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Behold! Eridan x Rosali fanart from the one and only @bluelimearg 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I sent them a request to draw them, and they both turned out so beautifully! You can just see from their faces how in love these two are 😭😭😭😭 Thank you so much for drawing them, this made my evening!

Also, just because I always love combining music with my favorite ships, this is what I imagine Eridan and Rosali are dancing to here xD

Karkat- Following in his ancestor's footsteps, he ends up being heavily involved in Earth C's politics, working towards creating a future for the planet to ensure no one has to ever go through the fear and suffering again that millions of Trolls experienced on Alternia. Raises 3 kids with his husband Dave, all named Tony, Jenny and Poppy.

Aradia- She still focuses on her Maid Of Time duties and occasionally flies off to check on the timelines and make sure Paradox Space is stable, but other than that, she focuses on being a mom to her only son, Lummen Captor. Married to Sollux.

Tavros- Wanting to help the younger generation be confident in themselves, something he lacked for most of his life, he decides to write his own children's books and fairytales to help inspire kids the way Pupa Pan and other fairytales always inspired him when he was a kid. Has one son, Pupa Makara, with Gamzee, his husband.

Sollux- Deciding to put all his tech skills to good use, he ends up building and leading his very own tech company, CaptorWare, where he ends up becoming the CEO of said company and leading a very productive and successful life. Has one son, Lummen, with Aradia, his wife.

Nepeta- As an homage to her former life on Beforus, she ends up becoming a well known news reporter for Earth C. She often shares gossip regarding celebrity relationships, but also focuses her reporting on the more important topics when needed. Has 3 daughters with her husband Equius named Sarabi, Nala and Luna.

Kanaya- She still focuses on helping with Earth C's mother Grub, but has also fully embraced her love of fashion to the point of choosing to dedicate a good portion of her working life into making outfits which get shown off at some of Earth C's best runway shows, and then sold at fashion shops all around the planet. Married to Rose, with plans for them to eventually have kids of their own.

Terezi- Having maintained her passion for law and justice all her life, she becomes a Court Judge, making sure there is no room whatsoever for corruption in the court of law. Married to Feferi.

Vriska- Having still maintained her skills at manipulation, but choosing to put them to a somewhat better use, she pursues a career in law, and becomes a successful litigator. This leads to some interesting interactions between her and Terezi whenever they're involved in the same case. Married to John and raising 2 kids with him, Nick and Anne.

Equius- After years of therapy to help with his multitude of issues, and still maintaining a love of horses, or "hoof beasts", he opens his own ranch where he takes care of multiple horses, and where he also gives riding lessons to anyone seeking a therapy horse. He pretty much goes from an uptight Troll with a concerning nobility complex, to a laid-back cowboy Troll. Married to Nepeta, and raising Sarabi, Nala and Luna with her.

Gamzee- Still holding on to his religious beliefs but wanting to approach it in a more peaceful manner than he did in the past, he opens his own church dedicated to said beliefs, where he leads as the church's pastor. Married to Tavros, and raising Pupa Makara with him.

Eridan- Fully embracing his love of magic and wizards, he becomes a successful author for a fantasy series about wizards and witches which becomes really popular among Earth C's literature. Is basically considered the Stephen King of the fantasy genre, and there are rumors he might be working with a movie studio to have his books made into a movie series. Has long since let go of his nobility complex and has grown a lot as a person, although as he has gotten older, he has been noted to have developed somewhat of a conservative attitude, likely as a result from becoming a father to 2 children he'll do everything to protect. Is married to Rosali, and has 2 kids with her, Serenity and Daniel.

Feferi- Had decided to let go of her role as Princess in favor of Earth C's democratic government, and now works as a school teacher. Despite how rambunctious some kids can be, she loves every minute of her job, wanting to have as much impact on her students as she possibly can. Most of her students love her, especially because of her efforts to make learning fun. Married to Terezi.

(( Ooooooh, fun question 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I will say this, this topic will be delved into more once I finally begin writing the arc where they all meet the Dancestors, and Aranea tells them all more about The Condesce (and for those who've read my Christmas Carol special, that's gonna be something of a funny interaction when Karkat recognizes her as "The Ghost Of Christmas Past" who visited him), but, if you also read the scene where Rosali first spoke with Jane and realized The Condesce was targeting her, where I also ended it with a cliffhanger of Rosali telling Eridan about this.... Well, I see this scene having taken place the very next morning after Rosali spoke to Jane for the first time; ))

*Everyone on the meteor is gathered for a meeting in the living room/kitchen area, clearly in Team Meeting mode as they had all just listened as Rosali told them about the human kids on Post-Scratch Earth, and how The Condesce is targeting them, specifically Jane...... All of them already knew that there was a chance The Condesce was still alive, considering that despite many past attempts on The Empress' life, none had ever been able to lau a finger on her...... but to hear now that the cruel Empress was not only still alive after Sgrub's activation and the Vast Glub, but also somehow involved in this hellish game to this extent? The humans of course only know of her through stories the others had told them, but they get the idea of what a cruel, genocidal being she truly is....... as for the Trolls? Well...... By the petrified looks on all of their faces, it stands to reason that all of them had never been more terrified of anything else Sburb has thrown at them..... None of them even felt this scared when Eridan and Gamzee initially snapped. Vriska is trying to keep a cool poker face, but you can see through the tension in her posture that she's scared too..... as for Gamzee? No one can even tell what's going through his head through the faraway, thousand yard stare in his eyes*

Sollux:............... No way. No goddamn way.

Kanaya: I know we all discussed the possibility she was still out there, she's practically immortal....... but...... how....... and why.......?

Karkat:............ Rosali? Let me make sure I'm understanding this right. You're saying that somehow, Her Imperious Condescension has been to Earth........ Specifically the Post-Scratch Earth, but there's also a chance she's stepped foot on the Earth WE created........ and somehow, not only did we fucking miss that our Empress, the very Empress who's struck the fear of God in all of Troll-kind since forever, had been on both Earths........ but you think she might be targeting one of the humans on that Earth too?....... To..... what? Make her some kind of protégé?

Rosali:............. Yes.......... That's the gist of everything I've gathered........ everything the cards told me........ She's going after a girl named Jane Crocker, the Post-Scratch version of John's grandmother..... or, if we're going by ectobiology logic, John and Jade's mother, I suppose........ it..... would seem The Empress left something of a mark on both Earths too, specifically in their food industry........

Rose:.......... So all this time, an alien queen was the founder and longtime CEO of Crockercorp....... SHE was Betty Crocker all along........

Dave: Oh my god........ *rubbing his tired eyes out of both exhaustion and disbelief* John is going to have a fucking field day with this........ He always hated Betty Crocker products.

Lisa:.............. You're fecking shitting me. The beautiful mascot herself, Betty Crocker, was a fascist genocidal warlord the whole time?????? Feck........ What next?? Was fecking Ronald McDonald a subjugglator?!

Gamzee:......... Mothafucking what now?

Dave: Ronald McDo--

Karkat: Dave. Remember what I FUCKING told you.......

Dave:........... Yeah, I know, I'm banned from showing or talking about any clown related media we had on Earth, after the "ICP incident"

Eridan:............*looks to where Feferi is sitting, noticing how quiet she's been this whole time and wondering what's on her mind, considering this is her ancestor they're all talking about, the very one she would have had to face in a fight to the death for the throne in a few years had Alternia not been destroyed*............ Fef?....... Howw...... Howw do you feel about all of this?

Feferi:........... It makes no sense......

Eridan: Wwhat?

Feferi:.......... She's always culled her heiresses....... always........ it didn't matter that one day she would inevitably be dead too, I mean, we fuschia bloods might have an insanely long lifespan, but we're not immortal........ but she was never the type to take on a protégé, an heiress she would train........ so why...... why now?........ What changed?......... Was it Alternia's destruction?........ Did something about it..... cause her to change some of her ways?.... Or at least make her decide to stop culling heiresses........?

Rosali:.............. Feferi......... I sense you're enraged by your ancestor's attempt to manipulate this girl, as I'm sure we all are....... but....... I sense that....... you also feel hurt.........

Feferi:......... Yeah...... I am....... *pauses*..... As insane as this sounds, there was a part of me that wanted to get to actually know my ancestor, face to face....... She's fucking horrible, I know, but....... we share the same blood, the same genetics....... if.... if she suddenly decided she wanted to be a mentor to one of her heiresses....... *pauses*........... Then why was i not good enough for that role?..........

Eridan: Fef.........

Feferi: Why am I, her OWN BLOOD not good enough??......... *pauses*........ Why am I even worrying about that when I want nothing to do with whatever evil she has planned for that girl to begin with?........

Sollux;.............*gently holds her hand in his own*............ I don't know, princess..... maybe...... well, you said you wanted to know her....... maybe for you, it was some sort of longing to be closer to your ancestor..... kind of like those of us who wanted to better know our own ancestors..... the difference being yours is still alive, and she basically tossed you aside......

Vriska: Yeah..... for a human, no less........

Eridan:............. This is something most Trolls wwould struggle to relate to..... if anything, this sounds more like a human struggle, but...... I wwould imagine such a situation must hurt, emotionally speaking......

Terezi:......... Feferi? Fuck your ancestor.

*Everyone immediately looks towards Terezi*

Terezi: Heh...... Feels good i can actually say that, now that we're not on Alternia anymore and we don't have to kiss her ass anymore..... But yeah. Fuck her. Between all the Trolls she subjected to fear and had culled, and the reasons she had some of them culled, and her just abandoning you when out of nowhere she decided maybe she should take on an heiress to brainwash? She's not worth worrying about...... Okay, that's not completely true..... We know she's somewhat involved in this game now, we know she's out there, and who the hell knows if she might be targeting us or not....... but as far wondering why she didn't choose to brainwash you, when as far as i know, she should be able to sense that you're still alive? Fuck her. She's not worth a single thought from you....... You're already a thousand times a better Empress than she'll ever be, and she can suck on it.

Feferi:.........*looks up towards Terezi, the look in her eyes enough to give an indication of how much all of what Terezi said means to her*.....

Sollux;...... She's right, Ff. You shouldn't have to worry why that bitch didn't choose to accept you as an heiress. You are good enough... Better than good enough. Once we finally end this game and find a home, I can't wait to see what kind of Empress you'll be.....

Eridan; Agreed. I did once say you'd make a hell of an Empress, and i stand by that.

Feferi:.......... Thank you, everyone...... that means a lot.......

Tavros:........... Uh...... So........ what do we do, exactly? Rosali, you were the one who contacted that Jane human, do you have any--.......... Rosali?

Rosali;*sitting eerily still in her seat, going deathly quiet*.................

Eridan;*immediately notices this, his eyes widening in alarm and concern*.......... Rosa? *immediately kneels in front of her, taking her hands in his own* Hey..... Rosa, wwhat's wwrong?.......

Rosali;........... She'll never stop, will she?........

Eridan:......... Wwho?..... The Empress?.......

Rosali;.............. For centuries, she's conquered and destroyed who knows how many worlds....... she poisoned Alternia with her evil so much, you could feel it everywhere you went, even when she was never even on Alternia most of the time......... No matter how many Trolls she enslaved, how many worlds she ruined...... it was never enough for her..... it never will be enough....... Now she's gone after both Earths too and infected them with her evil, both of them already doomed to be destroyed by Sburb............. No matter how many planets she ruins with her presence alone, nothing will ever be enough for her....... she'll only crave more destruction, more power, more beings forced to submit to her........ more, more, more........ that's all she'll ever fucking want............

Eridan;*goes quiet, feeling unnerved by this tone of hers*..........

Tavros:......... Well..... If she's involved with this game, technically that means she could be a boss fight we're supposed to beat so we can win, right?

Nepeta: Tavros is right! If we train hard enough, and one day we have a chance to finally stop The Empress--

Rosali;*suddenly stands up from her seat, a dark glare in her eyes as she looks to Nepeta* I DON'T WANT TO STOP HER! I WANT TO KILL HER!

Nepeta: !!!!!!!!!!!!! *freezes up as she looks up at the suddenly angry witchy Troll, unable to help but look into her eyes filled with pure fury*

Rosali: I WANT TO PUT THE CONDESCE IN CHAINS, AND MARCH HER THROUGH WHAT'S LEFT OF ALTERNIA, SO ALL OF THE GHOSTS OF OUR PEOPLE CAN SEE HER FOR THE WENCH THAT SHE IS! I WANT HER TO SUFFER, AND THEN TO DIE IN DARKNESS!

Nepeta;*stays frozen where she is, unable to look away from Rosali, her sudden outburst having left her too stunned to move, as Equius quickly rushes by her side and pulls her away from Rosali out of a protective instinct*

*At this point, everyone looks to Rosali in stunned silence, their eyes filled with confusion at her uncharacteristic outburst and words, and also a hint of fear too, because they'd never expect someone as quiet and kind natured as Rosali to lash out like this*

Nepeta;*still staring into Rosali's eyes, it for a moment looking as though her pupils are glowing a slight obsidian hue*.......

Rosali:..........*suddenly seems to snap out of whatever that was just now, blinking a few times before she gasps and covers her mouth, not sure in the slightest where that came from*.......

Eridan;*just as stunned as everyone else, but more than anything, he's worried for his matesprit's mental state, so he quickly rushes towards her and places his hands on her shoulders* Moonstone?......

Rosali:...... I..... I'm so sorry...... I don't have the slightest clue where that came from........ that..... i- I wouldn't......

Eridan;........... Its okay, Rosa.... I..... think wwe all share a similar sentiment at this point, really.....

Nepeta:....... Yeah..... Its okay to be angry, Rosali........ I mean..... this is The Condesce we're talking about........

Karkat;.........*runs his hands through his hair, now having more on his plate with another enemy they'll inevitably have to face, that being Her Imperious Condescension of all people*....... *mutters to himself* Fuck........

Dave;*looks over to Karkat, noticing how stressed he looks from this news*........

Vriska: Heh..... Damn, Rosali, guess you're a badass, after all.

Eridan;*glares at her* Not a good time, Mindfang.

Rosali:.................

Tavros:...... Uh..... About..... what i was going to ask before...... *pauses*...... Rosali..... since you contacted Jane first, do you have any idea how we could probably help her and the other humans in her session?

Rosali;...........*was in another trance for a moment, when she suddenly blinks a few times, as if something came to her mind, or rather, as if something called to her*......

*In that moment, Rosali pulls out one of her cards from her pocket, specifically The High Priestess, and for a moment, she quietly stares at that card, as if it were telling her something only she could hear*

Rosali:...............

Eridan:....... Wwhat? Wwhat is it, Moonstone?

(( Okay xD Another Gamzee-centric chapter I've had in mind for about a week now. This time, I was inspired by some of @sweet-cuddlebug 's latest art pieces of Gamzee for their John Breaks Lil Cal AU XD This was also just an excuse to write something silly for my AU for a change xD Hope you guys enjoy! For context, this takes place after Finding The Green Sun, after Rose, Dave and Lisa arrive on the meteor and after the start of the 3 year journey))

(( Songs that inspired this chapter;

Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi

Mystify by INXS

Naturally by Selena Gomez

Runway by Lady Gaga and Doechii

Light Shower by Melanie Martinez

Shower by Becky G

Serious by Gwen Stefani

Sometimes by Britney Spears

She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5))

Since I'm constantly posting random oneshots of scenes from my AU, I thought it would help if I made this timeline and displayed the chronological order of each post. This will be updated whenever I make a new pose related to this AU, so I'll be pinning this post as soon as I post it.

Synopsis for the Shadowblood AU: What if there was a 13th Troll who joined the other 12 when Sgrub started? What if none of the deaths from Act 5 ever happened, and everyone got to live and work together throughout the game, bettering their relationships in the process? What if there was another threat besides Lord English, The Condesce, and Jack Noir, and this threat was connected to the mysterious 13th Troll? What if the Amporas had a history with a mysterious bloodline that was kept hidden from The Condesce for centuries? What if all 13 Trolls all got to learn the story of their ancestors and the connection all of them share, and knowing this history would actually end up saving them?.... Finally, what if Karkat wasn't the only mutant Troll on the team, and this second mutant possessed a power that if not carefully tamed, could very easily end all existence as they know it? All this and more to be answered in Homestuck: The Shadowblood Saga.

Ships featured in this AU; Eridan x Rosali (OC), Gamzee x Tavros, Equius x Nepeta, Sollux x Feferi, Sollux x Aradia, Dave x Karkat, Kanaya x Rose, John x Vriska, Terezi x Feferi, Jake x Dirk, Cronus x Adella (OC), Kurloz x Meulin, Mituna x Latula, Rufioh x Horuss, Porrim x Aranea, Roxy x Calliope, Eric (OC) x Jane, Signless x Disciple, Orphaner Dualscar x Sorrowful Destructor (OC), Marvus x Livana (OC), Tyzias x Stelsa, Galekh x Tagora, Mallek x Daraya

Before the comic;

- The Story Of The Zoologer Coolscar and The Heavenly Saint (The Prologue/The Tragedy Of The Amporas and The Vetanas)

- Adella's Breakdown

- Cronus and Adella- This Can't Be Over

- Ominous Discoveries

- Hiveswap Flashback Chapters

- The Thief and The Page encounter The Witch

- When The Prince Met The Witch

During the events of the comic;

- Rosali's introduction

- Rosali's Planet: The Land of ???? And ???- Chapter 1

- The Aftermath Of Sgrub

- First Time Walking Again

- Lisa's Introduction

- Would They Accept Me? (Karkat's Blood Color Reveal)

- Jade's Tarot Reading

- Religious debates/Sollux's Face Reveal To Lisa

- Prelude To The Chaos/The Fate Of Those Once Doomed

- Please, Don't Leave Me (Eridan's rampage, and Rosali talking him down)

- Aftermath Of The Rampages

- Rosali visits Eridan at his cell

- Eridan's Release

- Eridan realizes his feelings for Rosali

- It Was Always You (Eridan's love confession to Rosali)

- Finding The Green Sun

- Hard-Knock Life (Making The Meteor feel like home)

- Of Chewed Scarves and Damaged Gills

- Kanaya's Tarot Reading

- Rose's Tarot Reading

- Sollux and Lisa; Resolve Your Differences and Become Pals

- You're My Prince, I'm Your Witch

- Slowly But Surely Rebuilding Bridges

- Dave's Tarot Reading

- Communing With The Maid Of Life

- Dirk's Tarot Reading

- Jake's Tarot Reading

- Eric's Introduction

- Roxy's Tarot Reading

- Catharsis

- Eric's Tarot Reading

- Eridan and Rosali's First Date

- Home Ec Disaster

- Eridan's Arrhythmia Diagnosis

- Vriska Ruins Pupa Pan for Tavros

- Eridan and Sollux bond

- Who Wants Chowder?

- Paintball Mania

- Equius and the Ashwagandha Milk

- Rosali and Equius talk

- Treat Yo Self Day!

- Your blood is Red, my blood is Olive

- Beauty and The Beast

- Caring For A Sick Witch

- Ghost Stories

- Halloween Party Aftermath

- A Homestuck Thanksgiving Special

- A Homestuck Christmas Carol

- Sweet Rosali

- Let Me Sign

- Rose, Lisa, Kanaya, Feferi and Tavros learn about The Sorrowful Destructor

- Tavros' Hidden Lineage

- Period troubles (The beginning of Rosali's awakening)

- Lips Of An Angel

- I'll Be Your Lover, Too

- Dolorosa, did you know?

- What Did He See?

- Land Of Shadows and Pain Part 2

- Land Of Shadows and Pain Part 3

- Land Of Shadows and Pain: The Aftermath

- Final Battle With The Demon Hound

- The Calm After The Storm.... For Now

- Lisa's Tarot Reading

- Gamzee's Tarot Reading

- A Kiss Underwater

- Sollux's Tarot Reading

- Terezi's Tarot Reading

- Feferi's Tarot Reading

- Friends Kept Apart By Time/Encounter With The Pioneers

- The Journey To LOCAH

- A Late Wriggling Day Celebration

- The Hidden Housemate

- Lament Of Past Failures And Present Circumstances

- The Dancestor Arc: Sins Of The Mothers and Fathers

AU Askblog;

- Introduction

- Karkat teaches Tavros how to shoosh pap

- Rosali and Karkat's Talk/Tarot Session

- Rosali's first conversation with one of the humans

- Gamzee and Vriska's attempt to better get along

- Doc Scratch's reveal

- Lisa's first encounter with one of the Trolls

- Karkat and Nepeta's Shipping Discussions

- Suspicions of The Sylph Of Heart

- Terezi and Vriska's Confrontation

- It's Our Idiot!

- Swears Of The Father And Their Consequences

- Like Mother, Like Daughter

- The Condesce's Presence On Earth

- Tavros and his Murder Dog

- Mystery of Rosali's Origins

- Swearing Triplets

- The Dancestors enter the picture

- Ask The Hiveswap Purple Bloods, Indigo Bloods, Livana and The Condesce

Shadowblood AU Mood Playlist;

(( Oooooooooh xD So glad you asked this. I've been debating on Doc Scratch's role in this AU for a while now, and I've also kept having these ideas regarding how much has changed in this AU, and how it all points to Rosali's presence, especially how she basically saved Eridan, Feferi, Tavros, Sollux, Equius, Nepeta and Vriska from dying...... like, in a sense, Rosali is something if an anomaly in this AU, which i think can be further supported by the fact that despite there being 13 Trolls here, only 12 of their signs were used in the human zodiac. But like, she's an anomaly that's helped make things better, if that makes sense? ))

*Doc Scratch's face suddenly appears on the television in the common room for everyone on the meteor to see*

Doc Scratch: My, my....... I never thought I would see the day. To think i would be talking to almost everyone of you at the same time........ well, almost everyone. I see a certain Maid Of Time is missing......

Sollux: FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!! *throws a glass vase at the screen*

Feferi: SOLLUX! Please, calm down!

Sollux; Calm down......? CALM DOWN????????? This is the guy who caused EVERYTHING! WE'RE WASTING AWAY OUT HERE IN SPACE, WAITING TO BE SLAUGHTERED BY A FUCKING DEMON BECAUSE OF HIM! He...... He's the one who messed with Vriska and Terezi, the one who fueled everything between them so they'd continue their ancestors' fucked up rivalry........ Vriska paralyzing Tavros, blinding Terezi........... and Aradia....... *looks down at his shaking hands, the memory of Aradia's death by his hands replaying in his mind*........... It was all him..........

*Sollux lets out another angry shout of agony, taking the nearest item he could reach for as he throws it at the TV again, his psiionics nearly going out of control from his rage*

Feferi: SOLLUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Karkat: SOLLUX! This isn't solving anything, just calm the fuck down, okay?!

Doc Scratch: You should listen to your mutant friend, Mage........

Karkat;*flinches at being called "mutant"*

Doc Scratch: Is that any way to speak to your host?

Sollux:..............*just gives the faceless being a deathly glare*............. What do you want?...... We know you've been talking to Vriska, Terezi and Kanaya for a while......... why the fuck are you talking to all of us now at the same time?

Terezi: So...... thats what you really sound like, is it, Mr. Vanilla Milkshake?

Doc Scratch;*chuckles* Seeing where we are now, there's no need to keep up that childish nickname anymore........ My name is--

Rosali: Doc Scratch.

*The others immediately turn to look at Rosali, all of them confused on why she knows his name*

Rosali: I..... I was warned about you. About a being that would oversee the destruction of all we've already lost and all that we're now trying to protect. Our Pre-Scratch ancestors might have been the ones that started all of it, but you're the one trying to see to it that all those who came after them will fail.

Doc Scratch;........ So..... Someone actually knows my name, do they?...... *chuckles sinisterly* It figures it would be you.....

Rosali: ? What?

Doc Scratch: See........ You've all been a big problem for me and my master for some time now....... most of you aren't even supposed be alive now..... and at least 2 of you aren't supposed to exist....... specifically, the Sylph Of Heart and the Sylph of Mind.

Lisa: Wh-...... What? What do you bleeding mean I'm not supposed to exist??

Doc Scratch: In all the other timelines, there were only 4 human children who brought upon the end of their world through the game they started....... In those timelines, you are not one of them. In fact, in all of them but yours it seems, you died the very day you were born.

Lisa: !!!!!!!!!!.......... What.......?

Doc Scratch: Yes. The minute you exited your mother's womb, you were found to have been strangled by what humans call an umbilical cord. It was the same case in your timeline, except....... *chuckles* Well, I suppose in this case, your human God decided to actually listen to your mother and father's prayers, didn't they? It would explain why even after everything, you still cling to the very belief system you humans refer to as "Catholicism".

Lisa:*just stands there, her eyes widened in something beyond shock, frozen on the spot as she slowly raises her hand to her neck, processing that she was actually dead at one point*..............

Doc Scratch: And you....... Sylph Of Heart..... You've been the biggest thorn in my side ever since the Prince Of Hope in your timeline chose to save you from drowning that day. Eridan Ampora....... Oh, you don't even know the chain of events you set off that night, boy.........

Eridan;*growls viciously, protectively holding onto Rosali*

Doc Scratch: I'll break it down for all of you...... You were supposed to be sawed in half by Maryam's chainsaw...... Peixes was supposed to be impaled by a light emitted by the wand you used to destroy the Matriorb....... Nitram was supposed to be impaled by Serket in another one of her attempts to flaunt her ego at him..... Zahhak and Leijon were both supposed to be strangled and beaten to death by Makara....... Serket? She was supposed to be impaled by Pyrope, in an attempt to stop her from taking anymore lives as she should have done to Nitram....... and Captor? He was supposed to stay blind, and die after overexerting his power to pilot all of you towards the Green Sun...... But did all of that happen? No...... and who do you all have to thank for that? Who was the one who warned some of you of your imminent doom, or interfered in moments when lives should have been permanently cut short? Who was it that encouraged Pyrope and Serket through her cards to try and rebuild their shattered friendship? Who was it that used her Sylph Powers to heal Captor and keep him from killing himself to save you all?

Rosali:..............*in that moment, she feels everyone's attention slowly turn to her, all of them knowing what Doc Scratch is telling them*

Terezi:........... Are you telling us that the only reason we're all still here is because we're in a timeline..... possibly the only timeline where we have Rosali here with us? Because....... she saved all of us those times?

Doc Scratch: Precisely what I am saying...... *chuckles* None of you believed her on Alternia the first few times she gave you all those card readings..... if you had, perhaps Nitram never would have lost his legs, Ampora and Peixes would still be what you call "moirails"........ and Megido would never have become a ghost......

Sollux:*growls, his hands clenching into fists, but Feferi holds both his hands to try and calm him down*

Rosali:....... I can't take all the credit now, can i? As you said, I'm only here now because Eridan saved me from drowning so long ago, right? So technically, he's the reason we're all still here. A true Prince Of Hope, wouldn't you agree?

Eridan:*stares silently at her, feeling shocked that she would speak that highly of him, feeling like he doesn't deserve it*...........

Doc Scratch: If you want to look at it that way...... But the fact stands, Vetana..... You were never supposed to be among the Trolls who started this game. There were never supposed to be 13 Trolls..... why do you think your sign isn't among the other 12's in what humans called their "zodiac system"? Granted, your sign has become associated with one of the planets in their solar system, specifically one called "Saturn".

Rose: Saturn....... *carefully grasps her chin, digging through her brain to think what Saturn has represented in astrology and folklore*.......

Doc Scratch: You see, Vetana..... just like Captor, Maryam and Leijon's ancestors, your ancestor was a follower of Vantas' ancestor...... in your timeline, she ran away into the woods to find a suitable resting spot after being struck with an arrow by Zahhak's ancestor, where she would allow her blood to turn black as she swore revenge on all those who wronged her...... but in other timelines, because of her involvement with witchcraft, The Empress would have her burned at the stake in front of a public audience, very similar to what they did to human "witches" on Earth...... Being tied up would end up leaving her unable to perform the very ritual that changed her blood color to black, and therefore, no black blooded Trolls would ever be born..... No more of the Vetana bloodline, at that.......

Rosali:................ I only exist...... because my ancestor in this timeline was never burned alive........ and she got to swear her revenge.......

Doc Scratch: Precisely....... I do wonder what technicality changed that......... I suspect in this case, something went wrong...... perhaps something, or someone, talked Darkleer out of putting up the very cross that she was supposed to be tied to...... and despite the wounds she already had, that very anomaly convinced Darkleer to just let her run off, as he did with Leijon's ancestor......

Equius:..............

Nepeta:*quietly looks to Equius, wondering what's going through his mind*.........

Doc Scratch: But the fact stands..... All of you having gotten this far together? That's a problem for my master and i....... and make no mistake....... before you even have the chance to finally face us..... we'll see to it that at least half of you are eradicated by then, and you have an even lesser chance of victory against us...... course, it really doesn't help now that Makara is the first of his lineage to go soft and choose friendship over his family's undying loyalty towards their "Mirthful Messiahs".

Gamzee:*growls angrily and pulls out his clown bat*

Tavros: !!!!!!!! Gamzee!

Doc Scratch;*chuckles* I suppose even the barbaric purple bloods aren't immune to the weakness love can bring, are they? You're not the first of your caste to be tempted by a bronze blood, you know......

Gamzee: FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER! YOU KNOW WHAT?! FUCKING TRY IT!!!!!!!!! TRY COMING FOR US! WE'LL BASH YOUR GLASS FUCKING HEAD IN AND PAINT THE WALLS WITH WHATEVER COLOR IS FLOWING THROUGH YOUR MOTHERFUCKING VEINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tavros: !!!!!!!!!!!!! Gamzee, please, calm down!!!!!!! *quickly begins to shoosh pap him*

Doc Scratch: Oh, I don't doubt you'll try...... But alas, just know, if i want to help my master succeed, I cannot let you all exist for long...... especially not the very anomaly who's the reason we're here in the first place.......

Rosali:...........

Eridan:*tightens his hold on Rosali* You lay a finger on her...... on any of us, you'll fucking wwish you nevver revvealed yourself to us, bastard........

Doc Scratch:*chuckles sinisterly*........ Well.... this has been fun...... but.......... before I go, I must know........ Vetana. Who told you about me?

Rosali:..................

Doc Scratch:.............*raises his voice, green lightning surging around him* WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT ME?!

*Everyone jumps back, startled by his sudden outburst, when suddenly, Doc Scratch is seen reaching his hand out towards his side of the screen*

Kanaya: What the--

*Suddenly, Rosali's screams can be heard as everyone quickly looks over towards her; Rosali has fallen to her knees as she's seen clutching onto her head, her eyes whited out as what looks like bright green blood is leaking from both her eyes, her nose and her mouth, mixed with her black blood as well*

Eridan: !!!!!!!!!!!!!! *kneels next to her, holding her close to him and trying to get through to her* ROSALI! ROSA! Wwhat's wwrong?? Can you hear me?? Rosali!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nepeta:*glares angrily at Doc Scratch* WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER??????????

Doc Scratch:*still reaching his hand out, when it starts to shake*

Rosali: GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY HEAD! GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Finally, Doc Scratch releases his psychic grip on Rosali, letting his arm fall to his side as Rosali passes out, Eridan quickly catching her in his arms before she could hit the cold metal floor*

Eridan: Rosali?? ROSALI! Please, wake up, Moonstone......! Please.......! *violet tears start to fill his eyes*

Kanaya:*quickly checks her pulse*..... She's alive, don't worry......

Vriska:*has been quietly standing there the whole time, processing that she was tricked by Doc Scratch all this time, and that he's the reason for all that's happened between her and Terezi*................

Doc Scratch:............. So..... that's who told you about me..... of course it was her.......

Eridan: ?????.......*slowly looks up at the screen where the faceless overlord still is* "Her"?........

Doc Scratch: Of course...... OF COURSE it's her! That damned woman, always sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong.......*growls to himself* Fucking Celeste........

Terezi: Wh-...... What are you talking about? Who is--

*Suddenly, Vriska lets out the loudest scream of rage she has ever let out in her life, as she takes Gamzee's bat and marches towards the television, before giving in to a blind rage as she begins to repeatedly bash the TV over and over again, doing this repeatedly until there's nothing left of the device...... By then, Vriska drops the bat, and except for the unconscious Rosali, everyone just looks at Vriska with looks of shock or fear, as this is the angriest any of them have ever seen the cerulean blooded Troll be in their lives*

Vriska:*pants heavily after all the anger she just put into what she just did*............

Tavros:.......... Vriska?--

Karkat:*places a hand on Tavros' shoulder*...... Eridan? Get Rosali to the med bay. Kanaya, Lisa? Do what you can to help her. Everyone else?..... Just..... take a breather, calm the fuck down...... we'll talk about this all later, okay? Sollux, Gamzee, Vriska? You guys all just take time to cool off.

Sollux:............*kicks one of the broken pieces of the TV*

Feferi: Sollux!

Sollux:.......... If i ever see that prick face to face, he's gonna feel what Aradia felt that night.........

Feferi:.........*takes his hand gently into both of her hands*....... Let's just go to our room..... okay, Honeybee? Come on........

Sollux:......... Sure thing, Princess.......

*While Eridan, Kanaya and Lisa take Rosali to the med bay, everyone else goes elsewhere throughout the meteor to try and calm down and process all that they had just found out, hoping that eventually the shock, guilt and despair that all of them feel eventually wears off...... All in all, knowing that everything that's happened to them has been orchestrated by the faceless being, a feeling of despair can be felt all through the meteor*

Vriska;*goes to her room and sits on her bed, sighing as she buries her face in her hands, her elbows resting on her knees*..........

Terezi;*knocks on the open door*...... You want company?

Vriska:....... Be my guest.

Terezi:*walks in and sits next to her*........ So...... we were all fucked over by the same creepy bastard, huh?

Vriska:....... It would seem so.......

Terezi:......... Rosali's an anomaly, huh?

Vriska:....... An anomaly who saved us.... but yeah....... who the hell knows what that means for her........

Terezi:...... Yeah........... Heh..... First Jack, the Empress....... Now this, on top of the final boss...... and the ghost of Rosali's pissed off ancestor......... Sgrub just loves giving us the shit end of the stick, huh?

Vriska: Yeah......... That's one way of putting it.......

Terezi:......... Between all of them, it's a question now of if we can get out of all of this alive.... and if we'll actually get our happy ending.......

Vriska:............ In the end, that all depends on us..... and if we can keep our shit together still after all this time.........

Terezi:....... You know..... for what its worth? Minus what happened with Tavros, Sollux and Aradia....... I'm kinda glad for the stuff that creep orchestrated between you and me....... like..... maybe we're better friends now because of the bullshit that happened between us, you know?

Vriska:......... Guess that's one way of looking at it...... I just can't believe i was fucking stupid enough to actually be tricked by someone like him, you know?

Terezi:.......... Apparently we're not the first ones to be manipulated by people like him, so try not to feel too bad about it, okay? We can't change all that happened because of his involvement, but....... we can still keep going, still keep fighting..... and we'll just prove to him that even if some of us were "supposed" to die, we can still control our own fates, and its not up to some asshole gods to decide who lives or who dies.... only us. Hey, we all got this far, didn't we?...... *holds her hand out to Vriska* Let's keep at it, all of us.

- After becoming matesprits, Eridan comes up with the name "Moonstone" for Rosali; This is because of how much Rosali reminds him of the moon, from her calming, serene personality, to how she uses moon emojis to replace Cs when talking on Trollian, but also because when Eridan and Rosali first met about a sweep (or 3 human years) prior to the comic, Eridan could swear Rosali had a glow to her that matched the moon. As far as Eridan is concerned, Rosali has carried that same glow with her for a very long time.

- Upon learning about Karkat's past dilemma with his blood color and how he tried so long to hide it from everyone, Dave at some point comes up with the nickname "Cherry Bomb" for him, it being his subtle way of flirting with Karkat, and also trying to make him feel less self conscious about having a blood color that deemed him a mutant on Alternia. Karkat is very much annoyed by this nickname at first, but as time passes and he and Dave get closer, eventually Karkat comes to accept the nickname a little more, even growing to actually liking it now whenever Dave calls him Cherry Bomb. Course, Karkat eventually discovers the song this actually came from, "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways, and because I headcanon he would have a fondness for rock music, Karkat comes to like the nickname a little more because of this. Years later on Earth C when Dave and Karkat eventually get married, you can bet they have that very song play at least once.

- At some point after Gamzee and Eridan's initial rampages, which in this AU everyone survives, Equius and Nepeta eventually become matesprits, Equius having secretly had feelings for Nepeta for a while now, and Nepeta soon realizing her own feelings for Equius some time after accepting that Karkat will never feel red for her. As their relationship blossoms from pale into a deep red and they both eventually admit their feelings to each other, Equius starts to call Nepeta his "Lioness", a nickname both representing her overall catlike traits, but also her strong fighting spirit, both from having lived in a cave and survived off of hunting for years, and also from all the trials she faced in Sgrub and all the ways she grew in strength during said trials. Because of the overall strength and grace Equius has come to see in Nepeta as they've grown closer, in many ways, shes come to remind him of a beautiful Lioness, a creature that carries herself with that very grace as she does what she must both to survive and to help protect the pride of lions that is their team.

- After Kanaya and Rose become a couple, Rose starts to come up with a variety of nicknames for her new girlfriend, but her favorite one so far is Bella. Not because of their shared interest in Twilight, but because the name Bella, in the Italian language, actually means "Beautiful", and often times Rose likes to remind Kanaya of how beautiful she is to her by calling her "Bella" as much as she can. (Quick shout out to HD Carlton for inspiring this idea while I've been reading Does It Hurt?)

- Sollux has a nickname both for Aradia and for Feferi; During his time dating Feferi, he often refers to her as "Princess", moreso as a term of endearment than a way of actually referring to her title as Alternia's Princess. While Feferi in the past has had doubts about her capabilities of being the Empress Alternia needs before the planet was destroyed, that nickname from Sollux in many ways has given her something to love about being a Princess, because she's not just the Princess of a now deceased planet, but also a Princess to Sollux's heart. As for Aradia, during the time they were first dating before she became a ghost, Sollux loved to refer to Aradia as his "Spooky Queen", because of her love and connection to all things related to the supernatural.

- Course, after a while, Sollux and Feferi decide to just be friends, as Sollux realizes he's still not completely over Aradia, and overall he has a lot on his plate that he needs to deal with before he decides he's ready for a relationship again, one of those things being an unhealthy dependency towards painkillers to make his migraines as well as all the voices of the dead go away. However, after Sburb/Sgrub finally ends and everyone makes a home for themselves on Earth C, it isn't long before Aradia has finally returned from the Dream Bubbles, and she and Sollux become matesprits again not long after that. Aradia has gone back to being his "Spooky Queen" by that point, and as for Feferi? Well, she and Terezi had eventually become moirails during the game at one point, which then blossomed into them becoming matesprits. By that point, Terezi has given Feferi the nickname "Ariel", after the Disney Princess, a nickname that Feferi adores because of how much she loves The Little Mermaid, and also because she knows Terezi loves the character's bright red hair too.

- After all the characters are reunited for the big battle against Lord English, and after they all win and settle on Earth C when the game finally ends, John and Vriska start a happy matespritship with each other, the both of them surprising everyone at just how compatible they are. Eventually, because John knows how much Vriska admires her ancestor, who was a pirate, and because Vriska has learned a lot about female pirates in human history who she's also come to admire (including Anne Bonny, who they both eventually name their daughter after in the future), John begins referring to Vriska as his "Pirate Queen". Being referred to by this nickname by John is one of the only times you will see Vriska get visibly flustered about anything.