#4111

Finally.

Oh, nice - we're actually getting to see the summoning code, then? Am I going to be dusting off my ~ATH theory posts for the first time since 2022?

Oh, for fuck's sake. I can't read that, it's in some sort of ... English language. Bleh.

Is this... Scratch's mansion? Inside the Green Sun?

Am I to understand that the Sun actually contains the remains of the Alternian universe? I know Cascade depicted the two universes as through they were 'inside' the Tumor bomb, but I didn't think it was quite this literal.

Uh, Scratch?

Scratch, are you good?

Oh, god.

Scratch is English, isn't he?

They're the exact same entity - or perhaps two facets of the same entity, like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Scratch was never really summoning English, he was fulfilling the requirements to become him. That's why he's so fanatically loyal to the guy.

And what’s the God Tier clock’s role in all this?

Is English making use of God Tier revival, somehow? Is he a God Tier Player himself, but one who's managed to cheat the normal Just/Heroic resurrection rules?

Great - he's still got his First Guardian powers, too.

4111!Tony fanart because i think about this boy a lot. unfortunately he was killed by 4111!Howard as part of his deal with Mephisto, but i think if Howard is going to be immortal then maybe his son should be allowed to haunt him or something, it's only fair.

he's from this one scene in Avengers vol 8 #50:

Enjoy your new session while it lasts, kids. Given everything we know now, I can't imagine it'll go particularly well.

Yup, it looks like this guy is even more immortal than normal. No conditional deaths for our Lord English, methinks.

Scratch's head seems to be connected to the God Tier clock in some way - but which came first? Did Scratch create the God Tier clock for some purpose, or did he mold himself in the image of an already existing artifact?

What the fuck is up with this clock?

...it's fucking Cal.

Of course it's fucking Cal. Of course the final boss of Homestuck is a supercharged Lil' Cal.

It makes a lot of sense, too, that Cal's face was what was hiding behind Scratch's cueball. This was probably a major reason why we never saw English's face until now - because doing so too early would have tipped us off to Cal's role in Scratch's creation.

The Vast Honk has been released.

The juggalo prophecy was about Lord English all along, then. They are, and always were, a doomsday cult, presumably founded by the Handmaid in times long past.

Alternia was raised by Scratch, and consumed by English.

It’s joined to these bastards at the hip.

And that’s that, then. Scratch’s grand plan has finally came to fruition, spawning an instance of English out of his own body.

As we move into Act 6, we should hopefully learn how this arrangement came to pass, how it works, and how to disrupt it. For now, though, I'm still just reeling - mostly at the fact that we're going to be fighting Cal.