Thread 3969230

because I need some kind of therapeutic release to this day

never in a million years would I have thought john would turn into june

the best ship in homestuck

>>3969705
>>3978639
>dave with freckles
cute!

homestuck animated pilot announced bros. we are about to get a shit ton more fanart

I have no idea what Homestuck is about

>>3983222
without getting into spoilers, 4 kids decide to play a game together but it turns out the game ends the world and transports them into a new one

My beloved tumblrite

Right near where I live lol

How optimistic do we feel about the Viziepop animation? I've tried to keep myself in ignorance about homestuck developments since hiveswap was a disappointment, but what little I've heard against my will seemed very dire.

>>3983475
reminder porrim made that sweater for him to hide his "unsightly" pants (they are actually kino pants)

>>3983528
kinda wanna make an account to contribute. looks super fun

>>3985881
I don’t see how Homestuck can be perfectly and faithfully adapted to an animated show like Helluva Boss with limited runtime per episode without trimming parts or sacrificing the seemingly input-based appearance of the comic’s format. Homestuck is littered with copyrighted material and references on top of having massive walls of indulgent, sluggish text, unique dialogue quirks, and interactive flash segments. The production needs to go all out to do it justice. That’s not even to mention whether or not Andrew Hussie’s creative style could even garner mass appeal in this day and age and wouldn’t go stale or repetitive after a season or two. Newbies are still somewhat important when it comes to a show’s life span. Can they hold out long enough to even adapt the epilogues?

>>3985881
I don't think it'll be a very good adaptation- it's almost impossible to faithfully adapt the comic into this medium. the artstyle and voices are decent but people already noticed animation errors kek
however, it will probably still be a very fun short and intro into homestuck. I'm glad I'll get to participate in the fandom this time around

>>3988076
I hadn't even considered the typing quirks. I suppose they are not necessary to understanding the characters, but they seem so integral to my perception of them it feels impossible to separate the two. Is it really eri if he isn't typing in a wwavvy wway? There is no way to replicate that in animation without coming off as egregiously cringe.

The censored movie posters were also pretty disappointing, if understandable. No Juggalos, no Betty Crocker, no "Don't Want to Miss a Thing". What's even the point? Homestuck without Nick Cage references is like a bunny without it's box.

I do kind of wish Homestuck was more accessible, though, if only to make re-reading it easier. There is so much fat that can be cut out of it, and I think it could make a really tight narrative with the right editing, and maybe some revisions to the ending. I still think a proper, retro earthbound-like video game would be the best format. Like we were promised with the Kickstarter.

I don't often ship bros, but stridercest is special. I remember the day when ipgd was raked over the coals by the tumblrinas and ostracized from the art team for writing "People Don't Do That" and "Family Never Ends". Excellent fics, everyone should check them out. Even if Family Never Ends crushed my soul into tiny little pieces to the point where I couldn't bring myself to finish the epilogue. That one gets /rough/.

>>3988398
not that I'm complaining, but where'd this idea come from that dirk is full of scars?

>>3988399
KEK

>>3988614
No clues. Tortured emo boys often have cool badass scars, probably, or else what’s the point of exposing skin? The Homestuck kids fight like they’re Shounen anime characters sometimes, dying easily to one-shot hits while emerging unscathed after getting flung around and smashed into the ground. At least one of the possible perks of the upcoming animated adaption is getting to see all the abstract actions choreographed and all the fuzzy details fleshed out in real time.

>>3988614
Presumably because he strifes with his robots.

>>3988538
>There is so much fat that can be cut out of it
the fat adds to it's charm imo. adds a lot of characterization while also being goofy fun and keeping you guessing as to which elements will actually come back around to being plot relevant

>>3988543
holy shit a fellow stridercest comrade. I'm crazy about the pair, however it's been hard to find art or fics of them, so I'll be checking out your reccs as soon as possible. thanks, anon!
in return here's 2 oneshots I'll recc back as a start: how to fuck up a Mad Snacks Yo speedrun so bad you almost die for real (sfw), and penis in theory penis cthonic penis recursive penis neoplatonic (slightly nsfw)
if you ever find more content, by all means dump it here

>>3988641
>>3988654
I figured it might be over his brobot strifes. however jake loves to strife even more so that part was throwing me off
either way, scars are dope

Dangerously based striderposting

>>3988726
I would be fine if the show ditched Andrew Hussie’s self-insert and added more original scenes to fill the gaps but I fear they would cut too many of the interesting narrations and monologues on top of trimming the dialogues that were one of the primary tools Homestuck used to tell its plot. What’s even going to be left of the Troll Dancestors if their NPC-level dialogues are just cut?

>>3988736
you know it, bro

Thread needs more tavros desu

>>3988742
oh well yeah you can definitely cut hussie from it- though funnily enough he's already confirmed to be in the pilot
the narration and dialogue getting gutted is my huge concern too. going by the story changes in the trailer it's already an extremely concise version of the story

up to chapter 6 in the family never ends fic anon recc'd. enjoying it greatly so far. anons should recc fics/artists to each other more often

now for some non-strider shit to make up for all my strider posting

i kiss boys

(Art for this fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61789444)

coffin edit for an anon

you guys ever hear of r3ype/nerutic or whoever? some sick brodave shit they had going on

>>3990559
Who? The Internet isn’t saying much outside of the facts that R3ype/Nerutic/Nem had a Tumblr account that is now deleted and drew incest arts (Roxy + Rose, Roxy + Dave, and Dirk + Dave). All of that person’s arts are apparently only archived on Pinterest now in low quality, and there doesn’t seem to be any immediately obvious archive currently available on AO3.

Pic related is from R3ype/Nerutic/Nem supposedly.

>>3990559
>>3990711
I've seen a couple pieces of their works but like other anon said I guess they went off the grid as it's hard to find more on them. strider abuse is really well-liked on twitter somehow. not my thing, but I do like their artstyle
hopefully they weren't kinkshame bullied into stopping like so many artists have been

>>3990888
I love this meme we need more of it

What do you guys think of the Homestuck pilot?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQszKkN6Jb0

>>3991147
from the little I've seen of the artist, this page in particular stayed in my mind

>>3991204
>>3991300
how dare they come up with 10/10 boy designs to never use again

>>3991324
too much cursing compared to the original characters. few animation errors. introduced too many concepts without really explaining anything which left many newbies confused. voice direction was really off, except john's
but the artstyle grows on you. I liked the retcon hand in the sky gag. the fight scene was cool and larger than life. and the 11 minute pilot is overall decent enough for what it is as a proof of concept
I hope it takes off. I hope we get to see the day they make plushies of the alpha kids too

>>3991324
The pilot is fine as a proof of concept but there are reasonable concerns about it. All the references are probably going to be removed. The narrator low-key sucks and I don’t like how John acknowledges the narrator, which may actually contradict the established lore? It wouldn’t be too bad if the script being modified to have some out of character parts and more instances of “fuck” was exclusively just for the pilot. Homestuck is a lot of times a glorified chat log and trying to rewrite the dialogues so that they are more “natural” or, worse, more “Vivzie-like” would be terrible. The kids already speak and think more like young adults in the comic and they should stay that way. Pilot Dave smiling and laughing too much + his voice actor leaning into him being kinda like a douche is a bad sign of this. This may be reading too much into it but it’s almost like they’re not confident they can keep the viewer’s interest and attention if the characters aren’t bursting with personalities and making dozens of movements and micro-expressions at every moment, thereby causing Dave to be characterized as more expressive and loud than deadpan and cool, if that makes sense. Talking through the phone in place of texting may be more convenient but it’s far better if the show sticks to the characters typing their messages with voice-overs. Additionally, I could be wrong but I feel like the newbies that only watch the pilot may have failed to get the impression that Homestuck is, in many ways, a mystery story that tries to intrigue the audience and encourages speculations instead of just providing entertainment. On the other hand, the animation is smooth. The art style is fine and even fitting for an animated adaptation. The voice acting is okay. We even got new merchandise. Despite the mixed reaction, it seems there’s still hope for the adaptation to be successful.

>>3991324
as someone who never managed to get into the comic (after attempting to read it like 3 or 4 different times at various points in my life), i thought it was ok. i liked it enough to click into this thread, at the very least. i don't feel compelled to re-attempt to read the comic, though that might be partially by design since i hear hussie apparently doesn't want people doing that anymore

>>3991776
>Additionally, I could be wrong but I feel like the newbies that only watch the pilot may have failed to get the impression that Homestuck is, in many ways, a mystery story that tries to intrigue the audience and encourages speculations instead of just providing entertainment.
you are correct, i did not realize it's supposed to be a mystery. to be fair though, i also never came away with that impression during any of my attempts to read the comic (though perhaps i just didn't get far enough in for any of the mystery elements to present themselves)

>>3992151
I’m glad someone likes the pilot enough. Sorry if the thread gives you unwanted spoilers. Regarding the mystery aspect, Homestuck pays much attention to its world and background, and how events pan out aren’t always clear-cut. At varying points throughout the story, there were non-linear scenes, unexplained stuff happening, fragmented concurrent storylines, meta narratives, characters misunderstanding things, hidden backstories and a buttload of lore and worldbuilding. Homestuck back then was a routinely updated comic that had allowed interactions, feedback and suggestions from the readers to affect the story, so readers would give Hussie ideas, get misled, have expectations subverted, require external clarifications or need to parse through a lot of details early on in the webcomic that might appear innocuous but actually foreshadowed plot elements great in advance, which fueled speculation in between updates. The biggest criticism of Homestuck is that by the end of the comic and even the epilogues, there are still unanswered questions and dropped plot threads, possibly because Hussie might have gotten burnt out.

>>3992495
Me on the right :(

the new character seems like such a cutie

>>3994119
how is he so based

What do you guys think of the new stuff about the Beforan Ancestors?
https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/1o56e74/hussie_shared_official_beforan_ancestor_designs/
https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/1o7nf37/the_second_set_of_beforan_ancestors_from_the/

>>3995610
Limebloods being genocided for pyrokinesis makes little sense considering the other powers trolls can have, unless their weakness is fire similar to how they are weak to their sun. The popular headcanon that Limebloods are pacifiers is better than what Andrew Hussie and the new team came up with, which is probably intentional. The theme of the Beforan Ancestors seems to be to not follow or subvert the fans’ expectations while not being taken too seriously. Some of the new “lore” is kinda lame, like how the Rankmaid only amounts to being a fujoshi, how much of what the Bland Highblood gets is a bunch of unserious jokes, or how the Treeaboo is merely a giant Rufioh reference plus a joke about Peter Pan and Robin Hood without any of Tavros’s interests being mentioned. The artist didn’t even bother to make Tavros’s wings look like Rufioh’s. Vriska and Terezi swapping injuries is okay enough. The fact that everything is the Imposter’s fault is to be expected but why would he choose to pretend to be a Limeblood instead of an Oliveblood outside of thematic connections between Lime and Red? Wouldn’t the others discover his mutation when his iris turns red? At least Beforan Karkat is tied back to Pre-Scratch Kankri. Also, even though everything about the Zoologer Coolscar is thinly-veiled sarcasm and irony, at least Eridan gets to be happy for once.

>>3995145
this art is fucking amazing

>>3996495
>Limebloods being genocided for pyrokinesis
pretty sure caliborn had them go indirectly extinct to erase anything resembling his sister

>>3996909
>The lime bloods, a class that was hunted to extinction on Alternia because of their dangerous pyrokinetic powers, were not similarly hunted on Beforus
This does become more justifiable if you assume LE and DC don’t care about flimsy reasoning and would indirectly cause a genocide for the sake of it, yes. It’s fine if fans have to fill in the gaps but it’s underwhelming for the first revelation regarding what ability the lime blood has, especially when it’s been speculated about before. The Imposter really fucks up by choosing to (f)larp as a lime blood just to fit better in his friend group instead of choosing another blood type like Nepeta’s.

love this lil nigga like you wouldn't believe