So there’s a post going around about how Homestuck is the modern Shakespeare because of how many new things it introduced to the storytelling sphere and the self-references. And because of the dick jokes.
IDK if I think that’s a perfect comparison (dick jokes excepted, of course), but this is totally a thing I did anyway.
The “ATTENTION WORTHLESS HUMAN” speech in iambic pentameter, with incorporations of Shakespearean language, for all your weird context crossover needs.
Karkat: TO YOU, O HUMAN, DOWN BENEATH I SEND
THE GREETINGS THAT YOUR GOD HAS DEIGNED TO GIVE.
MY WRATH SURPASSES ALL THAT YOU HAVE FEARED.
HAVE I NOT WATCHED YOUR LIFE FOR SIX DAMN SWEEPS?
I SAW YOU KNEEL BEFORE THE GODS THAT YOU
HAVE SCRIBBLED ON YOUR SLEEPING BLOCK’S FOUR WALLS.
ASHAMED OF WHAT YOU ARE, AS YOU SHOULD BE.
A FUCKING FAILURE, WRETCHED BEYOND WORDS,
YOU FALL BEFORE THE FALSE GODS YOU HAVE MADE.
YOUR PLANET WORSHIPS WRETCHED DEITIES,
WHO WILL NOT HEAR NOR ANSWER YOUR DAMN PRAYERS.
NO MIRACLES YOUR PUNGENT ASS WILL SAVE.
ONLY MY HATE; YOU CANNOT CONTEMPLATE
WITH JUST YOUR SHITTY ASS HUMAN THINK PAN.
FOR YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD MY HATRED SHRIEKED
BY SPHINCTERS ON THE UNDERBELLY OF
A GOD MOST TRUCULENT AND DIREFUL
FROM FURTHEST RING BORN, MUSTERED, AND SUMMONED.
MY HATE HAS FUCKING GIVEN YOU YOUR LIFE.
MY HATE WILL SURELY FUCKING END IT TOO.
MY HATE CREATED YOUR DAMN UNIVERSE.
MY HATE PUMPS THROUGH ITS VEINS AND GIVES IT LIFE.
MY HATE IS WHAT I HAVE TO GIVE TO YOU.
AND WITH IT I SEND MY REGARDS; FUCK YOU.
YOU UNGRATEFUL PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT.
John: good morrow, karkat!