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After spending roughly about two years listening to friends talk incessantly in mysterious lingo about strangely named characters and places, and having had the premise of Homestuck explained to me more times than I can recount, I ended up being rather thoroughly "spoiled," so to speak, on many broad terms. I knew that it was a trippy combination of literature, visuals, animation, and sound. I knew that despite its mundane and unassuming beginning, it expanded to fill an overwhelmingly complex creation mythology involving a video game. In short, while I did not for a long time have any desire to read it, I developed a basic, and purely academic understanding and appreciation for this mysterious webcomic. Webcomics have always been of interest to me, ever since reading Scott McCloud's lesser known book Reinventing Comics, which, amongst many other things, hypothesizes on the influence that the Internet, with all its possibilities for new formats and media, might have on future storytellers. And boy, oh boy, does Homestuck (and MSPA in general) take advantage of everything the Internet has to offer–from the hilarious and the awful, the vulgar and the sacred, the humorous and heart-wrenching. I could talk all day about the formal construction (and deconstruction) of Homestuck, and indeed many already have. I knew many facts about Homestuck before I started reading it, and thought that would be enough to appreciate its formal contributions to the Internet Age of storytelling.
But to concentrate merely on the format of a comic is to miss out on another supremely important thing: the story. I have finally caught up to this Behemoth of a webcomic. I do not choose my words in vain, for a Behemoth it is–it is a savage and hyperbolic work that, like the mysterious beast of the Bible, cannot be easily snared by the pigeonholes of genre and medium. But unlike some experimental work that eschew story and character development for the sake of merely exploring interesting structure, Homestuck has a lot of heart.
And what exactly is it saying? For all the crazy and far-fetched situations, a lot of the interactions between the kids and trolls seemed to me like a surprisingly accurate portrayal of how young teens would probably act, if provided with various superpowers, plenty of weapons, left without adult supervision, and given the opportunity to create a universe. The petty bickering, the compulsive swearing, the hormone-induced awkwardness, and the sense of disorientation in unknown environments is something straight out of my middle school observations. Friendships thrive or falter over time while juvenile attempts at romance make matters more complicated. Overall, the story continually emphasizes how relationships, both positive and negative, are absolutely necessary for surviving the hard path to maturity. Those who refuse to cooperate and who alienate themselves, whether out of arrogance, anger, or selfishness, risk destruction for themselves as well as for their compatriots.
And a whole lot of this is mostly conveyed through literally watching kids talk to each other. Being this dialogue-heavy could easily become a tiresome crutch for other visually-heavy mediums, but it succeeds brilliantly here. Homestuck is one of the two best comics I know (the other one being Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell ) at developing the elusive thing called voice. The ways in which characters speak, banter, argue with, and insult one another with various levels of sincerity help define and distinguish their relationships with each other early on, with each character's vocabulary, speech patterns and mannerisms doing a wonderful job of revealing the nature of the characters even before their names, genders, or appearances are revealed. The struggle to communicate and understand one another, despite culture barriers and conflicts in personality, is a message that has an interesting context in an extremely digitized age such as the one we live in today, where we may become close friends with people who live halfway across the world while knowing nothing of the people we live right next to.
So will (or should) everyone enjoy Homestuck? Asking that question is like asking if everyone will enjoy The Odyssey Of course it's not everyone's cup of tea. But that doesn't mean everyone can't learn something from it. True, it's long and it's eclectic and impossible to discuss in public without sounding like you're speaking a foreign language. True, members of the fandom can be haughty, exclusive, immature, and borderline cultlike. I'm not trying to evangelize it to everyone, but rather to briefly explain a bit of its literary and personal significance in layman's terms. Whatever your preferences are, there is value I heartily concur with the words of Bryan Lee O'Malley (Scott Pilgrim series creator): "It's well-written and thoughtful. It has things to say. It's not for everyone, but it's as well worth your time as any other comic I can think of." At the very least, even if you steadfastly dislike it for whatever reason, you can still, as I did at first, simply appreciate it on its experimental nature and contribution to modern storytelling, in the same way that people who dislike Mondrian and James Joyce can still appreciate their contributions to art and literature respectively. People's tastes vary greatly, and some may begrudge its massive religious following, but if you ask me, any work as, witty, creative, emotionally complex, and lovingly crafted as Homestuck, which by the way has been made available to the general public for absolutely no charge, deserves the deluge of the attention and kudos that it already has.
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| Title | : | Homestuck (Homestuck ##Webcomic) |
| Author | : | Andrew Hussie |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Webcomic |
| Pages | : | Pages: 8124 pages |
| Published | : | April 13th 2016 by Self on MSPaintAdventures |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Fantasy. Webcomic. Science Fiction. Graphic Novels |
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Ratings: 4.66 From 1383 Users | 204 ReviewsWeigh Up Epithetical Books Homestuck (Homestuck ##Webcomic)
Where do I even begin? Very few things ever move me to tears, but Homestuck has done it time and again. Andrew Hussie is a literary genius. There is something in every character for every reader to relate to. He understands his targeted teen audience. Understanding the authorial intent really makes one think about the story on a deeper level. Speaking of levels, there are many. The whole story is buried in countless levels of irony. Even to the point of making fun of itself. The fourth wall is"Homestuck" the webcomic by Andrew hussie is very complex to understand, but once the reader understand the complexity within the webcomic, the feel will overwhelm the reader in a good way. The comic length is largely bigger than most books. The reason why this is, is because the author goings into great detail about what happens. In the beginning, of the webcomic the reader meets four children who have the most important roles of the comic. Theyre names are John, Rose, Jade, and Dave. These
WHY IS HOMESTUCK ON GOODREADS AKLSJDLKSJFanyway i love homestuck i read the entirety of it in 2 weeks after it finished(spoilers probably)look i just really love it here are some pros:- i love the characters, they're incredibly interesting and fun and diverse and DIFFERENT from each other and just different in general and- i love rose and nepeta a lot ok- i love the plot. the stupid, completely nonsensical plot that i still dont entirely understand. i love the whole concept of sburb. i
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********/5-"You have a feeling it's going to be a long day."-[It IS going to be a long day if you endeavor to read this whole thing. This review will be quite lengthy, and each act description contains spoilers ]-Overall Summary: It spans too vastly to be summarized. On the surface, Homestuck is a simple, silly web comic. When you delve into it, it's filled with complex stories, deep themes, strong characters, and excellent plotting. It's split into "acts" of varying lengths;-Act 1: 247 pages,
THAT WAS FUCKING EPIC.Actual footage of yours truly right now.So that was... quite something. Something quite epic. And silly. And fun. And I loved it very very much. I love so many of the characters. So. Many. I'm not going to say ALL OF THEM because Eridan. But, yeah, a LOT of them. I love how stupid and silly it was. I love how epic it was. Full of action and silly jokes and fun and emotion and... And right now I feel a bit empty that it's over. Even though it's not completly over, since I
Homestuck is a clusterfuck. Its hard to get into, too long, with pointless subplots that never go anywhere, and a crappy non-ending.The characters and worldbuilding are pretty great though.Homestuck also broke, reinvented, and then broke again webcomics and ended up a surreal mess of comic, animation, music, minigames, and every other medium it could think of. Homestuck is internet-era storytelling that uses a videogame as a creation myth.Someday people will study Homestuck at university, and
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