A Note On Typing Quirks

So! If you've ever encountered Homestuck in any RP format on the internet before, you might have noticed that the characters have some batshit weird text, also known as "typing quirks"! And if you haven't, well, you're about to. So what's all that about, huh?

--> Emiri: Write hopefully comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide.

If you are already familiar with Homestuck, feel free to skip this cut to the pertinent bit down the bottom.

( For those not familiar with Homestuck, here is a quick rundown. Well. Sort of quick. You know how I like to talk. )

PHEW! That was a lot of words! Now, on to the fun bit:

5) Since you just spent all that time establishing that typing quirks reflect personality and character voice, how do you expect to put them into play in a medium where your character has essentially forgotten who they are?
Haha! I DON'T. THAT WOULD BE SILLY. WHY WOULD VRISKA SPEAK IN BLUE WHEN SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHY BLUE IS IMPORTANT?


6) What? But you just made me read a frillion paragraphs explaining how we could react to them! Why would you do that to me if you don't intend to include them?! WHY DO YOU HATE ME?!
Okay, okay. To be more specific: I don't expect Vriska to start out with a typing quirk. I've listed her ability to speak with her typing quirk as a skill, and if you think about it, even regaining that skill does not mean that she will actually do it unless she's also gained a relevant memory to explain to her why it is important. That said! I do expect that as she gains more of "herself" back she will start to slowly incorporate more of her typing quirks back into her text.

I do expect that she will start out occasionally elongating her vowels or punctuation marks, because that is a natural reflection of her voice, rather than a learned mechanism. However, for example, because she won't remember her fascination with 8s entirely, some may not always be exactly 8 letters long! Maybe, upon regaining that, she'll freak out a bit upon realising how many vowels and punctuation marks she's SLAUGHTERED by only being 6 or 7 letters long! THE HORROR!!!!!!!!

I am also not discounting the possibility for Vriska to develop different typing quirks in Aather from her canon self, depending on how her character arc develops! We've seen in canon that characters can change their typing quirks if they go through a radical personality or voice change, so why not in Aather too? IF EVER there was an RP medium for radical character development, it is memoryloss RP!


SO. In a nutshell, that is why typing quirks are important, why Vriska will not be starting out with her typing quirk but may slowly gain it back, and also why it may be subject to change! I dunno man, I can't see the future! Anything could happen!

I'M EXCITED.

THE END. Questions? Comments? Feedback? Have at it. I'm done. EMIRI OUT \o/.