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spacehydra 's review for:
Homestuck, Act 6 Act 5: Of Gods and Tricksters
by Andrew Hussie
wow!!! complete mixed bag.
lil' hal and dirk's conversation always manages to hurt my heart. lil hal is a crazy character... part of dirk's whole machiavellian + borderline narcissistic (in the most tragic way possible) complex in a way that makes him more of a narrative foil than a fully fledged character on his own.
jake... i really want to love him, but i really just feel some terrible combination of pity and annoyance towards him. i think thats a case of projecting a bit too hard, in the sense that his reactions to a plethora of overbearing people obsessed with him is to fawn and flee so hard that it makes the problem worse. ;(
ROXY again unsung hero. dirk's monologue about her prior to godtier-ification is cray of course. in a good way. i love the way dirk interacts with the world -- considering the kind of character that bro is, youd think he'd be less in touch with his emotions? but interestingly enough (likely as a result of being a heart player? or vice versa?????) he seems to be, next to karkat, the character MOST in touch with his emotions. to an extent that ends up being harmful to him. (are dirk and karkat narrative foils???????) anyways roxy. hello she is so cool. her relapse during trickster is incredibly tragic.
SPEAKING OF THE TRICKSTERS: just because hussie himself through the perspective of the narrator that caliborn was arguing with says that trickster mode was an emotional development deus ex machina which the characters should not have undergone doesnt mean that it wasnt ... a choice he still made AS the ultimate narrator?? but like at the same time painting the image that caliborn to an extent took control of the story..... kind of interesting. i still don't like trickster mode but like wow i cant tell if i hate or like that whole argument. dirk being unable to go actually trickster mode was also incredibly tragic in an unexpected way. :( strilondes make me feel insane, what can i say.
anyyyways........ finally to the part of the story where everything starts to ACTUALLY go down.
lil' hal and dirk's conversation always manages to hurt my heart. lil hal is a crazy character... part of dirk's whole machiavellian + borderline narcissistic (in the most tragic way possible) complex in a way that makes him more of a narrative foil than a fully fledged character on his own.
jake... i really want to love him, but i really just feel some terrible combination of pity and annoyance towards him. i think thats a case of projecting a bit too hard, in the sense that his reactions to a plethora of overbearing people obsessed with him is to fawn and flee so hard that it makes the problem worse. ;(
ROXY again unsung hero. dirk's monologue about her prior to godtier-ification is cray of course. in a good way. i love the way dirk interacts with the world -- considering the kind of character that bro is, youd think he'd be less in touch with his emotions? but interestingly enough (likely as a result of being a heart player? or vice versa?????) he seems to be, next to karkat, the character MOST in touch with his emotions. to an extent that ends up being harmful to him. (are dirk and karkat narrative foils???????) anyways roxy. hello she is so cool. her relapse during trickster is incredibly tragic.
SPEAKING OF THE TRICKSTERS: just because hussie himself through the perspective of the narrator that caliborn was arguing with says that trickster mode was an emotional development deus ex machina which the characters should not have undergone doesnt mean that it wasnt ... a choice he still made AS the ultimate narrator?? but like at the same time painting the image that caliborn to an extent took control of the story..... kind of interesting. i still don't like trickster mode but like wow i cant tell if i hate or like that whole argument. dirk being unable to go actually trickster mode was also incredibly tragic in an unexpected way. :( strilondes make me feel insane, what can i say.
anyyyways........ finally to the part of the story where everything starts to ACTUALLY go down.