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I wonder how Hussie/Homestuck’s legacy will end up being remembered. A lot of what makes this weird, self-indulgent work so interesting is that it contains many of the components one might expect from a “serious” story: a large cast of colorful, distinctive characters (including some extremely distinctive villains), lots of plot, lots of worldbuilding, etc. It’s like a more or less “realistic” version of “bad writing” – the idea that the audience could imagine a world that felt “real” even if the characters’ emotions and motivations felt “stylized” (as if the author had taken a bunch of cool character designs and dressed them in funny costumes).
That’s why I’m not surprised that people have gotten hooked by Homestuck. In a way, that fact makes sense to me. I’m not a serious reader – I’ve read plenty of stuff that doesn’t do that trick, and if anything I’m a lot less likely to find its appeal compelling. But I think I’ll have to keep reading in order to see how it all ends.