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Published: 2011-04-26 16:55:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 8290; Favourites: 231; Downloads: 70
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Description Made for Raequiem from the MSPA forums, for the Easter/Springtime Art Exchange.

For clarity, the fic that accompanied it:

GA: I Was Worried At First
GA: I Didnt Think This Would Work The Way You Claimed It Would
AG: pfffffffft Kanaya you're such a w8rry w8rt
TT: I did say we had nothing to worry about.
TT: Polyamory is only a step removed -- flushed-wise -- from your auspicticizing, isn't it?
AG: Yeeeeeeeeah Kanaya! We h8ve all the matesprits!
AG: All of them!!!!!!!!
GA: I Suppose
GA: If You Wish To Mix And Match Quadrants As Though Picking Through A Human Cornucopia Of Prepared Meals Arranged Lengthwise Across A Communal Eating Area
EB: like a buffet?
GA: Is That Not What I Said
GA: ?
EB: uhhhhhhh
TT: Oh John, that reminds me.
EB: oh yeah we haven't eaten since like breakfast!
TT: Yes, that is certainly true.
TT: But I was more referring to whether or not you've obtained such necessary nutrients for said meal.
EB: uhh
TT: Did you remember to alchemize ingredients for dinner, John?
EB: oh uh...
EB: no........
AG: Ugggggggghhhhhhhh
AG: They're g8ing to start again aren't they.
TT: ...
TT: John.
TT: How many times have you forgotten now?
EB: i dunno, like three?
TT: Try five.
EB: geez sorry!!
EB: i forgot
EB: i was going to but then dave called me to check in with his timey wimey stuff and then karkat yelled at me for like an hour about something i only kind of gleaned was maybe my fault? and then you guys were here so i wanted to sit with you
EB: i just lost track of time! i'm not the heir of time you know
AG: Welp
EB: sorry
TT: I'm just trying to help you, John. It was your responsibility to---

(PSYCHIC REACHAROUND)

TT: Zzzzzzzzzzzz.
GA: Oh My God
GA: Rose
GA: !!!
EB: oh man rose what happened???
GA: Vriska
GA: !
AG: Whaaaaaaaat?
EB: is she sleeping? did you do that with your brain???
EB: i did not know you could do that!
EB: that’s kind of scary actually
EB: like summer glau in that one scene where she looks at one of the baldwin brothers and says she can kill him with her brain but you don't know if she's joking or if its true
GA: John Please
EB: because her whole backstory is pretty rad and full of betrayal and intrigue and mad science and some kind of crazy ballet kung fu that gets triggered through subliminal messages hidden in cereal jingles
AG: I'm not going to kill you with my brain John!!!!!!!! And that whole th8ng you just sa8d? That's stup8d!!!!!!!!
EB: no way that show is so awesome
EB: i'll show it to you sometime
EB: its about renegade cowboys with hearts of gold in space
AG: Reneg8des with hearts of gold huh???????? I l8ke the sound of that!
GA: Ugh
GA: Back To The Point
GA: What Have I Said About Using Your Powers On The Humans Vriska
AG: Oh come on!!!!!!!! She was just going to keep 8itching at p88r John! I just saved you like 8 hours of noisetube ache!
AG: You should be th8nking me!!!!!!!!
AG: YOU'RE WELC8ME you ungr8ful sh8ts
AG: uh
AG: I mean that with <33333333
GA: Vriska
AG: Oh c8me on she looked like she c8uld use a nap anyway!
EB: hehe, its true! she hasn't really been sleeping a whole lot!
EB: maybe its okay this once?
EB: i mean nobody got hurt right?
GA: Very Well
EB: <3
AG: <3
GA: But This Does Not Excuse Your Behavior
GA: You Will Apologize To Rose Upon Her Awakening
EB: okay
AG: Fiiiiiiiine. Geez!

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That was longer than I remembered it being.

All characters are from Homestuck .

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Comments: 32

LeinaIsDreaming [2017-08-24 22:47:24 +0000 UTC]

Rose looks so pretty when she's asleep in Kanaya's arms -/////-

Also the dialogue was on point :'D

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Runs-with-foxes [2012-08-09 12:58:50 +0000 UTC]

I love your style so much! <3

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jazzknh [2012-02-24 04:07:23 +0000 UTC]

Love it. I love pretty much all your homestuck art. Everything you do doesn't even need words to be awesome.

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invalidgriffin In reply to jazzknh [2012-02-24 07:27:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh my, thank you! I'm so glad you think so.

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InfernalEvanesce [2012-02-04 15:17:19 +0000 UTC]

Haha this is definitely one of my favourites of yours~
8D

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AlienWeaver08 [2012-01-04 05:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Swoon. Again.

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invalidgriffin In reply to AlienWeaver08 [2012-01-06 04:53:01 +0000 UTC]

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XDemonicFireX [2011-09-25 08:09:27 +0000 UTC]

I love the story board, everyone is so adorably in character. John looks like such a lovable dork, going off on a rant.

Great job, now I can't stop imagining the four of them together O.o. What have you?!?!?!

wait... What have you done <3

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invalidgriffin In reply to XDemonicFireX [2011-09-30 04:01:15 +0000 UTC]



(Haha, thank you again!)

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YFish [2011-08-08 04:57:06 +0000 UTC]

John would LOVE Firefly, that's for certain.

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invalidgriffin In reply to YFish [2011-08-08 05:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I hope so. Though I can't help but think it might be too high-quality for his usual movie fare.

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Crevan-Grietje [2011-06-14 11:37:47 +0000 UTC]

I Am More Than Ok With This Polygamous Relationship.

Suddenly Shipping This Harder Than I Ever Would Have Thought Possible.

Also This Is a Lovely Comic Hehehehe... I Was Wondering If You Where Going For Polygamy When I First Saw It, Or Just If My Shipping Goggles Where Too Tight. Glad I Saw Correctly! <3 <3 <3

Sobbing... This Is Totally My OT4 Now. Everyone Best Come To Terms With It.

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invalidgriffin In reply to Crevan-Grietje [2011-06-14 19:11:19 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I don't really draw romance, so everything I draw is kind of ambiguous in that area! But this one was deliberate, and I drew it because the person who requested it added "good luck making that work" to the end of the prompt. So I took it as a challenge. It is the most functional dysfunctional relationship I have ever drawn.


Also, I appreciate your invalidgriffin appreciation blog.
Wait no that sounded egotistical I'm sorry forget I mentioned it

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Crevan-Grietje In reply to invalidgriffin [2011-06-15 07:11:52 +0000 UTC]

I Think It Is A Lovely Relationship Regardless! A+ Would Ship Again. <3

You Make Me Want To Draw It Actually! AAaaaa! Polyamorous Relations Are A-OK In My Book So I Was Really Excited To See Some Artwork Of One!

Also, I Love That Your Romance Artwork Isn't Straightforward. The Movement In Your Comics, Images, Etc, Is Deliberate And Completely Believable And Just... Soft? I Think Soft Covers It Really. It's Not A Fly By Night Broadway Romance, You Draw (And Write At Times! <3 ) Romances That Are So Convincing That... I Just See Them As Canon By This Point. Also, They Give Me The Butterflies, Dokidoki.

(Oh Woops You Found Me al;js;dkjf And It's Not Egotistical, I'm Glad You Approve ; w ; )

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invalidgriffin In reply to Crevan-Grietje [2011-06-15 09:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Haha, if you want to draw it, you should! I probably won't be touching that one again for a long while, it was so complicated to set up. It's too blatant for me anyway.

Oh wow, soft is such a fantastic compliment to me, thank you! A lot of it comes from the way I view romance in general, and I really like the subtle interplay and complex undertones of real relationships. Love is complicated! It has so many beautiful degrees, and almost none of them are the kind of super romantic, love-at-first-sight things you see in movies. Those never seemed really real or very appealing to me, anyway! I like the in-between - all the little motions and actions people go through, the ones that seem kind of mundane but make up the basis of everything: like handing something to someone you like, or what you do with your hands when you talk to a friend, or the way someone moves when they're tired but they really want to keep talking, or how a friend puts their head on your shoulder when they're sad. I love those kinds of depictions; they're small things, but they're so important to me.

Most of all, I like ambiguity, especially for images. I like leaving it up to the viewer to decide whether or not a pair are friends, or if they're more, or if they have a history or what have you, even if I already know the answer. Sometimes I don't! Sometimes I will draw an interaction, and then look at it in different ways every day. I love layered relationships; they feel the most solid and real with all their tiny complexities - good and bad - building on one another, so that a little of each shows through. They're so much fun to build, and even more fun to pick apart.

Whoops, long ramble is long and rambling! I might overthink a little. Just a bit.

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Crevan-Grietje In reply to invalidgriffin [2011-06-16 23:44:31 +0000 UTC]

Blatant? :0 ???

Also, NOPE You Are Not Overthinking, And It Was Not Rambly At All! <3 It Was Lovely And Such A Good Description Of What I So Very Much Love About Your Drawings!

Never Stop Drawing Your Amazing Art, And Never Stop Depicting Romance The Way You Do! It Is Wonderful And Real! <3

Also Also I Do Like The Love At First Sight And Silly Movie Romances, But They Do Get A Bit Exhausting At Times... Like... Repetition? It's Good To See All The Aspects of Love! <3

Anyway, You Are Amazing, The Way You Write Is Amazing, And Stay Amazing Ok. :0
(Also, That Medieval Crossdressing Stuck? I'm Totally Digging It. If You Have Any Additions To That, You'd Make Me One Happy Girl * < * )

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invalidgriffin In reply to Crevan-Grietje [2011-06-17 08:06:28 +0000 UTC]

Vriska has all the subtlety of getting hit by a truck! And though that's pretty funny, it's better that I leave the rest of this bizarre OT4 thing up to others. What I meant by blatant was, it's a pretty direct romance, not the indirect, maybe-it-is-maybe-it-isn't/softly romantic ambiguous stuff I usually tend towards. I honestly don't know how to handle it beyond this comic, anyway. If you still want to do OT4 art, you should definitely go for it, because there is a lot of potential for sweetness and hilarity between these characters, but I won't be exploring it any farther than this one comic.

I do like romance movies sometimes, especially the silly or sweet ones. And I will be the first to admit that I love Disney love-at-first-sight, even if it's hilariously unrealistic. Some love-at-first-sight movies are better than others, anyway! There are a lot of them, though -- and I'm really, really put off by movies that portray relationships built solely on lust -- so I always appreciate a rom flick that looks at love sweetly, or a little differently. I can't think of any off the top of my head, except maybe Penelope. The last romflick I watched was It Could Happen To You, which was super sweet and even had Nic Cage in it!

Haha, oh man you found the medievalstuck thing. That was a weird April Fools one shot, and I don't think I'll continue it, unfortunately! Not at length. All my focus is on Darkleer now, damn his enormous, compelling muscles and complicated psyche. :I

Also, thank you so much. Your kind words mean a lot to me. <3

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prospitian [2011-05-31 09:43:57 +0000 UTC]

MANIPUL8'D

i laughed.

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Jibbley [2011-05-17 05:45:04 +0000 UTC]

...I'll be in my bunk.

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invalidgriffin In reply to Jibbley [2011-05-17 06:38:37 +0000 UTC]

The others will just have to wait out here and be big damn heroes without you.

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MegaLamb [2011-05-16 20:16:12 +0000 UTC]

John is very well the most passive pimp ive ever seen.

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invalidgriffin In reply to MegaLamb [2011-05-17 05:24:41 +0000 UTC]

I don't think he entirely understands what he's been given.

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KazgarokProductions [2011-05-16 19:08:16 +0000 UTC]

damn, rose can bend pretty well :I

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invalidgriffin In reply to KazgarokProductions [2011-05-17 14:48:33 +0000 UTC]

Helps when you're dead weight.

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RavenScarlett [2011-05-16 18:31:21 +0000 UTC]

I hadn't thought of this. I can be totally okay with this arrangement.

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invalidgriffin In reply to RavenScarlett [2011-05-17 06:39:19 +0000 UTC]

Haha, neither had I. It was certainly a fun request.

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Sye216 [2011-05-16 17:40:59 +0000 UTC]

The best OT4.

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invalidgriffin In reply to Sye216 [2011-05-17 14:46:42 +0000 UTC]

And the most functional... despite its dysfunctionality.

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MrAnonymas [2011-04-26 19:50:41 +0000 UTC]

I like where this is going

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invalidgriffin In reply to MrAnonymas [2011-04-26 20:30:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh My

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NeonProdigy [2011-04-26 18:02:30 +0000 UTC]

Yes. John/Rose/Kanaya/Vriska Polyamory. This is relevant to my interests.

Yeeeeeeeessssssss.

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invalidgriffin In reply to NeonProdigy [2011-04-26 20:32:07 +0000 UTC]

It is relevant to everyone's interests.

TRUFAX.

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