Homestuck Fanfiction
Andrew Hussie's labyrinthine webcomic about four kids who trigger the apocalypse by installing a video game shaped an entire generation of internet fandom. Its AO3 footprint is enormous and structurally unique: troll romance's four quadrants gave fic a native vocabulary (kismesis, moirail) no other fandom has, and pairings like Dave/Karkat and Rose/Kanaya carry tens of thousands of works. Humanstuck AUs, sadstuck, classpect deep-lore, and post-canon Earth C domesticity remain in production long after the comic's end — Homestuck fandom never dies, it just reaches God Tier.
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What is Homestuck fanfiction?
Homestuck fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the Homestuck universe. With over 100,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Homestuck is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, Jade Harley, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular Homestuck Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Homestuck stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
Unwanted Free Ugly Troll
by orphan_account
The first time you pass by the troll in the box you kind of try not to see it. It's gross as fuck when people do this. You guess maybe it's better than driving them out into the country and dumping them to make it on their own, or those stories you've heard about people dumping unwanted wrigglers in
Silence is Golden
by WittyyName
John lost his ability to speak after his vocal chords were damaged due to a childhood illness. He's been picked on and bullied in school, but he has a lot of good friends who protect him.Dave is the new kid, an ironic jock, and a cool mystery. He's intrigued by the quiet kid and it isn't long before
Looks just like the sun
by messageredacted
“Holy shit,” you whisper. Dave joins you at the window.There are no stars left in the sky. Nothing but blackness and a faint soap bubble sheen.“Is that a dream bubble?” Dave says.And then it swallows you. Update: Now with a VERY NSFW illustration by Renaris.
Within, Without
by reinkist
Dave just wants to be left alone. What's the point of anything when what's broken can never be completely fixed?This is the story of Dave Strider and Karkat Vantas, on the longest journey of their lives.
M.C. Escher that's my favourite MC
by Unda
Dirk has a plan, when he's 18 he's going to take Dave and get him the fuck out of their terrible lives and start over. Until then being the barrier between Dave and Bro is his only job, his soulmate is just going to have to wait goddamnit. Dave has a plan, it involves getting internet famous and not
Loophole
by saccharineSylph
Your name is John Egbert, and this is definitely not what you intended when you signed up to be a foster home for animals in legal cases. Either way, a bit of love and nursing to health, then his charges would be ready for trial, and a rewarding, happy home. You'd seen trolls on television and YouTu
Don't Point That Finger at Me Unless You Intend To Use It
by orphan_account
From the kink meme:"so my idea, it's years after the game john can be anywhere from oh 17-23. for some odd reason he needs will be in texas for an undetermined amount of time and can't afford a hotel or renting his own place so dave suggests he stays at bro/daves apartment.no instant 'in lust' sex(f
Your Interpersonal, Intergalactic Relationship: A Beginner's Guide
by sicklekind
A beginner's guide to playing hopscotch, overcoming internalized homophobia, and falling in love with your alien best friend. Disclaimer: results may take up to three (3) years to appear.
So It Goes
by TGP
They managed to win the game somehow. He's not really sure of the details, but it's not all it's cracked up to be. He's stuck in an unfamiliar body with a thirteen year old little brother who's terrified of him. Somehow, he is sure this is his fault.
Lousy Stupid Goddamned Pretty Troll Boy
by mercurialMalcontent
John introduces his best human friend to his best troll friend. Maybe the three of them sit down to watch romcoms, maybe they're just hanging around a lab in the veil, but whatever the circumstance, Dave has trouble paying attention to the conversation at hand. Karkat is good looking and distracting
The Finer Details of Gay Cluckbeast
by clumsyoctopus
Your name is Dave Strider and you are 26 years old.You have just gotten engaged.The problem being that you have just gotten engaged to your best male friend in a furious fit of stupidity, champagne, one-upmanship and a weird warm-glowy feeling that occasionally (or more than occasionally) rolls arou
Real Men Wear Tights
by Bananaramses
High school can be tough for everyone. This is especially true when you're hiding a secret that can never be told.
House of Dirk
by imarriedacherub
A sitcom about completely normal and well-adjusted newlyweds Dirk and Caliborn attempting to make a good impression on their son, Dave, and his boyfriend, Karkat.
The Serendipity Gospels
by urbanAnchorite (t_ZM)
"And then I saw a new Alternia, for the old Alternia had passed away." -- St. Troll John CusackHow the Empire knelt to a clown, a mutant and a lawyer.
i will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
by roachpatrol
He walks like a cat who has tape on his paws, and has had tape on his paws for a very long time, and who never expects to ever again walk without scrunching miserably from side to side in a tangle of self-loathing and confusion. It hurts to look at him, but it hurts more not to.
Space Bro
by JumpingJackFlash
In which Karkat Vantas is a surly ex-Marine who is absolutely for sure NOT a gray space alien, nor has he ever been a gray space alien at any point in his life ever, regardless of what this weirdo Sollux Captor claims when they meet in a bar one miserable Friday night.
Doc Scratch's School for Supernaturally Gifted Adolescents
by medical
One minute you get a mysterious message from a man who types all in white like a jackass, and the next thing you know you're being whisked away to a mystical school for kids with superpowers. If you weren't Dave fucking Strider, this sort of thing might bother you.
Herding Cats
by childishGambino
In an alternate session of SGRUB, something goes wrong, and the timeline is doomed. Nepeta Leijon is given the opportunity to give the universe a second chance. All she has to do is complete one simple task: Ship all the trolls. All of them.
Detective Pony
by sonnetstuck
"And then there's a customized copy of PONY PALS, a gift to you on your 14th birthday from the slippery Mr. Strider. Each page contains lovingly hand-written commentary on the deeds of this intrepid young horse. Later, about halfway through the book, rather than see the gag through to the bitter end
Don't Forget the Sun
by Weevilo707
Karkat Vantas always accepted the fact that he was not going to live past nine sweeps. It was just a certainty of his sad, miserable life. At least, that was until his friends found out and decided to hatch a plan to get him out of the Alternian empire. A plan that actually worked.Now, he was strand
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Popular Homestuck Ships
DaveKat
Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas
The cool-kid human who hides everything behind irony and the troll who hides nothing behind anything spend three years on a meteor becoming Homestuck's canon endgame couple, confirmed in the post-Game Over timeline. Karkat's romcom obsession meets Dave's deflective rambling in a relationship that broke both species' romance frameworks. DaveKat remains the most-written ship in Homestuck's enormous archive.
13,000 works →
JohnDave
Dave Strider/John Egbert
Homestuck opens with these two best friends messaging across the country, and their pesterlogs — John's prankster sincerity against Dave's labyrinthine irony — carry the comic's heart through apocalypse and timeline collapse. Dave's unsent confessions and doomed-timeline variations gave shippers canonical ammunition. JohnDave defined early Homestuck fandom and never relinquished the spot.
8,000 works →
Rosemary
Kanaya Maryam/Rose Lalonde
The sardonic seer of light and the vampiric fashion-conscious troll conducted Homestuck's most functional courtship — Kanaya falling first via screen-stalking, Rose flirting in paragraphs, the two marrying in the epilogues. Their romance survived grimdarkness, alcoholism arcs, and the comic's reality-breaking finale. Rosemary is one of webcomic fandom's landmark F/F ships.
6,000 works →
DirkJake
Dirk Strider/Jake English
Dirk loved Jake so hard he split into splinters about it — literally, via an AI copy of himself that harassed Jake into the relationship. Homestuck's alpha kids run the romance through anxiety, avoidance, a messy breakup, and epilogue reconciliations that fans still argue about. DirkJake is the fandom's masterclass in loving someone wrong before learning to do it right.
7,000 works →
Vrisrezi
Vriska Serket/Terezi Pyrope
The Scourge Sisters roleplayed as legislator and thief, blinded and crippled each other, and spent the rest of Homestuck unable to let go. Terezi's retcon-powered confession in the dream bubbles made Vrisrezi one of the comic's defining tragic romances.
2,500 works →
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Homestuck fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 100,000 Homestuck fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best Homestuck ships?
Popular Homestuck pairings include DaveKat, JohnDave, Rosemary. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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