WhatPumpkin, LLC / Homestuck, Inc. : Chuck Tingle, Andrew Hussie and Friends - feat. Rachel Rocklin, Shelby Cragg, and Cohen Edenfield

[SketchyRichard]

They don’t want to be held down by dates man. So restrictive man...so uncool, they just wanna release whatever they want, whenever they want, fo’ shizzle.

...No seriously, we’ve talked before about this; they brought up that that was the actual reason after their Perfectly Generic Podcast interview/Reddit post.

That's a dumb reason especially since it's Homestuck, we update everyday until kickstarter ruins everything the webcomic.

 

[Rakdos92]

The 25th of last month, my friend.

Three days then. Either they update, or they demonstrate their complete lack of discipline even more.

 

[Snufkin Avi]

How long has it been since homestuck 2 launched?
Have they already begun to miss update schedule?

Its supposed to update every calender month so maybe we will get something on the 25th which may be why pesterquest is on a short break.

 

[Valstrax]

I remember loving Homestuck as a kid, it was all just so interesting in a way with the colorful cast and music design. Nowadays, it feels shallow and diverse in all the wrong ways. John was one of my favorite characters too...

 

[Snufkin Avi]

I remember loving Homestuck as a kid, it was all just so interesting in a way with the colorful cast and music design. Nowadays, it feels shallow and diverse in all the wrong ways. John was one of my favorite characters too...

John is still my favorite character and this shit hurts man

 

[Elpizo]

John is still my favorite character and this shit hurts man

Thanks a lot, Hussie.

 

[Valstrax]

John is still my favorite character and this shit hurts man

"A young man stands in his bedroom."

 

[Rakdos92]

"A young man stands in his bedroom."

"Is John happy?"
"No."

 

[Questionable Ceviche]

I remember loving Homestuck as a kid, it was all just so interesting in a way with the colorful cast and music design. Nowadays, it feels shallow and diverse in all the wrong ways. John was one of my favorite characters too...

There's a difference between a diverse cast and a pandering cast. Diverse casts don't make a big fucking deal out of shoving their status and labels in your face. Diverse casts let characters make mistakes and grow. A diverse cast may feature a person in a protected class as an antagonist or have serious personal flaws. Diverse casts have traits that make them whole, individual people where their diversity is just one part of their identity and purpose in the overall narrative structure.

Pandering casts do the exact opposite of this. They're shallow, narratively weak self-inserts designed to either please an invasive, entitled fanbase or fulfill some wishful-thinking fantasy on the part of the creator. Usually both. They make compromises about characterization in order to pass labeling purity tests or force characters into roles that they don't really fit into. Elements of the plot that would portray a pandering cast in a poor light are retconned or removed entirely. The audiences' time and attention is wasted on showcasing otherwise irrelevant events and characters simply because they belong to a special group. Character growth is stunted or absent as a result of smoothing everyone's path into the least resistive one possible.

Diverse casts are fine. Pandering casts are boring fan fiction shit. The end of Homestuck was not diverse. It was pandering done by a team of new writers in order to force their own worldview onto existing content. They retconned characters, changed story elements, wasted our time on irrelevent self-inserts, and ironed our character development and arc resolution in order to do so. Pandering was a signifigant factor in how the end of Homestuck was ruined.

 

[Valstrax]

There's a difference between a diverse cast and a pandering cast. Diverse casts don't make a big fucking deal out of shoving their status and labels in your face. Diverse casts let characters make mistakes and grow. A diverse cast may feature a person in a protected class as an antagonist or have serious personal flaws. Diverse casts have traits that make them whole, individual people where their diversity is just one part of their identity and purpose in the overall narrative structure.

Pandering casts do the exact opposite of this. They're shallow, narratively weak self-inserts designed to either please an invasive, entitled fanbase or fulfill some wishful-thinking fantasy on the part of the creator. Usually both. They make compromises about characterization in order to pass labeling purity tests or force characters into roles that they don't really fit into. Elements of the plot that would portray a pandering cast in a poor light are retconned or removed entirely. The audiences' time and attention is wasted on showcasing otherwise irrelevant events and characters simply because they belong to a special group. Character growth is stunted or absent as a result of smoothing everyone's path into the least resistive one possible.

Diverse casts are fine. Pandering casts are boring fan fiction shit. The end of Homestuck was not diverse. It was pandering done by a team of new writers in order to force their own worldview onto existing content. They retconned characters, changed story elements, wasted our time on irrelevent self-inserts, and ironed our character development and arc resolution in order to do so. Pandering was a signifigant factor in how the end of Homestuck was ruined.

Please I want to go back.

 

[Rakdos92]

Please I want to go back.

We can't. I'm sorry. All that's left is to try and create something better. Everything is canon after all.

 

[Valstrax]

Kinda spergy but I drew a thing, 'cause why not? I was bored

 

[LullerDerbyRollin]

Kinda spergy but I drew a thing, 'cause why not? I was bored

Post it on Tumblr and then ss the raging trannies. We promise to not make fun of your Tumblr.

 

[Rakdos92]

Post it on Tumblr and then ss the raging trannies. We promise to not make fun of your Tumblr.

Nah, twitter is where the SJWtards converge.

 

[PumpkinSpiceBitchMeringue]

r/homestuck - There's only been one update so far and I'm already in Homestuck 2 withdrawal help

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r/homestuck - Actually, can we just talk about the patreon for a second here?

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Why do these people want this rotting dead horse to keep going? This dude for some reason is trying to hype up the subreddit to reach the goal. Frankly, I'm surprised the patreon is so close to reaching it's goal.

Homestuck is creating Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon | Patreon

Become a patron of Homestuck today: Read 23 posts by Homestuck and get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators.

www.patreon.com

You'd think the Twitter and Tumblr mob would be too broke or lazy to conttibute, but they can't let their woke fantasy cease to exist.

 

[Valstrax]

r/homestuck - There's only been one update so far and I'm already in Homestuck 2 withdrawal help

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r/homestuck - Actually, can we just talk about the patreon for a second here?

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Why do these people want this rotting dead horse to keep going? This dude for some reason is trying to hype up the subreddit to reach the goal. Frankly, I'm surprised the patreon is so close to reaching it's goal.

Homestuck is creating Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon | Patreon

Become a patron of Homestuck today: Read 23 posts by Homestuck and get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators.

www.patreon.com

You'd think the Twitter and Tumblr mob would be too broke or lazy to conttibute, but they can't let their woke fantasy cease to exist.

Eventually it will all crash and burn down, like everything that was once good before.

 

[SketchyRichard]

Looking at Patreon and how they slowly getting their first goal is so sad. if it was during its prime days Patreon would have been crashing by 2 min alone.
But I wouldn't trust the Huss with my money ever since Kickstarter.

 

[hors]

"Huh HS^2 just upda-"

Thanks to Andrew treating me as a child like the modern reader is.

Also shoutouts to the unironic Homestuck discussion here lol

 

[s0mbra]

The more I read about HS now, the happier I am I dropped thag shit ages ago.

This is both heartbreaking and hilarious at the same time.
Apparently roxy is a tranny/TiM now or something??

 

[Elpizo]

Apparently roxy is a tranny/TiM now or something??

Yes sirree, my friend.

And we should read what that update got in store.

Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon

An official continuation of Homestuck.

homestuck2.com