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Act One does not read well at all, even all at once. It's not terrible, but the nature of the beast makes it hard to get into the thick of things so you stop giving a shit about John and cakes and oh who the fuck cares. I guess it's an investment because there are investments here that pay off in gags in later acts. But I had to give it three tries or so before I got into Homestuck for reals. Same with Problem Sleuth, and I read PS AFTER Homestuck. Same insane bullshit that goes on for a while, but inane bullshit is pretty much the plot of PS so maybe I'm being too critical there.
But I think the troll teases still work. It's more like dangling string in your face rapidly as opposed to making a joke about how long it's taking to get to those characters.
I also disagree that pre-Act 4 is all about jokes and horseshit and Act 5 is suddenly all bidness. Plenty of plot once Act One and a bit of Two are out of the way.
it took me to the end of it to actually like homestuck
2-4 were golden
The onomatopoeia in Homestuck is so great.
I'll post each ghost imprint in spoilers.
So for those of you scoring at home, John's Grandma:
How did I just notice the name and symbol on the boat?
Okay, seriously, how does he know to have a small pair of "outrageously awesome" shades?
I went through the trouble of looking up how to spell "onomatopoeia", so I'm going to use it again, dammit.
Okay, we're done here right?
WRONG.
I like how Dave has crowhair from the moment of his birth. Well, creation. Paradoxing cloning. Whatever, you get the idea.
PORKHOLLOW NO
Meanwhile, Before this I didn't know that the word "shipping" could mean "putting two fictional characters in a relationship". So, uh, thanks MSPA thread. I think.
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the eoa flash was pretty great, just thought you all should know
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The text and the sound in the flash really set a mood that made me think "yeah, I'm gonna dig this"
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one of a few dozen times ever in my life where I've been unable to stop laughing
Yea. Same here.
This is exactly why babies should not be allowed to dual-wield flintlock pistols.
Yeah, for reals.
Actually, I guess in the frog temple we get all available animal symbols? Also, spirographs.
Remember, everything before the 1950's was in black and white.
So the Batterwhich is married to Sassacre?
I would need to sit down, if I weren't already. And, uh, if I hadn't read this before.
Oh, wait, this is why babies shouldn't be allowed to dual-wield flintlock pistols
I think we covered this a few days ago, but yeah.
And our question from EOA3 is answered.
Okay, I think I got how this thing works now. I thought it closed immediately after accepting an object.
This reminds me: die-hard Homestuck fans, probably still less annoying than die-hard Ayn Rand fans. Also, we get an immediate answer.
And so: [ S] John: Reunite with your loving wife and daughter. I figure this was, more than anything else, a good way to get some comic relief in before the EOA.
Tavros is really kind of useless in this conversation but this is pretty funny.
Oh god dammit. I'm guessing someone really won the speculation lottery when EOA4 came out.
I guess she, just, like, missed that part? I'll try to remember this when I get there.
And on that bombshell, let's Descend.
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So probably the most important flash so far in Homestuck, presumably until the next one. If you're big on the numbers, the end of the flash reminds you that 5/31/2010 was day 413 of Homestuck. So, 612 days later we will hopefully get EOA5. Only one thing still bothers me, in that I haven't figured out how Dream Jade can throw Dream John clear of the Moon while not being able to save herself. Oh well.
Let's get up to the start of Act 5. That seems like a good place to stop.
That turned out to be a pretty arduous journey in the end. (To get all the way there, I mean. Assuming it's the same castle where he finds his Dad dead, gets stabbed himself, etc.)
From a Homestuck thread long past, we killed time between updates by examining what our favorite panel was. Well:
If Hussie really wanted to mess with us, he could've just been like, "So, yeah, Homestuck was really just the tale of John getting his birthday present. The end!" Fortunately...
Okay, if Scratch shenanigans do occur then I am pretty sure we are going to find out the business behind this whole "Jade's grandson" thing pretty soon.
This is the saddest page in Homestuck.
I guess Jade never saw the bunny in its final form, otherwise she probably would've reacted to the suggestion to use Ahab's Crosshairs differently.
That probably would've been pretty bad if John had been sent 413 years into the future, eh?
Oh, right, that key.
There's some more stuff about The Ring, but I should probably stop here.
Up next: Hivebent! I think the beginning should go pretty quickly.
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well yeah
when people complain about the pacing problems in HS they are usually talking about act 5
I don't think anyone disagrees that act 1 starts off very slow
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and yeah probably somewhere between 4 and 12 hours prior to that
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it seems like longer because even though time skips around a lot, very little time is actually left unaccounted for
you go through John's adventure pretty much moment for moment
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well
Davesprite has
Alpha Dave has only been around a few days
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Kanaya mentions that Jade's frog-quest would take several week's worth of stable time loops if she wanted to finish before the Scratch, so it wouldn't be out of the question. Also there were thirteen Daves, for a while. Dude's been busy.
Yeah, and after all his stock market shenanigans, he's hardly unfamiliar with leaping back and forth across the timeline.
Maybe it was Davesprite.
For those who were not caught up before Act 4 ended, the last flash was not actually added on May 31st. That page was, but it was a placeholder because Andrew wasn't done with the flash, yet. It seemed like it was a few days into June, maybe a week, before the flash actually went up.
Just FYI.
Alternate Timeline Doomed Daves can be from any point in the future
I wonder how the fandom will react if he hits 100 a few days before the 25th
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Also, re: complacency of the learned
Hussie said a while ago that it was supposed to represent how the trolls existed on the subconscious of humans, the same way Superman does. It's about 12 powerful young wizards that fuck everything up, and their 12 elder wizards that go on a quest to stop them. Maybe a reference to the trolls' Scratch?
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we are going to need more wands
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certainly i did