i’m sorry to say, dandy, but you kind of missed the entire point i was making and didn’t really engage with what i was talking about.

a big part of my point is that discussion of the epilogues‘ contents is completely irrelevant and unproductive, and you should at this point probably accept: you will, most likely, never like the epilogues. discussing them with epilogue likers seems to only make you more upset, so you should probably stop. you really liked something, and then it got a sequel you really dislike. this is not a world tragedy, this happens to a lot of people, and all of them are fine. you should try to accept this and move on.

it seems you have this… “entitlement” may be too harsh of a word but i struggle to find a different one, to a community. communities aren’t just found, they’re built. if you don’t like the communities that exist, build your own. the best way to find like-minded people is to just start expressing your opinions, befriending those that agree with you, building either an audience or something like a “group” (like a discord or something if you want it to be more personal). “fitting in” a community isn’t something that will just happen. it’s something you gotta make happen.

this is a genuine question: what do you want to happen? what kind of help do you want from this thread? do you want other people to find communities you’d like for you, direct you to a place you might enjoy? do you want them to write something that might completely change your mind and make you like the current state of affairs? because, realistically, this just won’t happen. you’re shooting yourself in the foot by making a thread specifically aimed for people who like something you dislike to respond and engage with it. why not, instead, do something more productive like make a thread aimed at people who might share your opinions, like a thread about some of the og homestuck elements you like, or even a thread for those who disliked the epilogues, etc?

the most important question i find myself most confused about is: why do you even want to be in the “homestuck fandom”? from my perspective you walk into a community, you dislike it, and you… just stay there? why? why not leave? why not just have/make a couple of friends who generally agree with you and just have that be your little community? why do you need a pre-existing community for you to just join, why not make it?

i’m just really confused at this point about what you even want.