It Begins...

[gjarble]

Ahem.

Hello, fellow Blue Smuppets!

My name is Gjarble, and I'll be your palhoncho for Homestuck Express Shipping flight 413 from Here to Victory. Our estimated date of arrival at Victory is August 11. Our current altitude is 0 meters.

That is, sea level.

...

Y'know, cause we're sailing.

Why'd they even call this a "flight", anyway?

So, first of all, let me express my gratitude that 6 people are finally aboard, so we can all set sail! Alongside my lovely vice-palhoncho, macca44552, I'm here to make sure we all have a grand ol' time, and leave all the other, saner ships floundering in our wake!

I think our first order of business should be getting to know each other. So, I'd like to ask everybody to do the following:

• Introduce yourself!
• Answer those four questions the mods said we should ask each other (and I tend to agree we should):
  • Preferred pronouns
  • Time zone
  • Preferred method of contact/communication
  • Media that you work with

I'll start.

Like I said before, I'm Gjarble. I'm a college student studying to be a video game designer. I've been reading MSPA since about halfway through Problem Sleuth, though I didn't join the fandom outright until right after [S] Make her pay. Since then, I've done my fair share of HS-themed image manips, and cosplayed Hella Jeff, Davesprite, and Karkat. HS is also, like for many other fans, the thing that actually made shipping interesting for me. I don't have an OTP per se, but the huge cast (and of course, the quadrants) have been a lot of fun to explore to their darkest depths. I joined Bro ♥ Grandpa because the idea is freakin' hilarious, but at the same time it's an extension of the very sincere, very canon Dirk ♥ Jake, which macca and I both ship. Due to my inexperience with shipping, this'll be my first time doing rom-art of any kind, but HSO looks to be a lot of fun!

• Preferred pronouns: He/him
• Time zone: Eastern U.S. - Boston (currently EDT [UTC -4 hours])
• Preferred method of contact: I'd recommend the comm, just so everything's in one place. If you wish to contact me privately or don't think the matter is large enough to make a new comm entry for, just send me a PM.
• Media that I work with:
  • I am first and foremost a game designer/programmer. I work with Flash by far the most, but I'm also experienced in JavaScript and a bunch of other assorted stuff. I doubt this'll be very useful during the main round for time reasons (if you have a reasonably simplistic idea for an interactive fill, I'll gladly be proven wrong), but it definitely puts interactive stuff on the table for the collaborative round. Oh man, do I have ideas. We'll talk about that once everyone's settled into the comm.
  • Doctorin'! I've done a lot of Photoshop stuff, so if you need an existing HS panel manipulated to be something else, or just want someone to clean up the linework on your drawing, I'm your guy. I also at least like to think I'm okay at editing audio and video to similar ends.
  • Music. I was trained as a drummer for the bulk of my childhood (don't have access to decent live equipment, though), and I know just enough music theory to write some half-decent music. I can put together something decent-sounding using GarageBand and Audacity, but I also have Famitracker- a chiptune maker that performs 100% to the specifications of the NES.
  • If all else fails (that is, if I can't use any of the above skills for a prompt), I probably don't suck at writing.

I think that's it... take it away, everyone!

Comments

hello

[yaichiko]

hye there -u- i'm yai, i'm 17 and i live in maryland, usa. i graduate high school on may 23rd and i'll be off to college in the fall hopefully to study something social studies related.
i started reading homestuck sometime in mid november after cascade and during the alpha kids intorduction. i hope to cosplay feferi or vriska for otakon in late july. i've never multishipped before getting into ohmestuck so it's been an ordeal trying to sort out my otps. i'm obvioulsy a fan of dirkjake as well as brograndpa, i also like davejohn, feferivriska, daverose, kanayakarkat, eridanfeferi, janeroxy, and a bunch of others i'm too laxzy to list ;;
it's my first time participating in hso so i hope this'll be fun <3

preferred pronouns: she/her

time zone: EST, same time zone as our palhoncho (◡‿◡✿)

preferred method of contact: the comm (if it's not urgetn), i'm always on tumblr so you can inbox me (url is the same as my dw), or if any of yuo are interested in foriming a group chat on skype i'm down with that

media that i work with: i guess paint tool sai??? and tradtional media as well, though i can't get to my scanner right now and ym phone takes shitty pictures ;; i have tons of ideas for short amv type stuff but not the means to execute it ;; if we all have time during the same prompt i think a collab would be fun >u<

so uh yea, hey guys (◡‿◡✿)

Re: hello

[macca44552]

Tomorrow, man. You're graduating tomorrow (or maybe you've already graduated? Depends on when you see this, I suppose). Congratulations!

Nice to meet you, by the way. You seem awesome. ;u;

Re: hello

[gjarble]

Welcome aboard! I agree with the collab idea- in fact, I might encourage it for all the rounds (though not everybody has to participate every round, of course; I know people are busy). It seems to me a better way to bond the team than having some of us make stuff on our own and singling out a "best one". I'm not sure how teams have done it in the past, though. Maybe I'll get an email from the higher-ups about that... if not, we can all figure it out together.

As for the amv stuff, if you have an idea for an MV that you think fits a prompt, feel free to let us know! If it strikes my fancy, I could help out with the video portion.

[trickstertechgodhead]

Hey, I'm Tristan. But you can call me Tris or Trin. I'm a 20 year old homestuck fan who's currently on a summer break from college. I started reading homestuck shortly after Gamzee had his sober thing happen I'm pretty sure. Not really good with memory on that, and I've loved the comic since.

I'm a big shipper, and I love writing fanfic. My main ships right now are: john <3 dave, jake <3 dirk, dad <3 bro, and a couple other ships. But I always wanted to try writing this one out. I always liked the idea before Jake <3 Dirk was introduced, but that certainly has helped me love these guys even more.

Preferred pronouns: he, him, his, etc.

Time zone: EST, same as everyone else that has posted so far I think.

Preferred method of contact/communication: skype, though I'm available on tumblr too. my url is holdthesebees.tumblr.com c:

Media that you work with: I write, I don't know how to art but I've spent a lot of time working on my writing.

I'd love a skype group by the way! I think that'd be a lot of fun to converse over that. No pressure on anyone, though. ♥

[macca44552]

A skype group sounds awesome. I talked it over with the palhoncho and we're definitely going to set it up. Don't know when yet, but soon. Soon.

[gjarble]

Soon.

Soooooooooooon.

...I mean, welcome to the team, Tris.

Yeah, Skype pretty much seems to be a unanimous "yes" among the members. Maybe we can have an icon-making party sometime before June!

Re: hey yo sup

[macca44552]

Ah, congratulations on graduating! Your guinea pig is awesome, by the way. .-.

Also, your art. It's really, really good. And the world is a better place the more silly gifs it contains, so keep making them! :D

Bonding activities are a must! We're in the midst of sorting out a skype chat thing, so that'll be coming soon.

Nice to meet you!

Re: hey yo sup

[gjarble]

Oh man, you have a Façade icon! That is excellent.

I second the awesomeness of your guinea pig and silly GIFs.

Movie viewing parties would be a great idea! Did you have any in mind? I know I still need to see Hook...

[macca44552]

Hello everyone!

I'm macca. I'm a 20 year old English major at college, and it has been a pretty cool existence, I guess. I had previously read Homestuck half-serially with gjarble up until the end of Act 4, but when I became frustrated that I understood jack shit I pretty much ragequit. I started it again only a few months ago (with a much better understanding of the comic. Granted, I didn't really pay too much attention during my first attempt) so I still feel like a newish fan. And, of course, I love shipping. My OTP is Dirk <3 Jake (seriously you guys, I will go down with this ship), but I also heavily ship John <3 Karkat, Dave <3< Karkat, Rose <3 Kanaya, Nepeta <> Equius and, bluh, too many others. Including shipping Gamzee with basically all the humans except Jake and Jade, and shipping Dirk with every character ever because I love him. Naturally, I love Bro as well. Hence Bro/Grandpa.

Also, Bro <3 Grandpa is too hilarious to go wrong. This is a FACT.

Preferred pronouns: she/her.
Time zone: EST
Preferred method of contact: the community is cool. My tumblr is the same as my DW username. Oh, I also have skype: kathleenmn4. woot.
Media that I work with: Erm. I write. That is literally the only talent that I possess. But, if push comes to shove, there is a chance that I might be able to make some art or something. It would take hours and probably turn out to be amatuerish BUT I CAN TRY.

Oh, ideas. Ideas are a thing that I have frequently. So that can be useful?

[gjarble]

Hello, oh-so-mysterious stranger.

*wonk*

For the record, ideas are always a useful thing! Who knows; they might be the spark of inspiration that another team member needs to make something beautiful.