<Dl> <Dt> Jade Harley </Dt> </Dl> <P> First shown on - screen during Homestuck's third act, Shaenon Garrity described Jade as "the most recalcitrant" of the four kids . Jade Harley lives on a remote island together with her dog, who has "infinite dimensional powers". As she can see the future through her dreams, Jade was the one who encouraged the other three kids to play the fictional video game SBURB and therefore set the plot in motion . </P> <P> In the fifth "act" of Homestuck, Hussie introduced an alien species called "trolls", based on internet trolls . While the first few acts of Homestuck focused on a more realistic theme of what it is like for a group of kids to be friends on the internet, the trolls took on more explicit representations of facets of Internet culture . Hussie stated that each troll represents a kind of internet behavior that is "marginalized or controversial, or something most people just want nothing to do with ." Homestuck aims to normalize and humanize internet cultures that are usually disfavored and rejected . </P> <P> Trolls chat with unique typing quirks, inserting clues concerning the speaker's identity in their chat patterns . For example, Vriska, a troll with spider - like attributes, replaces the letter "B" with the number "8" and uses emoticons with eight eyes . Troll culture features a complex system of romance featuring four "quadrants", that was specifically designed to encourage shipping among Homestuck fans . Homestuck trolls are by default bi - or pansexual; this normalization has been described by a fan as "incredible for all the bi and gay kids out there...seeing loads of couples that don't think twice about how they're dating somebody of the same gender of themselves ." </P>

When do the trolls first appear in homestuck