explain homestuck

juliuscaesarofficial:

transhumanisticpanspermia:

one day a CS major with some photoshop skills decided he wanted to make a silly user-submitted command comic about some asshole kid walking around his house, which would explode into some Plot Shit, generally following the model of a previous work, Problem Sleuth (which ran for a year and concluded itself cleanly, i.e., had an actual Beginning, Middle, and End)

anyway, then The Internet Teens picked it up and suddenly this guy’s audience was no longer CS nerds looking for shitty CS jokes and ridiculous plot shit, but teens looking for Feels and Gays

anyway the two things got combined and seven years and 7,958 pages later with probably approaching close to an hour of animation and ~4-5 hours of flash games spread throughout, we are left with an animation reflecting on just how many times the same characters have fucking died.

it was supposed to consist of seven acts.

the following is the current act structure:

1. Act 1
2. Act 2
3. Act 3
4. Intermission 1
5. Act 4
6. Act 5 Act 1
7. Act 5 Act 2
8. EOA5 (once upon a time, people thought this 13-minute animation was the climax)
9. Intermission 2
10. Act 6 Act 1
11. Act 6 Intermission 1
12. Act 6 Act 2
13. Act 6 Intermission 2
14. Act 6 Act 3
15. Act 6 Intermission 3
16. Act 6 Act 4
17. Act 6 Intermission 4
18. Act 6 Act 5 Act 1
19. Act 6 Act 5 Act 2
20. Act 6 Act 5 Act 1: Again
21. Act 6 Intermission 5
22. Act 6 Intermission 5 Intermission 1
23. Act 6 Intermission 5 Intermission 2
24. Act 6 Intermission 5 INTERFISHIN
25. Act 6 Intermission 5 Intermission 3
26. Act 6 Intermission 5 Intermission 4
27. Act 6 Intermission 5 Intermission 5
28. Act 6 Intermission 5 Intermission 6
29. Act 6 Act 6 Act 1: Homosuck
30. Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 1
31. Act 6 Act 6 Act 2
32. Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 2
33. Act 6 Act 6 Act 3: GAME OVER
34. Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 3 (psyche the ride never ends)
35. Act 6 Act 6 Act 4
36. Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 4
37. Act 6 Act 6 Act 5
38. Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 5

essentially, all you need to know about homestuck is this: if someone tells you it’s a cohesive unit they’re lying, and if someone tells you it’s ending, they’re also lying

homestuck is a fckin mess i love it