Pesterchums: A Podcast About Homestuck: Recent Episodes
Jacob & Alicia
Join lifelong internet friends Jacob Parker-Dalton and Alicia Haddick as they go down the rabbit hole that is Homestuck, one week at a time. New episodes every Thursday!
Sollux comes back to life, Vriska makes her peace, Terezi accepts a mysterious mission from the eighth Exile and Karkat argues with himself through space and time. It all goes down in the epic conclusion to Act 5 Part 1, which will also be our final episode. Thank you to everyone who tuned in and supported us on social media! We'll see you some other time, some other place in paradox space.
Covering pages 2499-2625 and [S] Rex Duodecim Angelus on YouTube.
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Eridan Ampora and Feferi Peixes take the stage this week as the typical moirals and the last pair of trolls to be introduced in Act 5 Part 1. Although one of them is definitely a fascist (no prizes for guessing who), one of them may have just captured Alicia's heart. Jacob also shares knowledge about lasers and Robin (the character from DC Comics).
Covering pages 2405-2498.
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Matesprit? Kismesis? I hardly knew her! Jacob and Alicia tackle one of the most difficult and notorious pieces of Homestuck lore this week: the troll romance system. What exactly are Tavros and Vriska? Do humans experience the same kind of emotions? And is there any link between the troll reproduction system and ours???
Covering pages 2321-2404.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Its bad news for Midnight Crew haters this week as the Intermission suddenly becomes very relevant with the introduction of Doc Scratch. Can Alicia overcome their prejudice? Is Jacob guilty of shipping crimes? And how will they manage to escape the collective ire of both Kpop and Genshin Impact fans?
Covering pages 2236-2320.
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Apologies in advance for the cat noises, but the introduction of Nepeta Leijon turned Alicia absolutely ungovernable for this entire episode. We also find out why the mean spider girl Vriska Serket is such a huge 8itch, alongside what characters Jacob used to roleplay back in the day. Equuis Zahhak is here too, I guess? Not sure if anyone really cares about him.
Covering pages 2155-2235.
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
After a relatively innocuous start, Act 5 slowly begins to turn up the pressure as the troll's session heads towards disaster. Sollux Captor is our main focus this week, who predicts his own demise before the game is up, alongside Aradia Megido, who is manipulating him for unknown purposes. Plus, Tavros Nitram gets bullied by a mean spider girl (AG) and a single flash of a cat-themed character sends Alicia equally feral. Jacob talks about dinosaurs.
Covering pages 2071-2154.
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
We did it. Its finally here. Act 5 is bearing down upon us after a short break, fleshing out an entirely alien troll culture and several new characters. Is Karkat meant to be warped reflection of John? What exactly is Gamzee smoking so that he's so high, all of the time? And could Terezi potentially be the character to steal Jade's space in Alicia's heart? Now we're talking about stuff people actually care about!!!
Covering pages 1989-2070.
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Welcome to the Political Zone™. To commemorate the very first piece of user feedback we recieved and celebrate making it all the way through Homestuck Part 1 without stopping, we're checking out Kevin Costner's notorious 1997 box office flop The Postman. Is it really that bad? Would it have done better after September 11/as a rock musical? And what can it tell us about the American founding myth, the importance of communication, and indeed Homestuck itself?
This episode is far too long!!!
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
In the epic conclusion to Act 4 and Part 1 of Homestuck as a whole, John discovers that his entire existence was a self-fulfilling paradox prophecy. Jack Noir continues to raise hell on The Battlefield, Alicia explains why they have literally become Jade fr, and there is a detailed discussion about different forms of easy-bake confectionery.
NOTE: There are some distortion issues with Alicia's mic at the beginning but it fixed itself a couple of minutes in for some reason.
Covering pages 1865-1988.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Critical support for Jack Noir's continuing quest to destroy all forms of feudal privilege. The Midnight Crew are also BACK (to Alicia's horror) while Jacob gets candid about his love for podcasts. Now with 20% more football talk.
Covering pages 1755-1864.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
In which Jack Noir goes absolutely apeshit.
Covering pages 1653-1754.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Things take a turn for the worse this week as a version of Dave comes from the future to warn John that following GC's advice will end in disaster. Jaspersprite also implores Rose to 'wake up' while GA attempts to pique her interest with some passive-aggressive courtship. Apologies in advance for the rapping, but don't forget that Andrew Hussie was the one that wrote it.
Covering pages 1557-1652.
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Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
As Jacob mentions, there was a 20 minute period during which we could not record due to audio interference, so we ended up running a lot longer than we usually do and kind of losing our minds by the end. In any case, Act 4 has plenty of exciting stuff to offer this week: the origin of the Exiles, a new troll with a very annoying typing quirk, Dave torrenting build grist and an eggy loking thign [sic].
Covering pages 1455-1556.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
We're finally back to the main story this week with the beginning of Act 4 and Alicia couldn't be more happy to leave the Intermission behind. Jacob also enjoys making various veiled Star Trek references and talking a lot about the Metroid franchise. Yeah, I'm thinking we're back.
Covering pages 1358-1454 (Jacob forgot to say it until halfway through this week lol)
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Maybe we should've done the Intermission in one episode, because Alicia is really losing their mind here. Jacob attempts to keep them somewhat engaged by indulging in several tangents, but its still like getting blood from a stone. At least we get to see what CG looks like, though!
Covering pages 1255-1357.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
The time has come for that part of the story between Act 3 and Act 4 that's kind of part of the story, but also kind of not. Although Alicia isn't a fan from the very beginning, can Jacob make a compelling case for the Intermission by comparing it to Hunter x Hunter? He'll certainly give it a go, alongside plenty of tangents about Twin Peaks, Christmas music, and the problems with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Covering pages 1154-1254.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Jade's gift from John takes a mind-bending route through space and time to close out Act 3. Rose and Dave speedrun the first portion of SBURB while Wayward Vagabond and Peregrine Mendicant take fire from an unknown attacker. Dad Egbert earns his freedom by destroying a hat. John steps into the great beyond.
This is a big one.
Covering pages 1073-1153.
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/pesterchumspod
Intro music is 'Dance of Storms' by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin. BUY HERE: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
I want to apologise up front for the sheer amount of tangents we go on this week. You'd expect better from the 41st most popular podcast in the Hobbies category of Apple Podcasts (United Kingdom).
In any case, we do talk about some more of Act 3 this week: interdimensional canines, sleepy adventures in a golden kingdom, and why the whole idea of a Bill Cosby computer may not have aged so well.
Covering pages 963-1072.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Rose makes a new friend. Dave gets tormented by his older brother. John gets told in no uncertain terms that he has to take the Ring to Mordor, even if Nannasprite could just fly him there. Act 3 continues in earnest across multiple characters and multiple timelines, which makes talking about it really fun (not).
Covering pages 861-962.
NOTE: Some software shenanigans meant that Alicia's audio quality wasn't as good this week. There is also some background noise around 49:30 from Jacob. Apologies!
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Thrusting with reckless abandon into Act 3, a new contender for Alicia's heart has emerged: Jade Harley. Jacob also struggles to recall the word for the Kuleshov effect and maybe, just maybe, we encounter our very first troll.
Covering pages 759-860.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PesterchumsPod
Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Act 2 comes to an end in a spectacular fashion with the longest, most exciting Flash animation yet. But before that, Jacob and Alicia spend some quality time with the mysterious Wayward Vagabond and witness their ascension to become the Mayor of Can Town.
Covering pages 666-758 (Jacob forgot to say it this week lol).
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife
Jacob struggles through a cold to deliver his worst Solid Snake impression. Alicia is sufficiently blown away by [S] Ascend to admit that Dave is 'kind of a badass.' Plus, our first music track by Toby Fox! Act 2 is great!
Covering pages 567-665.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
Musical interlude featuring the same beats as episode 4.
Who needs story progression when you're having a good time? Not Jacob and Alicia, who are enthralled by John's pogo antics and Dave's slow descent into puppet dong-induced madness. Dad Egbert is also trans now. NOTE: This was our first time recording the podcast together in person, so please forgive any audio hiccups. We're still learning.
Covering pages 461-566.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
The threads don't quite come together this week as Act 2 enters a transitional phase. But when Nannasprite delivers an extensive lore dump, Alicia has an interesting thought: isn't Homestuck just Kingdom Hearts?
Covering pages 357-460.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
The world isn't quite so over. Jacob and Alicia finally meet the infamous Dave Strider, make some phat beats, and delve into the masterpiece that is Sweet Bro & Hella Jeff. Covering pages 248-356.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
Musical interlude featuring samples by Andrew Hussie, Gabe Nezovic and Robert J! Lake.
Alicia comes to face to face with Rose Lalonde, a Nokia brick is somehow destroyed, and the world ends.
Covering pages 135-247.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
A young boy stands in his bedroom...
Covering pages 1-134.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
Jacob and Alicia attempt to explain why they have decided to undertake this mammoth quest.
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Intro music: Dance of Thorns by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin