History TearJerker / Hiveswap

* Barzum does ''not'' take Baizli's death well at all. When Xefros and Joey return to the purple car, she's writhing in agony on the floor. While he was killed in self-defense, it's easy to forget that the Soleil twins are on the younger end of the Trollcall trolls.

** It gets even more worse when you realize that [[spoiler: every single one of these characters, if they survive Hiveswap, is either going to die via meteor due to the Beta Kids entering the Medium or due to the Vast Glub when the trolls begin their Session]]

--> '''Diary Key''': You should write more about how you feel about your mom, and your mom being gone, and all that stuff, but... it's not easy.
--> '''Walkie Talkie''': You... yeah. You really wish you could.
--> '''Ballet Shoes''': [...] Though she passed when you were really young, before you could ever see her dance, you have a few tapes of her performance, and you could, of course, track down more... but... you know that only so many of her performances were recorded and once you see them all, that'll be it. You won't ever see your mom doing anything that's new to you again. So you save them. If you're patient... if you're really good, and you save them for the absolute best days (the ones you want to share with her) and the absolute worst days (the days you just really, really need to see her)... then you might be able to make them last a long, long time. You hope.

* Jude's pigeons [[spoiler:dying or flying away becomes this when you realize that this kid just essentially lost his pets]]. He sounds like he's about to cry when he talks to Joey over the walkie-talkie and [[spoiler:he begs her to protect the only one he has left instead of risking a return trip]].
** This happens again when [[spoiler:Joey indicates to him she won't be able to resist messing with the portal]] due to how he knows it could be dangerous and the way the walkie-talkie's signal starts breaking up. [[spoiler:And given the plot of course what happens is ''exactly'' what he's afraid of, as the only real human constant in his life is beamed to another planet in another universe entirely.]]
--> '''Jude''': [[spoiler:Joey ple... I ca... ose you to...]]

* Dammek and Xefros' "friendship" [[spoiler: isn't actually all that great. Dammek [[ControlFreak basically controls everything about Xefros' life]], takes his things to make them his own, and doesn't seem to have tried doing anything about Xefros' cripplingly bad self-esteem despite ''being his Moirail.'' Based on what we've seen so far, Dammek is an unbelievably [[ToxicFriendInfluence terrible friend]].]]

* The fact that Jude and Joey haven't seen their father in years is somber. Especially since those knowing Homestuck canon will know that he'll soon possibly ditch them entirely for their half sister Jade.

* Jude's pigeons [[spoiler:dying or flying away becomes this when you realize that this kid just essentially lost his pets]]. He sounds like he's about to cry when he talks to Joey over the walkie talkie and [[spoiler:he begs her to protect the only one he has left instead of risking a return trip]].

* Dammek and Xefros' "friendship" [[spoiler: isn't actually all that great. Dammek [[ControlFreak basically controls everything about Xefros' life]], takes his things to make them his own, and doesn't seem to have tried doing anything about Xefros' cripplingly bad self esteem despite ''being his Moirail.'' Based on what we've seen so far, Dammek is an unbelievably [[ToxicFriendInfluence terrible friend]].]]

* Dammek and Xefros' friendship [[spoiler: isn't actually all that great. Dammek [[ControlFreak basically controls everything about Xefros' life]], takes his things to make them his own, and never once does anything about Xefros' cripplingly bad self esteem despite ''being his Moirail.'' Based on what we've seen so far, Dammek is an unbelievably [[ToxicFriendInfluence terrible friend]].]]

** This happens again when [[spoiler:Joey indicates to him she won't be able to resist messing with the portal]] due to how he knows it could be dangerous and the way the walkie-talkie's signal starts breaking up. [[spoiler:And given the plot of course what happens is ''exactly'' what he's afraid of, as the only real human constant in his life is beamed to another planet.]]

* [[spoiler:Jude's pigeons dying or flying away becomes this when you realize that this kid just essentially lost his pets. He sounds like he's about to cry when he talks to Joey over the walkie talkie.]]

* Joey's first victory over the monsters is this. [[spoiler: After she kills one with spice,]] even as triumphant music plays, the victory text makes it clear how close she is to a nervous breakdown.

* Dammek and Xefros' friendship [[spoiler: Isn't actually all that great. Dammek [[ControlFreak basically controls everything about Xefros' life]], takes his things to make them his own, and never once does anything about Xefros' cripplingly bad self esteem despite ''being his Moirail.'' Based on what we've seen so far, Dammek is an unbelievably [[ToxicFriendInfluence terrible friend]].]]

* [[spoiler:Jude's pigeons dying or flying away becomes this when you realize that this kid just essentially lost his pets. He sounds like he's about to cry when he talks to Joey over the walkie talkie.]]