I refuse to acknowledge this foolish man's self indulgent rubbish. His frivolous charades have no place in this building, or anywhere in this reality.
Scratch is speaking frankly with her about the author of Homestuck, so it seems that Aradia's gained some meta-awareness of her own. I'm sure Scratch would consider that to be very dangerous knowledge, so maybe he's simply trapping her here so she can't make use of it.
That said... is this scene 'actually happening' in the context of Homestuck's canon? We’ve seen some unexplainable events in Hussie segments before, such as this memorable scene where Vriska commands Hussie to ride Falkor the luckdragon. It’s clear we’re not meant to be taking those seriously, so that might also be the case here.
But, well... this doesn't feel non-canonical, does it? The current scene isn't part of an interlude, recap, or Intermission, and it's sharing space with several plot-critical events. I’d call it ‘dubiously canon’, but that’s something of a loaded phrase in this comic.
I don't know. My instincts are telling me that this is 'real', but I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
Yes! Fuck him up! Bust out those moves you used on Vriska!
I see. It's another one of your moods. We will have to work on ironing out this behavior before you meet your true master.
Aradia’s service to Lord English has transitioned from ‘unaware’ to ‘unwilling’ - but what use does he even have for her? What can a Maid of Time do that an entire gang of time manipulators can't?
Maybe he's actually got no Time abilities of his own, so he has to enslave Time Players to carry out his plans. Watch your fucking back, Strider!
No, stop that.
You render yourself in a more symbolic manner this instant.
After spending some time in the Furthest Ring, our girl's acquired a pair of needles.
I think it’s time we introduced Doc Scratch to the party.