For myself, I have mixed feelings, but ultimately I respect anyone who chooses to use it. I can not commentate on how well it is implemented as I've not downloaded the mod myself, but I have spent some time thinking about the very concept of "Homestuck without the slurs" and the implications of creating such a thing at all.

I think I regard it in the same light do the "updating" and "editing" of certain works of classic literature. Personally, if I were to have a child, I would prefer not to read a version of Peter Pan that retains the slurs and racism against native peoples. I myself, would also prefer to read a version of Peter Pan in my free time that excludes all of that as well. The racism in that book truly drags down an otherwise enjoyable little story for me, to the point where I genuinely find it difficult to read at times.

There are also many other old books where one could reasonably "find and replace" a couple racial slurs and result in essentially the exact same story that simply doesn't jump scare you when they appear. In some cases, I imagine very few people would even notice the edits at all, even among those who had previously read the unedited version.

In that manner, I think there are quite a few places where the use of slurs in Homestuck that are unnecessary, add nothing to the story if not actively detract from it, and I would likely not even notice if they were removed.

But also I think it would be intellectually dishonest to pretend that the original "problematic" versions of these old works exist, and I don't approve of censorship or destruction of the original works. If you wish to truly engage with Homestuck as a work of art and critically and intellectually analyze the work for what it is (a comic made a specific era by a specific person with a specific place in history) you need to engage with it fully, warts and all.

BUT for someone who simply wishes to engage with Homestuck on a more casual level without language that they find at best distasteful and at worst active upsetting and detrimental to their experiences, I see no reason why they should not be allowed. to some degree I see it as no different then if someone where to read Homestuck with the typing quirks disabled, or if they watched the Lets Read Homestuck dubs instead of reading it by themself. both of these are a change from how the comic is "intended" to be engaged with, you are not getting the "Real Homestuck Experience" but I also see no reason to look down on people who make those choices, and find it odd and mean spirited to mock anyone who does.

(for the record, I have seen at least one person call anyone who uses the slur replacement project a "fake fan" who can't handle "real Homestuck" which I found to be very very silly and also was the catalyst to me contemplating this topic as much as I have)

In truth, if someone where to create a mod of Homestuck that edits out as much "problematic content" as possible while still retaining the original story, I would be interesting in checking that out, if only to see the results. How much of Homestuck can be altered while still being Homestuck? It is a question that fascinates me, leading to much pondering.

I am artistically intrigued by all transformations of Homestuck, from the dubs on youtube, to the reformatting that occurs in the physical print additions (the main factor preventing me from going on at length about how much I adore the print additions is the awkwardness of taking photographs of every page that delights me)and in time the upcoming Homestuck animated series, if that project gets off the ground. in turn I feel similarly to the numerous fan rewrites and alternate endings.

Essentially, this was an extremely long winded way of saying that despite not yet having figured out how to properly install the mod and read through the altered take on the comic, I still managed to have a lot of long and debatably useless thoughts on the matter.