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Time Means Nothing

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This picture is based off the We Are Scientists song, After Hours: [link]
You have to listen to it to make most of what I’m saying here relevant C:

So, I wanted to join the sad!Bro/Davesprite bandwagon because the Striders were some of my favorite Homestuck characters. I couldn’t think of a goddamned thing, though, until this song came up. The product, this, is one of the most weirdly personal pictures I’ve done in an extremely long time. I don’t know why that is. Maybe it’s just because it covers a tetchy topic? Or because while drawing it, I put a lot of symbolism and meaning into it? I don’t even know.

While it makes me beyond sad, I fell in love with the concept of an endless white bar where all the dead characters just sit in silence and share a sad drink, but can never leave. The differing height of the bars in the stools was an artistic choice—I think that in this bar, everything is perfect to keep the people in comfort. I tried to choose drinks that would fit each character well—Bro gets a scotch, Dave gets beer, Jade gets a martini, and John gets a fruity umbrella-ed drink.

I made Davesprite the focus of the picture for several reasons: first, I just love that feathery asshole. Second, I consider the Dave that went into Davesprite to be the original Dave that we were introduced to—the current Dave is the one from the alternate timeline to me. Without the hell that he went through, all the months knowing his best friend was dead, the jumping back in time not knowing what would happen to him, and the (essential) self mutilation in the form of prototyping, none of them would be alive. I think that deserves tribute.

Another thing is that the line “Time means nothing,” is perfect for Davesprite, the former Knight of Time who gave up his position and, later, life, to save a friend. It shows that at the end of his journey, in that bar, time really does mean nothing, which is good, because that’s kind of how he treated it in life. C’:>

And, I think my final note on all the deep angst I put into this picture, the line “We’re all right where we’re supposed to be” fits everything here perfectly (with the exception of Bro). The kids from the alternate timeline (again, with the exception of Alternate Dream Rose, who we don’t really know about—when she faded into Rose, was she absorbed or did she die?) are all dead now, as it was supposed to be from the moment John listened to Terezi. This is their reunion.



Now that I’m all angsted out for the next month, my notes on how much I love how this turned out. Because I love it a lot you guys. Especially Jade’s hair. OuO The only thing I think could have gone much better are Dave’s feathers, but that’s just because I am balls at nonhuman anatomy.
But once again, I am upset by the number my gogdamned scanner did on this. D:<
Shit, I’m so sorry for making this so long, I just felt that this one in particular needed a LOT of explanation. I didn’t even add everything that I was thinking. D:

After Hours belongs to We Are Scientists
Homestuck belongs to Andrew Hussie
Art is mine


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And if you read all that, thanks. C:
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firepelt00's avatar
Sadstuck is sad. :(

Good job, tho!