Theres a problem with activations getting backed up, & stuck in our system. Music is even baked into the comics mechanics. I'm part of the tumblr community and several others. At this point in the web-comic, they fix Tavros. Oh that's what you meant. why are you playing with those dangerous girls?". Homestuck is the longest and most well-known & loved of the MS Paint Adventures. The outfits Jade is wearing is her outfit she wore when she was 13, implying her age in the art. WebVrisrezi is the femslash ship between Terezi Pyrope and Vriska Serket from the Homestuck fandom. Heck, people are still debating troll genitalia). And I have nothing. They all have the same mother (Grub). Can I just say how loathsome the entire archetypal post of popular thing is actually terrible and heres why Like its ok to bring attention to an issue, but dont tell me how to feel. Her "whole deal is being a lesbian"? And then there are all the people who cant shroud themselves in secrecy. Theres a bias inherent in that fact alone. But mainly I was relieved to see the protests happen, because it answered a more fundamental question I had before starting on this story, which was wondering whether the country had any real fight in it., And while the writer says he saw this nation-wide spark as a very positive development, he wondered if this was even a story that needed telling anymore., In the end, he decided it was. They also continually support gross artists, like Aeritus for example who has lots of merch on ffbf, and ships incest ships without much of a second thought despite being 27 years old. The implosion of Silvergate Bank has a lot to do with the fact that it was crypto's bank of choice. Jade was one of my favorite characters. It's pretty long. Haha, the gif is actually still on the server at: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/CAUCASIAN.gif. umm?" The single most respectful moment in Terezis portrayal is when she has the opportunity to have her blindness cured. WebHomestuck has never shied away from cartoonish gore and bloodshed before, but ironically, what the epilogues lack in pictures they make up for in graphic content. After that page was posted, people (mostly from Tumblr) started a bit of an uproar, so Hussie retconned that page to say "PEACHY" rather than Caucasian. I thought we were more on the page of "Hussie is terrible because of recent incidents like the released emails between the moderation team and him", Man like almost every single criticism this person presents can be explained away with one of 3 responses. In case you don't know what I am talking about: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ojLmFm-WUrCZ7fXALowpiAW7jklCfq14n0Zz1ECdsX0/mobilebasic, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z_pA2pfbnyXjxMx4PZm_LNbRSO3cZuZJ2jOOD1RpE0o/edit. I like my complaints like I like my inception, always going one level deeper. Leitmotifs will appear again and again in comic in recurring scenarios, creating something more than a callback, but less than full force beat-you-over-the-head-with-it thematic synergy. Since my social justice related posts seem to encourage more discussions than ones that do not rely on social justice critique, I figured I would use this next post to explore a very talked-about and controversial aspect of Homestuckits ableism. Fluid analysis allows fleet managers to learn a great deal about the health of their trucks and how well the engines in those trucks are operating. The Google docs had like 2 or 3 good points and the rest is just bullshit. Im all for fair criticism, but this aint it. And then the monsters came. And then they got in a rocket.. With the source of his partial-paralysis being Vriska, he is tormented by her and others on occasion for his disability. But, there is still no ETA for everything to work normally again. Sprouts' operating income surged 20% to $62 million. Who the fuck writes in second person? This process, known as review-bombing, has been used for both good and bad causes. Maybe that Naruto fan now makes kick-ass, empowering, shonen-like stories. I welcome it. I dont know. She spends extra time on characters feelings and their conversations with each other, much to the annoyance of Dirk. ships, god tier classpect theories, and vriska seem to be the biggest controversies. Andrew Hussie! He needs everything to be relevant, and if a few character motivations and arcs need to get bent out of shape for that to happen, so be it. And when she tries to get better she says fuck it and focuses all this on the player instead. They should have stuck with what they said. $24.00. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is the latest product to feel the review bomb burn. Im more interested in what the story has to say about authorship generally than I am in the particularities of Dirk as a villain, though. Yo! In her article, How Twitter can ruin a life Emily VanDerWerff tells the story of an anonymous writer turned enemy of the internet, and how just a pseudonym and a birth year gave people on Twitter enough fuel to bully the author out of writing. If I release a book full of just Nazi shit but end it by saying "BTW these aren't my views I was writing as a character lol" I can't use that to cover my ass for writing a book full of Nazi shit. According to multiple reports, many users of DISH network services are facing issues during the authentication or login process to the companys platform. She takes her time, narrating with a kind of dry, verbose voice. They dont have a concept of incest and I wouldnt be surprised if they werent bothered by age Gaps either with how impersonal their mating is. The way shes written is overly sexualized, more so with her Japanese highschool girl esque- outfits that other characters have commented on. We are currently experiencing a system-wide issue with a delay on all activations. A disruption in narrative events. Characters can use special super-moves called Fraymotifs, a portmanteau of the words fray and leitmotif. The counterargument to this is that John, the only character who is 100% confirmed to be canonically straight is very frequently paired with Dave and Karkat. We are currently experiencing a system-wide issue with a delay on all activations. While the kickstarter itself was controversial due to how much money it raised, despite Hussie having never made a game before. Press J to jump to the feed. So its not that Im saying fandom is all bad, instead Id just say that the appearance of anything positive about fandom should be treated with suspicion, and as if it could become destructive at any moment for any reason. The Homestuck Discord exists at https://discord.gg/homestuck if you want to chat with fellow fans. And then theres this game in the mail. The protests began, police stations started burning down, and it all felt pretty surreal, because Id just spent a month writing about situations that looked a lot like this. Why pick them out? The result is probably one of the coolest pages in the whole comic, and one of the coolest things Ive seen done in fiction changing nothing but the size and color of the text. We apologize for this inconvenience, & our engineers are working diligently to get this resolved ASAP. Point is there are lots of the same character running around always. The mock content warnings that show up at the beginning of the epilogues are not mock anything and are entirely legit. No Disney-style moral to repeat to your children. Read it on a computer. The difference should be obvious, Devils advocate here: She's small, not neccesarily young. First, Tavros Nitram is treated abhorrently in Homestuck; his disability (he is in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down) is oftentimes depicted in a hilarious way to try and make the audience laugh. We apologize for this As such, sometimes fanon theories are presented with direct alternatives to prompt the reader to think about the worth of their own opinion versus someone else's, as well as present logical, but opposing, perspectives. The Homestuck Discord exists at https://discord.gg/homestuck if you want to chat with fellow fans. Smarter bloggers have tried and failed. Hussie saying that Kanaya's lesbianism is considered a fetish in troll society isn't Hussie saying that he considers lesbianism a fetish. Wwwwowwwwwww. he makes people uncomfortable? I wouldnt be the snarky, nitpicking college kid with a blog if I didnt start that snarky nitpicking on Reddit and among fans complaining about, say, how retconning [S] Game Over totally ruined the emotional impact of the story up until that point. Good job. It's a silly argument but it exists nonetheless. As far as controversies contained within the fandom go, there's only one big one that I can think of. We apologize for this inconvenience, & our engineers are working diligently to get this resolved ASAP. People cared more about her being a lesbian than they cared about her being a gross stereotype whos main priority is money and business!! At times it is as if the text is saying that since Tavros is not normal because of his disability, he is not normal to society in general, as well. A weekly roundup of the best things from Polygon, By submitting your email, you agree to our, Andrew Hussie, the reluctant cult leader, on life after Homestuck, Sign up for the Granted, this panel also depicts the fact that Terezi uses a cane to walk around, which is realistichowever, we rarely ever it in regular interactions with her. I can come to my own conclusions. Why it matters: Silvergate had an unusually strong balance sheet but that wasn't enough to save it because in today's high-rate Yeah, we all have seen that one before. Homestuck, Problem Sleuth, Sweat Bor and Helpful Jed. Having read the comic I plan to cover the humor and the format, as well as the relationship between Hussie and the fandom pretty extensively. Whatever. Stelsa should only be written by someone Jewish. Jake even blames himselflaterintheconversation, and John lets that slide. WebMarch 3, 2023. I expected good arguments and I see the same one used 3 times in a row. It does not mean animosity is what is taking place here. An otherwise slumbering fandom ignited as people filled Reddit forums with speculation. Yet hes made multiple, incredibly racist characters that are heavily based on disgusting caricatures and stereotypes. Cart; chantelle jamieson married But how much is that purpose worth? So naturally I made a post "complaining" about how there were more people complaining about how there were more people complaining about people complaining about the Caucasian thing than there were people complaining about the Caucasian thing than there were people complaining about people complaining about the Caucasian thing. It seems to be about storytelling, social justice, and some character from a fairly popular piece of Japanese animation you may or may not have heard of? This is basically what I did, and these two ideas mix together in the narrative., Prior to releasing this story, Hussie struggled to pinpoint what his brand was as the creator of Homestuck. She rapes Jake and then marries him because they had sex. Small business owner, political organizer, and professional writer based in the Puget Sound area. Unless you believe the existence of these controversies is a matter of opinion, as I'm willing to firmly disagree with you on that matter. (EVRYTHING IS CANON. I tend prefer Jade when she has as at least milligram of agency, but, again, sorry I liked her in the first place, I guess. Maybe the epilogues are in part supposed to make us feel what its like to have to balance plot-driven meat with fluffy, character-driven candy and, even after years of practice, to still feel like youve come up short. While weve seen characters manipulate time before, Lord Englishs control over all of time in all of its forms is so absolute, his presence in the narrative is already guaranteed. After the epilogues to the story released in April 2019, the story stands at just over 1 million words. So the patient reader will forgive me for not putting more effort into recapping the story. In addition to music, most pages at minimum combine text and images, but gifs and Adobe Flash animations are common. He who is without sin may cast the first stone. Ever heard of that? I cant put them on a scale from 1 to 10 and I cant recommend anyone read them or not. Oops replied to the wrong thing. Pyscholonials doesnt give in to hopelessness. Not formally, and nowhere near as dangerous as more conventional cults can be, but close enough to draw meaningful comparisons. On the damn writing team. On Twitter, creatives, journalists, and anyone with a modest following agonize over what people think they know about them online, and trolls regularly obsess over personal information around topics like mental health. 13. A subreddit for Homestuck and the works of Andrew Hussie. In a flurry of accusations, the video called out both the studios financial decisions and Hussies own creative work as it pertained to the release of the game. Anyone who presides over something popular is forced to play the role of an informal cult leader, which is what it felt like throughout most of Homestucks run, and even well beyond. He said, Some online personalities will revel in that role, and actually start behaving like a true cult leader. Flipping and flipping with no ending or proper resolution in sight. And she decides what gets put in front of our eyes and what doesnt. And then they play it. This translates into the way Meenahs character is written, being the younger version of HIC shes shown to be the sassy black girl stereotype. Sprouts' operating income surged 20% to $62 million. If it is morally wrong, I want explanations.). Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, "Hussie is terrible because of recent incidents like the released emails between the moderation team and him". Oh don't worry, I always planned to cover PEACHY. In a video published in April 2021, Canadian YouTuber Sarah Z delved into the history of Homestuck and Hiveswap, with a focus on the turbulent development cycle of Hiveswap. Whereas Tavros was never given a choice, Terezi is, and she turns it down. And the world ends. Please explain. The Homestuck following was (and is in many ways still) very involved with the project. I perhaps havent heard from Jane fans because they dont really exist, but you get my point. And finally heres the part that really seals the deal. On the other hand, Terezi Pyropethe second character with a disability in Homestuckis blind. Something went wrong. Calliope and Dirk at times fight for control of the narrative, Dirk engineering the story to fit his purposes, and Calliope trying her best to let events play out as they would naturally. Chances are Hussie changed it in part because he wasn't really feeling the joke in the first place. WebHomestuck, Problem Sleuth, Sweat Bor and Helpful Jed. This is not so much directed at you, fiveforchaos, but since this sort of misconception comes up frequently I figured I might as well step in. Actually, my favorite thing about the webcomic: Homestuck is acutely aware that it exists on the Internet, and exploits that fact to its fullest capacity. Vriska herself is a huge controversy (i.e. Oops. Banning from conventions. If a character uses a slur, the fault falls onto the character, not on the author (at least in my eyes). Likewise Mindfang's joyous rape-and-murder spree of a memoir is discussed in text (And it's never graphic. and i think its mostly to do with homestucks treatment of femininity vs masculinity in a way that is not typically done His use of a wheelchair, for example, is frequently exploited as a weakness to make fun of. What is this threat? Pyscholonials isnt about Andrew Hussie and it isnt a Homestuck sequel. Umm no. The paradoxes are explained via a Universe space that allows them to be such. Some may argue that this forces the comic to be perpetually out of date, but Id argue the opposite. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. And then they have a kid who she abuses. Reading Homestuck is no easy feat, and will take a large amount of time. Copyright issues; unlike many, more mainstream (and powerful) content producers who kind of give convention artists alleys the big shrugaroo, a small buisness like What Pumpkin LLC, the company that sells Homestuck merchandise, does not have the luxury of being able to afford turning a blind eye to fan produced content, and is thus very strict about people selling fanmade Homestuck content. Ill get upset of my own accord. Could things have been done differently for better effect? I honestly don't feel qualified to say. However, even then, Hussie thinks, a distance from the leader could possibly lead to an even more insatiable fandom. I read the links, and I don't see it. Theres even a page that compels the reader to take selfies and post them on social media. Homestuck is also filled with blind jokes. The entire story was one long, continuous block that Ive long since forgotten, spiraling through whatever settings kids would love to live in: outer space, ancient Egypt, the woods, the African Savannah, the world of Pokemon, magic, whatever. I think a lot of new authors start out by aping works they admire. There's a lot of back and forth about this headcanon because on the one hand she's a swimmer, and so the reasoning goes she should be fit, on the other hand, she does spend a lot of her time in the deep sea, and has evolved to do so, which might mean she has a fair amount of blubber. Yeah, I get it. ), heres an approximation of just how insane that is: new writers are advised that the first book the try to publish should be around 6070 thousand words. Ardata literally has a red room esque set up, where she tortures trolls that she has caged in her hive. I still maintain that any album with a song entitled Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitlers Water Apocalypse is a good album by default on principle now and forever. Fuck you. A particularly long entry in a book series can get up to 200 thousand words. I wish more people could tell the difference between art and the artist. If you actually read Hussie's tumblr about that incident, you would see that he specifically changed it not because people were upset about it but because other people on tumblr were using the canonicalization of tricksters as white to be nasty to others and he didn't want anything to do with that. But then, homosexuality in a society where bisexuality is the norm is kind of a different thing. "Queer Eye" star Karamo Brown recently told INSIDER that he thinks the beloved film about a gay relationship, " Call Me by Your Name ," is "problematic as f---." Some of my other favorites among Homestucks ten main albums and many more side-releases include Unite Synchronization, Derse Dreamers, I Dont Want to Miss A Thing, At the Price of Oblivion, and Showtime. I think it's the perfect example of the dissonance between Hussie and the fandom. By the end of both epilogues, Rose, Dave, and Dirk ascend to their Ultimate Selves. Oh, and all troll sex is incest by human standards. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The fact that Homestuck isn't an anime makes them unpopular at anime conventions, despite things like video game and doctor who costumes being accepted in part because Perhaps the epilogues are an attempt to have the reader live a moment in the life of Andrew Hussie. Rather than experiencing outright suffering due to ableism, as Tavros does, the depiction of Terezis character is ableist without being as blatantly so. Sure, I guess. Dynamic Programming is a method of solving problems that represent a specific structure where a problem can be broken down into subproblems which are again similar to the original problem. Wait, Meenah is black now? I didn't pick up on things like that when I first read Homestuck because I'm from England and didn't watch American 'real life' shows, ie, media set in our world or a variation of it, or listen to genres like rap, hip-hop, etc. This doesn't excuse every instance, but Homestuck generally invites its readers to think critically about what's being said. He's an asshole and I can't stand him. This results in a harsh environment with little regard for things like empathy. Due to fans arguing over the race of characters Hussie put in a joke in which one of the characters (jane) says "I feel so caucasion" when she's in trickster mode. And then theres genocide. Press J to jump to the feed. It is not a document promoting real-life rape and murder. It seems that whatever small ways I was able to control that brand, back when I still was interested in doing so, has since become dramatically overwritten by the preposterous hallucinatory projections of a zealous fandom.. There. 15 jan 2023 08:41:30 Media can be challenging, but largely it offers a totally safe place for people to indulge, express and investigate ideas they would NEVER do in real life and therefore does NOT always reflect an individual's real life views. WebFollowing the incident, What Pumpkin, Hussies former Homestuck production company (which he has since left), threatened to sue Sarah Z. Besides the sometimes-cane, she needs no assistance at alland while that is fantasticit would be preferable to see her use the sort of assistance that blind people typically use, instead of Terezi just being able to see everything that she licks. To feel what its like to be faced with a behemoth of a story and to be forced to choose: Meat or Candy, one path or the other. Ive yet to hear from Jane fans who had to watch the character Ben Shapiro her way into supporting actual genocide of an entire race of sentient beings. Im not sure how much there is thats truly positive about those things, but there is plenty which is negative. Homestuck itself. I'm not really interested in Thermian arguments; trolls aren't real, Hussie created them that way for a reason. At the end of Candy, Calliope declares that Dirk must be stopped because unlike her, he introduces bias to the narrative. Constantly seeking out fetishistic situations and sexualizing characters in a fantasy story as well reading straight up bullshit from in-between the lines. And he called himself on it too. They show up literally once in the background of a page and a few times during the final fight(s). WebWell, another problem: Homestuck isnt really hypertext fiction. The comics before Homestuck, particularly Problem Sleuth, were largely based on community inputs, and I believe certain parts of Homesutck initially were as well (this was before my time). Article continues below advertisement. N/A. Mainstream content producers can afford to turn a blind eye to smaller copyright infringements (though they can and do take steps to stop them when they are made aware of them!) The SFW hes the stereotype of a transman. The language is deeply rooted in the now, and leans into the internet vernacular with words like simp, e-girls, reply guys, and cringe. At one point, one of the protagonists moves from being a fan, to dating a member of the popular K-pop group BTS (which also happens to be one of the biggest, most influential fandoms of the moment).
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