Homesuck: Vriska Rising - Page 543

Art of Hilt · 02-10-2011, 02:54 AM

Shit!
Reproduction! That's completely different!
Except when you have recreational reproduction.
In which case it's only slightly different.

Krylo · 02-10-2011, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Art of Hilt

Except when you have recreational reproduction.

There's plenty of Fanon for that.

Kim · 02-10-2011, 02:55 AM

Nobody reproduces for recreation. That's just a side-effect.

I hope.

Locke cole · 02-10-2011, 03:00 AM

Ceiling Nepeta is watching you recreate.

Amake · 02-10-2011, 04:00 AM

Whoa that's a lot of new pages. Reading back to page 133, I have found some cause to reevaluate my opinion of Vriska. I think now the reason I feel for her is the vast difference between who she is and who she wants to be.

Not defending her actions or the way she works in the story, Fifth and Snake are pretty much right that those things, respectively, may be terrible, and in fact I want to dislike her as I do most villains. But I still want to give her hugs, finding it impossible not to relate to the discovery that you're not as good a person as you think you are.

That is all.

rpgdemon · 02-10-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Krylo

I think the problem isn't that the foreshadowing was insufficient, but that realistically this should have been dropped on us sooner. We've known Karkat and the trolls for a long time, and this is the first time in all that time he's so much as thought about the twelve babies he made and teleported off somewhere without knowing anything about them?

Dropping it this late in the game makes it feel like it came out of nowhere even WITH the foreshadowing that was present. Had we seen his lab way earlier, and then heard about this like a month or so ago? Then yeah, it would be like "Oh- HO!" but as it is? Not so much.

THIS COULD however be one of those serial readers/update readers issues, though. It might not seem like such a long wait if you're archive binging.

It's kind of obvious Hussie is writing this for the 'read the whole thing at once' crowd, which, in itself, I feel is a weakness in his writing, to be honest. You can't pace a periodical the same way you pace a novel, which is what he's been doing.

And it causes weirdness like this amongst the periodical readers.

Yeah, I just caught up a few days ago, and it seemed fine to me.

Amake · 02-10-2011, 02:10 PM

He has mentioned precisely that a number of times on Formspring. I really can't fault that kind of long-term thinking. Even if it's hard to accept what we're getting now as the story updates is not the story as it is going to be told, I'm sure it'll give both repeated and long-lasting enjoyment in the years to come.

(As well as 136 pages of fun discussion right now.)

rpgdemon · 02-10-2011, 03:40 PM

Where were Gamzee's scars foreshadowed? Someone mentioned it awhile back?

Arcanum · 02-10-2011, 03:47 PM

Too lazy to get the link, but when Jade's lab drops and "The most important character of homestuck fondly regards the miracle of a new beginning" (i.e. Gamzee watches Jade's lab drop) there are the scratch marks on his face. Although some people thought that it was simply blood splatter (which made no sense even before we knew for sure that Nepeta clawed him).

Wigmund · 02-10-2011, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

Nobody reproduces for recreation. That's just a side-effect.

I hope.

Weep Noncon

02-10-2011, 02:54 AM	#5421
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02-10-2011, 02:55 AM	#5423
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	SQUEEZING OUT BABIES SURE IS FUN Nobody reproduces for recreation. That's just a side-effect. I hope. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

02-10-2011, 04:00 AM	#5425
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Whoa that's a lot of new pages. Reading back to page 133, I have found some cause to reevaluate my opinion of Vriska. I think now the reason I feel for her is the vast difference between who she is and who she wants to be. Not defending her actions or the way she works in the story, Fifth and Snake are pretty much right that those things, respectively, may be terrible, and in fact I want to dislike her as I do most villains. But I still want to give her hugs, finding it impossible not to relate to the discovery that you're not as good a person as you think you are. That is all. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 02-10-2011 at 04:21 AM.

02-10-2011, 02:10 PM	#5427
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	He has mentioned precisely that a number of times on Formspring. I really can't fault that kind of long-term thinking. Even if it's hard to accept what we're getting now as the story updates is not the story as it is going to be told, I'm sure it'll give both repeated and long-lasting enjoyment in the years to come. (As well as 136 pages of fun discussion right now.) __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

02-10-2011, 03:40 PM	#5428
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Where were Gamzee's scars foreshadowed? Someone mentioned it awhile back? __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

02-10-2011, 03:47 PM	#5429
Arcanum Strike the Earth! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 3,185	Too lazy to get the link, but when Jade's lab drops and "The most important character of homestuck fondly regards the miracle of a new beginning" (i.e. Gamzee watches Jade's lab drop) there are the scratch marks on his face. Although some people thought that it was simply blood splatter (which made no sense even before we knew for sure that Nepeta clawed him).