The masses are unsatisfied, but finally free, other than the epilogue apparently pending according to Hussie and the ??game??. Because it never fucking stops, does it. Except that it will.
It's a strange feeling because for better or worse, Homestuck will never be repeated. The manic pauses and updates and references and timing and side-projects and fanart and community of the whole thing ensure that even if later generations dig it up again, they'll never have the same experience. Especially the community, because Homestuck won't ever be a classic. It might be remembered in some or other form, but read as an archive, it just does not have the narrative integrity to stand for itself. You were either emotionally attached to it because you read the first few acts before you knew better or because of the community or whatever, but I'm pretty sure that's ultimately what Homestuck was read for- Emotional attachment and community. And that is temporary. It ages. Homestuck was an event, a prolonged seven-year moment, and it's not just complete, like a series is complete when the final episode airs. It's over.
This thread read like a blog post and I'm going to put it in that trash where it belongs, but shit, might as well vent here first. Trial run.
It's a strange feeling because for better or worse, Homestuck will never be repeated. The manic pauses and updates and references and timing and side-projects and fanart and community of the whole thing ensure that even if later generations dig it up again, they'll never have the same experience. Especially the community, because Homestuck won't ever be a classic. It might be remembered in some or other form, but read as an archive, it just does not have the narrative integrity to stand for itself. You were either emotionally attached to it because you read the first few acts before you knew better or because of the community or whatever, but I'm pretty sure that's ultimately what Homestuck was read for- Emotional attachment and community. And that is temporary. It ages. Homestuck was an event, a prolonged seven-year moment, and it's not just complete, like a series is complete when the final episode airs. It's over.
This thread read like a blog post and I'm going to put it in that trash where it belongs, but shit, might as well vent here first. Trial run.
