I'm 6 years late
Everything about homestuck fandom makes sense when you remember that a lot of the fandom quite literally skipped over most of the text and just looked at the pictures.
Not even in like, a pithy sarcastic “no one understands the text like me” kind of way. I mean literally, it is a comic that would organize a page with one still image and then a lengthy, elaborate text conversation between multiple characters who all type differently. Hussie would repeatedly use “how elaborate and convoluted can I make this plot point or game function” as a punchline throughout multiple non-Homestuck comics too. Then, very quickly and very suddenly, the fandom went from overwhelmingly 20-30something dorky forum guys who love programming jokes to incredibly over-eager and excited 11-14 year olds who saw a comic about weird kids who reminded them of themselves and wanted to jump into Act 5. Famously, 11-14 year olds aren’t great at reading. Even beyond the anecdotal stories you hear about how many people literally would skip the first half of the comic to jump to the trolls being introduced, it’s something the comic itself even addresses. The first moment /I/ skimmed or skipped over as a kid was the long, elaborate meta-lore about the troll ancestors and the history of alternia itself, which the book commentaries would describe as essentially a parody of big over the top fantasy storytelling lore dumps that was too accurate to be funny. When you actually MEET those characters later in the comic, Aranea has to literally PAY people to listen to her give the huge lore dumps. This is on my mind because i think it explains why so much Homestuck fanart is just of the kids posing in the void in cool, trendy outfits. No one in this fucking comic would wear a cool, trendy outfit. They’re all huge loser nerds. But the longest, most elaborate scenes of the comic that were 100% just fun visuals were the Alchemization montages, where the characters magically combined random crap together to form RPG weapons and fun outfits. Hell, why do you think people are always “what on EARTH happens in homestuck” when you tell them what happens in homestuck. It’s cause even people who like homestuck seemingly dont know what happens in homestuck.
Commission for @irkensweets :D
I'm so happy I got the one for the goth girls! ^^ 💜🖤
Thanks a lot for the support ^^
i was gonna say it Does have a tail thats what the cord is thats why its called a mouse!!!! and then i remembered most mouses are cordless now and got fucked up bc IT IS A HAMSTER and now immfucked up bc like. technology has advanced so must thay mice have changed species
it matters to me that you all know i was wizard high when i wrote that
Anonymous asked:
I just CANNOT DEAL with your shortaki art!!!!!! they are such complex characters and you just GET them! I just UGH LOVE THEM SO MUCH! what do you like about them the most?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! AAAAAA I'M SO GLAD AND I HOPE I CAN COME BACK TO IT!!!!
I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SHOW- BUT, if you are asking me about just Arnold and Helga, hmm...
Well Helga's my favorite out of the two of them. I really like her and I justify her quite a lot, which my be wrong of me but I feel like she really deserves a chance,,,,
To begin with I love that her character despite being the "love interest" (or in this case the "love uninterest") meaning she helps to they show's dynamic with the purpose of being in love with Arnold- the show still gives her enough screen time for her to develop outside that dynamic. I consider that to be super rich taking in account the story was developed during the 90s. She has episodes entirely to herself (Just like Arnold, Gerald, Phoebe and Harold) were she struggles with rejection from her male and female classmates, deals with the idea of being ugly, feels scared with the idea of being gone and not missed, fear of death, and all her family episodes!
During the first season Helga was SUPER MEAN- LIKE unnecessarily MEAN. But I excuse her cause she was more childish (And they were probably still developing her) As the series progresses you can understand from where her anger develops, and you can also witness her doing acts of true kindness (With no credit at all) out of her true admiration for Arnold.
Arnold truly teaches her and inspires her to be a better person, despite having to deal with an alcoholic mom and real jerk of a dad (not to mention Olga the perfect sister). Being a neglected kid, A NINE YEAR OLD KID. THE EPISODE WHERE HER MOM WORKS AND JUST KICKS HER OUT, THAT EPISODE MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME.
Helga is really mean, evil and careless. She really is, but who wouldn't be in such situation. She could either spend her days as a sad kid- but she chooses to fight it with angerness (Although sometimes we can see her sad with certain situations). And although her fixiation is bordering to a sick person (HAJAHS) she directs it into a good light. Fixiating on Arnold cause he's a good kid. He's kind, nice, helpful, etc. When Helga hurts someone, Her OWN brain tells her is wrong but in the shape of Arnold- someone who she deeply loves and hates to dissapoint and ends up doing the right thing.
IT'S STILL HELGA THE ONE WHO CHoOSES TO DO GOOD THO- Arnold it's only a great visual help.
DID YOU SEE HER ON THE POTION OF LOVE EPISODE- SHE LOOKED SO EMPTY WITHOUT ARNOLD. WITHOUT ARNOLD SHE CAN ONLY THINK ABOUT HER PROBLEMS- OR WHAT SHE DID TO AVOID THAT; NOT THINK ON ANYTHING AT ALL. AN EMPTY CHILD.
I'd write more but my wrist is tired already and I'm getting hungry,, ajahsj these are some reason (ARNOLD HAS HIS STUFF TOO BUT I CAN'T DO IT RN) I LOVE HEY ARNOLD- They really give importance to kids in stories so realisic in the adult world, idk how to explain it. I love how natural it feels despite not having grown in the 90s. The characters are developed so beautifully. I think the show really attacks the phrase "They are just kids, what do they have to worry about?" in a perfect way.
IAUGSH I CAN'T AAA,,
see, i would reblog your post that says i'm a bad person if i don't reblog it, but unfortunately i'm practicing exposure response prevention & it's recommended that i reckon with the possibility of being bad instead of giving into whatever compulsions would placate that self-perception. my paws r tied
just a reminder to my new followers that if were ever able to cross the explanatory gap and share our color perception qualia with each other, proving finally that we all do see colors differently, my red is real as shit and youve been seeing crap fake red. so come to terms with your shit fake red while it lasts
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i wasnt finished yet
hey is it ok if i leave this sandwich out on the dash 🥪ill eat it later
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I did the color wheel meme over at twitter! This was super fun to do! I attempted as many art styles as I could and wanted to see how theyd all look in one image.
me, at 2 pm, when the stores are open: you don't have any little treats in the house. if you want a little treat later, you have to go to the store and buy one now.
me: *does not go to the store*
me, at 9 pm, when the stores are closed: tweat? 🥺 no tweats for me? 🥺🥺 cries 🥺 cries for one thousand years 🥺🥺🥺
[ID: picture of bat claws reaching out of a shirt pocket. twitter caption, “please enjoy these heavily cropped photos of a friend of mine who works at a bat sanctuary carrying bats around in her pocket.”]
My friend forgot to secure the latch on his magic card briefcase and all his commander decks are now mixed together. Now he’s playing 1200 card pickup and has to reorganize everything.
