Homesuck: Vriska Rising

[Revising Ocelot]

Jealousy?

[Locke cole]

"Hussie's Money" sounds like a game show.

Or a PSA.

[Betty Elms]

What's up with this thing where whenever an author ends up making something longer than originally planned it's OHOHOHO LOOKS LIKE HOGGISH GREEDLY IS JUST TRYIN TA WORM HIS GRUVVULOUS GLOVES INTO OUR WALLETS.

I'm sure that amongst history's countless instances of Things Being Longer Than Expected there have sometimes been nefarious ulterior motives, but if you just assume that's the case every time then that will take the fun out of a lot of narrative fiction/sexual encounters.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Betty Elms

What's up with this thing where whenever an author ends up making something longer than originally planned it's OHOHOHO LOOKS LIKE HOGGISH GREEDLY IS JUST TRYIN TA WORM HIS GRUVVULOUS GLOVES INTO OUR WALLETS.

I'm sure that amongst history's countless instances of Things Being Longer Than Expected there have sometimes been nefarious ulterior motives, but if you just assume that's the case every time then that will take the fun out of a lot of narrative fiction/sexual encounters.

But if you don't assume that then you finish up and they're like that was two hours that costs extra and you're like ffffffffffffffffffffffff will you take a check and then they look at you and then a man in a suit that's two sizes too small comes in and pistol-whips you and then they toss you out into the street without your shoes.

I mean probably.

[Fifthfiend]

But no I mean we can probably assume that Hussie being the king of all aspies is a separate issue from Hussie sleeping on a throne on top of a bed on top of a mountain all made out of the money of every jerk who went out and bought all twelve god-tier hoodies (it is a lot of money, there are a lot of jerks)

[Betty Elms]

Yeah like pretty much from the get go it's been pretty apparent that every little fold of the story folds outwards again with obsessive detail, so I'm not really going to hold it against Hussie that he didn't gage with complete accuracy the precise extent to which his fucked up fractal narrative was going to runcinate outwards in all its labyrinthine absurdity.

[Marc v4.0]

No, see, It is totally a ploy.

Stories never run longer than first anticipated, especially not really popular ones that weren't completely planned from the start. Those always turn out exactly as expected.

[Revising Ocelot]

I should photograph the differences in book size between Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

That's our Snake!

(Cue laugh track)

I can't say I quite understand that particular reaction to that post of mine given that its "criticism" of Andrew was, if anything, rather tame.

And perhaps concentrating excessively on "Hussie's money" as opposed to, for example, his internet reputation or his fame was the wrong move. Maybe the money isn't important to him but it's clear he's deriving some enjoyment from extending the lifespan of Homestuck. It's probably more a Fame thing than a Money thing for him anyway, at least insofar as any author and artist naturally would enjoy others appreciating the work he's written and drawn and would want those individuals to continue appreciating his work for as long a duration as possible.

Like you seem to think this is one of the reasons I "despise Andrew" or something, but actually, not at all. To be quite blunt, if I were in his shoes and I had created an exceptionally successful project on the interwebs with lovable characters and a delightfully complex interwoven plotline I'd probably feel an intense desire to do the exact same thing, namely find bullshit reasons to extend its life because I'd be digging all the attention it got and all the fans who obsessively followed it and loved the characters nearly as much as I did.

I can't personally fault him for making the bankrupt decision too much when I'd do the same thing myself. Well, except to note that both Hussie and I would, in those circumstances, be acting like attention whores who valued the fame and adoration more than providing a cohesive narrative with its integrity intact (but we already knew I was a serious drama queen attention whore anyway.)

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

I can't say I quite understand that particular reaction to that post of mine given that its "criticism" of Andrew was, if anything, rather tame.

And perhaps concentrating excessively on "Hussie's money" as opposed to, for example, his internet reputation or his fame was the wrong move. Maybe the money isn't important to him but it's clear he's deriving some enjoyment from extending the lifespan of Homestuck. It's probably more a Fame thing than a Money thing for him anyway, at least insofar as any author and artist naturally would enjoy others appreciating the work he's written and drawn and would want those individuals to continue appreciating his work for as long a duration as possible.

Like you seem to think this is one of the reasons I "despise Andrew" or something, but actually, not at all. To be quite blunt, if I were in his shoes and I had created an exceptionally successful project on the interwebs with lovable characters and a delightfully complex interwoven plotline I'd probably feel an intense desire to do the exact same thing, namely find bullshit reasons to extend its life because I'd be digging all the attention it got and all the fans who obsessively followed it and loved the characters nearly as much as I did.

I can't personally fault him for making the bankrupt decision too much when I'd do the same thing myself. Well, except to note that both Hussie and I would, in those circumstances, be acting like attention whores who valued the fame and adoration more than providing a cohesive narrative with its integrity intact (but we already knew I was a serious drama queen attention whore anyway.)

The worst thing about this post is the next time I want to make a crack about Hussie riding the money train to egoville in the great state of fucking the shit out of his awful overlong comic for fame and profit I'm gonna remember this pile of words and it's gonna kill my hate-hardon straight dead.