• Homestuck - You eat a weird bug and don't even care
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[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b392/Eyes5/weirdbug.png[/img] Required listening: [b][url]http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/descend[/url][/b] [img]http://imgur.com/Gmwb5.png[/img] is this kid beating up a baby? [b][url]www.mspaintadventures.com[/url][/b] :siren:[highlight]ATTN: except for this OP, this thread will have untagged spoilers! Read at your own risk![/highlight]:siren: [b]What is it?[/b] Homestuck is a plot-oriented webcomic by some dude named Andrew Hussie. It's presented as an adventure game, so instead of 'Next Page' buttons you get little commands like '> Dave: Throw yourself out the window.' The thing that sets this comic apart with the rest of the junk on the internet is that it has an entire fucking music and art team, so this shit is almost [b]professional.[/b] When big events happen in the comic, sometimes the page will be a flash animation, complete with music! The song you [i]should[/i] be listening to while you read this thread is a mashup of all of the character's themes. It gets played overtop of a nearly [b]five-minute-long[/b] animation where all sorts of crazy shit goes down and the action comes to a climax. Also, Hussie is friends with KC Green so you know this shit's gonna be good. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/krZJC.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sn0wm.png[/IMG] [b]What's it about?[/b] This is the hardest thing to explain without spoiling anything from the plot. It's also just hard to explain. The comic is about four internet friends who are drawn into an alternate universe during the apocalypse, and are charged with deciding the fate of their old universe. Well, it's a lot more complicated than that so get off my bulge if you disagree. The comic starts out excruciatingly slow, not that much happens until more of the kids are introduced. Then shit gets [i]crazy[/i]. If you like silly MSPaint things where you tell the characters to do silly things then maybe you'll enjoy the first act, but it does drag on for a bit. The exposition is told through a combination of a text game-esque narrative, and chat-logs between the characters. Don't gloss over these! The best jokes and most important plot points are usually told through the logs, so if you find yourself skipping them then take a break! The amount of foreshadowing and references to earlier events is similar to Lost (and arguably does a better job of keeping consistent :lost:). Don't think this is gonna be a light read either, there's tons weird time, puzzle, and plot shit all over the place that's still keeping all us up at night. [img_thumb]just where did that pumpkin go anyway[/img_thumb] [img]http://imgur.com/smycw.png[/img][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8WbeG.png[/IMG] [b]Music?[/b] Yeah! This is the only comic I know of that has a dedicated music team, you can check out all of the songs used (and unused) in the comic's animations on Bandcamp. I'll post a few pieces here- [B][url]http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-piano-refrain[/url][/B] All of the kid's themes are introduced as single-instrument melodies before they get remixed into SICK BEATS later in the comic [B] [url]http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/upward-movement-dave-owns[/url][/B] Well, except for this dude. He's too cool to conform to dumb patterns [B][url]http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-strider-style[/url] [/B]The hardest of beatdowns. So sick. So cool. [B] [url]http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor[/url][/B] I definitely get a Cave Story vibe from this. One of my favorites [B][url]http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/omelette-sandwich[/url][/B] This is from an extra album with the theme 'temporal orchestra'. None of it has been used in the comic (yet) but it's way too good to skip over. Just be careful you don't go into the actual pages for specific songs, they have scenes from later in the comic that can get a bit spoilery. Also don't ask me about the Squiddles album. I don't know. Seriously.
[B]if you're interested, here's a link to the steam group: [url]http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fpmspa[/url][/B]
Awesome new Op.
Indeed
I always see these threads at the top of the Popular Threads. Might check it out later.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;26536358]I always see these threads at the top of the Popular Threads. Might check it out later.[/QUOTE] Remeber it starts slow so hang in there.
mspa is confusing as fuck
So. I'm assuming Dave visited her in the past?
I like the OP
[QUOTE=Ama-zake;26536377]mspa is confusing as fuck[/QUOTE] Which is why we :love: it
I remember I started reading this but I don't remember where I was and I think finding it again will be a big pain :frown:
[QUOTE=Yahnich;26536393]Jade is dead massive foreshadowing [url]http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002798[/url][/QUOTE] Why is this foreshadowing that jade is dead? Doesn't look like she's in any real danger there.
[QUOTE=Ama-zake;26536377]mspa is confusing as fuck[/QUOTE] No, it isn't. Complex, sure- but if you pay decent attention and start at the beginning, you can understand what's going on. Except for Problem Sleuth, that shit is whack.
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;26536397]I remember I started reading this but I don't remember where I was and I think finding it again will be a big pain :frown:[/QUOTE] Want help finding it?
[QUOTE=InUndenial;26536424]No, it isn't. Complex, sure- but if you pay decent attention and start at the beginning, you can understand what's going on. .[/QUOTE] Not until WEIRD TIME SHIT comes into play
That's an awesome OP, great job.
[QUOTE=InUndenial;26536424]No, it isn't. Complex, sure- but if you pay decent attention and start at the beginning, you can understand what's going on. Except for Problem Sleuth, that shit is whack.[/QUOTE] yea i stopped reading problem sleuth after like 900 characters and several million subcharacters of characters of subcharacters
[img]http://i52.tinypic.com/290x0zn.png[/img] i'm gonna be rated dumbs and not care but on the inside be really sad
[QUOTE=elitehakor v2;26536451]Not until WEIRD TIME SHIT comes into play[/QUOTE] The troll's series was confusing for a bit because they kept going back and forth in the story near constantly. The main story however is fairly linear.
[QUOTE=DimJim;26536504][img_thumb]http://i52.tinypic.com/290x0zn.png[/img_thumb] i'm gonna be rated dumbs and not care but on the inside be really sad[/QUOTE] lmao
[QUOTE=DimJim;26536504][img_thumb]http://i52.tinypic.com/290x0zn.png[/img_thumb] i'm gonna be rated dumbs and not care but on the inside be really sad[/QUOTE] You pretty much got all of their flaws wrong, also they're like that intentionally!! e: fuck lemme try this John: Naive Rose: Pretentious, psychoanalyzes everyone Dave: Does everything ironically, constantly in the shadows Jade: Furry Aradia: Obsessed with death, predetermination, ALSO DEAD AND A ROBOT Tavros: Insecure Sollux: Bipolar, massive ego Karkat: Fucking neurotic, worst enemy is himself Nepeta: Roleplays Kanaya: Pretentious Terezi: Obsessed with prosecuting the wicked, bit of a psychopath Vriska: HUGE FUCKING BITCH Gamzee: Juggalo Equius: Masochist, obsessed with castes Eridan: Melodramatic, genocide complex! Feferi: Naive and D------EAD
boring imo
[QUOTE=Yahnich;26536520]the two things are unrelated. Jade is dead -> massive explosion massive foreshadowing -> link Basically Andrew showed us Jade's island and its events in Act 4.[/QUOTE] Bec would never hurt Jade, she's obviously safe from that explosion.
[QUOTE=DimJim;26536504][img_thumb]http://i52.tinypic.com/290x0zn.png[/img_thumb] i'm gonna be rated dumbs and not care but on the inside be really sad[/QUOTE] What kinds of characters would you come up with, DJ? I'd love to hear.
Since when was Vriska a furry?
[QUOTE=Dragon;26536557]You pretty much got all of their flaws wrong, also they're like that intentionally!![/QUOTE] it's a summary of all the characters, showing how DEEP they are
[QUOTE=DimJim;26536504][img_thumb]http://i52.tinypic.com/290x0zn.png[/img_thumb] i'm gonna be rated dumbs and not care but on the inside be really sad[/QUOTE] That's actually pretty funny.
[QUOTE=Yahnich;26536393]Jade is dead massive foreshadowing [url]http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002798[/url][/QUOTE] The background sorta looks like an explosion took place. My guess: Jade is safe
[QUOTE=Chaohord;26536583]Since when was Vriska a furry?[/QUOTE] Did you miss the memo? Pirates are now furries.
[QUOTE=Bathacker;26536577]What kinds of characters would you come up with, DJ? I'd love to hear.[/QUOTE] great let me see uhh a cannibal who hacks people's limbs off, eats them in front of the person, and then gives them a robotic limb and lets them go cheerfully [QUOTE=Chaohord;26536583]Since when was Vriska a furry?[/QUOTE] spidersona
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