Obvious Things You Missed #1

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Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by classpectanon » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:18 pm

Let's bring back some :cool3d: 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.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by KnightOfRage413 » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:19 pm

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

Dirk and Dave both have bird hair too.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Sokota » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:20 pm

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

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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Skyplayer » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:25 pm

It took me a year to realize "Horuss" is pronounced "Horse"
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Eromancery » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:25 pm

Page 2021 (Gamzee: Retrieve Husktop) has a barely visible Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope overlaid on top of the first panel.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by barexamkind » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:59 pm

Aradia's horns keep...inconsistiently happening.

Didn't notice until I was trying to find art references.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Sahxyel » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:02 pm

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

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I feel like an idiot, he's even my favorite troll so I dunno how I missed this for four years.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Darth_Energon » Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:20 pm

Jack losing an arm makes him more like a face card.
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Post by calamityCons » Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:23 pm

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

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

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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Prime » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:13 am

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

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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.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by rookie1978 » Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:19 pm

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. :nepball:
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by slip » Wed Nov 13, 2019 11:40 pm

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.

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Post by nonsenseMnemonic » Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:52 am

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.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Callz2k » Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:09 pm

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.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by bathtimebird » Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:00 pm

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

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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Flame_Warp » Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:14 pm

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

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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Guy-Rocketram » Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:44 pm

I used to pronounce some names ridiculously wrong.
> Eridan was Eridian
> Tavros was Tarvos
> Calliope was Cally-Ope ( :professor: 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.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by calamityCons » Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:48 pm

You know it definitely woulda been supremely kickass if the teleporting windows were used the way they were in problem sleuth.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by Guy-Rocketram » Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:53 pm

calamityCons wrote:
Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:48 pm
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.
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Re: Obvious Things You Missed #1

Post by thorondraco » Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:56 pm

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.

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