Meanings
plural bloodswaps
- Homestuck fandom slangAn instance of changing a troll character's blood colour caste from canon.
someone once tried to explain me how bloodswaps are racist
2014 December 18, KURI (@kuekuekuri), Twitter2 more examples
My favorite bloodswap castes for karkat are fuchsia and indigo.
2013 April 8, avery (@leirant), Twitteru know how homestuck had bloodswaps. what if fe:a class swaps
2014 September 1, sorey @ raccoon city (@justicecaballin), Twitter
Origin
Compound of blood + swap, after the pattern of genderswap.
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