and gave everyone else the courage to attack after him. LE is one of those guys who's just so incredibly massive, muscular, and intimidating that you just instinctively hesitate to attack whenever you see him, so that took a lot of guts on his part even if he was just dreaming

[@bovineintervention6001]

@@aceattorneyz8967 oh he definitely knew what LE was all about, he was probably just attempting to God of War that shit by refusing to accept his immortality

[@nghtmrhrtc]

I'm pretty sure Toby helped with the Music for some of the scenes.

[@georgecross4100]

Remember when build grist was a thing

[@catharticcertainty7604]

haha yeah

[@1ksubswithnovidschallenge690]

Yep

[@1ksubswithnovidschallenge690]

Yup

[@krysys9703]

Remember when sylladex's were relevant

[@homestuckqueen9961]

+Karkat Vantas KaRbRo

[@Asdemo23]

Love how eridan loses it and starts shooting everywhere

[@cat-con5849]

Yep

[@whawiz]

Including Sollux but he blocks it with a meteor

[@digijade5245]

4:17 ERIDAN I SAW YOU AIM AT SOLLUX FOR A SECOND THERE

[@owlismyfavouritecolorflame2325]

then he shoots him and he blocks it with a meteor

[@digijade5245]

@@owlismyfavouritecolorflame2325 y e p

[@electri-citywatts]

i imagine it like :damnit captor stop getting in my way, i wwanted to shoot the joint, but nooo noww i havve to shoot a hole in the regulare part, goddamnit captor

[@digijade5245]

@@electri-citywatts accurate lmao

[@electri-citywatts]

@@digijade5245 by the way i meant when he was aiming at the wing, but at that part i think eridan was just firing blindly and angrily because of the horse demons the king is summoning, but i wouldn't put it past old eridan to notice sollux and take a pot shot anyway intentionally

[@camreyes1819]

My favorite little thing about the animation is that they featured each troll during their respectable "theme". It seems obvious, but you'd be surprised at how many people can't point out which song would belong to who.

[@regionuclearbonanza9795]

I was wondering about Gamzee's attack. i didn't expect THAT

[@gamzeemakara6826]

I'm all like °0°

[@yeahreyeght]

So if he had something like kanaya's chainsaw? That king would've been gone lmao

[@plasma9706]

Shuuhei Don't fuck with the clown.

[@ms.34thlife52]

Omg, if he did have a stronger weapon he would have ended the king right then and there. It was funny though.... Terezi had to hit him with a pan in order to get him to fight! (o;

[@TheCheelik]

Chucklevoodoos

[@0stuff220]

i liked gamzees attack, how the music just became honks.

[@bananaman6046]

Golden Fedora same gamzee number wahn boi

[@kayetoledo7915]

That part made me cower in fear

[@mouthwide0pen]

Actually, in the actual canon, Gamzee *is* the one who fucking killed him. Vriska got the last hit, but he stopped trying out of pure shock when Gamzee hit him.

[@bananaman6046]

i can make my name long and nobody will stop me | thats never stated his did the most damage but the black king was the one who got shocked because he was not expecting it And Vriska might’ve done the most damage because as doc scratch stated he would not bet against her in the fight against bec noir (that didn’t happen) and bec noir is far superior then the trolls black king because he is omnipotent

[@bananaman6046]

i can make my name long and nobody will stop me C H E C K Y O W F A C T S F O O

[@aloe7718]

Things I love about this -Gamzee trying to climb into Tavros's rocket -Kanaya changing outfits and being extremely elegent while she fights - Karkat ranting and almost getting killed because of it - Terezi playing dumb but being an absolute bad ass with the coin flip - Tavros using his ability to communicate with monsters - Feferi switching between tridents as she fights - Vriska switching to Godtier and then switching to a copy of mindfang - The ancestors being flashed behind everyone - Gamzee going sober then ripping off the king's head in one hit - Equius getting frustrated when his bow breaks - Nepeta fighting in a cat like way and having quick movements - Sollux and Aradia fighting side by side and Aradia protecting Sollux - Eridan almost firing at Sollux - All flying trolls saving the ones who can't fly - Karkat raking his sickle across the king's chest - Terezi having the time of her life riding the monsters - Feferi saving Eridan from falling - Gamzee and Tavros riding on his rocket chair together And so much more this was absolutely amazing when I firat watched back in 2016 out and it still is

[@vanillahibiscus486]

I love how well they represent the characters' personalities without the characters saying anything

[@ieatatsonic]

gotta love Equius and Nepeta doing the fastball special

[@SSM24_]

I'm pretty sure I've just accepted this as canon. Whenever I reread Homestuck I always watch it at the end of A5A1.

[@breakingbonezz6363]

Hussie declared it to be cannon

[@benjaminjenkins2384]

@@breakingbonezz6363 I mean, kinda, he said that they fought in this order, and later referenced gamzee's attack but he closest he came to confirming it is by saying that literally every interpretation is correct.

[@Kayriel]

@@benjaminjenkins2384 All fan trolls are also canon. They're also canonically dead. Fuckin' beast, Hussie is.

[@benjaminjenkins2384]

@@Kayriel yup. It's all cannon

[@morgankasper5227]

@@benjaminjenkins2384 always has been *HoNk*

[@GenoMaster2000]

Now. What did we al learn from this? Don't fuck with Gamzee

[@ratking3236]

ThE mOrE yOu KnOw

[@engibot8187]

oml so tru

[@jxkdl8807]

hOnK :o)

[@satanhell_lord]

0H G0D H3'S H3R3 !!!!

[@noneofyourebusiness]

Stand ur Ground Men Lol (I'm Gemini = Sollux Captor :p)

[@fnafdeclan7748]

Oh. The fact that this is a fan animation but also canon is cool

[@adenisbored2498]

honestly you gotta respect the king even when he had lost one eye lost all his powers and lost an arm he kept fighting till the bitter end

[@KingTwelveSixteen]

Oh man I just noticed that Eridan starts his shot by looking at Sollux before deciding to shoot the Black King instead of backstabbing his friend. : )

[@hamboz8976]

KingTwelveSixteen He tried to shoot sollux later, sollux deflected it with a boulder.

[@VaryaTheVillain]

+ItsThatEasy at that scene though Eridan wasn't aiming at Sollux at all, he was just shooting every enemy in range, and Aradiabots and Sol used meteorites to deflect all stray shots.

[@tentacleboi2255]

KingTwelveSixteen I think he wasn't going to shoot Sollux and he was aiming at the King. But still before you shoot calibrate the gun before fire.

[@queenie963]

@+ItsThatEasy plus he later accidently knocked Gamzee off the lily pad with one of his stray shots

[@zampettedainsetto]

Au contraire, I thought he was finding an excuse to put Sollux's life in danger by aiming at the king's wing. He made sure Sollux was close by and then shot. At least that's how I saw it

[@dragontamer1012]

I'm glad that in homestuck, we see true full anger Gamzee in all of his glory in the "GAME OVER" timeline. Now I know he's far more terrifying than he is shown to be in this video.

[@hilariomendoza1784]

Its actually sober gamzee

[@g.poupin1700]

Sober Gamzee is goddamn scary

[@AngryNerdBird]

Talk about knocking their block off.

[@Caldoric]

Tbh, this video basically hinted at his capabilities by allowing us to use our imagination. What we saw in Game Over was but a singular facet of what he could do.

[@GlobsterAGoGo]

One of my friends animated the Equius and Nepeta sequence, and I get the warm fuzzies every time I see this video bc I think back to that exciting moment when he first shared the video with us after it went live. Mad props, Rivux

[@anevenbluerjay]

I love that Nepeta fights exactly like a cat batting at a piece of string.

[@pearlfey6670]

THIS IS FANMADE??? I THOUGHT THIS WAS LEGIT, I CAN'T- THIS IS TOO GREAT

[@discontinued8062]

It is canon, however.

[@monsterprouductions7593]

ITS FANFMADE!!!!!??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@CalliePossum]

+Monster Prouductions +Pearl Fey It's also canon.

[@gestalt147]

cANON

[@monsterprouductions7593]

+joanamunson YAY!!!

[@birbs147]

Vriska has a tendency to stab people with their own weapons...

[@AnaBeatriz-eh7vn]

yeah.....

[@jazzerokami2443]

But it was Tavros's spikey shit xD (I don't know the weapon name in english)

[@naethavenir9422]

+Jazzer Okami it's called a Lance

[@uilsoum875]

so does gamzee in GAME OVER

[@akirastevens8044]

+Meldi Marvell I like it =3

[@devzy793]

I absolutely love how we don't even see Gamzee's attack. He just does it in a flash and destroys a massive chunk of the King. It really layers on to the mystery of his character. I could ramble about all the details in this animation. You can tell how much care and thought and effort was put int this from such excellent fans of the source material.

[@vesstig]

I cannot fathom a world where I didnt hang out with over 100 kids who blocked up city streets and freaked out over each update! Being a Homestuck during the haydays of the fandom was something to be seen

[@lugialover09]

It makes me sad that I missed out on all that. I didn't get into HS until late 2014 and didn't fully catch up until literally 2 days before it ended.

[@Purgator1]

@@lugialover09same. I joined the fandom last year actually. And hearing about all the crazy stories people from early EARLY in the fandom had when it was booming in popularity is so insane

[@chibidenizen4937]

I loved Kanaya at the very end when she's cycling though her clothes trying to find one without blood all over it

[@avidarois5505]

Sollux and Eridan arguing with Fef facepalming.

[@samheppner1291]

some things people don't give you enough credit on: •NAILING that gamzee expression before he started jumping towards the king. •Terezi's behavior of acting like the dumb poor blind girl before going all-badass and stabbing the king in the eye. It's really in character •Eridan's slight hesitation of aiming at Sollux before aiming at the king •That 'elegant and deadly beauty' to Kanaya that goes really well with her character and the music (also remembering that she has a wadrobifier) •Vriska being badass. Nuff said •Vriska marking out 'The End' and using her quirk. •that awesome scene of the mirages of the ancestors next to their descendants. •Those last two finishing panels with all the character- you really nailed the way they acted •using the things like 'happen' and 'botslode' •Remembering everyone's things that they do like Tavros's Rufio and Terezi's coin flipping All in all, this was an amazing animation! Edit: I actually just noticed that the mark over 'the end' is in the shape of vriska's horn. Nice.

[@Lilly-fh7re]

also note that karkat's first major attack (the big slice across it's chest) resembles the blood symbol

[@jerefied]

@@Lilly-fh7re how did you even realize that? thats clever

[@surgentgrimberg1613]

Eridan fired at Sollux in the barrage :D Meteor blocked the attack '^.^

[@jerefied]

@@surgentgrimberg1613 he was firing aimlessly. he didnt do it intentionally. the only time where eridan thought of firing at sollux was when he was about to fire. sollux and aradia were controlling them i think. correct me if im wrong

[@niccaz8213]

Ikr!! So flipping awesome

[@emmasuarez9475]

4:17 I love how Eridan definitely contemplated shooting Sollux

[@nightowl34571]

He almost did at 4:29

[@lithesra3666]

It's nice to see Karkat being a badass for once

[@isaiahsawyermoore897]

This has more views than Act 7.

[@eden-zg5qu]

Isaiah Sawyer Moore tbh, I like this more than I liked act 7

[@jacketofdiamonds]

Act 7 was also a Flash on the website, though...

[@kevinr.9733]

To be fair, this is also nearly two years older than Act 7. (And no, Act 7 was not posted as a Flash on the website. Hussie learned his lesson after the Cascade fiasco and recorded and uploaded both Collide and Act 7 as YT videos which were then linked from the site.)

[@silvercandles]

we did it boys

[@macydickerson4433]

I love how for a moment at 4:17 Eridan aims at Sollux like "i could glubbin do it yknoww... but im not gonna because im a glubbin NICE PERSON... cod..."

[@JohnVance]

it was so subtle but so beautiful

[@rotciv557]

It seems like you missed what happened in 04:28, where in which Eridan shoots at Sollux anyways. He blocked it, though...

[@macydickerson4433]

+rotciv557 Oh, I didn't see that XD

[@CookieFonster]

eridan doesnt use fish puns much

[@macydickerson4433]

+Cookie Fonster I used them in my comment because it was supposed to be as if he were saying it so that Feferi would hear it because he was trying to impress her, and most of the time when Eridan DOES use fish puns it's because he's talking to Feferi.

[@samstarium8606]

my favorite details: 2:04 karkat carving the blood symbol 3:49 nepeta's slashes being timed to the music 4:16 eridan briefly contemplating shooting sollux 5:23 nepeta saving terezi 6:02 the ancestor silhouettes. just looks awesome

[@user-jq5rx3mo2o]

I just want to say that in 4:30 he actually shoots him

[@gressorialNanites]

Black King: So what's the idea here? Trolls: captures, captures Gamzee: Just here to enjoy the show. Terezi: No, you are in fact an excellent destroyer of bycyclopes' heads. .....yeah, nobody here will get this. Oh well.

[@11atron]

the troll team had problems sure, but god they're brutal killing efficiency is something to behold

[@thisisausername9356]

Yeah it definitely sucks when they use that killing efficiency against eachother

[@noirbe238]

Remember, princes are what the session has too much of, and knights are what they have too little of. So the trolls had too much hope (in killing the king) and not enough bonds. Which then caused the cancer frog

[@Blitz-tk4jh]

Fedoral Offense I think that it’s the rogues that represents what their session had too much of. The Beta Troll’s session had too much relationship drama (heart) and not enough positive bonds (blood), the Alpha kids literally had a void session, etc. It’s kinda subjective tho

[@NimbusFilmsOfficial]

I don’t care if you don’t even like Homestuck, I think anyone can appreciate the amount of effort and hard work that went into this animation. It’s an incredible feat of fan creation.

[@trickybeetle]

NimbusFilms c

[@pungorma]

NimbusFilms when I first saw ityears ago, i was REALLY confused and it was still my favorite animation

[@derwent8781]

NimbusFilms ehhh

[@enderthedark5843]

NimbusFilms This is fan made?! I thought HUSSIE made this?!

[@phileas2283]

I can't believe that I have missed this flash.WHAT?!THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFFICIAL??!?

[@eridanampora8875]

1. Who still watching this in 2019? 2. Can we all agree that karkats moment of glory is the best?

[@xXTobias_Erin_RogersXx]

where is your quirk ampora

[@synoaplays4090]

@@xXTobias_Erin_RogersXx this isnt bnha

[@peaceischaos6580]

Yes that we can

[@peaceischaos6580]

Oh and I am

[@sopapopp]

Heck yeah

[@Mae_Dastardly]

5:03 When gamzee learns the maddening truth that we do inderd live in a society

[@torrinowens4376]

The Ancestor part oh my GOD

[@jeffarrithetrashcanmaster6975]

SAAAAMMMEEEWW

[@tonatskiful]

The Handmaid♈ The Summoner♉ The Psiioniic♊ The Sufferer\Signless♋ The Disciple♌ The Dolorosa♍ The Redglare♎ The Mindfang♏ The Darkleer♐ The Grand Highblood♑ The Orphaner♒ and The Condence♓ anyone I'm missing here?

[@JimmyJonJillakers]

+ato sabio the Darkleer is also The Executioner

[@KingOpenReview]

That was cool, but what did it mean?

[@crystareo9442]

+Phesheya Bhembe I don't think it really MEANT anything too serious but it was still really cool T-T

[@edbrennan8249]

I love Kanaya at the end while everyone else is just like arguing or talking or being relieved Kanaya's just like "Ok which of my clothes doesn't have fucking blood on it"

[@krisalis_]

More Like "Ok Which Of My Clothes Doesn't Have Fucking Blood On It"

[@solluxcaptor5866]

I think it makes Kanaya (My patron troll) 10 times more epic. X3

[@kanayamaryam610]

Seriously! I Was In A Mess After That Day!

[@skylar9315]

Carcinogeneticist Vantas But the big question is, can you get the blood OUT of the dresses?

[@krisalis_]

+R o s e l y y n Well, maybe she can carefully suck it out when in vampire form? But yeah that happened after the battle so she must've found another option.

[@loud-whistling-yes]

4:30 - 4:37 can I just talk about how much I love this segment and how hard I laugh at it every time I see it. It's just so, chaotic and everywhere at the same time. You need to replay the video in slow motion to see what the hell is going on. The music is so in sync with the moment. It's like a fight in real life, everyone is everywhere and all over the place and as an outsider you can't even tell what the hell is going on. Also Terezi riding the Pegasus-looking thing is hilarious

[@nonies_]

i had been into homestuck longer than this video has even been out and never watched it in full before. it played automatically on my tv and i sat there completely mesmerized by it. literally had me saying shit like “beautiful” or “brilliant” out loud

[@GutPoacher]

My best friend sent this to me. I'm watching it and I'm confused, so I scroll through the comments and see more confusing things. I want to read Homestuck now.

[@DL-cb5vl]

read it

[@danklies9606]

JUST DO IT

[@myavillarreal1863]

Its boring at first...But it gets better

[@lildoomkitty4570]

Do it

[@thebean4262]

So how did that go for you

[@malinacantemir146]

I think nobody gives some or enough credit to the Aradiabots, like, seriously? One of them swept Gamzee up, thus avoiding his imminent death by crab claw. Then, I think, at one point, she pushed someone away to save them (Equius?), the true Aradia SMASHED FUCKING ASTEROIDS IN THE KING AAAAAAND put herself in the way of the King's psionics attack on Sollux! Give Rambaby a bit of credit 0u0

[@malinacantemir146]

+Karkat Vantas Aradia rocks! (=^>w

[@soroij.5402]

Tavros too. If it weren't for him, I dunno, maybe everyone would be in an evil creature's tentacles until he eats them all? Plus, he did a lot of damage. Aradia and Tavros are two of the most ignored characters in Homestuck.

[@skylarkthefoxx5408]

Internally Screaming Well, that's kinda true. They have memorable moments, you know. For example: Anyone could remember the time Gamzee flirted with Tavros.

[@soroij.5402]

Skylark The Foxx Yep, that's pretty true. When Aradia starting screaming about her blue blood and suddenly just kissed Equius... that was funny.

[@rockshlobster6873]

finally someone that actually remember tavros' amazing dancing skillz(i'm a Taurus)

[@hansonkerman7286]

Rewatching this every little while is a wonderful experience. Also the problem sleuth reference when Vriska summons a WEASEL OF UNUSUAL SIZE was wonderful

[@teacupofdoom]

Vriska killed the king with his own weapon and knocked him over the edge just like tavros

[@hilariomendoza1784]

Actually the jousting sword was tavroses

[@MilhSpears]

@@hilariomendoza1784 Lance*

[@hilariomendoza1784]

@@MilhSpears thank you I couldn't remember what it was callex

[@detectivedyn2253]

Ocean Kitteh that wasn’t his weapon, that was Tavros’s lance

[@temporaltoast9692]

Nothing is new in paradox space.

[@luckyc4t110]

All of the comments are fanboying/fangirling about their favorite character needing more credit, while I think that the creators deserve to be billionaires for creating something so amazingly awesome.

[@Gavinsloan356]

I mean. Hussie even said himself this was cannon now.

[@haliquinn7008]

I really love how Gamzee got boiled in the head and went insane but before that he kept falling everywhere

[@Nire]

What gets me with this animation is that none of these events or sequences are even logical leaps; the song spells it all out, because it was very carefully orchestrated to match all of these characters. Effectively, this is a canon animation of an off-screen moment in homestuck, because the music already told the whole story. over 10 years of homestuck later, and this still never ceases to impress me.

[@reapersans1012]

4:30 anybody else kinda laughing at Terezi riding one of the horses or is just me?

[@stevie3372]

She probably convicted it of treason and executed it after while Equius cried.

[@Paycheck2fan]

you are not alone in that

[@roninnozlo9544]

Raven NEVER *hussie

[@stevie3372]

@@roninnozlo9544 :33c

[@oddmerit6530]

Y33H4W

[@seajay3026]

Me: pass the aux cord Friend: you better not play trash me: *plays this*

[@17raysplays29]

Friend: Thank you

[@artemissss2529]

Friend: Thank goodness, you usually play garbage, but this is my *JAM*

[@Paycheck2fan]

I love just how many PARALLELS there are when Vriska stabs the king. 1. King/Tavros charges god Vriska w/lance 2. God Vriska dodges and punches the would-be-stabber in the face 3. God Vriska takes would-be-stabber's lance 4. Would-be-stabber get stabbed in the conveniently marked location in the middle of their chest and turns from would-be-stabber to stabee 5. God Vriska drops stabee off cliff

[@Radoh1017]

Huge fan how whenever a new character gets a focus from the animation there's a new musical accompaniment for it to let you know that it's __'s time to shine, very cool.

[@lugialover09]

Tbf, they animated it to suit the song, so it was more so that they needed to do that to match the music. I still agree

[@Darbydootx]

Everyone was a badass during this battle. The Aradia-bots did a ton of damage and assisted all the trolls; Tavros gained enough confidence to attempt to challenge the king; Sollux used his powers to deal an excessive amount of damage throughout the battle; Nepeta, along with the assistance of her STRONG morail, added another slash across the king's chest; Karkat ran around the king, taking out his tentacles left and right anime-style; Kanaya did the same but in her multiple badass outfits and using her chainsaw to compliment said fashion; Terezi, who I remind you is BLIND, somehow took out one of the king's eyes and assisted Karkat in multiple other attacks; Vriska was probably the most badass as she was the one who actually took out the king in the most awesome way possible BY BECOMING HER BADASS ANCESTOR AND GOING GOD TEIR; Equius ripped the king's tongue in half. Seriously he did that; Gamzee zoned off for half the battle but after Terezi punted a pie tin at him he finally paid up for his uselessness and went juggalo insane, claiming one of the king's heads without any weapons (that shit's actually kinda creepy ((not like he wasn't creepy in the first place though))); Eridan took out plenty of other enemies whilst assisting Feferi to rid the king of his wings; and finally Feferi gave him another good scar to remember. God damn everything in this video is so badass.

[@secondcaptainhomosexual7215]

outfit swap.

[@carsonlikepotato]

Yo Im NoT cReEpY sIs :o)

[@carsonlikepotato]

aH tHaNkS sIs

[@mathematicsdivide258]

Terezi's attack was effective and also the fastest. And not for a blind person, she was almost as fast, if not faster than Gamzee's teleports when he was sober .3.

[@gemwolfz2860]

karkat panicing helplessly will never not be funny to me

[@djnotokay7677]

I love how Eridan aimed at Sollux for a second before deciding to shoot the black king instead

[@flamingfury7312]

4:24 I like how Eridan shakes a bit in the bottom left and then goes fucking trigger happy

[@wired7654]

"Is anyone else replaying the part where Gamzee blows up the King's head?"

[@SalmonSongShow]

Vriska Serket "And'an Huuuuuuuuge 8itch"

[@wired7654]

Maybe its just me since I'm more like Gamzee and Kurloz

[@sixthcavalier]

I do too xD

[@wired7654]

YASSSSSSS :DDD

[@sixthcavalier]

:D

[@gglkelly364]

IS NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW SOLLUX ALMOST GOT HIT BY ERIDAN?! Sollux blocked the hit with a Meteor, bUT STILL!

[@caligulasaquarium7637]

GGL Kelly Damn,it didn't hit sol? Cod fucking Damnit. ...

[@KingOpenReview]

That's probably what they were fighting about at the end.

[@JT8fvhiut769yhouyhoiu]

GGL Kelly edrian aimed at sollux but then aimed at the king

[@mattayawerakiatsuttirak3173]

Hazaski He aimed at Sollux before aimed at the king at 4:16 and he shot Sollux but was blocked by meteor at 4:29.

[@SomberAstronaut]

At 4:16 he is seen to consider aiming at Sollux, but then aims at the king. Then later on, he is seen shooting aimlessly, and angrily, and almost shoots Sollux. They argue at the end, but Eridan seems like he's mad at _Sollux_ for something. That's the analysis I made of it.

[@maliciousstallion6127]

i love how eridan aims his gun at sollux for a split second and then turns it its such a nice detail

[@namespara6669]

My fav part is the way each characters theme was weaved into this perfectly with the animation, also when two characters appeared their themes connected seamlessly.

[@vengeance4927]

I loved how in between the working together parts (although they fought together the whole time), there were little parts that focused on one or two specific trolls. Karkat, Terezi, Tavros, Kanaya, Equius + Nepeta, Feferi + Eridan, Aradia + Sollux, Gamzee, and finally Vriska. They even had little mini soundtracks fitted perfectly in to help with it too. Also, I noticed that Tavros saved Kanaya when she broke free from the spider silk and then Kanaya saved Tavros as he was facing certain death from being knocked out of the air. I just thought that was awesome, and the animation overall is awesome. Honestly, I can't believe it was fan-made. That's how close the styles are to Hussie's.

[@seng7365]

Aradiabots need more credits if they didn't stop the first vast glub they would be dead :(

[@spell-icup7351]

How would it kill them?

[@lymmea]

The Vast Glub was a power that could kill all trolls in the universe, if it was loud enough. This is canon knowledge. Also, the Aradiabots stop the first attempt at the Vast Glub and clearly blunt the effects of the second one enough that it doesn't kill anyone, so definitely props to them.

[@cupofspiders5830]

if the king had released the Vast Glub everyone would just die instantly

[@astralengine666]

Ofc Kanaya choosing the red dress at the end to hide the blood a little! So fashionable. I love her so much!!!

[@bane2988]

PSA to all Homestuck fans, or any fans of anything really. Archive ANY videos that are valuable to you, especially from older accounts. KZbin in their infinite wisdom is going to start axing any accounts that haven't been active in 2 years starting this December. I'm mentioning it here first because this account has not uploaded in 8 years and Rex Duodecim is one of the most important pieces of fan media to come out of the Homestuck fandom.

[@L1NKV]

I'm pretty sure they're not going to get rid of old videos, I remember seeing something saying they're not going to delete old videos n shit like that

[@FrankWest-py2se]

@@L1NKV And as we know, google would NEVER go back on their word. lol

[@wolfkitty42]

Even outside of Homestuck I think this is an incredibly impressive piece of fan media just... In general.

[@pairofsocks6164]

4:15 Lol he aimed at Sollux for a second there, clever.

[@ScotteiCovers]

Attack on Titan's looking pretty good so far.

[@humaabbas3525]

yOU DID NOT JUST-

[@morcoroni]

Attack on Homestuck :^^^)

[@waypastlame]

God, I wish attack on Titan was like this

[@ZERALOFRZ86]

ikr

[@kudamutamba9598]

can we talk about how PERFECTLY the animation is time with the SONG! OMG.

[@LegendsDoesStuffKinda]

4:29 [S] Terezi: Be the rider

[@floof5359]

*Black king used web! *web does not effect Vriska!

[@ashie.official]

did anyone notice at around 4:17 eridan originally aims for what appears to be sollux, before adjusting his shot? I'm looking through the comments and no one's talking about that

[@josefdelaville4638]

Saw it too.

[@muddytenor7523]

it's natural. especially with his blood placement on the scale making him slightly more inclined to murder and the established rivalry they had

[@olivaperez5339]

well coz sollux KINDA stole feferi from him ): since fef did broke up her moirailegence(forgot the spelling) with eridan right after sollux got her in the game and saved her life

[@obliviansvoid6844]

I think he was about to fire, but decided that fighting the king was more important

[@emilydai693]

Also sometime after that, sollux had to block a Ahab Crosshair blast with a meteor.

[@internetuser528]

when you make a flash animation that goes so hard it becomes canon.

[@carcinoGeneticistCG]

im a “bit” late to the party but i noticed karkat’s attack (slashing the king across the chest) mimicked his aspect

[@Jay1Ashyarn]

I live how Eridan goes to shoot Sollux before the king