A) older 'fans' liked it as a teen and were cringey teens and were thus cringey homestuck teen fans and are incapable of separating them being cringe with the comic itself being cringe. they can just barely remember some things were objectively cool though. so many people i know fall into this category.

B) Jake summed up nicely but people that feel like Homestuck is Officially seen as "problematic" and thus they struggle to defend it, and feel like now they're saddled with something that makes them a cross-fandom pariah now.

C) and the second half of people who only liked an earlier part of Homestuck that isn't the Latest and thus Most Important part of the comic anymore. They don't recognize the story they liked anymore, and didn't realize they were supposed to be growing alongside it. Kinda classic fandom reactionaries.

D) this think that every character detail/decision that happens that they dislike or think is "mean" is to spite them, personally. like people become fans of the idea of a single character more than anything and if they are unhappy or an asshole or imperfect then it's character assassination or trying to make them look bad.

E) they think every new "meta" aspect is Andrew Hussie judging them, personally.