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Clawtopsy posted:what if i have a good life BUT i also contrract super aids Then, much like Hussie with his regular aids, you should share it on the internet.
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Scarodactyl posted:As an answer it is very unsatisfying, so I can understand why some people would not even view it as an answer. hell yeah
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Clawtopsy posted:i think dolash is a very good poster, with some good points Superior Dolash is Pickle Dolash
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Burkion posted:Superior Dolash is Pickle Dolash Yet another casualty of Trump's victory.
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I beat Undertale (True Pacifist Ending) Wasn't expecting to briefly turn into a survival horror game briefly but it was fun. I'll probably do a genocide run at some point but not right now.
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Scarodactyl posted:On a more satisfying note, Tensei just released his much-anticipated album, Strife 2. Y'know, I gotta say: not his best. Rouge on the Rox and The King in Red stand out, but I feel the album as a whole lacks the energy of the original Strife. I reckon it's because he's branching out to other genres and feels, which I totally respect and support. Still, not the greatest.
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Here's an interesting take on where Homestuck went wrong. In summary, his notion is that Homestuck fell apart because it was so determined not to admit to having a point that it sabotaged its own emotional resolution rather than admit to being about something.
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Someone in this thread had the same take while act 6 was being posted.
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Rand Brittain posted:Here's an interesting take on where Homestuck went wrong. well i feel like one of the running jokes in the story was that things were never actually as ironic as they were played up as being, but yeah tonally speaking it could be seen as getting lost in uncertainty about how sincere it was trying to be, at times
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Moddington posted:Someone in this thread had the same take while act 6 was being posted. Multiple people did.
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Dolash posted:I wonder if Hivebent (if it ever comes out) will have some kinda meta fuckery the way Undertale and Homestuck did, or if it'll be played mostly straight as an adventure game?
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The meta came around because the author was too enamored with his awful fanbase that he wrote around 12 bit characters devoted to them, and then when that wasn't enough, went back on previous decisions to push away any plot progression in favor of Silly Boy's Arm Saves Day.
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Ya know, speaking of meta narratives, the credits that were released kind of completely invalidate all the theories people came up with to justify the non-ending that was put out initially. There were all these long effort posts on tumblr and reddit about how the reader not getting to see the kids enter the new universe symbolized them breaking free from the narrative. Then the snapchats came out and the kids lives in the new universe are shown in detail, so it turns out there was no deeper meaning behind the non-ending they just didn't finish the credits on time  And like, I didn't like the non-ending and I didn't agree with the arguments supporting it (pretty sure I called it "Babby's first meta-narrative), but at least it could be viewed as some kind of an artistic statement? And even though I enjoyed the snap-chat credits more, they felt a lot more like fan service. There's stuff in the credits that can be discussed and could be expanded on in interesting ways (John feels depressed, There's a massive black hole sucking stuff up, Caliborn is all powerful and is yet to be defeated), but those feel more like sequel hooks rather than a things that tie into the rest of the comic thematically and are trying to make some sort of point? Also a sequel might not ever happen, so, yeah.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:There were all these long effort posts on tumblr and reddit about how the reader not getting to see the kids enter the new universe symbolized them breaking free from the narrative. Anyone who said this is dumb. You see the characters in the new universe right there in Act 7.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Ya know, speaking of meta narratives, the credits that were released kind of completely invalidate all the theories people came up with to justify the non-ending that was put out initially. I was one of those people. The comic seemed to be building up In-Comic-Hussie as the final thing they'd have to face after Lord English, and the 'defeat' of him would be to place the characters outside of Hussie's control (e.g., have the comic end and the characters fates be undetermined) I'll cop to being totally wrong. Plom Bar posted:Anyone who said this is dumb. You see the characters in the new universe right there in Act 7. I gave up my theory upon seeing Act 7, so, yeah.
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I didn't agree with that idea but I thought it was interesting. In some ways more interesting than what we got.
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GunnerJ posted:I didn't agree with that idea but I thought it was interesting. In some ways more interesting than what we got. Like, Homestuck is incredibly character based. That's where the immense appeal is from. By having so little of the characters' own stories wrap up in any pleasing way, it's no surprise the end was a dud.
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Obviously the only way to deliver Homestuck to a true satisfying conclusion is to find Hussie in real life and beat him up.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Obviously the only way to deliver Homestuck to a true satisfying conclusion is to find Hussie in real life and beat him up. Records are a bit specious, but there is reason to believe that this actually happened, and Caliborn talking about a teen beating him up because he didn't like where the story was going was at least partially autobiographical.
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Hussies been training by failing to pat horses and I don't think I'm equipped to combat that kind of pent up frustration
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Scarodactyl posted:
Can't tell if skinny loser illusion or if he's actually been working out I can fake muscles too if I SUCK IN
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I wasn't a big fan of any of the "heroes escape the story through the door as meta artistic statement" ending theories because they all stank of post-hoc rationalizations of what we got rather than any deliberate intent from Hussie. At best, Hussie seemed to be attempting a Hail Mary open-to-interpretation ending he could slap together quickly rather than the more arduous process of painting himself back out of his corner, and if the reader was feeling generous they could imagine the ending they wanted and slot it into place. I've thrown around a few interpretations that this is an ending where Caliborn wins in various ways, but mostly to illustrate how flawed and unsatisfying the ending is, not because I genuinely want him to win. That John's unease and unfinished business in his last appearance happens to line up with the audience is just an ironic coincidence. That interpretation that the comic was just too scared of committing to a message or theme and following through on it without falling back on irony, self-deprecation and anti-climaxes is basically what we've been noticing about Homestuck for years and hoped would work its way out of before the end. It did not, and at this very, very late stage, there's not much point about discussing Homestuck as an ongoing thing that can be fixed or reinterpreted. It was a cool and innovative work that will continue to be influential creatively, but as an overall piece it doesn't hang together. It's better remembered as the live experience when the comic was updating fast and engaging its audience, as well as memorable scenes and jokes that stand on their own - the comic only survived being such a trainwreck by being funny and fun update-to-update. It's got a decent legacy and introduced some neat ideas, the time wasn't wasted and I'm optimistic Hussie might have another good project in him in the future that learns from some of the mistakes made.
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Dolash posted:It's got a decent legacy and introduced some neat ideas, the time wasn't wasted and I'm optimistic Hussie might have another good project in him in the future that learns from some of the mistakes made. lesson 1: kickstarters are the touch of death
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Scarodactyl posted:
He's really been beefing up since taking on the role of Chuck Tingle
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The snapchat poo poo is still real weird, because it was never archivee on the site and abruptly stopped despite seemingly building up to something. Not even a good cliffhanger; it wasn't enough to get that invested. I imagine it was to get people interested in the Brand again prior to Hiveswap's release, but then the latter fell into the Kickstrter abyss.
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Who here thinks Hiveswap is coming out on April 13 2017? I remember some people saying that date was too far away back in January, but now it seems like it might be too close.
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game will be a 6.5-7, if it ever comes out some people (probably not here but maybe reddit?) will defend it to the bitter death i hope it is good, but tweetman has not impressed me
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Scarodactyl posted:
Equius was a true story, based on Hussie's life.
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Plom Bar posted:Records are a bit specious, but there is reason to believe that this actually happened, and Caliborn talking about a teen beating him up because he didn't like where the story was going was at least partially autobiographical. If this is true then the teen who beat up Hussie must have been a young Clark Kent.
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I think the game will be okay but not great, and the remaining acts will never materialize.
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Hiveswap will be so bad that it will destroy videogames, thus finishing what E.T. started
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Freak Futanari posted:Hiveswap will be so bad that it will destroy videogames, thus finishing what E.T. started imagine i posted an edit of young archaeologist aradia uncovering a million unsold ET and hiveswap games in a hole she dug in the desert
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ThaumPenguin posted:Hiveswap will in all likelihood not receive major mainstream attention. I imagine it'll be much like Owlboy or similar games, where some people will cover it mostly for the notability of it finally being finished. They'll comment that it's competently done, but not their cup of tea, and then everyone will move on to another thing.
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