#4258

Wait, why does that sound so familiar?

...it's the fucking horse from Parks & Rec. Jane really is a superfan, isn't she?

TT: There's a real stuffed rabbit beneath its exoskeleton. […] TT: It belonged to my bro. […] TT: I stole it. […] TT: Ever hear of Con Air?

And it's the same bunny again, which I should probably have seen coming. Homestuck loves this bit.

Unlike the other rabbits we've seen, Lil Sebastian isn't actually part of the triple-layered time loop that we saw back in the Veil. He's not destined to become Liv Tyler, but they are the same bunny, just spawned in different timelines. Siblings, if you will.

GG: Wasn't that some bit of action schlock from the 90's? TT: Yes. GG: Some of the silly nonsense referenced in his work was well before my time. I don't have the wherewithal to investigate all this minutia. TT: Yeah, it doesn't matter really. But it was from that. Dude weirdly obsessed over that shit movie for years, among others.

It's almost as though Dave's heart was resonating with Con Air, for some reason. Something about these shitty movies feels almost nostalgic to him - as though he's reaching out for the ghost of a memory, and finding only a faint breeze.

Lil' Bro thinks he's more likely to get news about Dave from a newspaper than from the man himself.

...yeah, Dave has absolutely no involvement in this kid's life. That's better than giving him the Bro treatment, I guess, but the bar is on the floor.

Jane - the child being brainwashed by an alien - might just have the best home life in her entire friend group. That's fucked up, man.

GG: Why didn't you mention this when you gave the gift? More irony? TT: Essentially. It's not that easy to explain. TT: Broadcasting the gesture would have made it seem tawdry, and would somewhat defray its humor value. GG: I see. So it was like a private joke, and if anyone besides you was in on it, the joke would be ruined! TT: Like I said, there are layers.

Unlike John, Jane is sincerely interested in her friend's post-ironic nonsense. She actually likes this style of humor, and Bro's more than happy to yap philosophical about how it works. I suppose Jane's sense of humor isn't quite as cornball as John's, so she's willing to engage with Bro's more cerebral style of comedy.

As a result...

TT: On one level, I gave you a filthy tattered piece of shit[...] TT: On another level, I needed to incorporate something passable as a real heirloom. TT: For sentimental reasons. GG: D'awwwww. GG: Wait, real sentiment, or ironic sentiment? TT: No, it was genuine. TT: The upper echelons of irony should always include measures of sincerity. [...] GG: I have so much to learn. And I am not even saying that "ironically!"

...they're kind of besties, aren't they?

GG: Will you teach me your ways one day, sir? Perhaps an apprenticeship will open? TT: Oh god, I'd love that. TT: Consider the position yours for the taking any time. [...]

Like, I said before, it's obvious that Lil' Bro is a lonely kid - so when Jane offers him her company here, I think it means much, much more to him than she realizes.

TT: [...] Feel free to approach and kneel before Cal. With my sword and his floppy mitten, you will receive my flashstep anointment shoulder to shoulder, and to shoulder again.

lmao

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