Homesuck: Vriska Rising

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Bum Bill Bee

So, yeah, I don't know what youre on about, Snake.

...So I can't even compliment Homestuck without getting some snarky criticism. There's just no winning here.
I was just admiring the fact that Andrew had Vriska talkin' trash about how incredible she was going to be in orchestrating her role in the final conflict, only for her to end up distracted by the author's self-insert stalking her. I mean, given Andrew's massive crush for her I certainly was expecting him to play it straight and have Vriska kick someone's ass, so he showed admirable restraint in removing her from making a tangible impact.

...So far, at least. I still fear that in the next update(s) she'll be the one to kill the one remaining Lord English through the power of luck or something.

[mauve]

Originally Posted by Bum Bill Bee

Am I the only one who was surprised at the sudden Undertale reference?

I haven't watched it yet, but considering Undertale referenced Homestuck and that Undertale's creator did a ton of Homestuck's music, it doesn't surprise me that there'd be something there. What does it reference, out of curiosity?

[Bum Bill Bee]

Aw, Vriska's always bragging, why would it turn out different results now? :P

But yeah, she might still do in Lord English, either that or an "Alll Our Powers Combined" thing.



@ Mauve Mage- Ah that's right, can't believe I forgot that considering how much I listen to the Homestuck Music. Anyways, it was just a 5 second reference to how an Undertale fight would look.

[Flarecobra]

So that's the Condence, Jack Noir, Spades Slick, Lord Jack, and The Felt down for the count. Along with god-knows trolls and maybe Dirk.

Also, the Shrek cameo. :P

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Bum Bill Bee

Aw, Vriska's always bragging, why would it turn out different results now? :P

Actually, the results of Vriska's bragging have turned out different this time; that's what's so surprising.
Usually, Vriska brags and brags and then Andrew proves her bragging right on the money as completely and utterly 'justified.' Not ethically justified, mind you, but certainly pragmatically justified with her grotesque winning streak.

...Which is why I really shouldn't be surprised when she ditches 'fighting' Andrew's self-insert just long enough to casually meander into the Lord English fight, kill Lord English with a single tap, then have whichever ghost trolls remain in existence erect golden statues in her honor.
Won't change the fact that this flash kicked ass, though.

[mauve]

Crapdammit, fine. I watched the flash cartoon and I'm forced to admit that it's pretty cool. There goes my two years of finely-crafted indifference tinged with slight disdain for Homestuck.

nah but seriously way to go Roxy and Post Maiden.

[POS Industries]

I'd gotten so out of habit of checking for updates that I forgot to check for updates even after I'd known they were there.

New animation was okay. Too over-reliant on still artwork and reused music/assets but it did its job and was entertaining. At least its ending within our lifetimes.

[Solid Snake]

It's abundantly clear that Andrew's gotten a bit sick of making the kind of otherworldly effort he made in previous eras of Homestuck. The percentages of the content that he's outsourcing to his fans has increased, it's taking longer and longer to get the comparatively few updates we're getting, less and less of the flash content is truly 'animated' and we no longer have stuff like playable 'video game' content.

Given where it's all headed, I'm glad Andrew's pulling the plug now and he appears to have resisted the urge to exponentially expand the scope of the story that he's given into in the past, which is also a good thing.

[rpgdemon]

I think part of it is that he's just spread too thin to make it all himself. He wants to finish the comic, but he also has a video game to produce now, which originally wasn't supposed to take up too much of his time because he hired another company to produce it, but they supposedly stole half the budget and ran off to make King's Quest, which is why he is now also running a game studio.

[Bum Bill Bee]

lol, I never even played any of the interactive game segments :P


Hell, I didn't even start reading until early 2015, so I've totally missed out on "dur Gold-in Ayge of Humstuk".