#liveread

On November 7th 8th and 9th, We'll be doing the 3rd annual HOMESTUCK CHARITY LIVEREAD, this year benefiting RAICES - a 501(c)(3) which provides legal and social services to immigrants in the U.S.

And during this liveread, we'll be holding the first ever BUCKET BRACKET!!!

This shipping bracket features all 8 humans and all 24 trolls pitted against each other in an ELIMINATION STYLE TOURNAMENT! Our final 2 contestants will become the winning ship of the 2025 BUCKET BRACKET!

How are they eliminated though? Every single viewer will be given 1 free vote for who they think should go onto the next round of eliminations, HOWEVER! for every $1 donated to RAICES, you can buy additional votes to tip the scales!

If you looked at the images in the first post, you may have noticed all 32 characters are on both sides... so YES, ANY SHIP IS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING self ships (you weirdos)

tomorrow we'll be reading 17776! tune in and prepare for your imminent immortality and infertility 🛰️

She does such a good job of quickly establishing everyone's core character traits, with the occasional little tidbit of, oh, that was what they used to be like huh?

Foreboding.

I couldn't remember which book Tobias got stuck in hawk morph, but it QUICKLY became apparent it would be by the end of this one. His reluctance to turn back mixed with his shitty home life? Oh yeah.

Do love that Jake realizes he's an immediate concern, and that he even gets it a bit, when he just lets the dog take over so he doesn't have to think about his yeerk infested brother saying they should kill or infect him.

Also! She's really good at writing kids. They feel the right amount of both naive and more smart than you give them credit for.

Honestly was not expecting it to get dark that fast lol. He ate him alive and some of the pieces fell and were eaten by other things?!!

Trauma for life, and we've barely even started!

Love that the plan fails, because there wasn't really a plan! These are just kids, they don't know how to fight a guerilla tactics war. They'll be learning though.

Aughhhhh Tom showing through briefly to try and warn his brother? Frothing at the mouth.

Love the little hints we get that the andalites might not be all they seem. There's a lot of emphasis on, seems cute and nice at first, but then you get to the back. And then there's a massive fuck off blade!. Also, will always be wary of mind speech that transfers emotions as well. It is REALLY easy to manipulate people with that, maybe not even intentionally! But still.