Homestuck.XYZ 2.0

Have you seen this and wondered what the heck it's about? There's LORE for this all tied into this idea for an AU thing for Homestuck that I've had knocking around in my head but not much time to develop it thanks to other projects. I put a bunch of thought into it though and CPA told me to share it so here I go: welcome to Worldswap!

What is Worldswap?

It's kind of bizarre! Consider Homestuck and take the protagonists, both troll and human. Got it? Now flip their destination points after ectobiology TURN-WAYS. The trolls, sent to Beta Earth with human guardians! And the kids? Living on the miserable hellworld known as Alternia! Nuts, ain't it? The 12 trolls split three per guardian, and for the kids they scrape survival with a mysterious patron who, along with this patron's master, ensures they all don't die before playing a very special game.



Dad Egbert raises Aradia, Tavros, and Sollux!

Mom Lalonde raises Karkat, Nepeta, and Kanaya!

Bro raises Terezi, Vriska, and Equius!

And Grandpa (used to) raise Gamzee, Eridan, and Feferi!



The kids meanwhile on Alternia engage (or not) in Alternian Society and blend in by pretending to be trolls! Rose pretends to be a highblood, known to be deadly and violent befitting a highblood's temper. John pretends to be a blueblood, always ready to back Rose up as he gets by with his own craftiness and positive outlook! Jade hides and thrives in the Breeding Caverns, helping the Jadebloods that shelter her from the imperial drones. Finally, Dave lives isolated as a rustblood, far from the city and any potential chance of being culled.

Some Things Are Different and Others Stay the Same

• Growing up on the opposing worlds, the characters are a bit different. Trolls hardly have quirks, though Karkat still types in all caps due to a busted keyboard. Meanwhile, the kids have quirks they developed over their time on Alternia.
  
  THE SCOURGE SISTERS LIVE BABY, SISTERS 4EVER!
  
  Why do you suppose Equius has a broken horn and broken glasses in this timeline? What happened to Vriska's eye? It is a mystery.............it is not Bro did it because he's abusive and brutal
  
  Imagine Grandpa dying because his dumbass little alien baby shot him with a giant rifle.

There's probably more but I'm tired so that's it for now thanks for coming to my ted talk

I hope an eventual fanventure comes out of this, it could be really good.

Darth_Energon wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:38 am

I hope an eventual fanventure comes out of this, it could be really good.

Thanks Darth, I hope so too because I had a lot of fun testing out memos and hammering out the idea. Need more solid footing to make this idea float away into the seas of actual storydom first though.

this still seems as interesting as the first time I readed it. I really wish you decide to start this proyect

Ooooh this is super interesting and I would love to see it fleshed out into a narrative! It would also be tons of fun just to see some character interactions in this context. Do the four kids still manage to contact each other? Would Gamzee, Eridan, and Feferi consider each other siblings and go nuts while trying to escape the island? What is Gamzee’s personality like if he doesn’t have sopor pies, does he become a murderer still or is he more like a slow and sweet doofus as he was in the beginning of Hivebent? What do the trolls think about their adoptive siblings? Is Terezi still blind? Does the Earth’s sun burn their skin? How can Rose successfully pass as a highblood when she cant breathe underwater? THERES SO MUCH

This is really interesting, would love to see it more fleshed out! (I second the notion of an eventual fanventure)

Wow, this is really interesting!! Excited to see a fanventure about it :-)

This looks amazing and really interesting! I'd like to read more of what you have!

Thank you everyone for your interest and delight! I really love this idea too and maybe when I have more time to give to a project like this I'll put developing it into gear. I do have Alternate Mayorverse already on my plate and all though so this is on the backburner alongside another MSPFA I have in mind.

For thanks I typed out one logchat to show as an example of what you'd probably expect in Worldswap, just to kind of add to the thread like a fun little written biscuit to munch on.

If only I werent on mobile so i could input that shaking eyes emoji gif I have. Because I am SUPER INTO THIS NOW

What would the alpha kids quirks be like?

WHOA now this is an hilarious and interesting idea! I'm so excited to read more XDD

Crpal wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:39 pm

What would the alpha kids quirks be like?

I haven't jumped to any Alpha storywork yet, plus it was hard enough trying to come up with stuff about the Beta kids and their quirks so far.

So far:

john t4lks w1th h4lf of t3r3z1's qu1rk s1nc3 413 1s h1s numb3r st1ll though th3 c1rcumst4nc3s h3 chos3 th3s3 numb3rs w4s not 4 d4t3

Rose Has One More Like Kanaya Where She'll Properly Enunciate Her Words To Make Herself Sound More Aristocratic Since She Is Pretending To Be A Highblood. When Speaking To Other Highbloods That Are Seadwellers Shell Fit In Fish Puns Here Or There Tuna Make Herself Fit In Moray Than Before Even Though She Hates It.

daveprettymuchrefusestospeakonlineaftertheincidentitfuckedhimupprettybadly but before that happened he used to used to be way cooler and 1nsp1rat1onal w1th h1s number 1 att1tude

jade is still FRIENDLY and ENTHUSIASTIC from her time in the :Breeding caverns!! She EMPHASIZES adjectives and ver:Bs when SPEAKING! she MAKES her face whenever she TYPES anything with a :B!!!!

And one more nugget of a log from the story I jotted down:

First of all, I really love this, it's a really good Swap idea that I haven't really heard any other versions of (Most people go for Troll!Kids and Human!Trolls instead of the Hiveswap style), and I feel like the story could go in a lot of interesting ways that I'd frankly love to read (Maybe even more than the Mayor Fanventure, that one, while still gucci as hell, hasn't been drawing me like this one). My question though, is that presumably if they ever get into game, how radically would things change? Is Bec still a thing, do they have different God Tiers, how does Doc feel about it all, etc. etc.. Basically, IT'S GOOD DO MORE

Do the kids fake having 6/6 names too and fake their horns?

hey. i love this. please keep doing this. thank u