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Homestuck is not allowed to ever end. Therefore, this Gigapause will last for eternity and - as far as we, as readers, are concerned - will mean that Homestuck is effectively abandoned, even though Hussie will continue working on it until he dies.
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JT Jag posted:The last word from Hussie on the issue is that Homestuck will end in 2013. It did, remember when John became a walking plot device and Caliborn devolved from "Big scary bad guy with dubious means of defeat" to "Look guys he can dmg teh website ^^ this iz so self refurenshal"
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Jan 22, 2014 18:40
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Making up a quote and misspelling it on purpose just makes you look like a jackass and doesn't prove anything fyi
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Jan 22, 2014 18:44
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zolthorg posted:"Big scary bad guy with dubious means of defeat" He still is that though? I mean even if the whole LE is Caliborn thing seems pretty obvious and undeniable so far, there's still something off about it that has to be addressed.
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Jan 22, 2014 18:54
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zolthorg posted:It did, remember when John became a walking plot device and Caliborn devolved from "Big scary bad guy with dubious means of defeat" to "Look guys he can dmg teh website ^^ this iz so self refurenshal" Meta-humor? In MY Microsoft Paint Adventures?
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Jan 22, 2014 19:18
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I still like the idea that Lord English is Caliborn's self-insert.
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Jan 22, 2014 20:24
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Seoinin posted:I still like the idea that Lord English is Caliborn's self-insert. That's my idea too
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AriadneThread posted:That's my idea too It's got legs. Contrasts very nicely with the notion that a Muse is all about subtly altering a narrative.
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Jan 22, 2014 22:46
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I've been kind of dull about it, in that I've just reckoned Caliborn really is just Lord English. That all the oddities around it will get smoothed over, resulting in a slight joke of "no it really was that simple, what else would it be?" After plenty of other moments having revealed themselves to have always been far more involved and complicated, we then get something that really is Point A -> Point B. Saying that though, Lord English being Caliborn's self insert is way more fun and is absolutely the route I'm hoping to see now.
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Jan 22, 2014 23:29
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I still think Lord English is Brain Ghost Caliborn, or at least that's how an incarnation of him in the B2 session would be created. Jake's conversation with Caliborn in A6A5 is pretty foreboding and the connection between Hope, angels and LE is definitely present. The trickster lollipop could also be involved somehow.
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Jan 23, 2014 00:09
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Lord English is rendered in guardian style like Dave's Bro, whereas Caliborn is rendered in child style like Dirk. We've never actually seen any character grow up, by which I mean transition from a talking character like kids to a non-talking one like their guardians. It's unclear if they ever will. We don't yet know enough to say whether Lord English must be Caliborn himself or some adult alternate version thereof.
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Jan 23, 2014 01:07
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I always liked the idea of LE being his self-insert as well. It's just way funnier not to mention more thematically on-point than just being a grown-up Caliborn. On another note, I got really excited when I first saw that clothing design contest, before I saw it was just for a t-shirt graphic. For a second I thought I finally found a market for the Prospit dress.
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Jan 23, 2014 01:43
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The vinyl figurines have dropped, and it doesn't look like it's a pre-sale.
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Jan 23, 2014 08:17
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Yeah, there's pretty much no way this is going to be internet-only.
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Jan 23, 2014 08:30
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RZApublican posted:Yeah, there's pretty much no way this is going to be internet-only. Those boxes would look right at home in a Hot Topic 
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Jan 23, 2014 09:13
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I'm split on the topic of 'things I like showing up at Hot Topic'. On the one hand, elitism in nerdy hobbies is the worst and leads to all kinds of horrible behavior, like accusations of Fake Gamer Girls and such. On the other hand, it is easy to remember how badly other stuff has been driven into the ground by Hot Topic. Remember GIR?
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Jan 23, 2014 09:29
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It would be a disaster if merchandise from a popular internet thing were to appear in a store that sells merchandise from popular internet things. Edit: what I mean is, fans can't ruin anything for you without your cooperation. Bongo Bill fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Jan 23, 2014 09:29
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Kazy posted:Those boxes would look right at home in a Hot Topic They'll fit right in with those Homestuck DVDs that are coming out in a few years. edit: also the Homestuck video game.
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Bobulus posted:I'm split on the topic of 'things I like showing up at Hot Topic'. On the one hand, elitism in nerdy hobbies is the worst and leads to all kinds of horrible behavior, like accusations of Fake Gamer Girls and such. On the other hand, it is easy to remember how badly other stuff has been driven into the ground by Hot Topic. Remember GIR? GIR is funny as hell, what is wrong with GIR.
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Jan 23, 2014 09:45
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No, but don't you understand, teenagers might start being really exuberant about it in public.
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Jan 23, 2014 09:46
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Being inappropriately exuberant is what teenagers do.
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Jan 23, 2014 09:47
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Goons are deeply insecure and anything having to do with their hobbies triggers a default response of self-loathing would be my guess
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Jan 23, 2014 09:49
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we were into it at first but now it's getting too mainstream we are the hipsters, guys its us
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A big flaming stink posted:Goons are deeply insecure and anything having to do with their hobbies triggers a default response of self-loathing would be my guess Mostly just reminds me of my own Hot Topic phase and now maybe I realize it's not over  Bobulus posted:how badly other stuff has been driven into the ground by Hot Topic. Remember GIR? It's mainly just this I'm complaining about though  But I think Tumblr has already driven it into the ground.
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Jan 23, 2014 10:33
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Homestuck merchandise. Trigger Warning: it's mainstream now.
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Kazy posted:Those boxes would look right at home in a Hot Topic Go Hussie Go. Make that money. Booyeah.
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Jan 23, 2014 13:28
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If you were worried that other goons might think badly of you because of this, well, uh, sorry sweetheart but that ship has long since sailed.
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Jan 23, 2014 15:08
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More merchandise for Hot Topic goths means more merchandise for you. Probably would be weird at first to see a very internet involved thing go beyond the internet, but it's not like Homestuck is unpopular or underground as it is, even if we only consider it in terms of the internet 'culture'. Saying this, we don't have Hot Topic in the UK so I don't really have to give this any more thought.  Also GIR was always an obnoxious character being constantly parroted and run into the ground, merchandise or not.
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Jan 23, 2014 15:27
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JT Jag posted:we were into it at first but now it's getting too mainstream I liked Homestuck before it was cool, and continued to like Homestuck after it stopped being cool
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Jan 23, 2014 15:35
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I want Problem Sleuth vinyl figurines 
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Jan 23, 2014 15:50
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Individual office playsets to be stuck in, some with ethnically-diverse murals, and all with detachable windows.
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Jan 23, 2014 17:34
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Wait, Hot Topic still exists?
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David Copperfield posted:Individual office playsets to be stuck in, some with ethnically-diverse murals, and all with detachable windows. Oh, right, that reminds me -- I saw this mural in person last night and had wicked deja vu for about 15 minutes until I figured out where it was from. (It's in Central Square, Cambridge, MA, overlooking a parking lot about a block off of Mass Ave.)
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CJacobs posted:I want Problem Sleuth vinyl figurines Just use your imagination. 
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I've been saying for a while now that someday you'll have scalemates sharing shelf space with stuffed GIRs.Mystic Mongol posted:GIR is funny as hell, what is wrong with GIR. paranoid randroid fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Jan 23, 2014 18:25
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Aren't most of the teenagers that liked Invader Zim adults now? Does that make it okay again, like with Pokemon?
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Assuming you were like 13 when that show aired, you'd be 26 now ... gently caress, I'm old
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Oh, one more thing about murals since I was reminded of them and reread Hussie's blog post on the subject: this one which he talked about at length is actually on the side of the moderately-famous Middle East music club, a couple blocks from the other mural. A dumbphone which is definitely lost by now once contained a picture of 17-year-old me cowering in fear before the scary old witch-woman labeled #5 on Hussie's breakdown. She's even scarier in person. 
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Seoinin posted:I've been saying for a while now that someday you'll have scalemates sharing shelf space with stuffed GIRs. Please stop talking about teenagers' taints.
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Fister Roboto posted:Please stop talking about teenagers' taints. Nice one, Beavis.
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