By Ashley Jones → Sunsoaked Heavenscape Next track by this artist.
Cover art by Scarodactyl scarodactyl Tumblr ← Medium Previous track art by this artist → Bathearst's Theme Next track art by this artist.
Released 12/15/2013.
Duration: 5:06.

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Artist commentary:

Ashley Jones: (composer, booklet commentary)

I find that a lot of my Homestuck tracks tend to be medleys: One of my first ideas for a track was the Gamzee vs. Dave rap battle with all their motifs as a backdrop (that never really picked off because UGH, LACK OF VOCAL TALENT ON MY PART). This one follows a similar vein; Her Imperious Condescension vs. Lord English's Handmaid. I wanted the track to show how tired of life the Handmaid had become, so a lot of her motifs get cut short quite abrasively by HIC's "attacks", as it were. She puts up a little bit of a struggle sometimes, but eventually she just accepts her fate and lets herself be replaced. So ends the tragic life of the Alternian Ancestors.

Brad Griffin: (booklet editor)

All of scarodactyl's art was actually slightly smaller than the resolution I used for this booklet. Hopefully upscaling it didn't ruin the pixels too much.