hs_olympics | BONUS ROUND 3

Bonus Round 3

Retro Gaming

Hi shippers! Welcome to Bonus Round 3.
In this round, you'll be creating fanworks based on video and computer games from before 2000!

Rules

Choose a game that was released before 2000, and post a fanwork based on the game in some way. Make sure to use the appropriate title format (see below). Examples include: character inserts, rewritten dialogue, costume redesigns, alternate soundtracks, theme song covers, photoshopped promo art, etc.

Your fill should not be focused on Homestuck characters playing the game--the point of this round is to make a crossover.

For this challenge, you are allowed to submit fills based on your team ship. You don't have to, of course!

For this challenge, there is no minimum wordcount. We are trusting you not to abuse that fact!

This challenge will run until 11:59PM EDT July 21. After that time, even if it's just by a minute according to the timestamp, no submissions will be accepted for points.

Title Format
Please use this format in your title.

Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.
Replace [GAME TITLE] and [YEAR RELEASED] as appropriate.

Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.

Scoring
(as stated here)
First 5 entries per team: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+: 5 (per entry)

All content must be created new for this round.

We would prefer that any questions about this challenge or anything else in the HSO be emailed to us at homestuck.shipping AT gmail!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I... am simultaneously disturbed and in love. This is weird and disgusting but also REALLY REALLY GREAT and I just love the weird take on the faiths and the battles and the way you implemented such a simple game.

Thank you! Since there's a fair chance undyingUmbrage contributed to the cult of the messiahs, I figured the cultists would totally go for something as completely wacked and puzzlemurder-ish as this.

YES. I also loved the underlying tones that uu and UU were related to the cult of the messiahs. Because that's a great headcanon/thing/whatever you call it in Homestuck when something is probably going to happen and/or already happening.

(Also your icon is lovely, I must say. Gunnerkrigg is the best.)

I do wonder if there are any nice parts to the mirthful messiahs, if Calliope's involved... but any influence she might have, if it turns out that it's true she's trapped deep inside Lord English/uu, was probably drowned out by him and Doc Scratch.

♥ for Gunnerkrigg! The latest page had me happy-sighing all over the place.

Well, they do have the side of mirth and Gamzee surely started following them for a reason. He's not just a murder-crazed psychopath and a druggie, he's also really got some big ideas about equality and peace and stuff. So surely there's something that drew him into it in the first place, something that lines up with early Gamzee.

Yes, all the ♥♥♥s for Gunnerkrigg. I probably understand less of what's going on in Gunnerkrigg than I do Homestuck, but it's still so much fun! Plus Annie is such a sweetie.

Hmm, I think I always thought of Gamzee bringing his own "softer" side to the religion, but that was mostly based on how I thought of him pre-Murderstuck. It would make sense if the clown cult had a softer side already, so to speak, and that helped it appeal to the more peacable side of him.

I probably understand less of what's going on in Gunnerkrigg than I do Homestuck
HA, RIGHT?? Especially since last chapter and the revelation with Kat. Since this chapter is called "The Big Secret", maybe there will be significant answers. (Probably not though! But you're right, it's still fun.)

I mean, I'm sure he brings his own beliefs and feelings and experiences and general baggage with him, like everyone does, and makes them fit with whatever texts there are on the Mirthful Messiahs. But surely there has to be something that drew him to it in the first place and not, say, the Sufferer's following (which is too great in Be the Seadweller Lowblood for me to believe it doesn't exist in some form in canon). Hmm... now added to the long list of things I want to write fics about. XD

I have one friend that came to discover Gunnerkrigg around the same time I did, and then I more recently got her into Homestuck. And she and I are continually arguing about which one is harder to understand. XD I guess I always have enjoyed time travel and paradoxes. But yeah, hopefully things will be explained soon. Even if in doing so there will only be more questions.

BONUS ROUND 3

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