Kneecap Stealing

Kneecap Stealing is a punishment, sually dealt by The Great and Almighty Dan.

Every sixty seconds a minute passes, and more people across the internet have their kneecap privileges revoked.

Here are the various ways you can get your kneecaps stolen in the Respawn fandom.

## Associating Respawn with Homestuck

This is the primary way to get your kneecaps stolen, usually by The Great and Almighty Dan.

Respawn may be associated with Homestuck could be for the following reasons:

* The MV The Moss is limited to few colors due to being made with Flipnote 3D. To compensate for this, a stylistic choice of bold silhouettes is used.
* A scene in The Moss depicts a silhouette of Katie with their scarf flowing in the wind, which may be mistaken for John Egbert, a character from Homestuck.
* Kris' appearance, due to having fair colored hair, shades, and a red outfit, may be mistaken for Dave Strider, a character from Homestuck.
* Namus have a variety of blood colors that define the identity of the namu. The same could be said for the blood colors of Trolls from Homestuck. However instead of social standing, namu blood colors only define pronouns pre-Earth era.
* Both Respawn and Homestuck have characters dying and coming back to life.
* They are both beloved webcomics.

If you associate Respawn with Homestuck in the official Discord, you used to receive the "No Kneecaps" role, indicating that Dan has revoked your kneecap privileges.

## Associating Respawn with Other Pieces of Media

Much like associating Respawn with Homestuck, Dan may steal your kneecaps if you associate the webcomic with other pieces of media.

Various media that Respawn has been compared to includes, but is not limited to:

* Deltarune
* Undertale
* Eddsworld
* TAZ
* SCP
* Steven Universe
* Ninjago (whoever saw a relation between these might have been high)
* Mirai Park
* RWBY
* Warframe

## Hurting Characters

Many members of the Respawn fandom may threaten to steal your kneecaps if you or another character hurts, or threatens to hurt another character. Usually these protected characters are the more wholesome and/or beloved characters.

## No Kneecaps Role

In the Discord server, it used to be possible to get the "No Kneecaps" role by comparing Respawn to other media. Members with this role appear with a red name and a wrench icon. This role has since been depreciated due to people trying to get it on purpose.

Users who have had their kneecaps revoked include:

* chilly178
* Meliae
* yshanti
* ultimate sinner
* coolkid
* Rikuredo (invisible due to being a VA)

There exists a second kneecap role called "385/2 kneecaps stolen". It is also red, however doesn't show up on the sole user who has it due to being below SLOBY and Certified Question Answerer. The role was given to Shard for creating this page. They were originally given "No Kneecaps", but then given a new role that changed to "has had only one kneecap removed", "1/4th of a kneecap", and "12/19ths of a kneecap?" within moments before settling on its final name "385/2 kneecaps stolen". This is a reference to the video game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and it's unsure if it implies that Dan has stolen 385/2 kneecaps from Shard or if Shard has stolen 385 kneecaps. In the context of the video game where 358 refers to the days shared between Roxas & Xion, this may imply 385 kneecaps have been stolen between two people - perhaps both Dan and Shard? Or it's just a funny ridiculous fraction.