Heya!
So, my friend group has been reading through Homestuck For the first time over the last 10-ish months or so and we just finished this week.
It has been a great bonding experience between one friend in specific and I, in that we think very critically and value the more esoteric/experimental/character heavy elements of the comic and engage in speculative and quasi philosophical conversation about characters personal lives and internal struggles and such (were huge media nerds what can I say)
And we’ve enjoyed and got a lot out the whole experience, until the ending…
we genuinely don’t have a lot to complain about but we both agree that the very ending felt rushed and that we (especially my friend) wished for a closer look at their lives on earth C.
Now, without getting into to too much detail, he’s taken it harder than I have and has admitted to a general dip in passion in his own fandom in part to the lack of character Content in the end.
We want to keep this fire going And I know that the Epilogues seem to have (At face value) exactly what we’d want As far as context for characters lives on earth C and deeper, more introspective character content that will spur discussion.
But with everything I’ve heard about the epilogues…
I’m just a bit nervous if it’ll do more harm than good to someone who’s already feeling a little down about the ending of the comic itself.
He and I are aware and prepared for the content of the epilogues to be challenging. and to be fair we fully encourage and enjoy being challenged to a degree as it will lead us to think harder about things.
But from the little context and small spoilers i have (that he does not) im worried that having more “canon“ content about the characters on earth c isn’t enough to respark that Homestuck flame in him if everything ive heard about how it handles the characters is true…
I suppose what I’m asking is,
is it worth reading together?
with the context of this being a social activity for us As people who actively enjoy challenging media and dense character content?
I’d just hate for him to feel sour about what has been such a fun ride and experience that has genuinely brought us closer together.
Thank you ^^
