sarah smiles like sarah doesn't care

[rhapsodeity]

PLAYER
YOUR NAME: Xander
18+?: y
CONTACT: walpurgisnacht
CHARACTERS IN GAME: n/a
RESERVATION LINK: Badabing, Babadook!

CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Jade Harley
AGE: 16
CANON: Homestuck

CANON HISTORY: Here!
CANON PERSONALITY:

farmstink???? that is incredibly silly and a little bit rude!!!!!!! my name is =>

I want you to picture Zooey Deschanel. Got it? Okay, good. Next, imagine Zooey Deschanel in a movie directed by Wes Anderson, released during Oscar season with a soundtrack featuring poppy shoegaze. Now that you've done that, you've got an idea of how people perceive Jade Harley.

Perky and quirky, Jade is introduced to the audience as a girl who likes to do silly things. Jade picks up a flute and begins to play it, poorly, and then questions why she even did that, when she knows she doesn't play flute. While she considers tossing it on the ground in disgust, Jade ultimately decides she'd rather captchalogue it and practice flute. It's a simple act, but Jade's bright and cheery outlook shines through in that moment. The grass is always greener on the other side, and there's nothing in that saying that tells you that you can't just go over to that side of the lawn! Jade's got a bit of a brave streak to her, too, so she'd be more than willing to jump over and see what the fuss is all about; after all, who knows? It might be kind of fun.

there is still something worth fighting for!

It's easy to see that Jade's an adventurous, brave girl who will do what's necessary. In a moment of peril, John's dreamself's life is on the line. Jade doesn't hesitate when she leaps into action, and the incident ultimately ends with Jade's dreamself dying. Before that, however, Jade begins to slap John's slumbering body, attempting to wake him up as quickly as possible. It doesn't work, but Jade saves his life, and doesn't seem all that bothered it came at the price of her own. At her heart, Jade's a sweet and sunny girl - in contrast to her friends, she never seems to give up, and takes on Herculean levels of difficult tasks with a buck toothed grin. Each of the kids' planets house what is essential a boss in video game terms. Jade's is Echnida, and she gives Jade a supposedly impossible task. Despite how difficult it seems, Jade agrees. If she's meant to succeed in the task, she will. Her motto is that things will work out, eventually. There are other examples of this: In the game, the universe is quite literally a giant frog called the Genesis Frog. Jade's role as the Hero of Space is to breed the frog that will become the Genesis Frog, and the session she's playing in is running out of time. She might not have enough time to breed the frog, but she's determined to try, anyway. In a manner of speaking, this blinding optimism is Jade's greatest asset.

That optimism, however, could be mistaken for naivety, and you'd be forgiven for thinking Jade childish. Her room is decorated in Squiddles posters (a children's cartoon featuring adorable anthropomorphic squids that like to cuddle), furry posters (the non-sexy version, thank goodness), and littered with tiny floating gardens. She still plays with dolls, despite being in her teens, and she likes to get comfy in piles of her plushies. Her room is a colorful mess that betrays her interests, but you can easily miss the rifles by her bed - Jade's a skilled markswoman, and more than capable of defending herself. Still, Jade has rules about this sort of thing. She's reasonable and says that no innocent creature would ever be caught in her crosshairs, and under no circumstances is this something under negotiation. When Jade gets an idea in her head, she takes it and runs - she's a determined, bright person with a stubborn streak a mile wide.

once i was even more of a dork than you
but now i am one of the most powerful beings who has ever existed
i dont want to hear any whining about what you think you cant do

All of this ties in with how other people view Jade: Dave believes that Jade needs protection over all else, when in reality, it's because of Jade that they survive the Scratch at all. The Scratch is a last ditch effort wherein the universe is reset so that a doomed session can potentially gain more favorable conditions. Once the Scratch has been performed, the universe is rewritten, which results in a rewrite of everyone's memories, too. However, Jade manages to get everyone in their session moved to the next, completing her deal with Echnida. With this, Jade can successfully breed the Genesis Frog, and saved the session.

Were it not for Jade accepting all the responsibilities placed on her shoulders during Sburb, it's likely that the game wouldn't have done as well as it did; Jade adapts to the role of a leader quickly and easily, a role that her patron troll, Karkat, covets. Her position as a Space player means that her existence in the game is crucial, and without her, the game can't be won. The gang's lucky, then, that she is their Space player, because Jade's willing to do what has to be done. Her blind optimism ends up being such a great asset to them all. Really, it's likely no surprise how capable Jade is: She grew up without a parent, and was attended to by Bec, a First Guardian in the shape of a dog. That means Jade had to learn to fend for herself, care for herself and take care of her home all on her own.

What this means is that Jade learned science, gardening and how to shoot without much, if any, help from others. Her grandfather most likely had a flair for gadgetry himself, and Jade, as a curious child, most likely stumbled into the hobby, too. Still, it's worth nothing that she managed that, and even discovered an interest in nuclear physics. She's intelligent and capable, and this is easy to see in how she rushes forward in her life. Jade's bubbly and bright, an excitable girl who always seems to smile, but she's got a bite to her when the need calls.

In fact, growing up without much human contact means that Jade is a bit awkward when it comes to other people. This isn't very obvious, though. Instead of being unable to interact with people, Jade's more likely to not understand their emotions. This is most easily seen when she prototypes her dreamself's corpse, bringing Jadesprite into being. Jadesprite, having spent so much time dead, is more than a bit distraught, and she begins to break down, sobbing over how she wants to go back to the afterlife. Jade grows increasingly frustrated, even though she starts the interaction by being understanding. After all, Jade is Jadesprite, in a way. Their memories aren't the same, but they were, at some point, the exact same person. She can relate and feel that pain, too, but Jadesprite doesn't see a point in going on. Jade's frustration builds until she's outright shouting at the sprite, telling her to shut up, and slapping her. Jade doesn't understand why her sprite would be so unwilling to move forward, why she would feel so hopeless.

She's pinned for a childish, giggling little girl, and while that's understandable - it's not all of Jade. She's willing to break the rules to get things done. When Bec grounds her, Jade sneaks out, zip lining out of her room and continuing on with her journey. Her friends believe that Jade is psychic, but all she's doing is gathering information through the clouds on Skaia and using that information to benefit them. It's no different from research, really, and Jade likes to be prepared.

Something people may not expect from Jade is her honesty. She is a straight forward speaker and she is not above telling someone she just doesn't want to be bothered with them. Jade's a patient person, and more than willing to give people second chances - this is seen best with her relationship with Karkat. Jade forms a friendship with him after she follows his advice, and begins helping her with frog breeding. This is in spite of the fact that Karkat was incredibly rude to her, and Jade made no attempt to hide how incredible done with him she was. This sort of honesty is seen from her, again, when she outright rejects Eridan's "gift" to her, saying that she doesn't want it because she doesn't like him. If something bothers her, Jade will say so. On that note, Jade's still willing to give people the benefit of the doubt. Just know that if she's mad at you, she really means it!! Seriously.

its just a really empty feeling after a while
empty like...
space i guess
heh

Growing up with only her best friend and dog for company left Jade a lonely person. She doesn't show it, but it comes to fruition when John and Davesprite as a result of John's deal with his denizen. Jade begins the three year journey with them, but they die shortly after, and Jade has no idea why. It seems pointless, and leaves her depressed. At one point, Jade laments a garden that she had, and says she misses it. When asked why she doesn't rebuild it, Jade says she was too depressed to do so. Experiencing friendship, having people there for her, and then deprived of it - it hurts Jade so deeply that she can't even engage in one of her beloved hobbies. The loneliness is simply too much for her.

The simple fact is that Jade doesn't want to be alone, or to miss people. Doing so reminds her of the isolation of her island, and not having a reason or a way to understand causes further upset. Jade has a desire to pick apart things and comprehend them at their core, so the lack of an answer only further sets her deeper into her depression. On her island, she didn't realize how alone she was, but once she knows her friends, sees them there in front of her, she has no desire to not be with them.


That said, her resilience shines through. Post-credits, Jade appears to be living with Karkat and Dave, and by the front door is a trio of bottles, and within the bottles are the first blooms of plants. Jade's growing things again, and no matter how far deep into a depression she may fall, eventually, she'll crawl out, stronger than before.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

🌟CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY Jade's ascended to Godtier, which means that she has conditional immortality. The conditions are incredibly simple: Unless Jade's death is "heroic" or "just", she will revive upon death. A "heroic" death is exactly what it sounds like - if Jade were to die performing a heroic act, like defending someone else's life at the cost of her own, Jade would stay dead. "Just," on the other hand, means that if Jade were to, say, become possessed and be stopped in the middle of committing an evil act, she'd also stay dead. If her death doesn't fall into either of these categories, Jade will revive immediately.

🌟FLIGHT In addition to the above conditional immortality, ascending as a fully realized Witch of Space means that Jade can fly! There aren't any conditions to this, and she survives, unsurprisingly, in space without any fuss at all. In theory, she can leave Earth. Congrats, Jade.

🌟TELEPORTATION As part of her ability to warp space, Jade can teleport just about anywhere! Jade can transport herself and others just about anywhere.

🌟SIZE MANIPULATION Another Spacey thing: Jade can shrink or grow things at will. This ability of her's was integral to surviving the Scratch, as she used this ability to shrink planets down, and captchalogue them. Later, it's explained that in addition to transporting other people, Jade can also shrink or grow them as she wants. This, again, is a plot point - shrinking John and Davesprite down to allow them to visit John's planet leads their death, which means Jade is completely alone for her trip to the new session.

🌟TELEKINESIS Exactly what it says on the tin: Jade can interact with objects without touching them! Again, this is plot relevant. Jade is the one flying the ship that she, John, Davesprite, Nannasprite and Jaspersprite are traveling on. Predictably, Jade also can use these powers for things she doesn't need to use them for, like bypassing a fork and eating her cake by floating it on over. There is a limit to this ability - she can't break the law of physics. Jade explains this by saying she can only fly the ship at the speed of light, and no faster. Mostly because faster does not exist beyond that.

🌟THE GREEN SUN I'm not sure if this would be a problem in game or not, but for the same of keeping everything on here, I'll touch on Jade's connection with the Green Sun. When Jade prototyped her dream self's corpse, Bec jumped in as well. This means Jadesprite was both Jade and Becquerel - Jadesprite coming back to life allowed Jade to ascend to Godtier through a merging of the two. This is relevant here because Bec is a First Guardian, and First Guardians are easiest understood as guarding their respective planets. The source of their power is The Green Sun, which presides over many universes. Jade describes it thus, "think of it like a giant solar system, but instead of planets revolving around the sun, there are many universes." Jade can tap into Bec's tie to the Green Sun, and use it.

🌟SYLLADEX Jade has a hammerspace in the form of a sylladex! Explaining how a sylladex works would take forever, so the simplest way to put it is that it's Homestuck's version of an inventory. Each sylladex has a fetch modus, which determines the way items are stored. Jade's got a wide array of fetch modii, and each of them are themed after board games. Her go-to is themed after the game Memory. A list of all known modii that Jade has can be viewed here. As a note, it's unlikely Jade would use any modii aside from Memory and Pictionary in game, as though are the only ones she uses regularly in canon.

🌟MARKSWOMANSHIP Jade is an excellent shoot! She's handy with a gun and specifically favors rifles. She's seen handling them in canon a fair few times, and she even has Riflekind set up, but this is easily displayed best when she shoots her kernel sprite while blindfolded, allowing her to enter the game. In Recolle, Bigby has taught Jade how to handle a gun - it seemed like a bad idea to let a child run around a house with guns in it without understanding what it is, after all. That said, she's not nearly on par with her canon self, and is just comfortable with handling a gun.

🌟BOTANY Growing up on an island with only a dog to help her out means that Jade had to fend for herself with food. This likely led to Jade picking up gardening, because it was one way to get fresh fruits and veggies. That said, Jade's got a green thumb and a strong interest in horticulture. She loves growing things, no matter what it is.

🌟GADGETRY As mentioned, it's not unlikely Jade learned this from tinkering around with the remains of her grandfather's hobby. As such, she's a self taught gadgeteer.

CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Jade Wolf
AU AGE: 17
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Jade will be without her doggy attributes, and she's inherited her mother's blue eyes. Jade also does not need her glasses, though she'll more than likely regain her poor eyesight at some point.

AU HISTORY:

Jade Wolf was born one chilly December day seventeen years ago. The circumstances surrounding her birth made her arrival into the world more than a bit difficult for her parents - Elizabeth Comstock and Bigby Wolf - but they were and are both tenacious people. Elizabeth rose to the challenge and Bigby took the chance to turn his life around.

Jade did not necessarily grow up going without. As a child, she had an active imagination and upon realizing her surname was the name of an animal, that imagination was put to use often. Jade was the weird kid who was playing Big Bad Wolf pretty much all the time - in the morning, in the evening, at school, around their apartment complex: Jade Wolf was easily found pretending she was actually a wolf. It's probably no surprise that at her parents' wedding, when she was six years old, Jade howled. No, she doesn't regret it - it was very fun!

But putting aside her furry tendencies manifesting at a young age, Jade grew up watching her parents take charge of their lives. With Elizabeth clearly set on working in physics and Bigby striving toward keeping the peace. They were strong influences on her, and she struck up a curiosity about her mother's work. Jade still holds a love of science close to her heart because of that: Space and Time are dear to heart and seeing how both of her parents were studious made her want to learn, too. She's planning to go into aerospace engineering, or monitoring the stars. Her sight's are set on NASA, located in Houston, Texas.

When she was eight, two years after watching her parents marry, she met Dave Strider, who was, in fact, fresh out of Texas. They became fast friends, and grew up alongside each other. Jade maintains a close bond with Dave, and she easily calls him one of her very best friends. She's sure that her and Dave are going to be together for life.

In recent years, Jade's focused on taking care of her studies. She's picked up ukulele, not quite a guitar like her mother, but something similar and easily portable for the nights she wants Dave to open his window to her. He and Jade operate a YouTube channel dedicated to blowing things up for the cool factor, and she's contemplating getting a job to help out at home. Growing up with Bigby and Elizabeth's hardwork so easy to see, it's no surprise that she wants to work just as hard. Jade's taking classes at the local college, in addition to taking high school classes.

I would also like to mention that Lucy, Jem and Ray - Dave Strider, Elizabeth and Bigby Wolf, respectively - all gave me their permission for this!

AU PERSONALITY:

It'd be easy to say that Jade holds some resentment for her parents, what with how her life played out. It might even be expected; Jade's a mistake and in a way, her presence made her parents' life exceptionally hard. Anyone might expect her to take her existence as some sort of hindrance to Bigby and Elizabeth, but that's not the case, in the least. Instead, Jade is very sure that this is just how things were meant to be, so the pair of them could find the strength they needed to break away from lives that were ultimately making them unhappy.

So, no. The truth is, Jade thinks her parents are admirable people. Her father is a detective and she has taken this to mean that she should always help people in need. Her mother is a physics teacher and this has taught her to always investigate the world around her. She's learned plenty from them both; from Bigby, she's learned how to deal with people who are difficult, picked up a sharper tongue. Unfortunately, that anger issue has only been exacerbated. Elizabeth's influence on her life has resulted in a ferociously determined person, a girl unafraid to take a metaphorical bull by the horns - though Jade probably wouldn't have much hesitation regarding taking an actual bull by the horns, either.

The biggest difference, likely, is that Jade was raised around people. She was raised in a loving family all embarking on a new journey together, and she didn't have to wait until the age of thirteen to begin making friends. What this has resulted in is someone a little more capable of dealing with people; Jade harbored a lot of loneliness and frustration in her. This loneliness no longer exists, but she's still easily frustrated.

Her dad's Bigby Wolf, can you blame her?

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Here is Jade's toplevel on the test drive meme! If you'd prefer a single thread, however, here is Jade and Akinobu talking about their personal hair stylists.