TRIGGER WARNING: The first six headcanons listed refer primarily to sexual anatomy and may be considered NSFW. I have yet to find a way to let you skip to #7 without scrolling as fast as you can past 1-6. If you choose to view them despite my warning, don't bitch about it, because i did warn you and it was your choice to look.
Headcanon #1 - Tentabulges
I don't know about you, but seeing a troll with a human penis just looks weird as fuck. I don't know why, but maybe because it's a gray dick on an alien. And that's just weird.
I believe that the bulge hides inside the body until arousal, at which point it slithers out, little by little depending on how aroused the troll is (like a penis gets harder and harder) until it reaches its full length. It's self-lubricating, and usually has a hole at the tip. They are prehensile enough for a troll to literally fuck himself, or (for the really perverted) pick up objects, depending on length.
I believe that the bulge hides inside the body until arousal, at which point it slithers out, little by little depending on how aroused the troll is (like a penis gets harder and harder) until it reaches its full length. It's self-lubricating, and usually has a hole at the tip. They are prehensile enough for a troll to literally fuck himself, or (for the really perverted) pick up objects, depending on length.
Headcanon #2 - Anatomically alike
Males and females both have bulges and nooks, hence the reason why they don't distinguish between genders. Regardless of who you choose as your mate, you can still reproduce and you don't have to worry about if you're getting nook or getting ass.
A troll's gender is shown by breasts (disregarding my "Breastless" headcanon), hormones, body figure (females have leaner muscles), mindset, and bulge size.
A troll's gender is shown by breasts (disregarding my "Breastless" headcanon), hormones, body figure (females have leaner muscles), mindset, and bulge size.
Headcanon #3 - Bulge size
The larger the troll, the longer the bulge; the higher they are on the spectrum, the larger it is, with the slight exception of female trolls.
A female troll's bulge is generally smaller than that of her male counterparts.
Example: Even though Aradia is above Karkat, and is also taller than him, her bulge would be a little smaller, or around the same size as his. Feferi would have a bulge around the size of Sollux.
Some day I might draw it out for everyone.
A female troll's bulge is generally smaller than that of her male counterparts.
Example: Even though Aradia is above Karkat, and is also taller than him, her bulge would be a little smaller, or around the same size as his. Feferi would have a bulge around the size of Sollux.
Some day I might draw it out for everyone.
Headcanon #4 - Nooks
As stated before, males and females both have nooks, and depending on the troll, it may be more or less sensitive than others (I imagine Kankri and possibly Karkat to have particularly sensitive nooks).
It's essentially just like a vagina, with the bulge being located right above it, about where the clitoris would be on a human girl. The flesh of the nook is a lighter version of the troll's blood color, just as a human vagina is a pink to match our red blood.
It's essentially just like a vagina, with the bulge being located right above it, about where the clitoris would be on a human girl. The flesh of the nook is a lighter version of the troll's blood color, just as a human vagina is a pink to match our red blood.
Headcanon #5 - Horns are an erogenous zone
Now while I personally may not have a shitload of logic to explain this one, it does make for some seriously good smut. Even though you can't really arouse a cow by rubbing it's horns, we aren't dealing with Earth beings, and so it's really very possible that such a thing can occur.
Each troll has a different level of sensitivity, mainly depending on the size of the horn. Like human breasts, the smaller the horns, the more sensitive, as the nerves are more condensed and there's less surface area to focus on. So Karkat's horns would be the most sensitive, and Tavros's the least.
What you do to stimulate the horn differs per troll as well. Karkat is more aroused by having his horns licked or sucked on than having them touched, while Gamzee is more aroused by stroking. This has nothing to do with the horns themselves, but rather each troll's personal preference.
Each troll has a different level of sensitivity, mainly depending on the size of the horn. Like human breasts, the smaller the horns, the more sensitive, as the nerves are more condensed and there's less surface area to focus on. So Karkat's horns would be the most sensitive, and Tavros's the least.
What you do to stimulate the horn differs per troll as well. Karkat is more aroused by having his horns licked or sucked on than having them touched, while Gamzee is more aroused by stroking. This has nothing to do with the horns themselves, but rather each troll's personal preference.
Headcanon #6 - Karkat is short
Not just because he's the lowest blood color, but Karkat seems to have that whole "I have to prove myself" thing going on, which is exactly what every short person I have ever known does. He's the shortest male, followed by the 2-inch taller Sollux, and then Tavros.
I would say Karkat is around the same height as Terezi, who is the second shortest female, next to Nepeta. I would put his height somewhere around 5'2" at 6 sweeps old.
Here's the trolls, shortest to tallest:
Nepeta - 4'11"
Karkat - 5'2"
Terezi - 5'3"
Aradia - 5'4"
Sollux - 5'4"
Tavros - 5'6"
Feferi - 5'6"
Vriska - 5'7"
Eridan - 5'9"
Kanaya - 5'8"
Equius - 6'3"
Gamzee - 6'6"
I would say Karkat is around the same height as Terezi, who is the second shortest female, next to Nepeta. I would put his height somewhere around 5'2" at 6 sweeps old.
Here's the trolls, shortest to tallest:
Nepeta - 4'11"
Karkat - 5'2"
Terezi - 5'3"
Aradia - 5'4"
Sollux - 5'4"
Tavros - 5'6"
Feferi - 5'6"
Vriska - 5'7"
Eridan - 5'9"
Kanaya - 5'8"
Equius - 6'3"
Gamzee - 6'6"
Fun Theory #1 - Trolls come from humans
We've all wondered why the trolls look so much like humans. I have a theory that many years ago, or possibly a day in the future (sent back in time), scientists tried to create a clone. The deemed it a failure and shot it into space. Another possibility is it was deemed a success and was sent to Alternia to be watched, or kept a secret. Either way, that troll grew an adapted to the landscaping of Alternia, becoming the first feral. Having no others of its kind around, it mated with various creatures, creating the ferals we know of today, until finally it mated with a mothergrub, and the first grub was born, as ferals give live births. The mothergrub's DNA is what gave the trolls their thicker, slightly rougher skin, their tentabulges, blood colors, and their horns. As the race grew and developed, they lost use of their feral parts, and they faded away over the generations. Summoner's (and Rufioh's) wings were an example of that DNA, which returned for him just as some humans regain a seemingly lost trait of their ancestors. The Vantas line's bright red blood is a show of human ancestry.
Headcanon #7 - Trolls don't have bellybuttons
"The only reason creatures have belly buttons is because of the umbilical cord they were attached to while inside their mother’s womb. If the Homestuck trolls were hatched as grubs then evolved, there’s no way they can have belly buttons!" - moanda.tumblr
As Moanda said, humans, dogs, and cats (and such things) only have bellybuttons because they were born from the womb and thus had umbilical cords attached to their stomachs.
Trolls are hatched from eggs as grubs, like birds and reptiles, and thus would not have a bellybutton.
(Also, I apologize for the poor image reference, there are no pictures of trolls without bellybuttons because this is an unrealized fact of life and people humanize aliens too much.)
As Moanda said, humans, dogs, and cats (and such things) only have bellybuttons because they were born from the womb and thus had umbilical cords attached to their stomachs.
Trolls are hatched from eggs as grubs, like birds and reptiles, and thus would not have a bellybutton.
(Also, I apologize for the poor image reference, there are no pictures of trolls without bellybuttons because this is an unrealized fact of life and people humanize aliens too much.)