Somehow I've always heard this song as suiting the feeling of "being outplayed" in combat. Like, Diamonds Droog seems like a high-skill kinda guy with good decision-making who would make you feel overwhelmed not with speed, not with power, but just with how smoothly he always does just the right thing to set you off balance. How efficiently he sees and exploits your weaknesses, while keeping you from seeing his own. When someone outplays you like that it really muddles your thinking. It disorients you. I specifically picture the "heroes" fighting against him in some trapped environment of his own design. An entirely disorienting situation.
Yep. He was criminally underused. Hopefully we will one day have a full adventure about the Midnight Crew, in wich the four members (Plus some of the Felt) are "playable".
We almost nearly had him as a major villain too. His B2 self became Arcagent of Derse and was given the Black Queen's ring which he used to nearly kill all of the alpha kids. For some reason Hussie seemingly forgot that he was relevant by the time Collide came around. Also, how did Roxy get the ring from him again? I can't quite remember.
It's possible that some details in the true-alpha timeline were different. Yes Droog actually was relevant, but due to the void session, what he could do would likely be short-lived, necessary as to set everything in motion. Once the session started, he likely decided the "red miles" was not so classy a power after using it. After his success in flushing Dirk out, he must have handed it back to the Condensce. Furthermore, once the session had been spurred along, the attack would serve little purpose in motivating the multiple other iterations to resurrect the trolls and their world to maintain continuity.
now i think about it the Courtyard Droll didn't die ether and hearts box cards still floating around in a horse calendar in the Furthest ring and jack is still alive last time he was mentioned hussie! this is the Epilogue that we needed
I love DD because wheras Jack revels in murder and English is doing it all for fun, DD just gives zero shits. He's perpetually above it all and doesn't bat an eye at the dead, and in a sense is more evil than both of them for it.
This could refer to all three Jack's existing at once and being very overpowered. Bec Noir has first guardian powers. Spades has a powerful cybernetics and the power to beat Lord English, and Jack Noir has been possessed with the super powers from the Lil Cal JuJu.
Maybe the art is unrelated, or if not, it could symbolise him taking the place of Noir as the archagent seeing as all the other Jack's are beserk. One sane DD being better than 3 insane Noir's.
+The Fangirling Puella Magi actually, OFF came out in 2008, and was translated into english in 2011, whereas hs volume 9 was released in 2012. so its entirely possible that the person who wrote this song added OFF themes
REALLY GREAT CONTENT MY BROTHER AMAZING IM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION THIS SONG HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOR BETTER AND MADE ME IMPROVISE AS A PERSON
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This art combined with the title of this song is simply meant to imply a special 'friendship' between condy and the dignitary. The look is one of, 'were you invited to this private party?'
That seems like a crowning moment of badass for DD if he fights the Post Scratch kids. Seriously, I can picture that happening. He says this. Then Dirk's sword goes flash swinging. Jake's guns are blazing. Spoon/Fork duality combos from Jade. And Roxy being Roxy. And DD is just dodging calmly like a boss. Then he uses the ring's invisibility powers. Everyone freaks out. And DD proceeds to curbstomp until Roxy's void powers somehow gives her an edge.
For some reason I'm in love with this song... I'm usually more inclined to Metal/rock types of music (though I pretty much like every type of music) but this one really gets me for some reason.
So Homestuck has finally ended, but you know what I'm upset about. The character this song is based off of is STILL ALIVE and we know NOTHING about his current state. B2 Draconian Dignitary I mean. He even had a nice part dedicated to him dealing with the Condesce and befriending Dad. And I'm upset he was just a throwaway character to Hussie.
Odd Khan All Carapacians are throwaway characters to Hussie. With how this guy got ignored and how fucking stupid Spades Slick’s death was, I kinda get the impression that we aren’t supposed to care about any characters other than the kids and living trolls.
okay i don't play undertale but the fourth wall panel in the back seems to resemble the flower you have to fight at the boss level. it's called omega flowey right
EidolonOrpheus I certainly do. I grew up with Sonic Adventure DX on the Gamecube, and later Heroes. I'm fond of Unleashed, too. Mostly, I can imagine fighting Mephiles (the awesome villain in a craptastic game) to this song, or maybe an E-100 series robot.
Whenever I listen to this, I imagine the Hussie-made Robot Jack in an aerial fight with Bec Noir, that is with Bec not using his powers to fight more like a duel.
First thing Jack Noir turns into a magic space-dog and kills everyone and now we have to deal with a green, mean monster who enjoys blowing up planets and also a psychic fish-woman-troll who has a habit of ruining everything for everyone, everywhere. 3 is far too many to deal with.
![[Pre-Scratch] Homestuck - Three's A Crowd Extended](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lPE5ivXtYDg/mqdefault.jpg)
Three's a Crowd; Four's a Crew.
MIDNIGHT CREW!
Just 9 more likes and we could have a Vantas.
Someone of no Importance On it.
Phone Guy 3 more :o
Someone of no Importance ayyyy 69 likes rofl lmao xdddd rekt lel.
The fourth wall, our computer screen. Past that, the screen used between him and her. Condesce, Dignitary, You. Three's a crowd.
_Oh_
@@woodfur00 he wants to be left alone with her...
yooo thats some mindfucking genuis
Somehow I've always heard this song as suiting the feeling of "being outplayed" in combat. Like, Diamonds Droog seems like a high-skill kinda guy with good decision-making who would make you feel overwhelmed not with speed, not with power, but just with how smoothly he always does just the right thing to set you off balance. How efficiently he sees and exploits your weaknesses, while keeping you from seeing his own.
When someone outplays you like that it really muddles your thinking. It disorients you.
I specifically picture the "heroes" fighting against him in some trapped environment of his own design. An entirely disorienting situation.
It just occurred to me, Droog could have made an interesting villain if given the right circumstances.
Yep. He was criminally underused.
Hopefully we will one day have a full adventure about the Midnight Crew, in wich the four members (Plus some of the Felt) are "playable".
"Criminally underused," I see what you did there...
We almost nearly had him as a major villain too. His B2 self became Arcagent of Derse and was given the Black Queen's ring which he used to nearly kill all of the alpha kids. For some reason Hussie seemingly forgot that he was relevant by the time Collide came around. Also, how did Roxy get the ring from him again? I can't quite remember.
It's possible that some details in the true-alpha timeline were different. Yes Droog actually was relevant, but due to the void session, what he could do would likely be short-lived, necessary as to set everything in motion. Once the session started, he likely decided the "red miles" was not so classy a power after using it. After his success in flushing Dirk out, he must have handed it back to the Condensce. Furthermore, once the session had been spurred along, the attack would serve little purpose in motivating the multiple other iterations to resurrect the trolls and their world to maintain continuity.
now i think about it the Courtyard Droll didn't die ether
and hearts box cards still floating around in a horse calendar in the Furthest ring
and jack is still alive last time he was mentioned
hussie! this is the Epilogue that we needed
This guy is still alive.
Thanks for ignoring his existence Hussie.
My favourite dersite badass that's still alive
Wait he is? I could've sworn Dirk killed him...
He probably just retired from being a mobster off screen after he found out his entire gang died
XxNinexX
Nah, A2 Droog died during the Intermission after Spades Slick opened the safe. B2 Droog is more likely than not still alive.
@@katrinasis i think he might have died when b2 jack noir blew up derse
I love DD because wheras Jack revels in murder and English is doing it all for fun, DD just gives zero shits. He's perpetually above it all and doesn't bat an eye at the dead, and in a sense is more evil than both of them for it.
I realize this sounds like a track that would've been in OFF
thank, now in need to see this
This inspired me to play OFF. Thank you.
If this art was just black and white I could also see it being in OFF, too.
Damn, I can’t believe DD is a Zone Guardian.
Droog is the classiest of the Midnight Crew >.>
Droog - Classy
Spades - Stabby
Hearts - Beefy
Clubs - Explode-ey
Caged Egg
Jack- Game-Breaking
I just realized this is a remix of three in the morning
Holy fuck.
s u d d e n r e a l i z a t i o n
contemporaryLeeway [CL] W O A H
Grant Wojtas Your pfp matches your comment.
Wow.
Three's a Crowd, Four's a Crew, Five's a Party, 16's a Murder.
Right now, your comment has 16 likes.... Oh the irony.
_mother of god_
i want to like it so much now
hnnnnnnnnnn
+Twizllers Maybe if we dislike it 12 times we can get it back down again......
+Calvin Turner It's too late, those original 16 likes killed them.
This could refer to all three Jack's existing at once and being very overpowered. Bec Noir has first guardian powers. Spades has a powerful cybernetics and the power to beat Lord English, and Jack Noir has been possessed with the super powers from the Lil Cal JuJu.
I was wondering what this song meant... that sounds very likely. :)
Then why is DD on the art?
Maybe the art is unrelated, or if not, it could symbolise him taking the place of Noir as the archagent seeing as all the other Jack's are beserk. One sane DD being better than 3 insane Noir's.
Jake Brocksom Hm. That could be true, perhaps.
But not all the Noirs are berserk- Spades Slick isn't.
LunarSol he is somewhat though, given his homicidal tendencies and army of felt mobsters and his cybernetic parts and unnatural love for scottie dogs.
There's a Crowd
Four's a Crew
Sixteen's a revenge
And a 1001/1000?
Justice
15 is a bunch of green idiots with hats
Sixteen is a roster for a killing game!
this is probably the sexiest hs song honestly
No dude the Squiddles song is the hottest shit in the HS OST
*EXCUSE ME THE NIC CAGE SONG IS THE GREATEST IN THE NAME OF GENESIS FROG*
its been three years and this comment still haunts me
*YOU ALL SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN THE GLORIOUSNESS OF MAPLEHOOFS ADVENTURE*
so true so true
When did Homestuck and OFF have a baby?..
+War Plusminers (The Judge Of OFF) 8 years ago
+Nepeta Leijon (Warplusminers) So much awesome.
they reproduced
brennaaa
who got homestuck prego?
You cannot convince me the artist wasn't an OFF fan
Unless you have a tweet of the artist saying they have no idea what OFF is or something like that
+The Fangirling Puella Magi actually, OFF came out in 2008, and was translated into english in 2011, whereas hs volume 9 was released in 2012. so its entirely possible that the person who wrote this song added OFF themes
"Three's a crowd, kid. Four is just too many."
[S] DD: Dispatch these children.
And everything about it was perfect, and I fell in love instantly.
Even after all those years I still return to this video, to this track. And all sorts of emotions overwhelm me
This is the kind of music that would play as you fight your way through an interstellar nightclub to get to the boss' office on the top floor.
three's a crowd, four's a crew
it might be referring to the insane amount of villains
guys this has nothing to do with jack noir or spades slick IT HAS DIAMONDS DROOG ON THE FRONT
Draconian Dignatary B2*.
yeah :P
to be fair they can be hard to tell apart in some artwork like this one
well yea but the red mark makes it obvious
Good ol DD
ah
it's been a while
i've missed you, homestuck music
This music is pretty nice~
Ones a soul and twos a few
Threes a crowd and fours a crew
I keep thinking Mr. Droog has gigantic bunny ears in this track art.
Can't.. unsee..
just look at the small gap between the head and the left eye and the effect is ruined.
god dangit, look what you did
One is solo, he's in control of his ideas.
Two a pair, the other sees what the other one does not.
Three a crowd, and crowds overcome
REALLY GREAT CONTENT MY BROTHER AMAZING IM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION THIS SONG HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOR BETTER AND MADE ME IMPROVISE AS A PERSON
0:54 Someone dropped that piano down some self-playing stairs.
we warned the piano about stairs bro
WE TOLD YOU DOG!!!
Bro Strider WE TOLD YOU DROOG
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@@tomtlrech1392 Buckets.
This is what salmon tastes like
this has become my go-to track to test earphones with!
i like how this makes my ears sound funny
Is it just me or does this sound like a background song from Welcome to Night Vale?
OMG it does •-•
It really does
This art combined with the title of this song is simply meant to imply a special 'friendship' between condy and the dignitary. The look is one of, 'were you invited to this private party?'
IT JUST HIT ME.
THREE'S A CROWD.
THREE JACKS.
roses are red,
karkat is too,
make her a member,
of the midnight crew
Such a throw back :(
Diamond was the obvious choice for a Spades replacement. He reeks of class and style.
Awww yeah it’s our boy DD
this is a jam
should i slam
come on then
Wow, this track art is siiiiiick :o
Probably my favorite I've seen, plus the song is fucking amazing.
That seems like a crowning moment of badass for DD if he fights the Post Scratch kids. Seriously, I can picture that happening.
He says this. Then Dirk's sword goes flash swinging. Jake's guns are blazing. Spoon/Fork duality combos from Jade. And Roxy being Roxy. And DD is just dodging calmly like a boss. Then he uses the ring's invisibility powers. Everyone freaks out. And DD proceeds to curbstomp until Roxy's void powers somehow gives her an edge.
Jane*
time capsule of a comment
Invisibility? What a pointless power. Some cheap dimestore parlor trickery that's a real waste of everyone's time. I doubt DD'd ever use it.
@@Paper_Brain sounds like something the Midnight Crew would say describing the Felt's time powers
i like this music it sounds like its in the washing machine
it is like clothing sometimes it is in the washing machine and sometimes its not
I love you for posting this song. It is my favourite from this album!
you know what this track needs? a comment parodying the old spice commercial. This song is now ~DIAMONDS~.
I’m falling, neigh, HURTLING, NEIGH, *BARRELING* down the Homestuck music rabbit hole.
likewise said in the comments : "_three's a crowd , four's a crew , 5's a party , 16's a murder_"
+Rebecca Lotto if 16 crows is a murder, does that mean that 100 crows is a genocide?
maybe .. i don't know.
@@zacharywheat6371 248 crows is a mass extinction.
@@Emeraldakafunnygamerguy bruh, I made this comment 5 years ago
@@zacharywheat6371 Ok
I reeealy dont know why, but the beginning of the song reminds me of shadow fire skating around the biolizard from SA2
10 years later still sounds like a washing machine
Your washing machine is broken.
what washing machine sounds like this
A conspicuous pause at the end of the sentence isn't smooth enough for the track. It is class.
i can imagine someone on a piano playing this at night with only candle keeping the dark away and hes just playing till the lights gone
Is anybody realizing this is Droog and not Jack Noir
+Morgan Boobyer Technically, it's the Draconian Dignitary from the B2 session. Diamonds Droog was only in the A2 session as far as we know.
Did anyone notice )(IC's eyes watching him?
The Fangirling Puella Magi HEY! You just changed your avatar for the most recent update, didn't you?
Cameron Wallace yeh
Most people just don't think the cover art is related
gotta love all of dd's themes
i do so love this song. definitely one of my top 5 from the album i'd say about third
Damn, can't unsee.
Sharp as a Diamond
for the longest time ive been reading this as "there's a crowd"
I recommend you listen to this with headphones, you wont regret it i swear
For some reason I'm in love with this song... I'm usually more inclined to Metal/rock types of music (though I pretty much like every type of music) but this one really gets me for some reason.
if there was a slam jam remix to this it could be Three's A Court.
I think the art for each song is much more fitting to the music than in previous volumes.
this would make great boss music
This song exudes class
So Homestuck has finally ended, but you know what I'm upset about. The character this song is based off of is STILL ALIVE and we know NOTHING about his current state. B2 Draconian Dignitary I mean. He even had a nice part dedicated to him dealing with the Condesce and befriending Dad. And I'm upset he was just a throwaway character to Hussie.
Odd Khan
All Carapacians are throwaway characters to Hussie. With how this guy got ignored and how fucking stupid Spades Slick’s death was, I kinda get the impression that we aren’t supposed to care about any characters other than the kids and living trolls.
very late, but homestuck2 has a few side stories, and DD's important in one of them.
@@gamefrog51 Yes but that would involve needing to read HS2 which is very bad.
@@bloxxerstudios8746 it's alright, but can't compare to the original. The biggest problem is that it's not done and on pause
@@gamefrog51 I admit I doubt it'll ever truly finish tbh.
I can imagine this being in a DD walkaround game. I totally can.
Huss, if you're out there and can, make a DD walkaround game with this music!
okay i don't play undertale but the fourth wall panel in the back seems to resemble the flower you have to fight at the boss level. it's called omega flowey right
No, it's eyes of one of the trolls (spoiler free comment), but i won't say which one.
Kirill Zubrilin yeah I'm aware it's the condesce since I've finished homestuck
I see what you mean, it's got the vines, a screen, and a general creepy vibe.
Condesce and Flowey had a game shattering child
Ryan Gunnison
omega condy
does no one see the diamond though
Welp, I guess I just have to re-read the Intermissions and parts of the comic with Midnight Crew and the Felt, and write my own damn epilogue.
*Thirty-Four's a Homestuck
[Forgot the Cherub]
I can't stop seeing those eyes as DD's gigantic bunny ears.
all versions of DD deserved better
i fUCKINF LOVE THSI SONG I HAVENT HEARD IT IN FROEVE ROH MY GOD
This is my ringtone
I sometimes let it go to voicemail on accident because this is my favorite song
^~^
Every time i listen to this lately the audio sounds corrupted, no matter the device i listen on
Anyone else feel like this would make an amazing theme to a casino-themed Sonic boss fight? Or am I just weird?
You may be on to something. It certainly sounds like it could be in SOME Sonic boss fight.
LieutenantAmerica RJ and I may have subconscious reverence to the Sonic Adventure soundtracks
EidolonOrpheus I certainly do. I grew up with Sonic Adventure DX on the Gamecube, and later Heroes. I'm fond of Unleashed, too.
Mostly, I can imagine fighting Mephiles (the awesome villain in a craptastic game) to this song, or maybe an E-100 series robot.
Nah
THIS SOUNDS SO DIFFERENT WITHOUT HEADPHONES
I feel like this shulded be my ansestors theem
it just has a vibe to it that fits with his personality
4's a crew and 17's a felt
Whenever I listen to this, I imagine the Hussie-made Robot Jack in an aerial fight with Bec Noir, that is with Bec not using his powers to fight more like a duel.
DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THE RESEMBLANCE OF FLOWEY IN THE SCREENS IN THE BACKGROUND
OH NO
Classy as all hell
man this sounds so persona
Best song in the album.
First thing Jack Noir turns into a magic space-dog and kills everyone and now we have to deal with a green, mean monster who enjoys blowing up planets and also a psychic fish-woman-troll who has a habit of ruining everything for everyone, everywhere. 3 is far too many to deal with.
...guys and gals thats... well thats Diamonds Droog... yeaaah jussayin
Did he even die at any point? Droogs and B2 did, but what about him?
we will prob never know
the title is DaveKat @ Jade
On my own, I counted at least 140 something, but my friend went through all the characters. Including side characters.
replay...*set as loop*
DAT CLASS
i don't know why but the last last last part here reminds me of vangelis
You also forgot The Crew, The Felt, The Exiles, The Guardians, Squarewave, Sawtooth, Dad, and Lil' Cal.
In my opinion diamonds droog is better than spades slick
Diamond Drugs is....
Allive
This is cliche but this really reminds me of Steven Universe (at least, with headphones off)
He doesn't make it, but he approves it.
I've always held that swag is for pirates.
I thought of FNV and F3 when i saw the title because lily says "Three's a crowd" when you try to get her as a companion and you already have 2.
128's a webcomic
I sense OFF why
Me too!!