re: umbralPenultimate

"I also imagine a few things that were unclear or retooled as the story went on will probably have their ultimate thesis more indicated from earlier parts. Let alone the trolls probably showing up sooner or being more obviously telegraphed. Gamzee's character, Rose's early nature. Dave's homelife, Jade's isolation issues, and so on."

I also think that! It is kind of a miracle that Homestuck came out as good as it is with how improvised it is, but you can still kind of notice it with it's very wacky pacing, it isn't that noticeble when reading it since it's in a very unique format but it would be very apparent in a cartoon.

Starting to show (maybe even foreshadow) the trolls earlier would make it work a lot more in a serialized format.