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( Fun Fact: Sollux represents Gemini. The name Sollux Captor is an anagram of Pollux Castor (switch the S and the P), which are the names of the twins in greek mythology that the constellation Gemini is based on. )

( Troll name meanings!!!!! The readers were throwing out naming suggestions based solely on their intro page, so with little context, a bunch of these are based on their signs.  Karkat (Sanskrit for the cancer sign) Ventas (anti-cancer drug). Terezi (balance) Pyrope (Fire-eyed gem). Sollux Captor (Pollux and Castor are the twin stars in Gemini). Gamzee (named after a forum member) Makara (Sanskrit for capricorn).

( FYI, ‘Sollux Captor’ is a slight corruption of “Pollux” and “Castor”, The names of the twins of the Gemini constellation. )

( In case it wasn’t clear, Sollux Captor is named after Pollux and Castor, a pair of twins from Greek mythology, who were transformed into the constellation Gemini after their deaths. While we’re on the subject, Terezi is named after Teiresias, the blind prophet also from Greek mythology. Terezi is also the Albanian word for Libra. Karkat is named after Karkata, the Sanskrit equivalent of Cancer. Gamzee is named after a fan called Gammy, and Makara is the Sanskrit version of Capricorn. )

So I didn’t miss the name meaning of one troll, but basically all of them. Damn, the Homestuck fans go hard when naming huh? Did Hussie come up with some Troll names on his own, or just let the fans guess and picked the best ones? But there is a lot of dedication to all of this.

What I want to know is why Gamzee was named after a fan. Like, were they super important in the forums/giving command suggestions, or was it a contest that they just happen to win?

Troll Ranking 3

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Just a list, no full summary because I already did one before this session

1. Karkat

2. Gamzee

3. Terezi

4. Kitty Cat

5. Sollux

-Yeah he moved up the ranks. I still don’t like his self deprecating nature, but his misguided scientist vibe I am getting from him really resonates with me here. His intent for good, and action to try and stop himself from causing bad really outshines over any negativity he shows

6. Torus

7. Goth

8. Ghost Chick

-She has no soul and is honestly terrifying. Like not in the badass way of killing someone, but as a “how does she not care about any of this, this freaks me out”. Like if I met her in person, I would be freaked out.

Honorable Mentions:

Darth Aquaman

Part 94 End

We will be the other girl later. It is late, and I have to get going.

So we met Aries, Ghost Girl. And yeah….a bit of a downer isn’t she? I mean, I get that her soul was sucked out by the gods, but wow. She is an agent of the Apocalypse isn’t she? Really lived up to her handle name, huh.

But shit, to have your work that you did to save the planet, actually intended to doom the planet, and was always known by your partner to do this, yikes that is god awful. Sollux reminds me more of a sympathetic scientist type. Where he intended for good, but it still goes horribly wrong.

And hey, remember when Karkat said that he must be cursed for all time for being friends with Sollux? Well he was right! Because he did that stupid curse-code him, and his entire friends are now cursed for all eternity from past to future with bad luck.

But I really feel sorry for the deaths of their Lusus. I don’t know the full relationship between them, but to have your only family be killed then resurrected must be rough.

And now we have an all might space demon coming to eat everything and everyone. Basically The Hunger, but why are the Felt people your lackeys? Because there is no way in hell that the felt gang that I have seen is anything but stupid.

Jeez, they are really amping up the lore here