to showcase the power of lord english, in his very first appearance he reaches through the fourth wall and violently murders every epileptic reading the comic
For those who don't know, in pool, when one player pockets the cue ball, their turn ends and the other player's turn begins. This is called a scratch. So it only makes sense that when the beta Sburb players initiate the Scratch, ending their universes in favour of that of the alpha kids and cherubs' universes, Doc Scratch, who represents the cue ball, is replaced by a new entity, being Lord English. Additionally, Doc Scratch constantly eludes to how great of a host he is throughout his takeover of the narrative. In this flash, Lord English manifests out of him - in other words, he hosted Lord English, so in the end, he stayed true to his word, even upon death.
On top of that, the cue ball is what you hit to set all the other balls into motion, before finally using it to pocket the 8-Ball; Doc Scratch is supposed to get everything ready until he finally takes the 8 ball and initiates it's entrance.
I love how only in Homestuck could there be a ten second cutaway to the scary wolf head from Never Ending Story, and it's still one of the most foreboding and suspenseful flashes in the story.
To be fair the wolf (named Gmork) is actually thematically fitting. In The Neverending Story, Gmork is a servant of The Nothing, a mysterious and dark parasite, with the sole intention of running the magical universe of Fantastica into extinction by consuming its very existence. Sounds very similar to Doc Scratch and his servitude to Lord English, right?
That moment you realize, that all that blood separation on Alterna, the game of Hivebent and Sburb, the whole reason all those trolls died, and the Earth was created and destroyed, the whole reason trolls are violent and the reason for all this death, is all Doc Scratch's fault.
something i just realized: Doc originally used a coat, which he took off one last time before finally "turning" into English. Calliope ALSO had a coat, which she took off one last time before Caliborn predominated. Coincidence? Absolutely not. Nothing in Homestuck is a coincidence.
Calilope also has the gun Doc Scratch gives to Slick to end Snowman and kill the Troll's Universe so Lord English can eat it. Caliborn loves stealing his sister's things so he can hurt the characters she loves.
when you realize that the only reason lord english could come is because hussie inserted himself into canonical events and killed doc scratch, thus allowing ds to continue being an excellent host for lord english: "...god damn it, hussie."
@@Fragmentsinfractals488 As was already stated in comics itself, "Lord English can travel through time, he already exists within the universe and therefore the program itself is essentially just a formality." Realistically, it's all a coincidental contrivance and contrived coincidence at the same time, just like the most of this series until retcon arc.
@@mahpell7173 And all those coincidences are caused by the Juju, Cal, Doc Scratch, and the deal Caliborn made with Yaldabaoth. Jujus (Singularities) are like that.
Because Hussie and Doc Scratch/Lord English are Dual pieces of the Author. Hussie calls Doc Scratch his Anti-Author. So, Character Hussie and Doc Scratch/Lord English have Author power.
+Dream Extracter Hell yes. I also think most humans react to hearing something backwards. Our brain can recognize that something is off for some reason and we don't like it. I'm not usually scared of skeletons either, but that "honk" Claiborn does while his jaw unhinges because he's opening it too wide is just really freaking disturbing. Oh, not to mention his twitchy glitching movements. Those don't help quell the fear factor.
Now that the comic has ended, i think its also hilarious how English is terrifying, but in reality is just SPOILERS: a bunch of silly teenagers smushed together. Is LE a personification of fighting the transition into adulthood??
not really. He is the "fusion" of caliborn, gamzee, equius and dirk. and there's not bullshit "he's a good guy" or "he's a analogue for this". He's the bad guy. done.
I remember when I used to think by scratch, it meant scratching a disk. But it honestly makes so much more sense in regards to pool since you reset the position of the ball before you continue playing.
This transformation always gives me chills, and makes me scared as shit. The eery backwards piano theme, plus the honking, and just English coming out of Scratch is so amazing and awesome. It’s terrifying, don’t get me wrong. But it’s such a good feeling if evil and scary-ness inside.
jack's was more of a 'ooo im a villain and youre going to die', english's entrance is fucking terrifying because no one knows that shit just got real and everything's fucked
@@ReddyRAD Lord English did nothing expect appear in two flashes and kill dead people jack killed the entire cast at least once who is more menacing?
@@lunaitor-uq9hz and then close itself well jack noir was there again ? No. What happened was light was so bright it passed through the walls (as stupid as that sounds). Then again it not dumbest thing in homestuck.
This is like 1/986th of the whole fucking pie man. Don't worry nothing to important is happening here. Just never click on anything called cascade or it will all be ruined.
Damn, I guess I should have though about this when i said "I am gonna redraw every single Homestuck animation, in my own style!"....I underestimated how much scenes i had to draw...
Since I've read the comic some years ago, this have become one of my favorite flashes, bc in retrospective all makes so fucking sense.. . . . . . . . . . . the VAST HONK above all
My favorite part of any flash is when the reverse melody plays and we see the pool balls surround alternia at the end. this will never not give me chills
@@StellaStarfall it was a prince of heart though, trying to destroy his soul, dirk also tried it on caliborn before he became lord english and it didn't work.
+milo goodfellow I'm pretty sure Doc Scratch set it up. He made a big deal about how he did everything to ensure his master would be summoned into his universe.
As for the description... "YOU'RE Lord English, HE'S Lord English, HE'S Lord English, I'M Lord English! Are there any other LORD ENGLISHES I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?!"
Doc Scratch is Lord English's "excellent host." He contains Lord English inside of him, but only transforms into him once the conditions to summon lord English using the ~ATH code have been met. One of those conditions is Scratch's own death, while another is the death of the human and troll universes, and the creation of the green sun, all of which were caused by a mixture of Hussie, Bec Noir, the death of Snowman, and the detonation of the tumor.
when I first listened to this I was in the school library with my headphones on and when the honks came I literally stopped breathing and started to shake so bad in my seat and everyone was looking at me like 'are you okay' and I couldn't answer them cos how do you explain to normal people that you swear up and down you've heard the voice of a demon? still chills me right down to the bone even nos
I literally felt cold and almost wept in fear the second I heard him make that noise for the first time--and then I nearly shit myself when I realized that demonic roar is actually the sound of a bike horn.
My reaction was a mix between surprise and horror. Dear lord, I only saw this yesterday, and hooooly crap. I had known about [S] Cascade for a long time, but I was NOT prepared for this.
i remembered watching this, then switching to a new tab to check my mail after i finished watching it. the intermission music began playing on its own again. i was like "AAAHHH IT'S EVIL!!! //closes browser hides under covers"
Those are almost my exact words every freaking time I figure out a new connection somewhere. I have literally found myself repeatedly finding out something just to literally say, "Stop. Just... stop. Stop making things do this." I think I figure it out, but every... single... time...
![[S] Prince of Heart: Rise up.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wKc6G6th_b0/mqdefault.jpg)
![[S] Prince of Heart: Rise up.](/img/tr.png)
![HS Archived - Intermission 2 / 4111 - [S] Begin intermission 2.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2NpBLJjVyDE/mqdefault.jpg)
![[S] Bro: Strife](/img/n.gif)
to showcase the power of lord english, in his very first appearance he reaches through the fourth wall and violently murders every epileptic reading the comic
Homestuck is made to target epileptic people with dyslexia
When we said “shit just got real”, we didn't mean it so literally-
@@beywheelzhater8930the fuck you on about
@@beywheelzhater8930 what do you mean???
@@questionableUnionizertextwalls and flashing lights
I still love the fact that, before this, a lot of people expected Lord English to be a kinda tall and thin, slenderman-looking mastermind.
Instead we got a fat angry skeleton
@Sum Buddy Megalovania intenseifys
@@TangyNick11 no
@@sumbuddy4088 Fat? Dude's fucking shredded
Yeah
Everybody expected a puppet master billiards stick, they got Felt Lil' Cal Satan
For those who don't know, in pool, when one player pockets the cue ball, their turn ends and the other player's turn begins. This is called a scratch.
So it only makes sense that when the beta Sburb players initiate the Scratch, ending their universes in favour of that of the alpha kids and cherubs' universes, Doc Scratch, who represents the cue ball, is replaced by a new entity, being Lord English.
Additionally, Doc Scratch constantly eludes to how great of a host he is throughout his takeover of the narrative. In this flash, Lord English manifests out of him - in other words, he hosted Lord English, so in the end, he stayed true to his word, even upon death.
Also, an English refers to hitting the cue ball off-center to make it spin.
@@dylanmaldet6643 We get it.
What the...
I only added that once, why the hell are there four of them?@@garielgames4018
Despite being shit to his guests, he was an excellent host.
On top of that, the cue ball is what you hit to set all the other balls into motion, before finally using it to pocket the 8-Ball; Doc Scratch is supposed to get everything ready until he finally takes the 8 ball and initiates it's entrance.
"I continue to be an excellent host."
Literally 0_0
Lol
I love how only in Homestuck could there be a ten second cutaway to the scary wolf head from Never Ending Story, and it's still one of the most foreboding and suspenseful flashes in the story.
Benett Malcolm THAT'S WHAT THAT IS!?!?
To be fair the wolf (named Gmork) is actually thematically fitting.
In The Neverending Story, Gmork is a servant of The Nothing, a mysterious and dark parasite, with the sole intention of running the magical universe of Fantastica into extinction by consuming its very existence. Sounds very similar to Doc Scratch and his servitude to Lord English, right?
Remember the time the biggest threat was the Black Queen?
...Yeah. Good times.
Remember when the biggest threat was the kids guardians?
... Yeah. Good times.
MareinSpace Remember when the biggest threat was a insane empress? ... Yeah. Good times.
TheJxKxCondor
Remember when the biggest threat was getting into the game? Yeah. Good times.
SkyninjaX Remember when somebody dying was a surprise?
...Yeah. Good times.
Pál Fonó Remember when the main villain was the Sylladex?
That moment you realize, that all that blood separation on Alterna, the game of Hivebent and Sburb, the whole reason all those trolls died, and the Earth was created and destroyed, the whole reason trolls are violent and the reason for all this death, is all Doc Scratch's fault.
true true
Jimmy Sannhetsverd
Who the fuck are you?
Existential Crisis
Not necessarily SBURB as a whole, but certainly a lot of what happens because of (and in) it.
Well... shit
Thats why he needs to be assassinated
Problem is hes an ultra intelligent guardian
something i just realized:
Doc originally used a coat, which he took off one last time before finally "turning" into English.
Calliope ALSO had a coat, which she took off one last time before Caliborn predominated.
Coincidence? Absolutely not. Nothing in Homestuck is a coincidence.
Nice
There is no such thing as coincidence
Calilope also has the gun Doc Scratch gives to Slick to end Snowman and kill the Troll's Universe so Lord English can eat it. Caliborn loves stealing his sister's things so he can hurt the characters she loves.
@@queenjamjam only parallels are the true coincidences
Therefore, if someone asks you to take off your coat, they want to see the second phase of you
when you realize that the only reason lord english could come is because hussie inserted himself into canonical events and killed doc scratch, thus allowing ds to continue being an excellent host for lord english:
"...god damn it, hussie."
Yeah I still don't understand that. How your own character fool you like this by laws you've made?
Actually, the code on the server kills Scratch after Spades shoots Snowman, so it would have happened anyways. Hussie just happened to be there.
@@Fragmentsinfractals488 As was already stated in comics itself, "Lord English can travel through time, he already exists within the universe and therefore the program itself is essentially just a formality." Realistically, it's all a coincidental contrivance and contrived coincidence at the same time, just like the most of this series until retcon arc.
@@mahpell7173 And all those coincidences are caused by the Juju, Cal, Doc Scratch, and the deal Caliborn made with Yaldabaoth. Jujus (Singularities) are like that.
Because Hussie and Doc Scratch/Lord English are Dual pieces of the Author. Hussie calls Doc Scratch his Anti-Author. So, Character Hussie and Doc Scratch/Lord English have Author power.
when I first saw LE's face, my first thought was simple.
"No.......could it be?...........lil' cal?"
I guess you could say...... HE WAS THE TRUE PUPPETMASTER.
+Some Guy He was the one *pulling the strings.*
-end me-
he's caliborn tho
But Scratch was derived from Cal, who was the container for Arquius, Gamzee, and Caliborn. Scratch just gave ENGLISH a means of entering.
the most important character in Homestuck
Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the most menacing villain themes? The backwards motion of it gives a mysterious uncertainty of terror IMO.
Nope
+Dream Extracter Hell yes. I also think most humans react to hearing something backwards. Our brain can recognize that something is off for some reason and we don't like it.
I'm not usually scared of skeletons either, but that "honk" Claiborn does while his jaw unhinges because he's opening it too wide is just really freaking disturbing.
Oh, not to mention his twitchy glitching movements. Those don't help quell the fear factor.
Go listen to his theme backwards if you haven't already
Just look up English reversed and it should be the first homestuck thing to pop up
Now that the comic has ended, i think its also hilarious how English is terrifying, but in reality is just SPOILERS: a bunch of silly teenagers smushed together. Is LE a personification of fighting the transition into adulthood??
not really. He is the "fusion" of caliborn, gamzee, equius and dirk.
and there's not bullshit "he's a good guy" or "he's a analogue for this".
He's the bad guy. done.
I remember when I used to think by scratch, it meant scratching a disk. But it honestly makes so much more sense in regards to pool since you reset the position of the ball before you continue playing.
well i mean it also meant scratching a disc; that’s kinda what the kids spent all of EOA5 doing
It is also one of the names of the Devil. Old Scratch.
wait.. scratch tha-
*oh.*
Well... scratch turned out to be an excellent "host" after all...
Remember the duty Scratch valued most,
Was to even in death be an excellent host.
Of course. He doesn't lie.
Well, do you know scratch to lie?
Dude that wasn't meant to be a joke when he repeated it over and over, he knew this was going to happen
🤣 yep
Imagine if Homestuck actually ended here, leaving us on a cliffhanger
*S Cascade* is end
*S Begin intermission 2* is post credits
Perfect ending
When the honking started I kind of flipped out.
Be careful who you call ugly in middle school
The best part was when the ship burst through the fourth wall after LE got his coat back. It completes the connection with Cascade.
I remember just finishing cascade and being "THAT WAS AWESOME!" then I saw this and literally started flailing widely and holding in animal noise.
That moment when [S] stands for Shit got Real
Lol
+Calvin Ehlert That this came after _Cascade._
Especially when you consider [S] Game Over.
Pose as a team. Shit just got real.
Pose as a team. The world is real.
Congratulations! Your Doc Scratch evolved into...
"HONK"
Lord English!
Wanna enjoy the video with the full Lord English experience?
go into full screen mode and type "awesome"
OH MY GOD COOL
How does that even-
+What a Guy it makes the volume meter and the playback bar fluctuate between colors really fast
THX!!!!!!!
thx. I just got epilepsy from the timebar... I love it!!!!!
this is the moment doc scratch turns into heisenburg
You can't outrun what's already here...
I remember when I watched this, I kept repeating "Doc?... Doc? Doc, what are you doing... Doc, stop it..."
This gets more intimidating every time we learn more about the lore I swear
This transformation always gives me chills, and makes me scared as shit. The eery backwards piano theme, plus the honking, and just English coming out of Scratch is so amazing and awesome. It’s terrifying, don’t get me wrong. But it’s such a good feeling if evil and scary-ness inside.
on today’s day of homestuck, doc scratch turns into the hulk
Lmao
Between this and [S] Jack: Ascend, I'm not entirely sure whose entrance as a villain is scarier.
Jack wasn't scary
jack's was more of a 'ooo im a villain and youre going to die', english's entrance is fucking terrifying because no one knows that shit just got real and everything's fucked
Jack is absolute dog shit compared to Lord English
@@ThrackerZ0d Jack was half dog at the time XD
@@ReddyRAD Lord English did nothing expect appear in two flashes and kill dead people jack killed the entire cast at least once who is more menacing?
1:54
The bear head is in another room entirely far away.
Plus, Andrew hussie even closed the door.
The light is so strong that it vaporized the door
@@lunaitor-uq9hz and then close itself well jack noir was there again ? No. What happened was light was so bright it passed through the walls (as stupid as that sounds). Then again it not dumbest thing in homestuck.
Lord English was threatening enough...
and then
he Honked.
Alright, now I really need to read Homestuck.
You're being spoiled, fucktard. XD
Eh don't worry. You don't know the context, so this isn't a huge spoiler. Compared with what else could be spoiled, this is NOTHING.
This is like 1/986th of the whole fucking pie man. Don't worry nothing to important is happening here. Just never click on anything called cascade or it will all be ruined.
@@Xwartu well it's extremely important, but i don't think he's understanding anything, which is the good thing
1:04 God I love it when that piano kicks in.
say what you will about Caliborn, he sure knows how to make an entrance!
With a name like that, we expected something classier.
Somehow, that only makes his appearance better.
Well, Lord English stole his name, so...
Oh no...
Doc ate too much spinach!
_HES SHITTING GREEN!_
THE SKELETON APPEARS.
At this exact moment we realised, all the shits here about to hit the fans.
Alex Hackett until you read the other, worse half of this comic.
WHEN YOU GO TO PUBERITY
Damn, I guess I should have though about this when i said "I am gonna redraw every single Homestuck animation, in my own style!"....I underestimated how much scenes i had to draw...
Ever finish that ?
11 years ago? Yea, you definitely aren't done.
Since I've read the comic some years ago, this have become one of my favorite flashes, bc in retrospective all makes so fucking sense..
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the VAST HONK above all
Easily one of the creepiest flashes in Homestuck. O_O
Roses are red,
My blood is too.
Do you see this chair?
This is how I sit on you.
Chair? What chair?
The monster sees no chair.
Maybe you can't see the chair because every time you try it keeps dissapearing.
My favorite part of any flash is when the reverse melody plays and we see the pool balls surround alternia at the end.
this will never not give me chills
this flash was the one that sucked me into homestuck
Now I am scared of puppets. Thanks Homestuck.
devenlg lmao
@some person This is actually REALLY horrible.
some person what the fuck thats horrific
Deltarune 7years Later giving evenMore people a Deathly Fear of Puppets
What's English favorite restaurant ?
Milliways the restaurant at the end of the universe.
+LowinBayrod *two pistols and a wink* i see what you did there
Doc Scratch: Turn into the Hulk.
Invincibility, green muscles, and endless anger?
THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME THING!
Aw, HEEEEEEEELL! XXXX(
"I am a most gracious host."
"I am an excellent host." OH MY GOD. Doc scratch was a host for lord English.
To this day, this still manages to give me chills. Amazing.
I wonder how many people thought he would have the bear head as is head.
I feel a transformation coming on.
If a lord of time embodies their aspect. And a Prince destroys their aspect. Therefor, a Prince of Time would kill lord English.
[Panna Cotta] Not exactly, they tried it in S Collide to little effect on Jack English.
@@StellaStarfall it was a prince of heart though, trying to destroy his soul, dirk also tried it on caliborn before he became lord english and it didn't work.
okay but seriously when his limbs start to extend they look like unnaturally long pickles
1:48 chills every time
==>You have never been more scared in your entire life
i would say that there might be someone more evil then lord English. The person who set up the code on the server that summoned him.
+milo goodfellow if we know who set it up then ignore this
+milo goodfellow If you are talking about sollux, then you are wrong. He tryed to delete it but he wasn't able to.
no i am not and sollux did not "try to destroy it" he just deleted it from his computer
Aleksander Mogila it was run on an anonymous server we DON'T KNOW who set it up i would say whoever set that up is the true villain
+milo goodfellow I'm pretty sure Doc Scratch set it up. He made a big deal about how he did everything to ensure his master would be summoned into his universe.
As for the description...
"YOU'RE Lord English, HE'S Lord English, HE'S Lord English, I'M Lord English! Are there any other LORD ENGLISHES I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?!"
"honk :o)"
“Sup? I’m Ult Dirk, better known as Lord English 2.”
I watched this for the first time last night at 3:30 and it scared me shitless
Doc Scratch is Lord English's "excellent host." He contains Lord English inside of him, but only transforms into him once the conditions to summon lord English using the ~ATH code have been met. One of those conditions is Scratch's own death, while another is the death of the human and troll universes, and the creation of the green sun, all of which were caused by a mixture of Hussie, Bec Noir, the death of Snowman, and the detonation of the tumor.
when I first saw this I thought he was like some sort of plant monster.
when I first listened to this I was in the school library with my headphones on and when the honks came I literally stopped breathing and started to shake so bad in my seat and everyone was looking at me like 'are you okay' and I couldn't answer them cos how do you explain to normal people that you swear up and down you've heard the voice of a demon? still chills me right down to the bone even nos
"are you okay ? why are you shaking"
"..."
"Well... Let me tell you about homestuck."
I felt nothing wtf
I literally felt cold and almost wept in fear the second I heard him make that noise for the first time--and then I nearly shit myself when I realized that demonic roar is actually the sound of a bike horn.
Wish I could turn back time... to the good old days...
You must ask LE for this
Doc.
Doc, what are you doing?
Scratch?
No.
NO.
DOC,
PLEASE
NO
STAHP ;n;
(my reaction when watching this for the first time --^)
Gosh darnit hussie
In 2 ways
One for summoning lord english
And two for making game over a thing
2:23 freaks me out every time
I miss Doc....
Every time i see this give me just CHILLLLS
I think this is one of my favorite songs because it tries to out a face and voice to immense evil.
The song is slightly pitched down. That actually makes it sound a LOT more ominous.
Can you give me the name? I only found the original Eternity Served-Cold
@@mr_jago2850 The song of Intermission 2 is named English
1:48 this part of the music right here hypes me up everytime i heard it
It just sounds SO epic
Re-watching this for the inevitable end.Like walking down memory lane.
Oh god ANOTHER intermission.
Better get reading.
*gets here* srsly
I think of all that I've watched so far this is still my favorite.
Still gives me chills
*TYPE AWESOME WHILE FULLSCREEN TRUST ME. IT MAKES THIS 10X BETTER!*
The ultimate "oh... so that's how it is" moment
The fact that this is actually happening in the center of the Green Sun makes this 10x cooler.
So, apparently Loki episode 5 got inspired by this.
Bye immortus.
Hello Kang.
Wait how?
Cue balls, magic dogs
The universe
Is a frog
I guess Hussie wanted him to look as powerful as he is.
I think about this music randomly during the day every once in a while.
He was such an ecellent Host.
Hussie has said his fanbase is getting better at guessing what will happen.
Clearly, he's right. Congratulations.
I'm going to miss Doc.
He was so charming.
:c
he was an actual pedophile
Suddenly the honking makes sense. I mean, he was raised by Gamzee. What do you expect?!
My reaction was a mix between surprise and horror. Dear lord, I only saw this yesterday, and hooooly crap. I had known about [S] Cascade for a long time, but I was NOT prepared for this.
i remembered watching this, then switching to a new tab to check my mail after i finished watching it.
the intermission music began playing on its own again.
i was like "AAAHHH IT'S EVIL!!! //closes browser hides under covers"
Anyone else notice Jade's ship crashing through the Fourth Wall?
Even the wolf face was shocked.
i am listening to this while it is raining.
Everytime I watch this flash i get the chills. -shivers-
now I feel like I'm summoning the demon by watcing this
The time loop is bigger than that. Lord English's glitch ensured his own creation.
BEST. VILLAIN THEME. EVER.
Those are almost my exact words every freaking time I figure out a new connection somewhere. I have literally found myself repeatedly finding out something just to literally say, "Stop. Just... stop. Stop making things do this." I think I figure it out, but every... single... time...
This is why I love you Gamzee.
when he went "HONK" i went "nope"
Just got the double meaning behind "I'm an excellent host"