2x04 // 3x06
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Did you mean make it reblogable?
Adding on a few other notes to express the hours of google searches Hussie must’ve gone through to name his characters-
Pollux and Castor were the original Gemini (gemini being Latin for, of course, twins), and were turned into the Gemini constellation after they died. Hussie just switched a letter to get Sollux Captor. (Incidentally, John has a poster in his room for the Nicolas Cage movie Face-Off, in which another Pollux and Castor appear.) And the Sanskrit name for this constellation? Mithuna.
Doomsday is supposed to take place at the Hebrew Mt. Megido (you can see the etymological connection with Armageddon.)
There’s a disease in fish calledbrown blood disease - caused by chemicals called nitrates.
Hercules fought a giant crab named Carcinus, after whom the Cancer constellation is named - disregarding Anglicized spelling, the crab would be named Karkinos. The alpha star in this constellation is called, of course, Kankri. Vantas, on the other hand, is a drug used to treat prostate cancer. Interpret that as you will.
The Latin word for the catnip family is Nepeta, and in various European languages, the word for lion is some variant of ‘leijon’.
Sophocles wrote of a blind prophet called Tiresias (pronounced Tee-REZ-ee-ahs), and there’s a type of pyralspite (a garnet known for being red) called Pyrope.
There’s a breed of sheep called the Damara.
The Latin word for both spider and spiderweb is Aranea.
The Aquarius constellation is ruled over by the planet Saturn, which is named after the leader of the Titans in Roman mythology. In Greek mythology, Saturn is called Cronus.
Both of Vriska’s romantic interests have been heroes of Breath. The purpose of breathing, for humans at least, is to take in oxygen - an element with 8 protons, 8 neutrons, and 8 electrons.
There is a Latin play in which a boy discovers his sexual affinity for horses - the name? Equus.
The Latin word for cuttlefish is Feferi.
The Greek muse of epic poetry is named Calliope.
And, the most fun of all: la tula is the Spanish word for a dick.
The more you know.
FUCK HUSSIE HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THIS MAN TO MAKE ALL THESE GOD DAMNED CONNECTIONS LIKE IM GONNA FUCKING PISS MYSELF AFTER READING THATeven if you don’t like homestuck, you still have to give hussie major props on how much time and effort he spent figuring out these names and how they can relate back to the themes of the character, while staying in the name patterns.
also, a Becquerel is a unit of radioactivity
Even more impressive is the fact that every troll- last name AND first, with the exception of Rufioh- was named by fans.
Four for you, fandom. Four for you.
my all time favorite history story is that time the Austrian Army attacked itself. I mean just the Battle of Karánsebes
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I was really worried about this for a minute and was gonna say something until I saw the last three gifs.
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so basically america's rationale for jumping into WWI boils down to
- america: hey dont do the thing
- germany: does the thing
- america: motherfucker
When he was 2 years old, he fell out of a second story window and fractured his skull
When he was 6 years old, he mistakenly drank boric acid.
When he was 9 years old, he fell over a small cliff and broke his leg.
When he was 11 years old, he contracted measles and was in a coma for nine days.
When he was 14 years old, he broke his arm when he caught it in a carriage door.
When he was 19 years old, he was struck on the head by a falling brick.
When he was 23 years old, he almost died from the effects of tainted wine.
When he was 29 years old, Adolph Sax invented the saxophone.
clearly someone didn’t want that saxophone invented
