Strider's Edge
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Strider's Edge |
| Author(s): | paraTactician |
| Date(s): | July 18th, 2011 - September 26th |
| Length: | 67,024 words |
| Genre: | Alternate Universe, Tragedy, Multi, College AU |
| Fandom: | Homestuck |
| External Links: | Strider's Edge (AO3) |
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Strider's Edge is an strongly AU Homestuck fanfiction by paraTactician. The author describes the fic as Homestuck mixed with Brideshead Revisited and The Secret History. It is one of the more popular and well-known fanfiction in the fandom, however it has been criticised for the extent it deviates from the source material. It contains Major Character Death and is graphic for violent content.
Premise & Canon Divergence
Right. Welcome to the longest and most complex fic I have attempted to date. In the unlikely event of a sudden drop in cabin pressure, oxygen masks will fall from the panels above your seats.HEFTY DISCLAIMER: this is an AU fic with a strong emphasis on the A. This is not the world of Sburb, or even a world especially close to it. These are not your father's Homestuck characters. They have many points in common with the characters we know and love, and I'm hoping you'll get some fun and some satisfaction out of spotting what those points are; but if you really want a story about canon characters behaving in more or less canon ways - like my previous fics - then you're best off keeping on walking.
What IS this world, I hear you cry? Well, that's rather the point. It's what happened when I double-punched the Homestuck card with the captchacodes for a couple of books picked at random off my shelf and ran the result through my mental alchemiter. It's up to you to tease the flowerpot and violin of those works from the sweet jetpack that is Homestuck. One is very obvious. The second may prove harder. If you need help, ask Sollux, although he'll probably take the piss.
This fic will tackle, in no particular order, themes such as memory, justice, desire, friendship, beauty, and revenge. Also pretension. Pretension will feature in a big way.
I'm going to try and do this in twelve chapters plus a prologue. Only time will tell whether this goal is unfeasible, or actively preposterous. Either way, I really hope you find something in it to enjoy.
PCHOOOOOparaTactician, Strider's Edge opening author's note
Strider's Edge details the history of John Egbert's time as a British University student and his relationship to Dave and Rose Lalonde, two enigmatic peers of his. It is narrated by an older John, who returns to the Lalondes' (now defunct) estate Strider's Edge as a officer in a war. The setting is very different from the canon of Homestuck, being heavily inspired by the setting of Brideshead Revisited. Many characters have somewhat different personalities, with the most evident being John. His narration is more sober and elaborate compared to the canon iteration's upbeat and rambling way of talking.
Plot Summary
Relationships
While the fic itself includes a romance between John and Rose, the author has stated[1] that the fic's main 'ship is John Egbert/Dave Strider and that they deliberately wrote it as a romance despite it not be as overt as John/Rose.