Literary Analystuck

Well, hello child, and welcome to Literary Analystuck. As you may have inferred, this blog hosts questions for you to think about, answer, or totally ignore while you read Homestuck, the huge webcomic sensation that’s been sweeping the internet. This terrifying monster amounts to over 6000 pages, many of which include walls of colored text and pixelly minimalist illustrations. Whether you’re a first time reader or an already dedicated fan, this blog can be used as a valuable tool. Academstuck is another helpful blog. Note that it will take time for the teenage geezer (Meilofrost) who hosts this thing to read through the webcomic and compose the questions. Well, is your body ready? Dive in! Get ready to think, kid.

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I'm so sorry for not doing anything here.

Life's been busy for me.  Hopefully, I'll have some time in the future to ressurrect this project again.  Between art, school, and the need for free time for my own mental health, I'm not left with a lot of space to read Homestuck and write in-depth comprehension questions for people who want to do them for the fun of it or to help them understand Homestuck.  Just bear with me, don't unfollow me;  I WILL have something up here in the future.  Thank you for your consideration.

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ACT 2: Questions 140-149

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002243

140. What happens with the juice?

141. What kooky collection do you notice hanging around Dave’s apartment?

142. What does Dave say about his Bro?

143. How does Dave lose his two game envelopes?

144. What does he accidentally do to the bird?  How does he feel about this?  Does this reaction line up with the way he presented himself earlier?  Would you have expected it?

145. What suddenly happens!?  WHAT??? (What do you think the significance of these random switches is?  Does it aid or hinder the story, in your opinion?)

146. What is Rose looking at?  How does she feel about it?  Why do you think she focuses so much frustration at her mom’s collection of wizards and actions?

147. What is Rose’s interpretation of the bronze vacuum cleaner?

148. What did the Eldritch Princess use to be?  What did she do to it?

149. What is the significance of the refrigerator?

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Still working here.

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ACT 2: Questions 130-139

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I’ll just get to it and not bother rambling about anything.

130. What does Dave describe his relationship with his brother as?

131. Where did Dave get his sunglasses?

132. What fetch modus does he use?

133. What do you realize upon the introduction of the apple juice?

134. What webcomic does Dave maintain?

135. Dave is chatting with Rose.  How do they act towards each other?  How does Rose's attitude with Dave differ with that of what she has with John’s?

136. What comes out from underneath the door, with John in the present?

137. Where does it lead?

138.Why does Dave fear taking a sip of the apple juice?

139. What is his strife specibus?

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ACT 2: Questions 120-129

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Important announcement at the end… read it.

120. Who does TG’s other game copy belong to?

121. Why can’t Rose equip the Grimoire as her strife specibus?

122. What does she use instead?

123. What is inside the Grimoire?

124. You now meet TG in person!  How is he portrayed in his introductory paragraph?

125. What do you think about it?

126.  What is his name?

127. What is different about his name’s introduction?  What does he do?

128. What are some of his interests?

129. What is his reaction when you demand that he get the betas and save his friend’s life?  Why do you even see them sitting there if he supposedly lost them?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002214

Well… Thank you, my dear 6 followers, for giving me your attention.  I’ll try and update this blog more.  I've just had a lot of school going on.  It must be infuriating, how I was so fast in getting my earlier questions up, but that was spring break for me at the time.  I will do my best to generate these questions as best as I can, and get them up here promptly and efficiently for you.

It was 4/17 a couple minutes ago.  Now it is 4/18.

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ACT 2: Questions 110-119

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002178

I’m shirking homework right now.  Temporarily.  Well, as they say, I’ll never let school interfere with my education.  My Homestucation.

110. What are John and Rose trying to do?

111. What ends up happening to the kernelsprite?

112. What immediate danger is Rose in?

113. What does John hear behind him?  What is behind him?

114. We finally hear from TG again!  What does he like to do?

115. What mistake does Rose make with the car? Why?

116. GG messages John again.  What was the explosion she heard?

117. Infer;  why does this Bec think it’s dangerous and not want GG to go near it?

118. What does John intend to do?

119. What does TG say happened to his copy of the game?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002194

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ACT 2: Questions 100-109

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002156

Let’s get analystucking.

100. What is Rose’s role in the story?

101. What is John’s role in the story?

102. How do Rose and John communicate?  How is their relationship, and how do they treat each other?

103. John’s dad disappeared.  Do you think this has significance for the setting and how the story progresses?  What if he had not disappeared?

104. How does John react when the voice tells him to walk on the platform, and how do you think this relates to his personality?

105. What do you notice on “Serious Business”?

106. John finally acknowledges the voice’s existence.  What do you think it is?  What does Rose think it is?

107. In the future, on post-apocalypse Earth, who is actually typing in the commands?

108. Where and what is Rose’s extra power source?

109. What is John’s relationship with Betty Crocker?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002178

“I will work HARDER!” –Boxer, Animal Farm (George Orwell)

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ACT 2: Questions 92-99

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002147

Well, here we are on Act 2!  Let’s continue…

92. Whoah, huge scene change.  What do you see?

93. [remember to click on those little link thingies] What/who do you think this little creature is?

94. What familiar thing do you notice?

95. Read Rose’s walkthrough introduction.  What is the mood of her writing?

96. What happens with John’s house?  Where is it?

97. What happens to the kernelsprite?

98. *gasp* A flash game!  Continue figuring out what happened to John’s house, and record your findings.

99.  What do you notice about the electricity in John’s house?

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Okay…

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END OF ACT 1: Questions 90-91

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90. What is John’s special item?

91. Just break it to me, what happens in ‘[S] John: Take Bite of Apple’?

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Hahah, that was fast…

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ACT 1: Questions 80-89

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002120

Off my short little hiatus.  Actually, you’ll probably see a lot of these little eras of inactivity.  I do have a life, after all.  Enjoy!

80. Look at the posters on Rose’s walls.  How are they different from John’s?

81. Any idea what movie John is referencing, child?

82. What is outside Rose’s window?

83. How does Rose interpret her mom’s intention in constructing the mausoleum?  Do you think this is realistic?

84. Where could Rose find a wireless signal?

85. What is her mom’s kooky collection?

86. How does Rose interpret her mother’s intention in having this collection?

87. What happens when Rose takes her laptop out of her sylladex?

88. What does Rose see through the huge telescope?

89. What is the significance of the item that is created from the punch card?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002143

Here we go… 

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HAPPY 4/13!!!

…Okay, I’m a date late, but this was fun to make.  ^___^

Homestuck is not only a fantastic webcomic and part of my life, but the people I’ve met in the fandom have been so wonderful and inspiring.  I keep pushing myself to try new things, and I want to continue heading down that path.

Thank you, Homestuck, and more importantly, thank you, Andrew Hussie.  <33

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OH BOY.  I noticed this is going around again so why not I’ll reblog for my second 4/13.  ^u^

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ACT 1: Questions 70-79

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002084

Now, I’ll try and speed it up a bit.  It’s hard, since Act 1 is filled with expository information that is important to absolutely everything.

70. What does John prototype the Kernelsprite with?

71. What does John create?

72. What does John see in the sky?

73. What does TT notice in the walkthroughs, and what does this signify?

74. Why do you think dad just walks away from the bathtub that’s lying at the top of the stairs?  Do you think he’s in some state of denial?

75.What does the lathe carve?

76. What happens when TT loses her connection again?

77. You now meet *gasp* TT for the first time in person!  What is her name?

78. What happened to her house?

79. What do you notice about Rose and her personality?  Why does she push the box out of your view?  Why does she hide her writing journals?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002120

Here we go!  Hopefully I’m picking up the pace a bit.

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ACT 1: Questions 60-69

A bit of a cookie for you today: http://analysisstuck.tumblr.com/post/42363382183/page-1-homestuck

It highlighted some things I didn't realize at first, and it strangely corresponds to a question I've made for you. ”What do think the significance of the limited color scheme is?”

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002059

I’ll try to broaden things up a bit…

60. What does TT say, in regards to the PDA John is messaging on?  How does this reflect her views of John’s relationship with his dad?

61. What does TT accidentally do? 

62. What does she tell John at first about it? What does she say?

63. What does john find in the utility room?

64. Does GG know about the game?  What does she hear?

65. What happens when TT tries to move the bathtub  into the driveway?

66. Where does TT live, unspecifically?

67. What do you think the clock is counting down to?

68. What has come out of the Cruxtruder? 

69. What happens to the Harlequin doll?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002084

Enjoy.

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ACT 1: Questions 50-59

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002036

Proceed to the SBURB loading flash with suspenseful music.

50. You now discover yourself staring out of TT’s eyes.  What does she do first?

51. What is underneath the magic chest?

52. Why can’t TT pick up the stuff that’s been hurled outside John’s window?

53. What does she do with the bunny?

54. What strange device does TT deploy?

55. Where is the other game disc envelope?

56. What kind of Fetch modus does TT like to use?

57. What other two devices does TT deploy?

58. Where does she put the Cruxtruder?

59. What is significant about the PDA?  What does John install on it?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002059

Woohoo.  Is it just me, or do these questions seem sort of… skinny…?

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Resource

Here is a cool blog that may be useful to you, or at the least, help you get a picture of something.  Or just entertain you with ideas.

The Blog: http://homestuckasliterature.tumblr.com/

Somewhat of an intro to Homestuck, with a bit of personal experience from the author of the post: http://homestuckasliterature.tumblr.com/post/37918634828/the-importance-of-the-homestuck-fandom-and-reader

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ACT 1: Questions 40-49

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002010

Continue to read those pesterlogs, kiddies.

40. TG seems opposed to John’s interests.  Why do you think this is so?

41. What is the significance of irony to TG?

42. What browser does John use?  What adventure does he pull up on mspaintadventures.com?

43. What does John find in the data structures book?  Do you think it’ll help make his life easier?

44. What is John’s reaction to the razor stabbing  McConaughey?

45. Describe how the Sylladex works.

46. What happens to the PDA?

47. WHAT IS INSIDE THE RED BOX?  How does it have significance to John?

48. What do you notice about all of John’s friends so far?

49. Who does John start a SBURB session with?

BONUS QUESTION: How has the Homestuck you’re reading right now compare to the surrounding community?  Do you see links and tropes?  Do you already know some of what will happen?

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YAY!  TIME FOR ME TO WRITE MORE QUESTIONS!

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ACT 1: Questions 30-39

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001970

It’s almost 4/13, people!  (If you don’t get that, you will soon, as you wriggle into this fandom.)

30.  What is on dad’s desk?  What is revealed about dad?

31. What else does John find on the desk, that is also very helpful?

32. The first flash page of Homestuck happens!  Do you shiver in its mighty shadow?!

33. The second flash page of Homestuck happens.  Do you notice a change in mood?  What does it make you feel?  Do you shiver still?

34. What’s on the table just beside the window?

35. Does John’s disguise fool his dad?

36. How does John escape with his game disc?  What else does he grab?

37. What happens when John tries to make a double decker cake?

38. Another character is introduced.  Who is this?

39. From the three lines of text she writes, what do you infer about her personality?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002010

PHEW.  This is a lot of work.  I hope you've enjoyed.

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ACT 1: Questions 20-29

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001940

Still reading?  I heartily congratulate you!  Let’s read some more Homestuck!

20. We are introduced to GameBro magazine.  Is its view of SBURB positive or negative?

21. What point do you think the author (of the webcomic) is making with his representation of the GameBro writer?  What would you describe this as?

22. John finally leaves his room!  What do you notice about the rest of the house?  How does John feel about it?

23. What happens to the sacred urn?

24. What is inside the gift box?

25. Why, you have finally met TT, tentacleTherapist!  How does she type, compared to John and TG?

26. What can you infer about her personality?

27. Now that I think about it… How would you describe John’s personality so far?

28.John throws the GameBro magazine into the fire.  Obviously, how does he feel about this periodical?

29. What do you think one of dad’s hobbies is?

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Okay, now for the next questions!