Ugly Story - An Eridan Ampora Fansong by PhemieC 

“Fuck you my child is completely fine!” Ma’am your child is a prince and they live in a ship and they aim their rifle and they shoot from the hip and they have a friend they pity quite a bit

'if yellow's the new purple then bleeding's the new breathing' honestly ? art

happy 4/13, if homestuck was written in 2019 karkat would be calling people incels

'And I don't mean to be hurtful, but if yellow's the new purple, well then bleeding's the new breathing' holy shit, that sent chills down my spine

When you're still Homestuck in 2018 edit: its 2020 and im still stuck someone send help WELCOME TO 2021 FUCKERS ALL ABOARD THE HELL TRAIN CHOO CHOOOO 2022 I don't think I'll ever escape :))

Eridan was 13 while he was dealing with all of this. With grappling pretending to believe in the hemospectrum, thinking he needed to be a villain, wanting to be loved, not wanting to be abandoned, jealousy, abandonment, his bitterness, and his resentment. Through his lines both in the comic and PQ you really see how much he hates himself and how much he just does his fake plans of slaughter for attention and because he believes to be a proper “high blood” he NEEDS to be that way.

We all can't lie, we all like to revisit our Homestuck phase. Whether it be beautiful music like so, or fanfic written to please you, we all love and still revisit this fandom. It's nice to see that it's been alive since 2009. Impressive I must say. You did a good job Hussie, GG dude.

ive been avoiding this song for like three years bc i used to be obsessed with it when i was a homestuck and i was cringy as fuck but holy hell this song is so beautiful alshsgsjb

One thing that always hurts my heart is that Eridan is the Prince of Hope. The Prince class is a class of destruction, so he was literally destined to destroy hope itself, both in himself and in those around him. It's tragic.

What gets me is that he says “I have a friend I pity quite a bit” Pity is the troll’s version of love. Oof

Just realized “I’m a prince” refers to both Eridan’s class and his social standing in the hemospectrum. God I love PhemieC (/p) so much.

Whenever I hear " if yellows the new purple, then bleeding is the new breathing." I can't help but think of the Blood and Breath aspects since they're the opposite of each other

I know that people really don't like Eridan, but I just feel bad for him. He's the equivalent of 13, nobody has it figured out by then. He's just an emotional kid with not so good self esteem doing what he thinks is the correct way of interacting with people. All the "I'm pathetic" stuff sounds annoying to be sure, but it really shows whats going on behind all the douchey stuff he does. He's that kid in middle school who bullies you because he's insecure and doesn't know how to cope with it.

legend says that if you make a comment containing a year it wwill be liked, so here: 2009

I like how everyone forgives gamzee for killing almost everyone but then Eridan does it and everyone dies Then this comes edit: basically, these kids have issues...

Ya know the whole of Homestuck is so interesting. I always forget that everyone we are following are in fact, children. They all act so much more mature than that (generally speaking) but when you think about it, these are a bunch of barely teenage kids responsible for making choices that have dire consequences. They are children that have been given this burden, while still having to learn who they are and, to some degree, what the difference between right and wrong is. It’s truly tragic when you think about it that way.

The last time i was this early eridan hadnt tried to kill all his friends

Since we're stuck at home, it only makes sense to revisit the masterpiece called homestuck

i remember singing this song in the 11th grade with my friends at lunch.. i'm 23 now and i still remember all the lyrics 😭🤚🏻

Why am I crying over a song about a fish incel

this song did eridan's entire arc more justice than the comic itself

moral of the story: he's a prince and he lives in a ship and he aims his rifle and he shoots from the hip edit: i cant believe that this entire reply section came together to sing this entire song i love it here

I love this song even if we are in 2017

I love the music. But listening to the lyrics, it does remind me of just how little we really know of Eridan's character. We know he was one of the few who advocated for the hemospectrum, but we also know that he hated all landdwellers. The closest human equivalent I can come up with would be the Nazis, advocating for a very specific type of 'human breed' and killing off the others? He was also constantly vying for attention, but as the song says, couldn't keep the two quadrants he managed to fill. Keep in mind, Feferi did not break up with him because he was flushed for her, it was because she entered moirallegiance with him only out of necessity. My best guess into his personality is that he is unable to connect with other beings, despite wanting to. His frustration with his inability to connect/understand may be the reason behind his genocidal tendencies.

When I first heard this song I thought that Eridan was a backround character that was a pirate in some kind of a videogame. He was a prince, but he wasn't a good one, he was desperate for attention that he never got so he'd go to bars and such and one night he played a card game with 11 "people" but he broke the rules in the game and ended up killing all of the other players. "And now I think my calling is to break apart and fall to pieces" He can't overcome the fact that he had to run away and hide because he's now an outlaw. "Better yet invent a brand new method of ascension" He wants to make his own rules and be the prince he was supposed to be. "I'm impressed you've managed to survive" A girl pirate finds him and recognizes him to be the prince. "But rest assured we'd all be better of dead than alive, cause when they get ahold us we'd all be better fried" The king is killing every outlaw in horrible ways. "I'm suprised that nobodys considered switching sides" Eridan is suprissd that the pirates and outlaws don't just hand themself over and be spared but continue fighting bravely. "So here I am, repectfully and royally destroying any chance of getting back on your good gills" The girl pirate who found him started teaching him about how to be a pirate, and he knows he's dissapointing his dather but he doesn't care. "And I dont mean to be hurtful but if yellows the new purple, well then bleedings the new breathing" He's one of the pirates now, he wants no harm to his family, but he wants things to be right. Something happens here and the pirate girl hurt Eridan in some way. "I might be your killer but you'll never be my queen" Out of anger he kills the pirate girl. "So put away your laughter" The last thing the girl did was laugh. "I'm done with black black-handling and red pandering, it seems" He's done with trying to save the world in his own way "That I am just pathetic" he feels guilty about killing her. "I wont be overlooked" She had said something that made him really mad. "I'm past the point of fishing to get back up on your hook" He knows he can't go back to his old home "I've made a manifesto" He knows everyone wants him killed because of what he had done "I've been bested by a crook" He got into a bad fight and at this part he got hit by some weapon "But never more!" Sike he wins the fight and gets cool scars "I'm planning on reclaiming what he took" Eridan is going to try to get the throne from his brother that took the lead after his father randomly died. "So what did you want me to say- sorry?" He had a fight to get the throne but he lost and his brother said if he'd say sorry he'd get to live "Should I apologize when you ignore me?" Eridan was always ignored while his brother was praised "Didn't ask to be right" Eridan still thinks his actions were right, even if many innocent died "Or to be lonely" he had always been left out "Or to be hatched into an ugly story" He wished he was never born. "This pantomime is getting gory" He's bleeding to his death. In the end his life flashes through his eyes as he dies. After reading homestuck I realized I was so wrong.

Taking me back too the good ol days.

I see lot.ofnpeople cringing at their Homestuck phase, well I didn't read it back when it was at it's height, and honestly while some fans were overzelous back then, this story was legitimately well made, both in the comedic and the serious moments and frankly none of you should be ashamed that you like it :) Just felt I should say it -From a recent fan currently only just starting Act 6

I never had a Homestuck phase because stupid 2009 me was too lazy to make a Tumblr, but God damn better late then never? This song is absolutely beautiful and I'm gonna start reading the actual Homestuck, wish me luck on this infinite rabbit hole I'm about to embark on

when you sympathise with everyone else's least favourite troll because you both want to be loved and make rash and often bad decisions lashing out at those you care for....

Man who else is falling into the non-stoping homestuck loop?

I finally got into homestuck after years of putting it off and it really hurts to see '3 years ago' and in a lot of cases '8 years ago'. I will never forgive myself for not reading it earlier, I would give anything to go back and read it when the fandom was alive or for the fandom to come back, it's painful to see how few people there are now :(

Anyone else have this song ingrained into their brain?

this song reminded me of how much I like Eridan and then the other characters and then it's making me reread Homestuck since I can't for the life of me remember anything about it

“I’m surprised that nobody’s considered switching sides” gives me chills.

The hs fandom isnt dead btw we are out here LIVING

Its hard to find songs that encapsulated spite like this one did

I hated that we didn't get a redemption ark for Eridan , i really liked him as a character.

i don’t know shit about homestuck but this slaps

I only read homestuck very recently, heck it was recently I even HEARD of it, and yet I SWEAR I know this song Like I already knew the tune from somewhere but not the words? This is weird

It's sad, because I was in preschool when Homestuck came out. My friend showed me about two years ago and now I feel like I'm the only one left that loves the fandom 😂

The best Eridan fansong.

I find it fascinating that both Ampora's are destructive classes, with Eridan being a prince and Cronus being a bard.

Growing up is defined by realizing Eridan had so much potential and deserves better than everything he got.

swwag eridan now: i’m a prince and i live in a CAR

I have no idea what the hell homestuck is about but this is a bop. My older sister was really into homestuck and she told me that since I’m an Aquarius I’m supposed to be this guy. I’m fine with that, apparently is a prince that lives in a ship 😌

i feel like im in 2014 again

Y'know, Eridan was totally my favorite character in homestuck. He deserved so much more love than he got.

2 days, 2 days. EDIT: ONE DAY KIDS EDIT AGAIN: YEEEES

I’m still in this fandom.. anyone else..?

eridan is such a perfect combination of "set up for failure" and "drove the stick into his own bike spokes". i am empathetic towards him, dont get me wrong. but i think hes woobified a bit too much in the fandom. he did have a choice, he didnt have to become a vengeful incel. its like a lot of incels irl honestly. the tragedy with him is knowing hes just a kid and seeing his potential, but also adamantly refusing to get better at every opportunity. he cries to karkat about no one visiting his planet, but that was mainly because he insisted on enraging the angels, making it a dangerous place. not to mention his itchy trigger finger. and when asked why *he* didnts take the initiative and leave to be social, he used killing the angels as an excuse, completely ignoring karkat when he points out that he wasnt supposed to be doing that. he had so many chances and just kept digging. theres nothing sadder than someone who wont help themselves.

Here on this lovely day to celebrate Eridan's Pesterquest route.

This is by far PhemieC's best fan song.

I found this song from an oc villain map and it’s always been playing in my head ever since even though it’s been years XD

I've heard this song so many times thinking that the homestuck fandom just looked upon it and said "oh nice" and kinda claimed it as their own?? I never knew that it was an ACTUAL homestuck fansong.

Aaah, this is the song that got me into Homestuck!

It's amazing after all these years, nobody has realized that the entire reason he is the prince of hope is because he was oppressed by expection of his blood color, and therefore secluded himself to his own imagination discerning what the expectations of a violet blood meant. No one told him he could he his own person, and therefore he abolished his own Hopes of ever being more than a king of the sea.

My personal thoughts: Eridan did his bad things, but I feel like it could have ended differently if people tied to help him. Feferi could still spend some time with him and maybe ask Kanaya to auspitize him and Sollux. If Eridan moved over Feferi and stopped being racist, he and Sollux could have become friends- I mean they're both nerds who likes science. Kanaya, Karkat and even Nepeta didn't mind his presence, so maybe could spend time with him too? Also, he's a 13-YEARS OLD KID!!! 13-YEARS OLD. I personally love Eridan, cause he's pretty relatable.

"i might be a killer but one day i shall be queen" and "i might be your killer but youll never be my queen" always get me...

"-land and sea and *everyfin* between." ... WAS THAT A PUN-

I am aquarius and I love Eridan. I understand how he feels and I want to give him a hug TvT... But most people hate him.... Ok... This song is beautiful!

I know this isnt a new statement, but its easy to forget that they are kids. Actual children. And when you look at eridan especially in the light of a moody 13 year old whose also a member of an already emotionally volatile murderous species, everything he does makes sense. Its not morally right, but it makes sense

bro if you think about it Eridan is like a pretty sad character. this dude literally killed the women he loved. he never got love, attention, or to have a carefree childhood and then he died alone and bitter with no one to care about who he was. like thats pretty fuckin sad

I feel like I'm in 2017 *Im still reading homestuck*

People bash Eridan for being toxic and nasty to Fef. From where I see it, Feferi had _no appreciation whatsoever_ for the horrible job he did for her, she just either didn't or couldn't understand. She had the sense to be his moirail, out of obligation alone, but then didn't have the energy to put in the effort required, so overall it was a pathetic and ultimately failed attempt. Her expectations of the world were immature and skewed by her cushy lifestyle; she was ignorant in a way Eridan never had the luxury of being, considering he had to be out murdering lusii in order to prevent the deaths of the masses. I can only imagine being responsible for that amount of bloodshed, growing up with the knowledge that should you ever slip and allow yourself to feel bad about it, you might die and leave that responsibility to squash the one you love. When you have to look a child in the eye as you drag away the body of their only parent, not once but on a _regular fucking basis,_ I'd say you'd develop some pretty toxic coping mechanisms. If you could convince yourself that you hated the children, that you believed they deserved the neglectful death being forced upon them, then it would probably make seeing yourself in the mirror a little easier. You'd be less tempted to just kill yourself and be done with it, certainly. Feferi wanted a sweet, enthusiastic, _unbroken_ moirail to sit around and train cuttlefish with, someone who didn't make her feel guilty or responsible, someone who worked perfectly with what she wanted her life to be. Eridan just needed a hug from someone who didn't think that was a chore.

I just got into the Homestuck fandom and eridan is my favorite character so far other than tavros...and it hurts me that he's sad I really love him- 💔

First song i heard from this channel, fell in love with these songs.

Friend: Why are you here in 2017? Me: Welp simply Homestuck. Friend: But do- Me: Shhh! Homestuck.

I'm new to Homestuck and screw you for making me to feel a little empathy for Eridian

I’ve listened to this so many times and I’ve had this on a playlist since like maybe two years ago. I don’t even know homestuck, I just love the vibe.

Wait sorry this was a HOMESTUCK song all along???? I could've sworn I heard it on the radio, I must be going mad

Me when I'm a prince and I live on a ship

dang, i remember listening to this song all the time back in my homestuck phase- it really brings you down memory lane

this is so good omygod like you expect fansongs to be shit but ahh this is so heckin good i wouldn't even be able to tell that this was about eridan if there wasn't a pic of him iM

Happy 4/13!!!!!!! Homestuck was a fever dream and I remember none of it

the song that makes people actuly like Eridan

I dont even like homestuck but this slaps

I've been listening to this song for years because a friend showed it to me and I liked how it sounded. I've just now found out it's about a thing called homestuck. Stacy you know who you are, why did you not explain this to me

i remember bonding with a friend a few years ago mostly because we had a mutual friend, were both ace, and both knew this song by heart and sang it off in a mall

no gatekeeping its a good song but im confused how did they find us

I’ve never read homestuck, I plan to, but, I’m obsessed with all the fan music. My friends back in middle school were all into homestuck, so I kinda already know the lore

I don't like Eridan but god, he has the best song yet.

this song singlehandedly pulled me back into homestuck. i read the comic a long time ago but i wanna re read it bc my views have changed so much since the first time i’ve read it lol

Just a heads up everyone. Phemiec has just strated uploading their songs to spotify!! They currently only have around 448 followers, so it would be awesome if you guys could go ahead and support their music there too

I avoided everything that was remotely Homestuck because my days in the fandom were really embarrassing but after seeing a RU-vidr play Hiveswap I came back out of curiosity and I’m getting nostalgic over this song :’)

Eridan deserves more fans. He's an amazing character, and he was just a messed up kid. I don't hold anything against him, I just feel bad for him. Ampora is my favourite troll.

I remember my childhood friend showed me this song back in elementary school... then she showed me what I thought was going to be a peaceful candle burning video BOY was I surprised by its ending

Gods I can’t believe I’m joining this fandom in 2020

thats my roman empire.

The quality of this song transcends homestuck

if you see this comment hmu, we clearly have the same taste in music and we got a lot to talk about

No *you* live in a society. I'm a prince I live in a ship-

eridan is such a interesting character, like i get why people don't like him but i love the guy and the deeper layers. like yes he stuck up and think he's more important than everyone else but the self esteem issues, the identity issues and the fact that he couldn't keep any of his quadrants. there is so much to eridan and i love that

i look up a song i heard from tiktok and it’s like quarantine is trying to tell me to read homestuck oh my god

dont ask me how I came here. Im not even in homestuck fandom. Also. I have no idea who tf is this guy but he looks like homestuck version of Gundham, so I will call him hs.Gundham edit: nevermind. i hate this fandom, its amazing, please let me out

Yall I don't know a damn thing about home stuck and do not wish so but this song and lyrics go hard like why do I relate to it so much

Kanaya: *Im about to end this man's whole career*

Mom: I homescooled my child and he turned fine!! The child:

if you put it on 2 speed then its ugly story but very fast

Being a homestuck in 2020 is such a surreal experience

Do you think Phemiec will start writing more songs for hiveswap? Will the fandom rebirth?