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[dicebrawler]

HOMESTUCK EPILOGUE EXPLAINED

hey folks! I know, Rose was certainly kinda over the top confusing, so lemme break down what this update meant for y’ all in easy terms- especially the whole canon, non-canon and not canon thing. And, Meat or Candy, which is surprisingly important! So, in this, Rose discusses Canon. Let’s make it simple- this whole thing is EXTREMELY meta. To put it one way- the entire body of Homestuck itself is canon. Everything else that happened after they went through the gate at the end of HS is Non-Canon. Things that didn’t happen at all, fan-based stuff, is not canon.

Canon is the makeup of what IS Homestuck. Things that have concrete proof, we know happened, we saw, watched, LOVED as it happened. You think of Homestuck, it’s a moment from Canon. The heroes passing the gate in Act 7 into the Credits was them leaving “true canon”. The events of the Credits and what happened after happened- but they didn’t contribute to the story or plot in a meaningful way. They’re more like an AU within the U itself, if that makes sense!

However, there were plots left hanging in Canon itself. Lord English wasn’t defeated, just contained. Both Vriska and (Vriska) are out there, and we don’t know what happened to them. The story isn’t finished. And, here’s where it gets a lil meta- because the story of HS still has holes, people expect it to be TODAY, the 10th anniversary, that all the holes get fixed. If nothing happened today, people would lose interest, and that’d be the end of Homestuck having a meaningful continuation- like missing the mark on a shot if that makes sense. It HAD to be today. And it’s not something that can be fixed with a measly epilogue at the end- he does need to go back into the main body of Homestuck to finish it, to give it a satisfying ending. He has to retcon it to finally give us the necessary finale. But does he want that? Wouldn’t it be nice to live a whispy life with the friends he neglected after coming through the gate? Maybe it’s time to settle down in this saccharine world instead of moping over what he missed.

Meat or candy?

Meat, a substantial, heavy meal, but maybe one that won’t feel as sweet- but the right choice.

Candy, a sweet, fast meal- but one you’ll forget about, and one that might not be as good in the long run.

A good, heavy, final end as they delve back into canon, or a lighthearted whisp of a memory in the Epilogue, leaving the story unfinished, just like eating candy instead of real food might mess with your diet.

John has to make that choice.

Meat or candy?

[pundeserving]

Everyone on 4/13, crawling out of their secret homestuck bunkers,

[kirvia]

redraw ing a scene from the upd8 oh god its been 84 years

[wakraya]

I can’t believe the Epilogue is going to be Live Action and Hussie is Dirk Strider himself.

[27-teacups]

here’s what i made today

[llamasgotoheaven]

@ruf1ohn1tram

[weirdmageddon]

[hopelesslydimwitted]

link the article you coward

[nariririri]

X

You’re welcome.

[poinsciuri]

i cant believe we watched dave’s bro kick his ass so hard that dave’s record icon (a representation of his Self) was broken in two and almost nobody realized what we were seeing for a long time

[bananonbinary]

#hussie did a really good job of framing his narratives in interesting and unfamiliar ways#he would make fun of us for taking things Too Seriously#like huge weapons. things we thought were plot holes. he was good at pulling our heads out of our asses#and making us realize that shit we thought was important was only that way#because wed been trained by other media to think they really mattered at all#and then hed turn around and take the most ridiculous silly TRIVIAL shit#and say look at this. look what you ignored. this matters#he framed bros abuse of dave as a funny joke and a cool dynamic#and a lot of us didnt realize it for what it was until dave himself did#its cool 

[via @truereset]

these tags were just too good to ignore

[what-the-fuck-is-homestuck]

>Net Navi Turbro: Reflect on Homestuck

Homestuck means a lot to me. It was through Homestuck that I met a lot of my current friends, and through them that I met even more of my current friends. I credit Homestuck with introducing me to my boyfriend of 2 and a half years, and setting up the basis for all that relationship has brought me.

And it’s because of how much it encouraged fandom creativity.

From its inception on the Penny Arcade forums, MSPA was always about reader interaction. Directly controlling the story, influencing character choice, popular theories becoming canon references or plot points, MSPA encouraged its fanbase like no other.

Homestuck specifically being perfect OC and headcanon bait was a factor, of course. The loosely defined but rigidly built world and mechanics allowed for a framework to build your own content while remaining true to the story. But in addition to having a recipe for OCs and theorycrafting not emulated again until Steven Universe, Homestuck and its fanbase celebrated all fandom creation regardless of medium

In the comic, fanartists were commissioned to create content for the story they loved. Musicians inspired to compose melodies for their favorite characters, scenes, and concepts, leading to multiple official albums, and just as many unofficial ones. popular fan memes (namely pantskat and Hussie’s unrequited love for Vriska) were referenced in canon.

This usage and ascension of fan content fostered a culture where fans were inspired and encouraged to create. I have never, ever seen another fanbase so celebratory of musicans, placing them on equal footing with artists and writers. Ke$hastuck, [S] Rex Duodecim Angleus, Lets See How Far We’ve Come, all four LoFaM albums, bodypaint tutorials (which had never been so comprehensive) and the many other fan works all were spawned from this culture of creation. Hell, MSPA’s influence created an entire genre of interactive webcomic.

Homestuck was big. But it wasn’t big simply because it was good. It was big because it loved its fans, and wanted its fans to go on and do great things. And it let us know that. And we shouldn’t forget it.

[xamag-homestuck]

the second contribution to the HS fanzine

[luftballons99]

in honor of 4/13, here are some of my favorite homestuck quotes

[wrenrouge]

remember when that upd8 of dave’s selfies hit the internet and everyone scrambled to find out which burger king dave strider took a picture in and in just hours someone found the exact coordinates of that motherfucking burger king and everyone went apeshit about it because fuck that was wild

[wrenrouge]

this is all they had to figure it out btw, that’s it, nothing else

[theorigamiphoenix]

Checking up, there’s about 7375 Burger King locations in the U.S. and using ideal even distribution and other assumption stuff (for example, every fictitious person can identify one, non-overlapping Burger King), it would take about 5170 fans for a 50% chance of identifying the location and about 34,400 fans for a 99% chance of finding it.

Considering the size of the fan base at the time, it’s not surprising the restaurant was identified.

[loreweaver-universe]

So–yesterday was Homestuck Day, and by that I mean it was the nine-year anniversary of the first posted page of Homestuck.  You may have noticed your entire dashboard going into a maddened, dismaying frenzy.  People you thought were your coworkers, your neighbors, your friends, your family, all of them infected by a virus that transmits through gray facepaint and Vriska memes.

Well, okay, I kinda got a little weird there.  My purpose in making this post is actually to advise you to read Homestuck–hell, read Jail Break and Problem Sleuth first, if you want, they help you to understand what the hell is going through the author’s head.  But read it, especially if you want to be a content creator, because reading Homestuck is a transformative experience–in that it will transform how you understand, process, and create fiction.  It pushes…boundaries.  It pushes the boundaries of storytelling, of character interaction, of audience participation, of the medium itself–of several mediums themselves.  The actual story has some severe execution problems late in the game, but I am firmly of the opinion that Homestuck is gonna be taught in college in fifty years alongside other great works of fiction throughout the history of mankind.

Moreover, it’s helpful to understand the people making content that are Filthy Homestucks.  Your favorite artist is a Homestuck.  Your favorite cartoon is made by Homestucks.  Your favorite indie game was made by Homestucks.  You’d be surprised how large a percentage of you this is true for.  Homestuck, for better or for worse, is important, and I highly recommend the experience of reading it.

If you wind up buying gray facepaint and pointy anime shades as a joke, all the better.

[lizawithazed]

I cannot stress how strongly and emphatically I agree with every word in this post.

[seol-kang]

[sixpenceee]

On April 13th, a Friday in 2029, as asteroid more than 1,000 feet wide will pass by Earth closer than the moon and will easily be observed with the naked eye.

[teach-pops]

post this yearly for 11 years

[slender-bro]

Hussie warned us about this

[mspaprophet]

update isn’t coming, 12 pages.

[turing-tested]

i was looking everywhere in the car for my vape because i lost it and I found these instead

[indiecup--fordeactivation-deact]

I’m astounded at the level of personality that can be predicted from the word vape and these glasses.

[turing-tested]

this is the meanest thing anyone’s ever said to me in my entire life but I can’t even argue with this. what could I possibly say to defend myself in this instance. this was a one hit KO. this was a murder. this was a fucking slaughter and I have only myself to blame

[cassidy-peterson]

You act like people knowing you’re in the Squirtle Squad is a bad thing?

[turing-tested]

yes that is exactly where these glasses are from. a perfectly respectable long standing anime and nothing more

[curlicuecal]

@turing-tested

is this u

[skwisgmoved-deactivated20200411]

once you put your homestuck goggles on they kind of weld themselves to your face

it could be like 20 yrs since youve read homestuck but all the zodiacs are still going to have a designated color in your mind and if anyone ever says ‘were doing this’ u kno ur gonna say/think ‘were making this happen’ bc once ur homestuck trash youre trash4lyfe

[tatterdemalionamberite]

watch me im gonna be quadrant shipping media in the 23rd century when the fandom discourse is about whether uploaded consciousnesses are still allowed to tell stories about meat people