Ongoing Gags

HomeWard is jam-packed with jokes, references, and weird sh*t like that. Many of these jokes only have a lifespan of 3 pages, but a couple manage to find a way to respawn. They start coming, and they don't stop coming.

-For a basic list of references, check the Comprehensive Reference List.

-For more complex references that require a keen eye, check the Cinematic Parallels page.

The Reader does not exist
"What made you think you could name people shitty things? What makes you think you even exist in this story?"Although written with story prompts, the Reader has no overall effect on the story. It can only be said that the prompts are the character's thought processes, and the narration is their internal thoughts.

Shitty MSPaint style
Homestuck was drawn in Microsoft Paint, abbreviated as MSPaint. HomeWard "abandoned" that lazy, yet superior, format for a more stylistic approach.

There are still references to the program, such as mentioning something "looks like it was drawn in MSPaint," or the mspaWard sprites.

Welcome to the X, Y.
One of the more common phrases in HomeWard is

"Welcome to the X, Y," with 'Y' most commonly being "motherfucker."

Sun Tzu said that
This joke is a reference to the Meet the Soldier video from Team Fortress 2. In it, the Soldier incorrectly quotes Sun Tzu, which leads to many characters in HomeWard misquoting him as well.

The 2 prominent forms of this joke are

"You're pretty sure Sun Tzu said that."

"Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little more about ____ than you do, pal."

Danny's Nicknames
Upon meeting the Dancestors, Danny begins calling them obscene and often derogatory nicknames.

He does this for almost every one of them. Hell, I'm pretty sure if he could, he would break meta just to edit wiki pages to have those nicknames.