The Complicated Story of the Homestuck Fandom

Let me tell you about Homestuck.
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[@aroma_tic]

challenge accepted. there are four types of romance in homestuck, called the "quadrants". they are symbolized by the different suits of cards in a deck and four different but still similar colors (we'll get to that later). red heart-- known as the red quadrant, or as feeling "red" for someone, filling this quadrants (or having a partner within this particular romance) would give you a matesprit. matespritships are pretty much our understanding of romance, not much to cover or go into. pale(or pink) diamond-- known simply as the pale quadrant, or as feeling pale for someone, filling this quadrant would give you a moirail. a moirail is something like what us humans consider best friends, except with a kind of more codependency going on. a moirail is someone you feel obligated to put before you, someone who you care immensely for and their well being. while only one of the moirails caring for the other is uncommon, this is seen as an unhealthy relationship, for the care is unbalanced. black spade-- known as the black quadrant, or as feeling black for someone, filling this quadrant would give you a kismesis. a kismesistude is basically a pair of individuals who intensely hate eachother, almost to the point of violence, but still are attracted to eachother at the same time. hate-love, if you will. here's where things get confusing... stick with me. ash(or grey) quadrant-- known as feeling ashen for a pair, filling this quadrant would either give you a auspitice or label you as an auspitice. sometimes, within in a kismesistude, the hate can get so violent that someone else may see this and feel ashen about the situation, or hatefully care about the other's well being, and step in as a kind of mediator between the two. this person who steps in is known as an auspitice. the quadrants themselves are set up in a particular fashion-- the heart being to the uppermost left, the diamond being to the uppermost right, the spade being to the lower left, and the club being to the lower right. the quadrants that are on the top are the more positive types of romance, or are a more reddish color. those bellow are a more negative type of romance, or a more blacker color. those to the left are more "romantic"(as we see it) and deal with attraction(as we see it), and thus are more rich colors. those to the right are more platonic, and thus have more faded out colors. this is still pretty long, but i LOVE ranting about the quadrants. if you have any questions, feel more than free to ask! i'll be more than happy to respond.

[@caretakercat7176]

Now do the felt twelve hell of relationshiop

[@Jay-qu2bc]

Claire Graclyn Thanks for taking the time to explain it, Clair.

[@frostywostyuwu4982]

You're much better at explaining it than I. Lol

[@aroma_tic]

@@caretakercat7176 how about instead, iiiiiiii-- ARANEA: The pro8lem is that when the su8ject of leprechaun romance is 8roached, our overly o8essive troll intellects instantly assume the most ingrati8ting posture of admir8tion imagina8le. ARANEA: Which makes it hard! Hard to give it proper academic focus I mean, 8ecause of how gr8 it is. ARANEA: 8ut we will do our 8est to understand regardless. ARANEA: Trolls have only four forms of romance. And though we consider it a complic8ted su8ject, spanning a wide range of emotions, social conventions, and implic8tions for reproduction, it is ultim8tely a superficial slice of what leprechauns consider the full 8ody of romantic experience. Our concept of romance, in spite of its capacity to fill our art and literature and to rule our individual destinies like little else, is still just that. A single, quaternary concept. A concept usually denoted 8y four sym8ols. ARANEA:

[@aroma_tic]

@@Jay-qu2bc no problem! it was my pleasure. :D

[@zaffyrr]

You neglected to mention that Snoop Dogg himself was actually a fan of the comic and retweeted Homestuck fanart of himself and a couple of the trolls.

[@deltathedummy2303]

Zaffyrr interesting

[@jetlag2293]

Hopy fuck

[@SomethingProbablyNothing]

I always thought he just found art of himself along 2 hot grey chicks and was like "Huh, neat."

[@odstarmor557]

Life sucks but when trivia like this comes around, it makes it a little bit sweeter.

[@lordcybercat4968]

Zaffyrr wait

[@marshalmarshall2109]

So THIS is what homestuck is, I was wondering why they're were so many grey demons in the background of cosplay conventions.

[@guineapiggirl939]

Lmaoo how come u never heard of homestuck it was so popular an still is

[@mr.zia3233]

I came here because of a more dangerous fandom

[@souharai9805]

Guineapig Girl i HAVE NEVER heard of home stuck till like last year

[@salh3326]

sharlmao never heard of it till this month

[@Ghostinasuit]

Helluvaaa me too

[@Diskest]

Imagine cosplaying gamzee, going on a murder spree and then testifying in court that you were staying in character

[@Robcantour]

THIS IS GOLD

[@feiven865]

is this a challenge?

[@Diskest]

@@feiven865 take it how you will

[@nicklastname1348]

OH NO O HNO

[@hibiscusbuds6414]

bet, see you in years when I get released

[@NikkoNeko]

so youre telling me SIX DIFFERENT WEBSITES CRASHEDin a SINGLE DAY??!?!

[@indeepjable]

Apparently

[@funkykong2776]

Due to one webcomic

[@royalcomputer3780]

Yes

[@animeworld5847]

Not six websites, 3 websites + newgrounds, megaupload and twitter.....they pretty much crashed the social part of the internet XD

[@internetuser528]

SolTheCat_0w0 Shane and Jeffree could never.

[@quentaimproductions6858]

I remember seeing tumblr kids dressed as homestuck guys in middle school back when it ended, and I thought it was an LGBT movement

[@gregorysteffensen3279]

Honestly, given how many people I made friends with through the fandom at nerd conventions were some flavor of LGBTQ, it kinda was!

[@jirachiswish690]

Quentaim Productions HDGG

[@Creedio90]

so did I man... so did I

[@loravura4782]

bold of you to assume its not

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Quentaim Productions I mean, several characters are gay... your not wrong.

[@gore4332]

*takes long drag on a cigarette* Homestuck? I haven’t heard that name in years.

[@s-a-l-tb-o-i6727]

yeah... me neither bub... not since the wheel was invented...

[@awildpichu6289]

Actually, I never heard of it at all... *UNTIL NOW* But I still have no idea what it is.

[@awildpichu6289]

@@Louisebrady3289 um ok, I guess.

[@awildpichu6289]

@@Louisebrady3289 OK c:

[@awildpichu6289]

@@Louisebrady3289... idk... ._.

[@Forestfreud]

I remember seeing a tumblr post that said something like “despite all its insane controversy and ridiculous oddities the most surprising thing about homestuck by far is that it is genuinely good and enjoyable to read” and that shit resonates

[@tanmaynegi3169]

The shows/games that have toxic fandoms are usually great shows/games themselves.

[@10pitate]

@@tanmaynegi3169 yeah and that goes the other way

[@radicaledward84]

Well, until the last gigapause (was it the megagigapause?) After that it looks rushed and a bit inconclusive :(

[@wildfire9280]

-Despite everything, it's still you.-

[@uruhaiP]

Yeah, I'm glad I got over my hatred of it because it's super fun to read lol

[@Sonnivate]

Why does everyone act like quadrants are so complicated and need to explain with paragraphs? Hearts- R omantic sexual love Diamonds- Bro, youre my world I love you platonically dawg Spades- Batman+Joker in the lego batman movie Clover- we're on the verge of spades but that would be bad for us so we'll get a hate-councelor

[@frogmonger6916]

Sonnivate accurate

[@FiSH-iSH]

well, you aren’t *wrong.*

[@symbolcest]

ur not wrong

[@Carlos-ld7cd]

I agree, quadrants itself arent quite complicated however the social implications of trolls filling each quadrants and finding partners and vacillating is a whole other story! It's actually very interesting when you think about how despite pale relationships are more on the platonic end, it's still considered Troll Romance. Making anyone whos pale for each other, still be considered in a relationship and could possibly call each other boyfriend and/or girlfriend. It's a lot more complicated socially I think

[@Sonnivate]

@@Carlos-ld7cd I dont think the trolls held the pale quadrants in nearly the same regard. Just look at equius, his flushed feelings for someone so low on the hemospectrum was such a big deal, but his morrailegiance with nepeta was so casual in comparrison.

[@hatredmalice7273]

i kid you not, i knew literally *_nothing_* about homestuck before watching this video

[@guessmyname1246]

Me too..... How I miss those days

[@c4shguy224]

Same

[@brokenchalk1607]

Me neither.

[@queenofweebs9273]

I clicked on this video cause I need more fanfiction to fill my brain with

[@alexstilldraws]

Logan Serrant ikr bro

[@ConnorTheUndying]

Andrew Hussie saying "well that didn't work" describes this fandom pretty well.

[@blackfrost3581]

Wait really? (If he really say that he is right)

[@thisisamergin498]

"It just works."- Todd Howard

[@amaralundy7940]

Lol, the reason buckets are a reproductive thing is because he wanted to discourage fans from writing smut about 13 year olds. ... "well that didn't work."

[@thisisamergin498]

@@amaralundy7940 Bucket Wanks. Bucket Wanks everywhere.

[@agentfreshdasquid3568]

Oh jeez no

[@zachanikwano]

I've always wanted to learn about the candy corn horn people. But even now, I am scared.

[@yeahno-5909]

CANDY CORN LMA0-

[@niome13665]

Same, ngl, especially after that cursed af shitpost linked in the description >.>

[@merryshwepah2768]

YeahNo - the story itself is fun and entertaining tho but extremely long and kinda confusing

[@nicklastname1348]

DO IT COWARD

[@bestaround3323]

I highly recommend using the let's read homestuck by Voxus, they read in the characters' voices, they edit in music tracks, so far they have done everything up to act 6 intermission 3.

[@awkwarddoesanart]

Homestuck^2: Exists The Homestuck Fandom: Ah shit here we go again

[@ThElOneSolDIeR1]

Once more into the breach.

[@pillsburysoyboy2078]

Way to start the new decade

[@mindeater9807]

It's horrible, but.

[@pillsburysoyboy2078]

Yinyin it’s probably one of the most entertaining things at the same time

[@mindeater9807]

@@pillsburysoyboy2078 And you're not even wrong.

[@pyramidserum]

you read all of homestuck for this....youre the absolute man dude

[@PinguHakaze]

he's amazing.. i cant even finish act 2

[@clumsykurisu]

I finished it

[@pyramidserum]

Naddie Alias tbh i recommend the lets read on youtube! thats what got my ADD ass through it while establishing the characters' voices enough to leave me well off to finish it by myself. it's def worth it

[@beardpandaa]

It took me like 2 years man... of course, I was slacking

[@PinguHakaze]

@@pyramidserum thanks for suggestion :^) (is your username came from somewhere? it gives me a deja vu feeling.)

[@ameliazen3597]

Did you just say you binge watched the ENTIRE comic? in NINE days? Are you human?!!

[@cryptid16]

What's crazy about that is that it takes 2.1 days to read the comic if you were to read it in one sitting. fitting 49 hours to read in 9 days is quite impressive

[@vaskanut1057]

Amelia Zen lmao that’s nothing. i read homestuck in 3 days.

[@cryptid16]

@@vaskanut1057 Goddamn thats crazy

[@maxwellethoxian4085]

I took 2 weeks

[@boomymanlyman9876]

I mean he's a moogle

[@lovelightstarboy]

The homestuck fandom manages to be absolutely feral, and frothing at the mouth, while also remaining as the best and most welcoming fandom I’ve ever been in. A decade later, I’m still enjoying Homestuck and the journey I’ve had along the way... To make a long, heartfelt word vomit short. Homestuck is never going to let me go and has me in the deadliest chokehold. It’s like this fandom has me at gun point.

[@PostMortemAnimations]

The fandom has us both at gun point Surprisingly i'm getting back into the fandom as of late

[@merrittanimation7721]

I've always thought of it as being in some kind of Lovecraftian mind control cult. You want to leave because it's weird and kinda freaky, but at the same time it's enjoyable, though you're not sure if it's completely of your own volition.

[@lovelightstarboy]

Merritt Animation Thats a pretty good comparison actually

[@wolfy9011]

*E*

[@Stephanie-sy9oy]

Hussie has a gun to my head

[@q_shrimp_p8198]

I was never into Hetalia so maybe that's why I've never heard of Homestuck. I vaguely remember seeing videos of kids with grey skin and orange/yellow horns and I was so fucking confused that I just ignored it.

[@musikluv6]

same I just used to see fan art a lot and it was so weird, but yeah after all I checked it out lol

[@kittensruleforever]

i definitely had a hetalia phase but ngl it was at the point where my family didnt own a computer and i didnt have a phone, so i consider myself lucky i never interacted w other fans lmao

[@thiagosilveira5700]

nice tf2 scout profile picture bro Edit: oof he/she changed it

[@zachowon]

That is how I heard of it. A crazy chick who had a crush on me got em into Anime and mainly Hetalia and she was inton Homestuck. I tried to get into it...just couldnt

[@armageddongirl612]

you should read homestuck :)

[@peachnkey]

i don’t think you understand i literally gasped with more fear than i have for a long time the second you said hetalia you’ve activated my fight or flight response

[@Ghost-iv9dd]

The worst part about hetalia is that everytime you hear it, you instantly get greeted by all the worst parts about it

[@Orionis_Delta]

Hetalia is Voldemort. But you can’t escape it because you **will** see it in history and geography tumblr posts here and there. Or even if they don’t appear there, you know they will and get a feeling of dread. But hey not all hetalians are bad. Fortunately. Although to be honest... the newer fans of the show cause more problems. Or at least I think so.

[@Kitykitycoco]

The eldrictch entity that was "Hetaliastuck"

[@adamlee4218]

as someone who was a major part of ... the thing that shall not be named fandom in 2012-2013... i got a huge addreniline rush from all of my hatred and built up spite

[@kitkatmuffin]

Hetalia is great tho I found a secret playlist of clean Hetalia vines

[@dustinsinnett]

"The relationship between the fandoms was complicated, seemingly hating and loving each other at the same time." My ass who was a homestuck circa 2010-2013: *Kismesis.*

[@analyticaltomato]

Dustin Sinnett fun fact,in the end love actually prevailed over the hate and many Hetalians and Homestucks became friends. After 2013 pretty much everyone considered the relationship between the two fandoms a moraillegiance, even though they did start as a kismessitude.

[@c4shguy224]

Kiss me, sis

[@cherryblossom1460]

Jesus, so that was what I did as a child

[@NebulaOldChannel]

Mr. Super Fly Cockhampton *Cursed Comment*

[@symbolcest]

k i s m e s i s

[@deadline9888]

"The longest pause and test of loyalty lasted a year" Hunter x hunter fans knowing the dark continent arc will probably never end but still hoping: pathetic

[@thexpineapplexgod]

Hunter x Hunter fans be like: First time?

[@mattblaster2378]

venture bro fans. You mortals amuse me

[@pochita4996]

Berserk fans: Are you challenging me

[@Dekarowski25]

@@pochita4996 Berserk fans be like: "hold my boat bro"

[@InktheImpassive]

Kingdom hearts fans:

[@alexdelcastillo8837]

I'm actually quite late to the fandom (I started reading in May 2019), so I was able to enjoy it post toxicity.

[@LadyMisalein]

Welcome then ! Enjoy the ride!

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

*laughs in Epilogue*

[@rb4121]

I'm actually somewhat disappointed that I discovered it only in 2020, because I'm _exactly_ one month younger than John, and it would've been quite cool to kind of grow up next to a character

[@Some-vf6kb]

Homestuck^2 ya’ll

[@shandeellido-pestano1290]

Help, I'm in act 5 and I'm beyond saving?? Pls help, I'm confused yet intrigued-

[@carpedm9846]

"The buckets..." Nononono NO NO NO NO. NO. NO. THEY DIDNT. NO. "They spit in the bucket" Thank god jesus man dont scare me like that.

[@Timman96]

I had the same reaction holy shit. I was freaking out

[@Madhattersinjeans]

I thought it was going to get far far worse than that as well.

[@1straycat]

Yeah. I'm sure everybody else there was grossed out or whatever. And it is embarrassing. But. They have no idea. How much worse. *It could have been.*

[@DillonBVibin]

JEEGUS

[@aghitsaplane4262]

*NO NO NO NO*

[@bucca2]

“…and Gamzee.” I mean. How else do you describe him

[@papanugget5148]

Honkbeast

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

Well how do you describe the Joker and his.. mentality.

[@truebornseeker9767]

Insane druggie clown who killed everyone.

[@pedrocastro6846]

Or a psyco path

[@sumbuddy4088]

Jevil on steroids?

[@gengarpixel3954]

Important: You're not cringe for liking homesick, Undertale, Or anything of the sort. As long as you aren't an insane fan, You're doing no harm one of the reasons why the "Bad side" Speaks louder, Is due to the attention we give them. I've met fans from these things who are wonderful.

[@FifinatorKlon]

You're not cringe for it. Just a flamboyant gaylord.

[@wvoxwvoh9980]

tysm you got me into homestuck months ago, ive had a great adventure going through the webcomic the fandom, and the games. Ive met many new friends and have had bright experiences with it. all i gotta say is, thanks man.

[@guessmyname1246]

Me too.

[@Nightnight226]

Im happy to hear that! "Bad eggs" aside, I really think Homestuck is a uniquely great experience!

[@nicklastname1348]

same bro

[@devinthedu-ohwait587]

You binged the ENTIRETY of homestuck in A WEEK?!

[@kadcoat]

You need at least 2 weeks to read homestuck not even counting the animations

[@EFPX]

Honestly thats impressive It's 8,124 pages

[@brunettewithglasses]

Devin the du- oh wait IT TOOK ME 5 MONTHS.... *FIVE MONTHS*

[@willowism]

jeez, i did it in like 3. One week is hella short.

[@I_exist_I_guess]

I binged it in one week, I just had to not do ANYTHING else in that week

[@dashawnwilliams6920]

I'm seeing a lot on quadrants, but who can name the nine sectors of Leprechaun romance?

[@jcs6387]

Matespriteship, Lunosticonomy, Fangriftocracy, Fortunastomancy, Ecnaigellarium, Roulestritzeeism, Reclinflastocism, Glorinostricim, and Auratulence. Fuck you for making me look that up.

[@fiteclub1999]

Hussie can

[@robotbirdcat4867]

@@jcs6387 fellas we have a god here

[@jupitersgodzilla7114]

Where you find that?!

[@Kingman524]

J Cs Hussie is that you?

[@shadedveils]

“Homestuck would get an epilogue” welcome to 2020, where the epilogues, homestuck^2, and pesterquest have revived this fandom, bringing back Omeglestuck and other celebrations, especially this 4/13.

[@theartistswings9810]

We had almost escaped the trashcan.. almost

[@baimhakani]

HOW MANY ALTERNATE HOMESTUCK NOVELS ARE THERE I KEEP SEEING YOU GUYS DISCUSS THIS ... WHATEVER I CAN'T JUST KEEP READING THIS LIKE HARRY POTTER MAN

[@connoraugh1626]

omeglestuck??...

[@justas423]

It feels like the creator writes the script while high and then just draws and animates whatever he wrote.

[@Stephanie-sy9oy]

Yes.

[@alptheclown6646]

Same energy as ZUN drawing every single character portrait in Touhou while absolutely hammered.

[@armageddongirl612]

the problem is that this is accurate AND the entire comic makes sense

[@umcaraaleatorioeggs3339]

@@alptheclown6646 Truth is, ZUN didn't create Touhou, the beer did.

[@rinmitchell6034]

Finally, finally I can share this terrible story from when I was in the Homestuck fandom So this was around four or five years ago, I was at New York Comic Con, I was cosplaying Kankri, minding my own business. This group consisting of a Terezi and a Gamzee and a third person I can’t even remember anymore turned a corner and came into view. I was standing on a line at a booth next to a Dave cosplayer I’d never met before. The Gamzee starts honking a horn SUPER LOUD and screaming cussed at the top of his lungs (this is typical of the character but like,,,,there were young kids around on top of how inappropriate it would in any public setting) and the Dave and I just looked at each other really uncomfortably as we felt visceral second-hand embarrassment. Suddenly the Terezi runs up to the Dave, grabs his face and LICKS A STRIPE UP THIS KID’S FACE FROM JAW TO TEMPLE. The Dave looked at me with such terror, such desperate pleading that I immediately knew these two had never met each other and that the Terezi was just absolutely insane My jaw was hung open, watching this teenage girl slather this poor lad in her saliva, black lipstick and paint. I ran from that situation so fast that I’m pretty sure a part of my innocence still resides in that spot to this day. I think often about that poor Dave I left. Whoever you are, I’m sorry for abandoning you bro

[@g04tz_h0rnz]

Rin Mitchell Oh my god, I hope you never have another experience like that.

[@nulllex0099]

Okay, THIS is the kind of thing I was expecting. Mental, but honestly, it could've been way worse

[@ElectricNite]

Geez like I'm all for cosplaying HS characters and doing a little bit of rp but there's a line people shouldn't cross while in a public setting and with strangers, no matter who or what they're dressed up as

[@julesseverein6831]

R/thathappened

[@zxr9291]

@@julesseverein6831 r/nothingeverhappens

[@korsiff5925]

The coolest part about the whole incident with the Karkat cosplayer getting pelted with buckets was that when he bled, his blood was red. Now, that's commitment to the role! Jokes aside, what a bunch of assholes.

[@serglian8558]

Yup. Assholes. Not just like slightly excusable fictionallike incanon assholes, but also actual assholes

[@justinfromdietweeb3553]

I'm not done with the vid yet, but WTF?

[@celtymaj]

😂😂😂😂 nice joke

[@johnmcswag5980]

I had a friend who almost dyed her blood teal like an idiot

[@justinfromdietweeb3553]

@@johnmcswag5980 what the shit

[@hellboundhimbo]

If you think undertale was bad, just WAIT until the time comes when you look into Hamilton. It is a DOOZY.

[@piranhasz427]

just you wait

[@kloe.com.au1]

@@piranhasz427JUST YOU, WAITTTT

[@mmoobloom]

no... not trans Thomas Jefferson

[@lulu-bx9pu]

grace hatsune miku binder Jefferson haunts my nightmares hhjkdnd

[@lulu-bx9pu]

Anonymoos you heard me, miku. binder. jefferson. (who was also wearing a shirt that said “met god. she’s black”)

[@cecilb8287]

*Me, getting into Homestuck because of my friend:* haha, I’m in danger!

[@Some-vf6kb]

Venus's Trashcan man i feel ya there bud.

[@PostMortemAnimations]

feel ya, man

[@MrPatters]

The video that was prophesied for generations.

[@starsymcdoodle6965]

Mr.Pat You're likes are at 413 now, I'm proud of myself

[@L1qu1d-2qu1d]

Mr.Pat it has arrived!

[@shellyhamersley6366]

Dude 666 likes

[@ceanyflamingo5127]

You know he frogot project Omega

[@Opentil10]

Mr.Pat....I don't feel so good...

[@wittyworm]

i cant remember who i saw this from but the absolute best way to describe the homestuck shipping quadrants would be with icarly. HEART (matesprit)- Freddie and Carly's romantic implied relationship DIAMOND (moirail)- Sam and Carly best friends and protectors of each other, soul mates SPADES (kismesis)- Sam and Freddie's implied romantic and hate relationship (love to hate you kind of situation) CLUB (auspistice)- Carly is the head figure in preventing Sam and Freddie from getting at the others throats too much. They would be chaotic without her presence. Hope that helps LMAO

[@linohugo97]

I read the pinned one and this somehow helps explain a fuckton

[@jackthedisturbed9000]

Holy shit this comment... This had to be the best way to explain it

[@nightweaver6456]

Oh I saw: ♥ = Fuck me ♠ = Fuck you ♦ = Calm the fuck down ♣ = Both of you calm the fuck down

[@shineetheworld]

god where was this analogy four years ago

[@deactivated399]

@@nightweaver6456 I think ♦ = calm down please And ♣ = you two calm the fuck down

[@voxicwaste]

Look at what've you done. This video has led me to the monstrosity that is the homestuck fandom. I cannot escape, as the Homestuck fandom never dies. I am stuck in this eternal loop forever. I can never leave. I wouldn't want to anyways.

[@descendingDark]

hahahahaha

[@striderboy1000]

I started reading it last night, am I not going to be able to escape if continue?

[@xsychoreese9877]

@@striderboy1000 homestuck is like a vape

[@meulware]

I love karako or whatever the fuck his name was

[@baimhakani]

Oh god oh fuck he already has an alien OC HE'S BEEN FAR GONE

[@mileshunter6978]

you explaining the whole bucket thing activated my fight or flight response. thanks

[@lekorita8512]

[S] John: Reunite with your loving wife and daughter. is the best flash animation

[@__-wc5zn]

*HOW DO I GET THROUGH ONE NIGHT WITHOUT YOU*

[@abdullahhelmi7695]

*A LIFE WITHOUT YOU* *WHAT KIND OF LIFE WOULD THAT BE*

[@shad0wchateau]

random guy *OH AND I*

[@abdullahhelmi7695]

@@shad0wchateau *OH I NEED YOU IN MY ARMS* *NEED YOU TO HOLD*

[@kittycamiori]

*I'D BE LOST IF I LOST YOU*

[@vnutri710]

First you had the Mega-Pause, then you saw the giga-pause. Now get ready for The M E N O P A U S E

[@reibean9542]

HAHAHAHHA

[@Bluetanmancan]

But Hussie hasn't gone through his transition(yet)

[@sormly500]

i must gather all the infinitypauses

[@venum0us]

wow ok

[@teslashark]

Omegapause.

[@bumbum2555]

Im literally only finding about this now, from accidentally finding two characters (karkat and sollux) and thought it was some tv show about these grey aliens, so i looked it up and found the comic. Although it did seem like it sucks from this video, i think its a cute comic and try reading it in my freetime.

[@theartistswings9810]

comics amazing 10/10. fandom has that problem where the crazy 1% are literally thousands of people. 4/10 met some life long friends and felt apart of a rich community. Comic still makes me smile even after my encounters with toxicity in the fandom. I hope it brings you as much joy as it did me!

[@kaycobb6092]

The comic is fuckin awesome, the fandom is questionable in some places but nice in others. It’s worth enjoying in my opinion

[@okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

For a long time there was a fandom joke about "the Homestuck anime"/ "my favorite anime is Homestuck" , because so many people were first introduced to the series through anime-style fanart and/or general anime fandom spaces - leading them to believe that Homestuck must be some weird anime. It became such a joke that people would make fake anime screenshots or even animate entire anime openings/endings. So believe me when I say you are far from being alone.

[@mkgaca8721]

I recommend watching Let's Read Homestuck. It's a fandub on YT.

[@tanyarastogi1110]

And now you're 'amporababe' :))

[@samdoezzzstuff]

So wait, there’s a Homestuck term for stopping two people in an un stable relationship from killing each other? I was an Auspitice for the majority of my life then

[@timemachines04]

publishing it on 10/25... Mr. Monger, you're diabolic

[@pyrrus2948]

@Caio Facchinetti de Almeida you get 1025 by adding 413, john's birthday, and 612, karkat's birthday in human years *flies away*

[@selinnazsur2328]

Holy crap I didn't realize today's significance lmaoo thanks for the reminder

[@foozlesprite]

@@selinnazsur2328 It's not just that either - like 413 and 612, it's an iconic Homestuck number (though not as much as the others). Cascade, Game Over, and the Credits were all posted on 10/25 on different years.

[@selinnazsur2328]

Aewin Lmao I know that xD

[@PatPatych]

*25/10

[@mercury9922]

you never really know the concept of both passionately loving and hating something until you've experienced homestuck

[@birdfarts]

kismesis

[@LeGreatGabby]

As a homestuck, I always tell people "I love it and it changed my life, and also its trash"

[@KK-fr5jd]

[@CJCroen1393]

Whenever I bring up Homestuck I typically say "It's a webcomic! If you've never read it, GOOD. ESCAPE WHILE YOU STILL CAN BEFORE IT TAKES OVER YOUR LIFE."

[@merrittanimation7721]

@@CJCroen1393 I just finished it, and I agree completely.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

Anyone remember when everyone hated Hetalia and Homestuck’s fandom so much we got shipped together jokingly??? Good times.

[@roswell6477]

Man, now there’s the epilogues, Pesterquest, and Homestuck 2! Homestuck is going to last for a long time.

[@meechiejamerson]

100 years Homestuck

[@mkgaca8721]

*hums you can't fight the Homestuck*

[@adisappointment6720]

the hetalia homestuck comparison gave me an aneurysm because that's exactly how I was in 2014

[@strawberrynikolas]

SAME AND I DIDNT EVEN FUCKIN KNOW XNISNZKABSOA

[@myteath]

That's literally what happened to me.

[@boyinluv2014]

i cant believe we all lived the same life 😔

[@adamlee4218]

big... unfortunate mood

[@maxebanana6143]

GOD DAMN i remembered i was 12....in 2012......getting into homestuck as a whole hetalia fan

[@elijah5245]

Any two characters in any media: *have unconventional relationship* Homestuck Fandom: *Laugh in Quadrants*

[@Avery-of1bw]

Okay, but can we appreciate that this man read Homestuck in NINE DAYS?!?! It took me around 5 months, and I know a few people who took over a year to read it.

[@starstrudel8417]

I binged Homestuck during the Gigapause, in about a week and a half. I'd spent a long time holding Homestuck and its fans in utter disdain until I read it. I completely understood what the hysteria was about; the story/universe(s) are insane and staggeringly imaginative, and though there are parts that are extremely difficult to chew through, it's a story with heart, and (in my opinion) an uncanny understanding of the way I used to behave and think during my uncertain teenage years. Waiting for that Gigapause to finish and visiting the page only to see the same old shop ads for the plushies was absolute torture. People who turn their nose up at Homestuck simply don't know what they're missing out on. But yeah, the fandom is.. weird.

[@mahariana289]

I have only recently started to read homestuck, and I can't believe I slept on it for so long. I'm kinda sad I only got into it when its already over, but its still pretty great

[@alcorian8269]

is it really that good? i tried reading it but only got to around act 4 because it confused me and didnt seem to be going anywhere at that point. but if the overarching plot is good, i might actually try again.... in 2020... wow thats gonna get me laughed at haha

[@cryptid16]

@@alcorian8269 It's honestly amazing just how many of those plot threads you think aren't going anywhere pick up when you'd least expect it. I would highly recommend you continue to give it a try. are there any other concerns you have about it i might be able to dissuade?

[@andie.3632]

@@alcorian8269 I'm just an Act later, and believe me, in the first acts, reading the "summary" o "recapitulation" Hussie gaves in his weird self-insertion moments are really helpfull to understand all this messy storyline, even if they are a little bit tedious. That is if you already haven't, of course.

[@animeworld5847]

Legit if anyone wants to get into homestuck but can't read the text walls, direct them to the readthroughs, they're actually great, I wouldn't have gotten past act 1 without them

[@nerdletter3773]

Wait, you binge-red the entire webcomic in SEVEN DAYS?! HOW IS THAT EVEN PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE?! DID YOU SLEEP?!

[@faebees5793]

I'm pretty sure the fastest someone could possibly read it is three days

[@limerence1036]

Actually, according to this fourm post that I'm quoting, "Assuming you spent a measly 5 seconds to look at the pretty pictures, Homestuck has 14,913 panels. You'd spend 74,565 seconds looking at them. That's about 1242.75 minutes, or 20.7125 hours. This brings the total of how long it'd take to read Homestuck up to 3.872 days." so, RPG had the chance to read it in a measly 3 days. Of course that's not taking into account sleep, eating, and school/work. But still, you can read it and become well educated on all the events in the comic in only 3 days.

[@enthupysch3796]

I followed the comic until it's end so it took me years (sarcasm lol). But i binge-read it last week and it took about 3 days. I didnt sleep on the first night lol.

[@coiledAgent]

@L i m e r e n c e 20.7125 hours is technically one day if you never sleep like Hussie.

[@hughmanatee7626]

I remember binge reading homestuck but I actually tried to read and spot patterns and references. Took me about a week and a half with sleep, eating and hygiene. I was on Christmas break at the time. Spent the rest of it taking homestuck classpect quizzes and watching music videos or listening to the playlist. Goddamn I was a nerd. Discovered Homestuck through Undertale btw. Was just getting over Undertale when I got curious enough to search up it's inspirations. Learned I had a soul and sold it to the Huss :/

[@comonhaze8940]

I love how this video was made before the epilogue controversy and the toblerone findings of this year. And, not only that, but P E S T E R Q U E S T! 2019 is truly a new era for the fandom.

[@kendall2291]

Naomi CatYard exactly!! because of pesterquest my gf is making me read it and im throughly enjoying it lol

[@Sirvaria]

Now i feel like i kinda missed something... what happened with the epilogue, and since when are there even epilogues wth???? 8Y

[@theFonzii]

@@Sirvaria there are epilogues available on homestuck.com that are essentially an intermission piece connecting homestuck 1 and homestuck 2. without spoiling stuff, they were written in the style of fanfiction, which is why it garnered controversy. however its all intentional and i personally liked em a lot.

[@avamorgan7860]

god i got so happy when pesterquest came out it’s literally all i ever wanted. deserved to be in the video... part 2? 👀

[@maskedapocalypsema151]

This is it, this is where my life either changes or ends forever, I’m gonna go read homestuck from beginning to end. Pray for me, UNTIL NEXT TIME LIFE First edit: I’ve just started the 2nd act, it’s getting really good but for some reason I can’t stop reading it Second edit: just began the 3rd act and I can’t stop reading, this is getting out of hand, HELP ME Third edit: I don’t know who I am or where I am, all I know is, homestuck. Homestuck is all I know now. I haven’t left my room in days yet I don’t think I need to go outside ever again.

[@taeunaosei9107]

My condolences

[@shairmaneubaos]

F

[@dndevi5288]

I remember back in 2014 (IIRC?), I was at Sacanime and there was a group of homestuck fans calling themselves Windowstuck that went around cleaning up after the ruder Homestuck fans. There was... gray paint everywhere.

[@dm7626]

DnDevi that’s so nice of them !

[@Stupisms]

Lets paint the town ash grey

[@jasminguiza6227]

That sounds like something I would do.

[@reikenator]

theyre god teir

[@serglian8558]

@@reikenator but vriska does not die in infinity vwar.

[@riobanana5948]

Homestuck video only 40 minutes long??? Whoa cutting it short there bud

[@sefsprite]

Iron-Jawed-Unicorn YT I think a more accurate video would be a series split into 12 episodes.

[@Zephyeran]

@Ahmad and skeleton Homestuck is long and complex, so the intent was to make a joke about a video on the topic not being long like the topic. 😅

[@giaourboy7780]

@Ahmad and skeleton r/woooosh, Smart kid.

[@PineappleLiar]

Homestuck was my blue balls fandom: I was deeply invested with no one to talk with about it and I started reading right as the Great Hiatus started (circa 2013). I wasn’t on Tumblr, so I never saw the worst of the fandom, but I’m able to understand the depth of emotion and absolute bullshitery this story is able to upend in people. The constant struggle of being completely engulfed in something, but knowing it’s nigh impossible to sell an outsider without sounding like an insane person. On the plus side I did learn to draw doing fanart for this comic, so it wasn’t all for naught.

[@faunaria7127]

actually i was afraid to read it when it was famous... because i heard a lot of activity that was... you know... but here i am, craving to smother myself in gray paint, wear candy corn, and use black lipstick. its 2019, i know.

[@cactusc9519]

hell, go for it! just remember to use sealant on the paint. or if you don't like that, get long grey fabric gloves.

[@katykat5099]

Homestuck is what makes my jr. high school years something i never speak of.

[@gabbyn.3049]

I have just passed that process and I can confirm 1000%

[@ariana9618]

god 7th grade was hellish,,,,but strangely what i needed. thanks homestuck??

[@olea6104]

Preach it

[@solluxcaptor7908]

SAMEEE it was terrible

[@lennykenny7851]

You gave me PTSD by saying Hetalia

[@Creedio90]

PTSD? that doesnt even touch it

[@kingjakewolf5348]

SAME

[@thepolicedepartmentunited1543]

Hentailia

[@francisashcroft4868]

Sameee

[@user-lc6pg2ul5n]

i am forever tourtured

[@WatercolorMush]

One of my best memories was being a Jade cosplayer at a con in 2012 and having one of the guys who did music for the comic lead a sing along for 'How Will I Live' with a massive group of Homestuck cosplayers, complete with a guitar in hand. I wish I somehow saved the recording I had of it but I have it here: in my heart....

[@v0lt4m0re]

man that sounds like a blast, i oddly wish i was able to be into homestuck at its peak like that

[@BelMisi3000]

I guess homestuck just got needlessly complicated after a while. But the idea that you could write something that massive and still have it remain coherent was very appealing. It was very meta, and it commented on that a LOT, and that was very relatable. But it fell from grace

[@MindMeats]

Wow, you even read the comic and everything else for this. From how often you got requested to do this it's very much appreciated how in-depth you got into it. I was huge into the fandom myself back then and there were things in this video I never even knew about!

[@snubbe0930]

I'm seconding this opinion. Great work indeed.

[@aegisScale]

IN 7 DAYS!!!

[@supershinystar5515]

Ohhh I remember homestuck cosplayers very vividly. I’m a cosplayer myself and at a convention I met some homestuck cosplayers. I told them their cosplays looked great and asked them who they were cosplaying. They were super nice to me even complementing me on my own cosplay. I asked them about homestuck and what it was since I had no idea what homestuck was at the time. They were explaining it to me when out of nowhere this troll cosplaying kid who was entirely unrelated to the people I was talking too or the conversation in general appears. He just starts shouting at me about how I’m an uncultured swine for not knowing what homestuck is and how it’s the greatest thing in the world. I quickly made an escape. Luckily I met the cosplayers later and they told me the kid was unrelated to them and that they’re very sorry for his behavior. I told them it was fine, and that I understand that every fandom has those people. But I was on edge for the rest of the day because I was kinda dreading running into that kid again. Luckily I didn’t.

[@trident042]

Last year for Halloween, I was at work, and on my lunch went to Taco Bell to pick up food. The girl at the window was unquestionably, unmistakably dressed as a troll and I was absolutely dead in the middle of re-re-rereading the whole comic to finally finish it when it ended. I was blown away at the costume - which was actually quite good - and had no idea how to express everything I needed to to the girl in the window while she handed me tacos. I managed an awkward "nice costume" and went back to work, head spinning.

[@mangopotato1803]

At the one comic con I went to, there was an army booth, and they had a tank, so naturally everyone wanted to take a picture on it, a group of people cosplaying as trolls, stayed on there for about ten minutes before anyone said anything. The one soldier there complemented the one on their costume but admitted he didn’t know where it was from and then the cosplayer went off on him, and honestly, I felt bad for him.

[@maxellaroe]

I had a horrible experience with a Homestuck fan last year at my home city's comic con. I was dressed as Gamzee and I had a pretty convincing cosplay with my face contoured to a male shape and my womanly features if you will bound up and hidden well. And this one cosplayer totally didn't know that I was a girl at first and was making very uncomfortable comments about my costume and calling me daddy and shit, it was not fun. Even after telling her that I was a girl, engaged to the guy in drag standing next to me, and didn't swing that way, she would not stop. She ended up touching me in very inappropriate ways after my fiance left when his mom called, and it got to a point where I was so upset and so embarrassed that I just left the con early and went home. I had a great day the day before and everyone I met was super nice, but that girl on Saturday gave me a glimpse of the fandom's absolute darkest side, and I knew I wanted no part of it. I do my best to avoid it altogether.

[@highlanderlk9867]

that anoying troll was karkat

[@daveprice5911]

@@maxellaroejesus h christ and here I was before all this, ACTUALLY tempted to cosplay homestuck

[@omega4837]

And HERE WE ARE, IN 2020, WITH HOMESTUCK 2. OH MY GOD.

[@SubatomicScale]

It’s on pause enjoy the peace while you can

[@francisarlington4425]

But now we have the epilogue. After years of this comic, games, friendsim, paradox space, and all the other bullshit, we got even more. Not only that, but we’re back to updates. I only got into homestuck a few years ago, so never got to have updates. Now I know the pain. I know the beauty. I know that if it comes out at 3am on a school night by 4am I will have a mural of new fan art on my wall. I still don’t know if I hate or love homestuck. But that’s just how it be.

[@Denizu]

I can't believe I have never heard of Homestuck... Sure mentioned sometimes but I assumed it was an anime or drama series or something. How wrong I was.

[@leodahslayer867]

Same

[@Kunmao]

Homestuck is my favorite anime lmao

[@jacketofdiamonds]

It’s both and neither

[@animeworld5847]

Look this up : Homestuck marmelade and sugar song

[@nicklastname1348]

@@Kunmao same

[@Urvogel7]

I know someone who worked on hiveswap. The legal problems with the odd gentlemen are bad. REALLY BAD.

[@TDLBallistic]

What exactly happened, if I may ask?

[@selinnazsur2328]

I'm really curious too. If they managed to faze Hussie, it really MUST have been bad.

[@foozlesprite]

@@TDLBallistic Highly doubting they can tell us. Legally, their friend probably shouldn't have told them. I'm sure the non-disclosure agreements for that scenario are watertight, with hefty penalties.

[@bringinthedope5929]

good call

[@ryliclour8947]

@Lil faggot yeah I still remember all the posts like it was yesterday. I don't know if they are taken down but it clearly stated tog gave terrible, terrible results after months of work (just a walk cycle if im correct) while in the same time you can watch an interview on a remastered game let's call it Xy (don't remember the name, it was a point and click adventures I think?) where tog said PROUDLY they were putting all their efforts on Xy at the point they were ignoring other "projects" (hiveswap)

[@mariamatedei]

I need people sorting comments by newest to know that someone on TikTok took a Sharpie bath cosplaying as Ghostbur (Minecraft/DreamSMP fandom) in honor to The Good Old Homestuck Days

[@8pierrot89]

Like. In a self aware tribute to Homestuck Fandom kinda way?

[@mariamatedei]

@@8pierrot89 yes

[@8pierrot89]

@@mariamatedei oh thank fuck still, surprising, I'll have to look into it myself

[@limbuscompanies]

challenge accepted. let me go start the bath.

[@ariadnegolden6716]

this is now happening with mha, young cosplayers dragging themselves around on leashes. it’s just- idk how to explain it. that’s why I stopped cosplaying from mha.

[@peppermint.444]

ikr. I went to convention in the summer, and there were literally like, 12 year olds were wearing the most inappropriate accessories it’s disgusting.

[@beena5927]

i’m 14 i got into mha recently ( only about when quarantine began ) and i plan to cosplay Ochaco and i don’t know h o w their parents let them walk around like that also i love your pdf

[@calzoneyyy]

also full grown ADULTS drawing some weird ass shit with literally high schoolers in it just. doesn’t sit right with me

[@cloverdove]

@@peppermint.444 what the diddly darn fuck

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

Listening to this, I'm surprised that I missed ALL OF THAT. I only heard of homestuck until I got into undertale, and wanted to know the origin of megalovania, and then once I got into the fandom, it was a husk of its formal self, joining when it ended. It's sad honestly, I feel as if I stumbled across a vault, and reading all the logs and journals of a once bustling civilization that went into chaos.

[@monckat4681]

i got into homestuck the same way, and yeah it's weird coming into it late. i've heard so many bad things about the old homestuck fandom but i can't help but wish it was back, warts and all.

[@evamarias8896]

I joined a bit before undertale (looked up megalovania and expected Vriska but saw skeleton and that’s how I found out about undertale) and I honestly liked the tranquility of the fandom. While it’s smaller and harder to find fans, once you find them it’s pretty great. And I always tell people this when they think it’s dead “no it’s not dead, its just a gremlin under the bridge. It comes out and hangs out if you call for it or offer something to it but otherwise you never really notice it’s there.” And that’s what the fandom is really. Undercover. There are more than what it seems out there (not as big as it used to but still there) you just need to mention it to folks. Like we have these “codes” they aren’t official but they are definitely “you would only know it if you were in the fandom” type of things. I was signing up for a rewards membership at my Office Depot. When I told him my email ( had 413 in it) he paused. “Does... that number mean something?” “Yep!” “...... is it a Homestuck reference?” “Yes...” “MAN I REMEMBER HOMESTUCK I MISS IT.” Like neither of us radiate Homestuck vibes but that one number gave it away. I say all of this to say that while yeah it’s pretty dormant it’s by no means completely dead. And there are people out there. They are just “undercover” as it will. :3

[@juke37024]

Yeah.... Pretty much that's what it is now.....

[@awkwardhero]

Homestuck was one of those things I loved at the beginning and slowly became embarrassed to be a part of. Act 5 changed everything. I still have fond memories of it all, though. Cascade was such a big deal, it broke the internet for a little while. By the time it ended, though with all the hiatuses and the kickstarter fiasco, I'd already lost interest completely. I finished it once I heard the news that it had ended. The ending was alright, I guess, but I think it suffered badly from all the hangups.

[@ch0p961]

I’ve never heard of homestuck until this video..

[@optimisticDuelist]

Oh hey, always nice to have more Homestuck on KZbin. I'm quite pleased you ended on an optimistic note, and entirely agree. One thing you didn't mention is that we're still waiting on the Epilogue and Hussie has partnered with Viz Media to produce it, and what it actually is is kind of a mystery. So there's more to look forward to besides Hiveswap/Hauntswitch/the Friendsims. Thanks for making this video! :) It's nice to see someone else find their way to the fandom.

[@ashikjaman1940]

The epilogue is a myth :[

[@vanceriley9905]

Hey it’s Optimistic Duelist

[@vanceriley9905]

Big fan btw

[@th3pl4yl1styt8]

Oh it's you

[@kashino55archive94]

Ay, it's OD!

[@ivaxniiz]

"... And Gamzee" I've been wheezing fot that single sentence for like 5 minutes straight. I mean, how else would we describe him?

[@faxonii]

and now 2020 has came around and Homestuck had a small resurgence from people reading it during quarantine. welcome newcomers!!

[@perfidiousprophet]

Just enjoy something you like. Don't focus on the messy parts of the fandom, because it'll just bum you out. This is something I learned after experiencing my first major fandom (Undertale) Just like the thing you like and stay respectful towards others. If you do this, you'll have a grand old time.

[@xen0vix450]

Yup Just focus on the good stuff

[@combativeThinker]

Philippians 4:8, people. Sift through the degeneracy, poor writing, and interpersonal strife to find the good, heavenly things in a certain work.

[@memeboy8207]

u realise that many of the undertale fans are also homestuck fans due to Toby

[@7-11thuniverse]

memeboy yup that was me!

[@TestTest-zt1lx]

Why don’t you just not be part of a gay fandom

[@LilSmoky92]

Real talk. You could FEEL that Hussie was growing tired of both his work and parts of his fandom, especially when he shut down the forums, but it can also be seen expressed in the series itself. This man created something which he both hated and loved deeply - and for the story this wasn't a bad thing. In my opinion, the main villian of the series - without spoilering - is a representation of his past and present frustrations, especially because how the in-comic Hussie interacts with him. In my opinion this only added to a character which would arguably otherwise have been a very uninspired arctype of a villian. But my point is: The man has given us all he could. Let it end. And I say that as someone who has read through the entire thing three times. Hiveswap Act 1 wasn't BAD, but to me the magic wasn't there anymore. Possibly because magic is fake as fuck in the first place, who knows.

[@seisoch6969]

hiveswap and the friendsims have all the magic that homestuck had in his early days when everything was innocent and playful. I mean we all already went through homestuck's carnage so we are not impressed by some death, so you have the option to kill a bunch of stuff in the friendsim (or get killed) but its still in a funny manner, Hussie's humor is what homestuck lost in the end and it was just a Train of Feels trying to reach his destination and it eventually did. Anime is real.

[@melonmatv9112]

Which villain are you talking about? because theres kinda three. Jack, Lord English, and the Queen.

[@CaptainSkullDemon]

Let it go, let it go, can't hold it back anymore.....

[@somewhatsomehow1491]

it's just something that a creator had to face at some point, especially if he only worked on one particular project/universe for a long time, and in a position where it is so popular they can't stop it or the fans will riot. we've seen it a lot already, one particular case that i remember was with "super meat boy" creator - that funnily enough create the binding of isaac to escape super meat boy, yet plunging himself to another one. heck, it happens a lot with manga series, when the author is basically want to end it yet the publisher won't allow it. or maybe just a youtuber who trying to create a new type of content because they're just tired of the type of content that they've been doing. sometimes you just want a blank space to start something new and fresh, just let it end for the creator's sake

[@Biglulu]

I think after everything, we're at least owed a proper ending. ACT 7 was super lame because we didn't even see the LE fight. I want the LE fight. The story has been building up to fighting LE for what, 7 years? It needs that fight to be complete.

[@BeMoreBroadway]

Binge read the entirety of Homestuck in 9 days (technically 7?) Sir. That is some goddamn dedication, if I do say so myself. I tip my horn headband to you.

[@doyouseetorpedoboats8893]

Pathetic. (I read it in two.)

[@disky1784]

I feel like that is more of a hyper fixation, still though, that's a lot to go though and then have to understand

[@friedchickenUSA]

24:37 you were SO CLOSE to making a loss meme there

[@imatakuvnarod]

It's you again...

[@chocobogirl92]

back in 2012, me and my sister went to a con in ohio. we were so confused because we were practically surrounded by grey people with orange horns and zodiac shirts. we had no idea what they were, but it must have been a least half of the total cosplayers there. nothing eventful happened we were just extremely confused 😅

[@TheJiacheng123]

You're lucky I suppose, at least given the stories. Although they are the minority

[@HerbalAssailant]

Same thing happened to me and my sister. The entire time we were trying to figure out what anime they were from. 😂

[@facemite]

anybody else thought it was gonna be something worse then spit in the bucket because of how he phrased the lead up.

[@SireForseti]

I thought that it's gonna be cum in the bucket.

[@serglian8558]

@@SireForseti that's basiclaly what trollspit is

[@rox9560]

it's unconfirmed whether or not it's spit in the bucket or cum in the bucket

[@Marqrk]

I thought they were going to piss, shit, and spit into the bucket then one of them would declare some poor random sap to be their queen or whatever and would dump it on them

[@ELMTree-le7nq]

And then lancer DeltaRune pushes a bucket with a spade on it to the @>"# (fun) squad.

[@ali3nfr3ak83]

"And Gamzee" Fair enough. I'm working on a gamzee cosplay

[@valensouls]

I'm cosplaying nepeta at this moment lmao

[@saulalejandro4229]

Exactly one year later homestuck 2 is announced. So fcking ironic

[@TheAlmightyGameGenie]

18:00 That's me as Psii with my group of friends back in early 2014! Was honestly absurdly shocked to see that picture again, let alone in a video like this! Thank you for the pleasant memories, even when used in the context of good vs bad cosplayers.

[@hemlockolympic]

You were beautiful and I’m sure you still are. 😊

[@TheAlmightyGameGenie]

@@hemlockolympic Aw, you are too sweet! Now adays, I look quite different, long hair and beard for the jesus combo haha

[@TheAlmightyGameGenie]

@some person Yep, that's her and that's how I found out about this video in the first place

[@cactusc9519]

you look good tbh!

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

"like with the infamous sharpie bath in 2011" HOW DO YOU EVEN

[@jgilmour96]

The... the what?

[@dophatthanh5587]

I thought he said sharky bath

[@aisore217]

I-I'm afraid to ask what happened...

[@andrew_cunningham]

@@aisore217 I tried googling "sharpie bath of 2011" and google just sort of nodded sadly and gave me a tumblr post. It's about what it sounds like.

[@justinfromdietweeb3553]

Yeah so uhm, some bitch grey sharpied herself in the bathtub and half of it was alchohol.

[@KaijuDove]

this just showed up in my recommended so im late to the party oops. homestuck is one of the most tightly knight and welcoming fandoms i have ever been in. i remember my first exposure was when an abnormally large group of Dave Striders were at my local convention in 2013. they gathered in a circle in the corner and would chant every now and then (i presume banishing Lil Cal to the netherworld). it was highly intriguing for me, and when my friend mentioned who they were, i jumped on it that night when i got home. never before had i felt like i had belonged in a community like i did there. i remember reading once a story that has always stuck with me about a girl who was down on her luck at a convention one time (stuck in a town she didnt know with no way to get home), and a group of homestucks let her stay in their motel room and they cheered her up. She wasnt in the fandom, but was inspired to get a homestuck related tattoo to remember them by. although it had its flaws, im still proud today to say i was (and still am) a part of the fandom.

[@laceystarsimpson]

“banishing Lil Cal to the netherworld” as they should.

[@zenzenulous2243]

That...sounds about on point for Dave cosplayers.

[@pioneer_ten]

Eh you're not as late as I am

[@MaxEverywhereSystem]

homestuck discourse back in the 2010s: the fandom has a few bad eggs, those crazy homestucks. homestuck discourse in the lord of our year 2020: the epilogues and homestuck 2 are bastardizations of the original comic and it’s characters. The new writers make fun of fans over twitter and get shitloads of money to update the comic twice a month. i want to get off mr hussies wild ride

[@MrSmashySmash]

It's not a bad comic. It's just that certain people got WAY too into it. This is true of many fandoms, however.

[@nootnootboi7048]

@Alex A that would be the people's fault.

[@haydenwhat]

is it ok to fully get into a fandom two years late EDIT: holy shit a lot of people replied to this! thanks for all the support i didn't really stick with homestuck, but i did end up getting into the arcana fandom a little too late, so this still totally works lol

[@lullafool5106]

If you’re like me, yes

[@viridiancryptid]

It started in 2009 and i got into homestuck in 2014 and had a friend fill me in on EVERYTHING and now that its 2019 and i still love it and hetalia i can confirm it doesn't matter when u get into it just enjoy it

[@matthieuleperlier251]

No, it is actually illegal. Sorry, you're too late to enjoy it now.

[@abyssalseas3944]

I. I got into this in like 2015. I regret nothing.

[@juancarpio7930]

yes

[@syrupshrike9742]

On the bright side of things, the worst people have drifted to different fandoms, the cosplayers are more experienced, and the people who stayed after all this time are really nice. Also hiveswap and the epilogue.

[@queensalmon4905]

Started reading in 2016, lost interest, Undertale came out, started hearing about Toby working on Homestuck, checked it out, and now I'm obsessed :)

[@PatPatych]

Wait. *How* did you read all oof Homestuck in 7 days? I can't believe it, this is physically impossible.

[@ruler_of_everything]

the power of wasting time

[@lolsterf4147]

Well a comment here did explain that if you only took 5 seconds for the pretty pictures, its actually possible to read the entire Homestuck story in about 3 and 4/5 days considering you only read and not do something else like sleep. So reading it all in seven days means the man literaly wasted a good portion of a week on just reading the whole thing.

[@virdamofromko-metru1161]

I actually read it in 3 days, reading all the text. AAAAAAAALL OF IT!

[@erick3003lel]

I mean i read the entire thing in 20 hours once like a year ago

[@virdamofromko-metru1161]

@@erick3003lel Was that your first time or not?

[@Xentrolis]

A bunch of hotels near an anime convention where I lived closed their pools every year after Homestuck cosplayers jumped into them in body paint and ruined them. People at the convention hated the fandom for years.

[@dorafuentes6813]

What....people don't think

[@haldouglas4773]

i can guarantee that they were shoved in, not jumped. making those cosplays and taking that long to paint, they wouldn't jump.

[@Xentrolis]

@@haldouglas4773 Possibly. I will note that it's jarring to get a reply to a comment I made 4 years ago haha.

[@cheifrat5362]

The epilogues have happened my dude; they were horrid.

[@cmderfox5396]

"I couldnt fuckin believe what i just saw! It was like satan had written a webcomic!"

[@tart9692]

god that dollar shave club transition was so smooth *ba dum ch* yeah i’ll see myself out >8D

[@nosorab3]

*back when the Homestuck fandom was the worst, and not just "another one"* Back before the dark times, before MLP, Voltron, Steven Universe, and Undertale. I've lived long enough to see my previous benchmarks of atrociousness be surpassed not once, but FOUR times. I'm ready to just fucking die now

[@mmoobloom]

you forgot hamilton

[@TheZenytram]

And Rick and morty, fnaf

[@alyson2748]

V O L T R O N

[@hxney_bree]

Make some room on that list, buddy *looks at MHA*

[@neksnek2032]

Can Sonic find a seat here?

[@CallingBlueBird]

Pretty sure my comment isn't going to see the light of day but story time. So this happened at a convention in Florida. I saw someone struggle to walk in a very elaborate cosplay. I don't remember what it was, because I didn't recognize it at the time. They ended up tripping over their own cosplay on the way down the stairs, and fell pretty bad. There was a group of homestuck cosplayers laughing at the bottom saying "I warned you about them stairs bro" which is a quote from a spin off or something attached to homestuck. Meanwhile, I'm trying to rush over and help this person but I was so mad I couldn't think. Thankfully the cosplayer was okay, and so was their costume. They weren't concerned, they didn't help -- they just laughed??? I'm still upset over it 5-6 years later.

[@prismancy7182]

"Florida" _oh no_

[@cedge4536]

Tbf if they helped the person out and then dropped that line after they made sure the guy was okay, that would be pretty amusing but damn that's messed up

[@angelobarros3499]

but they told'im dog

[@Area-kf1yj]

They told him dawg!!

[@ashleywilliams10]

Oh my fucking God. That wasn't even a memorable part of the story let alone FUNNY!!

[@helpcryinggato5987]

I remember I was around, 13-15 years old when I found out about this. I was exposed to so much homestuck porn on tumblr (and it was horrifying because they were all so detailed and "beautiful"(eugh)), and I remember seeing SO MANY people angry at these artists, I didn't understand it at the time though, since I believe mlp was running at the time? Porn of these two were so normalized tons of teens/kids were groomed from these and honestly, it fucking scares me now that I remember

[@Robodragon17]

Me just now in 2019/2020 starting jojos, undertale, homestuck, ddlc, and deltarune

[@reecechaplincartoons1506]

Lol I'm playing OFF at the moment and that was released in 2008!

[@Llambbyy]

Same

[@glitchtrapsansoldchannel7188]

Same

[@ikemeitz5287]

Just throwing this out there, you can enjoy a thing without associating yourself with or becoming a part of the fandom. Don't avoid things just because people who like them are weird.

[@34marmarmar]

you can't tell me what to do

[@burgatoryLove]

34marmarmar alrighty fair enough

[@laurenhodges6411]

That's wonderful advice! Thank you for your input!

[@ProfesserQ]

Perfect timing, right on the anniversary of when Cascade[S] dropped.

[@thirdt3chnician]

"What other fandoms were there to feed into Homestuck?" Oh no.

[@avamorgan7860]

homestuck literally created my fandom experience. i love it so much, and i’m sad that i was born too late to fully experience the full peak of the fandom. it’s been amazing, and it’s still fucking going somehow. andrew hussie will never die. also, watching outsiders talk about it is SO entertaining.