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nick13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Overall, I think I enjoyed about thirty percent of the whole thing. Most of which was the beginning and end. I don't want to sound mean to the people who love Homestuck, because this entire time of reading it has really made me reflective on internet culture and how I grew up but at the same time...most of Homestuck sucks. Well, I don't really mean that, well, I do, but not in the conventional sense I guess. Because I did not find a lot of the middle and definitely the beginning of the end as it was hundreds of thousands of words of just people talking. Now, don't get me wrong, the dialogue can be pretty funny at times and I actually like how real Andrew Hussy can write characters, I mean seriously I think Hussie knew exactly what he was doing from the start at least when it came to making a fandom. Sure, he didn't know how much it would blow up but I think he had an inkling of how much potential there was in it.
But this means that the actual ideas within the text suffer as a part of appeasing the masses. Which, I think made the fandom thrive in a way I haven't really seen again other than maybe Undertale, it also made it disolve into oblivion pretty damn fast too. Hell, I hadn't even heard of Homestuck by the time I was in high school in 2017, one year after Homestuck ended.
And so now, after the website has barely been maintained, after the fandom has mostly died out, I read Homestuck. I can't say I loved it, hell I barely enjoyed it, it was an epic. An epic that failed to be epic, but an epic none the less. I'm glad people had their fun with it, I commend Andrew Hussie for taking the time and dedication to make Homestuck even once the community began to eat itself, in fact, I even to aspire to be Hussie at least on a technical writing perspective.
Anyways, this was a long, rambling review on a long, rambling story. And no one will read either :)
Graphic: Antisemitism, Incest, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, War, Ableism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence
wends_nblw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness, Xenophobia, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Incest, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Transphobia, Genocide, Slavery, and Trafficking
fairytaleriots's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Misogyny