RE: dreamingdead
i think also equating how easy it is to talk about a work with its quality is like. kinda goofy tbh. homestuck is not hard to explain, and neither are its sequels or spinoffs. and even if it was hard to explain, the content in the epilogues is honestly pretty par for the course of homestuck itself, really. mindfang is a canonical rapist and writes her own fanfic about it, in homestuck 1. jane goes on a brainwashed rant about procreating a bajillion babies with jake against his will, in homestuck 1. incest genetic slurry, in homestuck 1. in the first twenty pages the main character has to resist you, the reader, convincing him to shit on his desk, in homestuck 1. etc etc. weird "shock value" plot points have always been there. would you explain homestuck 1 by bringing those up, or by giving a general summary? same with post canon. would you really explain it by getting into the nitty gritty details, or just saying "its a work of fiction about being a work of fiction, its very meta, it does some weird stuff with the format"? homestuck is weird. whether its good or bad is up to opinion, clearly, but like. point of the thread is that its valid to critique/dislike/engage with it mostly negatively, but its weird when 75% of the fandom does that and makes attempts to drown out the people who like the work in the spaces that are dedicated to the work. such as an entire massive unofficial discord dedicated to shitting on every update as it comes out. thats just kind of weird. (you in particular are not doing that, to be clear)