Obvious Things You Missed #1

[classpectanon]

Let's bring back some old classics.

This thread can be used to point out either obvious stuff you missed the first time around, or not-so-obvious stuff you wanted to bring light to.

As tradition goes, I hereby remind everyone that Jake's and (to some extend) John's and Jane's hair are shaped like penguins.

[KnightOfRage413]

Oh man this was my favorite thread on the old forums.

Dirk and Dave both have bird hair too.

[Sokota]

I totally missed out on the fact that Dave's hair looks like a bird.

[Skyplayer]

It took me a year to realize "Horuss" is pronounced "Horse"

[Eromancery]

Page 2021 (Gamzee: Retrieve Husktop) has a barely visible Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope overlaid on top of the first panel.

[barexamkind]

Aradia's horns keep...inconsistiently happening.

Didn't notice until I was trying to find art references.

[Sahxyel]

I noticed last week that the grip for Ahab's Crosshairs is a damn seahorse.



I feel like an idiot, he's even my favorite troll so I dunno how I missed this for four years.

[Darth_Energon]

Jack losing an arm makes him more like a face card.

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[calamityCons]

On page 702, the label for the can of motor oil in WV's prison has been ripped off...



To become the Land of Heat and Clockwork on the wall in the next panel

[Prime]

So, that cross-sticking-out-of-the-ground looking character sported by the carapaces. 士. There it is!

Over here too!

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Found also on the Kings' brooches and banners on both moons. In online chess annotation, plus over minus (+/-) indicates a white advantage over black (and (-/+) to imply the opposite). Ironic, no? Considering Derse will always win without the players' intervention.

Additionally plugging the word "soldier" into google translate from English to Chinese will net you the character 士 in addition to vague connections to "warrior" and "knight". No expert translation by about a googol, but still neat.

[rookie1978]

Nepeta's hair coming out from her hat make the fangs, the hat is the eyes, her horns are the ears, she literally has a catface. The hair fangs took me years.

[slip]

the first time i tried reading homestuck (circa 2012-ish) i didn't click on any of the pesterlogs and quit after like 200 pages. i didn't start reading again until almost a year later when my friend informed me of my mistake.

also, i didn't notice until my current re-read with a friend that all the alpha kid's classpects were foreshadowed in their intro pages.

Jane


Roxy


Dirk


Jake

[nonsenseMnemonic]

my friend, during their reread, is now noticing for the first time some of Homestuck's more obvious sex jokes. I'm now noticing some of the obvious meta jokes. I missed stuff like "The Medium" the first times around.

[Callz2k]

Dave has the tenancy to meander on and on and repeat himself a lot and to just say the same things over and over.
His shirt symbol is a broken record.

[bathtimebird]

I never noticed this until now, but Kanaya is actually licking her lips after cleaving Eri in two.

[Flame_Warp]

When Jack shows Karkat he has red blood as well, the cut is in the shape of the Blood aspect symbol

[Guy-Rocketram]

I used to pronounce some names ridiculously wrong.
> Eridan was Eridian
> Tavros was Tarvos
> Calliope was Cally-Ope ( no that is not the right pronounciation. Calliope is an actual english word, which is pronounce Calliope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArKGmOvvvFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtJr2GgOFp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5VhXnJeiQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Zwl8zCu6g )
Also the first time I read HS back in 2016 (and only got a little under halfway through) I mistook the page https://www.homestuck.com/story/305 which was intended to be a Problem Sleuth refrence as actual foreshadowing to how they will summon horrorterrors later on.
Spoiler Alert: It wasn't and I was immensely disappointed.

[calamityCons]

You know it definitely woulda been supremely kickass if the teleporting windows were used the way they were in problem sleuth.

[Guy-Rocketram]

You know it definitely woulda been supremely kickass if the teleporting windows were used the way they were in problem sleuth.

that kind of reminds me of a theory i once heard where PS and HS shared a universe and the imaginary realm was the furthest ring.

[thorondraco]

One that really comes to mind is a bit convoluted. It took me a while to realize there was a bunch of oil spots and hands appearing in the backgrounds. Then i learned why.