Does the dog die?
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Dan Edward Bender
A cat named Jaspers is already dead once the story starts. Dave accidentally sends a katana through a crow, killing it. A cat named Frigglish (Jaspers from another timeline) accidentally gets smashed by a book. Bec Noir, half human half dog, gets his arm chopped off and punched into the ground. (Does not die, though.)
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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lilhal
multiple times
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Ghastly_ghost_of_a_goose
Gamzee is abandoned by his lusus
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Zemyla
Dave does forgive Dirk, who is an alternate universe version of his abusive dad.
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Is someone stalked?
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SpaceCactus
Sort of. In a conversation that happens during Act 6 Act 5, Caliborn admits to Jane that he had been watching her, as well as her friends, through several monitors. He had already been doing so for a while at this point in the story. He does this mostly offscreen, but it is briefly shown at multiple points both before and after this conversation.
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Anonymous
One of the main protagonists, Dave, is subject to physical and psychological abuse from his legal guardian. This is played for slapstick at first but looked at much more seriously later on.
One of the trolls, Vriska, has an extremely abusive parent" who threatens to kill her unless she brings her other trolls to kill. This is only related in text and not shown.
There are two highly abusive relationships, both involving a character from the Makara family being abusively manipulative toward someone. One of these leads to physical retaliation by the VICTIM, but this is still domestic violence.
One of the trolls, Vriska, has an extremely abusive parent" who threatens to kill her unless she brings her other trolls to kill. This is only related in text and not shown.
There are two highly abusive relationships, both involving a character from the Makara family being abusively manipulative toward someone. One of these leads to physical retaliation by the VICTIM, but this is still domestic violence.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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2BGyated
Terezi in game over
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T3R3Z1
As far as I know, the character Vriska Serket is abused by her lusus and has an abusive relationship with Tavros Nitram.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Nina_time
Vriska gaslights Tavros in several occasions.
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Anonymous
a few characters are abused mentally, the most notable and obvious being Dave (who is also abused physically. It is shown). The abuse is referenced to be sexual at times (at least) twice.
The abuse includes:
Lack of food/water in the house
Dangerous items (ie weapons) lying around in the house
There is a fight scene shown between Dave and his Bro, (the abuser)
It is referenced that Bro uses Dave in his puppet p**n
There are many instances where Bro pranks" Dave or uses mind games on him
Dave does talk about it to an alternate universe version of Bro (who is not abusive, at least not in the same way at all, and is the same age as him), and his realizarion and recovery of the abuse is shown in this conversation.
Rose's mother is an alcoholic (and can be perceived as negletful)
The abuse includes:
Lack of food/water in the house
Dangerous items (ie weapons) lying around in the house
There is a fight scene shown between Dave and his Bro, (the abuser)
It is referenced that Bro uses Dave in his puppet p**n
There are many instances where Bro pranks" Dave or uses mind games on him
Dave does talk about it to an alternate universe version of Bro (who is not abusive, at least not in the same way at all, and is the same age as him), and his realizarion and recovery of the abuse is shown in this conversation.
Rose's mother is an alcoholic (and can be perceived as negletful)
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Addiction
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skandadr
I'm not sure if any drugs that exist in real life are used, a character named Gamzee regularly ingests sopor slime", a slime that one is meant to submerge themselves in as a calming agent during sleep. You are not supposed to eat it, and Gamzee gets high off it.
Also, the brief "trickster mode" arc can be interpreted as a reference to drugs or alcohol, especially since the characters who go through it experience what is essentially a hangover afterwards.
Also, the brief "trickster mode" arc can be interpreted as a reference to drugs or alcohol, especially since the characters who go through it experience what is essentially a hangover afterwards.
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Is there addiction?
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Finn
the lalonde's alcoholism and gamzee's slime addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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owo_whats_bliss
Later in the story, one of the main protagonists, Rose Lalonde, develops a reliance on alcohol in order to soothe her nerves. This is stopped in an alternate/corrected timeline. Her mother was also said to be an alcoholic. Roxy Lalonde was consistently drunk for a good while when she was first introduced.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
155 supporters
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lilhal
no, homestuck is a webcomic. not a show or movie.
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Does a horse die?
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Anonymous
A horse is killed by the impact of a meteor, and her flank is used to make a bib for a baby (For whatever reason)
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owo_whats_bliss
The trolls' lusii, intelligent animals that raised them, all end up dead. These include a ram, a bull, a cyclops, a crab, a cat (which is its own section but still), a grub/queen bee type thing, a dragon, a spider, a centaur, a seahorse, and a huge tentacle monster type thing. Some aren't shown, but mentioned. A crow is also stabbed with a sword.
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Are animals abused?
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davida
A singular panel of a troll with his bruised animal caretaker is shown with the implication he is abused by this troll, though this is later clarified to be accidental bruising when both are introduced.
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rosencrantz
I mean technically? But they're sentient and it's not for the entertainment but rather to develop the plot. They are also not necessarily dogs, they just are part dog?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Trymeline
All of the Lusii die at the beginning of Hivebent, Dave kills a crow (which later gets prototyped into his sprite and eventually Davesprite) and Jaspers the Cat is dead at the very beginning.
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Is an animal sad?
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SeThLu
C5
Most notably, a part-dog character is shown visibly sad at the corpse of their owner in the "Cascade" animation.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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probablyapineapple
no living rabbits appear in the comic, but a robot stuffed rabbit does get destroyed.
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Does a cat die?
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Dan Edward Bender
A cat named Jaspers is already dead once the story starts. Dave accidentally sends a katana through a crow, killing it. A cat named Frigglish (Jaspers from another timeline) accidentally gets smashed by a book. Bec Noir, half human half dog, gets his arm chopped off and punched into the ground. (Does not die, though.)
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Does a pet die?
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kelanisnolongeranampora
at the beginning of hivebent, karkat on accident kills all of the trolls lusii, which are basically animal monster hybrid caretakers to the trolls.
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Does a dragon die?
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skandadr
The character Terezi's lusus (An animal acting as a guardian for a specific alien species) is a dragon, and dies soon after hatching. However, it is seen having returned as a sprite (basically a ghost that assists and provides hints to their assigned character)
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Are there spiders?
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Anonymous
vriska
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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QuintusHazard
The consorts of Dave's planet are small red crocodiles who stand on two legs.
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Are there snakes?
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owo_whats_bliss
The cherub's mating ritual is to turn into giant snakes and battle. Some Denizens resemble snakes.
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Are there sharks?
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Dr_Meatheadd
C3
In act 3, Jades house has a trophy of a shark in her father's trophy room. It's a cut photo just stuck onto the wall. The same image appears in multiple room, being different sizes in each room. But it's only really noticable in the first room unless your looking for it.
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
For bugs: There are cartoony fireflies and wormy grubs. And a photograph of a rhino beetle larva on the cover of a magazine.
For snakes: An alien race that, as part of a mating ritual, turn into enormous cosmic snakes and fight each other. The transformation itself is not seen.
No rats come to mind.
For snakes: An alien race that, as part of a mating ritual, turn into enormous cosmic snakes and fight each other. The transformation itself is not seen.
No rats come to mind.
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Assault
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lilhal
yes but for good reason
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Is there pedophilia?
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T3R3Z1
HOMESTUCK SPOILERS
A 19 year old character, Meenah, dates and kisses Vriska, who is 13. (Page 7351)
It is also implied that Dave's guardian sexually abuses him.
A 19 year old character, Meenah, dates and kisses Vriska, who is 13. (Page 7351)
It is also implied that Dave's guardian sexually abuses him.
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Is rape mentioned?
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probablyapineapple
a rape is non-explicitly but pretty clearly described in a historical text.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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1
No one is directly beaten up by a bully (thinking like punching and kicking) but I would argue that if a bully is the direct cause (with malocious intent) of someones physical pain and longterm effects of that then kinda yeah someone is beaten up by a bully
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Is someone restrained?
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MmmmmmmMango
Gamzee during the end is locked in a fridge
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Anonymous
Vriska kisses Tavros against his will. There's also some verbal sexual harassment around the comic especially coming from Caliborn.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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SeThLu
A very minor character stitched their own mouth shut
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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roxyofheart
Jake English.
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CelestialAddiction
we dont SEE it happen, but it is implied that marquise rapes her slaves.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
There's a part where the character Jack Noir cuts his palm to show the character Karkat they have the same blood colour.
There's also a part where the character Gamzee drags a large set of claws across his face in a fit of insanity, leaving prominent scars for the rest of the comic.
There's also a part where the character Gamzee drags a large set of claws across his face in a fit of insanity, leaving prominent scars for the rest of the comic.
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Are any hands damaged?
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lilhal
Vriska gets her arm blown off
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Are there dislocations?
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probablyapineapple
characters get injured but it is never described or shown as a dislocation specifically.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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probablyapineapple
several characters get decapitated, so i guess technically. i don't remember it happening other than that.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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BingoBongo
One character gets strangled with the string of a broken bow.
The Heir of Void was void of air.
The Heir of Void was void of air.
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Is there decapitation?
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lilhal
like twice for one dude
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Is there cannibalism?
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marythelemon0
One character is a troll vampire, who drinks blood of other trolls.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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bingbong
most notably a cat, by a book! its not very graphic, but we do see it happen in slo-mo
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Is someone choked?
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LunarPlume7
Equius is strangled by Gamzee with the string of a broken bow
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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
Several characters are vaporized by energy resembling fire. Another character falls into lava.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Squidy
Gamzee gets locked in a fridge and through in the ocean, which I'd argue is in the category of buried alive
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Is there body horror?
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Folykldarane
-vriska’s eye gets blown off
-Tavros’s legs get sawed off
-signless’s public execution maybe?
There’s more I can’t remember though for sure
-Tavros’s legs get sawed off
-signless’s public execution maybe?
There’s more I can’t remember though for sure
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Is there amputation?
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marythelemon0
Tavros has his paralyzed legs amputated to be replaced with robotic ones.
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Does a head get squashed?
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SeThLu
C5
A character hits a pogo hammer on disembodied heads for their sick and twisted amusement.
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Is there a hanging?
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Finn
its a recurring motif with the pyropes
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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MmmmmmmMango
One character is strangled and another is said to have died of a peanut allergy closing his throughly even though it isn’t shown
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Demii
Some characters get kicked/punched in the crotch but nothing serious to my recollection.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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SeThLu
C6
A character is bruised in the head and enters a dream world during their unconsciousness
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Does someone break a bone?
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Trymeline
Tavro's legs are broken intensely by Vriska controlling him to jump off a cliff. He's paralyzed from the waist down and his legs are shown in angles they should not be in.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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rosencrantz
There are several animations which depict a character spasming but I don't think that qualifies as seizing.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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vectors
Sollux's teeth does fall out after falling down some stairs due to Karkat, who tries to put them back in.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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BingoBongo
Jack Noir cut the Black Queen's finger off to obtain a magic ring before murdering her and going on a killing spree.
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Is someone tortured?
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genderologies
Karkat's dancestor was tortured alive mainly because of his blood color.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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trans
so fucking much
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Does someone fall to their death?
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spice_n_sugar
Many times
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Anonymous
Terezi's eyes are burned out when she is forced to stare at the Alternian sun. Vriska loses her left arm and eye to an explosion. Spades Slick has a cigarette holder / lance stabbed into his eye by Snowman.
All of these are depicted on-screen. Vriska and Spades Slick's injuries are shown with canon-typical levels of gore, while Terezi's mutilation is muted somewhat as a result of cutting between her staring at the sun and her dreamself waking up on Prospit.
The harlequin doll in the first act has a glass shard slice through one of its eyes. The doll is then prototyped, rendering the eye with a scar through it, and causing all Carapacians with a prototyping ring to display the same mutilation. These include the Black Queen, the White Queen, Bec Noir and the Peregrine Mendicant / Parcel Mistress.
The doll's mutilation is played for laughs. The Carapacians' mutilations are implied to happen instantaneously, when the ring is put on, and are not depicted graphically; the scar appears, but the damage that causes it is not shown.
All of these are depicted on-screen. Vriska and Spades Slick's injuries are shown with canon-typical levels of gore, while Terezi's mutilation is muted somewhat as a result of cutting between her staring at the sun and her dreamself waking up on Prospit.
The harlequin doll in the first act has a glass shard slice through one of its eyes. The doll is then prototyped, rendering the eye with a scar through it, and causing all Carapacians with a prototyping ring to display the same mutilation. These include the Black Queen, the White Queen, Bec Noir and the Peregrine Mendicant / Parcel Mistress.
The doll's mutilation is played for laughs. The Carapacians' mutilations are implied to happen instantaneously, when the ring is put on, and are not depicted graphically; the scar appears, but the damage that causes it is not shown.
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Is someone stabbed?
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lilhal
several times
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Is there excessive gore?
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25
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vriska
the “gore” really is not that bad, i’m INCREDIBLY squeamish about gore and all there is in this is…a lot of unrealistic and colorful blood. there’s a lot of blood sometimes and a lot of fighting but it’s mostly harmless
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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user15268
All the kids die, in multiple different timelines even. Death is treated very lightly in this, and although the majority come back in a form of god tier, a good portion only live on as spirits (which in turn, die as well).
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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0
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kquote03
Yes, two characters sacrifice themselves to unleash The Green Sun, they needed a sort of a massive bomb to do that, and not to mention, the sun itself.
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Does a major character die?
24 supporters
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0
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Zemyla
The vast majority of major characters die. Some do so multiple times, even. But between alternate timelines, dreamselves, and god tiers, death is often treated as more of an inconvenience than a tragedy.
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Does a non-human character die?
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Yes
16
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1
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QuintusHazard
Trolls and Carapacians, who are aliens, often die. The first Intermission involves the Midnight Crew killing a mob of leprechauns, who are carapacian-like aliens. Calliope, who is a cherub, also dies.
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Does someone die?
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H4L9K
SO. MANY.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Yes
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0
H4L9K
This is a webcomic.
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Is the r-slur used?
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Yes
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0
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trans
there is a lot of ableist language yes
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Yes
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fleshprocessor
this is split 50/50 for some reason, but nobody medically overdoses. drug use does not qualify as overdose.
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Family
Yes
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0
Does a parent die?
22 supporters
Yes
172
No
2
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Anonymous
Nearly all the parents and guardian figures die at various points throughout the series. The trolls' lusii (animal caretakers, serving in a parental role) are all implied to have died prior to the trolls entering the game, and it is further implied that the sprites which were prototyped with their lusii later vanished or died at some point during the trolls' session.
Exactly one parent (Dad Crocker) makes it through to the end alive.
While the series does treat death lightly, these deaths are all taken quite seriously and they are perceived as understandably traumatic for the children; discovering her mother's death is the tipping point for Rose, who becomes temporarily corrupted by eldritch creatures taking advantage of her being overwhelmed by her grief and distress. The majority of these deaths happen off-screen and the exact details are only implied, but the bodies are shown afterwards.
Exactly one parent (Dad Crocker) makes it through to the end alive.
While the series does treat death lightly, these deaths are all taken quite seriously and they are perceived as understandably traumatic for the children; discovering her mother's death is the tipping point for Rose, who becomes temporarily corrupted by eldritch creatures taking advantage of her being overwhelmed by her grief and distress. The majority of these deaths happen off-screen and the exact details are only implied, but the bodies are shown afterwards.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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48
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3
5
TheExpertofSwamps
A Harlequin doll gifted to the protagonist has its eye and arm destroyed very early in the comic by said protagonist. A character plays a pretend court of law with her plushies and often destroys them. Other stuffed toys also get destroyed.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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ConsueloHigdon
In the beginning of Act 2, John's father is kidnapped by the villains.
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Does someone cheat?
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Yes
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Anonymous
Rufioh cheated on Damara with Horuss prior to the events of Openbound.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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129
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0
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Anonymous
The sprites are not ghosts, but visually resemble a cartoon ghost and are often produced using the artifacts of the deceased.
A character is introduced as deceased, but continues to communicate with the living as a ghost. While she is dead, her interactions reveal a fascination with the macabre/dead things/ghosts, but she pretends that she herself is still alive. She later inhabits a physical body.
Many characters die in Homestuck, but are able to be reached by the living through dream bubbles, which is a sort of afterlife built on memory. The deceased appear no different than the living other than having whited out eyes. However, seeing as they are built out of memory and have no physical form, they may technically be ghosts.
The movie Ghostbusters is referenced, like, a lot.
A character is introduced as deceased, but continues to communicate with the living as a ghost. While she is dead, her interactions reveal a fascination with the macabre/dead things/ghosts, but she pretends that she herself is still alive. She later inhabits a physical body.
Many characters die in Homestuck, but are able to be reached by the living through dream bubbles, which is a sort of afterlife built on memory. The deceased appear no different than the living other than having whited out eyes. However, seeing as they are built out of memory and have no physical form, they may technically be ghosts.
The movie Ghostbusters is referenced, like, a lot.
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Are there jump scares?
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55
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Anonymous
There are a handful of minor jump scares at the end of animations. It is not a major or repeated theme, and most of the scares are meant to be a startling but humorous image. Still, readers should be aware.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Anonymous
There's parts where people are sitting in bathtubs, but the people are fully clothed and the bathtubs are empty.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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14
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0
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probablyapineapple
yes, two oceans. both of them make significant appearances.
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Are there clowns?
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Anonymous
1. John's house is full of clown statues, due to his father mistakenly believing he likes them (John actually admires practical jokers, not clowns).
2. The heroes' enemies take on the appearance of objects used for prototyping." Since a clown doll is used for prototyping, many of the monsters in the comic have clown-like or harlequin-like features.
3. There is a troll religion that worships "the Mirthful Messiahs" and look and behave like a cross between serial killers and juggalos (real-world fans of the Insane Clown Posse). Clown imagery is thus used CONSTANTLY as a source of fear and terror, and characters spend significant time being pursued by a murderous clown.
4. An alternate version of the actual Insane Clown Posse appear as bit villains.
If you're not afraid of clowns already, Homestuck will MAKE you afraid of them.
2. The heroes' enemies take on the appearance of objects used for prototyping." Since a clown doll is used for prototyping, many of the monsters in the comic have clown-like or harlequin-like features.
3. There is a troll religion that worships "the Mirthful Messiahs" and look and behave like a cross between serial killers and juggalos (real-world fans of the Insane Clown Posse). Clown imagery is thus used CONSTANTLY as a source of fear and terror, and characters spend significant time being pursued by a murderous clown.
4. An alternate version of the actual Insane Clown Posse appear as bit villains.
If you're not afraid of clowns already, Homestuck will MAKE you afraid of them.
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Is someone possessed?
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102
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anonamus
Several, most notably Rose (by lovecraftian horrors, and with some lucidity), Jade and Jane (by a major villain), and Jack in the B2 session (by another villain) (this is a particularly disturbing one, with gore, blood, and self-mutilation.) A puppet is also possessed by the main villain.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
24 supporters
Yes
7
No
5
0
SeThLu
Don't recall there being trypophobic content. At worst the horrorterrors can maybe apply but I'm not even sure
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
17
No
0
0
probablyapineapple
at the beginning john uses one of his dad's razors to cut a cake and then accidentally flings it at a wall. nobody is injured by it
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
17
No
0
Gross
Does someone vomit?
113 supporters
Yes
99
No
2
5
terezi
Yes, but there was nothing graphic during Homestuck. There's very graphic/detailed vomiting in the Epilogues, though.
There's cartoon vomit on page 3074.
There's cartoon vomit on page 3074.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
25 supporters
Yes
26
No
4
2
trans
ESPECIALLY in sweet bro and hella jeff
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
8
Is someone eaten?
36 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
0
while not shown, a large spider who is one of the characters guardians does eat people
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
10
Yes
101
No
6
Yes
3
No
47
Large-scale Violence
Yes
1
No
22
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
1 supporters
Yes
2
No
35
2
fleshprocessor
terezi pyrope is a lawyer, but is shown to be weak and incompetent (purely at upholding the law) because of her misaligned belief that justice is what's legal. her ancestor further emphasizes this theme.
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Is there incarceration?
0 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
0
SeThLu
C6
An antagonist is incarcerated throughout most of the third quarter of the comic.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
49 supporters
Yes
1
No
14
0
H4L9K
This is a very LGBTQ+ positive webcomic. There's like, 2? 3? Straight characters total.
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
66 supporters
Yes
2
No
9
0
probablyapineapple
not in the text, but some characters confirmed as trans outside of the main comic do commit sexual harassment.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
39 supporters
Yes
2
No
10
0
depends if you think June Egbert is canon
1 comment | Add comment
Is there bisexual cheating?
24 supporters
Yes
20
No
0
0
Helenamooon
there are bissexuals cheating but not beacuse of a stereotypes but beacuse most of trolls are bissexuals
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Yes
1
No
10
Loss
Yes
11
No
1
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
20 supporters
Yes
1
No
113
0
fiamet
there isn't electrocution in the context of electro-therapy specifically but one character does attempt suicide via electrocution (but fails)
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Are needles/syringes used?
32 supporters
Yes
33
No
79
14
Anonymous
The only needles in Homestuck are knitting needles, not the syringe kind. That said, they are used as weapons.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
94
Is there a hospital scene?
13 supporters
Yes
4
No
91
0
one scene where a character is sort of in a hospital bed with like vitals and stuff shown- not really in a hospital but idk
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
Does someone have cancer?
19 supporters
Yes
116
No
16
24
Anonymous
The frog universe has cancer
5 comments | Add comment
Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
10 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
6
lilhal
like all of them
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
115
No
5
20
user19470
A character is attacked with a bladed, weapon, grabs their attacker's arm, and rakes the blade across his face, to spooky effect.
A second character gouges their own eyes out and replaces them with billiard balls.
A second character gouges their own eyes out and replaces them with billiard balls.
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Is autism misrepresented?
37 supporters
Yes
8
No
7
4
fleshprocessor
there are insensitive jokes about autism, as well as autism used as an insult, but no character is explicitly autistic- or even really implied to be through coding. (at least, definitely not on purpose.)
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
34 supporters
Yes
43
No
1
7
fluffy8uns
A lot of characters are mentally ill and a lot of characters are violent. Sometimes these two things intersect, but no characters are violent because they are mentally ill.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
0
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
23 supporters
Yes
5
No
12
2
LunarPlume7
Calliope and Caliborn can debatably be counted as a horrid depiction of DID. Depends on your interpretation.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there autism specific abuse?
53 supporters
Yes
69
No
1
21
QuintusHazard
Karkat expresses reluctance to have Nepeta on his Sgrub team, saying that he can't believe he's asking "an autistic girl in a cave" to join him.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
21
No
0
2
CelestialAddiction
she does fail, but damara attempts to electrocute herself
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
25 supporters
Yes
17
No
0
1
20llux
This is like, a major plot point
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
1
H4L9K
Gamzee has a giant, violent meltdown.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
Yes
4
No
22
0
probablyapineapple
the track "rain" which is used in a flash in act 6 has whispering sounds.
the song "march of the batterwitch" from one of the official albums also has baking sound effects that i found uncomfortable to listen to, but this one is not used in the comic.
the song "march of the batterwitch" from one of the official albums also has baking sound effects that i found uncomfortable to listen to, but this one is not used in the comic.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
23 supporters
Yes
69
No
11
7
vriska
Karkat occasionally has anxiety attacks
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
30 supporters
Yes
32
No
1
0
probablyapineapple
not exactly this, but karkat does say "i want to kill myself" once.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
11
No
0
Is there body dysmorphia?
28 supporters
Yes
70
No
30
14
davida
A character creates an alternate species persona for herself and is distressed by not fitting the expectations of her actual species, due to the fact she identifies with a term for trans women and shares a body with a male character this may be interpreted as expression of her dysphoria. Another character also discusses dysphoria in the epilogue and detransitions in one route of it.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
18 supporters
Yes
80
No
28
13
Anonymous
one character is trapped in a refrigerator for in indefinite amount of time. while the outside of the fridge is shown often, there's only one scene where the character is actually shown while inside it.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
42 supporters
Yes
15
No
71
3
thecloudking
one character has pica. the pies he eats are made from a non-edible slime that is full of sedatives that is normally stored in large cocoon-like furniture that his species sleeps in. he eats he eats the pies because of parental neglect, his caretaker doesnt bring him food so he resorts to eating whatever he can find, and the soporific slime is the closest thing he can get
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Yes
120
No
2
21
Anonymous
No one commits suicide in a standard manner (as a release from pain or emotional trauma). However, because resurrection is available in this world in several different ways, several characters kill their current bodies to make use of another. The imagery is still very likely to be triggering.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
32 supporters
Yes
26
No
1
0
probablyapineapple
most of them definitely do due to being exposed to extreme violence as children. at least one character specifically discusses it.
1 comment | Add comment
Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
8 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
0
A huge portion of when Eridan and Feferi are introduced takes place underwater.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
43 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
0
probablyapineapple
in act 6 a character starts hitting metal with a crowbar and it's REALLY loud.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
48 supporters
Yes
0
No
97
9
skandadr
The majority of visuals in homestuck are still images, and during the animated scenes shakey cameras are not used, nor would they be thematically appropriate.
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Does a baby cry?
19 supporters
Yes
1
No
32
5
ArcadeTumblrBitch
the babies just kind of stare into space
1 comment | Add comment
Is there screaming?
16 supporters
Yes
4
No
7
2
CelestialAddiction
no audio, but through text yea
3 comments | Add comment
Is there obscene language/gestures?
8 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
2
identikit
Obscene language is used in the majority of conversations between characters and there is at least one middle finger at some point.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
48 supporters
Yes
164
No
2
20
Anonymous
There are a lot of gifs with bright, flashing colors, and many of the animations have them as well. There is a way around it, though- the Accessible Homestuck Project (accessiblehomestuckproject.tumblr.com) has image descriptions for most of the comic right now (and hopefully will be all of it, eventually), so you can know exactly what's going on without being exposed to strobes.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
14 supporters
Yes
15
No
0
3
LunarPlume7
She is later informed that she was being watched and is deeply uncomortable with this knowledge
2 comments | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
10 supporters
Yes
37
No
0
4
Zemyla
Some characters literally break through the fourth wall to escape a dying universe.
2 comments | Add comment
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
22
Does someone miscarry?
27 supporters
Yes
4
No
87
2
MattH
Within the context of it being a science-fiction story, there is the equivalent of a miscarriage as a central plot point.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
30
No
0
Is there childbirth?
27 supporters
Yes
6
No
67
11
davida
Not at any point in the literal sense, though the birth of multiple scientifically created children is shown and the concept is arguably discussed metaphorically.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
70
Yes
0
No
71
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
48 supporters
Yes
67
No
3
8
GryffonCloud
unintentionally, one character's username is shortened to "AG" and sometimes talks as her future self....which is then also shortened and accidentally becomes a slur. this is vaguely commented on briefly
4 comments | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
41 supporters
Yes
98
No
0
22
Boop
The character in a wheelchair is constantly made fun of for it by the character who put him in it.
5 comments | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
35 supporters
Yes
22
No
28
8
elly
hard r isn't used but the other one is used once in a while in the beginning
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
12
No
39
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
40 supporters
Yes
25
No
6
1
fleshprocessor
the joke is a very small sprite in a very large cutscene, nodding to a fandom joke called "march eridan." it is very easy to ignore/miss, but is there regardless.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
110
No
0
21
Anonymous
Yes. Though it is quickly rectified, at some point one of the characters, John, mistakes a female character, Kanaya, for a male. This is due to the fact that they are speaking on an online medium, and have yet to properly introduce themselves.
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Does an LGBT person die?
35 supporters
Yes
181
No
0
51
CreatrixTiara
While death is very common in Homestuck (though not always permanently - death serves a few functions in the story) and there are a lot of LGBT characters, none of the characters are killed BECAUSE of their gender and sexuality.
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Are there fat jokes?
54 supporters
Yes
91
No
1
9
ALittleBatty
An alien named Caliborn repeatedly harasses and calls Jane “fat” in a variety of vulgar ways via texting, to which she responds with much annoyance. However, he claims that his insults towards her are actually his species’ way of complimenting one another.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Is a minority is misrepresented?
25 supporters
Yes
19
No
1
2
fleshprocessor
there are black and asian caricatures, as well as ableist plotlines, jokes, and caricatures. the black caricatures are more implied through coding, but use appropriated (on the writer's part) black english. one is a reference to nicki minaj, and in an alternate timeline, was a pedophile.
1 comment | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
22 supporters
Yes
1
No
74
13
TaylorJa
Any human characters are left intentionally racially ambiguous
4 comments | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
31 supporters
Yes
120
No
4
26
Anonymous
Out-of-universe, the slur r****ded is used constantly and unapologetically. In-universe, some characters are subject to repeated fantastic" hate speech based on their social caste.
5 comments | Add comment
Race
Yes
1
No
9
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
40 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
3
vriska
an adult character dates and kisses a minor later in the comic. she’s at least 4 years older than her, if not up to 10+
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
13 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
1
Yes. Some discussions are of a fictional religion/cult but also the comic has a lot of symbolism and themes taken from gnosticism (im pretty sure idk)
1 comment | Add comment
Are there demons or Hell?
1 supporters
Yes
7
No
3
0
H4L9K
There's eldritch horrorterrors that could be taken as demons.
2 comments | Add comment
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
53 supporters
Yes
2
No
14
0
probablyapineapple
not of the actual characters but nude women appear on a magazine a couple of times.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there bestiality?
87 supporters
Yes
6
No
8
0
H4L9K
In Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff a dogs genitalia is drawn for humorous effect.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
9
Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
Yes
21
No
2
0
MmmmmmmMango
Caliborn tries to compliment Jane but ends up objectifying her
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
77
No
3
13
davida
Two siblings who have friendly joke-flirting interactions before finding out they're related are implied to have also had a relationship in another timeline, something only confirmed in author responses and book additions. A character who word of author calls a pedophile is implied to usage footage of his child on his niche p**n site, the word sexual assault is used in book to describe a "prank" by this character towards this child. Another pedophile character also asks a young girl he is manipulating to call him her uncle. The epilogue also features an abusive sexual relationship between adopted cousins.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
64 supporters
Yes
91
No
8
13
Anonymous
There are no depictions of sexual acts, but there are multiple discussions of alien biology including reproduction. Also, a vast majority of characters are teens, and they are prone to the occasional genital joke.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
9
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
20 supporters
Yes
14
No
6
0
roxyofheart
Not because he is male, though. But Terezi toward Dave in Act 4.
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
13
Yes
1
No
7
Yes
0
No
13
Social
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
14
No
2
Yes
10
No
0
Yes
0
No
8
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
6 supporters
Yes
8
No
87
3
BingoBongo
The alien equivalent of Peter Pan is said to be fake, though it is also said that "if you believe in something hard enough, it will be slightly less fake".
Magic has also been described as "fake as sh*t", despite many characters having magic-like abilities.
Magic has also been described as "fake as sh*t", despite many characters having magic-like abilities.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
0
Does it have a sad ending?
63 supporters
Yes
22
No
84
15
mirto6
While Homestuck does not have a downer ending, it is left fairly open-ended and depending on what you expected from it and your personal definition of a happy ending you might be left feeling quite empty inside.
Specifically, Homestuck ends with the creation of a new world, which had previously been implied to be fated for destruction, continuing a cycle of universe death and creation. The final boss is defeated through unclear means and offscreen. Several characters are dead, or alive through unnatural means. Many characters exit the story without overcoming their personal struggles. Most importantly, near the end of Homestuck the entire cast gets replaced. After nearly everyone gets killed at once, the surviving characters travel to an alternate timeline where everyone is alive and the story keeps going from there.
If any of those things bother you, you might not enjoy the ending.
Specifically, Homestuck ends with the creation of a new world, which had previously been implied to be fated for destruction, continuing a cycle of universe death and creation. The final boss is defeated through unclear means and offscreen. Several characters are dead, or alive through unnatural means. Many characters exit the story without overcoming their personal struggles. Most importantly, near the end of Homestuck the entire cast gets replaced. After nearly everyone gets killed at once, the surviving characters travel to an alternate timeline where everyone is alive and the story keeps going from there.
If any of those things bother you, you might not enjoy the ending.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
10 supporters
Yes
4
No
10
4
trans
not a car but there are a lot of airhorns
3 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
20 supporters
Yes
106
No
1
11
Anonymous
There are two car crashes. In the first case, no one is inside the car at the time. In the second case, the occupants are completely unharmed. Nevertheless, the car DOES crash.
2 comments | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
16 supporters
Yes
37
No
59
16
user19470
A crudely-rendered plane is shown crashing into a neon sign and losing a wing in a comic recreation of the Climax of the film Con Air."
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
20 supporters
Yes
18
No
60
6
spice_n_sugar
One of the enemies is, but it’s for comic effect
1 comment | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
24 supporters
Yes
10
No
72
6
emi.newman43
A character sinks multiple times but im not sure if hes alive or not?....its a puppet.
Also there is a character that is shown to fall in a pool of lava, im not sure if that counts as drowning" per se because he probably burned but...
Also there is a character that is shown to fall in a pool of lava, im not sure if that counts as drowning" per se because he probably burned but...
2 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
57 supporters
Yes
118
No
0
8
owo_whats_bliss
There are instances of characters being stabbed ([S] Wake), cut (page 3191), and beaten (page 6808). Death is extremely common; every character except for one (possibly two, with that particular one its unclear) dies at least once.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
9 supporters
Yes
87
No
5
8
spice_n_sugar
At the very beginning of the game, the main character accidentally ended the world.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
28 supporters
Yes
72
No
0
11
shaysalad
Several characters use guns as their main weapon.
2 comments | Add comment