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Gold Mage From coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A By Decon Theed and repeatedScales Propaganda: "I swear I've seen this in YouTube videos before and thought it was some Sonic music or something." "one of the best hs songs. ever." "gold mage slaps so fucking hard" "gold mage is very good. very mario kart" "colours and mayhem songs have an unfair advantage of slapping too hard" "gold mage is one of the best songs on colours and mayhem"

Stride From Homestuck Vol. 10 By Kalibration Propaganda: "unsurprisingly deeply familiar tune, despite my being fairly sure ive not heard this one before" "Yeah it’s slow Moonsetter, but it’s Moonsetter thats allowed to relax (cough Dirk and Dave meeting, and Dirk, the moonsetter, being allowed to relax cough) be cool and chill."

@jegulus-microfic August 18, Word count 362

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Prongs rushed to Midnight's side and took in everything around him. Pandora's stride was much less purposeful as she went to stand beside Thalira on the opposite side of Moony. Midnight suddenly meowed loudly at Padfoot, who had bounded forward towards Moony. 

Whatever Midnight had been trying to warn Padfoot about, it had been too late. Padfoot was flung backwards, hitting one of the birches and whimpering as he got to his feet, his front right held in the air as he limped forward again. Prongs blocked his way. Padfoot would take punishment over and over if it meant he could keep Moony safe; Prongs had to stop him. 

“You may transform,” Thalira commanded. None of them moved. Then Barty fell forward to the ground, squeaking loudly until his human self appeared, panting and shaking. 

Then they all crumpled to the ground. James could feel himself being ripped from Prongs. He tried to cling on, but it was no use. Prongs faded away and left James gasping in the grass. 

“Padfoot!” Sirius wailed, clutching his hand to his chest, his wrist clearly broken. Thalira lifted her hand and waved it in his direction. Sirius screamed as a sickening crack echoed around the trees. He shakily raised his hand to his face and rotated his newly mended wrist. “What did you do to Padfoot?!” He yelled, jumping to his feet and storming towards her. She raised her hand again, but Sirius showed no fear and pressed on. Moony whined at Thalira’s side. She glanced down at the werewolf and lowered her hand. 

“He is not far. I will release him when the time is right,” Thalia said in her raspy voice. 

“No. He’s mine. Give him back now!” Sirius shouted. He fell to his knees, his head forced down until his forehead touched the earth. Moony growled, and Thalira lifted her magic. James ran to his side and helped him up. 

“Stop talking, Sirius,” he begged. Regulus went one step further and firmly placed his hand over Sirius’s mouth. They turned their attention to Thalira, and she grinned her toothy grin as she placed her hand back on Moony’s neck. 

“Good,” she purred. 

Does Heinkel have the Pride Witch Factor?

Okay. Yes. I’m aware that does sound REALLY weird & like a crack theory rather then something serious. Bear with me lmao. Basically, this image here was the final nail in the proverbial coffin for me to finally talk about it.

This is a confirmation from Ex 6 changes that Stride does indeed possess the Pride Factor. A Theresia pregnant with Heinkel is casually chilling in the area when Stride keels over, and Theresia due to having a DP after this incident means she didn’t get the Factor… and the Factor conveniently disappears after this point and isn’t seen again in the Story.

Sounds like just some coincidence on the surface, but there’s something that Heinkel has which ties him to an Authority quite well.

Yuuuuuup. The Astreas are tied to a fucking piece of Astronomy. An asteroid belt of all thingies, which is literally what some of the Witches Names are tied to.

Obviously, since Wilhelm is outta the area when Stride dies he’s not the Astrea that yoinks it and Reinhard isn’t born. Soooooo- why does Tappei purposefully name the Astreas after something associated with Authority Users?

The name of 5 Astrea is based on the Greek Goddess Astrea which means the following:

A goddess interested in Justice, innocence and purity and is disheartened by humanities corruption. I’m sure we don’t know a character who has been confirmed to have a Witch Factor of Pride that is like that.

Oh, lookie, lookie! We do infact have said character literally herself being named after Astronomy aswell!

So. We have Heinkel being positioned at the perfect place & time to get the Pride Factor, Heinkel’s last name is connected to Astronomy, and that portion of Astronomy is directly connected to the Witch of Pride.

But. This gets even more damning.

Reinhard can detect miasma… and his POV is a spoiler. What are the odds Reinhard literally is detecting his Father emitting a shit ton of miasma 24/7?

Keep in mind, we have in LN 4 Reinhard give no visible reaction to Al when seeing him despite Al emitting a shit ton of Miasma as confirmed by Rem in LN 6.

We also have Reinhard despite being sus of Subaru during the initial alley encounter choose to let him go anyways even as Subaru said stuff about Emilia that very well could imply he was a Cultist.

Reinhard clearly has a big soft spot for Heinkel. Could this not translate into him being more tolerant of people who have Miasma then the typical reaction of those who can detect Miasma?

Reinhard also knows Heinkel is NOT a Cultist, so Reinhard logically would see all Miasma people as potentially not being Cultists since he himself knows that his own Father is in a situation like that.

I’d like to delve into further evidence that Heinkel does indeed have connections to an Authority aswell because there’s somehow MORE. This one is from Battle Ballad.

For extra context, Carol here was attacked by Stride’s Rings which are an Authority of Pride. We are outright having a Healer say however that nothing is wrong with Carol’s body. Does that not match Louanna eerily well?

I’d now like to bring this up from LN 9.

This here is when we have the cast speculating on how Gluttonies Authority works, and Tappei literally outright introduces the Sleeping Beauty disease as if to connect the fact in the viewers mind they might be related.

I’m supposed to believe Carol being described in a way you could take as the Sleeping Beauty condition after getting whacked by Stride’s Pride Factor is a coincidence when the Sleeping Beauty disease has been associated with an effect of an Authority previously?

Now, I’ve made this connection. There’s something interesting in Battle Ballad regarding the implication that Heinkel’s Authority of Pride may have inflicted the Sleeping Beauty disease unto Louanna.

We outright have Heinkel being referred to as a “lionheart” here. That is the name of an ability Regulus has from his Authority which impacts his wives by sharing his heart with them.

Authorities clearly can take into account the idea of marriage given Regulus has showcased this with Emilia, so why can’t it take into account Heinkel’s marriage to Louanna and act based on that?

Since I’ve established Heinkel’s Authority of Pride could’ve inflicted the disease onto Louanna, what exactly did it do to her to cause that state then? I’m frankly not sure, but it’s likely something to do with her Od.

I suspect whatever Heinkel has, it’s some sort of protective ability applicable to himself that inadvertently affected Louanna since he may have been using her open heart & mind to unwittingly load whatever cost the Authority required onto her.

Now, regarding Heinkel’s personality as an individual and how that matches up with the Sin. Here’s a snippet from LN 9’s Shadow Garden scene.

Is that highlighted portion not a perfect encapsulation of the fact that Heinkel literally scorns everything but Louanna?

I’d also like to bring something up from the Astrea Family Q&A I’ve covered.

You’re telling me when asked who is the most human character in Re:Zero, Tappei brings up Subaru and Heinkel?

This is the story where Sin makes one Human. And I’m supposed to think that Heinkel (who is allegedly not an Authority user) is supposed to match up with Subaru whom is running around with multiple Authorities?

From another meta-perspective, Heinkel’s Arc 5 intro scene mimics Arc 3 Subaru behavior with how he blatantly disregards social nuances of the situation around him and goes ahead pursuing his own mission.

Keep in mind, that same version of Subaru is accused of being the Archbishop of Pride in that very Arc.

This theory would be a deliciously tragic irony in that it’s actually all Heinkel’s own fault his wife is fucked up like this. And the Sword Saint Divine Protection the guy probably desired at some point was always inaccessible by virtue of him simply having been born in a way that the world would deem wrong.

I am aware the Divine Protection could still have gone to Reinhard even if Heinkel didn’t likely have an Authority, however I believe the Protection seems to want to boost the capabilities of it’s user. It’s not exactly doing any boosting with regards to Reinhard.

The Protection imo seems sentient enough where it if it had the option would’ve scuttled off to Heinkel because at the very least it could actually improve something there unlike Reinhard who’d receive it and get 0 benefits which would likely smart at Reid’s Pride if it’s true that guy is inside the DP as the Q&A’s imply.

Heinkel also back then to my knowledge would’ve been somebody with a personality worthy of the Sword Saint role aswell so it’d not be his personality which disqualifies him.

February 22 2026