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tinaun posted:So I Am Reading Homestuck is a nice one. quote:I’m starting to wonder how much abuse the fourth wall is going to take in this. Fruck I am now reading a guys reaction to reading homestuck I need to go get a life
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I honestly have no idea what kept my interest in Homestuck when I started out. I check it out because there was a lot of hype and yet as I went in I knew literally nothing about it, I didn't even know who the protagonists where (though I'd seen some troll fanart without knowing it was Homestuck). All I know is that some time in Act 2 I was actually hooked. I know I was definitely hooked by the time I read the Vaulthalla page, which made me happy in my historically authentic wool-woven hose.
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Feb 27, 2012 13:19
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I started out a bit put off by the simplistic art in early act one, though that first animation of the wind eerily blowing through the streets was interesting, I jumped forward a bunch of pages to see if it was going to go anywhere / if the art would improve. I do that a lot, because it happens a lot in good webcomics. I probably wouldn't be reading gunnerkrigg court if I hadn't skipped forward and found that he stopped drawing people with football heads. So when I did that for homestuck, I go from the first twenty odd pages of John in his house just walking around looking at badly photoshopped ornaments and paintings, to some kind of future-desert where giant robot worms are blasting ancient frog statues with laserbeams. I thought for sure I had accidentally started reading the wrong comic, or was looking at some kind of intermission side project. Took me a while to work out that no, that's where all this is actually going. You just have to make it to the EoA1 flash.
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Feb 27, 2012 13:33
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When I first read Homestuck, John had installed sburb, but TT hadn't started messing with his house yet. I didn't really understand what was going on with the commands or I would have probably been more interested and tried entering some. Months later, troll avatars started showing up, and I had no idea how this was possibly connected with the webcomic I had seen. Then somebody mentioned MSPA as really exploring the internet as a storytelling medium so I looked into it and got hooked.
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Feb 27, 2012 14:01
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Wow, that's really far back! I got caught up just before Vriska's death during Scratch's narration. I took a two breaks early on in Act 1 and early in Hivebent, but the rest I pretty much bombed through at full speed. I didn't get the whole story first time around as a result, so now I'm reading bits and pieces again. Currently rereading Hivebent. Lady of the Beech fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Feb 27, 2012 |
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Feb 27, 2012 14:10
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I didn't start reading Homestuck until the Midnight Crew intermission was almost over, and the first go through I skipped a lot of flashes and skimmed a decent amount of the text (I definitely skipped through the Jaspers flash and the sweet bass riff reveal of Prospit, along with some others because I didn't realize how vital to the plot they were). Once I got caught up, though, I skipped back and actually read closer and watched all the flashes all the way through. Homestuck is a really weird thing to get into if you don't know what to expect, I skipped through so many Flash updates because I was unused to seeing them at the time.
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Feb 27, 2012 14:24
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A good poster posted:First Dante Basco was getting put off by the pace of act I, then he had to go back because he was skipping pesterlogs. By the time he gets to the Rufio appearances he probably won't even care any more. He's already re-read what he messed up on and caught up; he definitely seems interested, if not mostly due to the fact that his tumblr has become increasingly watched due to reading Homestuck. hopy shipt an actor liking popularity? this couldn't possibly be a thing that will keep on being a thing!  I can't say that someone, when making a mistake that big on anything, who goes back and re-does the entire thing isn't going to continue reading. If I had invested that much time I would definitely continue. It would be a waste otherwise.  Besides, he called Hussie genius. He obviously likes it.
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Feb 27, 2012 14:49
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I'm looking forward to Dante's future reactions, especially his reaction to becoming Tavros's self-esteem. It's too bad that since he didn't read the other three adventures first, he's going to miss some of the jokes. But eh, that happened to me too, and I can't say my experience was tainted by that.
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Feb 27, 2012 15:08
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TOAST7312 posted:hopy shipt an actor liking popularity? this couldn't possibly be a thing that will keep on being a thing! Meh, there are exceptions. Ever hear of Timothy Olyphant?
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Feb 27, 2012 15:26
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Dante posted:You know, this whole Homestuck fiasco, is one of the most unique and strange things that has happend to me. One, I’ve never read anything remotely close to this, I’ve never read a webcomic in my life. Also, I’ve never read anything with a couple thousand people kind of guiding me along the way, this whole experience is mind blowing! I mean the author greeted me on the screen and entering this whole world that I had no idea even existed a few days ago feels like stepping into a new dimension, and with tumblr, I can feel you guys all here with me… I don’t know, it’s late, I’m tired, my mind is tired… I’m Homestuck. I think Dante is getting a little overwhelmed.
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Feb 27, 2012 15:28
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I think this is going to be the first case of Homestuck driving a dude legitimately insane.
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Feb 27, 2012 15:35
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Maybe it's the crowbar, but did anyone else get a Felt vibe from these dudes?
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MSPA Front page posted:YOU'RE DOING IT MAN Hahaha, oh, Hussie. Never change 
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Feb 27, 2012 15:42
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Starmaker posted:They would have had to enter post-apocalypse, like the Exiles do. Nope! Skaia seeds meteors all across the history of the host planet's timeline, it's merely most of them that are concentrated into one apocalyptic meteor shower. In addition to the player/ancestor/First Guardian meteors we've seen at least two random meteors land on pre-apocalypse Alternia to deliver stuff to the trolls before the session began: one with Mindfang's stuff and one with Cal and the wallet. So there is room for Exiles to have arrived before the apocalypse proper.
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Feb 27, 2012 15:56
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Gabriel Pope posted:one with Mindfang's stuff because uh that's been bugging me for a while
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Feb 27, 2012 16:18
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Considering that the Condesce can be the Black Queen on Derse while running Crockercorp on Earth it's entirely possible that these guys just came the old fashioned way: stowing away.
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Feb 27, 2012 16:18
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Cabbit posted:Considering that the Condesce can be the Black Queen on Derse while running Crockercorp on Earth it's entirely possible that these guys just came the old fashioned way: stowing away.
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Feb 27, 2012 16:22
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Nate RFB posted:If there is indeed a relatively "easy" way to go back and forth between the session and Earth, then this also might be a possible avenue for an explanation regarding Grandpa Harley's antics. Not to mention another route for the kids to get into the game without prototyping (still hoping this isn't the case)
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Feb 27, 2012 16:26
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Rambling time. This story has timetravel, and the Medium is temporally independent of the universe, like the troll's universe was, so the Condence being in two places at one is pretty easy to explain given that she seems to be pretty much immortal, if not merely extremely long lived. She could have served as the Black Queen for Lord English, then went back in a meteor to arrive on Earth a hundred years or so before the current date and took up the mantle of Betty Crocker, which would also explain why Nanna thought the B1 Crocker was an alien too, if the Bifurcation theory is correct. I guess these exiles could have come with her or something butit seems narratively inelegant, as that explanation would mean that some exiles probably should have been on B1 earth while humans still populated the planet and it just never came up. I guess Hussie could expound on that later but it seems a little bit of a stretch right now. I think we would need to know 100% if The Reckoning happens at all in the B2 universe (I think it must even if simply because of GCat's presence), and how those meteors affect the original B1 universe. If Bifurcation happened, not all the meteors must be Bifurcated, unless we see B2 Bec show up at some point.
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Lord of Laughton posted:Maybe it's the crowbar, but did anyone else get a Felt vibe from these dudes? This is definitely what I'm seeing. Do we know which universe the Felt existed in?
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a debaser posted:This is definitely what I'm seeing. Do we know which universe the Felt existed in? The troll's universe, since the Midnight Crew intermission takes place in the Alternian future. The Midnight Crew (and Snowman, and maybe some others?) are the exiles.
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Feb 27, 2012 20:02
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a debaser posted:This is definitely what I'm seeing. Do we know which universe the Felt existed in? Come to think of it, Doc Scratch did say that the Condesce's new purpose was one of recruitment on Lord English's behalf. The plot thickens...
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Feb 27, 2012 20:05
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Bobulus posted:Precision F-Strike is pretty good, because she picks up on foreshadowing and hints quickly and has interesting things to say, but I've already read that one. Fffffffffffuck you, I just wasted 9 hours of my day reading through that whole thing.
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Prison Warden posted:I guess these exiles could have come with her or something but it seems narratively inelegant, as that explanation would mean that some exiles probably should have been on B1 earth while humans still populated the planet and it just never came up. While I understand this line of thinking, it's pretty reasonable to believe that not all of the meteors arrived at exactly the same time or exactly the same way, or are even accounted for at all. It's perfectly reasonable to think that the B1 universe didn't have exiles until after the reckoning, but B2 did. The B2 universe already has a different frog temple, and the reckoning hasn't happened in 2009. The other possible difference would be the entry-item meteors, but that remains to be seen. I'm curious about the idea that there are several meteors that fall to earth during the reckoning, all carrying equipment and technology that aids in seeding the new planet. To me, there's nothing saying that Roxy's lab isn't part of this. Maybe in the B1 session, she and Grandpa Harley commandeered the lab and folded it into the SkaiaNet corporation. If this is the case, then it's possible that there are several other stations that have Universe-to-Session capabilities. There's probably one that lets you go directly to your own session/universe.
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YF-23 posted:Fffffffffffuck you, I just wasted 9 hours of my day reading through that whole thing. Work is unexpectedly slow today so I was spinning through this and reading the Hivebent reaction section, I just finally remembered that there is a precedent of sorts to Roxy's cowboy wizard scribble. Single greatest callback in all of MSPA. EDIT: Also gently caress those squiggles look suspiciously reminiscent of the Life and Hope symbols don't they? Hussie you sneaky bastard. the holy poopacy fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Feb 27, 2012 |
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MSPA Front Page posted:YOU'RE DOING IT MAN If the next part isn't YOU'RE MAKING THIS HAPEN, I will ironically flip the proverbial table. Tollymain posted:Meh, there are exceptions. Ever hear of Timothy Olyphant? No I haven't. Should I have?
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Tollymain posted:Meh, there are exceptions. Ever hear of Timothy Olyphant? I don't intend to start a derail but I gotta know what you're referring to here
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Feb 28, 2012 00:48
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TOAST7312 posted:If the next part isn't YOU'RE MAKING THIS HAPEN, I will ironically flip the proverbial table. I really hope that "WERE MAKING THIS HAPEN" is the name of the fan music album.
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Just caught up on secret pony redux, and I'm not sure how I feel about it; if followed up on, it would mean that Roxy has an unreciprocated desire for every other character she knows. In other words, she's Eridan.
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Feb 28, 2012 02:23
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GCAT what are you doing?! Bad god cat!
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Uh oh... If these windows follow PS rules, Roxy is in some real poo poo now.
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Feb 28, 2012 03:18
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Hey, at least the window got unplugged before she was halfway through it. Maybe Dirk will get the idea and plug it in.
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I was wondering how Nanna & Grandpa Harley were so much older than Rose's Mom & Dave's Bro, but this "trapped inbetween areas" thing might help lead to the age variance. Maybe?
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Feb 28, 2012 03:25
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XkyRauh posted:I was wondering how Nanna & Grandpa Harley were so much older than Rose's Mom & Dave's Bro, but this "trapped inbetween areas" thing might help lead to the age variance. Maybe? They could've just been sent back on differing meteors.
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Pastrymancy posted:They could've just been sent back on differing meteors. They were just sent back on differing meteors.
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Feb 28, 2012 03:27
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Man the server was really chugging when that last update first went live.
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Roxy's mouth in the Solicit page just looks... weird. And this update demonstrates why you don't give god powers to cats (or assholes in general).
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GCAT could actually be still helping her, in a roundabout way. If his intent was to disable the window, he could have just unplugged it. As it stands now, he's just changed the exit point to Dirk, who can presumably plug it back in, and then help Roxy.
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