hey you.
yeah you.
did you read homestuck?
from act 1 to credits?
yeah?
remember when act 3 ends?
and you get sent to a whole different set of character's study for a while?
YOU FOOL
YOU HAVE FALLEN FOR MY TRAP.
YOU ARE NOW ON A CHAIR TIED TO A BOMB.
THE BOMB WILL EXPLODE UNLESS YOU TELL ME YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE ACT 3 INTERMISSION "DON'T BLEED IN THE SUITS"
My favorite part is how every character has their own voice even tho they only can communicate through narration, it's so charming.
I absolutely adore the time travel shenanigans, because it takes a lot of effort to make that seamlessly work and make complete sense!
"What do you do!?
Varik... that's not an option.
Choose something real."
My favorite part is Fin... I love Fin so much.
~🐀💨
I am plenty biased, mainly because I adore Hearts Boxcars. The felt is fucking hilarious though. Love me some Mister Sevens.
You say you'd still rather wear the outfit. He's got nothing to say about that.
time travel comedy was at its peak
If I ever wanted to recommend Homestuck to someone and they were unsure if they'd like it, I think the Intermission 1 would act as a perfect (mostly) self contained segment that represents Homestuck as a whole very well, witty dialogue, funny bits, absolute shenanigan's, most consistent part of the whole comic for sure
The intermission is great cus it is able to create such strong charactisation for it's cast in less time than most media can for just one character.
Spades Slick alone has more personality than the cast of some shows.
Experts hate this one "Revolution 9" opinion
Genuinely anytime I see somebody skip the intermissions or talk about skipping the intermissions I kinda just make a mental note to take any and all opinions they have on Homestuck with a pile of salt because like... they're some of the most lore-important parts of homestuck?
as someone who read homestuck and then read problem sleuth after, i can tell you right now that i appreciate intermission 1 a lot more than i would've when i first finished reading homestuck
my favorite part is the many references to problem sleuth that would probably go over new readers heads the first time around like the inventory system, or the object duality stuff, or the fact that no one actually has dialogue and it's all narrated to you
do you guys like my username (its my pride and joy)
the intermissions r the best fucking part of homestuck the whole calendar punching thing made me laugh outloud when i first read it
Jane Crocker
I'm Midnight Crew posting. Fuck it. Old art of mine.
You say you'd still rather wear the outfit. He's got nothing to say about that.
On the Internet, nobody knows you're Hearts Boxcars
i almost skipped the intermission. (<- shameful). However, I luckily had the good idea to check if it was actually important, and told told so vehemently. also, it's the one piece of media that uses time shenanigans in a genuinely funny way.
by the way every time i see someone say they skipped the intermission, i (fraf forum user Intermission) read the intermission on its own again
biscuits' oven that travels through time at the rate of one second per second always gets me
i absolutely love the intermission. the midnight crew are amazingly fun characters to follow of course, but the way it's used to introduce a ton of concepts that would be crucial for the rest of the comic in such a fun and unique way is what makes it really excellent in my opinion
I can still remember the sheer delight of reading the intermission for the first time at like, 16. I think at the time, it was one of the cleverest, funniest things I've ever read, and it's never really lost that magic.
Spades Slick is a butch lesbian 2k25
"Everybody out of the god damn way. You got a hat full of bomb, a fist full of penis, and a head full of empty." remains a top tier joke, and it's not even in the top five from the intermission. easily the best ratio of jokes that hit to pages in the comic, imo. the way dialogue is done is also just delightful to read every time
but none of this matters, because the real answer is that my favorite part of the intermission is snowman. i am simply bisexual and cannot be judged for this fact
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
the intermission fucking rules. genuinely so clever and funny. i didnt appreciate it enough the first time i read it a decade ago but subsequent rereads have made me loooove it
i honestly think the intermission is my favorite act in all of homestuck. its so tightly paced and interwoven, i love it for the same reasons i love problem sleuth. honestly, after reading the intermission and being told 'the only way to defeat Lord English is through a number of glitches and exploits in space time,' and also having seen the sheer scope of the DMK bossfight in PS, i was a little disappointed when their plan was just to bum-rush him with a billion ghosts. I wanted some complicated rube-goldberg shit.
