Homestuck

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[CynicHost]

I'm curious: does anyone here genuinely dislike the comic, or just got turned off by the cringey fandom?

[HenryRichard]

woah there's a fandom for this?
I just started reading it when I was bored, and I honestly enjoy it. I'll probably stay away from the fandom though if it's bad tho.

[CynicHost]

woah there's a fandom for this?
I just started reading it when I was bored, and I honestly enjoy it. I'll probably stay away from the fandom though if it's bad tho.

Yeah, it used to be really big a few years back. And I mean you couldn't go on tumblr without seeing something HS-related. And yeah, parts of the fandom can be bad, but isn't that also true for other things?

How far are you into the comic?

[HenryRichard]

I just started act 4. I'm not enjoying it quite as much so far, but I'm sure it gets better.

[CynicHost]

A meme

Seriously tho, I'm not a huge fan of HS or anything. I go back to it every now and again, but in a casual sense.

Spoiler: show

John x Vriska <3

[Danny]

In all fairness, I read a bit of Homestuck back when it was just budding, and it was fairly good, and the plot itself was pretty intriguing.

But then I saw the fandom.

And then I saw what the webcomic was becoming thanks to the fandom.

I don't try to associate myself with it anymore. It was good while it lasted, but what really killed the whole thing was the fandom trying way too hard. As a webcomic, it was pretty good, especially for as long as it lasted. Near the end, it started to get drawn out, and it reached a point where I knew Andrew Hussie was giving up.

[CynicHost]

In all fairness, I read a bit of Homestuck back when it was just budding, and it was fairly good, and the plot itself was pretty intriguing.

But then I saw the fandom.

And then I saw what the webcomic was becoming thanks to the fandom.

I don't try to associate myself with it anymore. It was good while it lasted, but what really killed the whole thing was the fandom trying way too hard. As a webcomic, it was pretty good, especially for as long as it lasted. Near the end, it started to get drawn out, and it reached a point where I knew Andrew Hussie was giving up.

I hate the fandom too, and don't really participate in the discussion, but I just enjoy it casually. How far did you get?

[Danny]

Could you not tell from my post that I actually finished it.

[CynicHost]

Could you not tell from my post that I actually finished it.

Sorry, misread your post.

[Magician]

I enjoyed Homestuck the way I enjoyed Harry Potter.
I grew attached to some of the characters and was invested in reading it. I felt that there was a lot of payoff in sticking with it, mostly from the dialogue, but occasionally in the twists, and the art and animations as well. It's not anywhere near a masterpiece; it's just entertainment. I deeply respect the authors of both; they're both apparently very good at dialogue and weaving strangely intricate plots but perhaps less skilled in character development/progression. This is especially felt in the final part of Homestuck where, I remember seeing it in the comments and agreeing, the only characterization to be found in it was Karkat's shrug.

In all fairness, I read a bit of Homestuck back when it was just budding, and it was fairly good, and the plot itself was pretty intriguing.

But then I saw the fandom.

And then I saw what the webcomic was becoming thanks to the fandom.

I don't try to associate myself with it anymore. It was good while it lasted, but what really killed the whole thing was the fandom trying way too hard. As a webcomic, it was pretty good, especially for as long as it lasted. Near the end, it started to get drawn out, and it reached a point where I knew Andrew Hussie was giving up.

I agree that it WAS drawn out but I feel like there could be many possible explanations for that. There was a huge delay in the series caused by a shitstorm surrounding Hiveswap, for example. I'm sure you heard about that. All I'm saying is having money embezzled from you (allegedly) probably sucks.
Though I think a likely truth is something a lot more mundane. It was just a really, really ambitious story, and Andrew Hussie isn't perfect. He seemed to end up spending the last leg tying up a lot of loose ends just hoping the momentum would carry people through to the end of the story because there wasn't anything left to boost it. Like... the plot was just done, and the only thing left was the final batch of silly exchanges as the remaining characters actually met each other. It was like reading the ending before the ending.

I hear a lot of "I hate fandoms" sentiment on the internet and I find it hard to relate. It seems with things like this that it's always a case of a relative few people getting all the attention, but I'm interested in hearing specifically why Homestuck fans bother you if you feel like sharing.

(Welcome back by the way)

[Danny]

I hear a lot of "I hate fandoms" sentiment on the internet and I find it hard to relate. It seems with things like this that it's always a case of a relative few people getting all the attention, but I'm interested in hearing specifically why Homestuck fans bother you if you feel like sharing.

This post on Reddit sums it up pretty much:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/c ... om/cd54ka8

I don't have too much against the fandom itself, it's just that most of the people I've been around or had to deal with have been extremely annoying and pretty uptight about the webcomic.