@timeisrestored

Gio brings this up in the article. The reason negations took so long was because they tried to isolate Bambosh and Gio. The two of them had an agreement to not sign anything without the other's knowledge, so with one half of the duo missing things deadlocked until Bambosh abandoned ship.

Again, if the goal was genuinely to take the project under Homestuck's wing, there was no need to do this. You could easily have a sit down with them both. Now, if the goal was to get legal pressure on someone you don't like... this is what you would do.