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MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Doc Scratch as the evil/creepy teacher nobody likes. Or would be that too on the nose?

# ¿ Nov 17, 2013 23:30

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 02:42

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

The Midnight Crew is the ebst part of Homestuck, and the best act is the first Intermission.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2013 13:59

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Stoat posted:

I only got into it a few months ago and I enjoyed it but man inbetween the good points is just so much rambling bullshit nonsense.

The secret is to enjoy rambling bullshit. :ssh:

# ¿ Dec 13, 2013 03:33

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

What'S funny is that despite all the talk about all the horrible side characters taking the spotlight, most appear only once and then stay in the background afterward. Like most of the pre-scratch Trolls. Or most of the dead trolls, who are only vaguely around in the dream bubbles in some way. You know, in media, random side-characters do exist. They're not the center of the story. They're just there, in the background. Being not important.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2013 06:25

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Dolash posted:

That's really not what it's like in Homestuck at all. Some truly minor characters like Nepeta and most of the pre-scratch trolls, sure, they disappear into the background, but the last update series before this hiatus had so much going on and so many characters flying around that it required regular zoomed-out maps showing where everyone is and what they were doing - and none of it featured John, the nominal protagonist! People counted the real-time years between conversations between John and Dave, supposed bros for life. The four main characters really struggle to get on screen these days.

Vriska explicitly tries to muscle in on being a main character constantly, Aranea and Meenah have both taken up a lot of precious screentime in act 6, Caliborn and Calliope have become the developed face of Lord English so they need plenty of time, we've still got Gamzee's clown bullshit, both the Becs have come roaring back into the story, the Mayor keeps getting batted about, the Condesce is making a doomed play for being the main villain, there's still three living trolls running around with the kids, there's the four new kids, then finally there's the four old kids. That's a lot of people to spread the plot between!

On editing, it's still probably the case that taking his time and doing the finale all at once will probably result in a better, more coherent ending than he'd otherwise produce. Honestly, if the Adventure Game and Namco High weren't on his radar I don't think he could bring the story to a close via day to day updates, he seems to have a compulsive desire to spin things out. A good external editor would make an even bigger difference, but this should probably help.

That still doesn't seem anywhere near as bad as people keep making it out to be, but whatevs. Someone's important character is someone else's distraction, and I'm not invested in the argument anyway. I just thought it was funny how many people hated the pre-scratch troll for taking too much time/space, while 10 of them were just there for one joke and then became background characters.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2013 07:21

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

What are you talking about, the best song on the album is clearly Warweary villein, a theme song for our glorious Mayor! :allears:

# ¿ Dec 20, 2013 05:54

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Hussie has said that Homestuck is basically a first draft, since he posted his work as he was drawing it. I think we can all agree it's a pretty good first draft, but it'S got some flaws.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2014 16:14

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

WAR FOOT posted:

at least there's no dragonbubbles or something so we can read seventeen books of dead starks talking to dead lannisters

That said Lord English does put me in mind of the White Walkers. Everyone's too busy loving around with their stupid gambits and ruses and I fully expect/hope they come out/over of Horrorterror Space/ the Wall and just kill everyone except like a few people.

If I was a funny and/or clever person, I would make a fake pesterlog of drunk dead Robert talking to dead Ned.

I am not funny and/or clever.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2014 15:31

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Hey, it's that guy who's almost always wrong about everything. Let's ignore him. :geno:

# ¿ May 9, 2014 11:29

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Not a single Midnight Crew shirt.

# ¿ May 30, 2014 02:42

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Just got an email, there was a pretty big kickstarter update with things that almost look like info, if you squint at them.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2014 06:59

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Bobulus posted:

Oh, god, I just realized: After Roxy's drunken writing about characters trapped in a story, and with the whole of Homestuck being these characters trapped in 'a story' (predestination loops), it's basically inevitable that the way you defeat Caliborn (without killing him) is trap him somehow. Either a time loop (he is a time player...) or actually literally trap him in his own lovely, badly-drawn story.

Kinda like the Trap/Prison Books in the Myst series?

# ¿ Jun 29, 2014 20:04

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Hussie has also compared Homestuck to a really ambitious first draft at least once, IIRC.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2014 18:31

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I liked "And it don't stop". :shrug:

# ¿ Jul 31, 2014 04:11

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Boneless Jogger posted:

I still think that John accidentally loving up with his modus when things are at their absolute worst, causing a chain reaction that turns the situation around would be a great ending.

You're wrong. It would be the best ending.

:colbert:

# ¿ Aug 1, 2014 06:03

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Equius is second best troll, after Meenah.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2014 05:24

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Rose's still got it (as long as she's sober).

# ¿ Aug 28, 2014 06:45

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I have to say, the obsession with jokes that this thread has is kind of weird. Not everything needs a joke every page? Not every joke needs a punchline? I mean, the current comic isn't starting great, but it's not terrible either, I'd say it's more average.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2014 18:46

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Most of the Paradox Space comics have been okay to good, with the notable exception of the terrible KC Green comics, and the overwhelming negative reaction of this thread is weird.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2014 16:38

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Wait, what?

# ¿ Sep 27, 2014 07:03

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

My completely insane theory is that she genuinely loved the old prankster.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2014 21:25

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Thats also a thing here in heathen french canadia.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 14:53

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

So, was the Condesce really pissed because her Heiress was killed?

# ¿ Oct 25, 2014 07:58

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Maybe we'll get Karkat: Return to the Core.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2014 00:05

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

The moment where I went from liking the comic to loving it was [S] WV?: Rise up.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 05:57

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I, personally, am really excited about more Homestuck.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 21:29

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Freak Futanari posted:

Also, i think it's pretty lovely of them to split the game into two. Even if they claim that they're both going to be complete games, it's pretty obvious that they just decided to cut the game in half so they could recoup some of the money they lost when they decided to hire a bunch of nobodies to make their game.

Then again, we all deserve this for actually funding a Kickstarter.

I got my slickpack, I'm regret nothing.

NOTHING!

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 22:45

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Renaissance Robot posted:

Chapter 1) Does it really count as episodic if it's just cut in two?

Chapter 2) Oracle of Ages/Seasons was loving incredible

Also Persona 2 Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment, the best Persona games.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 23:13

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Freak Futanari posted:

Actually, Cronus appears several times in the comic.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2014 15:04

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Holy poo poo mroe Felt, that's amazing! :allears:

But I just wanna go back to talking about Jane for a second: while she may be boring and whatnot, she did get Myststuck: that was pretty rad.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2014 07:25

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

paradoxGentleman posted:

I think I've read something regarding SBurb patch notes somewhere in the MSPA forum. It was some sort of community fanfiction project, I dunno.

On the subject of the update, I'm considering Dirk alive until proven otherwise. He had been pixelated in a past communication with ARquiusprite and turned out ok.

There's the Sburb Glitch FAQ, which is like the only fanfic I really liked.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2014 18:50

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Ohman, we're going to see the Casino Heist that started the Intermission. :allears:

# ¿ Nov 6, 2014 17:05

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Meenah is best troll, everyone else is fighting for second place. :colbert:

(Spades Slick is best character though)

# ¿ Nov 7, 2014 01:41

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Let's compromise and just say Midnight Crew is best character. They work best as a team anyway.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2014 03:19

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Oh, and Crowbar keeps being great over in Paradox Space.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2014 07:02

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

aegof posted:

I wanna say there's no way Terezi didn't see something there.

Yeah, she's most likely lyin about it for REASONS.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2014 07:23

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

RZApublican posted:

Well, this is the story of how John died.

John Dies At The End?

# ¿ Nov 19, 2014 20:28

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

CJacobs posted:

Yeah but I said I'd feel cool, like my hero Dave Strider after pulling off a sicknasty rap battle burn

Dave never feels cool.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 15:33

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

MarquiseMindfang posted:

Gamzee is the (Breath of Fire 4) Yuna of Homestuck, and will completely dodge his massive amount of sorely owed karmic retribution for being a completely unrepentant cockhole for most of the story.

You just had to remind me of this :smug:

rear end in a top hat! YOU JUST HAD TO! :argh:

# ¿ Nov 24, 2014 05:19

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 02:42

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

The Mayor is a loving boss. :colbert:

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003701

# ¿ Nov 27, 2014 07:05

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