I became a serial reader sometime in 2011. I had one of those incredibly vague yet emotionally devastating dreams and the only thing I remembered when I woke up was the term "Homestruck" as a general label for the feeling I was left with. It sounded vaguely familiar, I think I had been exposed to some fanart on dA already. Anyways, I looked it up. Then I realized it was "Homestuck" and not "Homestruck" and the rest is history.