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▲{{quote box| Remember when Homestuck was just a webcomic about some kid dicking around in his bedroom for three months? Yeah, we... we kind of miss those days.}}
▲> SHED [[Single Tear|SINGLE TEAR]] OF BLACK LIQUID SORROW
You let [[Single Tear|a sole drop of moisture]] roll down your cheek at the merest ''thought'' of these moments. Alas, what has been done cannot be undone.
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* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002820 Jade: Abscond.]<ref>Although the BLUH BLUH lightens the mood.</ref>
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003543 Dave's Pesterlog with Rose] in a [[Bad Future]] where John is dead, Jade might as well be, Dave's planning to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|leap back in time and try to prevent it from ever happening in the first place]], and Rose will either cease to exist along with the unfavorable timeline or [[The Aloner|be left there alone forever]] if it persists.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922063602/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003831 It's twanging into my soul.] (This is, of course, light-heartedly written.)
** Watch it again after you know dream!Jade dies. Whole new meaning.
* Jade just sacrificed her dream self to save John's. She's been harnessing her dream-visions for years, and ''[[Heroic Sacrifice|gives them up]] for dream!John's survival''. Excuse me while I go find a tissue...
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** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003870 This needs no words.]
* Terezi lives completely alone in the woods and her only companions are stuffed dragons that she hangs in LARP sessions. Also, she's blind.
** [[Angst? What Angst?|She seems to take it all in a stride, though]].
** One of the reasons she prefers being blind? The day she went blind was the first time her lusus interacted with her.
* Karkat in a fit of arrogance ends up killing everyone's Custodian by setting off a program that curses him and everyone he's ever met. Their faces when they find their custodians though. That is what makes it a [[Tear Jerker]]. You never thought you'd see Gamzee so sad. Not to mention Karkat with an expression that ''isn't'' pure rage.
* Tavros Nitram, also known as adiosToreador, takes Tear Jerker to [[Serial Escalation]] levels. Phrasing it very briefly:
** He had a fascination with flight. Using mind-control, a literal [[Killer DM]] convinced him he could fly, thereby forcing him to jump off a cliff. This left him in a wheelchair, a disability which the [[Powers That Be]] on [[Crapsack World|Alternia]] see as grounds for culling. Upon entering the game, when [[Throw the Dog
*** And even then he only gets to use his new legs for (presumably) a couple of hours, before the aforementioned Killer DM/server player succeeds in killing him.
* Terezi waits her entire damn life on her Lusus and then it dies right after it hatches.
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** Let's summarize: Their parents die, they live on an utter hellhole full of wild monsters that can and will attack them, many of them are tormented by injuries or burdened with psychic visions of their doom. Plus, all trolls have absolutely terrifying nightmares and need their beds to calm them down enough that they don't go insane. Oh and the only forms of emotion considered natural for them are hate and pity, and the only thing they have to look forward to is a violent life of conquest. That doesn't even mention the blood based caste system, which is openly disdained by most of them and allows for them to be abused. AND they are the only survivors of their race, and still, after all this, their dream selves die. Eventually they won the game. AND THEN the Kids do something to screw it up, and they're stuck in the Veil, reduced to trolling. And ignoring all that, there's Vriska. She will pretty much screw your life, regardless of other circumstances.
* Vriska manipulates Sollux, Aradia's boyfriend, to raze her and her hive to the ground with his [[Wave Motion Gun]] [[Eye Beams]]. Kind of sad. But Aradia's face when she see's Sollux changes from surprised joy to fear. And then she died. And the readers cried.
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* "But unfortunately, Rufio is not real... You continue to be sad and alone." Keep in mind that, while you read this, Tavros is being harassed by Vriska over his disability. Specifically, her demanding that he apologize for being crippled (by her). And remember that Rufio is the name he gave to his self-esteem.
** "...He's imaginary. A fake. Like a made up friend, the way fairies are." For me, the worst thing is Tavros is just telling himself what Vriska said when she laughed at the idea of Rufio. It's like she convinced him of what she said, that the whole self-esteem thing is a ridiculous joke that Vriska is playing on him.
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* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004467 This entire update], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|while rather heartwarming]], struck this troper as sad when he realized that half of the conversation was coming from a kid who would in all likelihood be dying very soon, and knew it. Rambling on to himself and talking about troll-Christmas made his conversation with Kanaya feel like two friends who have completely given up hope, just talking to each other while they wait for the world to end.
** And then Kanaya scrolls up and we see that that future version of Karkat is headed for The Rift, a flashing void of nothing. The fact that things look so horrible for the Trolls is enough to put anyone over the [[Despair Event Horizon]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140218035513/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/catchyegrabber-skipper-plumbthroats-song Catchyegrabber] just makes you feel ''horrible'' for Skipper Plumbthroat
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004501 The trolls were literally inches away from claiming their reward for victory] when the Scratch happened.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=004560 WV blames himself for the death of the Skaian armies.]
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No, instead you think it is just sad.
You were very foolish to believe you could be a leader of men. Look at what bearing that flag has wrought.
Perhaps one day you will find something new to bear. A burden befitting of the peasant you truly are.
[[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|Oh my what's that shiny thing in the water.]] }}
* [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004573 ==>] The people talking behind the pesterchum window are John's dad's friends trying to be stoic businessmen during the apocalypse on Earth.
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* Whoa. ''Whoa.'' The [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004800 Land of Wind and Shade] got ''fucked up.'' Just the thought of all the cute little salamanders getting genocided is a kick in the chest, but the implications for John and Jade do not look good.
* I found the one-sided conversation Karkat had with Sollux right [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004370 here] to be devestating...especially once you [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004371 see what he's looking at]. Might just be because I like Karkat so much, though.
** Although Sollux [[Back
* The final shot of [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004827 this flash]. I'm not sure why, but for some reason Jade falling though the snow just always makes me tear up.
** What's even worse is that Bec just wanted to save Jade; he knew John was asleep, and the meteor was fast approaching. He didn't know what horrible things would follow after he prototyped himself, he just wanted her safe.
* Karkat's reaction to seeing god mode-Jack Noir destroying Prospit, and his dream self is just heartrending. The look can only be described as one of absolute betrayal.
* Bro dying.
* [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004943 Holy crap no]. [[Big No|NO FUCKING WAY]].
** [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004944 OH THANK GOD.] I think I heard every single fan sighing in relief as soon as that page was posted.
*** Oh jeez, damn you Hussie. Though... [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004945 Kanaya's little speech] makes it seem like she isn't totally out of the woods yet... but the meaning of that is something for WMG to sort out.
*** And now Rose's normal self is dead and her dream self is still going on the suicide mission...so she [[Killed Off for Real|really will die]] unless Aradia intervenes.
* Hooray! Tavros saved Jade from killing herself as a child! And got rid of an Adult prowler. Wait. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004954 Oops.] The worst part is that he only meant well.
** No, the worst part is that Jade spent her whole childhood agonizing over the belief that either the [[Creepy Doll|taxidermied woman]] did it, or her grandfather had committed suicide.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004986 . . . John?]
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* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004176 This conversation] and Vriska's chatlogs with [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004104 Kanaya]. Or essentially anything that involves the cracks we see in Vriska's BLUH BLUH HUGE BITCH veneer. Doc Scratch's enabling turned that FLARP session into a complete clusterfuck that cost Vriska most of her friends, and she does feel guilty about it and wants them back. All her attempts at trying to help Tavros and Aradia go about as horribly wrong as they can. She keeps chasing after a kismessitude that she's not going to get, it's destroying her moirallegiance, and [[Oblivious to Love|she doesn't understand why]]. All the little moments of sincerity Vriska has just bring home that under her maniacal need to manipulate everything, she's a thirteen-year-old kid with massive psychological issues just like all the other trolls.
** Anytime we see "It's hard being a kid and growing up. It's hard, and no one understands" may be a parody of teen angst, but it also drives home how much all these silly trolls need a hug.
* The ending of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922065512/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004827 Jade: Enter] left a very strong impression that Jade had died crossing into the Medium, as she drifts away, translucent, in a sea of white. The next update featuring her was a week later, and rather than conclusively showing she'd survived, gave the [[Mind Screw]] another twist (CC: Because, stupid. I'M D------EAD!)
* Aradia saying her final goodbye to Sollux.
** Oh dear [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005087 Gog]
** Coupled with Equius's reaction from the back. He's notably just as shaken as Sollux, maybe even moreso, not only because he loved her, but the fact that she chose to say good-bye to her ex-boyfriend and not her current one broke him.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005090 Terezi: Watch] alternate universe version of new alien friend die because of something you did.
** Then, she shoves Karkat out of the way and runs off crying. Yeah.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005103 Jade: View Missing Dave.]
** Her subsequent conversation with Dave manages to be something of a tear jerker as well. She tries to comfort him after the loss of his brother / "ghost dad," and he addresses the strange relationship he had with Bro.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005141 On second thought,] prototyping with Dream Jade was a really bad idea.
** You thought THAT was bad? The [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005142 two] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005143 pages] after. Oh... oh god.
** ...And then Jade [[Angst Dissonance|gets impatient and annoyed]], and just starts [[No
*** Want to make it even worse? Think about this: Jade and Jadesprite are variations on the same person, and the real Jade has seen all of the trauma that Jadesprite has and a lot more to go with it. So why isn't she having a massive breakdown too? Well, look at what she's calling Jadesprite - selfish and weak, accusing her of letting everyone down. Think about the implications there: she's probably going to hold her actual self to the same standards as her spriteself. In other words, she's [[Stepford Smiler|suppressing a FUCK of a lot of trauma]] - dying, losing half her life on Prospit, watching a Dave be killed (not permanently, but still horrifying), losing her guardian, blaming herself as the game becomes unwinnable, and being faced with an unbeatable murderous monster that could appear anywhere at any time - because she feels like if she freaks out over all of that, it's a despicable weakness and she's letting her friends down. That's an unreasonable expectation for an adult to have, and she's thirteen.
** To say nothing of Karkat making her realize how [[Not So Different]] she is from him in that scene.
*** Which actually ends up with a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when Jade sees it isn't such a bad thing and they make amends, apparently going on to become [[Fire
* [[The Woobie|Wayward Vagabond needs a hug.]] He'll never forget his past failure, [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005171 even] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005185 while] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005187 he] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005189 is] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005190 asleep.]
* Tavros, ever the quintessential [[Woobie]], is rewarded for showing a little backbone and standing up to Vriska by being impaled with his own lance and thrown off a cliff. Again.
* From the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921193614/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005197 same update] as Tavros above, Jack deciding to [[Kill the Cutie]] twice in gruesome succession.
** Especially Nepeta.
* [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005233 OH GOD! NOT AGAIN!]
** FUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK. Hussie's on a killing spree!
*** [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005247 IT KEEPS HAPPENING!!!] In fact, Hussie introduced a new word that perfectly describes this current batch of updates: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005243 HOPESPLODE!]
*** [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005249 Karkat's reaction pretty much sums up the readers' feelings about what's just happened.]
*** Karkat's face stops being funny when you realise that he literally just stood and watched his friend being killed, too frozen in horror and fear to try and help. ''And that's probably the only reason he's even still alive.'' Bitter tears, let them flow.
*** Not only that, but Karkat's absolute [[Freak
* The recent death of Kanaya makes [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005203 this conversation] especially sad.
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GG: but you will get it, i gave it to you some time ago at the end of our last conversation
GG: and i have been eagerly awaiting your linear and unconfusing reply ever since!
GG: bye kanaya <3 }}
** Actually, this may create just the opposite... because, remember, this means Future Jade has had future conversations with Future Kanaya in the Future! So that means Kanaya's not permadea. Somehow. Maybe through time shenanigans I dunno.
* The reveal that Gamzee, who had always come across as a generally sweet, friendly and easygoing person, is actually a murderous sociopath whose [[Split Personality
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005260 This memo,] The part where past Feferi responds is severely gut wrenching.
** Indeed. Even if you've made it through the last several comics without cracking, [[
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005261 And on the next page...] CCG: SHE WAS MY REALLY *GOOD* FRIEND AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL TO DO NOW THAT SHE'S GONE. Then it [[Mood Whiplash|rapidly segues back into horror.]]
* The [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005284 2xCorpsesmooch Combo] is funny, but also sad because Karkat is crying as he does it - it's obvious he's hoping against hope here. Made even worse by the preceding chatlogs, wherein it's pretty clear he was bordering on redrom (platonic <> probably) with Kanaya, and this just hammers it home.
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* The [[Dramatic Irony]] of the kids being unaware of the events going on for the trolls. Whenever they talk about the trolls as though they were still alive, sane, or not in danger, it's like a punch to the gut.
* Karkat's (possibly) final chatlog with John:
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'''CG:''' WHY WON'T THE HONKING STOP
'''CG:''' I HAVE TO GO
'''CG:''' SORRY FOR BEING SUCH A DOUCHE TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.
'''CG:''' I HOPE YOU CAN SUCCEED AS A LEADER WHERE I FAILED MISERABLY. }}
** Damn it Karkat, stop tripping over loser flags!
* Karkat's slow descent into the [[Despair Event Horizon]] after receiving Terezi's logs. She tells him that she will be 'away from her glasses' and right after that Karkat freaks out when he sees one simple word: honk, heavily implying that Gamzee is going after Terezi. Then Karkat examines Sollux's unconscious body only to discover that falling down the stairs knocked the latter's teeth out. After putting the teeth back in his mouth, this text comes up--"There. Good as new, best friend! It's like it never happened. [[Sanity Slippage|No one can ever blame you for dropping him down the stairs now. Stairs? What stairs! Ha ha ha!"]]
* In the 2/9 update, we see that Nepeta has painted a new [[Shipper
** Nepeta and Equius's seperation is parts this and part [[Homestuck
*** Which esclates into full [[Tear Jerker]] when sure enough, Gamzee kills Equius right before Nepeta's eyes.
*** Did anyone else put off actually going somewhere as long as possible just so they could have a few more moments together before things inevitably got dark(er)?
*** To mention something fan-made, here's [https://web.archive.org/web/20110909141400/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?36078-MSPA-Fanart-26-33-lt-yay!-OO&p=4632986&viewfull=1#post4632986 Nepeta] dealing with Equius's death.
**** To mention something ELSE fan-made, it is near impossible to listen to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtZc_v3UJvg Fur Good] and not cry.
**** And then there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWC16tibFcE Blue Lips], a tribute to Equius & Nepeta.
* The fact that Equius had the ability to save himself and Nepeta, but didn't. He valued the hemospectrum and Gamzee finally acting like a highblood more than his moirial. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004062 Because green b100d is ok, but it's not great.]
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** It also tugs at the heartstrings when you realize how incredibly serious Vriska is about these doubts and confessions; count how many times she uses her usual typing quirks. Then look at how much of the conversation is completely devoid of typing quirks...
*** And think back afterwards to her relationship with Tarvos and her idolation of Mindfang. Nearly every horrible step in her life before the that wasn't motivated by trying to please Spidermom or Doc Scratch's manipulations was due to her chasing Mindfang's shadow (and failing). If you don't feel sorry for her still, then look at poor Tavros -- everything she did to him was to try to make him into a new Summoner, and every single thing she did ''backfired'' horrifically. Then go back and reread her ascension to God Tier. She desperately wants him to kill her as one last attempt to make him into the man he could be -- and it breaks him completely. Just tragic on both sides.
* If we can count things fans have done, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404043308/http://color-her-world.deviantart.com/#/d397hyy take a look at this]. If you read the description, this was a fan-chat two people who had never met before improvised. It's a fake chat log between Feferi and a Gamzee from the far future after he is finally killed. They discuss Sollux not wanting to keep Gamzee around, Karkat wanting him to stay, Gamzee reverting to Aradia's destructive life style, and worst of all, [[Kick the Dog|he also became emotionally dead like Aradia, and he wants to learn how to laugh again.]] It's done in such a way, it could almost be canon.
** When this troper read it, she found Gamzee talking about how he misses Tavros and Equius very sad, because he goes on to say he can't '''remember''' if he liked them or not, but knows he misses them. His mention of how he doesn't think he deserved a second chance is also very sad. Why can't this be canon??
* The February 11th/12th updates... which focused on The doomed Dave who tried to ascend to the god tiers. Especially the panel where he sees Alpha Timeline Dave finding and mourning over Bro.
** The saddest part is that the doomed Dave, [[The Stoic|being Dave]], reacts with utter composure. And yet, you can easily tell by his dialogue [[Not So Stoic|how he's feeling.]] The saddest part probably being:
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** Further down [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005389 this dialogue,] it could break some readers hearts to see Dave witnessing what's going on around Skaia, wanting to do something, and yet be powerless to do so...
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* Put into context [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005407 this journal entry] from Vriska's ancestor: Marquise Spinneret Mindfang is [[Moral Event Horizon|raping her slave]] just to make her rival Orphaner Dualscar jealous, and ignite/strengthen their odd troll romance further. Yes, it is a record of life centuries ago on Alternia, but still, My God, that poor slave...
** Then the slave is assassinated by Dualscar right when Mindfang starts to feel genuine redrom feelings for her.
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*** He stumbles across the bodies. That counts, unfortunately. It's also epic [[Mood Whiplash]], as the previous panels were filled with hilarious [[Crazy Awesome]].
* Rose's [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005537 expression] when she looks into her crystal ball and sees that Jack has killed her mother.
** Given Rose's attitude towards her at the beginning, it's also sort of heartwarming in an [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] sort of way. Doesn't make it any less sad, though.
** And Rose's [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005538 conversation with Jade] afterwards, at least until she starts going insane.
** Especially this little line. Rose ''immediately'' starts blaming herself.
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{{color|#b536de|TT: It would have been normal of me. I can't remember what I was trying to prove anymore.}} }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922113439/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/alternia Alternia], from the latest album, combined with the image for it, sent This Troper nearly crying just from the start.
* For some reason, Bec Noir [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005455 retaining Becquerel's] [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005456 love] and [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005457 loyalty for Jade] made this troper tear up bit. Heck, even the part where he accidentally [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005459 describes her] as being wonderful and adoring made this troper sad.
** Bec Noir's incredibly sorrowful demeanor when Jade dies. And he takes her to her quest bed.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005595 [S] Seer: Descend], especially towards the end; [[Dramatic Irony]] at its worst.
** Near the beginning, attempting to examine MOM and DAD's bodies does nothing; the only message you will get is "There is no sign of Jack Noir up here. Must be somewhere in the castle," which is produced by examining any spot on the screen. There are two reasons why this could be. One is that she's trying very hard not to think about it and focusing on revenge. Another is that she no longer cares [[Department of Redundancy Department|and is still focused on revenge]].
** As you descend into the castles you find more and more corpses of Dersites and Prospitians, but you do encounter a few surviviors: one hiding behind a pillar, and a group in a secret room plotting a futile counterattack. It turns out that, as Rose spoke with John, [[Kill
** The [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005596 [S] ==>] after it is worse. Jack stabs John through the freaking chest before they get a chance to fight.
* Dave's [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005598 conversation] with Terezi after finding Bro's body. The poor guy is obviously having serious trouble working out his emotions, and having a personal crisis over his role in the game at the same time.
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* In some of Mindfang's more recent journals I was wondering why Equius' ancestor was alone and why Nepeta's ancestor wasn't there with him. Then I went back to the [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005655 page where she's climbing the steps to his cave.] She throws an offhand remark of wondering of him believing SHE was worth it. Brings a whole new level to his moping around alone in a cave, doesn't it?
* Three words: [http://mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005688 The Seer dies.] Yes, her dream self is still alive probably, but... ROOOOOSE!!
** It also puts a different spin on her [[Self
** Also, Rose's body is likely going to be the first thing John sees when he wakes up. Think about that for a moment.
* Yay, two new albums up! Oh, hey look, an update: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005711 With as little fanfare, he seized the opportunity to follow the Thief's trail quickly before it dissipated, and destroyed their hideout in the veil.] --wait. Wait. What?
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* The clock stops at just, and we see Vriska's body, with the label Dead all after an extended sequence of her confessing her feelings to John and talking about how much she hopes to see him in person.
** Karkat weighs in on the situation:
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* Karkat admitting that Gamzee was a good friend. At the same page we see a snapshot of him typing, coated in indigo-coloured blood.
** Thankfully, later updates actually make this one [[Hilarious in Hindsight]].
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* WV's death in [S] Cascade. This is a guy you have learned backwards and forwards as a guy who cares for his friend and is willing to fight for what he loves. In the very beginning, he builds a city out of cans and becomes obsessed with Tab soda. He's a hilarious guy. At one point he finds a bunch of random stuff in the corner of his room, and eats half of it. One of these things is a chunk of uranium, leading to one hilarious scene. However, Bec Noir executes a horrible, tearjerking ultimate Call Back. He needs the uranium, so he PUNCHES THROUGH WV'S STOMACH AND TAKES IT BY FORCE. Made even worse when he leaves and PM comes in and finds his body.
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006590 Oh thank]
* The entirety of [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005774 [o] Feel free to examine the clippings while I tidy.]
* 8 Oh, Vriska..
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AG: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s{{=}}6&p{{=}}005785 If you want.] }}
* Keeping in mind Jade's reaction when seeing a doomed Dave [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005103 awhile back], the scene featured in the panel above [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005770 here].
** It bites even more when you look at [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005767 how they] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005768 got to] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005769 that point].
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005835 Nanna finds her son's hat].
* When Rose travels through Dave's dream bubble on the way to delivering the Tumor, they argue about who was the designated pilot for this suicide mission. For once, Dave forgoes all his ironic coolguy nonsense, does not mince words and states, "[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005838 but i dont want you to die]". Then, he decides to stay asleep rather than wake up and try to stop her after she says this:
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{{color|#b536de|'''TT:''' I said not entirely.}}
{{color|#e00707|'
[[color:#b536de:'''TT:''' It's going to be a long ride through all this nothingness.
'''TT:''' Maybe I just thought some company would be nice.
'''TT:''' Before it's all over. ]]
{{color|#e00707|'''TG:''' ............ }} }}
* For the most part, John and Vriska finally meeting one another face to face is actually rather [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|sweet]]. But when John finally starts to remember some of the details, like the suit he died in, the reader's brain finally catches up with the haymaker Hussie set up: The John she's talking to is from Davesprite's timeline... the one that Terezi got killed way back in [[Brick Joke|act 4]]. He doesn't remember Vriska because ''he never met her''.
** For any Vriska lover, this scene hurts, because John's immortality will keep the two from meeting for a very long time.
** This is now also captured in Tearjerking song form: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922104656/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-remem8er-me Do You Remem8er Me] indeed.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005855 fedorafreak is] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005856 possibly dead.]
** but then you realize that he died on his quest bed, and likely reached the God Tiers as the fully realized Gent of Piss.
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* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005903 This] series of panels actually give us a huge amount of exposition into various... shenanigans. But the saddest part of it all is probably the emotions that Karkat is going through when he wrote this. This is probably also the first time he genuinely says sorry, and he does it with full emotion.
** I THINK I GAVE HIM CANCER. And then [[Tropers/Pro-Mole|my]] heart was wrenched.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005940 After] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005941 strifing] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005942 Doc] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005943 Scratch] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005944 becomes] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005945 hopeless,] the imprisoned Handmaid feels [[Driven to Suicide]] (which she attempts by self-inflicted [[Electric Torture]]), [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005948 and] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005949 fails.] [[Fridge Horror|Which is worse,]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|the reason]] the Handmaid is held captive in a [[Gilded Cage]], the [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]] to [[Better to Die Than Be Killed|suicide]] after failing the [[Damsel Fight
* [http://mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005953 This page]:
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Doc Scratch: "That is to say, they had never known me." }}
* The Disciple, full stop. Love that transcended the quadrants, tears of joy. Then she was left to live for years after her soulmate died. No wonder she went insane!
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* The cause of Bec Noir's unfathomable rage upon entering the Trolls' session [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006005 is] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006006 finally] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006007 revealed.]
** Then Bec Noir murders CD in a fit of rage.
** What happened to the Exiles in [S] Cascade. AR especially.
** As awesome as Jade's ascend to the God Tiers is, it's a little depressing seeing her fuse with Jadesprite and fly away, leaving Davesprite alone on Skaia.
*** YMMV, Davesprite is perfectly fine still there, Jade just shrunk him with the planet.
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** ...and realizing that it was ''pointless'' since they had been tricked.
** Similarly, the look between Jadesprite and Davesprite, ''especially'' for the latter. Davesprite had to suffer through Jade dying by meteor once, and now he has to see it ''again'', thinking he's failed in changing anything... which only makes the following scenes that much more awesome.
* The White Queen (or, rather, Windswept Questant) is finally reunited with the White King, and they hold hands... for exactly ten seconds, before Jack arrives and kills the both of them.
* The cover art for [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922101813/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-cancer Galactic Cancer]. Poor Karkat.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922103307/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/serenade Serenade] by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell. When combined with the cover art, it hits especially hard.
** The more you look at that picture, the harder it hits. When you notice that it isn't her cave art. When you notice that it's her blood. And, what finally did it for This Troper, when you notice that her cheeks are tear stained.
* PM, holding WV's dead (or dying) body while looking up at the sky as the universe ends.
** Most of the exiles (and the entire human universe around them) ending up dead is especially tragic when you remember art like [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922114502/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/years-in-the-future the cover art to this song]. What could have been...
* Rose and Dave ascending out of the Green Sun always gets This Troper, though it's more out of pride than sadness.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922105913/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lost-child The lost child] is also heart breaking when you remember that despite everything she tried, the Handmaid was always doomed to the life of misery as a servant of Lord English.
* Even throughout all of what he's done, the reason why Gameze went [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005927 insane] was quite melancholic. Imagine, if you will, that you followed a very peaceful and joyful religion, only for someone to make a complete mockery of it and shatter your pure image of said religion. That getting together over Faygo morphed into a complete satire. Listen:
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TC: that the paradise planet
TC: IS A FUCKING JOKE.
TC: and the miracles
TC: ARE FAKE.
TC: pure fiction.
TC: FALSE FAKEY FRAUDY CON JOBS FROM A BUNCH OF UNFUNNY NINJA HARLEQUIN BULLSHIT ARTISTS. }}
** Add to this the fact that his religion was basically Gamzee's only source of hope; living with an absent parent in a society that oppressed your best friends and would most likely cull the two people you are closest to (Karkat and Tavros) isn't so bad when you know that there's hope for the future. Then Dave takes away his faith, and he finds [[The Woobie|Tavros]] stabbed through the chest by one of their teammates and left bloody and broken on the floor. There's also the fact that he is most likely going through withdrawals, and it's quite possible that [[Demonic Dummy|Lil' Cal]] is screwing with his head. At that point, going insane could almost be seen as a coping mechanism.
*** The worst part? Gamzee's religion was a lie; [[Word of God]] confirms his Mirthful Messiahs were [[Manipulative Bastard|Doc Scratch]] and [[Eldritch Abomination|Lord English]].
* Alpha!John is introduced by Jane thusly:
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* If you really think about it, the Alpha kids in general. They only have the most basic of clues of what's going to happen, and if you [[Break the Cutie|remember what happened to the original kids]] and notice the indications that the Alphaverse may or may not be a [[Crap Saccharine World]], it can be depressing.
* "The Page is dead. Our hope is lost." - the Prospitians, in the funeral procession of Jake's dreamself.
* Call me crazy, but if you think about it, the entire universe's destruction was a big one for me. I mean, it's nice to see the session's going to be completed and all, but the one little thing nagging at my head is that billions of people are fucking ''dead'' and never coming back. No more history, no more stories, no more of all that once was and all that ever will. Just a big, sad, empty void.
** Adding onto this, the mere fact that the kids are ignoring that fact (or at least, [[Stepford Smiler|trying to]]) is Tear Jerking, too. It's like there was nothing they cared about on their home planet, except for the family they're introduced to and themselves.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006132 TINKERBULL!!!] [[Big No|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]
* Hey Jane. Heard you [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006182 got the mail] today...
** As soon as I saw the slow-mo as she reached for the mailbox, I KNEW this was coming and the bottom dropped out of my stomach. I just kept thinking "It's a bomb. There's a bomb, ohnoohgodnodon'tbeabomb, nnnnnnnnoooooo... *BOOM*. HUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSIIIEEEE!!!"
* Call me crazy, but what Hussiebot says at the end of his [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006189 maniacal laugh] is kind of sad. The way he just words his comment ("''Why am I laughing This is a completely innapropriate reaction''") kind of says that he almost gives an air of compassion about those offed characters by realizing his laughter was not the best of reactions. It tells me he seems to ''care''.
* John still thinks he's going to meet Vriska in the Alpha!Universe.
** Making it even worse is Jade's complete silence about it after John continues to ask about Vriska, implying she knows.
* Serenity calls PM's attention to WV's broken body and says in morse code, "Please...help him!" It's just gutwrenching to see, after all they've been through.
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* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006256 Kanaya seems really depressed.] Prior to now she was too busy being dead and then badass for us to see how deeply the loss of the Matriorb affected her.
* John's letter to the group on the meteor ends with "vriska, if you read this, thanks again for all your help. i don't think i'd have made it this far if not for you! i just thought you should know that." What makes it worse is that the two could be very happy together if they had ever met face to face.
** The worst part? He's still looking forward to meeting Vriska once everyone reaches the new session in three years, and Jade, the only person with John who knows Vriska won't be there to greet him, hasn't said a word so far.
* Oh, it must be Jack here to offer help taking down the queen, as his role in the game dictates, and Jane's going to be fi- [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006296 HUUUUUUSSSSIIIIEEEE!]
* When you really think about it, Vriska's POV section of Alterniabound is actually pretty sad, albeit self-inflicted, since it shows just how she managed to torpedo practically all of her relationships, especially with Kanaya, and has ''no clue'' what's really going on.
* Those last few seconds of [[Wham! Episode|the EOA]], where the fourth wall goes ''backwards'' through everything that happened to John before he started playing the game. It's just a huge blow to the heart that makes you remember where it all started and how far everyone has come.
* The first on-screen conversation between Roxy and Dirk. We already knew that Jane was distrusting of Roxy's claims, but one off-hand remark halfway through the pesterlog casts a whole new light on not only Roxy's frustrations but on her own character.
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TG: knowing that
TG: that my best friend [[Cassandra Truth|cant bring herself to believe]] some really basic things about my life<br />
TG: like the shitty things [[Complete Monster|the baroness]] has done to us<br />
TG: or about our upbringings<br />
TG: do u know how misrable it is for your bff to doubt you<br />
TG: [[Wham! Line|when you tell her your mom is dead]] }}
** Also serves as a ''double'' [[Tear Jerker]]: [[Posthumous Character|R.I.P. Alpha Rose and Alpha Dave.]]
* Roxy and Dirk's conversation about their hypothetical children from the same conversation above, which is even sadder when you think about Rose and Dave and realise that Dirk isn't really all that wrong.
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TG: it would be like
TG: if we had kids]]
[[color:#f2a400:TT: Inconvenient mostly. (...)
TT: Two perfect little freaks of nature raised by people who've clearly got no business bringin' up anybody.]] }}
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006398 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO][http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006399 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]
* Oh god, when Jake asks Jane about her feelings for him, it's starts off funny as she freaks and says she doesn't ([[Will They or Won't They?|but she does really, we all know this]]) and then [[Crowning Moment of Funny|thinks]] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006488 this.] It started off funny, but then everybody saw her slowly get hysterical in the conversation, as Jake stated that he thought she had ''had'' a crush on him, and more or less expressed the chance of being gay. We then see her thoughts again two pages after the first time, where she's almost in ''tears.''
* The recent revelation that Dirk and Roxy are in the future has a lot of this. They're forced to watch Jake and Jane mucking around happily in a beautiful world they know will soon be destroyed without even being able to warn them of what will happen. The romantic situation as well: maybe Roxy was trying to set Jane and Jake up so they could at least have each other when everything went to shit? And then there's Dirk falling for a guy he was separated from not only by distance but also several ''hundred'' years of time...
** Some may think the "beautiful world" was not destroyed, but made better, and feel happy for Roxy and Dirk instead.
* The suggestion in the latest update that Terezi has been pulling away from Karkat. Not only was she the person that he went to vent to but she was obviously someone very important to Karkat. It gets worse when he berates himself for not realizing how good things were between them on Alternia.
** He seems to be so desperate not to lose her that [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006613 he's willing to be in a love triangle with her and Dave], alternating between red and black so they each get to be her matesprit for some of the time.
* The song [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922104656/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-remem8er-me Do You Remem8er Me], a song basically from Vriska to John, is ridiculously heart-wrenching when you realize that after a year, John barely even remembered her name, referring to her as "That troll girl who was sorta into me".
** Though it's hinted he does remember her and wasn't being entirely honest to Jade.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006156 This pesterlog in hindsight.] While Dirk did make the AR for other reasons, he also created it for the purpose of simply having someone to talk to. And since we've seen his apartment, literally located in the middle of the ocean with no land in sight or no company from anyone except his own robots, these lines in particular can be a little depressing.
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TT: Of course.
TT: Why do you think I made the thing? }}
* [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006668 Terezi in this dream bubble] talking to Vriska, with Aranea [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006670 helping with] [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006671 the healing.]
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* A Missed Moment of Tearjerking occurs when [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006889 Rose tells Dave she remembers her Davesprite timeline self having nothing to do but drink liquor.] Mixed unfortunately with [[Fridge Brilliance]], the deaths of her friends John and Jade would understandably [[Drowning My Sorrows|depress Rose enough to drink.]]
* [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006927 This flash] reminds us that poor Terry/Liv died during the events of Cascade. More tear-jerking is the fact that among all of the stuff that goes on in the flash, the bunny's death is often forgotten.
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The bunny didn't make it. }}
== Fan Content ==
* If we're allowed to mention fan-made stuff...
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TG: ok bro you win
TG: pretending to be dead is the lamest prank and it’s the most ironic thing youve ever done
TG: you can get up now
TG: bro
TG: bro please
TG: [[Please Wake Up|please get up]] }}
** Link?
* Hell, if we're mentioning fanstuff, the whole outpouring of love and tribute art following Bro's death was somehow incredibly touching and heartbreaking all at once.
** [http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/images/cg/slain.jpg this...just...this]
*** Not to mention [http://nuriko-kun.deviantart.com/art/Homestuck-lots-of-Striders-214825721 this.]
* They may be fan-made, but this is one of the only times this Troper will say that if you don't cry while reading [https://web.archive.org/web/20130427042943/http://writerfag.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=10409187 these 5 fanfics] then [[
** How about [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928015012/https://docs.google.com/
** Not so. This Troper got through it by continuously reminding himself that all of those characters have been shown to survive past the Scratch. It was still really depressing, though.
** It may be canon, just in one (or more) of the hundreds of doomed timelines.
** The death of Gamzee is either the saddest part of that fanfic or the brightest point in a sea of darkness. His continued belief in his faith, in his MiRaClEs... it really was the highest low point.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130428024442/http://cel3stial.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=246 Many of the Trollmegle logs in this thread] are sad, but particularly the one in the third spoiler tag on the first post had this troper in tears while doomed timeline Karkat tries desperately to ease Terezi's suffering as they both die. On top of that he seems to totally disregard angsts over his blood color out of devotion to this final purpose.
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CHERRY RED.
PRETTY MUCH E-EVERYWHERE. }}
* If we're allowed to add fan content here, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWC16tibFcE this video] ought to be the crux of fanmade tearjerkers. It made many a cynical fan [[Manly Tears|break down crying]] and announce a [[Alternate Character Interpretation|newfound love for Equius.]]
** On that subject, there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGpukEvGUNM Ode To Dad], which doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
* [http://jbriner.tumblr.com/post/13137223696/the-sufferers-final-sermon-please-listen The Sufferer's Final Sermon.] My ''god'', if the gorgeous voice acting didn't drive you to the verge of tears, the playing of "Homestuck" near the end will.
** The worst thing is, at the end, where he talks about a world where all casts work together? He got that, in a a way, through Karkat and the trolls.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qlfeXnIxn4&feature=player_embedded Now in video form!]
* Two Acts left, the melancholy of that is just too much. [http://fuckyeahawesomestuck.tumblr.com/post/13323497495/artisticazurite-guess-im-uploading-this-here It's good to know that these feelings are mutual among the fanbase]{{Dead link}} everything hurts but it's all beautiful.
** That link doesn't seem to be working, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Apx1pSs30Q but the maker put it up on YouTube now]!
* [http://tindeck.com/listen/ieth Nepeta's last memo]
* [http://thegogdamnwitchofspace.tumblr.com/jadevterezi this rp on tumblr]{{Dead link}} which starts as a petty argument between Terezi and Jade before devolving into a look at how both of them are horribly broken balls of self hate and guilt. (note that in this continuity Dave and Jade are together and Terezi has admitted her flushed feelings for Dave)
* [http://archiveofourown.org/works/310143 Beyond the Ends of the World] talks about the afterlife with all the dead Aradias. One of them goes crazy, and we found out why: in her alternate timeline, the trolls actually successfully completed the game - which she then had to go back and ''prevent'' to preserve the alpha timeline. To see success and happiness right in front of you, and then having to stop it from happening...
* [http://nooosheee.deviantart.com/art/love-sucks-264015462 Seeing Nepeta heart-broken is a sure sign of tears to come.]{{Dead link}}
* [http://sadstuck.tumblr.com/ This site] is basicallydedicated to heartbreaking images from Homestuck.
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