what originally put me off was straight up just it's length i always knew i would like it but eventually i got the right combinations of interests (deltarune chapter 1 and internet history) in order to finally bunker down and read it. also something that was very funny to me about the discussions of its more dated parts is that a lot of the same things apply to scott pilgrim (namely the r word and racism) but it was never much of a problem for people getting into it because it's recognized as being written a while back but i wonder if the problem lies in the fact that people still see homestuck as something current.