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Team Shuffle & Announcements

Hey shippers!
This is the Team Shuffle post. Feel free to beg, bribe, cajole, and convince others to join your teams here! But hang on a sec, we've got some announcements first.

A lot of you have started bonding on your team comms, which is great! We wanted to suggest a few questions for you to ask while your team is still getting to know each other. All of this stuff is pretty basic and necessary, but you'd be surprised how often people forget to ask!
  • Preferred pronouns*
  • Time zone
  • Preferred method of contact/communication
  • Media that you work with

*Quick reminder that 'male pronouns' and 'female pronouns' aren't really a thing that exist; for example, people who are female use a variety of pronouns, and not everyone who uses 'she/her' is female!

If you haven't joined your team community (and your palhoncho has already created it), please get on that ASAP! If you do not join by June 1, 11:59PM EDT, you will be considered a no-show and your sign-up will be rendered invalid. The only exception is for communities that form less than 48 hours before June 1, 11:59PM EDT; they will be given an extra 24 hours to sign up.

And lastly, some of you know this already, but we're disallowing team switches starting on June 1, 11:59PM EDT. This is in order to give the mods 24 hours to sort out final team rosters and prep the spreadsheets before the games begin in earnest. You can still switch teams after the HSO starts, but you must follow the procedure outlined in the FAQ. If you are not on a confirmed team by June 1, 11:59PM EDT, your sign-up will be considered invalid and you will not be able to participate in HSO 2012.

On May 28, in 10 days, we'll be asking people to contact their palhonchos for a roll call, either on your comm or via email. If you do not respond within four days or arrange for your absence beforehand, you will be considered a no-show and your sign-up will be rendered invalid.

Team Sollux<>Karkat needs 1 more member for confimation!

[personal profile] permeable_aperture 2012-05-20 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Hello lovely folks of the HSO. Team Sollux<>Karkat has 5 members and we just need one more to be a ~real team~. So if you aren't on a viable team yet or want to switch yours, this would be an excellent choice!!

Please come to our aid, you the valiant of this fandom, for the ship is fantastic and awesome and deserves the chance to shine that it seldom gets.

You see, Sollux and Karkat would make excellent moirails.

-They talk to each other ALL THE TIME. They are certainly two of the best-friendsiest sets of best friends in Homestuck.

-They don't put up with each other's shit. At all. And they deal with each other's issues in manners that aren't intolerably coddle-ish but undeniably caring in their own ways.

-OK, they care about each other SO MUCH. I mean look at Karkat's history of acrobatic fucking pirouettes off the handle when Sollux is injured/dead. Look at Sollux's (relative) gentleness the last time we see him interact with Karkat.

And look at all the potential we have for fanwork:

-Fluffy happies-- and don't they deserve it after all they've been through?

-Angsty unrequiteds-- FROM EITHER SIDE OMG (I mean both of them have plenty of other ship interests in this quadrant)

-As paired with yummy and delicious matespritships, kismessitudes, and ashen trios

-AUs in which they can be just as awesome as they are in canon

the po22iibiiliitiie2 are endle22

Fics involving this lovely pairing include this lovely specimen plus like a bazillion more

and think of the awesome art too!!!

but all this amazingness can't happen unless we get one more person for our team, so please switch or tell your friends to switch for the sake of Karkat<>Sollux!

Thank you!!!
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[personal profile] kitsubasa 2012-05-20 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
I've just switched over to this team! One of my friends is switching too, so you guys're now up two members if things go as planned.

[personal profile] permeable_aperture 2012-05-20 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! You guys are awesome! :DDD
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JADE ♥ KANAYA

[personal profile] montage 2012-05-20 07:32 am (UTC)(link)


click the image to go through to a full promotional presentation! this awesome team only needs ONE more person to be a confirmed team, I believe, so if you're feeling at a loss, why not come help some cute space girlfriends get space married ♥♥♥
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Handmaid<3Psiioniic

[personal profile] fencesatmidnight 2012-05-20 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)


Join the team Handmaid<3Psiioniic! You could be part of this awesome team. Look at them. Just look at them! They both know what it's like to be trapped, and both clearly need more love. They're both interesting characters to experiment and work with, and put together, their dynamic is stunning. This is a pair that evokes feels from the sheer sadness of their relationship. We need your help to make this lovely ship sail! So please, join this team.
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Re: Handmaid<3Psiioniic

[personal profile] rhe 2012-05-21 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hey! Just letting you know that you don't have private messages available, so I can't reply to the message you sent me regarding our team. :) Sorry to post this here, but I couldn't contact you any other way!
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Re: Handmaid<3Psiioniic

[personal profile] fencesatmidnight 2012-05-21 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I've checked, and private messaging is enabled for me... Do you think you could try again?
binners: (timerails)

DAVE<>ARADIA

[personal profile] binners 2012-05-20 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
OK. Another post about Team Dave<>Aradia.

1. "The corpse party don't start till we walk in." That is a funny joke. I can personally guarantee that there will be other jokes of equal - perhaps even superior - quality.

2. Timerails. A cute name and a cute couple.

3. They wear matching outfits. What a pair of precious babies!

4. Aradia does not rap, so there will be absolutely 0 chance of terrible rap-offs. She is, however, a powerful psychic. Wow!

5. They are both really into dead things. Aradia digs them up and Dave preserves them in jars. What a great team!
5a. Cute time-travel dates, to view and collect other dead things. How fun!

6. Here's another joke I just came up with: "Bleat like a sheep for ironic purposes."

7. They've both undergone incredible and terrifying metamorphoses. They've had to walk the line between fate and free will. They have died hundreds of times. They have endured more of the game than any other player. Timeline management can't be easy, and they've both sacrificed a lot to ensure that the alpha timeline continues. There's a reason why time's symbol is a gear - they're the machinery behind the game, the support for their co-players, the reason things keep advancing. Being a Time player is hard, and only other Time players understand.

8. This would be the most epic pale romance. Can you imagine, Dave and Aradia hopping around all the dream bubbles cuddling and papping all the doomed Aradias and Daves? There are some really amazing possibilities for fics and art and music and videos and really anything!

9. He's the butler, she's the Maid.

10. Aradia's land is Quartz and Melody, with a music box theme. Music boxes are clockwork devices. Dave's land is Heat and Clockwork.

11. What a pair of cuties I mean come on they're perfect. Oh my god.
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Re: DAVE<>ARADIA

[personal profile] mr2bonclay 2012-05-20 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
omg 9 and 10 i never realised those
good luck to you btw :D
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Re: DAVE<>ARADIA

[personal profile] catchyourweive 2012-05-20 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
GOOD LUCK. I ship this too, so I'd like to see you guys pop out some awesome entries!

Re: DAVE<>ARADIA

[personal profile] galacticbishoujo 2012-05-25 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
This is one of my favourite pale ships! It is just slightly behind Aradia<>Davesprite.

I hope you guys get confirmed!

Eridan<3Roxy: 3 Spots Left for Lonely Wizards!

[personal profile] loudmouthseth 2012-05-20 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Reasons these two would be awesome together:
WIZARDS. God they love wizards. Dorky wizard fans are adorable, and they’re more adorable together.
Even though they’re both wizard enthusiasts, they also both really like SCIENCE. If a shared interest in laser rifles can’t bring two people together, what can?
They both like to GAME. Eridan’s an extreme role player and Roxy is a Gamer GRRL. A few friendly games could turn into flirty ones.
Eridan is a fan of HISTORY and Roxy is described as loving the vintage and NOSTALGIC. With this many shared interests, they’d never run out of things to talk about.
SCARVES. I don’t think I need to say any more.
We know they’d dig each other due to their CANONICAL UNREQUITED CRUSHES. Eridan has feelings for a bubbly, energetic girl who keeps a lot of pets and likes to take care of people. Roxy has feelings for a stoic history buff with signature eye-wear. The solution to their dilemma is obvious.
They’re both really eager to MAKE OUT WITH SOMEONE. Why not each other?
She DRINKS LIKE A FISH and he IS A FISH.
There’s also a lot of potential for SERIOUS CHARACTER EXPLORATION. Eridan may have a genocide complex, but how would he react to Roxy’s story as a genocide survivor? Could he overcome his loathing of landdwellers for a girl who understands being lonely like he does? Could Roxy overcome reservations about fishy aliens after living under the Batterwitch’s regime? How does loving a troll factor in Roxy’s desire to have a family?
They work in interesting ways with OTHER RELATIONSHIPS. How would Roxy feel about Feferi, considering her relationship the other two Pisces-emblazoned trolls? How would she fit into Eridan and Sollux’s rivalry with all her HaXX0r skillz?
You might be saying, “But, one of them is dead!” Aha, but when has that ever stopped us? Or stopped the comic, for that matter? Jake/Aranea, anyone? Plus, what’s once dead doesn’t always stay that way in Homestuck.
So join the team, so we can get our ship sailing! We still need more members to make it a full team, and if you decide to help us reach the maximum, I’ll be eternally grateful."
-agentlefty

That is more than I could ever hope to say about this amazing ship. We'd love to have a couple more participants.
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Aradia<3Rose

[personal profile] rakopandaowl 2012-05-20 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
WE NEED ONE MORE MEMBER!
Come on guys, these babes are so cute together.

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Dave♥Jade♥John♥Rose

[personal profile] playerprophet 2012-05-21 12:00 am (UTC)(link)


Join Team Beta OT4!!!

Hello! I'm PlayerProphet, the palhoncho for Team Dirk<3Jake<3Jane<3Roxy! Team Alpha OT4 (also known as [community profile] alphachronism has been full since the first day of signups! The Beta OT4 only came to life after the signups closed. There's something wrong with this picture.

Join Team Beta OT4 today! Become Sexy Rivals (and best friends) with Team Alpha OT4!

Other incentives:
-Couldn't get on to John/Dave? John/Rose? Dave/Jade? Join John/Dave/Jade/Rose! Why pick just one ship!
-Last year's Beta OT4 is responsible for >Connect, which is awesome! Imagine how much better you could do this year!
-There is so much nice art for this foursome all over the place. You don't need to look hard to find it!

Please, join Team Beta OT4! Don't let other pairings get in the way of four kids who love each other!
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Gamzee♠Terezi

[personal profile] lun 2012-05-22 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Photobucket
Gif by paradventure

Hello there people of HSO! Team Bloodthirsty here. we are a confirmed team of 8 members however we would like to become a full team! as they say the more the merrier~
plus we're one of the few kismetude ships competing this year, if redrom is too sweet for your taste our team would be a perfect solution.

So if you'd like to join/switch over to our team just send an e-mail to the HSO team (homestuck.shipping@gmail.com)

- Team Bloodthirsty



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Equius<3Jade<3Nepeta

[personal profile] actuallyglasses 2012-05-23 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey Guys! There's an adorable and awesome OT3 out there that still needs 4 members! It's Equius<3Jade<3Nepeta!

Come on guys, we even have the best ship name! My Little Furry: OT3s Are Furevfur. Tell me that is not an awesome ship name.

We've got lots of great ships in here! We've got Equius<3Nepeta, Equius<3Jade, and Jade<3Nepeta! Equius<>Nepeta is already full. Jade<3Nepeta and Nepeta<3Equius are already confirmed. Why not join the adorable ship that still needs some help and get both of those pairings? And Equius<3Jade isn't even on there!? Come on guys! That's an adorable pairing that needs more support! So come on and help us support all of them!

There's barely any art or fanfics or anything for Equius<3Jade<3Nepeta, so you wouldn't you like to be the one who can start representing that ship in awesome stuff like that?

And look. Nepeta and Jade are both fun and absolutely adorable and Equius is a proper and tough guy. Don't they just contrast each other so well????

So please guys. We need your help! This is a great ship and it needs to sail! So join us!

Also, so many hugs to any of you who join because you will seriously we the best people!
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jake<3roxy

[personal profile] senatorlemonsnout 2012-05-23 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
A Very Good Ship desperately lacking members: Team Jake♥Roxy. Why is it so good, you may ask?

-Reread their pesterlogs. They're so cute with each other.

-uu ships it, he might do terrible things if you don't join this team.

- http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/smuut11.gif

-Jaxy Lalish. If she isn't enough reason to join, I don't know what to say to you.

Do the right thing. Switch to team Jake♥Roxy.

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Eridan♥Nepeta

[personal profile] beyondthegoldenlights 2012-05-24 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_BUO65lEBZw

I have a little teaser to try and convince people to join our team~

Please, I'm somewhat desperate to finally acknowledge this ship. I mean, it's fluffy, it's angsty, who doesn't like catfish?

But sigh, there's so many popular ships out there, I doubt we'll make it.

It's worth a try, I guess.
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Bro<>Dave! Heads Up Striders!

[personal profile] renbeau 2012-05-24 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey shippers! How do you like sweet broship and hella family times with Dave and Bro Strider?
This team will be full of all the fun, endearing, heart-wrenching, silly, and ironic shenanigans of the Strider brothers, from the trials and embarrassing moments of growing up Strider, to the conflict, complication, and badassery of Dave and Bro's roles and relationships in the fantasyland of Sburb.

Alpha!Dave and Dirk will also be accepted!

Please consider us for your HSO 2012 team!
binners: (timerails)

DAVE<>ARADIA BRIBERY POST.

[personal profile] binners 2012-05-25 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's get down to brass tacks. The FINAL COUNTDOWN is coming up and it's time I started getting serious about hauling some of you onto this beautiful ride we call TIMERAILS.

IF you switch from a team that will likely not get confirmed to team TIMERAILS, I will write you a fanfic for your previous pairing. Your prompt. Not even for a bonus round.

This fanfic will be yours and yours alone. Your own personal fiction! For you! You can ask that it be posted to AO3 or tumblr, or keep it to your own private self forever. Your call!

This offer will be NULL AND VOID if team Timerails is not confirmed by JUNE 1st, 4PM EST. SO GET ON IT.

If you want some examples of my writing, I am SORD on AO3.

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Re: DAVE<>ARADIA BRIBERY POST.

[personal profile] eremiticantiquarian 2012-05-29 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
wellllll... I was already about to send my shuffle e-mail, but this sold me. :3
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Re: DAVE<>ARADIA BRIBERY POST.

[personal profile] binners 2012-05-29 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
send me what you want me to write and i'll get started on it!

CONGRATS ON JOINING TEAM TIMERAILS btw

we are now . . . teamrails
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Re: DAVE<>ARADIA BRIBERY POST.

[personal profile] eremiticantiquarian 2012-05-29 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
:3 Well, my old team was Dave<3Tavros<>Aradia<>Dave... so something along those lines... annnnnd... fluffy summer outdoors fun!

Thanks so much, I look forward to seeing this! And you're wonderful for offering it!

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