it's been a long time since i listened to HSMTW so i don't have much to say. i remember liking it very much when i did listen to it! actually, i once drove down to visit some online friends (including a poster in this very thread!) and forced my non-homestuck buddy to listen to it with me. i feel bad about that in hindsight lol--i wanted him to understand what my online friends would be like.
anyways, i liked all the outside context they brought into HS. stuff i wouldn't have heard of in a million years (i'll read the interface effect eventually). anyways, here is some podcast fanart i drew back in 2022: