@autumn The Pesterchum kickstarter page still exists, along with the message about Homestuck saying they can't do it. It may be that the cost of maintenance was what inspired the patreon like with Homestrife, and that's what eventually lead to it dying off after all that, but the copyright thing with the kickstarter happened for sure.

@lyrichartwell Okay, well that does add context. It's weird that he says "the whole project was a loss" in that case. I mean, I guess it certainly was for him, given that the official side cut him off from his friends via allegations that we neither can confirm nor apparently know what they even are, which is...yeah. Whether or not they're true, it makes me understand his bitterness about the whole affair a bit more. Whether you think everything is just because Gio and Hussie hate each other or whatever, Hussie isn't exactly starving him of motive.