I'm personalizing my desktop shortcuts to feel like they could be in-universe for HS. This means renaming and adding custom icons...
Suggestions would be appreciated!
I don't think it shows up very well, but so far I have
-Tulikettu, originally Firefox, which I renamed to a certain firefox of Finnish folklore and made an icon to look like a denizen browser (holding a cueball like the Mozilla Firefox holds the globe, with a first guardian flame tail that matches the Finnish Tulikettu's tail being an aurora)
-cha.OS, which is a direct Discord parody as seen in Beyond Canon
-Clementine, whose name has not been changed, but I altered the icon to look like our favorite orange [|:). (it's a music player)
-Paint.NOT, which is actually Aseprite, which replaced my preferred program Paint.NET when I made the switch to Linux. I am still emotionally attached to Paint.NET despite it not being the best art program ever, and I wanted to pay homage to it... It's hard to see here but I did edit the icon past just adding a red 'x', it's actually a pixel-art tracing of the original.
What fun things can I do with the others???
-Steam
-Files (which is misspelled as 'fikes' here)
-Trash
-Deltarune
-Audacity
-Musescore
I'm considering removing the shortcuts for the last three if I can't think of any ideas for them.
Also... Background ideas? I'm not sure I want to take it that far but I'm open to suggestions. Let me know!
The technique is to use hot oil to elicit a response
Audacity could be FreshJamz (Jade's music player). MuseScore could also be that but I was thinking disguising MuseScore as OrgMaker or a parody of OrgMaker (DAW used by homestuck musicians).
Trash could be a graveyard (like ~ATH) or simply named "Deltritus"
Deltarune is Undertale: Beyond Canon (THIS IS A JOKE IM JOKING!!!)
As for the background, I'd suggest think of the media you've hyperfixated upon most recently or fondly regarded the most (that isn't homestuck). John has ghostbusters, Jane has Problem Sleuth, I think Roxy's is just a swet wozard.
Alternatively, a piece of art you created (Dave and Dirk both use And It Don't Stop, an earlier comic by Hussie, as their backgrounds iirc)
(...Steam could be Complete Bullshit, or MSPaintAdventures itself since the comics are meant to be "games")
Do this. Now. The background is a must.
(Seriously, all the kids have some kind of personal background, make one pertaining to your interests.)
You could also add Complete Bullshit file folders, though I forget which kid had those.
This is some straight up delirious biznasty, Dawg!!
Dave and I'm pretty sure also Dirk.
I understand All of the time travel in Homestuck. All of it.
oh these are some great ideas thanks yall
ill post an update when im finished!!!
The technique is to use hot oil to elicit a response