Re: Official MSPA Discussion Thread #1: Stab First, Ask Questions Later

[Maffi]

Yeah, no kidding.

[GasmaskGamer]

Bye Gamzee.

[Maffi]

I should have known that after that tiny taste of actual plot we'd get hurled right into the thick of more awkward teen drama, oh boy

[GasmaskGamer]

Hussie was socially awkward in High School so he makes up for all the lack of teen relationships he never had.

Or maybe he just fills Homestuck with cruddy and drama-filled teen relationships to make himself feel better about never having one.

[Maffi]

lol that's pretty harsh

But really I feel like it's been like 50% teen drama lately, I seriously miss when it was just the original 4 kids going up against Bec Noir. That feels like so long ago.

[GasmaskGamer]

Personally I blame the trolls. Once that many characters got introduced, the fandom went berserk and the strip became a romantic match-making game. Hussie must know where his bread is buttered, 'cause he's taking advantage of the "down time" while everyone waits for the Alpha kids to show up to develop some teen on teen drama and relationships. Plus he increased all of their ages to 16, so now it's "okay" for their to be gay dudes and lesbian vampire trolls.

[GasmaskGamer]

U mad callie?

[Maffi]

U mad callie?

I swear this is becoming like a chore to keep up with. There is too much shit going on. Way too much shit. Why is there so much shit????

What with Callie in the dream-void, having to find herself and make use of herself as a weapon or whatever to kill her brother.

And now Dirk with his glasses-drama.

I think you may be right about the trolls thing. The whole quadrants thing opened a can of drama-filled worms. While it was funny and ironic at first, by now the comic has gotten so ridiculously saturated with unironic drama that I can't take any of it seriously.

It also doesn't help that there are a billion characters to keep track of. Even if Hussie was making fun of himself for it.

[GasmaskGamer]

I saw a video by one of them "Yo I'm an Internet dude who talks about things and makes a million jump cuts in each of my videos" dudes (except apparently he was sponsored by PBS), and basically he said that Homestuck is the Ulysses of the internet. I don't know squat about Ulysses, but from what the guy said it's pretty much a super long and super confusing (like gives you a headache by reading a sentence confusing) that people read only to say they've read all of Ulysses. The real reason people like it so much is because of how much effort they've invested into completing it and being one of the few to say "I did it."

And honestly, it sounds like a pitch-perfect comparison. Homestuck isn't necessarily an awesome webcomic (especially as of late), but it's long and confusing and you keep at it because you think, "Well, I've made it this far." It's not so much about being good as it is about being Homestuck.

Then again, maybe Hussie's just playing a mind game with all of us. Heck, with the length of some of those pesterlogs, he probably isto be playing a mind game with us.

[GasmaskGamer]

Like this. That is not something you find in a good webcomic. Nothing but Homestuck can get away with something so stupid, pointless, and a big waste of time. Is Hussie trying to be ironic? Or making a joke about people who try to be ironic? How freaking meta does this thing have to be?

[Maffi]

I watched the first 5 seconds of that flash animation and then just quit. Whatever statement Hussie is trying to make with that flash (ironic, making fun of people being ironic, or something even more ironic than that), I'm not interested in it.

I'm with you on Homestuck not really being an awesome webcomic anymore. It was there at first - when it was charming and (relatively) simplistic, yet still epic in scope, when it was about John et al. getting revenge on Bec Noir for John's dad and Rose's mom and Dave's bro. That was perfect motivation for them to fuck up Bec Noir. But now John actually gets the chance to beat up Bec Noir while in a dream bubble or something, but he doesn't take it, because apparently revenge isn't even a motivation anymore. Plus, it's got infinite characters and it's virtually impossible to keep track of anything without help from the forums or the wiki or whatever else out there. It's a mess.

[GasmaskGamer]

Hussie.

Hussie, stop.

Hussie.

Hussie, you already made that joke 56 pages ago.

[Maffi]

the [s] jane: engage flash animation is just so terrible on so many levels

[Maffi]

i think i should seriously just stop reading now

[GasmaskGamer]

I'm stating to think Trickster Mode is actually a parody of how terrible the fandom is in how they just want the characters to make babies and engage in some girl-on-girl smooching.

In that sense I'm actually somewhat enjoying it.

[Maffi]

Huh. Didn't even notice until today, but Hussie changed Jane's dialogue on this panel:

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/trickster.php?s=6&p=007623

Used to say she felt so Caucasian, instead of peachy. And then I was like, uhhhh yeah I guess that's white people?????

I'm stating to think Trickster Mode is actually a parody of how terrible the fandom is in how they just want the characters to make babies and engage in some girl-on-girl smooching.

In that sense I'm actually somewhat enjoying it.

Even if this is true I'm pretty sick of this random BS, and the dialogue has been pretty vomit-inducing. :/

[GasmaskGamer]

I can tolerate it because it's insulting the fandom. Too bad it'll go over most of their heads.

[GasmaskGamer]

I'm tempted to buy this for someone and mail it to them as a joke.

Too bad it's so expensive.

http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=MSPA-SBAHJ-HARDCOVER

[GasmaskGamer]

Limited to one print run.

Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff-

[Maffi]

But look, it's such great value! For only $44 + shipping, you get not only a limited hardcover copy of SBaHJ, but also a $500* coupon at Subway!

[GasmaskGamer]

But only if I yell loud enough. :|

But look at the size of that ribob! It's over three subway sandwiches long!

[Maffi]

That cat is so hype about that ribbob.

I think my favorite part of that whole thing is "geromy doesnt fuck anything up ever because hes perfect. i love geromy."

[GasmaskGamer]

He's there to provide much needed racial diversity.

[Maffi]

Yes! Finally! PLOT!!!

[GasmaskGamer]

Agreed. And it's great to see The Felt again.

Maybe the comic will start getting good again.

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