Pale Rapture 

Eh, I just picture Equius and Nepeta relaxing, waiting for the end of the universe in one of the many dream bubbles that exist.

nine years later and i'm still coming back to this song even though i'm not really into homestuck anymore. miss ya always, old friend!

Seeing these comments that are years old makes me feel sad because I wish I discovered what homestuck was earlier when the fandom was more active. Hearing this song feels so melancholy but upbeat at the same time and I love it! I'm so glad that I discovered this song because it's what introduced me to the great webcomic, and I love the fact that this music was meant for John (one of my most favorite characters) and it just sounds so fitting. God, do I love this soundtrack. Edit: It's been over a year since i made this comment and i kinda forgot I made this, but I feel immense joy seeing these replies and the fact that Homestuck is still making new content is amazing to me. It's kinda funny how ironic my comment is now that it's starting to age just like other comments made over 6 years ago, I wonder if someone will see this comment in the next 6 years or so and think the same thing?

Its your last night in town. You've just graduated high school and all of your friends have gotten together, everyone's having a good time. They already know your leaving, heading of to college, but you want the memory of your last night in town to be happy. So you try to forget that your leaving. You tell yourself "we'll still text!" "We'll still chat!" But you know you won't. You know you'll talk for a few months, and then slowly lose contact as life gets in the way. And that makes you upset, the future makes you sad. But right now your having dinner with your friends, and right now things are good. And that's enough.

rapture: a feeling of intense pleasure or joy. (for those of you who are wondering)

This song reminds me of the happiness I experienced long ago. I used to walk for long periods looking at the sky, marveling at things as small as seeing the clouds and thinking about existence. In the sky I glimpsed what I am looking for in this life, in that infinite blue, so far from limitations, I saw hope...

11 years ago...AND IM SILL HERE SO-

The beginning reminds me of Heir of Grief

aw hella hella hella yall hear those whale calls

John gets all the pretty music~ It's so sad, though. But pretty. I get nostalgic listening to them.

//This song gives me the image of breezing through the cool blue skies past wispy, soft clouds that dissipate their strands of faint clairvoyant images as you pass. Of course, you realize the challenges waiting ahead, and you worry, but enjoy the moments you have of happiness. But they'll come soon nonetheless.

Mental image:: 0:02: John, his friends, and the guardians are together. Sburb never happened, Bec is normal, and everything is okay. 1:30: One by one, John's friends fade out in front of him until he's alone. 2:10: The scenery goes black and he's stranded in a void. It steadily zooms out on him until he's nothing but a speck. The blackness segues right into Rose's Grimdark outfit. 2:38: Rose and Bec Noir clash. They're strifing. John's God Tier, temp!dead, and he was dreaming. Whoops.

Y'all this is so fucking aesthetic

Any 2019 fans listening to this? How about 2020? 2021?.. No?

i remember being in middle school and listening to this song when my world was right. it felt like melancholic bliss. now i'm much older. now it feels...like an entirely different experience.

I really want this song to be used at one of the events for the upcoming Rapture. This song is just so lovely, if I could pick one song to be used for an animation it would be this

if rapture is a feeling of intense pleasure or joy like that one comment said... why does this song sound so melancholy? maybe its just me tho

Oh boy, I had fond memories of this song. Playing this as I'm studying for my HSPE at the library nearby.Ah, nostalgia is hitting me. ;_;

Getting mad Empire Ants vibes from this song

This is probably my favorite Homestuck track.

The Living Tombstone’s “I Wanna Be A Machine” for Beat Saber brought me right back to this track. That bassline-dominated section with the trap drums in its final half-minute made me instantly remember a Homestuck song sounding the same way. I didn’t yet remember the name but I could remember Volume 9/Colours and Mayhem era, then I was like yeah Colours and Mayhem… Universe B just from the color association of white instead of black And bam. Pale Rapture. Right where I left it last. Here in a RU-vid Playlist to give me the same kind of float away escapist emotions that “I Wanna Be a Machine” does nearly ten years later

This song feels like the sunrise. The lights beginning to appear and everything is starting to wake up. And you choose to watch it, slowly enveloping you until the sun is completely out. It's time for you to get up.

I'VE LISTENED TO THIS SO MANY TIMES ALREADY

THANK YOUR SOUL I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO BE UPLOADED SO BADLY.

this is one of my favorite tracks now

yeah it sounds like heir of grief

darn, I love this soundtrack!

Best song AND cover art of the entire album.

This is very calming. Makes me appreciate life more (somehow? Idk it has a really calming tone)

ill always associate this theme with minecraft, i recently got a pc for the first time in years and have been building like crazy on it; just doing what feels fun, but the entire time ive been playing with a homestuck audio pack (land of mines and melodies) and this is one of the tracks that play in the overworld i cant help but just think about the bunches of hives ive been building and decorating and the amount of fun ive been having in this fandom and how ill look back on it all years in the future, homestuck may have "ended", but from now on it will go on and on and on and on and on :o)

this is going on the playlist off my life

At this point it kind of goes to say, you're awesome. Thanks for uploading this album!

So beautiful and relaxing... :)

-tries to make rap lyrics out of this music -fails for this music is quite beautiful; too beautiful -is now crying on how awesome this music is -*dies* -oh well

Goddamn it Hussie why are all of John's themes sad?

its really sad seeing homestuck being treated poorly by the people who own it right now as if it aint much of a big deal... this stupid webcomic changed dozens of lives out there (some even for the better) and seeing it like this is just sad..

i hope this plays at the end of the epilogue. it'd be so perfect.

Why is no one talking about how satisfying and beautiful the drop at 2:37 is

Pale Raptor

Love this track.

great ringtone for my phone YEAH!

My favorite of this Album

Surprisingly lit

Ностальгия!

thanks dude, you're awesome!

*o* Like cherry blossoms falling in the air and the wind dancing. Spring and homestuck. Life is good. So very good. ^u^

"how can rapture be pale"

really tempted to try and animate that o 3o

That's actually a pretty common thing for all fandoms. It means there's a certain take on a character, usually not canon.

you should so flash that! omg it would be epic!!!

This song sounds like it belongs in a flash. I really hope this is used.

2:37 is the good part.

2:38 You're welcome.

This really reminds me of Hell Yeah! Wrath of a Dead Rabbit's ost. Great song!

The begining give me a very oneshot vibe

This Song Made Me Burst Into Tears And I Don't Know Why. It Just Makes Me Think Of All The Characters Dying......... But It Also Makes Me Think Of Fond Memories Of Life Before Everything Got So Hectic...

Reminds me of bubble tanks.

nice. :)

I approve! :3b

3 damn years,this is depressing

Fuck!!! I love this song!!!

then do it man, make it hapen happen* xP

Oh yee

ooh so...this hasn't been referenced yet? interesting.......

sup, its 2020 now.

Pale Rapture. What does that mean? Probably nothing, but time to overanalyze because this song is messing me up. As one of the top comments mentioned, rapture means a feeling of intense joy or pleasure. Pale could relate to troll quadrants, particularly the platonic ones, but I'm more inclined to think it's not. Pale can mean that something is feeble or unimpressive, apparently. So a pale rapture would be a feeling of intense joy that is feeble in some way? Not sure what to make of that, or how to relate it to John. Maybe the quadrant explanation is more prudent. It could relate to his relationships in some way. The song name can also just be an expression of it's contents. Maybe listening to the song is supposed to feel like a pale rapture. That does weirdly sound like a good way to describe the feelings this song gives me. either way, i think we can all agree that this is a john song because john is depressed and this song also a torrent of emotions.

This song is Dream Bubbles

just that being mentioned makes me worry. :(

I am now sad ;-;

I thought you said Rose and Bec Noir were surfing.

I really don't understand the song title. Can someone explain?

should i get drunk or nah

2:38 DUBST3P!!!!! >:D

hello

For a moment I thought the title said " Rape Culture ".

0:02 1:30 2:10 2:38

I actually really like this song to 8e honest ::::)

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kinda sounds like kevin macleod - inspired, and vice versa!

Friend said it sounded like porn... don't know what to say to disprove them. :(

I kinda think that originated in the Hetalia fandom, but ever since then other fandoms such as ours started using it.

everyone acting like this wasnt made for feferi lmao

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Weird fetish.... but whatever.

June LaLonde vibes