I think Jake is talking about how you say you want to know how people enjoy it still, and people have given reasons why they like the Epilogues or think that they're important enough to kind of "get over," but you're kind of mostly here refuting them as if they're arguments. So it seems more like you're trying to convince others that they should ALSO not like it, that their reasons aren't good enough. We can't know the intricacies of what you like in a story or not, and only you can decide whether it's worth it to continue reading. But you don't have to defend yourself to everyone if you don't want to keep reading! You don't have to worry about what the "fandom at large" is doing.

And I can sympathize with disliking the actual style of the Epilogues. Like terrible gruesome things happened in HS but they were little cartoons with rainbow blood and only dialogue of people reacting. Epilogues had actual descriptions. There are things that if were written out in serious detail in HS I think would be a lot harder to stomach there too. I think we all remember Homestuck while skimming over parts we don't like, such as racist/ableist etc details.

Honestly I kind of categorized the Epilogues mentally in a similar way as I do Yorgos Lanthimos movies. They're often black comedies, like The Lobster (my fav of his) that leans into the absurdity of heterosexual social structuring. One of his most recent movies, Poor Things, I really did not enjoy. I just felt like it didn't sell it's statement to me and make it worth validating the more lurid parts of it. But I'm also still excited to see what movie he makes next, because I know he does have it in him to make things I personally like.

The Epilogues are done. HS:BC isn't using the same format and is much more tonally like HS proper. You don't have to decide how you feel about it permanently, and can still read along with an open mind while not liking parts of it. Or you don't have to read along at all if you don't want to! The new cartoon is going to be just base Homestuck (almost certainly) so all the new fans will also be focused on that.