Homestuck: now with spoilers
Apr. 3rd, 2012 09:57 amFinished reading Homestuck, so this will be potentially spoilery through Act 6 Intermission 2.
First off, as noted in the comments to the last post,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
xparrot has a good introduction/pimp post to the series if you're wondering what it is or thinking about reading it.
I gotta say Homestuck is one of the most bizarrely original things I've seen. The closest thing I can think of to compare it to is Homestar Runner - not that they're alike other than being Flash-based, trippy and weird, with a certain disregard for linear storytelling or the "rules" of their medium. Homestar Runner is more closely akin to animated kids' cartoons, whereas Homestuck is based on webcomics/video games/anime/heaven knows what (but at heart it's mostly a webcomic, though with animated and interactive parts).
Like I said in the comments to my last entry, Homestuck really isn't going to be for everyone; it's glacially paced, incredibly vulgar (though not, I realized when I was trying explain it to my husband, in a racist/sexist/4chan kind of way, and there's no actual nudity or sex; on the other hand, profanity and jokey sexual innuendo are EVERYWHERE), full of bizarre tangents and random weirdness, and it relies heavily, especially in the beginning, on a general familiarity with video games and pop culture of the late '80s and '90s.
On the other hand, it's epic in every sense, hilarious, has some gorgeous animation in later installments, and somehow manages to keep a cast of dozens of characters unique and interesting, even when they only communicate in chat most of the time.
Everything under the cut is completely spoilery for character deaths, big reveals, etc...
( Spoilers )
So yeah, there I am. I really don't see Homestuck ever becoming a fanfic fandom for me; I've looked up a few vids and some fanart, but mostly, I'm not even that interested in that sort of thing. I'm just interested in reading and discussing new canon, and wallowing in the sheer addictive weirdness of it. :D
First off, as noted in the comments to the last post,
xparrot has a good introduction/pimp post to the series if you're wondering what it is or thinking about reading it.I gotta say Homestuck is one of the most bizarrely original things I've seen. The closest thing I can think of to compare it to is Homestar Runner - not that they're alike other than being Flash-based, trippy and weird, with a certain disregard for linear storytelling or the "rules" of their medium. Homestar Runner is more closely akin to animated kids' cartoons, whereas Homestuck is based on webcomics/video games/anime/heaven knows what (but at heart it's mostly a webcomic, though with animated and interactive parts).
Like I said in the comments to my last entry, Homestuck really isn't going to be for everyone; it's glacially paced, incredibly vulgar (though not, I realized when I was trying explain it to my husband, in a racist/sexist/4chan kind of way, and there's no actual nudity or sex; on the other hand, profanity and jokey sexual innuendo are EVERYWHERE), full of bizarre tangents and random weirdness, and it relies heavily, especially in the beginning, on a general familiarity with video games and pop culture of the late '80s and '90s.
On the other hand, it's epic in every sense, hilarious, has some gorgeous animation in later installments, and somehow manages to keep a cast of dozens of characters unique and interesting, even when they only communicate in chat most of the time.
Everything under the cut is completely spoilery for character deaths, big reveals, etc...
( Spoilers )
So yeah, there I am. I really don't see Homestuck ever becoming a fanfic fandom for me; I've looked up a few vids and some fanart, but mostly, I'm not even that interested in that sort of thing. I'm just interested in reading and discussing new canon, and wallowing in the sheer addictive weirdness of it. :D