Helli's Homestuck Hall (of Fame)
I've read and engaged with a lot of Homestuck fanworks. I have a preference for canon-compliant storytelling. I like multishipping, and I like messy, unlabeled feelings that lead characters to make bad decisions. This leads me to have somewhat specific tastes in fanwork. If you also like these things, consider perusing my list. And then talk to me about it. Please...
for incest enjoyers
General/Teen
Just a Game (T) 2.3k
- DirkDave, Lalondecest, others
- Roxy starts a game of spin the bottle. Dave and Dirk can't back down from a challenge. Dave sure hopes this doesn't awaken anything in him.
- DaveKat
- Dave and Dirk get drunk.
Helli Note: ITS NOT TAGGED AS STRIDERCEST BUT JUST TRUST ME OKAY THE VIBES ARE IN YOUR FACE.
- DaveKat
- Dave texts Dirk late at night.
Helli Note: Again, not tagged as Stridercest, but if you are a motherfucker with eyes, you can tell. I personally love living in the gray zone of subtext.
- DaveKat
- Dave shows Dirk something he made.
Helli Note: Completing the trilogy of incestbait recs here... It's super normal to write parody smut RPF with your sister and then show it off to your brother. This is Dave's Detective Pony.
Mature
Bro. Roof. Now. An essay on Bro Strider (M) 6.9k
- An extensive analysis on who Bro Strider is.
Helli Note: If you've ever asked yourself: "Why does Bro act like that? Why is Bro so different from Dirk, even accounting for age?" then this is your best bet for pinning down his characterization. The tl;dr is that the evil puppet gives him intrusive thoughts, but it's so much more than that.
Explicit
[laugh track] (E) 3.2k
- BroDave
- He doesn’t know why he has to hurt him like this. He just does.
Helli Note: This serves as a good narrative follow-up to the essay I linked right above, since it focuses on how Cal corrupts the relationship between Bro and Dave. yanderemonoma, if you're out there, please come back... No one writes Homestuck incest like this author, I swear. It's peak.
heat waves (E) 2.8k
- BroDave
- It’s nice to get out of the apartment for once, even if it’s this fucking hot. It’s nice spending time with your brother. (You definitely won't regret that statement at all.)
Call My Bluff (E) 1.2k
DaveBro
- "Suck my dick, Bro," Dave crows, tossing his controller on the coffee table and leaning back smugly.
- There is a moment of silence: Dave mentally prepares himself to flee from the probable incoming tickling assault, though he knows all he can do is buy himself time.
- "Sure," says Bro, and slides off the couch onto his hands and knees.
Helli Note: This one's good if you're not feeling the ryona vibe and want something lighter, since Dave actually reciprocates and desires Bro here.
an unlovely way to show you care (E) 3.1k
- BroDave
- Bro gets Dave to wear a remote-controlled vibrator during a strife. Dave thinks it's just Bro testing him. Dave is wrong.
the lights are turning on (E) 5.8k
- Alphacest
- Clockstopper and The Prince of Hearts are a crime fighting magical boy duo. What they don't expect is to know each other in real life. What a time to reveal their secret identities but right in the middle of making out?
Helli Note: I love accidental incest and the shame of Finding Out.
all i wanna hear him say is "are you mine?" (E) 6.1k
- Alphacest, JakeDirk
- Two wrongs don’t make a right, but indulging your filthiest fantasy come true sure will take the sting off the heartache. One night won’t kill this relationship. You may love Jake, but you love your Bro too, and tonight, you’re going to indulge to your heart’s content.
Helli Note: I love Jake English, and I love when he gets cucked.
parabrocial (E) 2k
- Alphacest
- Dave Strider is your bro. Not in any way people would have recognized in the before times, maybe. But his presence is all around you.
Helli Note: This is another one of my all-time favorite Homestuck authors. Go follow them on tumblr under the same username, too.
when the lights drop down (E) 2.7k
- JakeDirk, DaveDirk, DaveKat
- Dirk has a horrible, terrible secret, and just enough alcohol in his system to admit it. Jake is a little too down for the idea.
Helli Note: We must never forget that Jake English is a freak in the head.
deadDave (lolinardo)
Collection of deadDave's Homestuck fanart, mostly Stridercest.
for alpha kid fans
General/Teen
Cathartic, in all the Worst Ways Possible (G) 2.3k
- Dirk sends Jane a heavily edited copy of Detective Pony. He's not sure if it was a good idea to expose himself like that, but Jane values his vulnerability.
Explicit
Inevitable (E) 3.8k
- Bro Strider x Mom Lalonde x Grandpa Harley
- The guardians meet up at a hotel once a year to debrief.
for post-canon fans
General/Teen
Essay 2: Jane Crocker | Parks and Recreation (T) 4.5k
An analysis of how Parks and Recreation can be seen in Jane Crocker's character and her relationships with others.
- A man stands in his baby’s room, talking with a personification of his anxieties that took the form of his late boyfriend's brain ghost. they try to hatch an escape plan. They get sidetracked.
- (Not a fic, 8 pgs of very wordy fancomics that falls between 1.5k ~ 2k words altogether.)
Helli Note: Rads tomatograter I miss your work............ we must never forget what they took from us
Mature
the wonder that's keeping the stars apart (M) 12.9k
- Ultimate!John Egbert x Ultimate!Dirk Strider
- John is revived on Theseus about a year into the trip, and he’s come back both ascended and depressed. He disassociates often, which for him is a lot more literal than most. Dirk brings out a side of sadism John didn’t realise he had in him and John brings out sadomasochism that Dirk was well aware he had in him. It’s kind of romantic.
Helli Note: I don't even LIKE JohnDirk in any configuration or setting, but this one fic had me going "alright, okay, I like this one specific version." I like it when they hate each other.
Explicit
eat your young (E) 7.8k
- Dave Strider x Harry Anderson Egbert, Past BroDave
You haven't had this much action since your brother died.- Dave babysits John and Roxy's son.
Helli Note: That crossed out summary line made me GASP when I first read it. Powerful stuff.
Keep Your Enemies Closer (E) 1.4k
- Jane Crocker x Karkat Vantas
- Keeping your enemies closer is a lot easier when you don't have friends.
Helli Note: A rarepair I never considered until reading this! I took the plunge because I really like Laurasaur's work. But lol can you imagine how much FOMO Dave would feel if he found out Karkat got to hit John's hot mom before he could?
Consummate Professional (E) 97k, ongoing
- JakeKat, DirkKat, JakeDirk, others
- Following some personal romantic fumbles, Karkat takes an interest in Dirk and Jake’s dysfunctional relationship and tries to platonically mediate through the human means of couples counseling. The nature of his involvement quickly spirals out of control.
Helli Note: Some truly inspired shit in this one. I recommend this to everyone I know who has my specific brand of crazy, because oh my god the shit they get away with in this fic is downright nasty. Jake English you DIRTY DOG
Absolutely Nothing (E) 4.8k
- JakeDirk, JakeJane
- Jake has to make a decision: Reality or the man of dreams. Literally.
- Or, Dirk demands that Jake make a choice: him or Jane?
Man on the Moon (E) ongoing
- JakeDirk
- As a powerful 300-year-old vampire, Dirk Strider should know how to get whatever he wants, yet securing the attention of an attractive mortal named Jake English continues to be Hell on Earth.