>>"some people dont like the majority of homestuck, or hiveswap, or beyond canon, but they like the FEELING that they had when they DID enjoy it. alternatively, they like the POTENTIAL that it may have had before it switched into a direction they did not expect or enjoy. and this enjoyment of a Feeling or an Idea is what keeps them the fandom- not engaging with most of what homestuck actually is, but this esoteric idea of it that isnt actually real."

But is it truly not real just because it's tethered to the past?
Homestuck isn't flawless. You can't expect people to ignore the problematic parts of it, and some feel silence is a form of sanction of said parts. Hence why publicly decrying it became the "cool and proper" thing to do.
I feel completely dismissing Homestuck is throwing the baby out with the bathwater though, but I do recognize not everyone will agree.

Maybe don't retcon your characters to have animal genitalia for edgy shock value, among other things, if you don't want that to happen...