how do you think typing quirks will be translated in the series?

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Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 3:05 AMabout 1 month ago

the quirks are such an iconic part of homestuck that it'd be really disappointing if they don't find a way to include them somehow. how do you think they'll incorporate them if at all?

aquaticAnathema
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 3:23 AMabout 1 month ago

My guess is that they would just show some text onscreen occasionally that matches up with what the trolls are saying. Just showing the actual pesterlog briefly while still doing the gag where we can see them talking out of the phone like in the trailer. Probably the best way to get it in there while still being entirely voice acted and more accessible to people with reading disabilities.

slothArmy
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 4:08 AMabout 1 month ago

I personally think it's quite reasonable to not directly reference the typing quirks in spoken conversation. Like yes, they're iconic, but they're also something that only works when you read text. It's pretty incompatible with spoken dialogue like an animatic series needs.


If I HAD to choose something though (assuming the show even makes it past the pilot in the first place), I'd suggest having the trolls using voice changers to subtly disguise their voices. Still gets across the whole "mysterious hacker stranger" aspect. Of course it'd probably have to be subtle so as to make the dialogue still intelligible, so YMMV on whether that would be worth it.

Alienoid
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 4:13 AMabout 1 month ago

I'd assume text pop ups, with verbal quirking for some (Vriska drawing out vowels, Nepeta/Feferi using puns, Eridan saying wuh-what, Sollux lisping, Karkat shouting, etc) and others probably having some kind of visible pop ups. Just like the fan comic dubs do the verbal quirking, yk what I mean?

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ErisolspiteIs#1
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 5:26 AMabout 1 month ago

Whenever Vriska says a word with an "ate" sound or a letter B, overlay this voice clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87H6m2v4zNs

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Deep Dive Devin
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 5:48 AMabout 1 month ago

probably the same as any fandub might with things like making eridan's w's longer and such. I also like the idea of voice changers.

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Endymia
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 6:19 AMabout 1 month ago

I hate to be rude but I think they will incorporate them by having the characters talk out loud and be voiced by actors who are doing voices.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 6:52 AMabout 1 month ago

@reimaruwa if you hate to be rude why did you be? completely unnessecary

aquaticAnathema
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 7:20 AMabout 1 month ago

There is a lot to be said about how typing quirks themselves are a way of conveying the concept of "voice" within the text medium, but I just didn't feel like taking time formulating sentences to explain that

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 8:24 AMabout 1 month ago

Yeah I’m in agreement with the others who’ve said basically the same thing. Think they’ll just handle it like how fandubs handle it.

Lichzim
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 11:10 AM30 days ago

i think its probably likely they might have a stutter on some, but vriska? no clue. we've been shown they think about pesterchum through a tiktok. i feel like likely ther might be smaller parts where its shown.

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Jade Harley
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 3:17 PM30 days ago

Yeah it's probably just gonna be iconic voice direction and voices distinct for each character.

Kanya hears "ERROR LOGGED OUT" & looks at Rose who just SAYS "NO 'FORGOT PASSWORD' OPTION" while frowning.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 6:08 PM30 days ago

maybe with different accentz and pronunciation (zuch az zollux having a lizp 4 example, which iz already canon anyway)

hehehe :x



hemoptysisDodger
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, 9:01 PM29 days ago

they'll probably do it the same way as the fandubs that people do


Frisk


Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, 1:59 PM29 days ago

I'm with @slothArmy on this one - they'll just give us brief glimpses of the pesterlogs. Probably early on in the show, with the kids trying to figure out what on Earth these trolls are going on about.

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Bandersnatch Wrangler
Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, 2:12 PM29 days ago

I think they will make the trolls have very distinctive and funny accents XD

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Laura Castrillon
Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, 2:57 PM29 days ago

i think the pesterlog is gonna appear on screen and the characters will talk over their text. thats my guess

Fichas Boy
Thursday, September 18th, 2025, 6:56 AM28 days ago

In the interview today the director said she wants to maintain markers of online dialogue -- having characters actually say LMAO, for example. So I think she and the team will give serious thought to how one might represent the quirks in the new medium. This will necessarily be gimmicky since quirks are gimmicky. I think it'd be a fun touch if a second copy of Sollux's voice joined in everytime he pronounced a two/too/to sound -- not too pronounced, just barely loud enough to be unnerving, hinting at some haunted psychic nonsense.

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"Malo" is fine
Saturday, September 27th, 2025, 8:25 PM19 days ago

Either they'll drop it altogether or try to adapt it into funny accents like Eridan stuttering on Ws and Vs or Nepeta starting all her dialog with a meow

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Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, 8:30 PM14 days ago

man, if sollux has a lisp it better be fucking well done. i'm so sick of shitty fandub lisps. i do think what malo said would be pretty cool; or really just some kinds of voice effects! maybe aradia'll have a bit of an echo to hers 0_0

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junedave
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025, 10:54 PMabout 10 hours ago

So, there's the obvious Sollux would have a lisp, Karkat would be tone deaf, all shouty and loud; same with Caliborn, Damara would speak broken Japanese, and Calliope would speak with a British accent. The rest would be dependent on their personalities, like Rezi talkin all silly and creepy, or Gamzee talking like the stereotypical stoner type.


I mean, we see characters write in other things rather then pesterlogs, like chalk, or letters, or books, so i don't think that typing quirks'll totally be lost.

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