I wanted to make a thread like this to just sort of explain my fic, Bloodstuck, to anyone who may have been curious. Bloodstuck is a Homestuck fic on AO3 who's main premise is just simply "What if Sburb were a Rougelite and Karkat had to solo it?" It's inspired by other roguelike dungeon crawlers I've loved in the past, like Cult of the Lamb and Hades.
In the AU there are alternate Sburb game mechanics. For example, there's an in-depth classpect skill tree that the characters will use, weapon upgrades for Karkat so he can solo this whole thing better, and a revive system so that any player can try, try, try again.
While the fic is centered around Karkat, many other characters are also involved with everything. Aside from the very "What if Sburb were a different kind of game altogether," it is also a Blackrom Davekat story, with Rosemary on the side.
Bloodstuck has lots of very exciting things in it, like cool fight scenes, epic monsters, and is just generally a BAMF Karkat fic, so you should read it if you want to see him do cool things like slay monsters.
Link:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/66056185
And here's all the Bloodstuck Art I've made so far :3 Please check it out if you ever have the chance.
oh that's hype as fuck what
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
my friends would kill me if i read this instead of continuing umineko or trails or whatever but you know what
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
Im broke and can't afford the advertisements down below that's why I just never shut the fuck up and made Bloodstuck my signature lol
Bloodstuck is not nearly as long as Umineko so there's that I unfortunately am not Ryushiki levels of literary genius. I can't write for hours and hours </3
Also I did indeed leave things out I'm not spoiling the whole story here lol what would be fun about that.
halfway through chapter 3 i got flashbacks to broadway karkat cooler than me
did you do that on purpose
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
can't afford adverts, you say?
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no but i love Broadway Karkat. Im ngl the other inspiration for this fic was that my favorite Homestuck fansong was god fucking dammit dave
check the billboard ad BUSTER i hope you ENJOY the ADVERTISEMENT i just thought it would be funny to do i hope your fic gets a ton of readers, it seems really fuckin' cool.
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Chris A. I appreciate your love for seeing that you can just bid for ads and going all in. 
That's it, I'm gonna do what I should have done a long time ago.
I'm going to beat him to death with this hammer.
READ BLOODSTUCK https://archiveofourown.org/works/66056185/chapters/170221711
i'm enjoying this! there's a lot of neat ideas here, and in particular I'm always happy to see people play around with powers for classpects we never saw go god tier
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
@Raffy I will leave my mark on this fandom mark my fucking words
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honestly this is one of a few things now that really makes me want to sit down and finish up this story i'm writing... i love art and expression and storytelling waow
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
FANWORKS ARE AWESOME!!! KEEP CREATING NO MATTER WHAT!!!! YOUR CREATION DESERVES A SPOTLIGHT, EVERYONES CREATIONS DESERVE A SPOTLIGHT. KEEP CREATING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
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oh my god thank you so much you beautiful kind stranger you
I'm no stranger!
Hi, I'm Chris A.!
Hi, I'm Chris A.! READ FRAFFORUM FRADVENTURE
I'm glad you all like the fic a lot I did work pretty hard on it (and I like drawing Bloodstuck!Karkat a lot)
the hard work shines through. also sorry i'm stopping at chapter 6 for now because i gotta write pensive emoji
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
Btw a day ago there was a poll to name the cute "Moobeast" that appears in the art I draw. His name is Meal Ticket (Ticket for short) and he has a degree in engineering.
It's really cool! I do it for a joke but in every joke, there is a bit of truth. You talking about your fan work interested me and you should NEVER stop talking about the shit you create. In fact, you should create MORE stuff. MORE fan works. And talk about those fan works MORE than you already do! Because they're fuckin' AWESOME, dude! NEVER STOP CREATING!
Hi, I'm Chris A.! READ FRAFFORUM FRADVENTURE