as most people are saying, THE PILOT IS PRETTY DARN GOOD.

my pure paw-sitives:

-the animation in the Strife Scene was FUCKING SICK and a VERY GOOD EXAMPLE for what will come if the series gets greenlit... (GOD. PLEASE.)

-all the animation is just sick in general though. very well done... waow... the Outro gave me CHILLS for the first SEVERAL TIMES I watched the pilot. fuckin'. awesomesauce.

-the sound effects, I enjoyed greatly!

-and all the picks for voice actors themselves. I think some voices should be altered, but the baseline people voicing the characters? very good choices... (THE BABY. IS YOU, JOHN.)

mixed bags:

-Rose was really accurate and fun!!! and also, should've been mixed louder. lol.

-I think Egbert... hmmmm. Egbert's personality is noticably different. but, is also more accurate for a thirteen year old boy, than OG Homestuck's Egbert! so I'm not exactly distraught they've changed little eggbeast's personality. REALLYYY wish he did not out-swear Dave though. that's weird. not in character.

bad shtuff:

-Dave was quiiite out of character.. BRAHHH... Rose legit uses the word irony-poisoned for him, but he's NOT EVEN PORTRAYED AS IRONY-POISONED! (also... certified Jregfluence moment. Hahaha. I love seeing words the youtuber Jreg came up with SLOWLY INFILTRATE AND PERMEATE THROUGHOUT THE MEDIA.) he should have been portrayed as more monotone. and actually, progressively throughout the pilot he did slowly get more in-character? the Title Drop bit was VERY DAVE-Y, save for tone, which I already mentioned as being too non-monotoned. dualtoned? anyways. I think that's interesting. and probably the fault of rushed writing, or something.

-PACING. DEAR GOD. first time I watched it, I thought everything was great pacing-wise except for the scene transitioned. then, I rewatched it again, and put on my pretend "i know nothing about Homestuck" cap, and dear god everything was way too rushed. I IMAGINE PEOPLE NEW TO HOMESTUCK ARE QUITE CONFUSED. (but also, ehh. I understand that's difficult to fix. Homestuck is the antithesis of a newbie-friendly piece of media. but also-also, try a little more, homestuck animated team...